Morieris Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 They dropped the ball big time having this release this friday instead of where Wimpy Kid was. I can see what they were going for but it is just not going to work. I'm going opening day and I can't wait to see the crowd discrepancy between this and WW. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 With how dead Memorial Day weekend was, Captain Underpants probably could have done Trolls/Boss Baby numbers if it released May 19th instead of Wimpy Kid 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted May 31, 2017 Community Manager Share Posted May 31, 2017 What was FOX thinking putting Captain Underpants against Wonder Woman? Wimpy Kid MIGHT have been better counter-programming but frankly I don't think so. I would have put Captain Underpants in May on Wimpy Kid's slot and moved Wimpy Kid to August where there's very weak competition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 I mean, I'll probably see both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 42 minutes ago, Covfefe Bottle said: What was FOX thinking putting Captain Underpants against Wonder Woman? Wimpy Kid MIGHT have been better counter-programming but frankly I don't think so. I would have put Captain Underpants in May on Wimpy Kid's slot and moved Wimpy Kid to August where there's very weak competition. I'm sure they wanted to target a time when school's out -- the demo is really young. And maybe they thought they'd have a good chance at capturing the family market before CARS (possibly with the assumption that WW would skew older/darker/not be well received). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Community Manager Water Bottle Posted May 31, 2017 Community Manager Share Posted May 31, 2017 14 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said: I'm sure they wanted to target a time when school's out -- the demo is really young. And maybe they thought they'd have a good chance at capturing the family market before CARS (possibly with the assumption that WW would skew older/darker/not be well received). Then maybe later in June would work better especially since their WW assumption seems to be dead wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 2 minutes ago, Covfefe Bottle said: Then maybe later in June would work better especially since their WW assumption seems to be dead wrong. Well yeah, but hindsight's 20/20. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 (edited) Around here, Friday is the last day for all the grade schools....elementary gets out at 11:30. Maybe I should just bite that extra 5$ primetime fee and go at 5PM tomorrow to potentially avoid them. Edited May 31, 2017 by Morieris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz Posted May 31, 2017 Share Posted May 31, 2017 We've been out since May 11. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YSLDC Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 What the hell.. reviews are out and it's apparently really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 What reviews? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YSLDC Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 14 minutes ago, Mojoguy said: What reviews? What The Flick crew on twitter are praising it. Lemire: You guys: #CaptainUnderpants is good. Like, really good. It might even be great. #tralala Bibbiani: It always amazes me when studios set strict, last minute review embargoes for films that are AMAZING. Don't they know what they have? Yup. I think some people assume I'm talking about Wonder Woman, which would only prove my point that certain movies need more buzz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filmovie Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/captain_underpants_the_first_epic_movie TOMATOMETER 100% Average Rating: 7.2/10 Reviews Counted: 5 Fresh: 5 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Wasn't expecting great reviews for this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan7 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Congrats @YourMother now it just needs to do well at the box office. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YM! Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 7 minutes ago, DMan7 said: Congrats @YourMother now it just needs to do well at the box office. We'll see how it does later in reviews, if it's over 70% on RT I'd say $35M-$40M can still happen. Besides it is outsourced so CU will be fine with Storks numbers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoMisfits Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) It is selling at my locals...I think legs are a certainty for this - I don't see Cars 3 denting it too much in 2 weeks...may open to the smaller side, but openings aren't the be-all and end-all for 1st-time animated movies (aka, the non-sequels:)... Edited June 1, 2017 by TwoMisfits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morieris Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 I didn't expect it to START with 100%. Obvs it will drop down but I was thinking it starts at 50% and ends at 72% or something. This has reinvigorated my hope for it so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Just called my 9 year old cousin for his birthday. He said he is "glad he was born so he could see this movie" Im guessing it's going to kill it in business for that demographic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke of Oil Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) Edited June 1, 2017 by Duke of Oil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
