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I've already seen ads for Sing during kids films like Sleeping Beauty, I think it'll be a solid hit although I think it'll be closer to Trolls numbers than SLOP numbers. It biggest competition is The Lego Batman Movie which comes out only a few weeks later,
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I think SLOP's huge success clouded expectations.
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Sing seems to be dissapointing in many markets, luckily the UK, Japan and Russia isn't for a while and could pick up steam in those places but clearly it shows The Illumination formula isn't totally bulletproof. -
Given its early OS grosses has been good at best, it's not surprising, it's clearly not clicking with audiences like previous Illumination films. The UK release is in January and I'm expecting it'll do very well but it faces competition from The Lego Batman Movie which I think will do similar numbers to The Lego Movie.
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Coco | Pixar / Lee Unkrich | Now playing | #1 all-time in Mexico
Jonwo replied to AniNate's topic in Box Office Discussion
Mickey Mouse wouldn't be public domain anyway since Disney has the trademarks so no one can distribute or use the early Mickey material without Disney's consents. It's the same with The Wizard of Oz, when the film goes into public domain, no would be able to distribute it or use any of the imagery from the film because WB owns all the trademarks. TBH it's no different from other studio lawyers have done in the past. -
I'd forgotten how mediocre The Lorax's legs were given its huge opening, I think Sing will finish in the middle of The Lorax and DM although there is a good chance it can beat DM's domestic gross. The OS total for Sing is much better than previous weeks but it's likely not going to hit the heights of Minions and SLOP, more likely DM OS numbers at best. Hidden Figures looks like it'll be a success when it goes wide but I think it'll not do well OS similar to Fences
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I imagine Moana and Passengers are doing good business, I suspect Collateral Beauty, Monster Trucks and Why Him? will do well but not great business. NYD has three openers all aimed at different audiences, Silence I suspect will do okay as will A Monster Calls, I suspect Assassin's Creed will do similar figures to Warcraft then have horrid legs.
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True but the Academy might surprise and nominate him, the film and Eastwood. It's a good film but TBH i didn't it was awards worthy.
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Strange Hidden Figures isn't being distributed by Fox Searchlight but Fox itself since it seems more their sort of film. I wouldn't be surprised if WB snucks in with Sully.
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Does Deadline not proof read their article as Collateral Beauty isn't Sony, it's WB/NL
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Fences likely will not do great OS but given the low budget and likely domestic success, it'll easily make its budget back and then some
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I imagine Live by Night and Patriots Day will do well when they go wide in a few weeks. I wouldn't be surprised if LBN does similar numbers to The Accountant
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Most animation studios would kill for regular $200-250m domestic grosses that WDAS, Illumination and Pixar get. I wonder if the lower OS for Sing is partly due to animation fatigue and the fact the themes just weren't as appealing compared to SLOP I think the huge success of SLOP and Zootopia clouded people's expectations, not every film can hit those heights, BH6 didn't hit Frozen numbers but it wasn't expected to for example, im sure Illumination and WDAS are chuffed with how Sing and Moana are doing.
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I never thought $300m was likely, $240-250m would still be brilliant for an original film. Not everything can be Minions or SLOP The three day opening is the lowest Illumination opening since Hop but the six days is not far from Alvin 2's five day opening
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MOANA | 394.6 M overseas ● 643.3 M worldwide
Jonwo replied to kayumanggi's topic in International Box Office
Moana was screwed either way, had it been released in January where Sing is, it would have been dented by Lego Batman. -
Rain in LA must be like heatwaves in the UK, rare but when it happens, everything stops working or everyone starts panicking. I'm envisioning the first drop of rain and LA folks are screaming like the Wicked Witch of the West
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The Parent Trap while it was a remake, is the sort of film that rarely gets made anymore which is the low to mid budget live action kids film. There are films like Alexander and the Terrible, No Good Bad Day but they are few and far between.
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It only cost $15.5m so it was hugely profitable.
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It wouldn't be the first time, A Listers sign up to a turkey, Aloha comes to mind... I'm guessing it's the cast, none of them come cheap and I guess Meyers is well paid too. The Intern at $35m was cheap in comparison and likely made more profit than any of her previous films.
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Warner Bros Studio Tour Mars will sell like hotcakes..
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Collateral Beauty's biggest mystery is how the hell they managed to get so many top actors to star in it, it clearly wasn't the script and given the budget was $36m, it wasn't the money either.
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Monster Trucks has an early release in the UK, France and Ireland and the only review I've found is from the tabloid The Sun which was mixed positive, the fact there's only one review at the moment doesn't fill me with confidence of its chances or that's it's any good
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Sing's doing well but it's looking like it and Moana are going to have similar grosses domestically. OS will be interesting, Moana is already at $120m already and I think it'll do $300-350m total which I'm thinking will be Sing's OS total as well
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Audition reminds me of The Impossible Dream from The Man of La Mancha lyrically. The lyricists of La Land Pasek and Paul have a stage musical that's just opened on Broadway called Dear Evan Hansen which is meant to be excellent and Ben Platt, who was in the Pitch Perfect films is starring in it. It's nice to see the new generation of musical creatives like Lin Manuel Miranda, Bobby Lopez and Pasek and Paul have success both in theatre and film.
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While I like City of Stars, my favourite song is Audition (Fools who Dream) followed by Another Day of Sun. I'm desperate to see it but it doesn't come out in the UK until January.
