Valonqar

January 29

Don't screw this up, Gunn. Don't screw this up! Internet is exploding. People are so happy for this casting.

January 29

Lets just say they aren't terribly sad that they had to drop out.

January 29

Both Steven and Ayo are Emmy winners. When 1 Emmy winner (then nominee but favored to win) dropped out you could say well there's nothing sus about it, scheduling conflicts happen. When another Emmy winner dropped out right after winning than dropouts start to look deliberate on both parts. MCU hasn't been a career booster for years due to overproduction - everyone and their mother had it on their resume - and after The Marvels superbomb for the ages, if actors with prosperous careers are having second thoughts who could blame them?

January 29

yeah it's a win. a movie doesn't have to break out or to have amazing legs to be a win. Context matters.

January 29

They want that billion. I have no hope that Japan will go for it consideting the market's ADD (transaltion: love of anime) but we'll see.

January 29

1 hour ago, Borobudur said:

10 (-) Godzilla Minus One Toho Interna… $2,700,082 +290% 535 n/c $5,047 $55,109,545 9

Unless you are Godzilla-1. Up 100k from estimate.

Continues to be Plus One. :bravo:

January 29

1 hour ago, Issac Newton said:

‘Mean Girls’ Smacks Down ‘Beekeeper’ After Fierce Battle During Weak Weekend – Monday Box Office Update

MONDAY AM: Turns out that high holy day of NFL yesterday which resulted in the Chiefs and the 49ers heading to the Super Bowl did pull guys away from Amazon MGM’s The Beekeeper. While the Jason Statham Miramax title did win Saturday over Paramount’s Mean Girls, $3.4M to $3.27M, Sunday belonged to the Plastics which saw the teen musical movie pull ahead with a third weekend of $6.9M to Beekeeper‘s $6.7M.

Mean Girls‘ Sunday was $1.7M, -48% from Saturday, while Beekeeper‘s take was $1.48M. Worldwide, Beekeeper crossed $100M ($41.5M domestic), while Mean Girls stands at $83M ($60.4M from domestic).

massive drops considering their studios called above 7M.

January 29

9 hours ago, HummingLemon496 said:

Thoughts?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:hahaha:

:facepalm:

January 28

1 hour ago, DAJK said:

You underestimating the power of Gosling.

His movie is coming out in May. It kicks off the summer season. And yes, a combo of star power from Barbenheimer, interest in romcom and action should boost its boxoffice.

@Krissykins Oh that explains it for sure. Also, the book is a metaphor for Scotland's emancipation/liberation from England so that could be another hinderance. I'm sure the Eeenglish don't like that. :lol:

January 28

I don't believe in 122M but it likely isn't 222M either. In any case it's going to outgross the first one by a lot.

January 28

29 minutes ago, MovieGuyKyle17 said:

Good for The Beekeeper for squeaking out a win.

It's doing better than just squeaking it out. The Power of Hutcherson.

7 minutes ago, Maggie said:

I think people want to see something, but they have no enticing offers. Dune 2 can't come soon enough

Strong holds show that people have a lot of offers they are taking but yes nothing so far has been gigantic nor was expected to be (save those who predicted Mean Girl to be a mini Barbie for some reason - not on this forum as far as I remember). Dune will be the first event movie of 2024.

January 28

34 minutes ago, Bob Train said:

Poor Things is a hit. 120 WW possible?

Looks like it. The Favorite topped out at 34M dom and PT is outpacing it already. It seems to be doing better OS too save UK. So 100M is locked (that's 5M over TF).

January 28

3 minutes ago, emoviefan said:

Yeah like I said a few posts back the regular folk don't care about 95% of these movies and I am not going to be all high and mighty and say I do either.

:bravo:

January 28

2 minutes ago, John Marston said:

It's nice to see social media becoming more vocal about the need for rom after years of campainging against it.

1 hour ago, dallas said:

Oh it for sure overperformed people's expectations here. First the ceiling was $250M, then $300M, then $350M, then below Black Adam, so on and so forth. I'm sure WB is happy with its performance too. It's their 5th highest grossing movie Post-Covid and the highest grossing DCEU movie since Aquaman. Will probably end its run around $430-440M

It really bounced back considering it opened under The Marvels and looked like it would end the worst bomb of 2023 and in history. But good release date (holidays legs matter) and likable star (post-holidays legs) and it's a W relative to rock bottom expectations.

1 hour ago, Nanatri said:

the only thing that refuses to die are his cringe tweets.

