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8 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:
I guess they changed the UK release date, was originally the end of May
They did, now opening on April 6th like the US.
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I'd have to go with American Sniper as well partially because it was coming off the back of a really underwhelming year box-office wise (2014), where very few of the big blockbusters had matched or surpassed expectations. Although the marketing for American Sniper was excellent, especially that first teaser, and it had signifcant Oscar buzz, I was worried a malaise had set in among movie-goers.
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2 minutes ago, Valonqar said:
Actually her trajectory is good. She received acclaim for a Broadway show that Danai directed, gained experience with mo-cap and voice acting (SW, JB), is main hero's badass romantic interest in BP and starred in a feel-good drama. It's a very eclectic resume that will get her more work. Remember, she won the Oscar for her first movie ever and she has an accent. Building resume is the key here more than rushing to headline John Carter and Battleship if you know what I mean.
Oh it's certainly a good trajectory, she's definitely chosen her projects carefully and correctly. It's just that you would expect someone coming off the back of an Oscar win to have featured in many more movies in the years that followed and occasionally hit a few bumps. It's a testament to her decision-making that she's got herself into a position where she isn't over-exposed but has been in enough high-profile films to inevitably attract offers for exciting projects further down the line.
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26 minutes ago, Valonqar said:
LMAO, right? Forest Whitaker wants a word with @gadd cause surely he's the main reason why Rogue One, Arrival and Black Panther made their money.
I'm hardly attributing the success of TJB, TFA/TLJ and BP to Lupita Nyong'o, especially considering she barely features in 3 of them. I just thought it was an interesting piece of trivia heightened by the fact that those films are pretty much the only ones she's been after her Oscar win, making her career trajectory even more strange.
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Lupita Nyong'o is on a serious box-office winning streak at the moment. Since she won her Oscar in 2014 she's featured in 5 films; 4 of these had opening weekends above $100 million, 3 of which were different IP's (The Jungle Book, Star Wars and Black Panther).
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10 years ago the big tentpole February release was Doug Liman's Jumper with Hayden Christensen.
Now, in the same month, we're about to witness a $190-200 million opening weekend for a Black Panther movie.
How far we've come...
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | 2/8/2019 | Big Space Musical
in Box Office Discussion
Posted · Edited by gadd
So we get a Ralph Breaks the Internet trailer, a Lego Movie 2 teaser and a How to Train Your Dragon 3 teaser in the space of 4 days.