Not So Fantastic Weekend Thread | MI5 29.4, F4 26.2, Gift 12, Ricki 7, Shaun 4, Vac 9, AM 7.8

[baumer]

I read an article in the Toronto Sun this morning where the director of Fantastic Four said that he had a great original version of the movie and the executives at Fox completely ruined the film. Now I know there's always three sides to a story but I believe him 100%. There had to be a different movie out there somewhere there's no way the director would have wanted that film to be the final product. I don't know if the people at Fox have a vendetta against him or something and were happy to spend a hundred and thirty million dollars on a piece of shit but that's exactly what they did.

[a2k]

In the future, you should also put the link to the full article if you're going to quote something from Fox's website   .

 

true story, http://tinyurl.com/p6uhjma

[JohnnyGossamer]

So... Not too great for F4.

[TalismanRing]

 

Go see the #fantasticfour this weekend.....(SH)

 

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Nice to see they cut out and discounted the actor getting the most buzz from the movie - Ferguson.

 

Wow Tom is tiny.  He makes Renner look big. 

Edited August 8, 2015 by TalismanRing

[a2k]

I read an article in the Toronto Sun this morning where the director of Fantastic Four said that he had a great original version of the movie and the executives at Fox completely ruined the film. Now I know there's always three sides to a story but I believe him 100%. There had to be a different movie out there somewhere there's no way the director would have wanted that film to be the final product. I don't know if the people at Fox have a vendetta against him or something and were happy to spend a hundred and thirty million dollars on a piece of shit but that's exactly what they did.

 

Though I wonder why he didn't walk off considering the friction started very early. I think he wanted to leverage his being the director of F4 (not thinking it would turn out to be utter crap) for future jobs, and went along with their interference, frustrated and acting out. When it became evident that the movie was being received horribly, he publicly tried to create distance.

[dashrendar44]

 

Go see the #fantasticfour this weekend.....(SH)

 

 

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More like the Fantastic ONE in this pic.

[AJG]

 

Go see the #fantasticfour this weekend.....(SH)

 

 

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I really cant believe our plan to export Simon Pegg to America so we didnt have to deal with him actually worked. 

 

The last time we tried it they sent Russell Brand straight back.

Edited August 8, 2015 by AJG

[Ethan Hunt]

I swear there has to be something missing between Doom's first appearance and the final battle sequence...

[eddyxx]

FANTASTIC FOUR earned an estimated $11.3M on opening day Friday. #FantasticFour

[Ethan Hunt]

More like the Fantastic ONE in this pic.

Three...

[terrestrial]

I thought Ant-Man would gross $175M domestic. A little lower end result than what I thought, but it is coming close.

It 'reached' with the weekend estimates BO.com's final estimate, so I see each $ more as good

 

Though I wonder why he didn't walk off considering the friction started very early. I think he wanted to leverage his being the director of F4 (not thinking it would turn out to be utter crap) for future jobs, and went along with their interference, frustrated and acting out. When it became evident that the movie was being received horribly, he publicly tried to create distance.

 

contract formulation?

[Mr Terrific]

BOM dropped about $400m from the domestic take for 2015 yesterday. They added the Friday estimates in but left out the other money again.

Sigh.

[SchumacherFTW]

Three...

If you're dissing the mighty Pegg, I shall find a barrage of gifs from Kingsman to torture you!

[terrestrial]

Early Weekend Estimates (Domestic) Fri, Aug. 7 - Sun, Aug. 9

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Wide (1000+)

