Jiffy
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TLJ backlash remains the dumbest pop culture reaction of the past 10 years, I'd say. Improved on TFA in practically every way.
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6 hours ago, MG10 said:
So like two cases in those past 25 years? The crouching hidden dragon or whatever was the name and Parasite which despite being the best film of the year and winning several oscaes grossed just 53M
Yes, also Demon Slayer was quite a success, but that's the question, out of any foreign-language regions Asian films have seen the most success/attention in the U.S. lately (although ofc that's not going to compare to the level of consistent success Hollywood has seen abroad as one of the chief cultural exports of the past 80 years or so). Meanwhile, the live action Disney films have consistently succeeded more in foreign regions (including Asia) compared to this one, so I think it's fair to speculate what's contributed to that.
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5 hours ago, Issac Newton said:
Majority of Americans use this statement when Asian Films doesn't work in their country. I wish if you all could used the same statement against The Little Mermaid
It's interesting we keep seeing this when the only foreign-language films to really break through the zeitgeist here (give or take Pan's Labyrinth) in the U.S. in the past 25 years have been Asian films.
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34 minutes ago, joselowe said:
Something I find interesting about this whole overseas audiences are racist discussion is the fact that The Bodyguard starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston was the 7th highest grossing film in the US in 1992, yet worldwide it was the 2nd highest grossing film of 1992 grossing $121.9 million domestically, and $410.9 million worldwide. Also this was before China was a huge power player at the box office
Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner were both global superstars at the time. This was also part of the trend of the time where female-driven movies (Pretty Woman, Ghost) were putting up some of the biggest international numbers ever and high OS ratio relative to most other blockbusters.
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On 5/25/2023 at 12:40 PM, Prince Eric said:
Immediately Disney’s biggest animated movie ever made, its box office success put Disney out of their slump and kickstarted the Disney Renaissance, home to some of the greatest, most beloved Disney films ever made.
I think even before the 90s re-releases both Snow White and The Jungle Book were over TLM's initial release gross, right.
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Bad news abounding.
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Was quiet-sobbing during a couple scenes in GOTG3. I just can't deal with animals getting hurt, but the movie was pretty good/effective (I'd say on par with the first two). At least the OS numbers are something of a trend reversal for MCU.
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32 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:
$160m of aggregate box office, only $40m went to holdovers. Are we sure we aren't giving too much showtime to top performer? The holdovers are performing worse than their counterparty back when GOTG2 opened in 2017.
Winner takes all economics is really awful and at their peak.
Yeh feast or famine can't work long-term. Audiences need to be retrained on mid-budget but may be a lose cause to some degree.
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9 hours ago, druv10 said:
You can't use Ultron's Sunday hold since it got decimated on Saturday by Mayweather v Pacquiao.
Only caveat was working Monday.
Either way Infinity War only fell 15.7% so there's another example.
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4 hours ago, eXtacy said:
Monster hold for Guardians. Maybe the best Sunday hold ever for MCU with normal workday tomorrow.
If true from EC
Well Ultron actually had 11% Sunday drop lol.
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1 hour ago, The Panda said:
what are you talking about?The Mario movie is head and shoulders better than I2
Oh absolutely not, but even then the first Incredibles is quite a bit better than both.
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Glad I2's domestic animated crown seems safe now. Don't think Mario had business taking that, but will be happy for it/the market if it still manages $600m.
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3 hours ago, Issac Newton said:
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
¥820M SAT // ¥5.85B Total
Up from 1st SAT // Expecting - $47.5M by SUN.
FSS still won't increase from 1st weekend?
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36 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:
No Mario early Sat numbers?
Empire says $18.25m.
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On 4/18/2023 at 1:11 PM, Borobudur said:
Added another $1.7m in the past week.
DOMESTIC (29.5%)
$682,993,057Breaking the 70% OS ratio is sexy. Elite.
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1 hour ago, kayumanggi said:
This movie doesn't actually need China to be honest.
Nah although probably comparisons with 2014-2019 WW blockbusters may remain skewed for this reason.
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Wonder if there is something to the Latino appeal / Sunday hold connection here.
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18 minutes ago, thajdikt said:
Isn´t China kinda moving on from Hollywood a big reason for that?
Yes China was gassing up the OS percentage on a lot of these blockbusters.
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1 hour ago, KP1025 said:
As of today, Maoyan is predicting 145 million yuan ($21.1 million) full run.
Rough.
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5 minutes ago, Cheddar Please said:
TBF I would categorize both I2 and SMB in a similar category: Animated film with years of anticipation and hype behind it as well as slick marketing, leading up to a movie with rather flawed plot and characters that nonetheless delivers on fan expectations and is an all-around fun time.
That is true enough although I have more love for The Incredibles (2004) than any other CG animated film so I come from that angle.
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Would rather I2 keep the domestic animated record, although would prefer this take WW over TLK (probably one can't happen without the other, and doubt the latter has a chance anyway).
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Avatwo breaking the 4th week admissions record in Germany is still probably its most impressive individual accomplishment to me.
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Was Easter effect underestimated in some places? I know it's not same date for everyone or obviously celebrated everywhere.
The Mickey Mouse comparison for East Asia is interesting, and yet... aren't Nintendo game sales strong there nonetheless?
I would say the Mickey thing is probably true for most western markets too where a movie about him would not necessarily explode like this even though he is perhaps the greatest 20th century entertainment icon.
Curious to know then why the East/West divide here for how Mario is perceived, then.
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Will just say this underlines my point as a reaction to one of the most stunning sequences in the franchise.