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1 minute ago, sfran43 said:

Can't we just enjoy having 2 record breaking movies in October? Besides, Venom is already a hit! 

Where’s the guy who was talking about Venom fans not being able to enjoy its success. It’s becuase these idiots are going around saying they want us to die over another film and putting there mortgages on another film beating us for nothing more than hatred towards us. We wonder if these people care less about Halloween and more about hating us.  

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28 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

Let him do his dumb bit. Hopefully he'll leave us in a month or two.

We are not going anywhere! You are better off hoping you don’t become part of our menu... on second thoughts 

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2 minutes ago, Felandria said:

Meanwhile, can we celebrate that El Royale is having a good Week 2?

 

it still won’t help much but the movie deserves an audience.

It will get an audience when it’s out on Netflix 

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3 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Based on one being a film from a dormant slasher franchise that cost 10M, likely skews older and never had an adjusted opening half as big as what this is going to open to (and even 50M would be bigger than all but two unadjusted DOM grosses of the past movies), and the other being a 100M-costly, heavily marketed comic book tentpole starring a big name in Tom Hardy. Which sounds like the unlikelier to hit huge numbers and which sounds like it made a gigantic profit on DOM OW alone? And Halloween is likely going to open to near 80M now, so considering the two are pretty much on equal footing, I don't see why there's even a question about which is more impressive on paper, no matter which ends with the higher actuals.

You state it’s more impressive like you are spitting out true facts but it’s nothing more than your opinion and I could write to you a long paragraph about how we had to fight the Gaga fans fake negative reviews, the critics ridiculous negative reviews and the salty marvel fans fake negative reviews and still manage to smash the box office. Just imagine what numbers we could have done without the negative people but anyway if you want to make this about cost to sales ratio then you should praise us because we will make 700 million on 100 million budget 

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7 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Halloween opening to $50m would still be more impressive than a superhero film opening to $80m

Based on what? One guy on the internet saying it? We are not a superhero we are VENOM! 

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 Butterface->

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5 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

It's pretty scummy to make fun of an actress looks just to protect your a silly cartoon movie. Sickening.

You will look back on this post in embarrassment when you realise what movie we were talking about 

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8 minutes ago, fmpro said:

 

How the hell can they think ASIB will do 1,3 more than Venom for the weekend if it has 0,3 less on friday?? Saturday jump will obvious be bigger for Venom

 

Amatours

They are still salty from the 7 million mockery we made of them last weekend when they predicted it would be “oh so close” between us but with ‘a remake is born’ coming out on top. Now they’ve already been scaling back on how much butterface would beat our opening by and it’s only just turned Saturday 

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3 hours ago, WrathOfHan said:

Bye Venom

Hello food

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5 hours ago, Rman823 said:

As long as it takes the record from Venom, I’ll be satisfied. 

Why will you be satisfied? You wanted us to fail and we disappointed you when we defied the critics? This will be a hollow victory for you even if it does beat our opening you can’t take away our success

[The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo]

1 hour ago, Eastwood47 said:

Got up this morning to see what the audience is scoring it on RT and it's definitely a divisive film. You either drank the Kool-aid and love it, despite its laughable lapses in logic and story direction or you hate it. There doesn't seem to be too many who just thought it was pretty good or okay. 

It’s only just come out but audiences like it less than us on tomatoes already. It will have to rely on the hype from the critics to get it passed our opening

[The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo]

5 hours ago, Eastwood47 said:

Just got back from seeing a 7:00 showing. Theater about a quarter full. Audience laughed in allot of places where it wasn't intended. Laurie Strode was too over-the-top. The doctor is RIDICULOUS, and the best actor in the film is the kid being baby-sat. HE was great! Absolutely a front loaded film. I have no idea what the critics were drinking, but this movie is not REMOTELY deserving of it's score on RT.  Audiences were very quiet walking out. 

Critics are still drunk from sniffing their own farts at the last Jedi party 

 

[Tuesday Numbers]

2 hours ago, sfran43 said:

I meant $100k-$200k!

