Dominic Draper

So because I disagree with you I should take the convo elsewhere? I notice you didnt make this comment to the poster you agree with even though it's the same convo.

No evidence except complete disinterest? Biggest 2nd weekend drop for a DC film since steel? A total $167M WW BO. The only place I see it did okay in was the UK. And sure it brought back a few characters. And killed them. Yay.

Conjuring 3 and GVK didnt collapse. Malignant didnt but it barely made anything the first place lol.

I thought TSS was completley awful and audiences didnt seem to respond much to it so I am not sure how it sorted out the damage control with a historically bad box office run. Sure some of the audience really loves it, but I would say an equal amount didnt care for it. Also for Venom, Tom Hardy knew it was a comedy, the director didnt. So it was a weird frankenstein film where Tom Hardy made one film and the other parts were played straight. The sequel seems to have fixed that though I havent watched yet. I am not defending SS, it's a bad film. But there was elements and characters I enjoyed and I would have rather they just took those and made a better film. TSS, like WW84, I dont think there was single enjoyable moment for me and it killed what little interest I had left in DC. What is even the point of following DC when they constantly just change everything and reboot and twist and not follow up. MCU will take a bad film like dark world but still make your investment worth it by tying future films into it and building off it.

You dont make $700M+ without china if some of the audience doesnt like a film. It got the same cinemascore as TSS and legs didnt collapse at the box office like TSS or BVS. The movie wasnt good, but just like venom there absolutely was elements that the audience responded to.

Well, one of them got a sequel. TSS was basically a reboot. Venom just leaned into it. Maybe WB should have embraced SS success instead of throwing it away.

It's strange because its not like the reviews hurt the first film anyway.

Higher RT than Last Night in Soho lol

God I hope not. An award suggested by Disney to award Disney movies.

Is this a rumour? That would be weird

All I hear is a worse version of imperial march.

I think theres 0% chance eternals gets a china release, personally.

Gothika as well!

I loved those films. I've taken great joy in scream factory doing releases of them all.

You obviously can't though. It was camp the whole way through.

Yeah this movie is intentional camp throughout the whole film and playing off peoples expectations of what a James Wan horror film is. Its like people can't recognize what camp is anymore if films arent constantly winking at the audience and loudly proclaiming it. Playing it straight is what it makes it sincere instead of so many of the cynical eye rolling attempts we get where they treat audiences like we are children that have to be reassured constantly what they're watching. James Wan is in on the joke the whole film without having to scream it in your face the whole time.

Huh. Apparently James Wan released a graphic novel named malignant man years ago. Going to have to read that.

As far as the vieweranon stuff. I have no doubt this could have tested poorly at a test screening. I also think with the right audience this could have tested through the roof. I also think this is a movie he didnt understand or could read what it was or what it would be for the audience. No offense or shots meant to be taken at him in that statement. No doubt this movie will be hated by some, but it seems to be finding its audience very quickly who love it going by social media.

I'll be very curious what the HBO max numbers for malignant will be. I feel like its dominated my twitter feed since release in a way that doesnt correspond to its box office.

Is the suicide squad even playing anywhere anymore? Any place left to open? It's still below WW84 on box office mojo. If it cant even pass WW84....lol.

This was simultaneously the most stupid and brilliant film of the year Heavy 2000s era dark castle vibes. Giallo vibes. Random horror movie you found on VHS at the corner store/video rental place as a kid vibes. I adored this film. This was made by a horror fanatic for horror fanatics.

What was the marketing budget for Malignant? The money they found in the couch in the lobby?

I loved the empty man!

Strangely the all audience score is 52%. I've never seen the all audience score be higher than the verified one before.

Probably doesnt make 1.5B either.