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Any comps with the first FB or other recent movies?

Wow, that is quite giod for FB no?

No way. 300m here we come.

Holy shit, that ASIB hold. This has to be one of the most surprising runs of the year. 200m is locked at this point. I wonder if it can beat MI6's 220m with the Oscar expansion. 400m+ WW also locked.

Why not include The Nun? Granted, it wasn't well received by critics, but it made a shitload of money WW. And with FB, The Mule and Aquaman to follow that will continue. It is actually mighty impressive that the closest they got to a flop this year was that 15:17 to Paris that doubled it's budget WW anyway. The only question mark is that Head Full of Honey movie that just popped up on their November schedule.

You think Pikachu is small competition? Is is funny how people forget that Pokemon is the world's most valuable brand, way ahead of SW and HP. Pikachu will make money. It will be big DOM but it will be enormous OS (assuming it is at least decent). I don't see less than 400m OS and I think 500m is likely.

Also, with this, Solo and WIT Disney might have 3 of the most expensive bombs of the year.

Well, Disney has it's mega verticals with superheroes and live action remakes and animation. That is enough for now. They will run out of stories to retell in a few years though and that is one major vertical gone. IMO, it will be such a missed opportunity if Disney doesn't uses the Fox acquisition beyond their streaming service and Marvel rights. WB has proven horror is one of the most profitable and less risky genres. Disney should use the Fox banner for more adult fare.

Is Nov 16 a good release date in China for FB? From what I see the competition from international movies is not serious. But what about local fare?

On IMDB it says that FB2 opens on Nov 23. What competition does it have? Do you think it can beat the first one?

Isn't It Romantic Warner Bros. (New Line) 2/14/19 Shazam! Warner Bros. 4/5/19 The Curse of La Llorona Warner Bros. (New Line) 4/19/19 Detective Pikachu Warner Bros. 5/10/19 The Sun Is Also a Star Warner Bros. 5/17/19 Minecraft Warner Bros. 5/24/19 Godzilla: King of the Monsters Warner Bros. 5/31/19 Shaft (2019) Warner Bros. 6/14/19 Untitled Conjuring Universe Film (2019) Warner Bros. (New Line) 7/3/19 Untitled WB Event Film I (2019) Warner Bros. 8/2/19 It: Chapter 2 Warner Bros. (New Line) 9/6/19 The Kitchen (2019) Warner Bros. (New Line) 9/20/19 Joker (2019) Warner Bros. 10/4/19 The Goldfinch Warner Bros. 10/11/19 Wonder Woman 1984 Warner Bros. 11/1/19 Margie Claus Warner Bros. 11/15/19 Superintelligence Warner Bros. (New Line) 12/25/19 Looking at WB's next year - wow, that is packed. Shazam!, The Curse of LL, Pikachu, Annabelle 3, IT2, WW2 are bound to be hits. I am pretty sure Joker and Godzilla 2 will also be very big. Considering how popular The Goldfinch is as a book I think it will also do good numbers. That leaves very little for RISKY territory, unlike this year where most of their movies where risky bets. There is ISN'T IT ROMANTIC, SHAFT, Magie Claus and 2 Melissa McCarthy comedies. And I think most of those will at least do decent too. I think WB will break their DOM record. EDIT: Forgot about Lego 2 which should also be a success and Minecraftb (is that even happening?) Also, they did over 2b in 2017. I think this year they will do 2b again or come super close to it. And 2019 looks like a sure 2b year as well.

It might be just the fact that I love any fantasy movie set in a desert/oriental background, but I can't wait for this. I've never been so hyped for a live action Disney movies. And now I want to watch Aladdin the animation (I don't think I ever watched it fully).

LOTR will never get old😍

It is Solo. Yeah, AWIT did bad, but Solo will was probably the one most expensive box office disasters ever. A 275m budget and probaby another 150m in marketing. AWIT looks insignificant in comparison.

Seeing how adult ASIB skews and that it is ahead of Venom on both MT and Pulse my guess is it will have a way lighter drop than Venom on Tuesday. If it will drop at all.

How is ASIB looking? It opens today I think.

Finally watched it. It was surprisingly fun for the most part. It did not feel like a SW movie at all though - not a bad or good thing, just my opinion. The pacing was way too fast though and in some parts the writing was unbelievably lazy. Still, as I said, fun. B-

UK, France, Germany and Russia plus some minor markets. The rest of major EU plus LA and Asia starting from next week and on.

So ASIB increased from estimates again. I wonder if WB will report the weekend separately from the previews or with them.

I loved CMBYN but Chalamet is soooo miscast in this role. I can't even imagine him as Paul Atreides. Ugh.

A Star Is Born gets a solid A CinemaScore tonight and a 90% on PostTrak and 4.5 stars. Who doesn’t love the movie? Females turned out at 66% to guys’ 34%; both gave it a solid A. Over 50 bunch at 42% graded it A. Under 25ers may have been small in their turnout at 14%, but they loved the Cooper-directed movie the most with an A+. Those over 25 who made up 86% of the audience gave A Star Is Born an A. https://deadline.com/2018/10/venom-a-star-is-born-weekend-box-office-lady-gaga-1202476614/ Wow, this is skewing soooo old. The legs will probably be phenomenal.

I am always stalking but only comment for interesting weekends haha. ASIB+VENOM is just to much not too. Actually the next few months look more interesting to me BO wise than the Summer was.

Was is the old trailer or a cut version of the new one?

Doubtful, but I think it will lose (maybe Sat and) Sunday.