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  1. Jonwo
    Quoting Trainspotting Tele?
  2. Jonwo
    I'll take Illumination over crappy animation from Lionsgate, TWC, Open Road etc any day
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    That was the case for The Lego Movie as well, I think WAG's films are a bit too American centric in their humour whereas Illumination seems to be global focus with more slapstick gags that translate better.
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    Universal is only distributing A Dog's Purpose in the US, it's more of a hit for Amblin Partners. The Great Wall is a loser for Legendary, they better hope Kong does well.
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    I imagine Universal wasn't expecting it to break out, the audience isn't broad enough. They only spent $55m plus marketing so they're getting a good ROI.
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    I think if it can keep the budget the same or lower, another xXx film could happen but it hasn't done great in most places which might give Paramount pause for thought.
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    So much for The Founder costing $7m. I imagine Harvey will settle it out of court. The movie was already profitable last week, even though it'll make less than the first, it's still a hit.
  8. Jonwo
    I'm sure Lionsgate are thrilled with La La Land's success, it's done 10 times its budget although Lionsgate will only see the US and UK revenue since they sold off the rest of the overseas rights but I'm sure their local distributors are also happy with its success.
  9. Jonwo
    Who handles the Weinstein titles in Portugal? In the UK it's Entertainment Films or Studiocanal, both who are decent distributors.
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    I think the newer indie studios like TWC, Fox Searchlight, SPC etc have been hit hard by the likes of Amazon, A24, Open Road etc acquiring the hot titles but also the bigger studios like Paramount, Fox and Lionsgate/Summit have eaten into their audience as well.
  11. Jonwo
    The Founder would have done better in August or September. At $7m, it would have a nice profit without having to compete with the other Oscar contenders. Look at Manchester by the Sea, it cost only slightly more but made more money because Amazon, Roadside and the other overseas distributors handled the release well.
  12. Jonwo
    Lion's done $70m on a $12m budget and given TWC another award contender. I think they've been given a line of credit by Opus Bank so they're still operating though I can't imagine they can afford to solely fund bigger projects anymore
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    Lego Batman for me wasn't as good as The Lego Movie but it's a close second,
  14. Jonwo
    The rapid fire jokes were a common criticism of The Lego Batman Movie even from those who loved it, Lego Movie had similar issues and Storks to a lesser extent. I do get it because I think you need to give the audience time to appreciate a gag
  15. Jonwo
    Storks was good, I think WAG has established they can do gags really well and come with a decent story but I think and hope they could dial it down a bit.
  16. Jonwo
    Incredible that Angela Lansbury and Dick Van Dyke are still acting in their 90s.
  17. Jonwo
    Zemeckis had a good year with this and What Lies Beneath. It's shocks me that Cast Away cost less than What Lies Beneath
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    If Lego Batman does over $400m WW then it's another huge success for WAG. They're building the brand with good films with only one misfire and even then Storks wasn't bad by any means I wouldn't be surprised if we get a sequel or another spin-off. I'm unsure if Lego Superman would work but if anyone could make it work it's the team who did Lego Batman
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    Fox Searchlight needs a shakeup, Fox themselves are doing fine with the award contenders like Hidden Figures but Searchlight has lost their way i imagine Lego Batman will get a sequel or a spin-off, I'm not sure if it should be Lego Superman as I don't know if it would work as well. WAG should look at doing a non Lego DC film that based on more obscure characters like the Metal Men or Dial H for Hero
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    It'll be interesting to see if New Line can succeed with a DC film, they have done big budget films before with LOTR, Hobbit and San Andreas and the Blade trilogy was successful so i'm confident they can do it. It's strange that New Line got to keep Shazam/Black Adam when they folded into WB, I would have thought that WB would want all the DC films under their umbrella and New Line the Vertigo titles, not that it matters as WB will distribute and will profit anyway.
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    I imagine Wan recommended him since he produced Lights Out
  22. Jonwo
    I wonder if The Great Wall was the reason Tull was booted from Legendary? Apart from Jurassic World and Straight Outta Compton which were already in development before Legendary were brought in to finance, none of their projects have been successful at Universal, Warcraft doesn't count because Universal didn't handle the Chinese release
  23. Jonwo
    Weird WB is scheduling a horror against an animated film with horror characters.
  24. Jonwo
    Even if it makes $300-350m WW, it's still going to lose money with the $150m budget.
  25. Jonwo
    I have a feeling that The Wall is going to struggle against the new releases and the holdovers, Fences will do well as its open wide today and it had a strong PTA last weekend Lego Batman did seem to hurt Sing a little in its previews and OW but both seem to be coexisting just fine. Fifty Shades did well on Valentine's Day although I expect it'll going to have a huge drop
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