MovieMan89

When it comes to DP2, it should be kept in mind that it is still R rated. The first set a very high mark for an R OW, for all we know it may not be very realistic to go much higher than that.

And from one end of the loony bin to the other... Avatar 2 is not beating TFA DOM, lmao. Even if it's bigger than the first in every other market.

For perspective on these silly Alice 2 comps, Avatar 2 behaving like that would get it only 800m WW. So basically it would have to gross less than 400m from worldwide-china. Lmao.

It was a bit odd for a first sequel to a breakout film. Though I'm definitely expecting GotG3 to be much bigger OS because of IW/TA4 and the MCU's popularity in general lately.

In about 7 years Zoe Saldana will likely have in that club: 5 Avatars 2-3 Avengers 1-2 Guardians

All of Craig's Bond films were more successful than all of Moore's, except for Moonraker. And Skyfall was more successful than Moonraker. And yes, I'm talking adjusted not just unadjusted. I was too young to watch Bond prior to any of the Craig movies. So yeah, for the vast majority of teens to 30 year olds, he's their intro to Bond and likely who they associate the role with. His portrayal has also been the most unanimously lauded since Connery too for what it's worth. Moore always had a more divisive reception, basically a love or hate type of thing.

AQP's legs are nuts. Horror is weird, it seems like legs are either abysmal or insanely amazing.

I think Craig has easily developed the most iconic portrayal of the character since Connery. His movies have been the most successful on the whole since that era of Bond. For many people, myself included, he is James Bond. If this is his sendoff to the character, than yeah I think people will care. Just like they cared more about Logan than the previous X-Men movie.

Is Bond 25 Craig's last one? If so that will probably be a big catalyst for an increased gross.

Ah yes, when the golden age of video game films is upon us.

Disney lowballs their Sundays way too much these days. I mean I get the advantages of actuals being higher than estimates opposed to the reverse, but when rival studios are saying it may be as much as 4m too low they're playing it way too cautious.

Following GotG2's Mother's Day Fri/Sat holds to a tee so far. 63M if Sunday does the same.

Just for shits and giggles if you take the all time DOM champ, the all time China champ, and the all time OS-China champ you get a gross of $3.616b. And that’s unadjusted of course. So what I’m saying is come early next decade maybe a $4b we grosser could be possible. Now don’t go getting any ideas @IronJimbo

Don’t have one. It is Cameron after all, so all bets are off for a ceiling. Don’t interpret that as me predicting it to outrgross A1 though, because for the moment I’m not. Maybe marketing will change my mind though.

Iger would probably take out a hit on everyone involved in the project if that somehow happened (RIP Emily, RIP LMM). Nutcracker could still ruin the record regardless of any WiT fudge. Concept of a movie based on that is iffy to start with and the release date is about as bad as it gets for a movie that should be taking advantage of Xmas.

Lol, it's a James Cameron film that he's spending over a decade making. It's not going to crash 70%+ worldwide like Alice 2, let's be real. It would be shocking if it didn't become the highest grossing Hollywood release ever in China, so that gives it a solid 450m+ right there. I give it a $1.8b floor WW.

Lol, poor Jimbo always getting ganged up on with Avatar hate. But you're such an easy target since you never shut up about it! To be fair, I think the forum is greatly underestimating Avatar 2 on the whole. It will probably decrease in every market outside of China, but I don't think it's going to fall off a cliff in most markets. 2.5b+ WW could happen if China is 500-600 huge.

MCU owns 4 of the all time top 10 worldwide now, while no other franchise gets multiple entries. Insane.

I have a different definition of fudge that clearly most here don't agree with. It's fine, at least I apply that definition to all films and not just select ones. Though I will say there are probably very few films out there that didn't earn all of their money. The kind of fudge that "borrows" from another film is likely near non-existent given that's just not that easy to do. Most fudging has to do with other techniques.

Because it has no bearing on my club. Disney fudging WiT to 100 changes nothing about that, whereas if Freed would have been the only movie to ruin my club it would have done so illegitimately. Alas, it didn't matter because many movies ruined it. Btw, remember when you said IW couldn't break the OW record for months and declared victory on the OD that was perfectly in line to break the record if you know MCU patterns? See, I can beat the dead horse too.

I thought there was something significant about a film crossing 100m DOM? Something to do with TV maybe? Someone who knows more on this help me out here. At any rate, my theory is that they really want it to go for that record feat of a full calendar year of releases grossing 100m+ DOM. P.S.: For the record, WiT's DOM gross is fine for its budget. Not great or awful. It's OS that was an epic epic bomb. If the OS share had been more the blockbuster norm, it probably could have broken even or been slightly profitable.

Obviously to get 100 of course. The PTA is laughable, but it might still make enough this weekend to get to 100 now since Disney will keep it in theaters for forever just like Tomorrowland. They'll probably use I2's OW for double features if they have to. They seem determined to get that 100 lol.

Abysmal OD for Life of the Party. McCarthy taking a 2 year break after Ghostbusters was a really dumb move. You'd think she would have chosen something better to come back with.

The CGI in Avatar was unreal for '09, no doubt. Still holds up a decade later.

IW = no competition for 3 weeks. Titanic and Avatar = no competition for 3+ months