The Meg | Aug 10 2018 | WB-China co-production | IMAX 3D | Jon Turteltaub directing. Jason Statham fights a shark. Li Bingbing replaces Fan Bingbing.

[Barnack]

Statham is more a big home video star than a box office one usually (and is projects tend to be built in consequence).

 

32 minutes ago, PenguinHyphy said:

King Arthur or Geostorm

Can see that happening a 150-235 box office do look possible, but so is making 140m in China alone and 290m WW.

Edited July 28, 2018 by Barnack

[filmlover]

Wasn't this movie funded in part by a big Chinese studio like Skyscraper was? I think it's obvious they know where most of the cash will come from and don't care if it flops here (which it will).

[Barnack]

18 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Wasn't this movie funded in part by a big Chinese studio like Skyscraper was? I think it's obvious they know where most of the cash will come from and don't care if it flops here (which it will).

Gravity picture yes and they will release it in China themselve I think, Flagship Hong-Kong based is also participating in the financing.

http://chinafilminsider.com/tag/gravity-pictures/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship_Entertainment

 

That, Statham and the Binbing's casting do show an obvious effort for an intl business and not counting on domestic.

 

It could obviously do 100m-150m Rampage like there, I would imagine. Lorenzo di Bonaventura production with the Transformer franchise have probably a good sensibility/awareness for the intl markets.

 

 

[grim22]

6 hours ago, filmlover said:

Wasn't this movie funded in part by a big Chinese studio like Skyscraper was? I think it's obvious they know where most of the cash will come from and don't care if it flops here (which it will).

Pretty much. Its getting a release during the blackout period so no Hollywood competition either.

[PenguinHyphy]

16 hours ago, Barnack said:

Statham is more a big home video star than a box office one usually (and is projects tend to be built in consequence).

 

Can see that happening a 150-235 box office do look possible, but so is making 140m in China alone and 290m WW.

My post and the forum are about box office, and home video revenue is not as huge as it used to be when he was putting out those Transporter movies. 

[Barnack]

5 hours ago, PenguinHyphy said:

My post and the forum are about box office, and home video revenue is not as huge as it used to be when he was putting out those Transporter movies. 

You know very well it is not just about that, see how many time a movie net budget is mentioned on this forum (something that has nothing to do with the box office).

 

Do you have good data that achieve to take into account some streaming spending correctly (like Amazon Prime membership), because the data could be inflated but apparently US home videos revenues are soon to get back to the biggest unadjusted ever and are bigger unadjusted than when he started Transporter in 2002:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/188944/us-consumer-spendings-on-home-entertainment-since-1999/

 

I suspect a major SVOD inflation here to make the numbers look better than they are (and how can they divide revenues that are for tv product vs movie product on those)

Edited July 29, 2018 by Barnack

[Alli]

not that i think it matters that much, but this has a high number of views on youtube. plenty of likes too. there's interest there imo

[Jonwo]

I've noticed loads of marketing for this so WB clearly isn't dumping it

[Yandereprime101189]

Yeah, this is pretty heavily advertised. Plus it was all over Shark Week

[Brainbug]

56 minutes ago, Alli said:

not that i think it matters that much, but this has a high number of views on youtube. plenty of likes too. there's interest there imo

 

Most of the views and all of the likes are from me though.

[Boxofficerules]

Is Slenderman getting advertised?

[John2015]

On 7/29/2018 at 2:49 AM, Yandereprime101189 said:

 

Didn't at one point it seemed like Sony didn't know what the hell to do with Slenderman?

 

https://variety.com/2018/film/markets-festivals/slender-man-sony-1202826660/

But now  Slenderman is apparently tracking very well.

 

http://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3510892/sony-feeding-slender-man-sharks/

[WrathOfHan]

6 hours ago, Boxofficerules said:

Is Slenderman getting advertised?

iSpot says nothing has aired yet  

[dxmatrixdt]

If Mi6 and Christopher Robin get under 30 next weekend, #1 should be up for grabs for The Meg. 

Megalodon could average $7,000 or more in 4,000 locations.  

Still a disaster though.  They really need to team up with some fast food advertising ASAP.

Whatever they did with IT, and then raise the bar some.  They did so with the production budget at least, lol.

Edited July 30, 2018 by dmatrixfilm1715

[KeepItU25071906]

Really dug #TheMeg! Big departure from the book but it works. Whole bunch of crazy action sequences but they're not nearly as outlandish as I thought they'd be. Takes itself just seriously enough. An intense, wild ride with a great ensemble to root for!

— Perri Nemiroff (@PNemiroff) 29 июля 2018 г.

[dxmatrixdt]

will the effect of Slender Man opening versus Megalodon next week affect Megalodon to the amount that

a HD leak of The Meg would produce against it?

that is, anywhere from 0.01% to maybe a few percent maximum?

 

The Shallows was a recent PG-13 Horror film that moved up against Independence Day 2 and ended up opening well in the thick of it.

[Firepower]

When does review embargo drop?

Edited July 30, 2018 by Firepower

[filmlover]

Tracking for a $18-23M opening according to Variety.

 

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/meg-shark-movie-history-1202864110/

[That One Girl]

20 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Tracking for a $18-23M opening according to Variety.

 

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/meg-shark-movie-history-1202864110/

 

It will do double the low end.

[John2015]

1 hour ago, That One Guy said:

 

It will do double the low end.

I don't know why "The Meg" can open much bigger than "The Shallows" and “Skyscraper.”