DeeCee Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 What can't happen in real life?Clooney's jet pack doesn't exist and is impossible with current technology. The Hubble and the Space Station are in totally different orbits. The Space Shuttle itself couldn't travel between them on a single trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moviedweeb Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Gravity is 'sci' but not 'fi'. There aren't any fictional elements in it. The entire movie is a piece of fiction. Those characters do not exist. It doesn't have any supernatural elements, if that's what you were going for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fake Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Clooney's jet pack doesn't exist and is impossible with current technology. The Hubble and the Space Station are in totally different orbits. The Space Shuttle itself couldn't travel between them on a single trip. Jet packs do exist and have been used since way back. Although they don't work exactly like shown in the film. Rest of the points are true but they aren't exactly fictional. It would be like calling an action film a fiction where an untrained hero takes on 10 guys and defeats them, because that doesn't happen in real life. In the literal sense, well, most of the movies are fiction, since they are imaginary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Well, it's still the question of "Does sci-fi mean fictional science, or fiction based on science." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 $21,4m Right there with you, but there is only fake IMAX for Gravity... 2014 is the last year for True IMAX, in 2015 all of them are going to updowngrade to 4K laser projection. 4K is a compromise, upscaled bullcrap! IMAX FOREVER ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Jet packs do exist and have been used since way back. Although they don't work exactly like shown in the film. Rest of the points are true but they aren't exactly fictional. It would be like calling an action film a fiction where an untrained hero takes on 10 guys and defeats them, because that doesn't happen in real life. In the literal sense, well, most of the movies are fiction, since they are imaginary. GRAVITY takes place in a near-future alternate reality: one where the US continued to fund the NASA shuttle missions (the last shuttle mission was STS-135, in the movie their mission is STS-157); it's also set at least a decade in the future, since China's space station program is complete and functional (they're just starting to build it now). "Science fiction" is also traditionally defined as "speculative fiction" (which also encompasses fantasy); GRAVITY falls well within that genre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Gravity is technically science fiction but primarily it is a survival type movie. It is like an episode of "I Shouldn't Be Alive" in space. I just think it is funny when people act as if Gravity's success is going to do anything for the science fiction genre. Some seem to genuinely think more original sci fi will be green lit because of this movie lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Gravity is technically science fiction but primarily it is a survival type movie. It is like an episode of "I Shouldn't Be Alive" in space. I just think it is funny when people act as if Gravity's success is going to do anything for the science fiction genre. Some seem to genuinely think more original sci fi will be green lit because of this movie lol Sure, pretty much all movies are a blend of genres. And really, they're just arbitrary categories we decide to create anyway. At the same time, it's funny people so stridently refuse to believe (or accept) that it *is* science fiction, in addition to whatever other genre(s) you want to call it. Edited December 23, 2013 by Telemachos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeCee Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Jet packs do exist and have been used since way back. Although they don't work exactly like shown in the film. Rest of the points are true but they aren't exactly fictional. It would be like calling an action film a fiction where an untrained hero takes on 10 guys and defeats them, because that doesn't happen in real life. In the literal sense, well, most of the movies are fiction, since they are imaginary. Where did I say jet packs don't exist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Of course Gravity is SCI-FI. Thinking back of the silly arguements posted by a few dudes months ago still makes me laugh. How silly they were. If you think Gravity is not sci-fi, then you actually know little about science. Gravity is plainly full of sci-fi, fictions, bugs and a little of science. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted December 24, 2013 Share Posted December 24, 2013 Of course Gravity is SCI-FI. Thinking back of the silly arguements posted by a few dudes months ago still makes me laugh. How silly they were. If you think Gravity is not sci-fi, then you actually know little about science. Gravity is plainly full of sci-fi, fictions, bugs and a little of science. I knew it! Those bugs caused the space station explosion! Time to send out the starship troopers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Warner has stopped tracking this...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 (edited) Warner has stopped tracking this...? Yeah thats what I thought. So there's chance that Gravity might never out-gross MoS because of that, even if it actually did. But of cause that leads to another question of whether MoS just did 662m? I mean WB might have also stopped tracking that even when it was still making money. Edited December 30, 2013 by vc2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zackzack Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Yeah thats what I thought. So there's chance that Gravity might never out-gross MoS because of that, even if it actually did. But of cause that leads to another question of whether MoS just did 662m? I mean WB might have also stopped tracking that even when it was still making money. That is just too bad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juni78ukr Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Screendaily updated weekend report. Gravity has amassed $405.6m and stands at $13.2m in Japan after three weekends. China has generated $68m, France $47.6m, the UK $43.5m, South Korea $29.2m and Russia $21.2m. Australia has delivered $19.6m, Mexico $17.6m, Germany $17.4m and Spain $11.1m. As reported previsouly, Italy on $8.6m and Brazil on $8.1m are final results. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 DOM 254.6M OS 405.6M WW 660.2m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 China $68m, France $47.6m, the UK $43.5m, South Korea $29.2m Russia $21.2m. Australia $19.6m, Mexico $17.6m, Germany $17.4m Spain $11.1m. Italy $8.6m Brazil $8.1m 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted January 4, 2014 Share Posted January 4, 2014 (edited) BOM updated: Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $255,144,426 38.5% Foreign: $407,800,000 61.5% Worldwide: $662,944,426 Edited January 4, 2014 by vc2002 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 BOM update Domestic: $255,662,874 38.1% + Foreign: $414,500,000 61.9% = Worldwide: $670,162,874 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leyla Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Annnd the main reason to celebrate for me is Worldwide, GRAVITY ($669M) just passed MAN OF STEEL ($668)-- wonder if anyone at Warner Bros. predicted that? Edited January 8, 2014 by Tauriel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
