MightyDargon
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It's a waste of its slot vs. movies that have actual potential and a future. If it has crap reviews/buzz people simply won't go. Nobody HAS to see any tentpole. WB should consider punting it and slotting in something else where there's still time. And no, this is not about Heard. Levi's antivax stuff wasn't the reason Shazam bombed either.
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The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread (December 2021 - July 2023)
MightyDargon replied to Cap's topic in Numbers and Data
Is 800-900k a good figure for the D&D previews? -
Once it's clear Shazam 2 ain't going over 100 mil US, Aquaman is getting chunked to a carp slot next year. WB will try to bury the news at some point when people are talking about a different movie (Mario?). Keeping the "big Christmas movie" as something from a dead universe that the fanbase is apathetic to is a terrible strategy. WB will then move a different movie up (Dune?) to take advantage of the IMAX. BTW the better screens were something like a third of Shazam 2's gross. It would have been even deader this Christmas.
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I'm skeptical that Panther movies are inherently higher than Guardians movies, especially after Chadwick passed. I've heard more positive buzz about this than I did about Panther 2 so far. Of course, some of that is probably because this is the last movie with the Guardians cast and Panther 2 already didn't have Chadwick.
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The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread (December 2021 - July 2023)
MightyDargon replied to Cap's topic in Numbers and Data
At this point I actually think WB is gonna be tempted to chunk Aquaman into a garbage chute next year (MLK Day slot?) to free up Christmas for something more viable (Dune? the Costner movie?) Aquaman is a waste of IMAX Christmas slots if its as crummy as the advance word seems to indicate. Dune in particular would likely benefit from a longer IMAX run. -
Who bloody cares. Sandberg wasn't hired to direct "Academy Award nominated Shazam". Everyone knows this. Trying to pretend otherwise is an insult to the audience's intelligence. I'm glad he got paid and I hope his future projects aren't screwed over by a convoluted cinematic universe beyond his control.
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The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread (December 2021 - July 2023)
MightyDargon replied to Cap's topic in Numbers and Data
This seems like it's kinda pointing out how bad Shazam's release slot is. At least some of the massive Wick 4 aud would've gone to Shazam if Wick 4 wasn't dropping week 2. Shazam 2 was poleaxed and probably should've gotten an Aug/Sept slot if WB wanted it to get anything. -
It seems very unfair to go after the director for an "at least I got paid" statement. He's not dishing on WB or trying to make the execs look stupid. He's not insulting the film's stars or crew. He's just admitting he had financial motivation in taking the Shazam 2 job. Did we seriously think he was doing this for Academy Awards? I'm pretty certain WB already didn't think the movie viable and didn't want to spend too much on marketing it. Most of these things like Rachel's reaction will be forgotten shortly because nobody cares that much about this other than "it bombed". It wasn't some kind of Lone Ranger/F4 2015 level quality control failure so that aspect won't be remembered either.
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There is if its a bunch of generic posts on "superhero fatigue" rather than the obvious reason that movies from an already cancelled DC universe are being released as cash grabs. I think even the least aware audiences know that the main DC continuity is getting rebooted and aren't spending 10 dollars plus on tickets to 'em. That said Shazam ALSO has the Rock's greed screwing that particular series over. You couldn't have come up with a better means of making Shazam a non-event.