#	Title	weekend		Locations		Avg.	Total	Wks.	Dist.
1	Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation	$28,000,000	-50%	3,988	32	$7,021	$107,254,207	2	Paramount
2	Fantastic Four (2015)	$27,000,000	--	3,995	--	$6,758	$27,000,000	1	Fox
3	The Gift (2015)	$10,600,000	--	2,503	--	$4,235	$10,600,000	1	STX Entertainment
4	Vacation (2015)	$8,800,000	-40%	3,430	19	$2,566	$36,979,780	2	Warner Bros. / New Line
5	Ant-Man	$7,900,000	-38%	2,910	-412	$2,715	$147,510,546	4	Disney
6	Minions	$7,400,000	-40%	3,123	-452	$2,370	$302,754,120	5	Universal
7	Ricki and the Flash	$7,200,000	--	1,603	--	$4,492	$7,200,000	1	Sony / TriStar
8	Trainwreck	$6,200,000	-35%	2,525	-435	$2,455	$91,001,830	4	Universal
9	Pixels	$5,300,000	-50%	2,864	-859	$1,851	$57,515,304	3	Sony / Columbia
10	Southpaw	$4,400,000	-42%	2,274	-498	$1,935	$40,361,841	3	Weinstein Company
11	Shaun the Sheep Movie	$4,000,000	--	2,320	--	$1,724	$5,571,338	1	Lionsgate
12	Inside Out (2015)	$2,700,000	-40%	1,358	-546	$1,988	$335,386,150	8	Disney
13	Jurassic World	$1,900,000	-51%	1,119	-793	$1,698	$635,626,780	9	Universal
14	Paper Towns	$1,400,000	-70%	1,284	-1747	$1,090	$28,754,364	3	Fox

Limited (100 — 999)

#	Title	weekend		Locations		Avg.	Total	Wks.	Dist.
1	Spy (2015)	$400,000	-3%	306	-69	$1,307	$109,517,428	10	Fox
2	Ted 2	$220,000	-56%	209	-296	$1,053	$80,963,945	7	Universal
3	Home (2015)	$79,000	-37%	159	-21	$497	$177,022,649	20	Fox / DreamWorks Animation

Platform (1 — 99)

#	Title	weekend		Locations		Avg.	Total	Wks.	Dist.
1	Dope	$35,000	-52%	38	-30	$921	$16,645,817	8	Open Road

 

[baumer]

Vacation might gross around 60 million. While not great its actually not that bad either. I dont think it cost all that much and it will end up being a mid sized hit.

[babz06]

The Gift got off to a very good start which be great news for new studio STX.

Stx is going to need all the luck they can get, Relativity tried to do what they are doing now with this mid-budget fare and failed.

[terrestrial]

and the way smaller BOM chart, nice for the last week comparison...

 

Friday, August 7, 2015
 

	>Yr >Mo >Wk >>Next Day
TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day 1 - Fantastic Four Fox $11,300,000 - - 3,995 $2,829 $11,300,000 1 2 1 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation Par. $8,200,000 +82% -60% 3,988 $2,056 $87,454,000 8 3 - The Gift (2015) STX $4,100,000 - - 1,648 $2,488 $4,100,000 1 4 4 Vacation WB (NL) $2,655,000 +78% -41% 3,430 $774 $30,835,000 10 5 3 Ant-Man BV $2,256,000 +50% -39% 2,910 $775 $141,867,000 22 6 - Ricki and the Flash TriS $2,250,000 - - 1,603 $1,404 $2,250,000 1 7 2 Minions Uni. $2,200,000 +34% -39% 3,123 $704 $297,554,000 29 8 6 Trainwreck Uni. $1,900,000 +75% -35% 2,525 $752 $86,702,000 22 9 5 Pixels Sony $1,600,000 +24% -50% 2,864 $559 $53,815,000 15 10 7 Southpaw Wein. $1,338,000 +55% -42% 2,274 $588 $37,300,000 15 - 8 Shaun the Sheep Movie LGF $1,225,000 +70% - 2,320 $528 $2,796,000

 

[Ethan Hunt]

If you're dissing the mighty Pegg, I shall find a barrage of gifs from Kingsman to torture you!

No, I love Pegg.

[Orestes]

I swear there has to be something missing between Doom's first appearance and the final battle sequence...

 

There's about 30-40 minutes missing from what the director had intended.

Edited August 8, 2015 by Orestes

[Ethan Hunt]

There's about 30-40 minutes missing from what the director had intended.

Yeah I was thinking there has to be at least 30 minutes between these two moments.