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Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond began charting on the tracking boards yesterday with various sources putting the threequel’s opening range between $48M-$60M when it debuts on July 22.
While that’s not a July record by any means, Star Trek Beyond is bound to be one of the more notable openings out of the 12 live-action wide entries on this month’s schedule, potentially besting Ghostbusters‘ three-day when that Paul Feig title hits marquees on July 16.
Should Star Trek Beyond open within its current range, it will be the third-best in the Star Trek feature canon. Since rebooting Star Trek for the big screen in 2009, Bad Robot/Skydance propelled the franchise’s debuts and grosses to an upper B.O. stratosphere with Star Trek ($75.2M opening, domestic $257.7M, global $385.7M) and 2013’s Star Trek Into Darkness ($70.2M, domestic $228.8M, global $467.4M).
Again, these are early forecasts for Star Trek Beyond, and a number of factors and ad spots could spike the threequel’s B.O. power in the weeks ahead. First, that mid-July release date for Star Trek Beyond has historically been a rich period for launching fanboy properties such as the Dark Knight sequels ($158M-$161M FSS), Captain America: The First Avenger ($65M), Ant-Man ($57.2M), and The Wolverine ($53M). So, Paramount has that working in its favor.
On social, Star Trek Beyond boasts the largest social media universe (across Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube) out of the July live-action tentpoles with 166.6M, followed by Ghostbusters (142.5M) and Jason Bourne (67.8M) per RelishMix.
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15 minutes ago, The Pandaren said:
Oh dear... Not this guy again...
He's the worst documentary director working right now. And yet this will probably make decent box office.
I gave his last two movies Z's if that says anything. I didn't watch any of his before that.
Well to be fair, you and your family live in China, so I doubt his movies were meant for you in the first place.
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Weekend projections from matinees are in and as we expected, out of the new crop Universal/Blumhouse/Platinum Dunes’ Purge: Election Year is killing it with a No. 2 estimated weekend take of $27.5M over three days and $31.5M over four days at 2,796 runs. Today alone, Purge: Election Year will gross $12M inclusive of its $3.64M Thursday night money.
Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory is ruling No. 1 with an estimated $42M three-day and $52M four-day at 4,305. The sequel is set to bank $13M today, easily putting it pastMinions ($336M) and by Monday, Dory, will have hands down beat Despicable Me 2’s stateside take of $368M.
Disney/Walden Media’s Steven Spielberg movie The BFG and Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’s The Legend of Tarzan are wrestling for third. BFG at 3,357 theaters is looking at an estimated $8M today, Friday-Sunday take of $23M and a four-day of $28M. Tarzan at 3,561 is on track to make $8.5M today, $23M over Friday-Sunday and $27.5M by Monday.
As we mentioned heading into the weekend, The BFG and Tarzan are cancelling each other out audience wise because their primary targets are families. And that certainly doesn’t help coming in the wake of Finding Dory.
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3 minutes ago, FlashMaster659 said:
You guys think this might hurt the box office this weekend?
Unless it makes humongous headlines, which I kinda doubt, then no. Besides, there's still Regal and AMC.
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Just now, FlashMaster659 said:
Disney’s The BFG which grossed $775K.
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Why are we saying the numbers for Tarzan are good? It's got a $180M budget, and this will be like a $25M opening.
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2 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:
I've never heard a more horrible idea in my life
More horrible than this?
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Harry Potter
Directed by Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates
"There won't be a child in our world who doesn't know his name."
Box Office: $2.39B Domestic, $7.723B Worldwide
Why it's So Meaningful to Me: At a young age, everyone experiences their first attachment to a film franchise. The one where every subsequent film released fills them with great anticipation. For me, that would have to go to The Boy Who Lived. Admittedly, I didn't get super into the franchise until the movie version of Goblet of Fire rolled around, but from 2005 to 2011, Harry Potter was pretty much my life, similar to other kids my age growing up. I read the books cover to cover, I saw the first five movies on DVD multiple times, and the following three on TV multiple times, and each time I'm transported back to being a kid again, experiencing these well-written stories and interesting characters, watching as the films progress in their darkness and themes.
Of course what makes this even more special was the appeal this series had towards my entire family. There are very few movies that everyone in my family gets equal enjoyment out of, but the Harry Potter series is definitely one of them. The films have been rewatched multiple times over the years in the household, and the excitement between all of us when the last two movies were coming was through the roof. We all pretty much caught Pottermania, and it still sticks with us, as pretty much any time one of the movies is passed by during a channel surf, at least one of us will sit down and watch it all the way through.
