DEADPOOL WEEKEND THREAD | Deadpool 152.193 actual. Daily breakdown on page 159

[Wrath]

1 hour ago, grey ghost said:

 

Deadpool is one of the most accurate and purist Marvel movies ever made.

 

It's not the poster boy for straying from the comics.

 

That would be The Spirit.

 

 

Avengers is surprisingly faithful to Avengers comic #1. The specifics are different (Cap hadnt been found yet, I dont think Black Widow existed yet, and Hawkeye was still a villain, but you ad Ant-Man and Wasp in roughly the same roles) but the basic plot points are the same (Loki trying to invade Earth, tricks Thor and Hulk into fighting, heroes get padt initial mistrust to team up and beat Loki).

[GiantCALBears]

Clearly some of you are too young or are simply forgetting the media hype around Passion/Mel Gibson it was surprising but far from shocking. This is a highly Christian country and was even moreso 12 years ago.

Edited February 15, 2016 by GiantCALBears

[Jandrew]

22 minutes ago, Baumer said:

Ok, well if you are talking about in in retrospect, I guess that's your opinion.

 

I was.

[filmscholar]

Those holds are crazy ridicilous.  Amazing performance, very big surprise espeically in the month of February.   X-Men franchise got another Big hit movie and character to build off of.  Wonder if this will make "Gambit" a possible sleeper?  I mean yes Ryan was in "Origins" but deadpoll wasn't the focal character.  Wolverine was.   But again for an "R" rated movie to do this?   Amazing.  It blew away "Reloaded" OW, didn't beat it by a lot adjusted but it still sold the more tickets overall.   So that's a great achievement.   It was a shocker when "American Sniper" almost did it in Jan but his even more of shocker in Feb.    Can it top "Reloaded" WW total of 742?  going to be an interesting run.  

[Dales]

1 hour ago, Baumer said:

 

Quick name another film about God that made more than 100 million.  

 

Adjusted for inflation? The 10 Commandments did pretty well. Others that kick it when adjusted, The Robe, and Ben Hur.

 

Prince of Egypt broke $100M, unadjusted. 

[XMenSaga]

1 hour ago, drakeyuuhi said:

 

http://www.omegaunderground.com/2016/02/10/8040/

 

It at the bottom.

 

That and he's a huge fan of x23.

 

 

 

just read it, there arent any words from Tim Miller on that article. Its just the reporter talking about what Tim said. But no source about it from this reporter, mmmm...

 

Same with the Psylocke part, just speculation from that guy. None has hinted at Psylocke meeting Deadpool. I guess he's just wishful thinking after that Olivia video she posted on instagram with Ryan.

Edited February 15, 2016 by XMenSaga

[LonePirate]

Not sure if this was mentioned in the previous 150 pages; but does anyone know the last film to spend 10 or more weeks in the Top 10? TFA will hit that milestone this weekend given the duds that will be opening. Ultron spent 9 weeks which was the longest run of last summer; but I stopped at that point. I suspect it is an Oscar film. I will try to research this more as I have time.

 

ETA: Never mind. Just needed to go back a couple more weeks. Home - that animated movie from last year that no one remembers but still grossed $177M spent 10 weeks in the Top 10 during the spring and summer last year. Who would have guessed?

Edited February 15, 2016 by LonePirate

[BadAtGender]

8 minutes ago, LonePirate said:

Not sure if this was mentioned in the previous 150 pages; but does anyone know the last film to spend 10 or more weeks in the Top 10? TFA will hit that milestone this weekend given the duds that will be opening. Ultron spent 9 weeks which was the longest run of last summer; but I stopped at that point. I suspect it is an Oscar film. I will try to research this more as I have time.

