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The Disney Thread | Iger will be with us until 2026
Spidey Freak replied to A Marvel Fanboy's topic in Box Office Discussion
Even the average alt-right rage tuber is smart enough to stick to softer targets like The Marvels and not criticize Black Panther in their gazillion anti-woke rant videos (at least not in thumbnails). The fact that Peltz went after BP too doesn't just show his bigotry but also reveals he is way out of touch if he doesn't realize how big those movies were financially and that they were the biggest splash made by Disney blockbusters in a long time. Even if I were purely cynical and just into the numbers and PR, that would be a red flag for me right away. -
The Disney Thread | Iger will be with us until 2026
Spidey Freak replied to A Marvel Fanboy's topic in Box Office Discussion
I think Iger would have preferred to have voting take place after the surefire hits that are IO2 and D&W but the members have stayed loyal to him so far. If he's smart he should immediately nab Peltz and point out that Black Panther was a 1.3B+ movie with a huge cultural impact and several Oscar wins and how such a monumental film wouldn't have been greenlit under Peltz. Ofc he too has bought into the anti-woke BS to an extent with his "Our films have become too political" comments. X-Men '97 has the heroes literally fighting insurrectionists and that is Disney+'s biggest animated series debut since What If? Season 1 in peak MCU popularity era. -
Civil War | A24 | Alex Garland action thriller | 04/12/2024
Spidey Freak replied to AniNate's topic in Box Office Discussion
The movie's set in the Red, White and Royal Blue universe, years after President Uma Thurman's half-Latino gay son flipped Texas for her second term victory -
The Box Office Buzz, Tracking, and Pre-Sale Thread
Spidey Freak replied to Shawn Robbins's topic in Box Office Discussion
Cut to D'Alessandro next week when the actual numbers come in We're told this is not a total disaster... -
Yeah I guess Miyazaki does have clout with Academy voters after all, even if that level of admiration doesn't extend to other Ghibli directors. Guess Howl's and The Wind Rises only lost because Were-Rabbit and Frozen were too influential to be ignored. HMC coming pretty soon after Spirited Away may have also hurt it.
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Twitter and I gaslit Ghibli into believing they didn't stand a chance 💀 Super interesting tho that the Academy aligned with HFPA and BAFTAs on this instead of Annie and PGA. Spider-Verse crew turned up for BAFTAs instead of Annies. Heron crew didn't turn up for Oscars. Most chaotic race ever!
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DUNE II | 341.0M overseas | 574.4M worldwide
Spidey Freak replied to kayumanggi's topic in International Box Office
Non-white audiences just don't seem to care for it. It would have been so interesting if they had cast Bollywood and MENA/Turkish stars in the Fremen and Corrino roles with the exception of Zendaya. Villeneuve could have been more creative with the casting. -
This is dangerously innacurate shit. Even Gwyneth Paltrow and Asia Argento were preyed upon by the likes of Weinstein so it's not like nepotism is guaranteed safety against harassment. Both of Dakota's grandmother and mother were treated like garbage by the industry. She doesn't really need to put up a fake pretense of being "grateful" for being cast in uninspired duds like Madame Web. She has already made bank thanks to the 50 Shades franchise. Robert Pattinson broke out due to Twilight and that didn't stop him from dunking on the films while they were still coming out but he wasn't hated on for it.
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Dune 2 Opening Weekend Thread [3/01/24 -3/03/24] [82.5m DOM OW]
Spidey Freak replied to Porthos's topic in Numbers and Data
Why would a DUNE film open to 3 digits though? It's actually a testament to the BO pull of the stars in the film that it's opening as high as it is. Refreshing after so much was made about the death of star power. The exact same cast would have opened a Spider-Man film to 150M+ easily if not more. -
It could be a language barrier thing too for someone like Denis whose first language isn't English (well yeah, French cinema exists too but I think he was talking in the context of international cinema connecting across borders). It's not a coincidence though that the most universally popular foreign language films like Parasite and Studio Ghibli tend to be VERY visual language heavy. Also why songs and music in different languages end up being much more popular than movies and shows that are in different languages, generally speaking.
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The Box Office Buzz, Tracking, and Pre-Sale Thread
Spidey Freak replied to Shawn Robbins's topic in Box Office Discussion
Man straight up said cultural appropriation is the whitest thing imaginable