But what's arguably the most important part of it all is that it kickstarted my love for fantasy and worldbuilding. The ideas of mythical creatures and unique sorcery were so fascinating and fun, which has helped me later fall in love with Lord of the Rings, Narnia, and How to Train Your Dragon, and it helps that the Wizarding World was so multi-layered and strongly developed. The ways of transportation, the structure of Hogwarts, the different blood purities, the political systems found in the Ministry of Magic, the creatures, the Quidditch matches, the towns; fucking everything! Rowling's unique universe is so well-developed, especially for a young adult series, as it takes the idea of fantasy, witchcraft, and wizardry to its full effect, all the while creating a fun, dramatic, and interesting story around it.
So due to it being my first fanboy franchise, a wonderful thing for the family to bond over, and the reason why fantasy and worldbuilding kick so much ass for me, the Harry Potter franchise holds a special place in my movie-loving heart.
And if you're wondering, yes, the whole family's beyond excited to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
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2 minutes ago, filmlover said:
lololololololololololololol
I can't wait to see all of those families in the theater when it comes out. Some Deadpool shit right there.
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23 minutes ago, kitik said:
reminder: there's a little over a day left to vote in this week's Most Anticipated Movies thread
Not many folks have been voting over the last few weeks, so that means that relatively, your vote counts for more.
All you have to do is post your top 10 movies coming out in the next 12 months.
Just put in mine.
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1. Passengers
2. Rogue One
3. Suicide Squad
4. Jason Bourne
5. Moana
6. BFG
7. Fantastic Beasts
8. Kubo
9. Billy Lynn
10. Beauty and the Beast
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1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:
Are we really bringing up classics like that as a comparison point for this? Nothing about it indicates it would be remotely on the level of those. And if I'm wrong and it somehow is, then it will become a classic with time like most of those movies had to.
You make a good point...cept I wasn't comparing them with BFG. I was just answering Jack's question on what live-action children's films are considered all-time classics.
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2 minutes ago, Jack Nevada said:
Like what? I'm sure you're right but I just cant think of any.
E.T., Wizard of Oz, Adventures of Robin Hood, Princess Bride, Sound of Music, Mary Poppins, Willy Wonka, and Harry Potter (
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4 minutes ago, ThatOneGuy said:
Still remaining optimistic
OW: 39M (46M 4-day)
DOM: A leggy run and make its way to 184M
Not 200M+...but a successful run.
Jesus Christ, I'd never thought I'd be fanboying for a movie like the BFG in my entire life
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2 minutes ago, DAJK said:
My theatre isn't getting BFG this weekend, and talking to our booker, we "may get it in mid-July" but we may not get it at all.
I may just single-handedly construct a sixth screen at our theatre in time for Friday...
Aw man, that sucks! Are there any other theaters nearby?
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On 6/25/2016 at 0:30 AM, No Prisoners said:
4 estimates so far. FD 75 ID2 45 TS 13 FSoJ 8
1 Player Total Score (out of 40) 2 Olive 39.15 3 WrathOfHan 38.75 4 JohnnY 38.27 5 SquareWatcher 38.15 6 TalismanRing 37.93 7 Exxdee 37.93 8 Viceversa 37.69 9 AndyLL 37.68 10 PanaMovie 37.46 11 Wonka 37.42 12 JMorphin 37.41 13 Horror Wizard 37.37 14 Korean 37.29 15 boxofficeth 37.23 16 8wombi7 37.18 17 kayumanggi 37.15 18 Rolling Thunder 37.1 19 Simionski 36.83 20 CoolEric258 36.8 I made the top 20? SWEET!
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This is animated, right?
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5 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:
Talking about recycled models is opening a can of worms. Disney recycled their animation all the time in the old days and it's probably a reason they're able to keep their budgets low.
The big problem with them is their characters are just thinly written and forgettable. Their most popular creations are one dimensional comic relief, not truly interesting characters like Buzz or Nemo or Elsa
Eh, I think Gru's decently written. He has a predictable arc, but he at least seems to have some decent depth in his backstory and his love for his daughters that I think makes him more endearing and entertaining. Of course, he's still nowhere near as strong as the characters you listed.
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8 minutes ago, Baumer said:
I told @Free State of Tele this earlier today and I'll share it with you guys as well. About two decades ago, I wrote a manuscript that I tried to get published, called Day for Night. It was about aliens invading earth and using us for slavery and food and so on. It was my first book I tried to get published. I didn't succeed. However, my best friend at the time was married to a woman who's grandfather was the fifth richest man in Canada. He had business ties with Centropolis. My friend's wife gave my manuscript to two execs from Centropolis who apparently read it on a flight. They told her that my manuscript was not quite good enough to made into a film or to be optioned for a novel. I agree with them....it was not good enough. Having said that, they told me that my book wasn't good enough to be made into a movie and yet they come up with this piece of shit called Independence Day Resurgence, and they had the audacity to tell me that my work wasn't good enough? My novel was War And Peace compared to what they put on screen this weekend. Basically, IDR is a horrible film with absolutely no redeeming qualities except that I enjoyed seeing Maika Monroe on screen. Other that than, this is about the worst film I've seen, at least in the top 100 worst films of all time.
