Weekend #s on Pg 34. Divergent 56M. Muppets 16.5M. Peabody 11.7M, 302 8.6M, Gods not dead 8.5M

[Shawn Robbins]

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[Shawn Robbins]

I have no words for Universal is doing here

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/fast-furious-7-double-time-walker-article-1.1728704

 

Normally I'd be very skeptical, and on some level I still am, but they took their time making this decision and I'd imagine Diesel and some of the established names of the franchise had at least a bit of say into it. If they're supportive of it, and if Wan and the studio use CGI tastefully, then it might work. Ideally, it will be on a Benjamin Button level... but hopefully not a Tron: Legacy level.

Edited March 22, 2014 by ShawnMR

[fmpro]

I have no words for Universal is doing here

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/fast-furious-7-double-time-walker-article-1.1728704

Wow. I really really hope its what Walkers family wants..

Not just a greedy studio

[rainbowtrout]

With as boring as the mid section of Divergent was, I'm surprised it got such a strong Cinemascore.  It must be resonating with the target audience.

[iceroll]

I think Divergent still has a chance to reach 60m this weekend, and with good WOM it might do 160m.

[Ozymandias]

lolwut? CG Walker is gonna be really awkward.

[Ando918]

The 80% approval rating from its target audience will probably give Divergent some decent legs, and it could have a 2.8, 2.9, or possibly a 3.0 multiplier.  Even with all of these male-oriented movies coming out like Noah, Captain America, and Draft Day, females could still choose to flock to Divergent instead.  Look at the solid legs of something like "The Heat" as a comparison.

[Dementeleus]

It worked for GLADIATOR.

[RichWS]

It worked for GLADIATOR.

 

 

SEAMLESS.

[RichWS]

It also worked in Sopranos...

 

[mcclaine]

I have no words for Universal is doing here

http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/confidential/fast-furious-7-double-time-walker-article-1.1728704

 

WTF? I hope they bomb hard.

[Shawn Robbins]

I doubt they'd be going the route of CG/doubles if they didn't think it was necessary and didn't think they could pull it off respectfully. Fast & Furious is Universal's baby right now, and they've made some pretty smart decisions with most of their films lately. If nothing else, that's encouraging.

[A Marvel Fanboy]

Hope Divergent has bad multpliers and legs and fall hard.

[iceroll]

Everyone's being so harsh about the Walker thing already, I think we should at least wait for more details about it.  It all depends on the execution actually and how much footage they had already.  They still have to put together a cohesive narrative and that might not be possible if they didn't go this route.

 

The same thing happened to PSH in Mockingjay and people didn't seem to mind as much. 

[lab276]

Ouch

 

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11

Frozen

BV

$162,000

+42%

-69%

1,069

$152

$397,171,000

120

 

[Donald]

Lo @ frozen!And people here were predicting a 40% decline!*****rolls eyes****

[alisson23]

Hope Divergent has bad multpliers and legs and fall hard.

Why?

[CaptainJackSparrow]

No 400 mil for Frozen? :(

[A Marvel Fanboy]

YA movies are silly and annoying. Hope all attempts in that genre fail, so they stop being made and more resources could be used for superhero films and real sci-fi films.

[lab276]

No 400 mil for Frozen? :(

It'll make it, just slowly.