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12 minutes ago, Christmas Baumer said:
Just curious butt what would you consider a flop of Steven Spielberg's?
Munich was one although it was critically acclaimed, The BFG which I really liked wasn't financially successful and 1941 was a flop as well
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2 hours ago, Valonqar said:
This. Ang Lee will be fine. Everyone has flops. Chris Weitz's Golden Compass sunk NLC yet he was immediately offered Twilight Saga: New Moon and has now written Rogue One and Cinderella. And he's hardly as respected as Ang Lee.
Billy Lynn isn't a flop that one cannot bounce back from. Interesting failure more than anything else.
I agree, as long as he can produce a hit either commercially, critically or both once in a while then studios will take a punt. Both Spielberg and Zemeckis have had their fair share of flops but they are still sought after for projects likewise with Eastwood
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$80-85m five days is still pretty solid, it's not Frozen but frankly that was a freak of nature, I'm sure Disney will be happy with the result.
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7 minutes ago, grim22 said:
The Cursed Child apparently works best on stage as opposed to reading the script. It will need to be changed significantly when it is inevitably adapted to the big screen in 2022 or thereabouts with all the 3 principals returning.
2022 seems too soon especially, I reckon the latter half of the 2020s so there is a gap between FB and Cursed Child
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Just now, Jake Gittes said:
Renner should try comedy too, I dunno if it would be a Leo in Wolf or Gosling in Nice Guys type of revelation but I suspect he could play a total doofus really well.
I'm surprised Renner hasn't done comedy, he'd be good in a supporting role similar to Tilda Swinton in Trainwreck, Ryan Gosling in Crazy, Stupid, Love and The Nice Guys were great comedy roles although I suspect neither him or Renner would do a comedy like Why Him?
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Renner's good in Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol and Rogue Nation but he's overshadowed by Tom Cruise and even his co-stars.
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It's a shame that Your Name only has a limited release but hopefully it can expand should it be successful this weekend
Fantastic Beasts should have another solid weekend, the competition is pretty minimal
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7 hours ago, CoolEric258 said:
I would've been more interested in this movie if it was directed by Peter Jackson, but the premise is interesting enough, and I'm sure I'll like it.
But I guess this means the Han Solo movie will stay on the Memorial Day release date.
I suspect with Avatar 2 in December, Disney wasn't going to risk putting it there plus they already have Mary Poppins Returns on Christmas Day.
I imagine Episode XIII will be December 2019 but all other spin-offs will alternate between December and May. I am surprised Disney didn't opt for Indiana Jones to go to Memorial Day but I imagine Mulan will move there.
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35 minutes ago, DAJK said:
Any chance of Allied saving face overseas? I could see something like 50/150
Still, that 85M budget tho...
Zemeckis hasn't had much luck with projects. I'm surprised the budget was $85m but I guess Pitt's salary is a big chunk of the budget
Even if it does $100m OS, it'll still lose money.
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6 minutes ago, Robot308 said:
only one problem with that. September 29th Has Universal's Tom Cruise Drug Mule Film. American Made From Director Doug Liman. so that not a good idea either
I wouldn't be surprised if that moves up to mid to late August or even early to mid September.
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3 minutes ago, That One Guy said:
Blade Runner is either gonna try and catch the early August release (assuming it finishes on time) or release a week before. I don't see anything else happening, unless they want to push it to November or December.
November's unlikely because it's too packed and WB's main priority is Justice League and December is Star Wars which is a no good, I think they could switch dates with CHiPS which is scheduled for August 11th, September 29th seems more likely IMO
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8 minutes ago, Ocho said:
I wouldn't say "flop badly".
The Good Dinosaur made 330m+ WW with merchandising, DVD, 3rd party sales, etc......it broke even worse case.
Probably made a few million.....
$332m WW on a $250m budget isn't good at all.
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Just now, CelestialFairyIX said:
I agree! The amount of quality, germane, and thought provoking and enchanting animated features this year has been insane! The studios came in ready to go ballistic, played the stage like pros, and are hopefully going out with a big bang! From Kung-Fu Panda 3 all the way to Moana and hopefully Sing, 2016 has been a historic year for animation not only in terms of box office revenue, but quality wise as well.
Even the not so successful films like Storks and Kubo were good. I really want to see Your Name because I've read rave reviews about it.
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Just now, Fancyarcher said:
Hey, I'm sure you're not the only member who did that. A lot of members were fairly skeptical about Moana breaking out.
The Good Dinosaur was a troubled production so it was either going to be really successful or as it did flop badly. The Thanksgiving slot can either be really good as we've seen with Frozen, Tangled and now Moana or it can be really bad as evident with TGD, Penguins of Madagascar and Rise of the Guardians.
I would say the first weekend of November is a better slot for animated films even though it's had its fair share of flops
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22 minutes ago, terrestrial said:
Doesn't happen often, but ALIEN: COVENANT has been moved up, not backward--will break out May 19, 2017 instead of August 4.