 

Running backwards for films this decade:

 

1	168	Home (2015)	Fox	10	$177,397,510	3/27/15
2	170	Gone Girl	Fox	10	$167,767,189	10/03/14
3	148	Guardians of the Galaxy	BV	10	$333,176,600	8/01/14
4	39	Frozen	BV	16	$400,738,009	11/22/13
5	163	The Croods	Fox	10	$187,168,425	3/22/13
6	109	Silver Linings Playbook	Wein.	12	$132,092,958	11/16/12
7	164	Lincoln	BV	10	$182,207,973	11/09/12
8	143	The Hunger Games	LGF	10	$408,010,692	3/23/12
9	131	The King's Speech	Wein.	11	$135,453,143	11/26/10
10	116	Inception	WB	11	$292,576,195	7/16/10
11	158	How to Train Your Dragon	P/DW	10	$217,581,231	3/26/10

 

 

From: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSAT10&sort=date&order=DESC&p=.htm

Edited February 15, 2016 by DamienRoc

[DAR]

2 hours ago, Baumer said:

Passion's gross is and was shocking.  

 

It's a film about torture

It's a film about religion

It's a film that is hard to watch

 

You can't simply say that because of factor A and factor B and so on that it's not shocking.  Nothing like it before or after has ever succeeded on that level.

I'm Catholic and it's a film I've seen once and will only see once.   Besides I pretty much know the story.

[jedieb]

Saw it yesterday and I was pretty impressed. Not a huge fan of the character, but I have read a couple of graphic novels. I don't know if this will catapult Reynolds's career the way IM did for RDJ, but at least he's finally got a hit. 

 

I really think the low expectations for this movie helped it in so many ways. It seems like Reynolds and company made a film with little to no studio interference. I can't imagine a rated R CMB getting made under Disney/Marvel or WB/DC. Both universes have their own characters that could use this kind of approach. I wouldn't mind seeing a rated R Lobo flick. After what XMen Origins did to the character, this movie is friggin' miraculous.

 

I've seen a couple of rips at Sin City while I was going through the thread. I loved Sin City, but SC:ADtKF was a friggin' trainwreck. It was just as bad as The Spirit.

 

But back to Deadpool, I'll always love the character for this panel:

Edited February 15, 2016 by jedieb

[DMan7]

Hopefully the success of this opens the door for good R rated movies. Possibly a Lobo movie by DC.

Edited February 15, 2016 by DMan7

[Jay Beezy]

3 hours ago, Baumer said:

 

Yea, slightly less than a 45% jump on Sunday.  Why the hell would they ever think it would jump 45% on sunday?

 

This is Paramount, the same studio that tried to convince us Transformers: Age of Extinction was the first film of 2014 to have an opening weekend of over 100M.

[Eleven]

54 minutes ago, LonePirate said:

Not sure if this was mentioned in the previous 150 pages; but does anyone know the last film to spend 10 or more weeks in the Top 10? TFA will hit that milestone this weekend given the duds that will be opening. Ultron spent 9 weeks which was the longest run of last summer; but I stopped at that point. I suspect it is an Oscar film. I will try to research this more as I have time.

 

ETA: Never mind. Just needed to go back a couple more weeks. Home - that animated movie from last year that no one remembers but still grossed $177M spent 10 weeks in the Top 10 during the spring and summer last year. Who would have guessed?

In past ten years (2006-2015) only 6 movies spend more than 10 weeks in top ten: Frozen (16), Avatar (14), two at 12 and two at 11. In 1996-2005 there were 25. So now 10+ is a great milestone, 15+ is maybe out of reach in digital/piracy era (since 2003 only one movie was a 15+).

[The Panda]

I think Star Wars can last another two, at least.

[acetabulum7]

35 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

Hopefully the success of this opens the door for good R rated movies. Possibly a Lobo movie by DC.

 

Yeah, this and Mad Max.  And with all the R-rated violence on TV (Game of Thrones, Walking Dead, etc.), I definitely see it making a comeback in movies.

[DAJK]

My god, I did a double feature of How to be Single and Zoolander 2 yesterday. Sorry tree but neither of those movies were worth any sort of recommendation from me.

