Ready Player One | March 29, 2018 | Spielberg directing | No untagged spoilers allowed

[DMan7]

I'll say it again Valerian of 2018.

[4815162342]

16 minutes ago, MrGamer said:

Tell us what the 1880's were like, Grandpa. 

 

Tele after forgetting to respond to this.....

 

[MrGamer]

2 minutes ago, 4815162342 said:

 

Tele after forgetting to respond to this.....

 

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

I'll say it again Valerian of 2018.

It's more likely to do over $40m on its OW than $40m total

[Arlborn]

14 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

I'll say it again Valerian of 2018.

Nah

[Fancyarcher]

15 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

It's more likely to do over $40m on its OW than $40m total

Also wouldn't surprise me if the budget was slightly lower, say around 160m. 

Edited January 22, 2018 by Fancyarcher

[Heat Vision]

19 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

I'll say it again Valerian of 2018.

Well let's hope the budget is not as high. 

[Jonwo]

Just now, Fancyarcher said:

Also wouldn't surprise me if the budget was lower, say around 160m. 

The BFG was $140m but I think given how much VFX heavy this film is, $160m is possible but I thinking $175-180m same as Fantastic Beasts and Suicide Squad. Spielberg's most expensive film was actually Indiana Jones 4 at $185m 

[Fancyarcher]

4 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

The BFG was $140m but I think given how much VFX heavy this film is, $160m is possible but I thinking $175-180m same as Fantastic Beasts and Suicide Squad. Spielberg's most expensive film was actually Indiana Jones 4 at $185m 

175m seems reasonable given how many CGI characters are in this film, but I'm thinking they only take up about 30% of the screentime, whereas the giant in The BFG was more prominently featured. It's a film that definitely heavy on the special effects though. 

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, Fancyarcher said:

175m seems reasonable given how many CGI characters are in this film, but I'm thinking they only take up about 30% of the screentime, whereas the giant in The BFG was more prominently featured. It's a film that definitely heavy on the special effects though. 

Luckily the visuals look amazing. I imagine it's going to look stunning on a PLF screen. 

[Fancyarcher]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Luckily the visuals look amazing. I imagine it's going to look stunning on a PLF screen. 

It's one of those films that probably gonna look stunning in high definition too.

[MovieMan89]

22 hours ago, DMan7 said:

I'll say it again Valerian of 2018.

I certainly wouldn't go that far. For all the people here claiming WiT is a Tomorrowland, Tomorrowland is actually the film I would use for this at the box office. Right down to the OW and multi. 

[somebody85]

TV spots that aired during the playoffs looked pretty sick. Still excited

[The Futurist]

Please, Steven, contact me.

I can fix you.

 

[Jonwo]

1 hour ago, somebody85 said:

TV spots that aired during the playoffs looked pretty sick. Still excited

The featurette made me confident that'll be a great film.

[MrGlass2]

On 1/22/2018 at 1:28 AM, DMan7 said:

I'll say it again Valerian of 2018.

That good?

[shayhiri]

I am sorry, but the trailer for this looks much, much worse than the trailer for Solo.

 

Spielberg again chose the wrong movie to direct.

[RyneOh1040]

I think the second trailer is light years better than the first.  Definitely got my theater talking.

 

Book is a ton of fun and feel this will be more of the same.

 

Thinking 55-60/220-240 if it's good, 50/130 if bad.

[kowhite]

On 1/21/2018 at 4:49 PM, Jonwo said:

The BFG was $140m but I think given how much VFX heavy this film is, $160m is possible but I thinking $175-180m same as Fantastic Beasts and Suicide Squad. Spielberg's most expensive film was actually Indiana Jones 4 at $185m 

 

I think BFG is a little less.  Safe to say this movie probably cost whatever it was budgeted at, maybe slightly less.

 

And no, this ain’t doing as low as Valerian.  The last time Spielberg made a movie that made less than Valerian domestic was...1987.  Empire of the Sun.  If you include inflation, it might be safe to say he’s never made a movie that made less than Valerian domestic except maybe...Sugarland Express?  So, yeah I don’t think so.  Certainly not on something like this.

Edited January 23, 2018 by kowhite

[MovieMan89]

2 hours ago, kowhite said:

 

I think BFG is a little less.  Safe to say this movie probably cost whatever it was budgeted at, maybe slightly less.

 

And no, this ain’t doing as low as Valerian.  The last time Spielberg made a movie that made less than Valerian domestic was...1987.  Empire of the Sun.  If you include inflation, it might be safe to say he’s never made a movie that made less than Valerian domestic except maybe...Sugarland Express?  So, yeah I don’t think so.  Certainly not on something like this.

The BFG came painfully close to doing that low. Only sold around the same admissions as Empire of the Sun, not a whole lot more than Sugarland Express. Just saying, Spielberg's last two blockbusters have pretty much erased any notion of a box office floor just because it's him.