KINGSMAN THE GOLDEN CIRCLE has been reassigned to fall duty instead of summer: October 6, 2017 is in, June 16 is out.
UNTITLED FOX/MARVEL FILM pounces on November 2, 2018--joins Disney's MULAN and UNTITLED PARAMOUNT EVENT FILM.
UNTITLED FOX/LIGHTSTORM FILM will drop December 21, 2018.
UNTITLED FOX/MARVEL FILM opens Thursday February 14, 2019. Let the rumor mill run wild.
I expect Mulan will move to May 2019 and for Blade Runner 2049 to move up a week to September 29th. I wouldn't be surprised if Sony moves the animated Spider-Man film up a week to avoid Avatar 2.
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1 hour ago, grim22 said:
Now that the prime "First week of August" spot is available, I think it will get filled soon. Valerian might move (not that it will help the movie, but can't hurt). Or WB might want to put Wonder Woman there as the last big movie of summer similar to SS. Doubt if the date stays empty too long, an open release corridor is too much to resist.
I think Wonder Woman will stay put, I think Annabelle 2 and Wimpy Kid will move to August
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It looks good but I suspect it won't be a commericial success.
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1 hour ago, grim22 said:
Warner is a blanket name for distribution purposes. Lots of independent production companies use WB for distribution, Alcon is probably the most well known one. New Line is split because of movies they distributed prior to being acquired by WB.
The Nice Guys was WB domestic only, it was distributed by local distributors elsewhere. Some of the New Line films this year co-produced with MGM and also Central Intelligence with Universal won't be distributed by WB either in some markets or all markets OS.
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17 minutes ago, antovolk said:
Rather enjoyed this. Felt quite old-school, I actually liked Zemeckis’s visual approach & the dream-like feel. Not enough shown between Pitt and Cotillard early on though, things moved a touch too fast there. But did enjoy the Looper-esque progression of the story - how it got more low-key as it went on. Good solid stuff.
Does it justify its rating? I was surprised to find out it was R rated.
In terms of Zemeckis films, where would you rank it.
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28 minutes ago, Heretic said:
Tangled opened to £5.1m, Frozen £4.7m. I'm thinking between £4.5-5m for Moana, it looks like a really appealing choice for families. Legs are going to be very strong, it's getting amazing reviews, so I could see it ending up with £30m or so after the Christmas holidays are over.
Rogue One, I'm expecting a 4-day around £20m, which is 40% lower than TFA, and a total around £70m.
Moana has no real competition for families apart from Ballerina, which a French animated film dubbed into English and likely won't do big business and Monster Trucks. I am surprised Sing isn't opening until January as it would have done quite well in December, it'll probably do well in January but it only has three weeks until Lego Batman.
£20m sounds about right for Rogue One, not as high as TFA but still brilliant
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I think Sing will be successful but I have a feeling it probably won't do as well as Pets but $250-300m domestic seems likely with a lower OS total than Pets.
I do wonder what Warner Bros' expectations for Justice League next year, it has the plum mid November slot so they must be expecting $130-140m OW minimum.
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I'm curious to see how Moana fares, I'm thinking it'll open between The Good Dinosaur and Frozen so £3.5-4m OW,
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6 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:
Parker is going kid friendly next year with DM3.
After Sausage Party being more or less a success, they really do need to give us a new adult animated feature. And preferably not South Park 2.
I imagine Parker and Stone's next feature film would be The Book of Mormon.
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35 minutes ago, Doctor Rth and his FBeasts said:
top playdates
ALL FBAWTFT1-Regal Union Square, NYC
2-LMT Megaplex Jordon Commons, Sandy UT
3-AMC Metreon, San Francisco
4-AMC Boston Commons, Boston MA
5-AMC 34st 14, NYC
6-AMC Lincoln Square, NYC
7-AMC Tysons Courner, Mclean VA
8-CPLX Cinema Banque, Montreal
9-CPLX Scotiabank, Toronto
10-CM Mountain View, Mountain View CA
11-LMT Megaplex south Jordan UT
12-CPLX Scotiabank Vancouver
13-AMC Burbank
14-CPLX Scotiabank, Calgary
15-NCC Cinerama, SeattleNo AMC Empire 25 or E-Walk , NYC
because both playing (Empire Imax only) combined be #2
AMC Empire 25 is usually top 5, it probably would have been number 1 if it had FB exclusively although still impressive that both combined would have charted at 2. What where their rankings?
because both playing (Empire Imax only) combined be #2
Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Moana - 55.5/81.1M; Fantastic Beasts - 45.1M; Doctor Strange - 13.4M; Allied - 13/18M; Arrival - 11.3M; Trolls - 10.3M; Bad Santa 2 - 6.1/9M
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