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    Crazy Rich Asians (2018)

    in Review That Movie! (Spoilers Allowed)

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    Maybe because I’m Filipino and the Philippines pops out dozens of romcoms every year, but I thought this was just average. The acting was stiff, especially the main characters and the chemistry seemed flat for every couple. 

     

    At the end, I actually didn’t care if they got back together. That’s how disinterested I had become.  

     

    So every filipino/Asian friend and family I have who’s seen it all say it was just so-so while every other friend says it was cute and fun to watch.  Having experienced meeting an Asian mom or parent for the first time myself while dating, the movie was just a little bit off in both drama and comedy.  

     

    2.5/5

    Tuesday Numbers: MI6- $9.45M estimate

    in Numbers and Data

    Posted

    2 hours ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

    (Replying here to a quote from the Monday numbers thread, which seems locked)

     

    @JohnnyGossamer What you said doesn't invalidate the comparison in anyway. My point was that Black Panther was not designed as direct competition to Peter Rabbit, just like Jurassic World wasn't designed as direct competition to Incredibles. BP is a live-action superhero movie, and Peter Rabbit is a live-action/animation hybrid family movie. JW is a four-quadrant big budget sci-fi action-disaster film, I2 is a superhero action film but also an animated family comedy. BP and JW2 appeal to any and all ages but weren't created as family films, PR and I2 were made specifically to target the family demographic. And I wouldn't call JW2 direct competition just because it opened a weekend later to massive numbers, since it's not made with the same demographics in mind, nor is it even the same genre. Get the point now? :thinking:

    Any movie that opens north of $140+m is direct competition regardless. 

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    Weekend Thread: Equalizer 2 pulls off an upset win over Mamma Mia 2 - 35.83M to 34.44M

    in Numbers and Data

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    7 hours ago, baumer said:

     

    Here's a funny story...not quite smoke signals, but back before DL and twitter and RTH and Empire, we had no way of tracking films on their opening night.  There was a user named Xiayun and he was maybe the best predictor and derby player we had, one of the best I've ever seen.  There was some website he used that had live updates of what people were saying about a movie on opening night.  It wasn't imdb and obviously not twitter because it had n't been invented yet.  He somehow found a way to correlate user comments with the Friday number and more times than not he was within 10% of the number.  We used to sit around the forums on mojo and wait for him to live update us.  It was fascinating how he figured it out.

     

    I miss that guy.

    Xia was definitely the man when it came to the original Derby.  Too bad he mainly posted on WoKJ instead of Mojo.  A lot of people missed his insight on all things boxoffice related. 

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    Tuesday's Numbers (JW 11.9, I2....10.2....Purge 2.5 previews)

    in Numbers and Data

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    2 hours ago, meriodejaneiro said:

     

    I'd say Toy Story 4 will, even if it's just to 501M.

    Maybe Frozen 2 if they really make a good story and not just a "let's milk the cow" with a part 2 whatever. 

    And definitely Shrek 5 will, if that's happening (again, with a good script, what i'm sure they will do if they get into that ship).

    Even Frozen 2 is not a gimmey for $400m.  If it's anything like that abomination they put in front of Coco, it's not gonna get anywhere close.  I don't want 90 minutes of Olaf, almost as annoying as Jar Jar or Mater IMO. 

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    Moviepass and its Impact on the Box Office

    in Box Office Discussion

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    On 6/21/2018 at 11:11 PM, The Incredible Panda said:

    That surcharge is interesting.

     

    MoviePass

    1. Gives you “unlimited” movies a month for $10 a month

    2. No Premium seating

    3. If “popular” movie means something opening weekend, that could mean $8 extra a month if you see a new release each week.

    4. Possibility it won’t still be here at the years end

     

    AMC

    1. 3 Movies a week for $20 a month

    2. Includes premium seating and concession discounts

    3. No popular movie surcharge as of now

    4. Limits you to AMC.

    5. Will safely still be here

    6. You can reserve seats

     

    If you don’t care about Dolby or IMAX (or your AMC lacks them), if you don’t buy concessions to much, if you don’t care about reserve seating, and/or if you simply have a better theater preference MP would probably be the better deal while it’s here.  Unless you’re seeing more than 4 “popular” movies a month.

     

    If you’re seeing more than 4 “popular” movies a month, that alone would make the AMC deal better (if there’s a decent one close to you) as you could see them, in whatever form you want, be able to reserve seats and have a discount on concessions if you ever want them.

     

    The worst thing about the AMC deal is I’d feel tied to a specific theater.  But if I were to choose between them the reserved seating and Dolby make up for whatever marginal monthly price you have to pay (especially since the MP price would feel more like 12-16 dollars since I usually see big movies on OW)

     

    Thanks for the breakdown. 

     

    How does Sinema compare to you guys?

    Weekend Thread....Please read the staff announcement pg 104 (Solo 29.2...DP 23.3...Adrift 11.5)

    in Numbers and Data

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    38 minutes ago, GraceRandolph said:

    I’m on the ignore list yet you replied to my post - which wasn’t even directed at you. Doesn’t make any sense why you would even see the post if I was on ignore. Not that it matters anyways since I don’t value your opinion so by all means keep “ignoring”.  As for your 500M China prediction, its very real (as real as JW2 future terrible OW) -  I’m glad to dig it up for you since it seems to have slipped your mind:

     

    toodles 

     

    DapperRaggedBluebottlejellyfish-size_res

     

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    Tuesday's Numbers: AIW around 6M (Asgard 2)

    in Numbers and Data

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    2 hours ago, Thematrixfilm said:

    10.63 for Mon + Tues.  558.73 total.

     

    4.0 Wed + 3.52 Thurs = 566.25 21-day total.  < I'd think somewhere around 596 after this weekend and 600 before Solo, but if Infinity War somehow collapses this weekend, 

    So you’re saying $650-705m finish is still a possibility!? 

     

    :fistpump

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