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4 hours ago, vale9001 said:
I mean the look is kinda ridicolous but it's Ryan Gosling. Still hot as hell.
Exactly. He’s a total smokeshow even in that ridiculous get-up; and I have to say, the more I look at it, the more I dig it.
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1 minute ago, grim22 said:
…the character design is Statham.
This is, by far, the funniest way you could have said Harrelson resembles Statham. Lmao.
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7 minutes ago, excel1 said:
The larger and more obvious culprit has been the Disney+ scheme no doubt, but its exceptionally naive to act like the same sex kiss didn't deter some very important audience segments.
I’m sure it deterred a couple odd shitstains like the people in your life appear to be.
Also, pointing at interest for a movie in a forum dedicated to the box office as an indicator of the general public’s interest in a film is really, really stupid.
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15 minutes ago, Joel M said:
That's faulty logic. Tom Cruise franchise movies are not the same as most popular IP. They 're relevant because he is still in them as the lead. If he wasn't no one would care.
Remember when they tried to make Renner the next star of the MI films? Good times, lol.-
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1 hour ago, wildphantom said:
probably due to people jumping to a song or two repeatedly on the stream and then it counting as a watch. Same old streaming data BS to make it look better than it is.
Imagine buying a VHS of a Disney movie back in the day and everytime you watched it it counted as some sort of sale. Lol.
Lmao. You people really don’t want to accept that any good can come from streaming, can’t you? Jesus.
It’s far closer to TV than buying a VHS. A viewer is a viewer, however you want to contort the facts to serve your argument.
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5 hours ago, wildphantom said:
Personally I think Encanto would have done great had they not said it was coming to Disney+ before it even opened.
Not Frozen big because covid was still fairly prevalent, but it would have made a significant amount more.
Then the D+ mania would still have happened when it eventually went on there.
Alright, now you’re really pushing it. I watched Encanto a bunch of times, both in the UK and in the US. I’m on a bunch of animation forums, too.
People liked the film, but there wasn’t the demand you’re talking about. No-one I tried to convince to go watch it said they were going to watch it online when it came out. They simply didn’t care.
Streaming saved that movie.
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19 minutes ago, Spidey Freak said:
Incredibles is Pixar's biggest IP. Toy Story is just a hair ahead of the Finding franchise.
And truth be told, they didn't really know what to do with Buzz after TS1.
Toy Story is definitely their bigger franchise. Pixar as it is now wouldn’t exist now without it. Not only was TS3 first animated film to cross a billion, but TS4 — a completely unnecessary sequel — crossed a billion 9 years later, far past the series’s prime.
I agree that they didn’t know what to do with Buzz, though.
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15 minutes ago, CJohn said:
Lightyear bombing was easy to see coming a mile away. Chapek must be thrilled right now, he has the justification to throw every animation straight into D+ now.
Hey, I hate Chapek as much as the next guy. He’s spineless and untrustworthy; but it’s funny that a lot of you think he’s some moustache-twirling villain who will take glee in the — unlikely — death of theatres. The general public for the most part doesn’t care, either; in fact, a lot of parents prefer the quicker releases to D+ (I’m not saying they’re right; it’s just the truth).
Lightyear is a misfire, for sure, but all studios have those. It must have seemed like a safe bet — a spin-off of possibly the most popular character from Pixar’s biggest, most-iconic IP. Some have years and years of failures and still manage to survive.
Pixar is doing fine. Animation as an art form has the most potential, even now. Its movies will be released in theatres, because straight to D+ releases cannot be sustained in the long run.
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12 minutes ago, Tokugennumataka said:
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15.7 // 40.9 (-21%)
4th best 4th weekend ever domestically? Jesus… That would be incredible.
Not including American Sniper’s wide release, that would make it the 3rd best 4th weekend performance of all time.
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2 minutes ago, Torontofan said:
Top Gun Locked for 500 million?
Absolutely.
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32 minutes ago, harry713 said:
I too get 4-5 ads in a row between posts fairly frequently. At first I thought it was purposeful but perhaps its a glitch on certain devices. Only ever on my phone (in safari). Never on desktop browser.
It’s a nightmare when the posts are small. Each post is sandwiched between four identical ads for washing machines for me on mobile, so I often just scroll past them.
The desktop version is much better, yeah.-
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5 minutes ago, Jonwo said:
I do think Universal should rest the Jurassic films for 5-10 years after this.
At least 5 years, yeah.
And next time, I would like them to set out with an actual plan for a series, not just vague interesting-seeming ideas.
