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6 hours ago, SchumacherFTW said:
US would just adopt our British system. Makes much more sense
The BBFC isn't perfect but I think the rating system is better than the MPAA which allow parents to bring kids into totally unsuitable films.
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It'll be interesting what kind of budget this has, I imagine $60-70m tops even with Johnny Depp and Branagh,
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I'll be curious to see how The Girl on the Train does, Gone Girl two years before did £4.3m for its four day opening with an 18 rating, I think The Girl on the Train probably will do £3-3.5m five days, maybe £4m at a push, it likely won't have the legs of GG as Inferno and Jack Reacher will eat into its audience
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I think coming after The Lego Movie, Storks was always going to have an uphill battle but I think WAG has a clear idea what kind of films they're making although they've only got one original film coming which is Smallfoot, everything else is either Lego or from the WBA libraries in the case of Scooby Doo
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On 27/09/2016 at 9:14 PM, Mojoguy said:
I don't see the Sep record being beaten again until Hotel Transylvania 3.or Scooby Doo depending on which film moves from that slot. Ninjago I could see doing over $30-35m minimum maybe $40m
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October won't be as big as last year but there likely will be solid hits with The Girl on the Train, Inferno, Trolls and Doctor Strange.
I think this year there hasn't been films dominating like last year but lots of £30m+ films and two £40m+ films
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13 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:
Shrek 3 is a bottom 5 worst all time animated film for me, and ST is probably bottom 10. Bee Movie, Sinbad, Home, and Madagascar 1 are also flat out bad and Flushed Away, Shrek 4, Monsters vs Aliens, and Madagascar 2 are all borderline bad. Then you have a whole slew of mediocre films from them, which is almost everything else outside of the KFP/HTTYD franchises and Shrek 1 and 2.
The Croods is good but I do think when DWA tried to do three films a year, the decline in quality showed.
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Just now, filmlover said:
Will be interesting to see how Jack Reacher does next month in its overseas vs. domestic receipts (I'm guessing it's a sacrificial lamb on the domestic front).
The first Jack Reacher did $138m OS but it has competition in the form of Inferno which is likely dominate and also The Girl on the Train so it'll likely do less but still over $100m.
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Bridget Jones's Baby is doing superb business OS, I wonder if it can match what the previous two films did and hit $200m OS?
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2 hours ago, wildphantom said:
£2.0 million opening for Magnificent Seven. Solid start, on par with the US weekend.
Considering Bridget Jones is dominating, Mag 7 did well
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43 minutes ago, filmlover said:
Solid opening for Magnificent Seven. Not sure much more could've been expected.
WB better hope Storks takes advantage of the barren kid market until Trolls.
Open Season had a 3.7 multiplier so a similar if not higher multi would get it to $80-81m a 4 multi which is unlikely would get to $87m.
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Just now, CJohn said:
It was meant to be the 3rd week of Deepwater Horizon in the format.
Wasnt Inferno planned for IMAX before it moved? I know it has IMAX OS
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23 minutes ago, filmscholar said:
You have to look at the type of films though. Denzel's budgets are always kept in check much more than some of his counterparts. He knows how to choose his parts well. I'd rather have a consistant catalog of 75-110. Then one HUGE Blockubster here or there and several of underperformers. This is why I didn't like the negative talk about Denzel's box office in the Sony leak, it was disrespectful. Denzel movies don't do "200-300" domestic mostly because a majority of his films are dramas. Denzel in a Superhero Tenpole (Marvel/DC etc) could do very well but I don't think he wants to do that type of film. Rumors are he was contacted for the "Fast and Furious" sequel but turned it down. Denzel didn't get this far by picking movies just to get blockbusters. He's been very selective. A remake of a Classic Western seems to fit for him. I almost don't want him to do "Equilizer 2" even though I liked the first movie very much. I love that his catalog has zero sequels and he's this successful.
It's the same with Leo and Hanks although both have their fair share of flops plus Hanks has been in two franchises.
I do wonder if certain actors aren't paired with one another simply because they're too expensive. You'd never see a Leo/Denzel film or a Cruise/Jolie film because the salaries would be $40m
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3 minutes ago, Krissykins said:
Dreadful for Queen of Katwe, too.
Its a film about chess, it was never going to huge numbers,
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Mag 7 is a solid film, it wouldn't have disgraced itself had it been released in say July or August
Fuqua is no visionary but he knows how to direct action
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I'm sure Mag 7 could have sequels, the original did but I suspect it won't happen
I wonder what will be the first film to crack $50m OW in September, Ninjago could do it next year but I imagine that'll be more like $35-40m, HT3 might do it or Scooby Doo depending on which one remains in that September 2018 slot
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59 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:
It doesn't need to do that much, the budget was $70m and as a kids/family film it will have a long fruitful life in ancillary
Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs cost $100m and did $243m WW. It got a sequel.
Cloudy had critical acclaim and TBH it was SPA's first big hit whereas WAG had The Lego Movie which was very successful. I think Storks is akin to Hop which was Ilumination's second film which opened well but had poor legs for a family film and didn't do great OS but was profitable due to its $63m budget.
I imagine Storks won't get a sequel but WAG in the long run will be fine but I suspect if Smallfoot doesn't do better then original films will take a backseat in favour of Lego films and adaptations of characters that WB already owns
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Storks' numbers is disappointing but not a disaster given the budget. If it can do $150-200m OS which is doable combined with a $80-90m domestic then it'll be profitable just not super profitable.
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10 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:
Storks' budget is only $70 million so decent legs should put it in the black, but with its reviews that's not a guarantee and it's a far cry from Lego Movie or Hotel Transylvania
Stork's lucky there isn't a family film for another month so it could have decent legs but it's missing $100m domestic for sure, OS could save it but as I mentioned Trolls has an early OS release which will affect it somewhat.
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Just now, MovieMan89 said:
Lol, and there's Free Birds from a few years back. There's an animated bird curse in general it seems.
Surf's Up too, there have been successful animated bird films but they seem limited to chickens and parrots. Penguins only got one successful film in Happy Feet, all other animated films with penguins as stars have flopped ever since.
I doubt Warner Bros would do it but I'd love to see an Animaniacs movie either as fully animated or hybrid.
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@Nutella of Arabia Is it too early to do a WWW thread for Storks or wait until Monday?
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Just looked at the numbers for Legends of the Guardians that WB made six years ago and that only made $16m OW and Happy Feet 2 flopped a year later, clearly animated bird movies are a curse for WB/WAG so we won't seeing a Tweety or Daffy Duck movie anytime soon!
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3 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:
The second one wasn't but the first one was pretty sizable, it made $5m less than Training Day domestically and adjusts to about $110m. It's a shame this one isn't doing better than the second one (adjusts to $56m) which was awful but I guess too much time has passed.
Bridget doesn't click with US audiences in the same way it does in the U.K., its the same with The BFG, bombed in the US but was a sizeable hit in the UK.
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4 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:
Presales started today and look strong already. It is going to hit a demographic (female and date crowd) that is absolutely starved for content.
The Girl on the Train should do well, I wouldn't be surprised if Inferno cracks $100m although even if it doesn't, the OS numbers will likely make it a hit.
Bridget Jones while doing poorly in the US, is killing it in the U.K. and doing well in other countries. You wonder if Universal should have bothered with a wide release in the US given the previous two films weren't huge.
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Weekend Thread: Peregrine: 28.5| Deep: 20.6| M7: 15.7 pg 22
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Miss Peregrine is Tim Burton back on form, I do wonder how it would have fared had it been released at Christmas