Hacksaw Ridge | Nov 4 2016 | Lionsgate | WWII movie directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer. The movie gets the BOZ/Tele/WB seal of approval.

[Alpha]

26 minutes ago, filmlover said:

If anything, the positive reception to this film will help solidify Garfield's nomination for Silence.

 

It could get a few sound noms, but I doubt this gets anything else noteworthy.

[Chewy]

The way the trailers all include the "From the director of Braveheart" shoutout without mentioning Mel by name really cracks me up

[WrathOfHan]

33 minutes ago, grim22 said:

30-40M OW

 

 

That's crazy talk. Best case scenario is 20M. 

[grim22]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

 

 

That's crazy talk. Best case scenario is 20M. 

 

We underestimate just how much the US loves the military and war heroes. The community outreach marketing for this will be huge. They will probably get testimonials from the military and also the surviving family and so on.

[MrPink]

Yeah, can't see higher than low 20s right now.

[CJohn]

Grim is pulling a NuTella here. We will be bumping these posts in 2 months time and laugh at them.

[Chewy]

Just now, grim22 said:

 

We underestimate just how much the US loves the military and war heroes. The community outreach marketing for this will be huge. They will probably get testimonials from the military and also the surviving family and so on.

 

It's always hard for me to gauge which of these church-targeted movies are going to break out, I genuinely have no idea

[WrathOfHan]

5 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

We underestimate just how much the US loves the military and war heroes. The community outreach marketing for this will be huge. They will probably get testimonials from the military and also the surviving family and so on.

A lot of us were thinking the same thing about 13 Hours. Lyin Ted even plugged it at the debate the week it came out.

[Ozymandias]

This will do American Sniper numbers which will cause Hollywood to start throwing tons of money at Mad Mel again which leads to his canceled Vikings movie getting green lit.

[MrPink]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

A lot of us were thinking the same thing about 13 Hours. Lyin Ted even plugged it at the debate the week it came out.

 

To be fair, most military movies taking place post 9/11 haven't been successful. WWII I guess is distant enough for audiences that it doesn't hit too close to home.

[grim22]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

A lot of us were thinking the same thing about 13 Hours. Lyin Ted even plugged it at the debate the week it came out.

 

13 Hours wasn't faith based though. The audience this is partly targeting are not frequent moviegoers.

[filmlover]

11 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

To be fair, most military movies taking place post 9/11 haven't been successful. WWII I guess is distant enough for audiences that it doesn't hit too close to home.

War movies in general don't do very well unless they have big stars in them (which Garfield isn't yet) or are major Oscar players. Then again, Unbroken made over $100M despite having zero starpower, but that wasn't anywhere nearly as violent as Hacksaw Ridge apparently is. So who knows.

Edited September 5, 2016 by filmlover

[chrisman0606]

This will do well, but Billy Lynn, Dictor Strange, Arrival, and Fantastic Beast at the same time and coming weeks and having another military theme movie coming weeks after which is the Billy Lynn movie will have it not make big numbers IMO.

Edited September 5, 2016 by chrisman0606

[CJohn]

12 minutes ago, filmlover said:

War movies in general don't do very well unless they have big stars in them (which Garfield isn't yet) or are major Oscar players. Then again, Unbroken made over $100M despite having zero starpower, but that wasn't anywhere nearly as violent as Hacksaw Ridge apparently is. So who knows.

The starpower of that one was behind the camera. Plus it had a fantastic marketing campaign too.

[MrPink]

1 minute ago, CJohn said:

The starpower of that one was behind the camera. Plus it had a fantastic marketing campaign too.

 

MEL GIBSON IS A STAR BEHIND THE CAMERA.

 

Spoiler

20 years ago

 

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, CJohn said:

The starpower of that one was behind the camera. Plus it had a fantastic marketing campaign too.

Yeah that is true. That said, this will be extremely lucky if it makes even close to what Fury did ($85M).

[ACSlater]

Is it just me or the entire cast is filled with has-beens or never-was...

[marveldcfox]

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2 hours ago, ACSlater said:

Is it just me or the entire cast is filled with has-beens or never-was...

Yet Mel seems to have delivered a compelling movie. Imagine if he actually gets star power! The so called greats will be shamed.

[stripe]

This will appeal to more audience that the faith based ones!

 

This is before anything an inspiring story about a hero. It has a human interest, and that's an easier selling point than 13 hours. And better reviews to solidify interest.

 

It is really early but hype is already growing. I am feeling a 25M OW, only because it opens in a crowded market

[stripe]

13 hours ago, Ozymandias said:

This will do American Sniper numbers which will cause Hollywood to start throwing tons of money at Mad Mel again which leads to his canceled Vikings movie getting green lit.

 

I would love that to happen

 

Mel is an excellent director, and his vikings movie would have been awesome