Even still 200k is a drop in the elavator compared to what we outsold it by 

[Tuesday Numbers]

30 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

I was really expecting ASIB to beat Venom dailies by a significant margin! These $10k-$20k differences are meh!

Someone needs to tell the author of the deadline article this, they got the champagne corks out over 20k

[Weekend Thread | Venom with -55.5% drop - 35.7m | A Star is Born -34.7% - 28m | First Man disappointing with 16.5m | Goosebumps 2 16.225m | Bad Times for Bad Times At The El Royale with 7.225m]

2 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

I hope it does gross around $34M, and not the $31M that deadline was predicting 

 

Not a big fall for us! Maybe for people who take elavators 

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Just now, sfran43 said:

So Venom estimates came in higher and ASIB came in lower, Venom will clearly take this weekend title!

 

4 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

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1 hour ago, Pinacolada said:

Where r u getting that from?

His ass we did not drop 73%! We are VENOM!

[Thursday 10/11 numbers l ASIB $4.5M, Venuuum $4.2M - An Upset for the Ages]

15 hours ago, KeepItU25071906 said:

I'm just love to see how @VENOM was dissapearedsince Thursday.

We have been busy washing the excess salt from our mouths from these Disney marvel/googoogaga heads. They will be more salt after this weekend 

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18 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

So Bad Times has a range of 8-12 with some expecting 17.

 

Hopefully it breaks out a bit. Under $10m would suck. But that last Fandango update points to sub 10m. 

It’s not too late for them to rename it Bad times at the box office

[Venom | 5 OCTOBER 2018 | Sony | Tom Hardy is Venom. Social Media reactions coming in]

1 hour ago, RealLyre said:

I don't think anyone would disagree.

 

We disagree 

[Official Oct 5 to Oct 7 Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Venom - 80M (205M WW OW); A Star is Born - 42.6M]

2 hours ago, sfran43 said:

Venom just keeps on winning!

 

So many sales so little time 

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32 minutes ago, Slambros said:

I'm feeling confident tonight. There's something about Venom that I want to rant about, something that's been on my mind about these numbers. I think it's going to end up being long, so I'm putting it in a spoiler tag.

 

  Reveal hidden contents

I think certain moviegoers need an intervention.

 

I get it. Marvel is the new big thing, the reason why so many movies are thriving, the reason why superhero films are as prevalent as they are. But that doesn't mean there aren't victims in its wake, and I don't think I'm happy about that.

 

Most people would say that the animated film Smallfoot had a solid drop from last weekend, with a percentage decrease of 35.3% as of estimates. And I think they're correct to a degree. That's a very solid hold for a blockbuster film of any kind.

 

It's just that I think it could've had a much better decrease. And the reason why I think that is because I think Venom, over the course of this weekend, has taken the attention of the family audience away from Smallfoot, which is arguably much more deserving of said family audience.

 

(Before I continue, let me acknowledge that I have seen neither of these films as of this writing. I am merely talking based on observations.)

 

I had just seen A Star is Born--my number one film of 2018 so far, by the way--yes, it's that good--and I decided to go to the front desk manager to make a limited-release recommendation for the theater, when I saw that a family of five--all three kids younger in age--were trying to sort things out so they could see Venom despite how packed the theaters were. I was clinching my lips together, to be frank. If I weren't as shy around people, I think I would've suggested that they see Smallfoot, an excellent, serviceable animated film. But I let the opportunity pass me by. And I could've sworn that, when they weren't able to get seats together for Venom, they simply left the building, having seen nothing. To me, that was a saddening sight.

 

I think there's something wrong with the people in the society that try to bring very young kids--very young kids--to a film like Venom. Venom is a film with a parasitic monster that could potentially scare young children, that's just a fact. And, for those young children, there were other options. There was The House With A Clock in its Walls--though that also has its frightening moments, though it would likely be better for kids than Venom. And then there was Smallfoot, which I think is the film that really got a portion of its business taken from it in an unjust way.

