Wednesday #s: ANCHORMAN 2 8.1M/ It's in a glass case of emotion / Hobbit (4.855m) / CF (1.243m)

[John Marston]

And no one did for KFP2 either.

 

 

 

in 2011 family films were doing pretty shitty in general and also from what I heard the trailers for KFP 2 made it look not different than the first movie while the trailers for Dragon 2 are making it look noticeably epic 

[K1stpierre]

I would say prepare for disappointment, but I'm sure MOCKINGJAY will make you feel a lot better.

Exactly. If on the very small  chance HTTYD2 doesn't meet expectations, it wouldn't bother me at all,  I don't care for it. MJ1 I care for.....if you haven't noticed

[Jake Gittes]

HTTYD2 is already in a better position than KFP2 because:

 

1) it's not gonna come out against a $85m opener

2) from the new trailer it looks like a continuation of the story and not more of the same

3) it's gonna be the first major animated movie in two months

4) HTTYD was arguably better received than KFP

Edited December 19, 2013 by Jake Gittes

[Chewy]

Godzilla's gonna open to 150M and win next summer. So said Kal

[K1stpierre]

HTTYD2 will have plenty of room away from the other animated films (not that it matters, it still would be the "big bad"). As mentioned already, 2014 is kind of blah really.

[Shawn Robbins]

Well it'll all depend on the marketing. All the ingredients are there for it to increase, but if you show marketing that makes it look like more of the same ala-KFP2 then you won't bring in the new audience you need to cover those who didn't like the first/ don't care about the sequel. I'm expecting around 250m for it, but that may change depending on marketing. Also another thing going for it is the lack of big hits in 2014. It's a barren wasteland and usually when that happens some movie breaks out way bigger then we expect.

 

I generally agree, except I'm still a little perplexed at why everyone is saying 2014 looks barren. It doesn't have many obvious mega-blockbusters, but I'm actually thinking that leaves room for a number of other movies to surprise/overperform.

[ecstasy]

Godzilla's gonna open to 150M and win next summer. So said Kal

 

It's about time for that cycle to come back around again.

[Mango]

I generally agree, except I'm still a little perplexed at why everyone is saying 2014 looks barren. It doesn't have many obvious mega-blockbusters, but I'm actually thinking that leaves room for a number of other movies to surprise/overperform.

 

Personally I'm rooting for 2014 to be a triumphant return of the "original" blockbuster. Interstellar and Jupiter Ascending both have the potential to be big. Tomorrowland was going to be apart of this group, but since it's move to 2015 hopefully it can shine amongst the slaughterfest of sequels/remakes.

[John Marston]

Personally I'm rooting for 2014 to be a triumphant return of the "original" blockbuster. Interstellar and Jupiter Ascending both have the potential to be big. Tomorrowland was going to be apart of this group, but since it's move to 2015 hopefully it can shine amongst the slaughterfest of sequels/remakes.

 

 

Interstellar yes. Jupiter Ascending looks like another John Carter/Cloud Atlas type movie

[Shawn Robbins]

Interstellar yes. Jupiter Ascending looks like another John Carter/Cloud Atlas type movie

 

Have to agree. I don't see it hitting $100m based on that trailer alone.

 

Personally though, it does look interesting.

[John Marston]

Edge of Tomorrow looks like it could be a decent sized hit. Bigger than JA. Though that is based on a book

Edited December 19, 2013 by John Marston

[Chewy]

Eh I don't think Interstellar's going to be any bigger than Gravity, if that big. 2014 probably isn't going to end up being better for "original" blockbusters than any other recent year

[Shawn Robbins]

DOS: 4,855,421

Her: 58,443 (6 locations)

[baumer]

Saw Anchorman again today. 90% full at 130pm. My audience laughed all the way thru. It seems WOM will be verrrry good.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Christmas baumer

[Killimano3]

Eh I don't think Interstellar's going to be any bigger than Gravity, if that big. 2014 probably isn't going to end up being better for "original" blockbusters than any other recent year

 

If it ends up around Gravity that would be incredibly good for it

[Empire]

HTTYD2 is 2014's KUNG FU PANDA 2.

You could be right, but I hope not.

[Chewy]

If it ends up around Gravity that would be incredibly good for it

 

I know, I just meant that Interstellar alone doing well isn't enough to consider 2014 a good year for "original" blockbusters. Unless you consider 2013 that

[Killimano3]

So wait Frozen actually increased 4.1% over last Wednesday

[Mango]

I know, I just meant that Interstellar alone doing well isn't enough to consider 2014 a good year for "original" blockbusters. Unless you consider 2013 that

 

No, but Gravity was a damn good start as far as that goes.

 

 

So wait Frozen actually increased 4.1% over last Wednesday

 

Yep.

Edited December 19, 2013 by Mango

[druv10]

So wait Frozen actually increased 4.1% over last Wednesday

 

Yep, it's a juggernaut.