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  1. Like Ouija 2. First one was terrible but made 20x its budget, so why not put in another $5-10m and make another $30-40m. I imagine a second Visit film will be without MNS. I haven't see the film, but I'm not convinced he's out of he's doldrums. Give me one more good low budget film and I'll be convinced.
  2. Both BM and MR2 ahead of The Town and MR respectively. I expect Wednesday to have good numbers too. School is out today.
  3. Get it to 350m WW and I'll walk away a happy man.
  4. Can't wait to see what Everest can do in expansion. Better than expected drop for The Visit tbh given the genre and my own expectations.
  5. I'm going to stay away from tracking for now, but I think this opens bigger than Skyfall for sure. 110/360/1.3b
  6. My reply to the comments I quoted did not revolve around why the budget was low, but why the film looks grander in scale for its budget. I simply pointed out rebates and tax credits were put to good use. Every film uses these benefits, but you don't always see it translated on the big screen.
  7. No I didn't you're putting words in my mouth. If you read my comment, you will see I said "film rebates and tax credits are going to good use." I never said that the budget is low because of it.
  8. Those budgets are atrocious too. That's a lot of money to film a movie. A good portion of those budgets went to Depp and RDJ to secure their roles. Pirates was a special case. The complexity of those films required a big budget.
  9. I believe Wes Ball confirmed they will not split the third book. The third one is the final one, unless the adapt the prequels.
  10. That's two movies, which they are filming together. So not quite $500m for a single superhero tentpole. BTW, I have not heard of this ridiculous budget, so if it's true that is just atrocious.
  11. Female-centric YA films do pretty well. We haven't had a male-centric YA film breakout since Harry Potter and that was special case, a whole different ball game. BTW, I don't know of any superhero tentpole that has a production budget of half a billion dollars (about the cost of 4 THG films).
  12. Quoting myself from the MR thread: The movie will make money. It won't have the same merchandise and home video sales as Divergent, but its WW BO is healthy given its budget.
  13. Well, look on the bright side, by the end of the third film, the franchise will have grossed nearly $1 billion WW for the price of a single Hunger Games film. Not a bad investment if you ask me.
  14. I don't think any actor has the ability to significantly (10's of millions) affect box office. I'm of the school of thought that BO is a combination of marketing, creative choices, franchise and the environment of release with choice of actors playing a small role in the final result.
  15. Box Office rarely impacts fledgling acting careers. O'Brien will get to show off his chops in Deepwater Horizon (another September release next year), Death Curse and another 30 or so episodes of Teen Wolf, so his career is fine. His agents are clearly doing things right, leveraging his talents in Teen Wolf and the social media following he has to secure roles. What the Maze Runner has done is give the director Wes Ball some exposure. Give him a great script and I think he'll be able to make a good movie. MR2's box office performance has more to do with the creative and marketing choices by Fox. And look, $300m+ WW is nothing to brag about for the genre, but when it's budget is $63m, I'll take the money and run.
  16. It didn't grow for Divergent either. Maze Runner is unique. We haven't had a male centric YA adaption since Harry Potter, and that was a whole different beast. I think with a movie like that a compelling story and characters are very important and I think they failed in that respect. Hopefully it's last outing can redeem the franchise.
  17. What happened to the 10m estimate from last night? Ugh. Man I don't think I want to see Scorch Trials' numbers.
  18. They're disappointing if you believed the $50m tracking for Scorch Trials. However, we are looking at the possibility at TWO $30m openers in September when just lack week we had the first instance of two $25m openers. Most people here thought BM was going to do $20's until MT came along.
  19. OW is about bragging rights. OW talking points is catered to us fanboys and marketing. When it comes down to it, WW numbers and whether the movie was profitable is what really matters to the studio. The Maze Runner may not be a Hunger Games level profit machine, but its low budget and decent WW numbers means Fox is happy. Their consolation prize is that both films are better reviewed than Divergent and both films grossed more than $300m WW. They're happy, I'm happy. Having said that, I'm disappointed that it did not meet my expectations. I thought this franchise could have grown. But I'm willing to bet those last three minutes of the first film put a hamper on that. If it was a much more compelling ending I think these numbers would of been higher. The only theater (Lincoln Square) that I pay for IMAX. Love that screen.
  20. You know, I really feel for you. You're preparing emotionally for the worst. There is nothing more crushing than when a movie does worst than expected. I wanted this to do $50m, but I'll take my low to mid $30's, and hope this walks away with $350m WW (better than Insurgent).
  21. Where is this awesome WOM I keep hearing about? Sure it got a great cinemascore, but so did Divergent and Insurgent. Both Divergent and MR have a 6.8 on IMDB. Divergent has an audience score of 70% on RT with an average rating of 3.8. MR has a score of 68% and an average rating of 3.7. Fact is, WOM for MR beat expectations, but it was not significantly better than Divergent or near the same level of HG.
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