The Interview | Limited Release on December 25, 2014

[CoolioD1]

I can't remember. Did team america also cause threats of a nuclear holocaust? If it didn't I'll be disappointed.

[Last Man Standing]

Not trying to be the party pooper, but the film is based around assassinating the real President of North Korea not some silly fake naemd president which would probably be a little strong for most countries. If the UK made a movie where two guys set out to kill Obama specifically (as opposed to Billy Bridges the 63rd president), it would not go down well with many people in the US either.

 

There'd probably be know threats of war but you know...

 

 

Leaving the serious bit behind, there is more chance of Kim Jong Un going on The Steven Colbert Show and licking his own ballsack live on air whilst wearing a yellow tutu that there is of this film getting released in South Korea, let alone North Korea.

 

I'm gonna have to download from the shady interwebs.

 

seriously doubt they'll actually kill him. they'll probably teach him to be more compassionate through the power of weed(which is incidentally legal in N. Korea).

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Gee, I wonder why, too.

Considering it's a movie about assassinating the leader of that country, wouldn't it be normal for them to react like that?

But North Korea is the land of milk and honey. I heard that instead of water dropping from the sky. Money drops from the sky and everybody lives in castles. 

[Ozymandias]

Not trying to be the party pooper, but the film is based around assassinating the real President of North Korea not some silly fake naemd president which would probably be a little strong for most countries. If the UK made a movie where two guys set out to kill Obama specifically (as opposed to Billy Bridges the 63rd president), it would not go down well with many people in the US either.

 

Uh oh, somebody is joking about assassinating somebody that makes Joseph Stalin look relatively mild!  The only people on the planet that like the North Korean regime is the North Korean regime, that is why Seth Rogan and co could get this movie made.  Getting a studio to make a similar movie made about any other real life prominent leader of a country is flat out impossible.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Uh oh, somebody is joking about assassinating somebody that makes Joseph Stalin look relatively mild!  The only people on the planet that like the North Korean regime is the North Korean regime, that is why Seth Rogan and co could get this movie made.  Getting a studio to make a similar movie made about any other real life prominent leader of a country is flat out impossible.

Hollywood movies are banned in North Korea. Only there president can watch them. 

[CJohn]

Hopefully Kim Jong-il is distracted by peace on earth, as Seth Rogen's THE INTERVIEW moves to Xmas Day, instead of October.

[grim22]

Christmas is looking like a logjam again

 

NEW IN THEATERS	DISTRIBUTOR	RELEASE
Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (on Thu.) Comedy	Paramount	Wide
The Interview (2014) (on Thu.) Comedy	Sony / Columbia	Wide
Into the Woods (on Thu.) Musical	Buena Vista	Wide
Paddington (on Thu.) Family	Weinstein / Dimension	Wide
Unbroken (on Thu.) War Drama	Universal	Wide

 

[grim22]

Not to mention Exodus, Annie, Hobbit 3, NATM3 which will be holdovers over that weekend as well.

[CJohn]

HTTM2 will probably move to MLK weekend. Sounds like a good date.

[CJohn]

October looks like shit. It will probably be one of the worst months ever in Portugal. The only releases with any power are Gone Girl, Boxtrolls, Dracula Untold and Fury. TMNT opens on October 30 here, but I doubt anyone will see it since by then it will be available to download in good quality. Hopefully they will move TMNT to October 9 now. 

Edited August 7, 2014 by CJohn

[filmlover]

Good move, but why the jam-packed Christmas Day and not December 12, where Exodus is set to open unopposed as the sole wide release? I don't get studios.

[CJohn]

It will be a bloodbath. Exodus will probably lose over 1000 theaters on Christmas Day and other movies will basically disappear. 

[Maxmoser3]

Terrible release date now

[filmlover]

October does look rather barren now, though, I agree. I wonder if these moves are because of the possibility that word in the industry is that Gone Girl is really, really good and everyone wants to stay out of its way (a very far-fetched theory, yes, I know)? Wouldn't surprise me considering the top-notch quality of the book, could see it pulling a Gravity on a smaller scale.

 

And possible good buzz for The Judge as well. If that is also of quality, I could definitely see a Captain Phillips type run.

[Alpha]

Look's like Christmas is gonna be packed. Though the last time Christmas happened on a Thursday, 4 out of the 5 new movies did really well.

 

http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2008&wknd=52&p=.htm

 

To be honest, I see HTTM2 being The Spirit of that weekend, so it should try moving to January.

[tommycruise]

Doesn't seem like the type of movie that would do well during Christmas but Django and Wall Street both made a killing there so I digress

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Damn it I was looking forward to this beside Gone Girl there is nothing in October. September looks weak as well. 

[mahnamahna]

Good move, but why the jam-packed Christmas Day and not December 12, where Exodus is set to open unopposed as the sole wide release? I don't get studios.

Those studio heads sincerely don't know what they're doing sometimes.

 

8 releases in less than 7 days for Christmas

3 female-targeting comedies in a 2 week period (Pitch Perfect 2, Spy, Untitled Reese Witherspoon/Sofia Vergara Comedy) 

Pan against Ant-Man (Marvel's gonna win... quit trying to beat them, WB) 

Pixels in May (seems like a light-hearted action comedy that would work great late June/early July rather than May - Avengers 2 and Tomorrowland are going to suck up all of its demo. Move to June 26th - clean up on the 4th of July) 

 

 

The biggest bonehead move I've ever seen was November/December 2011... 10 major, wide-released kids/family movies released within that 2 month period. For the record, that whole fall had zero kids movies aside from Puss in Boots the last weekend and January 2012 was empty as far as major kids movies go. 

 

Three of the films should have never been made (Jack and Jill, Happy Feet Two, Alvin and the Chipmunks - Chipwrecked)

Puss in Boots should have taken late September/early October

Arthur Christmas could then take November 4th

The Muppets (and Hugo's semi-wide expansion) could still have Thanksgiving

Move Tintin to January 2012 

Move We Bought a Zoo to the December 16th date. 

 

Seriously, who thought 10 major kids/family movies could coexist even during the holidays? Without all the clutter, Muppets, We Bought a Zoo and War Horse could have flown past $100 million+ and Arthur Christmas would have had longer legs ($75 million+ total likely). Easily the biggest bonehead move by Hollywood ever. 

[Blankments]

Yeah, October's looking gross with both this and Kingsmen gone. I'm just disappointed because I'm gonna have to wait longer for this movie

[Alpha]

October is pretty muddled. Even though there's a lot of new movies coming out, they all look pretty placid compared to November and December.September is DEFINITELY gonna be a bore. They should try moving movies to September so we don't have to wait until November for the interesting titles.