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  1. MovieMan89
    On the bright side, maybe TGS and J's drops will be even more holy shit worthy this weekend.
  2. MovieMan89
    I will say this trailer is much more effective on a big screen in the theater. Watched it online and didn't get the hype at all, but seeing it in a theater I could see how it could do like 80-100m now.
  3. MovieMan89
    Yes that's exactly what I said. So glad you understand me so well.
  4. MovieMan89
    I think Fantastic Mr. Fox just looked flat out unappealing though to kids. Again, kids love dogs, hell they even acknowledge that with a line in the trailer for this.
  5. MovieMan89
    I don't think it has looked "dark" from the marketing. Unusual sure, but unusual isn't necessarily a death knell for kids. Look at the stop motion films that were successful like Chicken Run and Coraline. They were definitely unusual. The latter was even pretty dark.
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    Live action is a different case. Like I said, animation being PG-13 or R sends the clear message it's not intended for kids. Also, I highly doubt younger kids have comprised a huge chunk of Jumanji's audience. I doubt parents are taking the 8 and under set.
  7. MovieMan89
    PG-13 is a stigma for a lot of parents with younger kids, especially with animation. That sends the clear message it's animation intended for an older audience. The dog aspect could have appealed to younger kids. Animation is a stigma for some of the older audience this is hoping for. That basically leaves Anderson devotees as the only people who will see this. That's probably good for a 30-35m take. I think it could have doubled that as a PG though.
  8. MovieMan89
    I was just happy at the prospect of a stop motion release maybe doing decent numbers for the first time this decade. The medium has a hard enough time as it is making any money without the added box office disadvantage of a PG-13 rating.
  9. MovieMan89
    Being PG-13 for "thematic elements and violent images" sounds unnecessary anyways. Unless it was graphic, which the rating doesn't say, then they should have been able to still get away with violence for a PG rating in animation. There's some disturbing shit for kids in stuff like Coraline and a whole slew of other animated movies that are PG. Just annoying since I can't imagine my little nephews are the only kids seeing a poster like this and having interest:
  10. MovieMan89
    Welp. And I really thought from the marketing this had an unusual amount of potential for stop motion to tap into the kid audience. Now it's going to basically be relying solely on Anderson's loyal fanbase.
  11. MovieMan89
    And I think this kind of hard R adult aimed thriller is just a tough sell, plain and simple. Gone Girl was an exception.
  12. MovieMan89
    Yeah forgot that one (ironically since both are Fincher), but also had the awards buzz and huge book sales working to its advantage. One thing is certain, good WOM for this is an absolute must for the box office.
  13. MovieMan89
    The only really similar release in terms of genre, tone, and content I can think of that did really well at the box office would be Gone Girl. Though that had awards buzz and being based on a popular book working for it.
  14. MovieMan89
    A hard R spy film with a 2 and a half hour runtime? Yeah, really not seeing the box office potential now. Who is the audience for this exactly? I mean maybe if it were a Tarantino film or something it could work, but otherwise I don't know what demo this is going for.
  15. MovieMan89
    Both would want to be too in control.
  16. MovieMan89
    For awhile it's seemed like July would be kind of weak coming off of all the mega releases of May/June, but upon closer inspection it seems like it has the potential to be surprisingly big. AM2 should be aiming for 200-250, Mission 6 should hit 175-225, and Mamma Mia, The Nun, and this all have the potential to be 150+ breakouts. HT3 should easily clear 100 as well. Could be an exceptionally spread the wealth month.
  17. MovieMan89
    The sooner they get another trailer out for this, the better. That first one is such a non-starter for hype.
  18. MovieMan89
    Will be interesting to see if there's a big spike in subscriptions over the next two weeks with Black Panther coming up. Appeal for the movie is massive and for those who live in bigger cities, signing up for MP just for the month even if BP is the only thing they plan to see would already save them money. Of course then they find out about the 9 month restriction period if they cancel and would likely end up just keeping it.
  19. MovieMan89
    Yeah, I have a feeling it's going to bulldoze past the first Conjuring's gross and go 150m+.
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  21. MovieMan89
    This will never do much because the GA isn't going to go for a gay love story that is treated "normally." Has to be treated with a bunch of opposition and emotional distress/tension like Moonlight/Brokeback. We're still not at the point where most of America can look at a gay love the same way as heterosexual love and not differentiate, even if people are by and large becoming tolerant of it.
  22. MovieMan89
    Insidious 4 inexplicably beating 1 and 3 is a huge wtf. Should have been the lowest grossing by a decent margin. Unless horror really is so in right now that all releases in the genre are going to get a boost for awhile. And that franchise's profitability is just nuts. All 4 films cost a combined $26.5m to make and have grossed a combined $516m with still a little gas left in the tank for 4.
  23. MovieMan89
    Honestly, if anything should be expanding next weekend it's TGS. Theaters overall stand a lot more to gain from that than any other expansion.
  24. MovieMan89
    GO's little re-release did at least allow it to move up one spot on the 2017 year list.
  25. MovieMan89
    I can't imagine that movie would benefit much from a further expansion. I think 1000+ theaters is already probably more than what the demand is there for.
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