I would be much more pessimistic about AM2 PS multi if it had had a full 3 week presales run, but luckily that’s not the case. The midnight estimate and last day of presales are encouraging, but they do make me think the PS multi won’t be much better than 3 (barring unexpected reception).
Still, a 70m+ USD OW would get us tantalizing close to 1B yuan with good holds.
Including more characters from the extended universe doesn’t have to be shoehorned or indicate a lack of faith. On the contrary, it often feels a little silly when characters meet a bunch of other superheroes in a huge crossover and then there’s no trace of that in their next movie. Widow in TWS, Iron Man in SMH, Hulk in Ragnarok, all used well and added to the story.
They should include other characters if the narrative they want to tell most includes other characters, and don’t if it doesn’t.
Yeah, I was factoring about 10M for Japan, which is what the first one did. Maybe 270-280 OS-China to show more optimism with the remainder of the run, but still need China to come through for 4B.
Maybe going to end at 270-275 OS-China then? ~220 DOM, looks like it might be essentially flat from the last one in China — I don’t think the MCU is hitting 4B this year anymore
Getting an MCU movie with OS > AIW WW might take.... a while.
But hey, you can probably nest CA:TFA WW inside AM&tW OS, so that's 4 levels at least.
Okay, nesting things as tightly as possible right now you get TIH WW<Thor OS, Thor WW<CA:TWS OS, TWS WW<CA:CW OS, CA:CW WW<IW OS.
Realize early Saturday that there's probably a weekend thread by now.
Find it.
4 pages (at least 1 of which is probably just people commenting on the thread being small, tbh).
The only MCU shows with a better second season that first so far are Luke Cage and Agents of Shield. DD, JJ, Carter, got worse. Fingers crossed for Iron First, Runaways, and C&D.
Well, that sounds pretty definitive. I'm dissapointed, but at least the script is being used, and it's time to move on.
I don't think Gunn's absence will necessarily require any big changes to the movie's cast, plot, or tone. It would be cool to have some involvement with any Ragnarok characters who survive A4, but that would be true regardless.
BO prediction still essentially unchanged, ~400+ DOM and 1B WW.