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  1. 13 hours ago, Tokugennumataka said:

    Not sure why people call these drops bad or anything. Batman is down 69% from two weeks ago, but that was opening Tuesday and big films shave off a substantial demand in the first week. Uncharted is down just 21%, and No Way Home is down just 26%. Better wait for Fri bumps before jumping to conclusions. 

    People expect it to cross 400m dom. But the recent drops do not look promising.

  2. Just now, ThomasNicole said:

    ... Bond costs 250M, theatrical release, got 3 full marketing campaigns, and obviously is part of one gigantic franchise.

     

    Dune costs 165M, have one normal marketing campaign, it's on HBO Max and it's a scifi movie.

     

    This comparisson is just absurd.

     

    Bond has a much higher overseas. Worldwide it should double Dune's BO. It has a better profit.

  3. 3 minutes ago, von Kenni said:

    I know, this is off topic and I'll just indulge this one msg on the subject here.

     

    This gives a taste where the $165m went: https://www.creativebloq.com/features/dune-costume-design

    They designed hundreds of costumes and produced over 1000. I know having ordered and made original design spacesuits it adds up quickly. Then Villeneuve insisted shooting in places like Jordan's Wadi Rum and using as much as possible real sets. He built giant detailed sets like Nolan in Interstellar. The actors loved it because they hate shooting in front of greenscreens like used a lot in MCU (not a criticism). Timothée Chalamet said aptly that he remembers twice shooting in front of greenscreen and the rest in a real desert or in these huge sets. Watching those behind the scenes videos of them we can understand where the money goes...

    Congratulations to Dune actors but I think you explained to the wrong person. I understand where Dune's money went.

  4. 51 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

     

    I mean, The Suicide Squad is also a CBM and a sequel to a 330m DOM, 700m WW movie (that nobody liked, granted) + Birds of Prey which is sort of a cult movie(?). Not exactly a fair comparison with Dune, which is a novel adaptation and fanbase-driven but is still technically new material for a lot of people.

    I consider both in a similar situation: small but hardcore fanbase while general audience don't have much interest.

  5. 1 minute ago, Eric and the Ten Rings said:

    Venom: Let There Be Carnage Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-22 and Counting

      Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold
    TOTALS 0 88 229 19301 1.19%

     

    Comp

    0.281x of Black Widow's First Day of Presales (3.71M)

    0.170x of Black Widow T-22 (2.25M)

    1.974x of The Suicide Squad T-22 (8.09M)

    0.449x of Shang-Chi's First Day of Presales (3.95M)

     

    Despite being a sequel, I do think Venom 2 isn't a perfect comp with the MCU titles, as those just simply put have a bigger fanbase and fan rush towards them IMO that Venom won't really get this early on. I do however think The Suicide Squad works here and so far, that is an...okay preview number, even if it would cause a decrease in OW. How big a decrease, and whether a decrease should be expected or disappointing or whatever is up to you.

     

    Either way, not the greatest start in the world, but nothing that can't be improved upon.

    Venom should have bigger fanbase than Shang Chi, who was unknown to many.

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