stuart360

As much as i would like it to happen, there is zero chance of 300mil for Dune 2. Hell i very much doubt it hits 200mil.

It probably would of needed 200+mil OW to of had any chancr at passing Mario, and even then it would be far from certain imo. In fact with the way people on here were hyping the movie, i was kind of expecting 200mil OW. Now its very very good OW kind of looks a little dissapointing to me.

So impressed and surprised by Oppenheimers opening. I had it down for a 130-140mil US total, which i thought would of been pretty good for the type of film it is lol.

Its going to happen at some point. My personal opinion is Disney will wait around 10 years or so, and reboot the series with a new actor. Ford is entranched in the character but he will be 90, (or gone) by that point. I wouldnt be surprised if this turns into a Bond situation, with a new actor ever 10-20 years. The problem for me will be unlike Bond, Disney will really have to find the right actor to replace Ford, or audiences just wont be on board.

You know seeing these big name blockbusters continue to underperform, or even outright flop, A2's 2.3bil looks more and more impressive with each passing week, especially when taking into account that the 2.3bil number would of been considerably more if China hadnt been covid ravaged right before release.

just saw it and i thought it was.....ok. My expectations were a 2/10, and i thought it was a 5/10 film. There is a lot in the film i hate, and i'm not going to go into detail as it will just cause arguing (Helena, yeah no). But at the same time i cant deny that it was better than my extremely low expectation. Its also quite an interesting plot if you like history. Alas i look at it as we will always have the orig trilogy, and this film and Crystal Skull dont change that. Ratings - Raiders/Temple of Doom - 10/10 Last Crusade - 9/10 . . . . . Destiny/Crystal Skull - 5/10

I think you missunderstood my post, i wasnt criticizing her, i actually like her a lot, i think she's a breath of fresh air in her interviews, and isnt afarid to be herself, in a world where everyone is scared stiff of upsetting someone. And everything you said is true i;'m sure, but its also true that she got pregnant, and publicly said she's taking time away from acting as she wanted to be there for her child after giving birth. Again like i said, she publicly said in an interview that she wont be making another film for a couple of years after this one. It was literally just the other day.

Judging from this post, you have been avoiding spoilers lol. I wont say anything obviously. As for the films prospects. Well i got a few smilies ages ago when i said i wouldntr be at all surprised if this finishes behind Crystal Skull, domestic and worldwide, and i wonder if i would get those same smilies now lol. At the end of the day this could be sitting at 100 RT score, and nothing involving the films gross would be set in stone. Simple fact is how many people actually want to watch a 80yo Indiana Jones bumbling along on screen?, especially if you are a mega fan of the orig trilogy like me.

People can argue over whether superhero movies are decling, but its going to happen, even if it hasnt happened yet. You look back through movie history with war films, westerns,etc, they usually go in these 10 years spurts of popularity, then a decline, then come back in another couple of decades or so. If you count the current superhero genre from Raimi's Spiderman, you are talikng a good 20+ years of superhero movies being big (30+ years if you count from Batman 89, although i personally wouldnt as we still didnt get that many) Thing is even if you count if from Iron Man, thats still 15 years at the top. So superhero movies have done great, but are def over their sell by date and due a decline, if only a temp one. And to be honest, with Marvels factory production line churning out multiple films and tv series every year, they have done amazing not to already of had a serious decline, years ago really.

Well i dont think she really laid low, she was still a pretty big draw. She got pregnant, and wanted to be there for the first few years of her kids life. She's already said she wont be doing another film for a couple of years after this new one.

Lol at that Flash number. I guess Keatons involvement didnt have the desired effect. I honestly thought this had a shot at 100mil OW a while ago. Having said that i find it hard to judge these DC movires knowing that they are pretty much pointless and redundant with the DC reboot. I still thought the Keaton nostalgia would of had a bigger effect though. It will be interesting to see how Aquaman 2 does when the first film was such a big hit, while the sequel is stuck in that 'redundant' limbo like this film. Also was this film stuck in development hell for years?, i'm only asking because i just read up on the main actors controversy the last few years, and how the hell did he headline this movie?.