 

At least Zoolander had more than 1 laugh. But I got out of it thinking "well, the next movie can't be worse." It was. I will admit that there were these 2 eight year old in Zoolander that kept making comments when they didn't understand the joke.

 

A scene involving Penelope Cruz's boobs, the kids are screaming "AHHH PUT THEM AWAY PUT THEM AWAY" and when Derek had a you know what going on down there they're like "LOOK WHAT DO YOU THINK HE'S HIDING IN HIS PANTS?"

[department store basement]

4 hours ago, RichWS said:

The Passion truly was inescapable. In terms of media "noise", I'm hard-pressed to think of another film over the last 15 years that quite compares. TFA might actually be the closest.   

 

The Interview? (Just kidding.)

[department store basement]

1 hour ago, DamienRoc said:

 

Running backwards for films this decade:

 

1	168	Home (2015)	Fox	10	$177,397,510	3/27/15
2	170	Gone Girl	Fox	10	$167,767,189	10/03/14
3	148	Guardians of the Galaxy	BV	10	$333,176,600	8/01/14
4	39	Frozen	BV	16	$400,738,009	11/22/13
5	163	The Croods	Fox	10	$187,168,425	3/22/13
6	109	Silver Linings Playbook	Wein.	12	$132,092,958	11/16/12
7	164	Lincoln	BV	10	$182,207,973	11/09/12
8	143	The Hunger Games	LGF	10	$408,010,692	3/23/12
9	131	The King's Speech	Wein.	11	$135,453,143	11/26/10
10	116	Inception	WB	11	$292,576,195	7/16/10
11	158	How to Train Your Dragon	P/DW	10	$217,581,231	3/26/10

 

 

From: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSAT10&sort=date&order=DESC&p=.htm

 

For a film that's pretty much been forgotten after 3 years The Croods had such a great run.

 

[JonathanLB]

1 hour ago, LonePirate said:

Not sure if this was mentioned in the previous 150 pages; but does anyone know the last film to spend 10 or more weeks in the Top 10? TFA will hit that milestone this weekend given the duds that will be opening. Ultron spent 9 weeks which was the longest run of last summer; but I stopped at that point. I suspect it is an Oscar film. I will try to research this more as I have time.

 

ETA: Never mind. Just needed to go back a couple more weeks. Home - that animated movie from last year that no one remembers but still grossed $177M spent 10 weeks in the Top 10 during the spring and summer last year. Who would have guessed?

 

This must be the weirdest film experience I can personally remember. I consider myself a huge movie buff, I try to see everything I can, and I love movies. Before this forum, I had never even heard of Home. Ever. Not once. I hadn't seen a trailer, a poster, heard anyone mention it on any social media site... I mean my god, I've seen more interest in indie films. Was this just one of those ultimate kid flicks that if you don't actually have kids you've never heard of? Because it still confuses me to this day. 

[narniadis]

1 hour ago, DamienRoc said:

 

Running backwards for films this decade:

 

1	168	Home (2015)	Fox	10	$177,397,510	3/27/15
2	170	Gone Girl	Fox	10	$167,767,189	10/03/14
3	148	Guardians of the Galaxy	BV	10	$333,176,600	8/01/14
4	39	Frozen	BV	16	$400,738,009	11/22/13
5	163	The Croods	Fox	10	$187,168,425	3/22/13
6	109	Silver Linings Playbook	Wein.	12	$132,092,958	11/16/12
7	164	Lincoln	BV	10	$182,207,973	11/09/12
8	143	The Hunger Games	LGF	10	$408,010,692	3/23/12
9	131	The King's Speech	Wein.	11	$135,453,143	11/26/10
10	116	Inception	WB	11	$292,576,195	7/16/10
11	158	How to Train Your Dragon	P/DW	10	$217,581,231	3/26/10

 

 

From: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/bestranked.htm?page=WKNDSAT10&sort=date&order=DESC&p=.htm

 

Considering what that list consists of its a worthy place for TFA to find itself.