terrestrial Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 150m or so is pretty standard these days. Nope, 1/2 production budget with a limit to $70m is still pretty normal. But there are exceptions who make it into the news and as such might change the impression people have about what is 'normal'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FilmBuff Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Wtf? That's bs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 So X Men Days of Future Past will gross 1 million less than X Men Last Stand...c'mon Fox!!! What can they do more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 What can they do more?Double feature with Maze Runner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Double feature with Maze Runner Seems to be their last option, but I think in the end they don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 http://forums.boxoffice.com/index.php?/topic/7928-monday-numbers-the-hobbit-69m/ I remember the other CJohn. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 'Guardians' opened to $7M in Germany this weekend. That's up 74% on 'Captain America 2' but down 17% from 'Thor 2': http://t.co/Ug1C1oglds— Box Office Mojo (@boxofficemojo) August 31, 2014 <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Not unexpected. Thor 2 is more or less a fantasy movie. Those almost always do well in Germany. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Not unexpected. Thor 2 is more or less a fantasy movie. Those almost always do well in Germany. Nope, Thor is part of the Northern God mythology ans as such our 'pre-Christian' culture => still something you learn in school and so on The director of part 1 is here well known for his work of Shakespearean material => as I left the cinema after Thor 1 I heard people discuss the modernized interpretation about the old material... as in neither knowing nor realizing Thor is also an Asgardian culture based comic and it's being a Marvel movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Nope, Thor is part of the Northern God mythology ans as such our 'pre-Christian' culture => still something you learn in school and so onThe director of part 1 is here well known for his work of Shakespearean material=> as I left the cinema after Thor 1 I heard people discuss the modernized interpretation about the old material... as in neither knowing nor realizing Thor is also an Asgardian culture based comic and it's being a Marvel movieExactly, Thor is mythology based thus fantasy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 What can they do more?The Singer Marathon.X-Men, X2, First Class, and DOFP with 1 minute montages of the other films so people aren't totally confused by Ellen Page 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Exactly, Thor is mythology based thus fantasy. Not at all. Would you call Christan's beliefs fantasy? For me fantasy is e.g. LotR, Narnia, Dracula...., modernized monster and similar including fairy tales, folk's stories..... The Northern Mythology (official term) is the comparable to the Greek mythology as in Zeus.... or Roman's Jupiter or Venus as goddess of... => not the same, as it is a (nearly) dead religion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruthie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Overall I'd have to say this has been a damn fine August. Your avatar agrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Not at all.Would you call Christan's beliefs fantasy?For me fantasy is e.g. LotR, Narnia, Dracula...., modernized monster and similar including fairy tales, folk's stories.....The Northern Mythology (official term) is the comparable to the Greek mythology as in Zeus.... or Roman's Jupiter or Venus as goddess of... => not the same, as it is a (nearly) dead religion.Mythology is definitely fantasy, why do you think most fantasy is based off mythology? Nobody practices Norse or Greek mythologies, they can literally be disproven, they are supernatural impossible stories.Fantasy is something impossible or improbable with little basis in reality, thus Greek Mythology would be just that fantasy. What makes mythology different however is that is fits under different genres when compared to other types if literature and art (however Marvel's Thor would most definitely be science fantasy). Greek Mythology for instance is simply that you can learn about the historicity of the culture that practiced that mythology, however it doesn't change the fact that that type of mythology is fantasy.Some people don't like to classify mythology as a branch of fantasy because they are scared to offend a dead culture, however looking at flat definitions and what mythology is I don't see how it's not a version of fantasy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/monthly/?chart=mtd&view=releasedate August cleared $1b on its very last day. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Binoche Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Maleficent still averaging 2k/screen in its 14th weekend. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 http://www.boxofficemojo.com/monthly/?chart=mtd&view=releasedateAugust cleared $1b on its very last day. Oohs Chaka ooga ooga 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheavenger Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Oohs Chaka ooga ooga And Turtle Power as well. You can say what you want about TMNT, but it has also been doing very good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Mythology is definitely fantasy, why do you think most fantasy is based off mythology? Nobody practices Norse or Greek mythologies, they can literally be disproven, they are supernatural impossible stories. Fantasy is something impossible or improbable with little basis in reality, thus Greek Mythology would be just that fantasy. What makes mythology different however is that is fits under different genres when compared to other types if literature and art (however Marvel's Thor would most definitely be science fantasy). Greek Mythology for instance is simply that you can learn about the historicity of the culture that practiced that mythology, however it doesn't change the fact that that type of mythology is fantasy. Some people don't like to classify mythology as a branch of fantasy because they are scared to offend a dead culture, however looking at flat definitions and what mythology is I don't see how it's not a version of fantasy. Totally disagree. There are differences in mythology as in e.g. myths about some creatures like vampires or the Mythology named former religion. Not practiced = also not true (not in the original way, but in an 'evolved' way). Not directly the same, but in a way adding to that theme: e.g. Druids is again an official accepted (and tax-free) religion in UK... We have in Europe people who follow Native American religion/cultural ideals ad even life 'their' since long not really actual lifestyle There are still people who practice other non-big religion versions too To disprove religion makes no sense as it is about believing in the possibility of higher beings... in general. Fantasy is based on 3 basic groups: sagas myths fairy tales => those are often developed out of very ancient ~ religions too (plus some heroes of the past and so on mixed in), but changed over the (long) time to something less and less religious and more and more to people's storytelling The Nordic Mythology isn't named mythology for the reasons of being a 'myth' in the usual way, it is called so as a sum expression for a group in a group of a pre-Christian culture/religion mix (as in sharing parts with e.g. Old German gods/myths/heroes/....) As a rather big group of variations of the over the time asunder versions of the in basics rather similar (and way back probably the same) religions & ideas of the reasons for being human and/or a culture, but also including big events and heroes of the regional past (a bit like the holy people of Christianity). That includes beings the dead encounter 'on the other side', burial rites... too, beings to prey to too.... It has myths included in a way, but is mainly religion & culture mix. Same about Greek Mythology, to not respect others religion (no matter if dead or alive) is IMHO not o.K. Fact is something else.... Scared to offend... wow. I guess you have no idea how people living in other cultural surroundings see or might see things or why they do or interpret something in their own way. But before I let myself seduce to stir away from topic even more: Box Office Mojo @boxofficemojo 33 mins Disney has now earned over $2 billion worldwide from 'Maleficent,' 'Captain America' and 'Guardians of the Galaxy': http://bit.ly/1CgKgfd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harpospoke Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Mythology is definitely fantasy, why do you think most fantasy is based off mythology? Nobody practices Norse or Greek mythologies, they can literally be disproven, they are supernatural impossible stories.Fantasy is something impossible or improbable with little basis in reality, thus Greek Mythology would be just that fantasy.What makes mythology different however is that is fits under different genres when compared to other types if literature and art (however Marvel's Thor would most definitely be science fantasy). Greek Mythology for instance is simply that you can learn about the historicity of the culture that practiced that mythology, however it doesn't change the fact that that type of mythology is fantasy.Some people don't like to classify mythology as a branch of fantasy because they are scared to offend a dead culture, however looking at flat definitions and what mythology is I don't see how it's not a version of fantasy. I think terrestrial was making the point that Thor is not completely seen as a "fantasy movie" in German culture. There is a bit more of a "religious/historical" element mixed in there. So our view of it really isn't applicable. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 This summer is down 15% from last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
