Brainbug

Yeah you know that your franchise is kind of a goldmine if 800M worldwide is seen as "dwindling returns".

A JW film with the entertainment factor of Jurassic World, the cinematography/atmosphere of Fallen Kingdom and the scope of Dominion - 4 Billion Dollars

I think if this film manages to come close to Dominions numbers, it would be a really big success. This is essentially the second reboot of the series after the first JW and it has to kind of prove its existence since Dominion did leave a bad taste in many peoples mouths.

My wish list for the big Three: Land: Argentinosaurus (a dinosaur) Air: Hatzegopteryx (disclaimer for Universal: Not a dinosaur) Sea: Mosasaurus (disclaimer for Universal: Not a dinosaur) I agree with the Ichthyotitan fans here wholeheartedly, but that species was just described this year, so i dont think it would be possible for the filmmakers to include it even if they know about it. And to be honest, the Mosaurus might be way too big in the JW films, but it was also way underrepresented in Fallen Kingdom and Dominion, so i woudnt mind some Mosasaurus scenes at all in this one.

10/10 movie description, 10/10 pics. This will be a 10/10 movie. Im not biased, im objective.

Believing Grace Randolph when it comes to box office knowledge is about as wise as thinking that r/wallstreetbets offers good financial advice.

Disney has one major problem with Star Wars since at least The Rise of Skywalker: A ton of Star War fans (for example, including me) think that Star Wars was just way better before Disney took over. The Sequel trilogy started strong with TFA, became incredibly divisive with TLJ and then became a meme with Rise of Skywalker (SOMEHOW PALPATINE IS BACK) And the shows made it worse. Mandalorian Season 1 was amazing, Season was mostly good with an epic finale, but Season 3 tanked its momentum. The Boba Fett show was honestly trash (that insanely bad chase scene ...), the Obi-Wan show was just kind of ... there ... and even though Andor was great, Ahsoka was just meh. Cant comment personally on Acolyte as i havent seen it but its reception generally is obviously really bad and no, i dont believe that ALL people who dislike it are right-wing trolls, thats just a convenient excuse for the shows apparent failings. I had very high hopes in the time when TFA came out. I think i was never so excited to be a Star Wars fan like back then. But Disney fumbled it. They had a golden cash cow and somehow forgot that in order to milk it, making consistently quality products must come first. I will never say that the prequels are "good" movies (except for Revenge of the Sith), but now, i can appreciate them much more than 10 years ago. They "feel" like Star Wars to me when i watch them. When i watch the new stuff now, i just get sad. All this rant here is just my opinion of course, if you enjoy the new Star Wars stuff then more power to you.

Wow, viewership must have ben REAL bad if they cancelled it so quickly.

All jokes aside, those are some extremely impressive legs for IO2 and D&W. And it (again) shows that even the box office market of 2024 can easily support two mega-blockbusters alongside other big hits if those movies are appealing enough to moviegoers and of good (or at least entertaining) quality.

Its such a tragedy that this box office boom will come to a brutal stop at Labor Day Weekend ... when (hopefully) an asteroid manifests itself in the atmosphere and crushes every theater that plays Inside Out 2 or Deadpool and Wolverine ...

I always said (and still do) that Dominion is a bad movie that i enjoy (most of it). Its undoubtely bad though.

Its tough for me because Show Alicent is a much more complex character than Book Alicent (which is not hard btw since the book is basically just a retelling of historical events), and i was totally sold on Alicents storyline in Season 2 with her descending into isolation, powerlesness and depession ... but this last scene in Episode 8 just doesnt make sense to me: I think its always hard to truly judge a character without knowing the complete story and since HotD will have 4 Seasons, theres more than enough time to repair the damage with Alicent so to speak, but right now, i would honestly have to say i actually prefer Book Alicent. That version of her is completey one-dimensional in her hatred for Rhaenyra, but at least its consistent. But again, im giving the show the benefit of the doubt and i wont give up hope that they manage to make her character make more sense in Season 3 hopefully.

At least we get the Dunc and Egg show next year, but yeah 2 years between seasons is just brutal and i cant imagine its good for the viewership numbers either honestly