Weekend Thread | Bourne 60M, Trek 24M, Bad Moms 23.4M, Pets 18.2M

[CJohn]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Not really a spoiler alert: other than the destruction of the ship shown in the trailers, there's very little in the way of space battles in this one.

Which makes it even harder to explain how they spent 185M in it. 

2 minutes ago, Tele Loves Bay & Twilight said:

 

If you're not a Chinese company, China BO  isn't worth nearly as much as elsewhere. Not just theatrically, there's basically no ancillary revenue from China. 

Luckily for Legendary, they belong to a Chinese company  

[Plain Old Tele]

6 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Some of the best TOS episodes didn't have space battles in them.

 

The key word here is "episodes". Paramount went with the lower budget approach before -- it failed because audiences didn't really care to watch glorified TV episodes that didn't feel like events to see on the big screen. 

 

Which isn't to say they couldn't try to rein in the budgets a bit, but let's be honest: they're trying to make tentpoles here. You need the requisite budget. 

[The Futurist]

So what s the verdict on Ghostbusters anyway ?

 

Flop ?

Success ?

In Between ?

 

It will end at what, sub 150m dom ?

[filmlover]

This summer's meh box office returns are all Martha's fault, obviously. Such a basic bitch.

[John Marston]

1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

So what s the verdict on Ghostbusters anyway ?

 

Flop ?

Success ?

In Between ?

 

It will end at what, sub 150m dom ?

 

if it doesn't double its budget which is not guaranteed then it is a flop

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

So what s the verdict on Ghostbusters anyway ?

 

Flop ?

Success ?

In Between ?

 

It will end at what, sub 150m dom ?

Sony will probably have a profit sometime during his homevideo/VOD/TV run. But it is far from a success. It is closer to a flop than a success, it won't even double his budget WW.

[grey ghost]

X-men's future prospects are better than Trek's.

 

All they have to do is add more Deadpool to guarantee 600+ m for X-men sequels and spin offs.

 

Deadpool will become Fox's Iron Man.

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

X-men's future prospects are better than Trek's.

 

All they have to do is add more Deadpool to guarantee 600+ m for X-men sequels and spin offs.

 

Deadpool will become Fox's Iron Man.

X-Men with that cast is dead. A reboot in the present day to be able to crossover with Deadpool is the obvious next step. 

[Plain Old Tele]

We really need to stop using the word "flop". 95% of the time it's being used incorrectly. 

[CJohn]

4 minutes ago, Tele Loves Bay & Twilight said:

We really need to stop using the word "flop". 95% of the time it's being used incorrectly. 

I AM GONNA SPORT THIS MAJESTIC JW AVATAR UNTIL THE END OF TIMES JUST TO FUCK WITH YOUR HEAD!!!  

[The Futurist]

2 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

X-men's future prospects are better than Trek's.

 

All they have to do is add more Deadpool to guarantee 600+ m for X-men sequels and spin offs.

 

Deadpool will become Fox's Iron Man.

 

Not sure if serious.

 

X-Men is parabole of any type of outcast people on Earth, taking its roots in very serious matters like the Holocaust, and you want an iteration of X-Men to talk about blowjobs and 13 yo juvenile humor ?

 

Not sure Bryan Singer agrees wit this.

 

 

 

[filmlover]

@Rth don't know if you also track limited releases but do you have any insight as to how Indignation is doing at its 4 locations?

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

 

Not sure if serious.

 

X-Men is parabole of any type of outcast people on Earth, taking its roots in very serious matters like the Holocaust, and you want an iteration of X-Men to talk about blowjobs and 13 yo juvenile humor ?

 

Not sure Bryan Singer agrees wit this.

 

 

 

Bryan Singer was probably already fired. 

[DAJK]

Bad Moms officially has the weirdest customers ever. I'm not a female expert but I'm pretty sure I've been hit on by 2 different women probably in their early twenties. One asked when I was going back to school and I said "well I start grade 12 in September" and her friend started laughing and said "he's in high school!"

The girl (woman?) was kinda embarrassed at that point and was like "I'm so, so sorry!"

[The Futurist]

1 minute ago, CJohn said:

Bryan Singer was probably already fired. 

 

Sure.

 

 

[grey ghost]

7 minutes ago, Tele Loves Bay & Twilight said:

We really need to stop using the word "flop". 95% of the time it's being used incorrectly. 

 

Star Flop Beyond

 

Jason Flop

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, CJohn said:

Bryan Singer was probably already fired. 

He's crying in his dude-infested pool.

[The Futurist]

Just now, filmlover said:

He's crying in his dude-infested pool.

 

I want to see a picture of his pool with a giant X at the bottom, must look pretty neat.

 

 

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

 

Not sure if serious.

 

X-Men is parabole of any type of outcast people on Earth, taking its roots in very serious matters like the Holocaust, and you want an iteration of X-Men to talk about blowjobs and 13 yo juvenile humor ?

 

Not sure Bryan Singer agrees wit this.

 

 

 

Singer

Blow-Jobs

Juvenile

 

Nah. Too easy.

[DAJK]

Also, the two new openers are both bringing in some solid business at my theatre tonight. Not bad at all, although the late shows will be more telling how their Friday business actually is.