Ororo Munroe
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I mean I don't disagree. Just saying he deserves a nom at the very least. -
After listening to the Oppenheimer soundtrack, I will say Ludwig is more than deserving of a second Oscar nom (should have been nominated again for BP 2 as well imo). And I will always love the fact that it was Coogler and his Creed/BP movies who put Ludwig on Nolan and everyone else's radar. Learning that Nolan even attended the Creed premiere/afterparty at Coogler's request was too cool. Nolan has many great qualities as a filmmaker and his unpretentious nature is one of them.
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Barbie surpassing Mario domestically? I'm having a very difficult time seeing that. Can it even get to 500M? I'm not yet convinced of that either.
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Right because Greta, Ryan, Margot, coupled with the Barbie brand and a host of rising young actors didn't provide them with enough confidence already?
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Uhh, the budget, including marketing, only further confirms that WB had confidence in the movie and didn't see it at as risky. Sorry, you'll never convince me that casting popular white actors in a well-known property is worth praising as risky.
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Embraced it compared to its competition and vs. other markets. Didn't claim it was a big hit but 20M is good in my book, given all it was up against.
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This doesn't mean it was risky. I certainly doubt WB saw it that way.
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Good to see it being one of the OS markets that embraced TLM. Will be interesting to see Elemental's numbers.
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Well to be honest, I don't think Will belongs in this discussion at all given that he gave us Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black in the span of three years. I think he'd already proven himself to be a main draw even if he had some flops afterwards. Barbie is the first time Margot has been the main draw of a big blockbuster movie so I get why there is some skepticism around her, though I certainly wouldn't call her box office poison.
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Margot propped up by the Barbie brand is not a risk, neither is female targeted movie in the blockbuster summer, given that we've already seen that they can succeed. And Barbie is still Barbie. Simply not seeing much risk there.
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We all may have underestimated Barbie's box office potential but I don't see how it was particularly risky. A popular, attractive female lead who's visually perfect for the role, a legitimate star as the male lead, a director with two critically acclaimed movies under her belt and the advantage of the Barbie name. I'd say WB always saw it as a pretty safe film with potential to turn a profit.
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That makes me sad, frankly. I'm one of the people who enjoyed this particular remake more so than any of the other Disney remakes. Halle Bailey was inspired casting. She deserved better.
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I see a drop between 55-60 for Barbie. I don't see it having a better drop than Spider-Verse but it could have a similar drop to TLM's. Wouldn't be surprised if Barbie had a harsher drop though because it does feel like one of those movies where some people would rush to see once, if only out of curiosity.
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Well Deadline wasn't too far off with its Barbie numbers. Even with a good Sunday hold, 160M seems a bit out of reach.
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Sorry the wording of this tweet is very funny to me. "If you exclude these movies and these movies and also these movies, Barbie is number 1." Ok? Anyway, Black Panther's numbers still remain the most impressive to me. A movie starring a lesser known Black superhero (featuring a majority Black cast) making that much money was just insane. Yeah it's the MCU but I can recall when the general consensus was that it would be a success if it grossed 700M total and turns out that was just its domestic total.
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Andrea Riseborough's campaign was something but it wasn't grassroots.
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Probably not. Barbie certainly changes the narrative for her after being in multiple flops. But I think it's quite telling that Gosling "stole the show" for many, so much so that I'm now seeing backlash on social media from people saying he's getting too much focus and attention. He was always the only legitimate star in the movie imo so all the attention and talk of Oscar buzz is not at all surprising to me.
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This is super impressive obviously but the fact that it still wouldn't be the biggest global opening of the year is kinda wild. Granted, I wasn't super into Mario or its fandom but the hype didn't seem to be as big to me as Barbie.
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Of course Barbie gets an A Cinemascore. Oppenheimer's CS is more surprising to me. Thought it would get an A- or B+. Very impressive numbers all around for this one.
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If he does Bond, it will be very, very interesting to see who's cast as Bond, particularly given the push recently to cast a non-white Bond. A Nolan-directed Bond movie with a Black actor as Bond, for instance, would probably result in less pushback than most racebent castings. (The hype around Nolan directing would just cancel a lot of that out, I think.) That said, I'd say the odds of Bond remaining white are pretty high.
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Beginning of a new era? Not exactly. Those movies are just the latest in a line of movies that leaned heavily on name recognition and nostalgia. Take a look at all the non superhero films that have topped the BO in recent years and you'll see the majority fall into this category. I know some are eager for a "new era" but what we're seeing now is just more of the same era... with a Nolan or a Peele occasionally crashing the nostalgia/superhero party.
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I mean it's not impossible. If that Friday number holds I would say 160..maybe 165M. 170M still seems like the most realistic high.
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Big win for WB only to be followed by a huge L with their next DC film. That's still a huge problem for them.
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"Original films" lol. I'm all for hyping these movies but very confused why some keep insisting this is the most excited audiences have been about going to the movies when billion dollar movies are still happening. JWD, Top Gun, Mario, NWH, Avatar, even spider-verse are all less than two years old and were already proof that audiences are excited about going to the movies. No need to oversell.
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Huh? Guardians 3 was not hyped enough for a billion. I was surprised that it wasn't on par with Guardians 2 but the numbers were hardly disappointing, regardless.