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2 hours ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:
I'm more curious about the second weekend drop for Dominion than its opening weekend. That 80% verified audience score on RT is utterly dreadful for a blockbuster. Are we about to see another legendary 70% drop in the vein of Morbius?
Top Gun 2's sophomore frame is going to come way under this forum's expectations. Posting that far-too-dreamy 70M number was a mistake on @EmpireCity's end in hindsight. 600M domestically is looking unlikely now, but it should still pass the half-billion mark with ease. $1B is still possible but not a guarantee with all the competition it has to face now. It's a shame it's Colin "dead kid training his mom to become a fucking assassin is cinema" Trevorrow's latest disappointment that Maverick's losing its PLF screens to.
Alright, let’s calm down now. So long as the demand is still there and Dominion’s WOM is mixed, it’ll likely touch 600 million.
Besides, if it even grosses only 500 million stateside, it’s crossing a billion. TG’s holds in markets where Dominion’s already been released are generally fantastic. International should be at atleast 520 million or so with SK.
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I don't see why everyone's already losing hope. It was always going to crater with the release of JW; but once the opening weekend of Dominion is over, the numbers will stabilise. That it has taken TG over 13 days to have its daily gross dip below 10 million — when Black Panther, which had a much higher opening and also insane WOM, dropped below 10 million on its 11th day — is massive.
625 million + domestic is still a go.
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28 minutes ago, THUNDER BIRD said:
I did say few hits..... Most of big South movies alao flopped.
Basically when talking about Hollywood, it's Marvel or bust.
That is just demonstrably untrue. Just in the south, there have been many hits this year. In Malayalam, Tamil, and Telugu. They made decent profits. You’re allowing a couple Bollywood flips to colour your view of the entire industry.
And while highest grossers in Hollywood tend to be Marvel/Disney films, there are many films just this year that are proving that there’s an appetite for other types of films. The Lost City, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Dog, Top Gun: Maverick, etc.,
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Just now, M37 said:
If people were willing to pay to see Black Widow at home to this degree, what makes you think they wouldn’t just wait and watch for free? Like they did with Dune
You’re participating in a sort of thinking that a lot of people absolutely love to do: counting money you don’t have.
Dune had 1.9 million households watch it on HBO Max. Fantastic! How many of those people would have taken the effort to go to the theatre, pay for an expensive ticket, and then nearly bankrupt themselves on concessions to watch a long, meditative adaptation of a 50+ year old Sci-fi book, when all that is needed to give it a shot at home is a click of the button?
A fair few, but how many?
Everyone agrees that releasing movies on streaming early affects box office gross. Randomly spitting out crazy figures like 200-300 million is just ridiculous.
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1 minute ago, lorddemaxus said:
Announced April 11: https://deadline.com/2022/04/the-batman-premiere-date-hbo-max-1234999900/
Domestic, the movie had a 41% drop after that weekend, which was no different to its previous drops. Had a 60% drop on its 8th weekend (where it made 1.4 mil) but at that point, it would've made a 6-7 mil difference (even if it dropped just 30% that post-HBO Max weekend, it would've made a mere $2 mil that weekend). You think the movie would've lost another 40 mil + internationally?
Not to mention, HBO Max isn’t even a thing in a lot of major markets worldwide. And if it is available, it is essentially a non-factor in much of Asia and Latin America.
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42 minutes ago, grey ghost said:
Well Bullet Train is evidently on the same level as John Wick so I'm assuming you're taking the bet?
You’re comparing Bullet Train to the third film in a series. Come on. Why the hell are you fixating on the arbitrary 170 million number?
All that was said was Bullet Train — an 85 million dollar film starring an A-lister and featuring other well-known actors — isn’t some niche film.
if you want to be pedantic, try harder.
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8 minutes ago, Ipickthiswhiterose said:
There's a separate topic dedicated this where I've made it quite clear what utter petulant nonsense this is. I won't dwell on it here, but my points are clearly made on that thread. JKR is a woman who has dedicated enormous amount of time and fortune to others and continues to do so to this day, she happens not to have made good choices about how to go about her prequel series and seemingly isn't a very good script writer. Fortunately, she does very well out of her other writing and series. Thanks.
Whatever helps you justify supporting that talentless hack, buddy.
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Will the upcoming long platinum jubilee weekend in UK help increase the UK gross by much, do you think?
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Jesus...
900 million might very much be in play.
2/10 - 2/12 weekend thread
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