CoolioD1 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I am surprised they don't make films for adult audiences? Unlike younger audiences they actually have money and are not prone to downloading movies at home and such. Adults don't like to throw that much money away. When they do it's to pay for some movie their kid wants to see. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Adults don't like to throw that much money away. When they do it's to pay for some movie their kid wants to see. Thus the biggest hits are generally films all audiences can enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Looking at it how many films were saved by overseas markets this year? Too many to name. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TServo2049 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) Movie ticket inflation also outpaces regular inflation, so it's more discretionary now than before. If movie tickets had kept pace with inflation from 1980-today, the average would only be $7.75. Also, when I was a kid my parents would go to the movies, these same adult-skewing movies in short supply nowadays, and leave me with a babysitter. Around the late 90s/early 2000s, they stopped doing so. We had gotten satellite TV, they started just watching stuff on HBO or what-have-you. And they'd rent more at the video store (they already did before). They got more into TV also - Sopranos, 24, CSI:NY, etc. Not sure if the tickets got too expensive, or they just got a bit older and less willing to go out to the movies. Or if the act of going to the movies became less appealing to them. You don't see as much of date-night "see a movie just to see a movie"/"see a movie just to make out in the dark" either. It seems like up to when I was in high school, casual non-family moviegoing was bigger than it is now. Edited November 23, 2014 by TServo2049 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hatebox Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Well at least Gone Girl was a huge hit. GG's success should spark a new wave of Young Adult book adaptations. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Gone Girl being a huge hit shows that R rated adult movies can still be successful. This year we have had 3 R movies over 150m 22 Jump Street Gone Girl Neighbors 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 That's a cynical viewpoint. Go ask Ben Affleck or Christopher Nolan about Jeff Robinov's view on greenlighting a project. The guy is a filmmaker's executive. But he is confident they make good movies that appeal to people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 GG's success should spark a new wave of Young Adult book adaptations. Well that could be interesting. One of author Gillian Flynn's other films Dark Places is already being made into a film, so there's that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 It's the new Pluto Nash. No it's the new Interstellar. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheavenger Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 This year we have had 3 R movies over 150m 22 Jump Street Gone Girl Neighbors And 2/3 of them were comedies, which shows that the R-rated-comedy genre is in pretty good shape at the moment (last year also had We're The Millers and The Heat for example). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 I was gonna reply to this post telling you that numbers was gonna try justify it not being a cash grab, but then I saw that he already had. At this point I can just refrain from posting and let you tell everyone what'll I say. Saves me a bunch of time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 This year we have had 3 R movies over 150m 22 Jump Street Gone Girl Neighbors I don't know if it's great or sad that there were only 3 R rated movies that made over 150m this year, and two of them were raunchy comedies, to be honest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 After the cinematic garbage that is Man of Steel WB should have stopped instead they put batman into there so they could grab more cash Seriously, I don't know why you are still allowed to post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Looking at the Sunday estimate for MJ1, they are projecting a better hold than Catching Fire. Weekend actual will probably be in the 122's instead of 123. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 GONE GIRL: $171.4M Overseas Total / $328.2M Global Total #GoneGirl — BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) November 23, 2014 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 THE BOOK OF LIFE: $39.1M Overseas Total / $87M Global Total #TheBookOfLife — BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) November 23, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 THE MAZE RUNNER: $234.2M Overseas Total / $334.6M Global Total #TheMazeRunner — BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) November 23, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymust10984115 Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Seriously, I don't know why you are still allowed to post. Because i'm telling the truth that Man of Steel is a cinematic garbage and BvS is pure cash grab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 Penguins Of Madagascar: Plenty of humor & clever puns for kids & adults. Another smashing role for Mr. #Cumberbatch. Shd sell. — Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya) November 23, 2014 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted November 23, 2014 Share Posted November 23, 2014 (edited) TW LW Title (click to view) Studio Weekend Gross % Change Theater Count /Change Average Total Gross Budget* Week # 1 N The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 LGF $123,000,000 - 4,151 - $29,631 $123,000,000 - 1 2 2 Big Hero 6 BV $20,086,000 -42.1% 3,650 -123 $5,503 $135,708,000 $165 3 3 3 Interstellar Par. $15,100,000 -46.7% 3,415 -146 $4,422 $120,692,000 $165 3 4 1 Dumb and Dumber To Uni. $13,820,000 -61.7% 3,188 +34 $4,335 $57,473,000 - 2 5 5 Gone Girl Fox $2,815,000 -38.3% 1,609 -350 $1,750 $156,823,000 $61 8 6 4 Beyond the Lights Rela. $2,630,000 -57.6% 1,766 -23 $1,489 $10,124,000 $7 2 7 6 St. Vincent Wein. $2,354,000 -37.5% 1,707 -625 $1,379 $36,613,000 - 7 8 7 Fury (2014) Sony $1,900,000 -49.5% 1,720 -662 $1,105 $79,150,000 $68 6 9 10 Birdman FoxS $1,855,000 -24.9% 862 +5 $2,152 $14,407,000 $18 6 10 9 Nightcrawler ORF $1,208,000 -58.6% 1,102 -1,001 $1,096 $27,170,000 $8.5 4 - 8 Ouija Uni. $952,000 -67.9% 1,341 -1,041 $710 $49,546,000 $5 5 - 11 John Wick LG/S $915,000 -58.9% 972 -786 $941 $40,649,000 $20 5 - 15 Kirk Cameron's Saving Christmas Gold. $644,000 -35.1% 390 -20 $1,651 $1,904,000 - 2 - 12 Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day BV $623,000 -61.4% 754 -879 $826 $63,314,000 $28 7 - 13 Rosewater ORF $578,000 -49.9% 371 - $1,558 $2,076,000 - 2 - 18 Whiplash SPC $530,000 -26.4% 331 -88 $1,601 $3,227,000 $3.3 7 - 24 Foxcatcher SPC $474,000 +75.0% 24 +18 $19,750 $822,000 - 2 - 23 Guardians of the Galaxy BV $471,000 +60.9% 324 +91 $1,454 $331,042,000 $170 17 - 16 The Book of Life (2014) Fox $400,000 -58.5% 438 -568 $913 $47,932,000 $50 6 - 20 The Maze Runner Fox $302,000 -52.3% 370 -154 $816 $100,496,000 $34 10 - 21 The Equalizer Sony $280,000 -39.6% 269 -106 $1,041 $99,306,000 $55 9 - 19 The Best of Me Rela. $237,000 -65.8% 432 -290 $549 $26,179,000 $26 6 - 27 Citizenfour RTWC $184,000 +5.6% 86 +11 $2,140 $1,221,000 - 5 - 42 The Homesman Saban $140,000 +208.1% 33 +29 $4,242 $202,000 - 2 - 25 Dear White People RAtt. $101,000 -48.4% 68 -38 $1,485 $4,067,000 - 6 - 22 Dracula Untold Uni. $99,500 -72.1% 195 -188 $510 $55,936,000 $70 7 - 31 Addicted LGF $62,000 -48.1% 113 -33 $549 $17,339,400 - 7 - 40 Awake: The Life of Yogananda CF&SR $27,800 -41.6% 14 -1 $1,986 $633,900 - 7 - 41 My Old Lady Cohen $21,600 -52.5% 26 -16 $831 $3,867,400 - 11 - 56 National Gallery Zipp. $18,400 +5.7% 7 +5 $2,629 $67,000 - 3 - 48 Glen Campbell... I'll Be Me A23 $17,500 -43.9% 12 -4 $1,458 $268,000 - 5 - 57 Boyhood IFC $14,600 +3.7% 12 -6 $1,217 $23,973,400 $4 20 - 65 Keep On Keepin' On RTWC $6,200 +30.2% 8 +4 $775 $146,300 - 10 - - Art and Craft Osci. $5,500 - 8 - $688 $215,300 - 10 - - Low Down Osci. $4,100 - 6 - $683 $44,500 - 5 TOTAL (16 MOVIES): $187,313,500 +33.6% 26,492 -9,286 $7,071 Edited November 23, 2014 by kayumanggi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
