Napoleon
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I don’t think I ever rooted for a character like I root for Rhaenyra and I know they’re gonna make her suffer, this show will make me so anxious. What have I got myself into 😭
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Black Adam would have smashed with an opening over $100m if there was an actual plan for the DCEU, if the movie had been teased in another previous big DCEU movie, and Black Adam was facing against already established heroes (or the Suicide Squad), instead of this Justice Society that audiences are unfamiliar with. Hopefully the new management of DC understands the potential this shared universe has wasted in the past 5 years or so by making standalone movies that lead no nowhere. Make a plan and stick with it no matter what.
For what the movie is, a $67m opening is great
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1 hour ago, WittyUsername said:
How would the next Halloween film work? They obviously can’t have it be part of this particular timeline, unless they plan on having someone other than Michael Myers be the killer. Are they going to do another sequel to the original that ignores all the other films, or a complete reboot?
Hard to see audiences being as excited for yet another reboot that ignores all the sequels and picks up from the original. Also don't think Jamie Lee Curtis would return. And audiences also don't seem receptive to remakes these days. It will be tricky to continue the Halloween franchise in the near future. But even the lowest opening of the trilogy ($40m) is still massive for a horror film, hard to see the industry not wanting to continue milking the franchise.
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9 hours ago, clockwork said:
Is The Batman WB's most successful movie within the past year? It certainly seems like it. All their other stuff seemed to either underperform, near flop, or straight up bomb in the case of Matrix Resurrections.
In a weird way maybe this whole debt situation may cause them to start doing more quality control across the board, they sure do need it.
I agree, WB the production studio really needed a change of leadership. They ruined or nearly ruined their most valuable franchises or the potential ones, if you think about it. Stephen King adaptations after IT, Lego Movie, Harry Potter, DC, Matrix, all of them were quickly burned to the ground in the past 4 or 5 years for creative reasons alone. Some executives didn't want to make Joker. They were against the very single decision that saved Black Adam from bombing this weekend. I'm not a fan of David Zaslav, but the shake up in the WB leadership was really needed (I'm talking about WB the studio, because I was actually a fan of Jason Kilar running WarnerMedia
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8 minutes ago, grey ghost said:
This soft reboot stuff from the Snyder-verse is a huge mess.
By the end of 2023 we'll know how bad it is. Or the mixed results will confuse WB execs even more.
All of that stuff is fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, with the exception of Black Adam and Wonder Woman 84 which barely missed it (58%)
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2 hours ago, charlie Jatinder said:
I expected BA to be 40-50 range, so its overperforming my before the sales started expectations by around $5-10M. A week ago looked like may come in expected range, but the leaks made good bump in sales.
22 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:The theater was dead silent throughout Black Adam but clapped wildly at the post credit.
What a world
And the people running WB and DC Films before the Discovery merger didn't want it to happen.
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1 hour ago, Cappoedameron said:
Yet people will still say Zaslav isn't a problem with WB...
I hate Twitter’s obsession with Rotten Tomatoes. The movie didn’t even open in the U.S. yet and they’re already treating it as a failure. Of course, reviews are relevant, and can potentially hurt a movie’s box office, but a lot of people just look at the RT score as the measure for success, and it makes no sense. These movies are made to sell tickets (and streaming subscriptions).
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The funny thing about the DCEU is that, if you look at the historic correlation between RT score and box office for the franchise, the chances of Black Adam being a global hit with over $600 million worldwide have just increased.
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How many hours until the reviews, does anyone here know?
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Walter Hamada was so out of touch with what the DC fans wanted. Everyone loves Henry Cavill and wanted him back. Some members the other day were asking if Zaslav taking over Warner had produced any good news, well there it is. We only have Cavill's Superman back because of the merger of WB and Discovery and Zaslav cleaning house.
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How nervous are we about this now?
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19 minutes ago, Spidey Freak said:
This man rly updated his Linkedin profile to Interim Head of DC
And he has already done a better job than Geoff Johns, Jon Berg and Walter Hamada with that alleged return alone.
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I wonder if this will improve on rewatch, because the first time I was in shock at what the movie was. But watching it already knowing what it is may be quite enjoyable. The movie, after all, it's pretty well made for what it is. Last time I was this shocked at a movie in the theater was with the 2016 Suicide Squad, I couldn't believe what I was seeing.
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This wasn't at the same level of some great fantasy shows we have these days like House of the Dragon, the underrated His Dark Materials, and even Stranger Things at times. But it's also not any worse than those DC, Marvel, Star Wars and Star Trek shows, which all have the writing quality of broadcast network TV. I understand expectations for Rings of Power were high, given the budget and the source material, but let's not pretend this isn't on par with a lot of highly successful geek content out there.
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9 minutes ago, CJohn said:
This is gonna go for a 80% 2nd weekend drop for sure. Nobody on planet Earth will like this movie. I wanna film reactions of the GA on opening night.
Maybe people will like
Spoilerthe conclusion of the Laurie vs Michael Myers beef
What's your opinion on that?
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Predicting the RT scores from the reactions has become so hard, it could go either way. Still hoping for a fresh score. But with all the talk about the cameo, and The Rock being a global draw, I’m still pretty confident in the film’s success. I’m rooting for it, The Rock seems like a nice guy who really tried his best the please the fans, and he’s been so enthusiastic about the film.
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6 hours ago, TheDude391 said:
Better or worse than Kills?
I expect a worse reception than Kills. Fans will not be kind to this movie.
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I just watched it and I think this is going to get so much hate. I don’t know what they were thinking.
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6 minutes ago, cax16 said:
Who is that?
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2 minutes ago, filmnerdjamie said:
Those opening weekends were all about marketing/hooks. They did their job. People showed up. They were intrigued.
But you're ignoring their horrid second weekend drops and negative WOM. Off it's massive opening, Man of Steel should have finished up at $325-$350M. It topped out at $291M. Batman vs Superman was even more front-loaded and sank like a stone even harder than Man of Steel.
Those all made for quite the discussions here.
In the case of Man of Steel, it directly resulted in Batman v Superman happening instead of a Man of Steel sequel.
The numbers that matter (those subsequent drops after it's opening) literally show he wasn't the most popular actor in the DCEU. Otherwise we'd have had sequels to Man of Steel by 2015 as originally planned in between Man From UNCLE sequels.
People lie. Numbers never lie.
I'm ignoring the second weekend drops because they didn't stop Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad and Wonder Woman from breaking opening records. If we're going by the numbers, they show audiences excited to see the movies around that character, despite whatever reception the previous film had. If the character returns and drives record breaking ticket sales for the franchise again, it doesn't matter how badly previous films were received.
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10 hours ago, filmnerdjamie said:
People lie. Number never lie and the numbers absolutely do not back the claims of "that actor" being popular in that role.
Otherwise the DC Universe would have been wildly different after June 2013.
The movies with him in the lead are the 1st and 3rd biggest openings in the DCEU. The 2nd biggest opening was also a movie heavily promoted as connected to those other two (his character was even mentioned in the trailers). The numbers literally show him as the most popular actor in the DCEU.
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Saw it last night, it's pretty good and I recommend every LGBTQ member to go see it. I, too, was rolling my eyes at the way they were treating this like an important movie for representation when it didn't feel like something new, but after watching it I get it. The movie has a deeper meaning than just being a gay rom com. It was touching, funny and Billy Eichner is surprisingly brilliant as the lead, he is charming and you really care about the character.
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Superman | July 11, 2025 | James Gunn writing and directing | David Corenswet is Clark, Rachel Brosnahan is Lois
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Thank you, David Zaslav. Now give Ben Affleck his solo film as well.