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Despite the cock up, Moonlight's win shows the rise of A24, they've really come far with films like Moonlight, Ex Machina, Amy etc I wouldn't be surprised if we see Amazon get a best picture win within a few years
La La Land should still a boost at the box office with the wins for Chazelle, Stone and best song and score.
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Jungle Book's win was no surprise, that film was visually impressive, only Kubo came close with its stop motion techniques
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6 hours ago, YourMother said:
The LCU has done great work so far, with only WDAS, Pixar, Laika, and some Dreamworks films beat it in quality or on the same level of quality. I have no doubt the sequel will be great.
WAG have done some great films, even Storks which was their weakest had its moments.
Smallfoot and Scooby Doo are the tests whether WAG could have non Lego hit, Scooby is more likely than Smallfoot due to the name recognition
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2 minutes ago, Telemachos said:
Tele, you are awful!
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Just now, tribefan695 said:
I thought Piper was their best short in at least a decade. First time I've legitimately pulled for a short filmmaker to get feature work
I imagine Alan Barillaro will get a shot at directing a feature at Pixar after this win.
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4 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:
Pixar wins something.
First Pixar short to win in years! I did like Piper though my favourite short film that wasn't nominated was Inner Workings. That was hilarious!
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Just now, grim22 said:
Animation up next.
Will be cannastop's obsession Zootopia...
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9 minutes ago, filmlover said:
You could argue it both ways since she disappears for a large portion of the movie. Her winning in Supporting for Fences is nowhere nearly as criminal as Vikander winning Supporting for The Danish Girl for what was unquestionably a lead performance.
Viola won the Tony for Rose as Best Actress as the Tony committee in 2010 saw it as a lead role but when the original actress who played Rose in the original production of Fences won the Tony as Supporting Actress.
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5 minutes ago, YourMother said:
Where is the question? June either will get destroyed by TI2, July has either HT3 or Amusement Park, and August will have live action Disney film and maybe Amusement Park, April would be a nice spot or May 18th one of them could bully Laika out of there.
May could work and Laika could go to August or October. April might be tricky for WAG as they'll sandwiched between two WB releases. I think Larrikins could go to June 1st, giving them a two week head start on TI2.
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2 hours ago, MCKillswitch123 said:
Yes they will. That's why I said that Smallfoot's the one that needs to change. Larrikins won't be hurt by BP, nor will it hurt BP (at best, it'll take some of the family audience away, but not too badly, I think).
I wouldn't be surprised if Larrikins or Smallfoot moves to summer.
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4 minutes ago, CJohn said:
Universal won't try it. They would need to start the campaigns now which means the earlist possible release date would be late March/early April. Way too many big movies in there and they have their own blockbuster to focus on.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5052448/releaseinfo?ref_=tt_ov_inf
We know now it gets released in Australia/NZ in May as well but this is it.
Given it'll be profitable from domestic alone, Universal don't need to release it straight away in many markets plus I suspect it wouldn't be cost effective to release it against the March onslaught of films anyway.
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4 hours ago, Barnack said:
As for all the pure comedy movies fail comments, I'm not so sure, some kind of comedy do not travel very well but we had many recent nice financial success, specially on the domestic market.
Trainwreck, Daddy's home, Sisters, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, most Melissa McCarthy or Kevin Hart comedy, Neighbors 1-2, Bad Mom did really really well, Why Him did work too. If you go a bit back in time 21 Jump Street 1-2, Growth up 1-2, Hangover trilogy, etc...
Comedy also tend to be particularly popular rental wise.
Bridget Jones was a flop domestically but thanks to OS especially the UK, it did $212m WW on a $35m budget.
I suspect Baywatch will do okay not only because of name recognition but also because of Dwayne Johnson and to an extent Zac Efron
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Horror and thrillers are budgeted so that they'll make money no matter what, I suspect the studio spends more on P&A.
It doesn't mean they're going to stop making blockbusters just because a few horrrors and thrillers have done well because blockbusters do make money and have ancillary revenue but unless you're Disney, it's not cost effective to have solely blockbusters so studios balance with cheaper genres which hopefully will be profitable. Look at Warner Bros/New Line, their summer slate last year was a mix of horror, comedy and a romantic drama and all were profitable.
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18 minutes ago, Lestranger said:
There has been a renaissance in American Horror ever since It Follows a couple years back. It harkens back to the golden age in the 1970s. This is in addition to Blumhouse crushing it with more traditional horror genre work. It is a wonderful time for horror in American film.
James Wan and Jason Blum seem to be leading the way with good horror
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27 minutes ago, filmlover said:
Yeah, it's great to see that the horror genre is actually trying again after years of "found footage" movies taking over and running the genre.
