Admit it, people, this is the most surprising run of 2018. It had everything stacked up against it. It defied all expectations and then some. My friend, you bow to no one.
Venom is doing great cause it's fun, easy to follow for the uninitiated, isn't offensive to fans, it's rewatchable, and has awards-worthy performance of the year in its center. critics were wrong plain and simple. @Alli
they need someone who dares to say No to her BS. If characters are bland (well, Newt and Tina are and they are leads so...) and story is confusing mess that even fans have problem following and retconning is of the worst kind, than someone should straighten her out.
Movies that are walk-up driven won't have good preview numbers, so we have to wait for Friday number to gauge the weekend.
@Alli More like bad wigs strike again!
Oh, I agree with that completely. Look what happened to SW for banking too much on nostalgia instead of moving forward. FB had a chance to be more for GA than just for fans, and it blew it.
BR and ASIB will have higher dom totals than FB when all is said and done. Solo can breathe easier, finally a movie that will make less.
@RealLyre Previews make it look like he has a lot of screen time yet OW is decreasing. So his screen time has nothing to do with it. It may have to do with legs when the word gets out but most people don't know that he isn't prominent yet.
60M is quite a drop from the first movie's 74M and especially bad because they brought in Dumbledore to boost the boxoffice. Most people here expected FB2 to go up thanks to his return. It was later when trailer came out and buzz was barely detectable that they started to think it may go down from FB. And now fandom reaction sealed the deal. RT Audience Score is shit for a movie with built-in fandom made for fans. It isn't TLJ bad (yet) but it points at mixed WOM.
Depp is a non-factor as already pointed out. The factor are bland characters from the previous movie as well as that movies don't know what they want to be, lighthearted standalones about different kind of beasts or a sprawling Good vs Evil epic that builds up across several movies. This will be WB's POTC. Dom drop but steady or increased OS.