Kong: Skull Island | March 10, 2017 | Tom Hiddleston, Brie Larson, John Goodman | Crosses 500M WW

[ShouldIBeHere]

This has a lower average score than Hobbit 3 right now (which now - long after its release - dropped into rotten territory and barely managed to stay fresh with the "original" reviews). 

 

I do not care, as I mainly want to see it because I am interested in their approach... but I am not sure this looks promising on the critics' front.

[Valonqar]

I find JW to be fun but cannot understand why it was such a mind-blowing boxoffice hit. People just can't get enough of dinosaurs or what? It definitely wasn't Pratt Powah (see The Passengers, The Magnificent 7). I don't think that Kong and Zilla carry the same boxoffice value. 

[ban1o]

That average rating is concerning It will drop to like low 70 high 60's 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

3 hours ago, Valonqar said:

I find JW to be fun but cannot understand why it was such a mind-blowing boxoffice hit. People just can't get enough of dinosaurs or what? It definitely wasn't Pratt Powah (see The Passengers, The Magnificent 7). I don't think that Kong and Zilla carry the same boxoffice value. 

Well, JW made that much due to the nostalgia from the previous JP-films. $1.6B WW, it earned. And that film got a pretty good reception from critics & audience alike.

[Valonqar]

4 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

Well, JW made that much due to the nostalgia from the previous JP-films. $1.6B WW, it earned. And that film got a pretty good reception from critics & audience alike.

 

That's a funny thing with nostalgia, it could post enormous #'s like TFA and JW, or just do business as usual.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

The thing is, I think 2005 Kong already got all the nostalgia. 

[SLAM!]

I looked at the movie's rotten tomatoes score when it was in the low 80 percentage. I also read that the movie isn't afraid to take stylistic risks, so I am interested in the movie a little more so than I was before.

[Gokira2012]

boxoffice.com has kong a 40,000,000 OW

Edited March 3, 2017 by Gokira2012

[Krissykins]

15 hours ago, DMan7 said:

If it gets around 74% similar to Godzilla 2014 that would be considered a success critically and the WB giant monster universe is full steam ahead.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/godzilla_2014

 

Yeh, although a 70% second weekend drop like Godzilla could slow things down.

[Krissykins]

6 minutes ago, Gokira2012 said:

boxoffice.com has kong a 40,000,000 OW

 

Could potentially miss out on #1 then if Logan does $85m.

[Valonqar]

17 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

 

Could potentially miss out on #1 then if Logan does $85m.

 

Unless Logan has legs like an average X Men movie, which are bad regardless of critical reception. Overhyped and overrated DOFP dropped like a stone by 64.2% from 90.8M to 32.5M. Overrated and overhyped First Class dropped by 56.2%. 

[Stormagden]

33 minutes ago, Gokira2012 said:

boxoffice.com has kong a 40,000,000 OW

Boxoffice.com doesn't know shit

They are literally way off every time

[NoobSaibot]

1 hour ago, Valonqar said:

 

Unless Logan has legs like an average X Men movie, which are bad regardless of critical reception. Overhyped and overrated DOFP dropped like a stone by 64.2% from 90.8M to 32.5M. Overrated and overhyped First Class dropped by 56.2%. 

 

I actually think if an X-Men movie is going to break that trend, it'll be Logan. It's easily the best one I've seen, even better than X-2 (yes, I enjoyed that one more than DoFP).

Edited March 3, 2017 by NoobSaibot

[Valonqar]

3 minutes ago, NoobSaibot said:

 

I actually think if an X-Men movie is going to break that trend, it'll be Logan. It's easily the best one I've seen, even better than X-2 (yes, I enjoyed that one more than DoFP).

 

I'm hoping for that too. Emotional movies have better holds and repeating viewing count. X Men movies just weren't that. 

[The Futurist]

Sweet Yeezus : 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Lavochkin]

2 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Sweet Yeezus : 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[efialtes76]

3 hours ago, Valonqar said:

 

Unless Logan has legs like an average X Men movie, which are bad regardless of critical reception. Overhyped and overrated DOFP dropped like a stone by 64.2% from 90.8M to 32.5M. Overrated and overhyped First Class dropped by 56.2%. 

Overrated Logan will drop more than 50%...

I liked it(7/10)but isn't better than X-Men 2 or First Class.

[grim22]

 

[Morieris]

12 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

 

 I put in directions and it gave me nothing. So just travel vaguely in the direction of the pacific ocean.

[Cookson]

This film is crazy... It could literally do anywhere from 30-60m opening weekend. There's no way it'll have worse legs than GODZILLA though. Just want it to hit like 120m domestically and overseas will save it.

 

In other news, the RT score is slowly RISING again. At 83%.