Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle | December 22 2017 | Special showings for Amazon Prime members on December 8

[That One Girl]

4 hours ago, TheForceuser707 said:

I'm absolutely astonished.

 

Jumanji 2?????

 

Doing this well???

 

Who could have foreseen it?

 

Yeah, I wonder who...

 

On 1/3/2017 at 5:44 PM, That One Guy said:

Jumanji over 300M domestic.  Not kidding here.

 

[AniNate]

On 12/31/2017 at 6:34 PM, CoolioD1 said:

shout out to bobby cannavale in this movie for reminding me of billy zane.

I thought he was Colin Farrell the entire time

[Eric Loves Rey]

5 hours ago, dashrendar44 said:

I guess Jumanji's christmas success can also be chalked up to the timeless appeal of Chris Van Allsburg's children book.

 

By the way, Chris Van Allsburg's art is incredible. I know there has been a Jumanji cartoon back in the day but his original illustrations would be worthy of an animated movie (using Disney's short Paperman technique) that doesn't feature a creepy CG Tom Hanks:

 

I remember reading Polar Express all the time as a kid because of how gorgeous the illustrations were. It was like an actual painting you would find in an art museum. Everything about it oozed the feeling and wonder of Christmas. Still up there as one of my favorite picture books of all time.

 

That fucking Zemeckis movie. 

[TheForceuser707]

2 hours ago, That One Guy said:

 

Yeah, I wonder who...

 

 

I don't mean getting the numbers right.

 

I mean knocking TLJ off the top spot in its third weekend.

[Arlborn]

I've watched it today and damn, it's fun indeed. Jack Black is amazing.

 

Well deserved success, I'm looking forward to the third one in a couple of years.

[Heat Vision]

In a year of unwanted sequels is nice to see one of them doing good

[MovieMan89]

Sony might as well just sell Spidey off completely now that they have Jumoney. MCU, SW, Jurassic, and Fast should be quaking in their boots at the JCU. 

[AniNate]

I'm pretty sure 90% of the people who saw this have no knowledge of the book; just a vague familiarity with the 90s movie and the trailer looked like something with enough light-hearted spectacle for kids to enjoy.

 

I still doubt the short-term franchise potential of Jumanji. The original was a hit as well and they still didn't really rush to make a sequel to it. There's a limit to what you can do with a John Hughes comedy / prehistoric fantasy adventure mashup and still keep the dough rolling in.  

 

 

Edited January 7, 2018 by tribefan695

[Jonwo]

27 minutes ago, tribefan695 said:

 

I still doubt the short-term franchise potential of Jumanji. The original was a hit as well and they still didn't really rush to make a sequel to it. There's a limit to what you can do with a John Hughes comedy / prehistoric fantasy adventure mashup and still keep the dough rolling in.  

 

 

I think they can do one more sequel, maybe crossing the original film's characters like Dunst and Hunt with the newer characters but after doing a board game and a video game, I wonder what the new spin of Jumanji could be, virtual reality? 

[YM!]

8 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

I think they can do one more sequel, maybe crossing the original film's characters like Dunst and Hunt with the newer characters but after doing a board game and a video game, I wonder what the new spin of Jumanji could be, virtual reality? 

I think it’ll be an app with the possibility of Jumanji upping it up a notch by adding fictional creatures to make the game more challenging.

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

I think it’ll be an app with the possibility of Jumanji upping it up a notch by adding fictional creatures to make the game more challenging.

Virtual Reality to me is the middle ground of both concepts of the game coming to life which I think it's a possible idea. 

[meriodejaneiro]

Sony seems to have made a low budget block buster in Jumanji (90M prod. budget), but marketing seems big. Wonder how high marketing costs have been? 

 

http://deadline.com/2018/01/jumanji-crosses-500-million-worldwide-box-office-1202236993/#comment-list-wrapper

[Krissykins]

Really enjoyed this! 

 

Looking forward to the sequel! 

[The Futurist]

This movie finally broke the "video games movies suck" curse.

 

Finally.

 

 

 

[The Panda]

I’m not sure what avenues they have to explore in a sequel without it feeling like a pointless rehash.

 

Now, I thought the exact same thing when they announced this movie.  But still.

[75Live]

1 minute ago, New Year New Panda said:

I’m not sure what avenues they have to explore in a sequel without it feeling like a pointless rehash.

 

Now, I thought the exact same thing when they announced this movie.  But still.

 

Jumanji 3 could be about apps maybe, or VR

[The Panda]

Just now, 75Live said:

 

Jumanji 3 could be about apps maybe, or VR

Still not sure how apps or VR really does anything that this one didn’t really cover.  They’re both still video games and this avatar image thing was practically VR.

[75Live]

1 minute ago, New Year New Panda said:

Still not sure how apps or VR really does anything that this one didn’t really cover.  They’re both still video games and this avatar image thing was practically VR.

 

oh I agree, it's just the next possible step I think they would take, if they try a part 3.

[The Futurist]

Hollywood Screenwriters are probably already pitching a trilogy for this, Mister Panda.

They ll find a way to milk the J tit for decades to come.

 

[TwoMisfits]

Interesting #3 could be if the game world tried to merge with the real world...and the avatars and our human heroes had to force the game back to where it came from (so the human heroes eventually "take control" of these avatars as they roam the real world after finding each of them somewhere...and our friendly guide gets a "cameo" to again tell us how to fix this:)...

 

PS = Sony can pay me for this idea, b/c it lets them bring everyone back...and I'm sure they are dying to do it:)...

Edited January 8, 2018 by TwoMisfits