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I think it'll do slightly worse than Pets but still very well. I'm surprised it's not being released in the UK until January unless Universal didn't want to compete with Moana but it only has two weeks until Lego Batman which will likely cut into its legs as The Lego Movie was very popular over here, it has early release in many places such as Germany and Portugal.

Tentpoles will always spend the big bucks for superhero and action films but $75m for Inferno is a good budget and minimises the risk. WB/New Line summer line up were all profitable because of their sensisble budgets.

Given how long it took between sequels, I'm not sure whether the next Langdon book will be adapted.

Considering Sony hasn't done well in terms of existing franchises, Inferno is a winner and it'll be more profitable than Angels and Demons due to the lower budget

It's down in Germany and Italy but up in Russia. Given the seven year gap between films, it's probably not surprising it's down in many places but the budget's low enough to ensure that a $250-300m WW gross means it'll be profitable or at least break even

I reckon Reacher will be $15-20m which is the roughly the same as the last film with Inferno doing $25-30m.

It's an interesting premise, Future Quest has shown how a shared HB universe can work so if Scooby Doo does well, I suspect Jonny Quest, if it not done as a live action film, will be the second WAG-HB film. Warner Bros should and likely will move it from its current slot as both it and HT3 will cannibalise each other if they remain on the same date. I reckon they'll move it to September 2019 to conicide with the 50th anniversary I think if Lego Batman does well, I could see WAG doing an animated DC film although I'd used lesser known characters to allow more creative freedom, The Metal Men has been rumoured as a potential animated film but I'd opt for Dial H for Hero since it's a concept that could work well in animation plus it has a kid in the lead role;

I think if Smallfoot which will their next original film in 2018 after the Lego spin-offs in 2017 doesn't improve on what Storks did, it could put original ideas in jeopardy since WAG can rely on Lego and characters from their libraries to use as ideas for animated films like Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, DC, Looney Tunes etc The budgets are also low enough that they can shoulder an underperformer as well.

It's not the best example as it was very successful and only made slightly less WW compared to Toy Story. The only animation studio that had a more successful second film was DWA with The Prince of Egypt which made more than Antz. Compared to SPA which didn't have a truly profitable film until The Smurfs, WAG is actually done well two films in

I imagine Hanks and Cruise's salaries would probably be too much for Paramount. If they couldn't get him as a villain, maybe cast him as the new secretary of IMF and not mention his casting until the very last minute. It's surprising considering how long they've both been in the industry that no one has sought to put them in a film together.

In the battle of the Toms, Hanks will likely beat Cruise both domestically and overseas. Someone needs to put them in a film together where it be a thriller or a drama or even make Hanks a villain in Mission Impossible 6.

Is there any big changes in the film from the book? I've heard that the film ending is slightly different from the book

The books are complete hokum but clearly there is an audience since there are four books and three films. I wonder if The Lost Symbol will be adapted since it was in development before they opted to do Inferno, it's more American centric compared to the other three dealing with Freemasons, Dan Brown has another Langdon book coming next year so I suspect if this is successful, they'll adapt that instead.

The Girl on the Train is going to be profitable for Universal since they're only distributig it, DreamWorks sold some of the OS rights to local distributors so part of the budget is already covered. Sony won't lose out much from Mag 7 as they only funded a portion of the budget and are getting a distribution fee, MGM funded the majority of it with Village Roadshow and LStar covering the rest. After the bombage of Ben Hur and Mag 7 not doing so well, MGM are doing to end the year in the red

$230m is my guess, comparable to other September animation that isn't Hotel Transylvania

Storks will be profitable in the long run but I imagine WB and WAG probably were expecting more but it's more a disappointment than a disaster, its comparable to other animation studios who hit big with their first film but missed on their second, Hop did a lot worse than Despicable Me for example but just about broke even WW, Robots from Blue Sky did $260m WW on a $75m budget which was good but not great compared to Ice Age, A Bug's Life from Pixar didn't do nearly as well as Toy Story but still a solid hit and Surfs Up from SPA was a failure only doing $149m on a $100m budget

I think Warner Bros are confident that Live by Night will hit big since it's getting a limited release at Christmas and a wide January release.

Kevin Hart: What Now? has a budget of $9.9m, seems a lot for a stand up film but it'll easily make that back.

Sully's chugging along nicely towards $125-130m domestic, it'll hit $120m by sometime next week. I imagine it'll OS total will be around $80-90m given it's still got a number of big OS markets left to play

October's a good time for more adult midbudget films like GOTT and The Accountant, I imagine Sully probably would have done well in October although I think Hanks in Inferno in the same month meant it wasn't viable.

The dates for the new WB event films makes me think they're for WAG films rather than DC or other tentpoles.

That's pretty decent for Storks, it faces Trolls previews next week as well as the ongoing success of Miss Peregrine. I'm thinking £4-4.5m for Inferno but £5m wouldn't surprise me. eOne have had a strong year with The BFG cracking £30m and The Girl on the Train likely to do around £25m or more, they've done better than both Sony and Paramount as neither have had a £20-30m hit this year.

I doubt GOTT will be as leggy as Bridget, the film isn't as good but I agree it's a market that was mostly neglected over the summer due to the big tentpoles apart from Ab Fab and Me Before You. I'll be curious how it fares next week, I reckon it'll be close between it and Inferno for number 1.

Deadline says The Girl on the Train did $8.5m which is £6.8m which is very impressive and bigger than Gone Girl's four day opening although I think Girl on the Train isn't going to be as leggy as GG was. Wonder how Storks did with previews, I can't imagine it'll do huge business with Trolls previews next week.

Universal are only distributing in the US and a handful of territories with the rest being covered by local distributors like eOne. For DreamWorks SKG, this is their first number one film in a while and for Amblin Partners, this is a good start for them