Hatebox Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 this movie needs $$$ to get to 100m Living outside of America I can't help on that front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I have very little time for the cast involved with TITE, but after some of the testimonies on here I might just have to give in and see it.I thought it was good, but not great. May have fell victim to the hype it gets around here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 WEDNESDAY 8:45 AM, 2ND UPDATE: Here’s proof that minions will take over the world box office this weekend. Illumination Entertainment’s and Universal’s Despicable Me 2 grossed $4.7 million Tuesday night in 2,563 theaters with late shows beginning at 7 PM and continuing through Wednesday midnight. As a comparison, the recently released Monsters University grossed $3 million at late shows which began at 8 PM the Thursday before it opened. The original Despicable Me grossed $590K at midnight the Thursday before it debuted. Sequel opens wide in 3,957 theaters today and in 38 more territories this weekend after grossing $60M internationally from only 7 markets through Tuesday. So that’s a worldwide cume of $64.7M so far at a very reasonable cost of $76M. Also opening last night Disney’s The Lone Ranger starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer and directed by Gore Verbinski began with an unimpressive $2M late shows. But tracking has been stronger than expected. Now the question is whether the actioner will be able to cover its high $215M cost when it opens wide today in 3,904 domestic theaters. Depp’s worldwide popularity should help pic overseas where Westerns don’t usually perform. Meanwhile Kevin Hart scored another surprising opening when his Let Me Explain stand-up concert pic from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment grossed $1.1M from Thursday late shows from only 876 locations. The cheapest film in the field, this is the follow-up to Hart’s 2011 hit Laugh At My Pain and was filmed live at NYC’s Madison Square Garden as part of the #1 urban comedy tour of all time. Fandango reports that as of 7 AM Despicable Me 2 is scooping up 71% of Wednesday morning’s ticket sales and Lone Ranger only 12% which doesn’t bode well. MovieTickets.com said its breakdown was 50%, 10%, and 8.1% for Let Me Explain. According to a Fandango survey of more than 1,000 DM2 ticket-buyers, the little yellow guys are the draw — and a whopping 91% already want to see the minions spin-off in 2014. Stay tuned all July 4th weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 I thought it was good, but not great. May have fell victim to the hype it gets around here.How is it a victim? Its going to make 100 mill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) Living outside of America I can't help on that front. it needs OS money too Meanwhile Kevin Hart scored another surprising opening when his Let Me Explain stand-up concert pic from Lionsgate’s Summit Entertainment grossed $1.1M from Thursday late shows from only 876 locations. nice 4 Summit Edited July 3, 2013 by Leyla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 The Fandango 5 This week's hottest tickets 1 Despicable Me 2 Must Go! Buy 2 The Lone Ranger Go Buy 3 Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain Must Go! Buy 4 Monsters University Must Go! Buy 5 The Heat Must Go! Buy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) How is it a victim? Its going to make 100 mill.I meant my expectations going into it (as a movie, not bo)...it was good, but my expectations were probably too high. Edited July 3, 2013 by FTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Kevin Hart above MU and WWZ?Who the fuck is going to watch Kevin Hart this weekend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ecstasy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 FF6 about to pass OZ. Does STID have a chance to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Kevin Hart above MU and WWZ?Who the fuck is going to watch Kevin Hart this weekend? Kevin Hart fans? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Rihanna has sold more records than Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell and Kate Bush combined. What's your point? My point is that it is all opinions - a movie does not do over a billion dollars if the majority did not like it. Bad billion dollar films are plentiful. I don't like a couple of the billion dollar movies either, but that doesn't make them bad, that's my preference. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Well, I'm hopefully going to see WHD today for my birthday. Only movie out I haven't seen and am interested in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) I don't like a couple of the billion dollar movies either, but that doesn't make them bad, that's my preference. Alice does objectively suck, though. Even Warner Brothers said they were ashamed of it. Edited July 3, 2013 by Hatebox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Happy Birthday Blankments! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Alice does objectively suck, though. Even Warner Brothers said they were ashamed of it.Disney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 (edited) My point is that it is all opinions - a movie does not do over a billion dollars if the majority did not like it. I don't like a couple of the billion dollar movies either, but that doesn't make them bad, that's my preference. TDKR only opened big enough to hit $1 billion total because of goodwill generated by it's predecessor, it had nothing to do with the film's own merits. In case you didn't notice it's legs weren't nearly as good as TDK. Avatar 2 could end up being the biggest piece of crap ever put on film but it will still top $1 billion just because it's the sequel to Avatar. Edited July 3, 2013 by PDC1987 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Disney. Yeah, getting the right studio may have made the joke slightly funnier... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Yeah, getting the right studio may have made the joke slightly funnier... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 TDKR only opened big enough to hit $1 billion total because of goodwill generated by it's predecessor, it had nothing to do with the film's own merits. In case you didn't notice it's legs weren't nearly as good as TDK.Same could be said about IM3 coming off The Avengers. TDKR had way better reviews than IM3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
