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

[James]

5 hours ago, WrathOfHan said:

Just saw that the new Kong has a 190M budget, 30M higher than Godzilla's. WB sure as hell better hope it has good WOM.

Well, asa lot of people said, WB is not risking much. Legendary is. And is that 190m after taxes and rebates?  

[Hatebox]

Bad Moms looks like one of the worst things ever made by a human — kind of impressed its RT isn't awful.

[Napoleon]

7 hours ago, nilephelan said:

Secret Life of Pets is now a lock to beat BvS and push it to #7 for and Rogue One pushes it to #8 on the year.  

 

Now only need Suicide Squad and 2 more to push it out of the Top 10.  It would have sounded ridiculous at the start of the year to say BvS would gross $330m and that might not be good enough to make the Top 10.  

 

 

That's funny cause the disappointing summer we're having can make us think we're not having a great year but $330M is fantastic for any movie yet BVS may miss the top 10. Crazy. There was ever a year with all the top 10 over $300M?

 

But I don't think Suicide Squad will pass it, BVS should finish #9 or #10.

[keysersoze123]

46 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

That's funny cause the disappointing summer we're having can make us think we're not having a great year but $330M is fantastic for any movie yet BVS may miss the top 10. Crazy. There was ever a year with all the top 10 over $300M?

 

But I don't think Suicide Squad will pass it, BVS should finish #9 or #10.

 

I think Suicide Squad will pass BvS. it will have summer weekdays and little competition. I cant see it miss 330m with 150m OW.

 

[Napoleon]

13 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

 

I think Suicide Squad will pass BvS. it will have summer weekdays and little competition. I cant see it miss 330m with 150m OW.

 

I'm counting on SS being rotten on RT and very divisive as usual. I hope I'm wrong though.

[PDC1987]

38 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

 

I think Suicide Squad will pass BvS. it will have summer weekdays and little competition. I cant see it miss 330m with 150m OW.

 

It will only have 2 weeks of full summer weekdays. School starts again soon, my niece and nephew go back on the 16th.

[Arlborn]

9 hours ago, filmlover said:

That was the "problem" with these movies, really.

I don't know, I haven't watched Star Trek yet cause it isn't out here until September but isn't it supposed to be a lot lighter kind of fun than Into the Darkness?

 

I feel like Apocalypse and Beyond's problems were more the marketing kind of problems than anything else. I mean, it's been said before but it's the 50th anniversary of Trek and they completely ignored it in the marketing, why???

5 hours ago, No Prisoners said:

They need to square off again. It's been 50 years

 

Well, yeah, that's the plan. It should be awesome!

[filmlover]

12 minutes ago, Arlborn said:

I don't know, I haven't watched Star Trek yet cause it isn't out here until September but isn't it supposed to be a lot lighter kind of fun than Into the Darkness?

 

I feel like Apocalypse and Beyond's problems were more the marketing kind of problems than anything else. I mean, it's been said before but it's the 50th anniversary of Trek and they completely ignored it in the marketing, why???

Well, yeah, that's the plan. It should be awesome!

Star Trek kinda fell in an odd situation where the momentum of the franchise was lost after the long wait between the first and the second (especially when audiences are losing interest in things quicker and quicker than ever). The marketing for this one also didn't make it look like it had anything really new to offer or higher stakes. And then unfortunately the whole tone surrounding what should've been a fun summer blockbuster became melancholy after tragedy occurred just a few weeks before it opened (indeed, watching the cast promote this movie was a bit on the rough side).

[a2k]

46 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Star Trek kinda fell in an odd situation where the momentum of the franchise was lost after the long wait between the first and the second (especially when audiences are losing interest in things quicker and quicker than ever). The marketing for this one also didn't make it look like it had anything really new to offer or higher stakes. And then unfortunately the whole tone surrounding what should've been a fun summer blockbuster became melancholy after tragedy occurred just a few weeks before it opened (indeed, watching the cast promote this movie was a bit on the rough side).

 

Yeah. Marketing though was much superior to ST(I)D.

Haven't watched it but wish BEYOND was the 2nd movie of the franchise and no one got ST(I)D.

[a2k]

I will be happy with 250+ for SS.

