MovieMan89

Oh please. When the two movies in question are both historical biopics and the violence/patriotism fueled one about the white guy who killed people for a living makes 10x over what the MLK one does, how does it not say something about American society? When America has had nothing but problems with gun control violence and racial equality lately? It doesn't mean I'm saying this signals the breakdown of all humanity. But two biopics that should have been on relatively equal playing fields at the box office clearly weren't certainly speaks as to what American audiences find appealing. And that AS is so much more appealing over Selma is a little troubling given current issues in the country. If I was just throwing a fit about some movie I liked not doing well, it would look much different than what I've brought up. You didn't see me bringing social commentary into the discussion when I was pissed about Frozen's success. That was just rage fueled rants and raves.

Oh joy, so he may have really been a jerk but they glorify him in the movie? Even more reason to be excited about its success!

Which would make 100m very likely if the WOM even remotely matches the critics. Not bad at all for a movie that not long ago looked like one of the most surefire upcoming flops.

6M would be great for Paddington today, given the Saturday and Monday bumps it should get.

I totally thought the thread title had to mean for the weekend when I saw it.

The trailers looked mind numbingly boring to me. Was it boring?

So wait, do we have a Paddington number already?

True that AS is in about a thousand more theaters than Selma is this weekend. But Selma is still well over the 2k theater count. That should be more than enough availability for it to be doing a lot better than it is. The public interest just isn't there apparently. Again, sad/slightly maddening.

30m OD + not being a typical frontloaded blockbuster makes 90m for the weekend likely and 100m slightly possible.

Don't you have anything better to do? But if you must know, if I don't at least see a healthy bump for Selma this weekend, then yes I will be mad. No excuse for Americans to shell out $100m over the weekend on a biopic like AS and completely ignore one like Selma. Even the crappy marketing and awards botching on Paramount's part is not a good enough excuse.

50 Shades will be massive next month if this is a preview for 2015 at the box office. It might outgross MJ1's OW.

Just make sure you buy the premium ticket. The normal movie ticket will only get you access to 75% of the finished film.

Don't worry, I'm sure they're planning it so that the films can release annually for years to come just like the games. With minimal changes to each sequel.

Unfortunately for Kilmer, he's stuck with Terrence Malick instead.

Oh it was better marketed for sure, that I'll give you. Of course it was likely afforded the money for marketing that Selma never was. And that alone is sad that Selma was not considered "appealing" enough to invest more of a marketing push in, but Sniper was. I'm sure the man in American Sniper did important things for the military and country. I don't need to see it though to know that his story is not nearly as important to tell right now as MLK's. The Ferguson incident is proof that a large chunk of American are forgetting or brushing aside the importance of race equality, and that is completely unacceptable. A biopic steeped in violence is not what people need to be associating their American patriotism with right now. Or worse, fall under the misguided patriotic notion that America is so great and we have no issues.

More like sad. That my country cares so much about gun toting snipers and so little about equality for human beings. The former is a box office draw, the latter isn't. Says it all really.

Make biopic on white American military figure and market it as Call of Duty: The Movie. Release on MLK weekend. Make more money on opening weekend than many blockbusters do. Make biopic on black American humanitarian who fought for civil rights of humans and was one of the most important non-violent activists in the country's history. Release near the Holiday celebrating the figure and in a time period where equality for all races is once again at the forefront of important issues. Make a mere fraction of Call of Duty: The Movie. America.

I assume it was about who had the bigger chest?

Please tell me that number in the thread title is for the weekend. If it's just for today, holy shit. How in the world?!?

Cranston winning an Oscar would be so amazing. But if Leo turns in yet another award worthy performance then may the Academy members be violently smitten from the Earth if they don't finally recognize it.

If Silence is any good, good luck to the other movies. Talk about total Oscar bait. But that can backfire too if it's a mediocre film, though that seems unlikely coming from Scorsese.

We can't ignore an Inarritu film as a serious award contender after Babel and Birdman. 21 Grams and Biutiful received some Academy recognition too.

Woah, when did Hail, Ceaser! get shifted to 2016? Just saw that on IMDB.

Roughly in order of what sounds most likely: Silence The Revenant Spielberg's Cold War Thriller The Hateful Eight Everest Icon Star Wars: The Force Awakens In the Heart of the Sea Joy (though if this is Russell's same shtick I think they will tire of it this time)

Well the good news then is it could happen in my lifetime. I wonder if I'll still be seeing and loving animation at 80.