THE MARTIAN | Oct 2, 2015 | Will compete as a comedy at the Golden Globes

[Ozymandias]

Don’t leave him stranded. #MattDamon battles the elements in our IMAX art for #TheMartian! The rescue begins Friday. pic.twitter.com/Rs3Fk8lcGD

— IMAX (@IMAX)

October 26, 2015

Edited October 27, 2015 by Ozymandias

[Tau Ceti]

Any word on IMAX numbers? Clearly it had some positive effect. Best estimated hold in the top 20.

[Tau Ceti]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">THE MARTIAN earned $1.5M on Wednesday. Domestic total is now $200.01M. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheMartian?src=hash">#TheMartian</a></p>&mdash; BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) <a href="https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/664889512422711296">November 12, 2015</a></blockquote>
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Oh ya.

 

EDIT: Apparently I still don't know how to post a tweet. Anyway, 200 million achieved.

Edited November 12, 2015 by Tau Ceti

[zackzack]

$200M, milestone indeed

 

Daily Domestic Chart for Wednesday November 11th, 2015

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		Movie	Distributor	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Spectre	Sony Pictures	$7,915,302	+8%	3,929	$2,015	$90,957,011	6
2	(2)	The Peanuts Movie	20th Century Fox	$7,766,913	+154%	3,897	$1,993	$56,763,800	6
3	(3)	The Martian	20th Century Fox	$1,501,925	+43%	2,855	$526	$200,009,441	41
4	(5)	Goosebumps	Sony Pictures	$1,429,740	+158%	3,051	$469	$68,550,558	27
5	(4)	Bridge of Spies	Walt Disney	$935,556	+29%	2,767	$338	$56,860,606	27
6	(8)	Hotel Transylvania 2	Sony Pictures	$928,908	+227%	2,274	$408	$162,726,563	48
7	(6)	Burnt	Weinstein Co.	$466,717	+5%	3,003	$155	$11,308,288	13
8	(7)	The Last Witch Hunter	Lionsgate	$382,430	+28%	2,286	$167	$24,399,222	20
9	(9)	The Intern	Warner Bros.	$290,178	+26%	1,071	$271	$71,993,948	48
10	(10)	Our Brand is Crisis	Warner Bros.	$227,420	+6%	2,202	$103	$6,502,837	13
11	(11)	Paranormal Activity: The Gh…	Paramount Pictures	$201,249	+3%	1,087	$185	$16,783,751	20
12	(12)	Sicario	Lionsgate	$180,216	+22%	722	$250	$44,355,943	55
13	(14)	Woodlawn	Pure Flix Entertain…	$179,432	+46%	922	$195	$12,892,338	27
14	(13)	Crimson Peak	Universal	$169,160	+15%	1,131	$150	$30,252,690	27
15	(-)	Pan	Warner Bros.	$160,154	+180%	508	$315	$33,199,110	34
-	(15)	Suffragette	Focus Features	$143,510	+36%	222	$646	$1,449,023	20
-	(-)	Steve Jobs	Universal	$111,380	+36%	421	$265	$16,915,508	34
-	(-)	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	20th Century Fox	$97,831	+81%	441	$222	$79,988,611	55
-	(-)	Scout's Guide to the Zombie…	Paramount Pictures	$95,987	+7%	1,151	$83	$3,393,457	13
-	(-)	Spotlight	Open Road	$53,126	+59%	5	$10,625	$416,613	6
-	(-)	Minions	Universal	$47,780	+253%	227	$210	$335,315,360	125
-	(-)	Everest	Universal	$47,140	+31%	225	$210	$42,871,965	55
-	(-)	Brooklyn	Fox Searchlight	$33,735	+50%	5	$6,747	$323,197	8
-	(-)	Black Mass	Warner Bros.	$31,358	+65%	172	$182	$62,199,546	55
-	(-)	The Visit	Universal	$30,940	+36%	270	$115	$64,773,540	62
-	(-)	Jurassic World	Universal	$20,145	+93%	139	$145	$652,091,640	153
-	(-)	Rock the Kasbah	Open Road	$16,630	+7%	201	$83	$2,791,760	20
-	(-)	The Man in 3B	Freestyle Releasing	$12,791	+59%	36	$355	$137,125	6
-	(-)	He Named Me Malala	Fox Searchlight	$11,524	-64%	57	$202	$2,483,626	41
-	(-)	Freeheld	Lionsgate	$3,686	+2%	60	$61	$542,658	41
-	(-)	Big Stone Gap	Picturehouse	$3,618	-11%	34	$106	$908,006	34
-	(-)	Ladrones	Lionsgate	$3,228	+4%	39	$83	$3,040,664	34
-	(-)	The Transporter Refueled	EuropaCorp	$2,208	+27%	32	$69	$16,021,904	69

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[The Panda]

Depending on Oscars it could leg it out somewhere in the 230-250 range

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

What a run for this movie. I've soured on the movie a bit as I've had more time to think about it (may be time for a rewatch though), but it's been fun following it's run.

