Weekend Numbers: GOTG - 94M (PG 180) [25.5M Sunday (Spatula) Cancel the Godzilla legs!]

[ecstasy]

Foul Mouth A-hole Raccoon

[The Panda]

Maybe Guardians was a concept that was always meant to open bigger than the Thor and CA concept one.

 

It's uniqueness opened a bigger aspect of the MCU with its cosmic part and that is also of a greater appeal...

Not to mention its director passion was very contagious and played a large part into promoting that movie.

 

Yeah, Guardians trailers were very different and stood out compared to the majority of the trailers released.

 

Everything else went with a dark, serious looking tone and color schemes, Guardians went all out colorful spectacle with wacky humor and it worked.

[Heat Vision]

The lesson here should be: ROCKET RACCOON!!!!!

Those toy sales are gonna go through the roof.

[ecstasy]

Big Dumb Strong Man

[Orestes]

Groot and Rocket are gonna be huge.

[ecstasy]

Those toy sales are gonna go through the roof.

 

Baby Groot will be a winner.

[LittleAlex]

I don't understand how this could open higher than Cap

 

Humour. Same with Iron Man. It's also the reason HTTYD 2 Is underperforming I think. Films play wider when they sell themselves (successfully) on humour.

[DAR]

And Marvel you've proven you can open GOTG, now it's time to get Black Panther on screen

[Chewy]

This is Hollywood, though. The take away won't be fresh and fun, the take away will be talking wildlife.

 

The takeaway will be Benicio del Toro

[Jandrew]

Humour. Same with Iron Man. It's also the reason HTTYD 2 Is underperforming I think. Films play wider when they sell themselves (successfully) on humour.

Even TDKR's trailers had humor. When that guys hat was blown off I was in stitches.

[The Panda]

This is Hollywood, though. The take away won't be fresh and fun, the take away will be talking wildlife.

 

Yeah, Warner Bros will probably incorporate Raccoons into the Jungle Book: Origins movie for comic relief.

 

Reasoning being,

"Apes and Guardians were two of the bigger hits last summer, what did they have in common?  Cute, fluffy animals!"

[Orestes]

The takeaway will be Benicio del Toro

 

I'm all for more space Liberace.

[The Panda]

Humour. Same with Iron Man. It's also the reason HTTYD 2 Is underperforming I think. Films play wider when they sell themselves (successfully) on humour.

 

Unless you're Nolan.

[SuperBatman]

Groot and Rocket are gonna be huge.

I wouldn't be surprised if we got a Rocket Groot stand alone spinogf in the future.

[Orestes]

I wouldn't be surprised if we got a Rocket Groot stand alone spinogf in the future.

I'd watch it. Heck, even the Rocket solo comic is pretty good so far.

 

edit: Well, Rocket's one whole issue that's come out so far was pretty good, at least.

Edited August 1, 2014 by Orestes

[The Futurist]

Yeah, Guardians trailers were very different and stood out compared to the majority of the trailers released.

 

Everything else went with a dark, serious looking tone and color schemes, Guardians went all out colorful spectacle with wacky humor and it worked.

 

You make sound that movies that made 230-250m dom with a darker tone were flops and this is where GOTG bo is heading so ...

 

Both approaches can work if done right.

[Jack Nevada]

Hopefully studios get the message and quit all of the remake/dark reboot crap (like two live action Jungle Book and Tarzan movies coming out, really??) and start coming up with some more fresh adaptions like this.

Cute.

[Empire]

The takeaway will be Benicio del Toro

Nah, the takeaway will be Bautista.

[John Marston]

Lee Pace fans must be fueling that opening. 

[The Panda]

You make sound that movies that made 230-250m dom with a darker tone were flops and this is where GOTG bo is heading so ...

 

Both approaches can work if done right.

 

I'm not saying they can't, but it definitely helps when your trailer sticks out from the crowd.

Edited August 1, 2014 by The Panda