January 28

1 hour ago, Issac Newton said:

BEST PICTURE NOMS (TOP PTA*)

THE ZONE OF INTEREST ($3,421 per)

AMERICAN FICTION ($1,702 per)

POOR THINGS ($1,325 per)

OPPENHEIMER ($792 per)

ANATOMY OF A FALL ($557 per)

THE HOLDOVERS ($410 per)

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON ($234 per)

*Per Theater Average

Beekeeper with better PTA than all Oscar nominees but Zone. Oscars 2025 here we come! :ohmygod:

January 28

On 1/26/2024 at 11:01 PM, JonathanMB said:

and if the movie is even half-decent

I think it will be more than that. It's a straightforward revenge story with a folklore element that keeps it fresh. Action looks really great which is essential for an action movie. John Wick built itself over watercooler action scenes. Yo bro you must see ____(insert scene).

January 28

3 minutes ago, John Marston said:

The Tide Is Turning quite literally discribes this movie. Tide turned against it and then it turned in favor of it. Fantastic legs all things considered, didn't become The Marvels/Morbius embarrassment. Even passed the The Flash which tested better than TDK :hahaha:

January 28

I know that sport is standing in the way of Beekeper's #1 but I'm rooting for it cause it has become the surprise of January. Mean Girls didn't break out so let the underdog continue its amazing run.

ABY's legs are insane.

With 51M WW already in the kitty, Poor Things has 100M WW in crosshairs. The Favorite made 96M and this is doing better.

January 28

This is 100% a franchise starter. Huge bonus that Patel is a real life black belt. Something Marvel should have thought of before signing Ali as Blade. Snipes being a real martial artist made a difference.

Great trailer. Clear story, great action, enough levity (the attempted window jump lol), exortic location. It's gonna break out.

January 28

7 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

I feel like this is the year where GG, CC, PGA, BAFTA and Oscar all go to Oppenheimer for best picture. The “cleanest” sweep that only happened twice past decade with 12 years a slave and nomadland.

Exactly 20 years after ROTK sweep, this would be the first real blockbuster to win Picture and bonus for married couple Nolan and Thomas evoking Jackson and Walsh. Would be hella fitting and I can imagine ratings would jump too.

January 28

39 minutes ago, JustLurking said:

I don't see how anyone could argue American Fiction or Barbie are #2 in the current frontrunner race based on the way precursors and nominations have gone, and even anatomy of a fall seems sketchy with no big win of note among precursors IIRC..

Unless BAFTA and PGA bring some shocks, there's no #2 lets be honest. People are too trained to expect splits but nothing feels right as an upset this year.

January 28

Mean Girls is not connecting. Beekeeper is a surprise of January so far.

January 28

10 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

so maybe it's time for Poor Things and Oppy to hit my watch/theatrical list, since they are supposed to be #1-2 in the running, right? Or maybe the foreign films...

Heh that's the thing. There's an agreement which movie is #1 in the running but there's no agreement which movie is #2 cause they all miss something. Also, the pecking order is based on what they are sure to win not on the number of nominations. So The Holdovers is more of #2 since it has Supporting Actress locked. The rest are 'what if' though Stone looks more likely as a winner than Gladstone (but not as locked as Randloph) and Barbie is the likeliest SAG Ensemble winner cause it got nominated in Stunts (big surprise there showing lots of support from AFTRA influences, DJs, etc). So I'd say based on what experts and amateur enthusiasists (who are better at this than experts) say, #2 is between The Holdovers (Supporting Actress locked, maybe Actor and Original Script), Anatomy (maybe Original Script), Poor Things (maybe Actress and some techs), American Fiction (maybe Adapated Script and SAG Ensemble) and Barbie (maybe SAG Ensemble,Adapted and some techs). Lots of maybes.

January 28

9 hours ago, filmlover said:

Disney usually waits at least a full two months to make their movies available to watch at home, so the earliest Poor Things will no longer be theatrical exclusive is around Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend. Though they might wait another month until right after the ceremony on 3/10 when the marketplace won't be on life support like it is now.

Fox aquisition saving Disney's face yet again, first AWOW now Poor Things.

January 28

DUNC Top 10 Markets in 2021:

1.China 39M

2.UK 28.8M

3.France 25.4M

Russia 20.9M^{*can't count on due to war}

4.Germany 20.9M

5.SK 14M

6.Oz 10.4M

7.Spain 9.3M

8.Italy 8.2M

9.Japan 6.7M

10.Netherlands 6.3M

Europ and Oz are locked for jumps even with unfavorable exchange rate. Asia remains a question mark but SK shows promise. The movie has hot stars, romance and action and that's what the market likes.

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