[RichWS]

18 minutes ago, Jayhawk said:

What a run for this movie. I've soured on the movie a bit as I've had more time to think about it (may be time for a rewatch though), but it's been fun following it's run.

 

Second viewing doesn't hurt. It's a really solid movie. The idea that it's a legitimate Picture and Director contender is crazy to me, though.  

[Ozymandias]

Only losing 67 theaters this weekend, if it makes more than 6.1 this weekend, then that would make its last 2 weekends higher than Gravity's.

[grim22]

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-golden-globes-martian-joy-trumbo-20151112-column.html

 

The HFPA splits its best picture, actor and actress prizes into the categories of drama and musical/comedy. Since there are typically far more serious-minded contenders than carefree romps, studios and their awards consultants try to wedge the tweeners -- films that could fit in either group such as "Nebraska" and "The Wolf of Wall Street," to name two recent comedy nominees -- into the less competitive group.

 

The placement of "Joy," which stars frequent Russell collaborator Jennifer Lawrence as a young woman pursuing her piece of the American dream, wasn't surprising. Russell's last two movies -- "American Hustle" and "Silver Linings Playbook" -- competed as comedies at the Globes, with "Hustle" taking the picture prize and honors for Lawrence and costar Amy Adams.

Still, not everyone is happy.

"Trying to dominate the comedy category when you are really a drama afraid of dramatic competition is a punk move," filmmaker Judd Apatow tweeted last month, reacting to the notion of "Joy" being considered a comedy. (Apatow, it should be noted, has a prime comedy contender of his own this year with "Trainwrecked.")

Finding "The Martian" in the comedy category is also raising a few eyebrows around town.Ridley Scott's sci-fi survival tale is surprisingly funny. One of the year's biggest movie laughs comes when Matt Damon's stranded astronaut boldly proclaims: "Mars will come to fear my botany powers!" And Scott makes full use of cast member Kristen Wiig's comedic gifts.

Still, "comedy" isn't the first genre that springs to mind when discussing the film.

And, apparently, some HFPA members agree. "The Martian" made it into the comedy category by just one vote.   

[The Futurist]

There are only 5 slots in drama.

Deal with it.

[WrathOfHan]

Congrats on the Golden Globes, Ridley and Matt. Personally I wouldn't consider it a Comedy but Fox should be pretty pleased. 

[4815162342]

Joy's being marketed as anything but a comedy. So that's surprising.

[RichWS]

Shut up, Judd.

[grim22]

29 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Congrats on the Golden Globes, Ridley and Matt. Personally I wouldn't consider it a Comedy but Fox should be pretty pleased. 

 

This is one place where it might backfire honestly. If the HFPA included it in comedy by just one vote, that means there is already a mini backlash among voters, and it will just take a bit of PR to make it a full fledged backlash against the "Not a comedy" nominee and steer voters toward say Trainwreck or Spy instead.

[4815162342]

I have no problem with The Martian as a comedy. It's an aggressively humorous movie.

[TalismanRing]

 

The only thing good about the Globes, aside from people drinking and getting drunk throughout the ceremony, is that it has separate comedy categories for films and performances which mostly get snubbed by the Oscars and every other Awards and critic group. Filling up the categories with films and performances that couldn't make the drama cut stinks just like lead performers shoving themselves into supporting categories because they can't handle the lead competition.

 

 

Edited November 13, 2015 by TalismanRing

[dudalb]

I would  have  lost all respect for the Golden Globes with the nomination of The Martian..as much as I like it...as a comedy,except for the fact I have never had any respect for the Globes. . Yes, the film has humor in it but.come off it, it's a drama. The only people who think this is right are the hopeless fanboys.

[dudalb]

2 hours ago, 4815162342 said:

I have no problem with The Martian as a comedy. It's an aggressively humorous movie.

Welcome to my "People whose opinions on movies need to be taken with a ton of salt " list.

[The Panda]

That's a major stretch.  A movie being funny doesn't mean it's a comedy.  The films a drama through and through.

 

Comedy vs Drama has nothing to do with how funny a movie is, it's the approach.  Sometimes you have films that are kind of a hybrid, and so I can see how those go one way or another but the Martian clearly wasn't.  

 

It had a realistic, grounded and dramatic approach, not a satirical and light hearted approach.

 

There are some elements of comedy in it, but they're most used as a relief to the audience after something dramatic happened and to help the audience not get depressed by what was happening.  

[AniNate]

This goes to show how BS the dichotomy is. You're not a comedy just because you have some humor in your movie