Darth Lehnsherr

You can't say a film is having bad weekend drops and then just say "oh well it's legs were expected for the month it was released". Maybe it's having those high weekend drops because that's expected for the month it was released.

Can't imagine Christopher Robin cost anywhere near Nutcracker at least production wise

Even Jim isn't thinking that far ahead for Terminator. They would like to do two sequels but prefer to put all their energy to the one coming out next year.

At least hopefully this gives somewhat more awareness to the Winnie the Pooh film that was released in 2011. Everyone should check out that film.

A little bit apples and oranges. Ant-Man was the first of the series while Rogue Nation is 5th. But I also think the MCU has skewed some of our perception as to how sequels should perform. The shared universe model raises all tides not just the team-up films helping out future sequels but also increasing your core fanbase. But hey Mission Impossible has consistency which isn't all that common with franchises these days.

AMaTW's run has been a bit similar to Spider-Man: Homecoming last year. Expect the same for Spider-Man: Far From Home next year (hence expect the same reactions to its 2nd Weekend Drop). Hope MM2 picks up in actuals as there's no direct competition out unlike Equalizer 2 which its drop is not great but expected. Fallout is doing what I thought it was going to do even though I want it to be more in the 70M range but being the 6th instalment of a series that is more episodic than other franchises plus it's promising more of the same as the last couple of Mission Impossible films so hard to imagine people who didn't go to see those will all of a sudden change their minds despite the great reviews and Film Twitter's sudden insistence to call it the best current running franchise today (which is a very valid argument I admit I just found that whole thing a bit amusing).

Paramount will take what it can get.

At the end of the day is a 6th film in a franchise and the marketing doesn't suggest any significant changes from the past couple of films. If someone wasn't interested in watching the previous couple of Mission Impossible films (even though they're really good IMO) then they won't be convinced to watch this one.

Does the score detract from the film? Listened to a bit of it and it sounds like temp music from TDK.

Hoping for $65M+ but anything around $60M is a good Opening Weekend with a quiet August around the corner should have legs like Rogue Nation. Still have to wait to Thursday to see the film unfortunately.

Agreed I think for Mowgli it was the right move from WB's point of view but I hope this doesn't become a reoccurring thing. A shame as despite my mixed reaction to the trailer I was definitely gonna check it out in cinemas.

Episode IX isn't getting more than $1.5B Ship has sailed Overseas.

Why is this coming out a week later in Australia 😒 Anyways it's kinda amazing how "messy" the past couple of Mission Impossible productions have been yet all have been very well received since III

Yep the constant delays of Toy Story 4 is also what cut down Incredibles 2's production timeline from 4 years to only 3. Brad Bird was a bit annoyed at that.

I don't mind if Frozen still retains No 1. But yes please can a movie kick Minions off the No 2 spot.

Did my rewatch of Mission Impossible III. I wish Philip Seymour Hoffman was still around acting today.

I suppose they could heavily get someone to rewrite Gunn's script so he gets story credit but not screenwriting credit. I think Disney dropped the ball in this situation regardless of whether you agree with Gunn's firing or not.

As someone who for the first time watched Mamma Mia and Mamma Mia Here We Go Again back to back (basically only an hour break between viewings) I found Here We Go Again to be a far better film and yeah some of those final scenes actually got me emotionally. Pretty rare for a direct sequel that is released 10 years later to be better than the original

I can see a scenario where Episode IX makes more than Black Panther domestic. But I think the ship has sailed OS so the max I see Episode IX getting is $1.45B

Zachary Levi looks like he's going to be so much fun in the role. Good after he got the shaft in the Thor films.

Avatar is going to blow every other blockbuster out of the *ahem* water at least VFX wise.

$400M

Apparently Marvel invented having humor and one liners in blockbusters

Remembering that this film isn't coming out until April next year this was a really good trailer. Sold me on the concept and the tone.