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

[Hiccup23]

Nostalgia will keep this from being a BFG. Also it has less competition, looks more interesting, and looks like a crowd pleaser. 

[Arlborn]

BFG was so good though, my little girl loved it and so did I. It was a shame it didn't do so well, I hope RPO does better and it's also a good film.

[MovieMan89]

21 minutes ago, Hiccup23 said:

Nostalgia will keep this from being a BFG. Also it has less competition, looks more interesting, and looks like a crowd pleaser. 

What nostalgia are they selling it on though? The Iron Giant fans? 

[Porthos]

FWIW, the long range tracking over at boxoffice.com still has this at 54/180.

 

That is waaaaaay outside of BFG comps and even outside of Tomorrowland adj comps (35/101 adj).

 

What was Tomorrowland's long range tracking anyway?

 

*checks*

 

Looks to be about 47/143 one month out (unadj, natch). 

 

That proved to be a bit optimistic.

 

(Downgraded to 44/122 one week out which was still an overshoot)

Edited March 3, 2018 by Porthos

[Alli]

35M OW is my guess.

[ddddeeee]

I get upset when I realise I've to sit through that trailer again.

[WrathOfHan]

27 minutes ago, ddddeeee said:

I get upset when I realise I've to sit through that trailer again.

Tomb Raider and Rampage have been bigger WB priorities for theaters by me thankfully.

[John Marston]

36 minutes ago, ddddeeee said:

I get upset when I realise I've to sit through that trailer again.

 

 

The one with the Rush song or ten one with the Van Halen song?

[Ezen Baklattan]

Tomorrowland looks more and more like the perfect comp.

 

And I’m willing to bet this makes Pacific Rim 2 drop 68% on its second weekend.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Isle of Pasta said:

Tomorrowland looks more and more like the perfect comp.

 

And I’m willing to bet this makes Pacific Rim 2 drop 68% on its second weekend.

NOT WAR READY!

[Ezen Baklattan]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

NOT WAR READY!

Yeah, if RPO (and Wrinkle in Time) are giving me Tomorrowland vibes, then Pacific Rim 2 is definitely feeling like a smaller scale Power Rangers.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Isle of Pasta said:

Yeah, if RPO (and Wrinkle in Time) are giving me Tomorrowland vibes, then Pacific Rim 2 is definitely feeling like a smaller scale Power Rangers.

20/45 sounds about right  

[MovieMan89]

Pac Rim 2 is going to miss 20 on OW and 40 total. It's a mega bomb DOM (and everywhere not named China actually)

[OdinSon2k14]

Did I see the Spartans from Halo?!

[TalismanRing]

Every time I saw an ad for this during the Olympics I couldn't remember which movie it was until the end of the ad

 

... and then I remembered it was Spielberg and then I wondered I why he chose this project.  

[Morieris]

Just now, TalismanRing said:

Every time I saw an ad for this during the Olympics I couldn't remember which movie it was until the end of the ad

 

... and then I remembered it was Spielberg and then I wondered I why he chose this project.  

I keep doing that too..."Cool, video games, Rampage - wait a minute."

[RRA]

1 hour ago, TalismanRing said:

Every time I saw an ad for this during the Olympics I couldn't remember which movie it was until the end of the ad

 

... and then I remembered it was Spielberg and then I wondered I why he chose this project.  

It's strange him tackling a property that fondles itself to 1980s (though not exclusively that era) nostalgia, which includes alot of productions he was involved with. We'll see what drew him creatively to tackle it, but cynically I keep having the feeling he thought he found a way to commercially hook in Millennials/Gen Y kids since it's been quite a while since Blockbuster King Spielberg has delivered a legit super hit. 

[Green245]

When it comes to his movie at the box office...

 

 

 

Edited March 4, 2018 by Green245

[DAJK]

I still had that RPO under The Post DOM club...

[Chewy]

Oh the main guy is one of the X-kids from Apocalypse, that explains a lot