Weekend Estimates (Page 28): Kung Fu Panda 3 - 41M, The Finest Hours 0- 10.3M, The Revenant - 12.4M...Sunday holds better than expected.....SW over 11 mill and KFP3 over 41 pg 34

[4815162342]

22 minutes ago, movieboner said:

 

By flopping, I mean by producing disappointing box office results regardless of budget or marketing costs. It received wonderful reviews, but the public gave it little attention, thus it only grossed a small $25 million domestically. A similar type of film with a small budget, wonderful reviews and an unknown studio is District 9, which earned way more than Ex-Machina with $115 million domestically in 2009.

 

District 9 was released in 3000 theaters and got a sizable marketing push by Sony.

 

Ex Machina got to 2000 theaters several weeks into release but never got a big marketing push because A24 is still a small potatoes studio that is slowly getting prestige and money.

 

 

Plus, District 9 was an action thriller, whereas Ex Machina is for the most part a moody drama.

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[DAJK]

Has nobody else seen quite a bit of marketing for Finest Hours? I've seen a lot all over YouTube adds and TV spots, kind of the same as I did with The Visit. Surprised that Disney's marketing wasn't able to push this even to 15M+z.

[DAR]

1 hour ago, Telemachos said:

Never seen a KFP movie. 

They won't make you run screaming out of the room.

[BadAtGender]

22 minutes ago, movieboner said:

 

By flopping, I mean by producing disappointing box office results regardless of budget or marketing costs. It received wonderful reviews, but the public gave it little attention, thus it only grossed a small $25 million domestically. A similar type of film with a small budget, wonderful reviews and an unknown studio is District 9, which earned way more than Ex-Machina with $115 million domestically in 2009.

 

Uh...

 

You're saying that there's a theoretical line above which films are successes and below which films are flops. That's not how it works. You need to take multiple factors into account.

Ex Machina might be low grossing, but it's not a flop, nor was it a disappointing result. $25m for a platform release of a very cerebral science fiction film from a small studio and a limited marketing outlay is fantastic. It was 60% higher than Spring Breakers, which got a lot more pre-release buzz.

 

District 9 has a much more conventional approach, a lot of action to sell it, and had a major marketing campaign.

 

If you want a better 2009 comparison, look at Moon. Small budget, cerebral sci-fi that had good reviews. And it did okay, but was a bit disappointing in that they never gave it any awards push. So Ex Machina's looking a lot better.

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, DAR said:

They won't make you run screaming out of the room.

 

Mostly because Tele uses a walker?

[cookie]

Both Kung Fu Pandas are really good. Personally like 2 a bit better because it's more ambitious. Haven't seen the third one yet.

[BadAtGender]

26 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Yes, brilliant. Outside of the Toy Story flicks I can't think of a stronger animated franchise

 

It's not even the strongest in DWA.

 

 

 

 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, DamienRoc said:

 

It's not even the strongest in DWA.

 

 

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Have to disagree. Find the first one painfully generic and the second I enjoy quite a bit but still not as good as either of the KFP movies IMO

[Gumby]

Nice to see The Boy doing well.

 

When I left the theater, I heard reactions like "that wasn't bad at all" and "that was actually pretty good."  After seeing a really disappointing horror film like Sinister 2, it's nice to see something that's better than expected. 

[cookie]

8 minutes ago, DamienRoc said:

 

It's not even the strongest in DWA.

 

 

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Another Dreamworks franchise that had two excellent entries but had the second one falter at the DOM box office.

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[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, Gumby said:

Nice to see The Boy doing well.

 

When I left the theater, I heard reactions like "that wasn't bad at all" and "that was actually pretty good."  After seeing a really disappointing horror film like Sinister 2, it's nice to see something that's better than expected. 

Completely off topic but Gumby and Pokey are awesome

[DAJK]

14 minutes ago, cookie said:

Both Kung Fu Pandas are really good. Personally like 2 a bit better because it's more ambitious. Haven't seen the third one yet.

Third once isn't quite as great, but it certainly has the right elements of the first two.

[Ethan Hunt]

7 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Third once isn't quite as great, but it certainly has the right elements of the first two.

Food to hear  

[Empire]

39 minutes ago, DamienRoc said:

 

It's not even the strongest in DWA.

 

 

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I am Ethan here. The Kung Fu Panda movies are better. Only slightly though in my mind. Saw KFP3 today & it was great!

[WrathOfHan]

You guys HAVE TO LISTEN to Double Toasted's review of 50 Shades of Black and check out their petition  

 

https://www.change.org/p/marlon-wayans-stop-marlon-wayans-from-making-any-more-theatrically-released-spoof-movies?recruiter=478650542&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=share_twitter_responsive

[CoolioD1]

the kung fu panda movies are really the only dreamworks movies I'd call really good. probs the first shrek as well come to think. but apart from that eh.

[angeldelmito]

4 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

the kung fu panda movies are really the only dreamworks movies I'd call really good. probs the first shrek as well come to think. but apart from that eh.

you didn't like how to train your dragon? 

[department store basement]

23 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Food to hear  

 

You hungry?

[CoolioD1]

2 minutes ago, angeldelmito said:

you didn't like how to train your dragon? 

they're ok.

[angeldelmito]

well, glad to hear KFP3 had a good friday.

Edited January 30, 2016 by angeldelmito