Split | January 20, 2017 | James McAvoy | Directed by M. Night Shyamalan and Produced by Jason Blum

[Blankments]

Got the trailer for this at Mag 7. Looks like a lot of bonkers fun (mainly for McAvoy).

[kowhite]

Oh god, is M Night back?  The Visit was solid.  This might be good?  The suck...is over?

[IndyRex]

http://filmmusicreporter.com/2016/10/03/west-dylan-thordson-scoring-m-night-shyamalans-split/

 

West Dylan Thordson to compose music for "Split".

James Newton Howard was probably too expensive for a Blumhouse film. 

[RandomCat]

This looks like my kind of flick.

[Blankments]

First predicts:

 

OW: 24M

DOM: 64M

[antovolk]

 

[IndyRex]

 

[kayumanggi]

AFI Film Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Split’ https://t.co/4xakUjwVVf

— Variety (@Variety) November 16, 2016

[kayumanggi]

Ultimately, “Split” belongs to McAvoy, who has ample scenery to chew, but doesn’t stop there, practically swallowing the camera as well with his tiger-like teeth. With his head shaved, the actor depends ever so slightly on costume changes (sly contributions from “The Danish Girl’s” Paco Delgado), but otherwise conveys his transformations almost entirely through body language, facial expression, and accent as his various selves take “the light” — since, per Fletcher, only one can come out to play at a time. As in “Psycho,” there’s a tendency to over-explain, and while Shyamalan is basically making up rules for Dissociative Identity Disorder as he goes along, the condition has afforded McAvoy the role of his career.

[IndyRex]

Rotten Tomatoes score jumps to 80%. 

I saw other positive reactions after AFI screening. Welcome back, M Night! 

[marveldcfox]

I love a comeback story. To be fair, The Visit was a mini comeback. Now looks like a full on comeback. Please no more studio mid-high budget films unless a story demands it.

[Blankments]

Got the new trailer at Arrival. Looks fun still.

[IndyRex]

 

New (very lovely) banner on the official Twitter. I suppose this means a new poster coming soon.

[RobinHood26]

My little sister who has never seen a horror movie in theaters before wants me to take her to this. 

[kayumanggi]

 

[kayumanggi]

[IndyRex]

Anyone knows the budget for this? 

Predictions for how much it's going to gross? Given the positive reviews, do you think it will gross more than The Visit? 

 

..how many questions lol

[Mockingjay Raphael]

On 23/11/2016 at 5:07 PM, IndyRex said:

Anyone knows the budget for this? 

Predictions for how much it's going to gross? Given the positive reviews, do you think it will gross more than The Visit? 

 

..how many questions lol

 

There's no info about budget yet, but, considering that The Visit only costed $5m, and Blumhouse is known for keeping budgets under $10m, it probably won't cost more than $10m, IMO.

 

If The Visit opened at $25m despite coming from a wave of MNS flops and mixed reviews, I don't see any reason to it open below this number, considering that: MSN recovered a bit of it's credibility thanks to TV, it has way more buzz in social medias than TV had at same time, plus the reviews (for now) are a huge improvement. And let's not forget that January used to be one of the best months to release a horror movie some years ago, I'm personally expecting an OW over $30m, it's legs will depend on how good will be the twist.  

[AniNate]

January is a good month to release any movie. It's just if your movie is quality there's no reason not to try sneak in earlier screenings for awards consideration 

[IndyRex]

19 hours ago, tribefan695 said:

January is a good month to release any movie. It's just if your movie is quality there's no reason not to try sneak in earlier screenings for awards consideration 

 

I hope in a twist (forgive the pun) for which Split gets an early limited release in December, although the only chance for the Awards consideration might be James McAvoy as Best Actor, who apparently brought apparently an Oscar-worthy performance.