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Great for Captain Marvel, wasn't one of my favourite MCU movies but really glad it's doing that well for several reasons. Fun March and I hope this continues with Us and Dumbo overperforming

I thought Pika Pika was from Warner Bros

Looks like Disney made my wish come true. They should have released just the first teaser and the trailer with Captain Marvel

We could be having +$60m #1 movies at the box office until second week of April. Captain Marvel OW, Captain Marvel 2nd Weekend, Us, Dumbo and Shazam! Not saying all of them will do it but there is a chance, specially if Us and Dumbo get good reviews

Captain Marvel numbers are even more impressive when you consider that it only has a $152m budget and it's basically locked to do +$300m DOM and +$900m WW

I really liked the first and second act of this movie, the third wasn't bad (specially because of Goose) but I didn't feel any excitement cause she was literally 10000000 times better than her enemies or at least that's what they made it seem like. Brie IS perfect as Captain Marvel and I'm dying to see the reunion between Fury and Carol in Endgame. The Avengers soundrack at the end while Fury was writing "The Avengers Initiative" made me be so excited for Endgame and then I literally screamed at the post credit scene, because of the excitement and because I did not expect it.

Finally the MCU, and a superhero film, is gonna have an openly gay character in a movie, better late than never. As you've said before here I hope they don't turn it into another LeFou and they treat it with respect. Unfortunately the controversy with Captain Marvel is gonna look like nothing compared to what they are gonna say about this, and honestly if your movie is upsetting these type of people then you know you're doing something right.

I liked Alita but it had several problems. Really happy that at least it's doing much better than the initial tracking, seems like Fox made a good choice by moving it away from Christmas season. Box office this year so far seems really low (and I don't think HTTYD3 will change that) but once Captain Marvel opens there is going to be a lot of interesting weekends until mid-August (Captain Marvel, Us, Dumbo, Shazam!, Avengers, Pikachu, Aladdin, John Wick, Godzilla, Toy Story 4, SLOP2...)

Reading all these coments about how people will boycott the movie if they "make" Elsa gay is disgusting. They are usually followed by "I'm not homophobic but..." and seriously I don't know if people realize what they are saying, why no one complains about 99% of movies with straight relationships but they do when there is a possibility that one could be gay? Stupid. Seriously i highly doubt Disney will give Elsa a girlfriend, first of all because they will loose a lot of their audience (unfortunately) and second of all because they will not know how to handle it (Le Fou in BATB was a joke) . I would love Elsa to be gay, but if their original plan was to not give Elsa a romantic interest then go ahead and continue with that, you don't have to give her a girlfriend to please part of the audience. If Disney/Pixar wants to be the first one to have a lead animated LGBT character then plan a proper original movie and treat the character right from the beginning, who knows maybe the movie will do amazing business (I would for sure go watch it), we are seeing lately that if a movie has good diversity and representation and treats it with respect the numbers can be amazing.

I actually think a live action The Sword in the Stone, Atlantis, Tarzan, Hercules or The Hunchback of Notre Dame would me amazing but that is just my opinion.

I have mixed feelings about this. I love the original Aladdin and I always thought that it's live action could have a shot at +1.0b WW but unfortunately they got many things wrong here. First thing Will Smith's Genie, it's like the effects are half way done (and i hope they are) and that the body and the face don't match, it's like the snapchat filter that you flip your face with somebody else. Second big problem is Jafar, I was excited for hot Jafar for several reasons but damn...that voice is bad and the costume is not really that impressive. Final problem is Aladdin, many people criticize Brie Larson as Captain Marvel (I think she looks fantastic) because she doesn't "smile" but Mena Massoud IMO is way worse, also why is he not shirtless? No one had any problem on the animated one so this shouldn't be a problem either. Now there are many good things as well, Jasmine looks great, Agrabah looks stunning and the animals and the carpet look good (specially Rajah). The musical numbers seem to be on point as well, except that Prince Ali performance looks way smaller than in the animated one. I think that a full trailer showing some musical performances, Aladdin and Jasmine speaking/singing, some action and a modified and better Genie will bring people back on board, but so far my predictions: $73m OW / $204m DOM / $708m WW

I absolutely loved 'Incredibles 2' but I think 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' is a superior film and deserves it more. It was such an excellent and well constructed movie!!

I've seen 'Mary Poppins Returns' and I understand why it is not making a lot of money. The movie is actually ok/good but the soundtrack is really bland and forgettable, I mean I don't think I'm gonna listen to any of the songs like I did with 'The Greatest Showman' or 'La La Land' although 'Mary Poppins Returns' being a superior film quality wise. The Greatest Showman had songs that really connected with the audience. As for 'Aquaman' the movie is a lot of fun and really glad audiences are liking it, hope it can cross 300m DOM, truly deserves it

May and June this year are absolutely insane, I really think they should have spaced the movies a bit better, the way they are, they are going to cannibalize each other. Just like Solo this year I think we'll have a big underperformer next year as well. My predictions: May: 1. Avengers 4: $630M (will move to April) 2. Detective Pikachu: $255M 3. Aladdin: $205M 4. Godzilla 2: $180M June: 1. Toy Story 4: $310M 2. The Secret Life of Pets 2: $295M 3. Dark Phoenix: $135M (doubt it releases on that date) 4. Men in Black: $95M

I saw this the other day and it was pretty bad. I liked the beginning part but once it got to the Nutcraker world it was just a mess. Not surprised it is not doing great. As said above the problem is not feminism (actually it is really stupid if you think that is the problem) but just that the movie is baaaad.