There's been a lot of good horror in the last few years like The Conjuring, Don't Breath etc but I do agree that while horror will always be a genre where you can make a quick buck, a good quality horror film can make even more. Even the cheap as chips films like Lights Out have been good.
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34 minutes ago, Telemachos said:
Lionsgate usually is more modest with their campaigns -- they don't spend an arm and a leg. I think their POWER RANGERS push is doing fine.
I like to see clever and inventive marketing too, but let's be honest, that's secondary to simply spreading awareness and getting asses in seats for opening weekend.
Lionsgate only has to focus on US and UK markets marketing wise since their partners who distribute their films elsewhere handle the marketing costs so they wouldn't spend as much compared to the bigger studios.
Universal/Illumination likely spend more on marketing Minions or SLOP compared to what they spent making it, likewise with WB with Lego Batman. In the UK, Sky has used films like Lego Batman, SLOP, Inside Out etc to promote their broadband but also acts as marketing for the film at the same time.
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1 hour ago, Water Bottle said:
I thought that was the "double murder" joke, only time I laughed at the trailer. Too road trippy but eh.
Seemed very straight-to-DVD to me.
These films are cheap to make and will make a decent profit even against big competition
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1 minute ago, Gabriel Sales said:
LEGO films have been admittedly most successful in english speaking countries, in some countries, especially in Asia, movies have been a real 'bomb'. In South Korea, for example, a country with good potential for animated films, LEGO Batman did not even reach the $1 million mark, while LEGO Movie made a measly $1.5 million, in Japan made just $1.8 million
. I think it's consensus that the jokes used in movies sound so much better in English.
Also unquestionable is the success of LEGO films in the US, UK and Australia, and the rest of the world? The Asian market is huge, LEGO Batman will have a release in China on March 3, the probability of being a bomb there is also huge. Would not it be time for Warner rethink his strategy and start making the LEGO films with a greater global appeal?
The issue is making them more globally appeal e.g. dumbing down the humour is that you may risk losing the English speaking audience who love the humour of the first two Lego films.
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2 hours 40 minutes is too long, I know Fast and Furious is a cash cow for Universal and Diesel but surely someone has to say it's too long and make necessary cuts.
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4 minutes ago, Fancyarcher said:
If they do release Early Man in the US, I imagine it'll probably get a small release and go straight to VOD, sadly.
I think Amazon Studios in partnership with Lionsgate or another small indie should release it to ensure it gets a proper release
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5 minutes ago, Fancyarcher said:
To be fair, Lionsgate only distributes their animated films. They're just a studio who wants an animated hit, so they pick up any animated film they can, which happens to include a lot of Foreign animated films.
You'd think they'd watch them first before acquiring them. They bungled the release of Shaun the Sheep which was an excellent film, it should have made more than it did. I hope Early Man gets a good distributor if they decide to release it in the US
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5 hours ago, babz06 said:
Thats the narrative that the studios want you to believe but when the few black american films come out, they dont fare any better or any worse than other white American films. Unless you're a huge star like Dicaprio or Hanks ( Will Smith back in the day); it's tough to sell American central films period.
Just look at this BOM comparison between Hidden Figures and films like The Butler, Lone Survivor, Unbroken and Lincoln.
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=hidfigures.htm
The Butler and Hidden Figures(eventually) both made more worldwide than Lone Survivor and Unbroken.
Also Hidden Figures will make more money than the last two BP winners: Birdman (103m ww) and Spotlight (88m ww) even if it doesn't win BP.
Moonlight (an indie about a black gay male from Miami) has already done better domestically and performing on par overseas with other oscar American indies like Room, Whiplash. It's currently looking at between 30-40m WW with 1.5m budget.
http://deadline.com/2017/02/moonlight-international-box-office-a24-1201913834/
Compton did well in the UK and HF seems to doing decently so it vary from country to country. Lion for example which is an Australian film is doing superb business in the UK and Australia but it does help that it has Dev Patel and Nicole Kidman.
Spotlight was the tough sell because of the subject matter, La La Land and Hidden Figures are a much easier sell in comparison, HF's only real issue OS is that the main leads aren't that well known, the biggest names would be Jim Parsons and Kevin Costner.
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3 hours ago, Heretic said:
Logan officially classified as a 15 in the UK, no cuts. It sure is a strong 15...
Logan is going to big. Bigger than some of the latest X-Men movies.
Logan will do well but I imagine it'll do less than Deadpool simply because there is so much competition in March, I could see outgrossing Days of Future Past though
. I think it's consensus that the jokes used in movies sound so much better in English.
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The small indies really have done well aware wise with Open Road winning Best Picture last year and A24 but it hurting the likes of Weinstein and Fox Searchlight
Lionsgate despite the BP loss still had a great night with 6 wins for La La Land and Hacksaw Ridge combined.