tonytr87

They both have already blown up. They're both stars. Everyone knows box office drawing power is not what makes you a star anymore, largely because not many stars can draw on their name alone. And box office poison? That implies people actively avoid their movies, which I don't think is the case for a majority of actors.

My comment has less to do with his opinion of Oppenheimer than it does the fact that I already hated the guy.

It's so funny how paranoid they are about their image.

Every year his top 25 is half a series of overly subtle indies I've never heard of...and I pay attention to the smaller films too. NY critics have a reputation for being pretentious and he may be the worst of them.

Yeah, I recall Harley being the main draw. They reduced the Joker's airplay as the marketing campaign got closer to release. Nevertheless, it's certainly inarguable that Robbie didn't become a draw in her own right after that movie. It speaks to the difficulty of movie stars drawing on their own these days given that an actress of her caliber and beauty couldn't ride such huge exposure to become THAT kind of star. Here's hoping Barbie does the trick.

I think we need to sit back and take stock of the insanity that is Oppenheimer possibly opening to 60 mil, even 40 mil is absurd for this subject matter.

Why would he make a comedy? He's not a comedy director.

I'd be concerned with the Academy snubbing it in the same way they snubbed the '07 Transformers for Best VFX, only in a much bigger way. Then again, this is a different Academy, so who knows.

Says nobody.

This ended up 5th in my franchise rankings. Very good action film, but quite a bit more flawed than the last two movies. Very confused by the choice to not shoot in IMAX after Fallout so successfully revolutionized IMAX action scenes. If the reports are true, not sure why Cruise was upset about losing IMAX screens if there's no actual IMAX footage. As for the numbers, not bad. Not certain why tracking had it a bit higher, but averaging together the 3-day and 5-day numbers here gives it a 62 mil OW. A bit higher than Fallout. So strange that this franchise always opens under 70 mil. You would think at some point it'd be able to reach the same heights as Fast & Furious or Bond.

You should tell your friends they're addicts.

I thought this too, but supposedly Gen Z is the biggest moviegoing demo post-COVID.

They literally had an anonymous voice out there telling the public their endgame was to bankrupt working people. Spare me. This isn't fucking complicated.

You disagree that the AMPTP are greedy fucks?

Fuck these wealth goblins.

What's up with Gen Z not digging action movies?

If it can open 50-60 mil OW domestic it's assured a profit. Hell, even if it opens to 40 mil and drops off to make only 110 or something, that's still enough with global numbers added.

I mean...they are French.

What negative reviews? Those joke tweets about the sex scenes?

I don't understand their desire to go past 8 movies. End it on an epic two-parter and call it a day. Cruise can't do it for much longer and people like me are jonesing to see him do drama again.

Thinking 28 at the moment, but if Sound of Freedom keeps legging we could see 29.

Wonder if this can hit 100 mil.

Based on the near sellouts I'm seeing for this Thurs through Sat opening weekend, I'm upping my prediction to 50 mil-plus. Curious why tracking is still pointing to 40-45.

The 100 mil number has been steady since they started filming. That's the budget.

I would define it as over 100 mil domestic. Jumanji movies don't count as they're also action/adventure. Ditto anything like Deadpool. Good Boys and Sausage Party did well, but not over 100 mil domestic, although Party got very very close. I would count Crazy Rich Asians. So that was the last one. Interesting that nobody who showed up for that showed up for Joy Ride.