I like those titles...they make it seem like we'll have a nice time watching the movies and we'll have really good adventures.

I saw Venom the other day and I was highly entertained, Tom Hardy does a fantastic job in this movie. Definitely want to watch more of this Tom Hardy/Venom character.

I think this has a lot of potential (+350m DOM) but right now considering the release date and that we haven't seen anything of the movie I say this movie is pretty much destined to do much less (150-200m DOM). I don't know what Disney is thinking with these remakes of animated classics but they really need to spread them out more and with reasoning. I mean you can't have 3 remakes of 3 animated classics spread in 5 months competing against 3 MCU movies, 1 DCEU movie, 1 Pixar movie, Godzilla 2 and many other films, it is just not possible, something is going to flop or underperform big way. I think it would be much better to move this to 2020 and then have 2 remakes per year and also spread them throughout the calendar year (also then Disney would not run out of remakes so quickly). Something like this would be perfect: 2019 Dumbo (March) and The Lion King (July), 2020 Mulan (March), Aladdin (July or November, feels more like a summer movie) Edit: I am not counting Maleficent 2 cause that is going to do as good as Alice 2 did.

Well...as a member of the LGBT community I have to disagree. It is quite funny that those who say "LGBT community is toxic" or "feminists are the worst" are usually white straight males (i don't know if this is your case). Regarding the announcement that Jungle Cruise will feature the first open gay character in a Disney blockbuster I personally find it kind of stupid to have to announce that, like just do it Disney without having to say it more than one year in advance, after all I don't see announcements saying "This character will be straight" or this movie will feature a "straight couple". Sadly nowadays it is still necessary to make this type of announcements public and have as much representation of the LGBT community as possible in movies and TV shows, I can tell you that it feels really nice to be represented in movies cause sometimes we just need something as simple as that. The problem comes when you announce there will be a LGBT character in a movie or TV show and you don't treat the character with respect or you show nothing that would indicate that that character is like this. If you are saying that the LGBT community on twitter is "toxic" because some members are criticizing the choice of a straight actor to play a gay character, well I agree that any actor, no matter their sexuality, can play any character but I also agree that some gay actors are not being hired enough and this could be a great opportunity for them. Now speaking about the character I really hope Disney treats it with respect and it is not another LeFou (Beauty and the Beast), cause that was pathetic. Cannot say anything about Dumbledore yet but let's hope that turns out great as well and they didn't say "Dumbledore is gay and is in love with Grindelwald" just to please the LGBT fans, that would be another example of discrimination and disrespect to the whole community.

Looks like this year for Disney is either hit or miss. BP does 700m then AWIT does 100m, IW does 685m then Solo does 210m, now Incredibles broke out with 180m OW and a possible (likely) 550m DOM. Does this mean that AM&TW will do sub 150m DOM? Or that Christopher Robin will break out to +250m DOM? It's almost like they have to sacrifice one movie so the next one can break out. 😂😂

Amazing for 'Incredibles 2'!!! So happy, can't wait to see the movie. Also I don't know if it has been mentioned but if this manages to open over 200m (right now i'm thinking 155-175m) next week we could have 2 movies over 100m in the same weekend (in the US). I believe closest one was in 2015 with JW at 106m and IO at 90m

Toy Story 3 increased in admissions from Toy Story 2, at least that's what BOM says (53,3M vs 47,8M) Anything over 300m DOM is good, anything over TI's adjusted 385m DOM is fantastic

I mean at this point I think Disney can underestimate Sunday gross as much as they want, its not like their movies have to struggle to get some money. I think they like to underestimate films on Sunday so that they can be happy with weekend result and be even happier with actuals. Just like they did with Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: The Force Awakens, they already had the record in their hand so might as well have an extra surprise with actuals.

I mean 125M OW for Deadpool 2 is very good, never understood why they changed the release date to May 18th and not something like August or September (given IT's massive overperformance). Being placed between Avengers: Infinity War and Solo was never going to help it and Fox should have seen that with the massive hype Infinity War was carrying. All things said, these are still huge numbers and it will be highly profitable for Fox, my prediction was to open around first one (130-135M) but finishing below (310-315M). I really liked the movie (not as much as the first one) so I am glad it is doing very good.

Is IW gonna more than double Solo domestically (and worldwide)? IW: 625-675m DOM, 1.850-2.150b WW. Solo: 250-350m DOM, 750-850m WW. I love Star Wars and Marvel but literally everyone I talked to is not interested on watching Solo, even Star Wars fans.