It is weird that this seems to be a country its sort of underperforming the expectations.
It did better in UK than France/Germany though so maybe less like ground to make up.
Did they not co-finance it?
Its weird its seen as a WB film if they didn't finance it at all. Why did legendary let them handle all the promo etc.. then?
Why are people assuming they messed with the numbers when we have seen numbers go up similarly before? Seems weird that people are throwing these accusations out without any proof.
Deadline numbers are always wrong and are a preview not a report on actual numbers, it went up from the reported number of 11m to the actual 12m.. I dont see the issue?
"Dune has a terrible reputation among GA" Based on what? Is everyone who sees Dune and Dune 2 just hardcore fans?
Dune converted people to Dune fans which is why Dune 2 openings are much higher. Dune had good legs and WOM which is proof it connected with GA to some extent but these types of films do have a limit.
If anything Dune has a good reputation among GA but not everyone likes these types of films but the 99.9% who watch it do enjoy it.
Also sorry didn't see mod messages before I posted this.
I mean it's not like all white people and males went to watch it.. can get an increase in those groups? It's not reached the maximum of those demographics. I dont think its going to hit 90m but hoping for 75/80
Chances are if it opens near 70m its going to do 200m.. Im hoping it does 600m+
I think it will have more action which would help its legs and the promo blitz has not started yet, which I think would give a much better picture.
Oppenheimer is only a real comparison in the sense it was heavily more popular on IMAX etc..
I still dont think think it hitting 200m would be a over performance at all when chances are its going to get close to that number or beat.