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Especially given films make more profit (cough, Star Wars) when they are more domestic based anyways...
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16 minutes ago, baumer said:
Call me insane, but when a film has a record WW opening, I just don't see how you can say it's disappointing regardless of what market you are talking about.
That's stupid man, if it opened to $10m in the US then we wouldn't say anything? It's a part of the overall discussion. Obviously the foreign total is great but again it was largely expected to be massive.
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Just now, 75live said:
I totally agree with you.
yeah don't me wrong, I'm not spinning F8 in anyway, just saying technically it even went up again which is crazy to have a franchise to keep doing that. So yeah while I expected a tad over $100, this isn't the worst result either. But yeah I can still say it's a tad disappointing.
Next entry is pretty much a lock to open under $100m, which isn't that great of a benchmark anymore for top tier blockbusters. Obviously we have the foreign performance looming over the discussion but this is just a USA analysis.
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2 minutes ago, 75live said:
but that's the thing, take out Furious 7 and this movie even went up from fast 6, so really it didn't do bad at all. Just people were using the outlier for their expectations instead of the way the movies were already going
Agree with this as well, F7 was an outlier but I would counter saying the scale of the decrease clearly means the best days domestically are over...
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45 minutes ago, JB33 said:
Yep, pretty much. It's not a crime at all to suggest that this movies domestic opening weekend was a bit of a disappointment. Universal and the producers were undoubtedly hoping for more. At least $110M and up to $120M like it was tracking for.
Like I said earlier in this thread, a majority of studio films turn a profit and most at least break even. Stupid for us to be positive on everyone, it doesn't advance the conversation. It's how films do vs expectations... This was an alright domestic opening, great for an old franchise but still alright given the recent performance.
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The Pirates sequels define the concept of spend money to make money... The amount of checks written over the years... And that's just to Bruckheimer/Depp.
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Just now, SteveJaros said:
Yes, but let's face it: The enormous success of the Pirates franchise dwarfs the failures of "Mansion" and "Tomorrowland".
Very true, has paid for a bunch of failures. Granted they have spent more money per film on that franchise than any studio ever but yeah...
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2 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:
GET OUT could well become one of the great horror-comedies for me. It needs the passage of time to make that judgment.
Golden Globe for a musical/comedy nom is a good bet at this point.
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3 minutes ago, YourMother said:
Remember when people thought Tomorrowland would do over $200M domestic.
Their theme park movies have been hit or miss, Haunted Mansion is a pretty awful movie too.
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6 minutes ago, Krissykins said:
Resident Evil 6
No one said (in general), they have a good taste in movies
. Love action flicks.
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Anyone else find it funny the comp for Power Rangers on MOJO... is Tomorrowland?
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Selected by National Film Registry and made a ton of money. Pretty rare club to be in, too bad the sequels were so meh.
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3 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:
I'm disappointed in F8's China OW.
ME too, America lost once again.
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These two films did a good job of getting the public aware that rocks do strike the earth. Outside of that, DI maybe more serious & Armageddon more funny but they both are pretty stupid on execution given we all would have years/decades of advanced warning on rocks their sizes. Good BO runs for both given the close release dates.
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Stinker in so many ways which is a shame given the goodwill from the original.
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Shocked this thread isn't bigger... The movie that began an era. Annihilated every opening record.
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Just now, redfirebird2008 said:
Hanks and Spielberg would have been paid a ton of money upfront. Hanks was not far removed from Forrest Gump and Spielberg was not far removed from Jurassic Park and Schindler's List.
You could very well be right, Nolan has carte Blanche with this project so you can't be too sure.
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3 minutes ago, baumer said:
Its not just black people that are enjoying Get Out.
The world isn't as divided as our current president would have you believe lol.
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9 minutes ago, a2knet said:
120 itself is high for this film imo. It should do very well in Europe so WW should be strong. May not do much in China (and rest of Asia).
I am waiting for a Dunkirk Under Inglorious Basterds (120.5) club from @Tele Came Back so I can go IN.
We are talking about budget not gross...
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4 minutes ago, Black Hawk said:
Resident Evil 6 was that popular there? Daaaaamn.
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1 minute ago, grim22 said:
Its amazing how expectations play for movies. Peter Jackson's Kong earned more domestic and just a little less WW than Skull Island on a slightly larger budget but never recovered from the perception of being a flop thanks to sky high expectations (and being very bloated), Skull Island on the other hand had very low expectations and this result is a big win for everyone involved.
It's all about expectations and how realistic they were to begin with. That's what we do here my friend.
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Saving Private Ryan was $70m budget in 1998 @redfirebird2008. Yes big cast and Spielberg but plenty of those guys outside of Hanks were early on in their careers. Not sure how Dunkirk doesnt double it when paying Nolan $20m upfront.
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2 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:
As Mr. Pink said, the vintage plane rumor is not true. The filming period on this movie was also much shorter than his other big budget projects.
Inception and Interstellar were $160m with a lot more VFX work required and longer shooting schedules. I would guess the budget for Dunkirk is under $150m, possibly as low as $120m ($100m for everything else and $20m for Nolan's salary).
I disagree, safe to say it's $150m+. Just an opinion since we don't have the hard data.
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Just now, johnboy3434 said:
It's going to be a while. Even if/when China's box office eclipses the US (currently $6.6G vs $10.7G, respectively), that won't change the fact that five of the six major movie studios are American companies. The US is such a cushy place for rich people, especially compared to China, that it's going to be a while before they start catering primarily to the Chinese market.
It's very early in their movie history whereas those five companies have been around and consolidating for decades. Who knows where the big studios will be in 20-30 years? I'd say it's pretty likely the Chinese will have a big say in that.
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China is the lowest take for US studios right guys? Perspective on the opening as great as it was is needed.