THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN | 10.07.16 | Universal | final gross ● 75.40 M

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, CoolEric258 said:

Looks like @ThatOneMorgan's curse might not work this time.

 

 

[Blankments]

HOW COULD YOU BE SO HEARTLESS

[Frozen]

This guy has three reviews of the movie from people who saw it. 

 

 

[Frozen]

 

 

[Rman823]

21 minutes ago, Frozen said:

 

 

Im definitely feeling a Gone Girl range on RT. Im predicting 85%.

[Hiccup23]

This film went from not being on my radar to now being a must-see

[Rman823]

3 minutes ago, Hiccup23 said:

This film went from not being on my radar to now being a must-see

Were you a fan of Gone Girl ? Going by the book you should love this. 

[Arlborn]

Who is this again?

[Hiccup23]

31 minutes ago, Rman823 said:

Were you a fan of Gone Girl ? Going by the book you should love this. 

 

Yes, I enjoyed Gone Girl!

[That One Girl]

YES!!!!  

[CJohn]

I will wait until I see actual reviews before I het Blair Witched again.

[filmlover]

2 hours ago, CJohn said:

I will wait until I see actual reviews before I het Blair Witched again.

The power of Haley Bennett compels us!

[Taylor]

10 hours ago, Rman823 said:

Were you a fan of Gone Girl ? Going by the book you should love this. 

Debatable. I loved Gone Girl (the book and movie) and wasn't impressed by this book. Will still check out the movie, though.

[Alli]

Universal’s mystery-drama “The Girl on the Train,” starring Emily Blunt, is likely to lead the weekend with as much as $30 million — though one tracking service placed its estimate closer to $18 million.

 

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/birth-of-a-nation-opening-early-tracking-1201862168/

[Alli]

18M ? huh that's low. I hope it doesn't bomb. Emily Blunt is talented.

[MovieMan89]

Not sure about this at the box office. That marketing lately just looks so much like Gone Girl I feel like it could have a very been there done that vibe to the GA. 

[trifle]

1 hour ago, Alli said:

Universal’s mystery-drama “The Girl on the Train,” starring Emily Blunt, is likely to lead the weekend with as much as $30 million — though one tracking service placed its estimate closer to $18 million.

 

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/birth-of-a-nation-opening-early-tracking-1201862168/

 

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Universal has not disclosed how many theaters it has booked for “The Girl on the Train.”

 

Isn't it hard to estimate if you don't know how many theaters will be booked?

[filmlover]

2 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

Not sure about this at the box office. That marketing lately just looks so much like Gone Girl I feel like it could have a very been there done that vibe to the GA. 

The marketing is playing up the spicier elements because they know the more depressing material that dominates the novel re: Blunt's character won't be attractive to many.

[Webslinger]

The book sold well enough that the advertising can probably afford to ape Gone Girl and audiences will still turn up. Furthermore, filmlover's right about the difficulty of selling Blunt's character as written in the novel. 

Spoiler

Even though the story is still primarily a murder mystery, the fact that Universal is very seriously downplaying the protagonist's alcoholism reminds me of Paramount's efforts on the same front with Flight. That being said, I'm guessing that audiences will swallow this trickery more easily with this film because it's a murder mystery that just happens to have a drunk protagonist, not a character study about alcoholism that just happens to have a spectacular plane crash.

 

Edited September 17, 2016 by Webslinger

[EmpireCity]

There will have been no other female targeted or date movie leading up to this.  It is going to do very well.