CJohn Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice5m R.I.P.D.: $4.8M Friday (est) / $4.8M Domestic Total / 2,852 Locations / $1,683 Location Avg. #RIPD We have a new definition of bomb... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derpity Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 If u put Mark Wahlberg in RIPD would it have opened better? If they really spent $180m on the damn movie, they might as well just have splurged the extra $15m and gotten Will Smith instead of Ryan Reynolds. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 They might as well have cast Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in ripd. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 If they really spent $180m on the damn movie, they might as well just have splurged the extra $15m and gotten Will Smith instead of Ryan Reynolds. Will is no draw anymore either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Remember when people had Pacific Rim doing 1 billion WW? Good times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The Conjuring $300,000 over The Purge on Friday. If it follows exactly = $34.5M. Great start. Maybe reaction could lesson the drops slightly, we'll see. But I still think there was a rush to see this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 If they really spent $180m on the damn movie, they might as well just have splurged the extra $15m and gotten Will Smith instead of Ryan Reynolds. I'm not sure Will Smith would've helped much. If Battleship has taught us anything it's that the GA hate cheap knock offs. Battleship was an obvious TF knock off. RIPD was an obvious MIB knock off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) People will continue giving RR because the role of the actor is now a very diminished. he is there to help facilitate the story but not to sell it because there are no more stars anymore Denzel Washington (aside from passion projects, he's the most reliable box office star out there) Melissa McCarthy (she's the reason Identity Thief made $100m - Jason Bateman's box office poison so no other reasons lol) Adam Sandler (when the film doesn't look explicably awful like Jack & Jill, That's My Boy, Little Nicky, etc) Robert Downey Jr. (he's the only reason that awful Due Date got past $100m and he basically made Sherlock Holmes bankable) Sandra Bullock (when she makes an intriguing movie - Proposal, Blind Side, Heat, etc... Gravity looks to be this too) Kevin Hart (he's slowly but surely making a name for himself - 2014 is the year he breaks out and joins the A list) Tyler Perry as Madea (when he's Madea, the movie will get $50 million minimum - the Christmas one could top $100m IMO) Steven Spielberg (if he's directing it, it'll make at least $60 million minimum at today's ticket prices) Yeah, other than that, I'd agree and say that there are no true stars anymore Edited July 20, 2013 by mahnamahna Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 No numbers for MOS, WHD or TITE? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The Conjuring $300,000 over The Purge on Friday. If it follows exactly = $34.5M. Great start. Maybe reaction could lesson the drops slightly, we'll see. But I still think there was a rush to see this film. Better Sunday hold is expected, no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 M. Night Shyamalan, Roland Emmerich and Gore Verbinski all just high fived each other. lol, all A-list directors at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Better Sunday hold is expected, no? Hopefully, we'll see. I know WOM is good, but people still rush out to horror films on opening night. We'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDC1987 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Denzel Washington (aside from passion projects, he's the most reliable box office star out there) Melissa McCarthy (she's the reason Identity Thief made $100m - Jason Bateman's box office poison so no other reasons lol) Adam Sandler (when the film doesn't look explicably awful like Jack & Jill, That's My Boy, Little Nicky, etc) Robert Downey Jr. (he's the only reason that awful Due Date got past $100m and he basically made Sherlock Holmes bankable) Sandra Bullock (when she makes an intriguing movie - Proposal, Blind Side, Heat, etc... Gravity looks to be this too) Kevin Hart (he's slowly but surely making a name for himself - 2014 is the year he breaks out and joins the A list) Tyler Perry as Madea (when he's Madea, the movie will get $50 million minimum - the Christmas one could top $100m IMO) Steven Spielberg (if he's directing it, it'll make at least $60 million minimum at today's ticket prices) Yeah, other than that, I'd agree and say that there are no true stars anymore Jolie in action films. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I think you mean Denzel, Sandra and Emma saved him. Nicolas has his own string of flops going, not exactly a boxoffice savior if he's in a movie lately. Thank You. Emma is such a stealth BO draw that people don't even seriously consider her over here. Nicolas? Lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Denzel Washington (aside from passion projects, he's the most reliable box office star out there) Melissa McCarthy (she's the reason Identity Thief made $100m - Jason Bateman's box office poison so no other reasons lol) Adam Sandler (when the film doesn't look explicably awful like Jack & Jill, That's My Boy, Little Nicky, etc) Robert Downey Jr. (he's the only reason that awful Due Date got past $100m and he basically made Sherlock Holmes bankable) Sandra Bullock (when she makes an intriguing movie - Proposal, Blind Side, Heat, etc... Gravity looks to be this too) Kevin Hart (he's slowly but surely making a name for himself - 2014 is the year he breaks out and joins the A list) Tyler Perry as Madea (when he's Madea, the movie will get $50 million minimum - the Christmas one could top $100m IMO) Steven Spielberg (if he's directing it, it'll make at least $60 million minimum at today's ticket prices) Yeah, other than that, I'd agree and say that there are no true stars anymore Yeah these actors have a following, a loyal fanbase. It's rare in Hollywood these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 lol Safe House and Proposal was all Denzel/Sandra Bullock and Croods has nothing to do with any of the "stars". Taking a look back through his filmography, RR has practically never carried a movie. And since Proposal nearly all of his movie have been epic bombs. That's a bingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Thank You. Emma is such a stealth BO draw that people don't even seriously consider her over here. Nicolas? Lol. Never doubt da Cage!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ent Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) Denzel Washington (aside from passion projects, he's the most reliable box office star out there) Melissa McCarthy (she's the reason Identity Thief made $100m - Jason Bateman's box office poison so no other reasons lol) Adam Sandler (when the film doesn't look explicably awful) Robert Downey Jr. (he's the only reason that awful Due Date got past $100m and he basically made Sherlock Holmes bankable) Sandra Bullock (when she makes an intriguing movie - Proposal, Blind Side, Heat, etc... Gravity looks to be this too) Kevin Hart (he's slowly but surely making a name for himself - 2014 is the year he breaks out and joins the A list) Tyler Perry as Madea (when he's Madea, the movie will get $50 million minimum - the Christmas one could top $100m IMO) Steven Spielberg (if he's directing it, it'll make at least $60 million minimum at today's ticket prices) Yeah, other than that, I'd agree and say that there are no true stars anymore Apart from Downey who has now acquired an international appeal, none of those you have mentioned have more pull than Pitt, Jolie, Smith, Cruise and Depp to rise an average project that would bomb otherswise on the overseas market based on their sole superstar status...Pirates 4 and The Tourist are one of the main examples that comes to mind. Denzel movies consistently do less abroad and most of his $100 million action movies don't even reach $200 million worldwide unlike Jolie's own action movies. Edited July 20, 2013 by Ent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I don't really think either Stone or Cage were draws for the croods. Not every hit movie needs star power. Especially not animated ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 lol, Nicolas Cage and Tom Cruise are the only two actors who ensure that I will never watch a film. I literally can't stand either of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
