Weekend Thread | Read first post for rules | Weekend #s: Pets 50.56M, GB 46M, Tarzan 11.1M, FTF 11M, MND 7.5M, Purge 6M

[grim22]

1 minute ago, mahnamahna said:

Nothing for Michael Keaton  it may not do much more than $6-10 million OW, but The Founder still exists.

 

Founder got moved to December.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, mahnamahna said:

Nothing for Michael Keaton  it may not do much more than $6-10 million OW, but The Founder still exists.

It just got moved to the end of the year.

[goldenstate5]

4 minutes ago, Baumer said:

 

How about get Reitman to direct and Aykroyd to write it.  

 

Well that didn't work out too well in 1989 now did it? 

[Fancyarcher]

3 hours ago, ThatOneGhostbuster said:

lmao I just noticed The Infiltrator had a 773k opening day  

 

They dumped it. I honestly don't know why the fuck it got a wide release opening in the first place. It always going to tank.

[baumer]

3 minutes ago, goldenstate5 said:

 

Well that didn't work out too well in 1989 now did it? 

 

Well, true.  But look at all the things they did prior to 1989 where it did work.  And the mrketing for the sequel would be on autopilot when you could put their two names in the trailer.

[Jonwo]

16 minutes ago, goldenstate5 said:

 

Yeah I don't see Feig being allowed to carry a huge tentpole if this flops but I highly doubt he won't be able to do more of his signature comedies.

 

I'm sure Feig will be asked to do a tentpole in the future, he's capable of doing as evident with this and Spy. The only reason Ghostbusters is as expensive as it is that it'd been in development for so long, the salaries plus it's SFX heavy. 

[Dementeleus]

I'm not really sure where to put this, but here's a fascinating article breaking down budgets and where (and how) movies generate their revenue. A lot of you will have a general sense of most of this, but the specifics are fascinating. I learned a bunch. 

 

https://stephenfollows.com/how-movies-make-money-hollywood-blockbusters/

[John Marston]

some other comparisons

 

 

 

Pacific Rim made 3.6 million and 37 million opening weekend

Ant-Man made 6.4 and 57 opening weekend

Rogue Nation made 4 million and 55.5 opening weekend

 

 

based on this I would say under 50m. 

[DAJK]

Awwwwww yeahhhhh go Canada! Can anyone guess which famous opening scroll I'm watching thanks to Canadian Netflix?

 

"Luke Skywalker has vanished..." LET'S GO BABY SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS!

[Rman823]

2 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Awwwwww yeahhhhh go Canada! Can anyone guess which famous opening scroll I'm watching thanks to Canadian Netflix?

 

"Luke Skywalker has vanished..." LET'S GO BABY SEE YOU ALL IN A FEW HOURS!

I have the Blu-Ray. I could care less about it coming to Netflix.

[filmlover]

10 minutes ago, Baumer said:

 

Well, true.  But look at all the things they did prior to 1989 where it did work.  And the mrketing for the sequel would be on autopilot when you could put their two names in the trailer.

I think the problem there is that Ivan Reitman's career has been largely irrelevant the past two decades so his name wouldn't hold much recognition. Same with Aykroyd to a smaller extent, given how scarce he is these days.

[Krissykins]

MT

 

Pets 31%

Ghostbusters 30%

 

On my way to see the film again. 

[grim22]

@CJohn will love Lionsgate's latest move

 

Lionsgate to Make Chinese Spinoff of 'Now You See Me'

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lionsgate-make-chinese-spinoff-you-911469?utm_source=twitter

 

 

[DAJK]

JJ Abrams has just brought the Falcon back into the air 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Will have to wait until Sunday to see GB 

[mahnamahna]

33 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

Founder got moved to December.

 

Good to know! 

31 minutes ago, filmlover said:

It just got moved to the end of the year.

It's days like these that I wish BOM updated release dates more regularly. 

 

If so, I could see Florence Foster Jenkins doing better than expected. 

[Ezen Baklattan]

21 minutes ago, John Marston said:

some other comparisons

 

 

 

Pacific Rim made 3.6 million and 37 million opening weekend

Ant-Man made 6.4 and 57 opening weekend

Rogue Nation made 4 million and 55.5 opening weekend

 

 

based on this I would say under 50m. 

Pacific Rim is not a good comparison, IMO. That movie had a much bigger sense of fanboy appeal.

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, ThatOneGhostbuster said:

 

They're trying so hard  

 

Comparing it to a Christmas flop from over 4 years ago. Desperate, desperate, desperate.

They dumped it. I honestly don't know why the fuck it got a wide release opening in the first place. It always going t

[SchumacherFTW]

Florence kinda died when it came out here in May. It's fairly serviceable fluff more than anything. 

[filmlover]

Florence Foster Jenkins will probably be another Ricki and the Flash at the box office.