The BFG (Spielberg Attached to Direct) July 1, 2016

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14 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Every time I see this movie's title, I can't help but think it stands for Big Fucking Giant.

 

It stands for this thing

 

[Ethan Hunt]

12 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

The Conjuring is going to obliterate Warcraft and NYSM, they'll be lucky to do 30M on OW.

You too!!!!!!!!!

[WrathOfHan]

19 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The weekend of June 10 doesn't look that strong to be honest. The Conjuring 2 could very well be another The Ring 2 (although that opened over $30M so), Warcraft looks like an obvious flop, and Now You See Me 2 seems like yet another unnecessary sequel no one asked for and most won't care about.

Annabelle was able to do a little under 40M on OW, Conjuring 2 will have no problem doing over 50 and 60 is a real possibility.

 

12 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

You too!!!!!!!!!

 

[cannastop]

2 hours ago, ThatOneGuy said:

 

Tintin was pretty much unknown to American audiences.  The BFG is much more well known

 

Also, Tintin didn't have Disney, the writer of ET, or an actor fresh off an Oscar win

Are you sure? The BFG isn't one of Dahl's most famous works.

[Ethan Hunt]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Are you sure? The BFG isn't one of Dahl's most famous works.

Its not? What's more well known outside of Charlie and the chocolate factory?

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, ThatOneGuy said:

 

Tintin was pretty much unknown to American audiences.  The BFG is much more well known

 

Also, Tintin didn't have Disney, the writer of ET, or an actor fresh off an Oscar win

 

I don't think either of those things will really help The BFG.

 

That being said, as long as this film is properly marketed, and gets good review, I can see it being a hit, as is the case with a lot of films. 

Edited April 7, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Its not? What's more well known outside of Charlie and the chocolate factory?

James and the Giant Peach and Matilda. 

 

Granted, those are famous in part because they have movie adaptions.

[Fancyarcher]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Its not? What's more well known outside of Charlie and the chocolate factory?

 

I'd say Fantastic Mr. Fox, and James and The Giant Peach are pretty well-known, even if their film adaptation didn't do all that well, financially. 

Edited April 7, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[Plain Old Tele]

7 minutes ago, Daniel Dylan Davis said:

 

I'd say Fantastic Mr. Fox, and James and The Giant Peach are pretty well-known, even if their film adaptation didn't do all that well, financially. 

 

No CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY?

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

 

No CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY?

The question was "which Roald Dahl stories are more famous than BFG, but less famous than Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?"

 

 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I never heard of this book prior to the movie be announced.

[Fancyarcher]

17 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

No CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY?

 

My post was in response to Ethan's question.

Edited April 7, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[Jonwo]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is the most well known thanks to the Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp films but there is a stage musical produced by WB which has been successful in London and is going to Broadway next year. Matilda likewise is known because of the film and the stage musical. 

 

Id love to see a film version of The Twits. I believe Disney had the rights at one point. 

 

The BFG looks pretty faithful to the book which hasn't been the case in the past for many Dahl novels. 

[That One Girl]

I think this will be able to coexist with Secret Life of Pets since SLoP has a bit of a younger target audience.  BFG also has a very high probability of skewing a wider variety of ages. 

[DAJK]

June July as a whole look massive, it isn't just BFG that may suffer. Seriously, let's look at those 2 months. (These are just my predictions)

 

Turtles 2 - $60M OW

Me Before You - $20M OW

 

Warcraft - $35M OW

NYSM2 - $25M OW

Conjuring 2 - $52M OW 

 

Dory - $140M OW

Central Intelligence - $35M OW

 

ID4 - $90M OW

 

Purge - $25M OW

BFG - $40M OW

Tarzan - $50M OW

 

Pets - $65M OW

Mike and Dave - $20M OW 

 

Ghostbusters - $40M

 

Ice Age - $37M OW

Star Trek - $65M OW

 

Bourne - $65M OW

 

A LOT of mid level hits. It's really going to turn into a bloodbath where the well received ones will do fine, all others will collapse after opening weekend.

[Jonwo]

It's not a traditional Disney project, they co-financed it and are distributing it in the US and select OS territories but in many places, it's local distributors that DreamWorks deal with like eOne who are handling it so Disney aren't going to benefit from OS money if it does well in places like the UK but I think the budget is $120m which is Spielberg's highest budget since Tintin and that was made by Paramount and Sony. 

[WrathOfHan]

9 minutes ago, DAJK said:

June July as a whole look massive, it isn't just BFG that may suffer. Seriously, let's look at those 2 months. (These are just my predictions)

 

Turtles 2 - $60M OW 65M

Me Before You - $20M OW 10M

 

Warcraft - $35M OW 25M

NYSM2 - $25M OW

Conjuring 2 - $52M OW 60M

 

Dory - $140M OW 130M

Central Intelligence - $35M OW

 

ID4 - $90M OW 80M

 

Purge - $25M OW 35M

BFG - $40M OW 30M

Tarzan - $50M OW 30M

 

Pets - $65M OW 75M

Mike and Dave - $20M OW 10M

 

Ghostbusters - $40M 35M

 

Ice Age - $37M OW 40M

Star Trek - $65M OW

 

Bourne - $65M OW 70M

 

A LOT of mid level hits. It's really going to turn into a bloodbath where the well received ones will do fine, all others will collapse after opening weekend.

My predictions bolded. I'm really close to your's on a lot. This isn't even including SS Pete's Dragon and Sausage Party

[That One Girl]

You guys are overestimating conjuring 2.  It's gonna drop off from the first.  I expect reviews to be mediocre too

[Ethan Hunt]

Conjuring 2 might open to half the first one. NYSM 2 is winning that weekend

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Just now, ThatOneGuy said:

You guys are overestimating conjuring 2.  It's gonna drop off from the first.  I expect reviews to be mediocre too

The DOM total could drop, but OW should be bigger, due to the good will from the first. 50m is definitely possible.