 

You know how film can tell children meaningful messages that stick with them for the rest of their lives, right?

 

Well, Smallfoot had those messages. One of its central themes was being open to new ideas, and being open to rejecting old ideas that no longer serve its purpose. And while that philosophy isn't something I can always get behind in certain circumstances as someone who leans conservative, I do believe that the idea has purpose, in the sciences, in the arts, in the business world, and in everyday life. That sounds like something kids can truly get something from, correct?

 

(*Trigger warning. Controversial opinion imminent.*)

 

Let's look at Venom's messages. It's about the battle between good and evil. And, as someone that's seen critics talk about it, as someone who's seen plenty of ads for it, that's all I can tell from it. Some kids might get something from that, but for me, I think there's a lot of kids--and people, in general--who already have, instilled within themselves, the basic 'I-don't-care-what-reasons-the-villain-has-we-gotta-be-good-we-gotta-be-heroic' song & dance type of lesson that they've already seen hundreds of times in other action movies and other superhero movies.

 

My central thesis is this: according to my observations, many moviegoers, and the members of the future's next generation that belong to them, are going to Venom for the primary and ineffectual purpose of simply being entertained.

 

Going to a film to be entertained isn't necessarily a bad thing. I've done it many times before, myself. But that doesn't mean I don't prefer films that I truly take with me as I keep walking through this life of mine. All of my favorite films have something about them that are significant, something that resonates with me long after the credits roll. The reason why I appreciated Black Panther as much as I did after seeing it was because of its messages and its relevance--Ryan Coogler made something that spoke to audiences, not just something that entertained them.

 

And Venom is there, just, simply, entertaining them.

 

So of course, I'm going to be disappointed that an opportunity for many parents all across America to provide their children with entertainment that resonates with them for life is being squandered just because Sony decided to capitalize on the Marvel hype train and make lizard-brained drivel of a film starring extraterrestrial quagmire.

 

If you made it this far through my rant, thank you for giving the time to read through it. You absolutely do not have to agree with me or my ideas, and I am absolutely open to questions and comments. I can only hope that, in the future, people are more aware that there are certain films out there that people can learn from, that people can look through for inspiration and guidance.

 

Hopefully, Smallfoot can continue to have excellent holds as the only animated film until The Grinch, which is releasing on the weekend of November 9th. I'm sure they'll be good enough to convince Warner Animation Group that it was a worthwhile venture to make as good an original film as they did. And while I'm at it, I'll say that I'm happy for everyone who worked on both of the films. The people working on these films hold American dream jobs; they work very hard behind the scenes to provide many people with a product that audiences may or may not embrace, and they're the ones who deserve to have their films succeed the most.

 

Another elavator taker 

[Official Oct 5 to Oct 7 Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Venom - 80M (205M WW OW); A Star is Born - 42.6M]

4 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Not really, Venom didn’t get females, Star Is Born did, 69%. 

Hahaha please be a bot 

Your head is going to be delicious 

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9 minutes ago, Incarnadine said:

Out of curiosity, has anyone ever seen such a large disconnect between the critics score and the audience score at RT?

 

Critics score: 32% (4.5/10)

Audience score: 89% (4.4/5)

 

That's a ridiculous 57% difference, easily the largest gap I can ever recall seeing at RT.

Last Jedi springs to mind, awful movie reflected by audiences scores followed by a solo bomb and now the opposite where people realise critics reviews are meaningless against the people’s opinions and money vote

[Official Oct 5 to Oct 7 Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Venom - 80M (205M WW OW); A Star is Born - 42.6M]

7 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

Kal was such a nutcase through most of my time at Mojo and then you had BKB and fishnets and a couple of others here, where these guys flat took over entire topics. We don't have that much anymore at all. Now we just have people with no avatars and 300 posts who repeat the same one sentence shit for whatever hill they're dying on until they fade away. The game has changed.

I’d take no avatar over whatever you have as yours