After 20 years of relative peace, the aliens from the first come back for revenge. Basically they create a ship that is 3000 miles long. Let that sink in for a second. Not only is it ridiculously big but the aliens have developed a new shield technology that is impenetrable. So they decide that they are going to drill to the earth's core so that they can steal resources or something...and that will basically wipe out earth. This massive ship that is drilling in the ocean is untouched and it is being monitored by a rogue ship which was looking for 100 million dollars in gold. This ship is seen at the beginning f the movie, and then at the end. Again, Earth's weapons cannot get through it's shields. It's untouchable. We'll get back to this in a minute.
Now, the earthlings think that the best thing to do is to try and find the Queen alien and try to kill her. So they send out their ships and try to blast their way through a bunch of alien ships and then they figure that they can find the queen on another ship. Shockingly, the aliens this time are smarter and set a trap for them. I have no idea why the erthlings would think that they would find the queen unprotected, but this is actually in the script. Keep in mind, the queen is the only one that can be killed in order for the humans to win again. Wouldn't you think the best place for her would be to be on the ship that is 3000 miles long and is impenetrable?
Then there is a subplot about a bunch of characters who are somehow mentally linked to the aliens. So when it's convenient to move the story forward, every few minutes one of the charazcters gets a head ache and then draws something which is supposed to help the humans understand what is happening. There's also a lot of screaming in the movie.
When Liam Hemsworth read the script, he must have liked that half of his lines were, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH" or "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" OR "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAA". Maika Monroe has one scene where she channels her inner Rambo when he shoots up the airplane hangar at the end of Rambo, because she also lets out a really good, "AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG" There's also one scene in the film when Liam and the black guy and some other dude are all saying, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.....OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.....AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGG" IN UNISON.
I think part of the problem with the acting is that they did so much of it in front of blue screen that there was just no experience with any of the actors. They were so unbelievable and cold and the acting in most of the movie felt like it was acting from a 1940's film, not one from 2016..
A lot of the cast from the first one shows up. Goldblum is fine and does what he can with the shitty script he is given. Bill Pullman is kind of wasted and he has a beard for no reason. He shaves it off at the end and then he dies, and no one mentions him again....EVER. Goldblums dad is in it again and he adds nothing to the plot and he should have died about 5 times. Then there's Joey King and three other kids who also add nothing to the plot. Dr. Okun comes out of a coma and is annoying and then William Fichtner shows up and becomes president and even he is not good in the film.
There's a Chinese pilot who adds nothing to the plot. There's two white side kicks who are supposed to be comic relief and they do nothing. In fact, there is no intentional comedy in the movie. And the one political aide sidekick is the exact same character from White House Down. The one who is mousy and inexperienced and then learns how to become a warrior and gains everyone's respect.
The script is the worst part of the film. I am not going to look up who the writers were but they should have their WGA cards revoked. This is a horrible piece of shit. It's not interesting, not a lot makes sense , there's no buildup there's no snappy dialogue there's no characters to like and even when they try to give characters back stories they are about as interesting as reading a volume of notes from a conference on spores fungus and mold.
When the action is there, it's just CGI overload. There's no sense of dread. No one really dies with the exception of Pullman and black guys's mom. But you really don't care. And then when people try to show emotion, it comes off as if they are in a high school play and they are being directed by one of the class mates who is hoping to impress his drama teacher. When Goldblum is not even that interesting and Fichtner isn't even that good, you know you have a shitty film.
I laughed a lot watching this. I laughed when black guy's mom dies. I laughed when Maika does her Rambo yell, I laughed when people tried to show emotion and I laughed at the end when they set up for a sequel that is never going to come.
Back to the giant ship that is impenetrable....if they would have left the queen on that ship, then they win. End of story. There was no reason for her to be off that ship. They apparently came back to punish us but in the process they got stupider than last time. They left their queen unprotected and when Maika finally is able to destroy her protection, it's only because she does her Rambo scream....somehow this destroyed the protective shield.
IDR is one of the 100 worst films I've seen. Besides a couple of shots of Maika being really really fucking hot, there is nothing to like about this piece of shit.
0.5/10
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July 1-4 Weekend Estimates | Dory 50.2m, Tarzan 45.6m, Purge 34.8m, BFG 22.2m, IDR 20.2m
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RPO? That's debatable. But Indy 5? C'mon! That's 100% guaranteed to be above Raiders (although Crystal Skull numbers are currently debatable).