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GODZILLA vs. KONG | March 31 2021 | Adam Wingard to direct
expensiveho replied to grim22's topic in Box Office Discussion
I find these kind of posts fascinating. There's a point where you go so woke that you end up going full MAGA. This reads exactly like something Trump would've tweeted. - Anyways, this thread is a mess. Just came here to say I loved this movie, glad they finally got rid of humans and gave full monster on monster destruction. The CGI was really impressive (or was it that I was really excited about everything that was going on?) -
Black Widow | July 9 2021 | ScarJo secures the bag from Disney
expensiveho replied to Kalo's topic in Box Office Discussion
They wouldn't keep doing it if it was a total disaster. Had they felt like theater revenue was already a lost cause for BW and premier access had been a disaster (for Mulan and Raya), they would've gone with a standard Disney+ release that would've reached a bigger audience (and more likely to get new subscribers) as they did with Soul. They must be seeing something that we aren't but Netflix ushered an era of not having to release any kind of number except for the occasional PR release with vague meaningless numbers. -
Black Widow | July 9 2021 | ScarJo secures the bag from Disney
expensiveho replied to Kalo's topic in Box Office Discussion
I understand the rationale but fuck Disney for delaying this again. Also fuck Disney for sacrificing Black Widow AGAIN. Also, this is great for Disney+. I'm guessing they release it 3 months after that without extra charge? Kinda hoping they hold it until Thanksgiving. -
China Box Office Thread | Oppenheimer-August 30
expensiveho replied to A Marvel Fanboy's topic in China At The Box Office
I hope all of you are preparing your essays for Endgame's re-release because Disney will keep milking this "battle" for a loooong time. -
GODZILLA vs. KONG | March 31 2021 | Adam Wingard to direct
expensiveho replied to grim22's topic in Box Office Discussion
I've seen so many "Save Martha" memes lately. Kinda sad because this was the mega-hit the franchise needed. -
I think they tried to go with "Diana tried to cheat after losing the chance to win" but was poorly executed (like a lot of other stuff in the film) I actually thought they were trying to encourage people to not give up and find solutions to fix your mistakes and was kinda shocked it finished like that.
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Weekend Thread | Birds of Prey $33.25M Weekend
expensiveho replied to TMP's topic in Numbers and Data
The studio did overestimate her popularity by making her the only hook of the movie. I didn't recognize any of the girls and even the soundtrack is full of trendy new artists that aren't a draw yet (except Halsey perhaps) For a movie whose only selling point is "Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn" I'd even say these are good numbers. -
Maybe just anecdotal, but I couldn't see this on theaters because it played for like 1 or 2 weeks without any significant promotion (which says a lot because I was looking forward to see it and didn't even know when it opened). Same thing happened with Hustlers (I did get to see on its last screening which I found out like 2 hours before it and luckily had the time) which is even more ironic since JLo is so big in Latin America. So distribution does play a big factor when it isn't one of the Big 5.
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Black Widow | July 9 2021 | ScarJo secures the bag from Disney
expensiveho replied to Kalo's topic in Box Office Discussion
Way better. Perhaps these scenes weren't ready when the trailer came out (to be fair neither were the ones in that trailer) More excited now. -
Both sentences aren't mutually exclusive. The globes can have a huge boxoffice effect and still be considered a joke. It's a big platform for the award contenders to reach general audiences (that's why it's such a big draw), both the globes and the audiences tend to choose the most popular stars / movies no matter if they're the best ones so of course it has a big effect. Now I would say that the Oscars can be considered a joke too considering how often it's more about campaigning and narratives than actual merit, but it does have more prestige. But award shows in general fall into one of these 2 categories anyways.
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If anything, the Oscars prove each year that Hollywood is nowhere near as "progressive" as the media would want you to think. Of course there's always some made up controversy with the media fishing for clicks (and Film Twitter fishing for likes) but the industry (and audiences) ends up loving great films without caring about the politics.