Youtuber reviews have started dropping, yikes at some of them. I will wait for streaming.

I know you would love that to be true but it really isnt. A lot of regular people are fed up of the constant nonsense, and Disney are feeling it big time.

Earlier in the thread i said i could see this making like 120-130mil US, and around 250-300mil WW. That was before the R rating though, although with the subject matter i can see that the majority of people wanting to see this film will be adults anyway, so yeah i'll stick with my orig predicition.

How do these films keep getting greenlit?, especially when we are talking about a studio supposedly in financial trouble. I mean they always seem to make in the 400-500mil range WW, off what i would guess would be around 200mil budgets when including marketing etc.

Thats a fair shout, although i still think them dropping the 'X-Men' tag hurt that films box office. I know people that even NOW didnt realize thats a X-Men film (casual fans obviously). EDIT. Also i'd say the X-Men films over all werent quite as big openers as the Transformers films in their hey dey, quite a bit off for most of them actually.

A spin off aimed more at the kids though. I meant mainline movies, if you get me. I mean i doubt anyone was expecting Bumblebee to open to anywhere close to any of the mainline films.

I hadnt foll,owed the film, tracking, or anything like that, but even with a decline in popularity, its had its time in the sun, people have moved on, etc, etc, i could never see this kind of massive budget spectacle open to 30mil lol. The series has had multiple 100+mil openings, 200mil 5 day openings etc. Has there ever been a semi long running series that has opened to massive numbers in its hey dey, then the latest one opens to a terrible 30mil, or equivelant?.

I think replacing Ford will be hard, i mean he's so iconic and entrenched into that role. I think Disney will do it though. My guess is they probably wait like 10 years, and reboot the series with another actor. Even after another 10 years (and possibly Fords death), it will still be hard for the audience to accept a Indiana Jones film without Ford. Disney will REALLY have to spend some time trying to find the right man. In fact i wouldnt be surprised if they go the youth route, someone in their early 20's, someone who can grow into the role and someone that can grow into the audiemces phyche (spelling?).

I have to chuckle a bit when i think back to some of the replies when i dared to suggest ages ago that i could easily see this making less than Crystal Skull domestic, and worldwide.. I mean i'm a massive fan of the orig trilogy, its movie magic to me, but everyhting we had seen, and heard, about this movie certainly isnt. And thats ignoring the simple fact of how many people honestly want to watch a 80 year old Indiana Jones bumbling and mumbling through the film?.

A Nolan film will always makes some kind of money due to his name alone. Having said that, i'm not sure who this film appeals to outside his die hard fans that will watch anyhting he makes. I can see something like 120-130mil US, and 250-300mil Worldwide. Which would actually be pretty decent for a film like this.

Well on Itunes its been out for 5 weeks, and its been no.1 for 4 of them, with Ant Man knocking it down to no.2 on its Itunes release. A2 back to no.1. scream 6, Creed 3, etc, all have come and gone, some from the Top 10 while A2 is back at no.1 on its 5th week. At least on itunes its making some serious bank.

I see Mario finishing around 570-580mil. 13mil weekdays coming up - 447mil total 40mil next weekend - 487mil total 9mil weekdays - 496mil total 25mil weekend - 521mil total 6mil weekdays - 527mil total 15mil weekend - 542mil total 4mil weekdays - 546mil total 10mil weekend - 556mil total 2mil weekdays - 558mil total 6mil weekend - 564mil total 1mil weekdays - 565mil total 3mil weekend - 568mil total and probably another 5-10mil added on over the next few weeks, unless its pulled from cinemas. I may of even been a little high with some of my weekday totals as i feel this will become more of a weekend film as the weeks go on. So yeah i see around 580mil toital, which is great to be honest.

Just a reminder that Mario is going to become only the 19th movie to hit 500mil domestic, and only the 14th to hit 550mil (it should get there). People act like 500mil is nothing these days but it is still a tough number to hit so remember that when it misses out on 600mil and people start with the negativity.

Even more puzzling when you take into account Christmas related films usually fall off a cliff and dissapear like a week or two after Xmas.