tonytr87
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40-45m total for Savages. Not a complete bomb, but certainly not a success.
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Almost any villian can be made great if fleshed out enough. A talented filmmaker can take Venom, Carnage, Kraven, Mysterio, any of them and make them great characters, even if they're subpar in the comics. Carnage, for example, could be made into a pretty dynamic adversary with his unique status as a serial killer (something never approached in a comic-book film). They could play with his psychology quite a bit and make him more than just a wacko with bloodlust.Is it really going to take the death of another Spider-Man franchise to convince people that Venom is a boring and shallow stereotype of a character?
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Looks like a Paul WS Anderson movie i.e. shit. 13/35m
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If it wasn't for Steve Carell the film would've started out in limited release, so I guess the drop is reflecting that. Should've been a fall release IMO.Geez, I know Seeking a Friend did badly, but was THAT theatre drop REALLY warranted?!?!
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Well, what other reason would they have?Unless they're gonna do previews for 2 weeks, theaters will lose money.
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They're preparing for TDKRWow. So what is getting all those screens being freed up? A quick glance at that list shows well over 11,000 screens from those movies but the 2 new wide releases only total around 5,300. That still leaves about 6,000 screens unaccounted for and the new limited releases will barely make a dent in that number.
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ASM could've been affected by people doing their 4th of July thing instead of going to the movies, but after checking years past that's been the case only some of the time, so I guess it depends on the movie. Fri's number will tell us a lot more.I think MM collapsed, because it should have decreased like Ted yesterday, but the discount Tuesdays helped to keep the number high. But it's awful for TASM, it's officially a failure, 280m is gone, the question is how lower can it get.
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Good point. Nevertheless I still like to compare everything.Generally speaking, comparing within genres is fine, IMO. But it starts getting hard to offer a pure objective opinion -- did the comedy pull off being funny more than the drama pulled off being dramatic?
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Stylistically, yes, but as far as themes and story content (50's era family life fits right in with the 60-80 year-old contingent that dominates the Academy), not really. I'm also pretty sure it wouldn't have made the cut if the exact same movie had a director other than Malick's name attached to it.Back on topic...hope Ted keeps chugging. We need more original hits.Well, The Tree of Life is a pretty challenging movie for a BP nominee.
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Besides EL&IC they were good/decent flicks, but I like to see great/relevant/challenging films nominated. Only three of last year's nominees (The Descendants, Midnight in Paris, and Moneyball) were in my top 12.And Albert Brooks should've replaced Sydow in my opinion (or Jonah Hill). I know a lot of people like to say that a performance without dialogue is more difficult, but I say the opposite.Yes, thats what I meant. Hey, there were some good nominees this year! Tree of Life, Midnight in Paris, The Descendants.. But yeah Extremely Long and Incredibly Boring was.. yeah.
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I assume you mean the nominees released in 2010? Because last year was a minor travesty (Extremely Loud, War Horse getting nominated/great films like Shame, Drive, Take Shelter getting shut out/a trifle like The Artist winning).Hmm, really? I think the 2011 Oscar nominees are of the highest quality yet. Not one of the BP nominees was bad or even mediocre IMO
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Then what's the point of grading movies?I try not to compare films to each other-for example, something like a low grade comedy getting a better score then Inception does not mean its better then Inception.
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Sad that standards are so low these days. A grades for ASM? The Avengers is an A movie, and ASM is not on the same level.
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You're crazy. SM3 was pretty disappointing but I can name at least 10 that are worse.SpiderShit 3. Such an atrocity of a movie. This is the definition of where comic book movies go wrong. Worst superhero movie ever.
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For an opener like this I average together the 3-day weekend number and the 5/6 day number. So say it makes 60m for the 3-day and 135m for the 6-day, that would average out to 98mil. So the multi from that.2.5-2.7 multi from what? It opens on Tuesday.
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The thing is WOM doesn't have to be bad for legs to be weak. If the general consensus among casual moviegoers is "it's okay" or indifference, that's not going to convince their friends who might be on the fence to go watch a Spider-man movie in theaters for the fourth time.I was wondering will WOM be bad, if its seen to be better then Spider Man 3?
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250m would be a modest success when you factor in OS, but overall it's disappointing due to the fact it's Spider-man. Batman Begins and Superman Returns were coming off not just poorly received precedessors, but long layoffs and four previous films instead of three. According to many here, this was/is supposed to cross 300m on brand alone.I figured anything below Batman Begins or Superman Returns would be disappointing, since those are really the only comparisons we have for this type of situation. I figured on 225 or so, basically a bit better than those two thanks to inflation and 3d.
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Really? Hmm...I always thought 250m would be considered disappointing.Well 250 million would be a big win I would imagine for this....People were seeing 180 million sub for this.
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I've never understood why this forum doesn't take a page from SHH and simply designate a place for people to discuss things with spoilers.There were no spoilers discussed at all, some loonies are getting paranoid. Is it a spoiler that there's an end credit scene?
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That was my biggest problem too. The film manages to be slow while still glossing over some major character development, for both Peter and Connors. Also, even though the moments they have together are some of the best in the movie, Peter and Gwen's relationship is rushed.I would say my biggest problem with the movie is that it's too long and too short at the same time. I had the same issue with Superman Returns(but, thankfully, this doesn't have some of the more cringeworthy moments in SR and it does have actual battles...more than one even.)Tell me if you get what I mean after seeing it.
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True. Forgot about that (already forgetting important parts of the film...whoops). Nevertheless it just makes more sense that the spider-bite would've given Peter the ability to spin webs. Source material is not perfect, some things CAN be improved. And I feel that was one change that was an improvement on the comics.Also, if they want to show Peter's intellect...spider-tracers.They used the "got destroyed" nail biter.
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Eh, not really a good enough reason to include them. My biggest problem with the mech shooters is how purely illogical they are. A small wrist-sized cartridge can produce webbing for hours on end? Ironically ASM never even used the "run out of webbing" nailbiter. They also didn't even show how he acquired the fluid from Oscorp. He just has it sitting there in his room all of a sudden like he mail-ordered the thing.I thought they worked in the first film, but other than when he lost his powers, he always had an endless supply. Some of the best moments in the comics were when he either ran out or his shooting devices jammed/got destroyed and he didn't have the webbing to use as a crutch. He was then forced to actually "duke it out" with a villain, or use his brain to find another way to defeat him.
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Aren't there usually drops on the 4th? People are barbequing, visiting family, and watching fireworks, not going to the movies.$27m including midnights means around $19.5m during the day. Soft increase to $21-22m is in store for tomorrow.$30m including midnights means $22.5 during the day. Probably around $24m tomorrow.
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I don't think most of us are saying that. We're just not buying that this is going to cross 300mil (at least I'm not). This will be a modest success like Pirates 4 and Shrek 4 were modest successes.I'll say this again. Who except iJack was expecting this to reach SM3 admissions? Nobody, now suddenly when it opens though people act as if this was supposed to outgross SM3 domestically
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SAT/Wkd Numbers (EST TASM $23.8m(+15%)/$65m; Savages $5.6m(-2%)/$16.2m; KP 2.5m(-8%)/7.2m
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