Captain Craig Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, La Binoche said: So Ghostbusters is a hit. Poor obsessed and deranged haters. Well, it's not a flop as the haters were pushing for but a hit? It opened in a very modest range for a summer tentpole with brand awareness. The second weekend(as is true with any film) will really sharpen our clarity on it's status. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 10 minutes ago, La Binoche said: So Ghostbusters is a hit. Poor obsessed and deranged haters. Huh? At best it will break even Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 3 hours ago, bladels said: So TDK is still gonna be alone in $500-600M area when we have 3 $600-700M grossers and 17 $400-500M Some say Rogue One could join TDK in this category. I'm optimistic but think it could actually go sub $400m (hope I'm wrong). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 My definition of a Boxoffice hit = make enough moolah to justify/finance a sequel Ghostbusters is on the fence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 18 minutes ago, John Marston said: Huh? At best it will break even Yeh, theatrically. Did we miss this article? Via @Telemachos https://stephenfollows.com/how-movies-make-money-hollywood-blockbusters/ These big budget movies make a fortune from home ent and TV. Could be enough for Sony to do a sequel just for the sake of the brand alone. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Binoche Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 42 minutes ago, Captain Craig said: Well, it's not a flop as the haters were pushing for but a hit? It opened in a very modest range for a summer tentpole with brand awareness. The second weekend(as is true with any film) will really sharpen our clarity on it's status. The brand awareness factor is overrated in this case. GB is a beloved '80s movie, but the world wasn't clamoring for a sequel or reboot, regardless of the ghostbusters' gender. Maybe the superfans were, but the general public wasn't. The horror comedy is kind of a dated concept. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 45 minutes ago, lilmac said: My definition of a Boxoffice hit = make enough moolah to justify/finance a sequel Ghostbusters is on the fence. Agree. Mainly because international numbers so far have been Mediocre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Baumer said: There's a reason GB doesn't go up as much as the rest. It's playing in IMAX and because Imax actually tend to be relatively busy everyday of the week and there is no discount for that format then it mitigates the increase. Although the counter-argument is that GB's IMAX shows are very lightly attended. There were only a few people in my theater. That being said, +29% on your first Tuesday is solid no matter how you look at it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Wonderful Tuesday increases the moaning tomorrow will be intense lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxmoser3 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Ghostbusters will probably die down with IMAX screens taking other films such as Star Trek, Bourne, and Suicide Squad in the next few weeks. Melissa Mccarthy's films do fine in the long run while I found the film to be very boring and unfunny(nearly dozed off a few times) it should do at least around $150 million. ID2 yeah I know I said $102 million but Fox will probably push it to have it around $108 million or so for Labor Day weekend. The Shallows no matter what still is a solid hit! $60 million would be awesome! Considering how small its budget is a and sucessful counter-programming against Dory and other big blockbusters.Despite May sucked ass, there have been very sucessful counter-programmers such as Me Before You, Central Intelligence, Shallows, Purge 3, and Mike & Dave have all done fine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 3 hours ago, MinaTakla said: Btw @mahnamahnacalled 8.8m Tuesday for Pets yesterday! Spot on as usual. Thanks! I'm getting more and more accurate as I go. There's definitely more of a process/formula to numbers than one might think. Still think it's on pace for $26 million this next weekend. I'd say $28-29 million based on its weekdays, but Ice Age 5 will leave enough of a dent to put it in the $24-26 million range IMO. $330-345 million should happen unless it drops worse than I expect against Bourne 5/Bad Moms and SS 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, La Binoche said: The brand awareness factor is overrated in this case. GB is a beloved '80s movie, but the world wasn't clamoring for a sequel or reboot, regardless of the ghostbusters' gender. Maybe the superfans were, but the general public wasn't. The horror comedy is kind of a dated concept. I'm not putting this just on you but how do we know what films people want a reboot or sequel to? Even though we will never know this, my guess is that if Jurassic world had somehow think people would be saying the exact same thing. The third one did so little that nobody was asking for another sequel to Jurassic World. It's all about perspective and it's all about the box office. If this Ghostbusters had opened up to 90 million nobody would dare say that nobody asked for a sequel or reboot to Ghostbusters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 1 hour ago, Telemachos said: Although the counter-argument is that GB's IMAX shows are very lightly attended. There were only a few people in my theater. That being said, +29% on your first Tuesday is solid no matter how you look at it. Agreed. But that's still enough of an audience to account for a softer increas in the 3-5% range 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Why FTF is Finding Dory? F*ck the fish? Damn you baumer.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 20, 2016 Author Share Posted July 20, 2016 23 minutes ago, vc2002 said: Why FTF is Finding Dory? F*ck the fish? Damn you baumer.... I think both me and @CJohn can be blamed for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 29 minutes ago, Baumer said: I think both me and @CJohn can be blamed for that. And here i thought it was fuck that stupid fish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somebody85 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 9 hours ago, Baumer said: Well if you're going to make a blanket statement that has no validity to it and someone points out to you that you are wrong, why would you be sarcastic to them? He just showed you that you were wrong. I'm seeing a lot of people act like this over the forums lately. It's not hateful or anything, it's just kind of discouraging. I've seen a lot of sarcasm and gifs in responses to people. It almost seems cliquish and I'm not a fan. Maybe I'll go back to just lurking here like I did for years. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somebody85 Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 4 hours ago, WrathOfHan said: I would love for Discount Tuesdays to become a thing by me. I know you live in FL and so do I. I've never heard of them before either before visiting this forum but I rarely go to matinees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gotham Bank Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 So, in a matter of 4-5 months, 3 new movies will have entered the Top 10 Animated movies of all time ( domestic ). Ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted July 21, 2016 Share Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, Baumer said: I'm not putting this just on you but how do we know what films people want a reboot or sequel to? Even though we will never know this, my guess is that if Jurassic world had somehow think people would be saying the exact same thing. The third one did so little that nobody was asking for another sequel to Jurassic World. It's all about perspective and it's all about the box office. If this Ghostbusters had opened up to 90 million nobody would dare say that nobody asked for a sequel or reboot to Ghostbusters. Was GB really the phenom that Jurassic Park was? I mean, I didn't exist when OGB came out so I can't say for sure but during my 90's childhood, nobody from my age group particularly cared for the franchise. Kids were fascinated with other older franchises like Star Wars, Indy and to a lesser extent, even BTTF and Trek. But GB? Not so much. The other day I was reading an open letter by Harold Ramis's daughter in defence of the reboot and this was her reasoning for why the 1989 sequel bombed: Quote Some critics called it lazy and mechanical, others said it was actually better than the original. There was another round of toys and merchandizing but a lot of kids seemed to have moved on to Batman, Ninja Turtles, Game Boys, and the new Sega Genesis. The die-hard fans of GB84 still turned out and in the end, everyone was pleased, but the lightening bolt popularity that characterized the original film just wasn’t there. She already thought most folks (especially kids) had moved on in 1989. So why should it have been more potent in 2016? Here's the rest of her article btw Edited July 21, 2016 by Spidey Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
