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Battle of the Five Armies grossed virtually the same as Smaug WW. WB made a big profit and everyone knew it was going to drop domestically anyway. Not a big disappointment. This is going to struggle to reach 1B lol.
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Maleficent: Mistress of Evil | October 18 2019 | Now on Disney+
Hunch replied to CJohn's topic in Box Office Discussion
This has flop written all over it. The public is not here for these fairy tale sequels. -
What are your opinions on immigration to first world countries?
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I stand corrected! Unfortunately for @JamesCameronScholar, this means he's effectively calling Kenyans, Peruvians, Indians, Ugandas, et. al. morally repugnant for choosing to have children, which is not a good look in 2019.
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Pissney's prolefeed wins once again. At least they will get their karma next year with a slate full of flops while Warner Bros (the only real movie studio left) puts out quality like Tenet and Dune.
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Christmas has become a gold mine for musicals. In the past few years we've had Les Miserables, Into the Woods, The Greatest Showman, Mary Poppins Returns, and La La Land all make $100m+. This will follow suit. Yes people are complaining that it looks weird. So what, they'll get used to it and it will work in its favour; it makes the film stand out so much. It looks like an event.
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It honestly looks spectacular. Like true Hollywood movie magic. Yes some of the face effects look a bit goofy (especially poor JHud) but they still have 5 months to fine-tune the effects.
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The only people who are really aware or care about the long-term effects of climate change are educated people in first world countries. Those people are already basically not having kids with really low birthrates. Your wish is going to come true! In 100 years there will be very few descendants of people who really really care about climate change right now.
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I'm confused...do you want people to stop having children?
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The nightmare fuel uncanny valley CGI mess we are about to subjected to...
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No Time To Die | October 8 2021 | 82% on RT | RIP Sean Connery
Hunch replied to Neo's topic in Box Office Discussion
He should be playing a European terrorist instead. There are plenty of cases in real life to draw inspiration from in the past 2-3 years! -
It's JAMES CAMERON. JAMES. CAMERON.
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I wouldn't be surprised if this grosses more than the first Avatar. It's JAMES CAMERON.
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Well, Disney is coming off A Wrinkle in Time, which was the worst-performing major-studio fantasy film at the international box office in like the last 20 years, so I doubt this was a decision made for finances. Plus, if your argument is that people want to watch people of their same ethnicity, most of that expanded global audience comes from Asia and Latin America, not Africa. I think this was a casting decision made on who was best for the role. She probably knocked her audition out of the park, and she's beautiful and talented.
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$70m/$220m DOM $180m intl I think people will start getting tired of these "reimaginings". After that they will probably start making live-action versions of Pixar movies, God forbid...
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Too soon after the Drew/Cameron/Lucy version. People still remember that trio and frankly this new one doesn't look nearly as dynamic. I think itz a bomb.
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It's the Inception sequel. I knew it.
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They can't make it for less than $150m probably, audiences expect big visual effects from these films. Even the third Narnia movie cost $150m.
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They should try to wrap up the story in the next film, but I suspect that will be hard because they really did think there was enough interest for five and she has a ridiculous story mapped out, and even if she tried, the central gist of it would have to be Credence and at this point no1curr about him, so it would make the film flop.
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The footage from the actual film looks completely different from The Shining, which is probably why they felt the need to insert a bunch of shots from the original film. This might result in a big OW as audiences expect a similar setting/tone, but it could lead to really bad WOM once they realize it's really a film about a weird cult and has nothing to do with a creepy hotel.
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Really? I guess I'm still living in 2005 when they were a rarity and spelled trouble lol.
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I kind of object to the notion of Avatar being something new when the plot is Dances with Pocahontas in space.
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Oh there are reshoots? Delayed a year AND reshoots does not bode well for it. Patty Jenkins is very mediocre as a director, maybe this time people will realize it because they won't be blinded by novelty.
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Can we please stop pretending that the first Avatar's world was anything but basic af? A jungle with some fluorescent lights and floating rocks, big deal. Literally any of the random planets they showed in Revenge of the Sith were cooler and had more creativity.
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GODZILLA vs. KONG | March 31 2021 | Adam Wingard to direct
Hunch replied to grim22's topic in Box Office Discussion
I've followed the film industry for 13 years and know countless people who work in it. There is recent precedent for a major studio selling a film off to streaming to cut losses: that's what Paramount did with Annihilation. There were also contracts and licensing rights (it was a book adaptation) and such involved there as there are in any production. Guess what, studios have armies of lawyers and if Warners decides that it's the best course of action to avoid a $100m loss flop, then they will do what they have to go down that route. It might also help both franchises long-term by avoiding the stink of a mega bomb released in theatres. I only think they would consider this if the film is AWFUL though. If the Warner Bros execs look at it and they realize they're looking at a sub 30% RT disaster that will not only bomb but disappoint fans massively, then it might make sense to do that. If the film is solid like Skull Island was then I doubt they'd ever think about putting it on streaming.
