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54 minutes ago, Barnack said:
Maybe because I am not american and comic books were not a thing were a grew up and didn't even knew they were 2 distinct company before the movies universe started, but it is hard to imagine that many people have a pre form bias or care much if at all about Marvel or DC, outside the comicbook reporting world at least. Would it even be 1% of the total population that care even just a little bit by any of this ? Comic book sales are what 200k/300k for an high sellers ?
Just look at WonderWoman reception or the Nolan Batman trilogy reception or the DC video games receptions, that does not seem to fit into a narrative of some big pro Marvel world, anti-DC world.
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While growing up in India, the only SH comic I had read personally was that of Superman. I had heard of Batman, SM and WW (due to Linda Carter show). Moved to the US in the late 80s. I found out about Captain America due to a Will Smith line in Men in Black. I did not know about Iron Man till early 2008.
So Superman, Batman and WW have been popular for decades. Marvel has elevated unknown superheroes to A-lister levels. Iron Man may the most popular SH now and Captain America seems have taken the Superman spot as the good guy Superhero. People have supported Marvel because of the quality of their movies.
Let's not forget, Batman was the top SH and at his peak after Nolan's successful trilogy that ended in 2012. Now his ensemble movie will gross only about 10% more than the adjusted gross of the universally reviled Batman and Robin. That is repudiation of DCEU due to quality of BvS, SS and JL. Critics and audiences enthusiastically accepting WW highlights the fact that DCEU problems are due to quality rather than bias.
Personally, as a moviebuff I would love to see good movies from DC. At this point in time, I like Marvel, since their movies are miles ahead of DC in quality. It is that simple.
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Very well made and the way it was meant to be. Kenneth Branagh is excellent as Poirot. The supporting cast is very good. Nice locales and cinematography.
Bring on the Death on the Nile.
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19 minutes ago, grey ghost said:
So did any of these disappoint?
I would say only JL can be considered disappointing.
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7 minutes ago, DeeCee said:
If Tuesday’s are now more inflated what does the Monday to Wednesday change look like compared to previous Thanksgivings?
Top 4 had an average 52% increase (Mon to Wed) in 2016
Top 4 in 2017 have an average of 43% increase. JL staying flat is part of the reason.
The drops on Thursday could be lower this year.
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@Christmas baumer: Wonder, OE and DaddyH2 all had small increases over Tuesday and JL stayed flat. Thor may be had a 15% increase.
But again, the increases on Tuesday were higher this year compared to 2016. That may account for the lower increase on Wednesday.
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So based on RTH,
Coco - 13.6
JL - 10.5
Wonder - 6
Thor3 - 4
OE - 2.6
Daddy H2 - 2.5
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18 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:
Its because of the lack of dubbed versions being released there.
Only to a certain extent. Batman was second only to Spiderman in popularity in india. That may not be the case anymore after BvS and JL. In fact JL won't even beat Superman Returns footfalls from 2006.
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Wow. That is excellent for Coco.
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Justice League is dropping fast and has not been found appreciation. The numbers are still reasonable with over 21 crore nett on the board but collections are dropping fast. The first five day business of Justice League is as follows.
Friday - 5,75,00,000
Saturday - 6,25,00,000
Sunday - 6,25,00,000
Monday - 2,25,00,000
Tuesday - 1,75,00,000
TOTAL - 21,25,00,000 apprx
http://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3437
The Gross should be around 30% more i.e Rs. 27 Crore = $4.2 Mil.
Batman's aura is gone in India after BvS and JL.
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3 minutes ago, XO21 said:
5 days gross will be below The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) unadjusted
Don't you mean Adjusted?
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1 hour ago, narniadis said:
How do I know that JL isn't going to get good wom from the average Joe? The wife's OB (had our 3rd kid today) at the start of the day saw my JL tee shirt and asked if I saw the film and then proceeded to rip into how terrible it was, particularly when compared to Thor....
I laughed.
Congrats.
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Generally the Sunday to Monday drop for most movies fall is in the low 60% during Thanksgiving week. So a 69 to 73% would be bigger than normal drop for JL. But again, it is early. Interesting to see what happens.
On the other hand, Wonder seems to be doing Wonderful.
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Disaster.
The script is pathetic. The big 3 superheroes have been reduced to a parody of themselves. The color/look of the movie is godawful. The Villain is terrible and so are the heroes. If the only hook for this was it is better than BVS and SS, it is sad. This is slightly better than BvS in its tone due to some forced humor.
Batman was a non-entity. Gone are the heady days of Nolan's Batman. This Batman is just pathetic and wasn't even needed in the movie given that he does very little other than putting the team together.
