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  1. MovieMan89
    I realistically don't see SW land being done until 2020. Pandora was announced in early 2011 and will open a full 6 years later than that. Cars Land was announced in '07 I believe and opened in 2012. 5-6 years is Disney's typical time-frame for completing a newly announced land. Not only that, but SW land is the biggest undertaking they have ever done outside of an entirely new theme park, so even at a faster construction pace it could take just as long. Disney is terrible about constructing, they like to draw it out to cut costs. Granted I could see them maybe trying to rush it for a 2019 opening with IX's release, but even if they throw a ton of money at it that's probably the absolute earliest it can be finished.
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    The Revenant's box office run is getting pretty amazing. If it does win BP, it is going to be the first true blockbuster to win since ROTK. Which of course probably seals its fate to lose right there.
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    This really isn't how theme parks work though. Yes hype for upcoming attractions based on big IPs is very helpful, but in the end it is the final product that sells it. Case and point: plenty of people thought making a whole land dedicated to Cars as the focal point of the California Adventure expansion was a huge waste of money. But it turns out Radiator Springs fits a theme park like a glove, and the land was amazing and people loved it. It accomplished its goal as the big draw for that park. Now, as much as I'm looking forward to Star Wars land, I think Avatar land has the potential to be even more amazing. I mean the world of Pandora was the reason Avatar worked in the first place, and now Disney and Cameron are working hard and investing a lot to try to bring that place from the movies to life. I mean they are figuring out how to actually build the floating mountains so they look like they float and have the bio-luminescent ecosystem come to life at night! Look at some of this concept art: It is going to absolutely blow people away if done right, and from what I can tell so far it's definitely being done right. WOM will spread like wildfire when Pandora opens next year, pre-release hype be damned. At any rate, construction is already well under way for it, and hasn't even begun on SW land. There's no reason to delay a land ready to open next year for one that won't be ready for at least 3 more years even if they invest all their resources into it.
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    Um, Avatar land is a BIG priority for them, given its half a billion dollar price tag and reliance on it to give Animal Kingdom a much needed attendance boost.
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    Summer would be a really bad time of year for these movies. There is nothing guaranteeing this has any kind of huge OW. It is far more likely to be leggy like the first, and summer is a bad time for it to try to do that. Nothing has really occupied December '18 yet, it should be fine there. Otherwise Cameron will have to wait until December 2020, since December '19 is basically already staked out as IX's territory.
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    1b is dead unless Disney finds some big way to push a re-release/re-expansion. I so wish I was on their marketing team right now for my May 4th Star Wars day idea for it.
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    I wonder what would happen to poor Kal if Cameron announced he was abandoning any further films in the franchise.
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    Disney just did Cameron a huge favor. Now when they officially announced another delay for this, it can be deflected as for reasons besides Cameron's work pace.
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    This feels like one of the quietest 100m+ grossers in ages. It came and went with next to no impact it seems. Never even heard anyone talk about it much on these boards since release.
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    There was definitely a huge advantage in not going for specific categories. In hindsight I feel like an idiot for only going for one specific category in certain movies. Just putting the movie by itself would have yielded way more points with way less risk.
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    Geez, you guys are making it tough. I didn't even do that bad and I'm still at the bottom this week. I guess part 3 kinda sunk me, which I usually do well at.
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    I assume 5 is asking for 2nd weekend gross, not total after 2nd weekend?
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    When Leo makes a movie a hit that looks utterly unappealing, then I might agree. And I'm only talking DOM. Denzel isn't a draw OS.
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    It's an artsy, dialouge light, lesbian love story that doesn't even have a BP nom to its name now. What do you expect?
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    Yeah, thinking 90-ish right now.
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    I really am liking this movie far more thinking about it in hindsight than when I actually watched it. Find it so weird when that happens.
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    I will say Best Actor is a weak field this year, so yeah someone like Jackson or Smith maybe "deserved" it slightly more than a few others that got in (still say Damon just played himself). Enough more to cry racism though? No. They were no Oyelowo, who himself probably got screwed by botched campaigning more than anything. And none of them were Steve Carell either, who gave the realest and most developed lead acting performance of the year.
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    Madea's Holiday Cinematic Universe: A Madea Christmas - Christmas 2014 Boo! A Madea Halloween - Halloween 2016 Madea Gobble Gobbles Thanksgiving - Thanksgiving 2017 Madea Saves Kwanzaa - Kwanzaa 2017 Madea's Big Heart On - Valentine's Day 2018 Red, White, and Madea - 4th of July 2019 Madea Has a Dream - MLK Day 2020 Madea Goes to Washington - President's Day 2021 Madea's No Fool Bitch! - April Fools Day 2022 The Luck o' Madea - St Patrick's Day 2023 Madea Sees Her Shadow! - Groundhog Day 2024 Madea Gives Birth! - Labor Day 2025 Madea's Maternity Ward - Mother's Day 2026 Madea's Sex Change? - Father's Day 2027 Madea Goes to War - Veteran's Day 2028 Madea's Dead! In Memoriam - Memorial Day 2029 Madea Has Arisen (Hallelujah!) - Easter 2030 Madea, This Year and Forever - New Year's 2031
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    Madea's Heart On.
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    Er, not really in the last decade. 13 of his last 14 films adjust to at least 75m, and the one that doesn't was a smaller limited release. He's good for 90m+ more often than not, and in movies that usually have no business making half that.
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    Leo is also very smart about taking appealing roles too, and the one time he didn't in recent years it tanked. I think the big flashy production values of The Revenant gave it some appeal of its own. It looked like a more mature blockbuster in a lot of ways. Leo no doubt has big draw power obviously, but he also is savvy on what roles he takes. It's why I would still give Denzel the draw power edge domestically, because the man can and does take generic filler all the time and turns it into a big hit. McCarthy seems to be his equivalent as far as females go (though nowhere near the longevity yet of course). The two of them are about the only ones that can get away with unappealing films still grossing 80m+.
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    Shoot, does that mean no Madea Gobble Gobbles Thanksgiving, Madea Has Arisen (on Easter Sunday), or Madea's No April Fool Bitch! sequels?
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    Alvin and Sisters both putting up quite the fight for 100, but don't think either will make it.
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    I agree, but Smith could have maybe snuck in with great campaigning. Either way the performance was never strong enough to be any kind of front runner.
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    Campaigning is part of the problem too. 12YAS had a great awards campaign and look what happened. Beasts of No Nation, Concussion, Creed (aside from Stallone), and SOC were given next to no awards push. You have to play the game. Something likes Beasts of the Southern Wild was a major exception to the rule.
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