One cannot serve garbage on a consistent basis for the most part and expect it to be accepted all the time. MOS, BVS and SS pretty much killed JL.
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1 minute ago, ZeeSoh said:
38.5 would mean JL has very slightly better preview to OD multi as BvS which is one of the lowest for a SH movie. If it follows BvS trajectory over the weekend it will miss even 80m. I dont think that will happen as BvS was notoriously frontloaded on OD due to easter holiday. But JL could follow SS internal multiplier which would mean an OW of 85m
Different times of the year. Plus BVS had a holiday on Friday. JL should get slightly better IM for the weekend.
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So per DHD Friday Night Update
38.5M Friday for JL
9.5M for Wonder
The rest seems to be not updated yet.
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2ND UPDATE, Friday night: Justice League‘s Friday, coming off a solid $13 million Thursday, is coming in at the high end from where we saw it around midday Friday with $38.5M, however, there’s still concern that Warner Bros. DC supehero ensemble may not even crack $100M with industry estimates sitting at $97M over three-days, well below the $110M-$120M on tracking.
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38 minutes ago, damnitgeorge08 said:
Tele gave the last deep wang update in which jl presales were 2/3 of bvs. From same as bvs to 65% of bvs, what happened?
Usually, the final week especially from Monday thru Thursday before release sees a huge uptick in pre-sales. It seems like that did not happen for JL.
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One word, brilliant. It is one thing to develop characters a certain way from the beginning, it is entirely something to redefine characters in the 3rd movie to an absolute del8ght.
The interaction between Hulk, Banner and thor is nothing short of phenomenal. Loved it way more than I thought I would. On par with The Avengers and Iron Man.
Taika Waititi is an awesome director. Hemsworth, Hiddleston, Blanchet and Goldblum are superb.
Rating: A
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5 hours ago, grim22 said:
One of my all time favorite movies is "Om", just the symbol is the title. This movie was a freaking phenomenon back in the mid-90s in my state and is one of the best Indian gangster movies ever made IMO. Weirdly enough, it has never been released on home video, I think @jb007 had mentioned that there were plans, but I don't think they materialized
OM has been re-released more times than any other movie in history. For eg.
In Mysore,
Sangam - 16 times
Saraswathi - 9 times
Ranjith, Laxmi - 8 times
It has been re-released on every single theater of Mysore and multiple times all over Karnataka. It is a unique movie in terms of playing for 21 years. Every year it was generating about Rs. 2 crores revenue to the producers. So it was a regular cash cow like no other.
After a statewide re-release on 2015, Om satellite rights were sold in 2016 for a whopping price of Rs. 10.5 crores, the most ever for a Kannada movie. It is even more amazing the satellite rights were sold 21 years after its initial release in 1995.
Now it is available on Home video.
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8 minutes ago, Stutterng baumer Denbrough said:
You don't honestly believe that mother has a chance of anything this year do you? Critics hate it in audiences hate it. It will get absolutely nothing
Not true, baumer.
I see Razzies in its future.
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It is very good. Plenty of scares and good performances from the young actors. The constant swearing by the teens was a negative and took away from the enjoyment of the movie. The pacing could have been crisper.
Was a big fan of the TV mini series. Enjoyed the movie quite a bit.
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1 hour ago, langer said:
Iron Man hits 300M$ for the 7th time! Goooooooo IM
A seemingly unknown superhero (at least to non comic book fans) in early 2008 has moved to the top of superhero universe boxofficewise. Amazing.
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41 minutes ago, Stutterng baumer Denbrough said:
So a buddy of mine went full Tele last night...and we all know the rule about that...never go full Tele.
He didn't just dislike Dunkirk, he hated it. He was mad that he saw it.
My wife had a similar reaction. The lack of characterisation overrides the great technical aspects.
I consider Dunkirk the Tora Tora Tora of 2017. Great meaningless action that I just could not relate to or for that matter care.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
in Review That Movie! (Spoilers Allowed)
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This will not go the way you think.
This is a fantastic un-Star Wars like Star Wars movie. The Acting, the score and the direction of the movie is awesome. This just throws out everything from a completely different angle than everyone imagined. Mark Hamill is superb.I love the aggressive Rey. Have to give props to the script which shows Kylo to be the real manipulator essentially proving Snoke's insults completely wrong. The Throne room fight is fabulous.
As far as some hardcore fans not liking it, I feel it hard for some who are invested in some characters for 40 years to have to lose them unexpectedly. I feel this will grow into a classic over time.
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