But looking at recent buzz and tracking maybe 130+ opener, so 300 is safe imo, as it would need only** 2.3x with 130 ow.

 

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[baumer]

It's a holiday in half of Canada today so I am on my way to see bad mom's in about an hour.

[baumer]

ANY Sunday update @nilephelan

[filmlover]

25 minutes ago, Baumer said:

It's a holiday in half of Canada today so I am on my way to see bad mom's in about an hour.

Prepare thyself, Baumer. You are about to laugh your ass.

[grim22]

Didn't realize this until someone pointed this out to me earlier on a different forum. There has literally been ONE big live-action movie this summer, and that one somehow still managed to open below predictions and didn't have the big legs that the reviews indicated. The live action offerings have just not broken out this summer. The top live action summer movies are

 

2

Captain America: Civil War

BV

$406,939,223

4,226

$179,139,142

4,226

5/6

-

8

X-Men: Apocalypse

Fox

$155,442,489

4,153

$65,769,562

4,150

5/27

7/28

10	Central Intelligence	WB (NL)	$125,303,013	3,508	$35,535,250	3,508	6/17	-
11	The Legend of Tarzan	WB	$121,856,210	3,591	$38,527,856	3,561	7/1	-
13	Ghostbusters (2016)	Sony	$106,171,471	3,963	$46,018,755	3,963	7/15	-
14	Star Trek Beyond	Par.	$105,720,378	3,928	$59,253,211	3,928	7/22	-
15	Independence Day: Resurgence	Fox	$101,950,640	4,130	$41,039,944	4,130	6/24	-
16	The Conjuring 2	WB (NL)	$101,947,824	3,356	$40,406,314	3,343	6/10

 

8 movies above 100M (with Bourne joining them soon). And most likely nothing above 156M. Beyond looks like it will finish at around what Apocalypse finished at, and Bourne might go slightly bigger but in the same general range. There is literally no major live action breakout movie this summer.

[K1stpierre]

I was hoping for a higher number for Bad Moms, that movie was well worth more of a 30M+ OW than just 23M. I hope legs are good for it.

[cannastop]

4 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Didn't realize this until someone pointed this out to me earlier on a different forum. There has literally been ONE big live-action movie this summer, and that one somehow still managed to open below predictions and didn't have the big legs that the reviews indicated. The live action offerings have just not broken out this summer. The top live action summer movies are

 

2

Captain America: Civil War

BV

$406,939,223

4,226

$179,139,142

4,226

5/6

-

8

X-Men: Apocalypse

Fox

$155,442,489

4,153

$65,769,562

4,150

5/27

7/28

10	Central Intelligence	WB (NL)	$125,303,013	3,508	$35,535,250	3,508	6/17	-
11	The Legend of Tarzan	WB	$121,856,210	3,591	$38,527,856	3,561	7/1	-
13	Ghostbusters (2016)	Sony	$106,171,471	3,963	$46,018,755	3,963	7/15	-
14	Star Trek Beyond	Par.	$105,720,378	3,928	$59,253,211	3,928	7/22	-
15	Independence Day: Resurgence	Fox	$101,950,640	4,130	$41,039,944	4,130	6/24	-
16	The Conjuring 2	WB (NL)	$101,947,824	3,356	$40,406,314	3,343	6/10

 

8 movies above 100M (with Bourne joining them soon). And most likely nothing above 156M. Beyond looks like it will finish at around what Apocalypse finished at, and Bourne might go slightly bigger but in the same general range. There is literally no major live action breakout movie this summer.

Music to my ears, as an animation fan.

[grim22]

4 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Music to my ears, as an animation fan.

 

It is really weird. There have been no big live action OWs this summer post Civil War. The next biggest opening is Apocalypse's 65M and then Trek and Bourne almost touching 60M and everything else below 50M. It's like audiences just aren't motivated enough to go and watch movies, or the movies being released just don't have the "I have to see this NOW" excitement.

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, K1stpierre said:

I was hoping for a higher number for Bad Moms, that movie was well worth more of a 30M+ OW than just 23M. I hope legs are good for it.

I say it playing out like The Other Woman tbh. $80M+ is still on the table.

[baumer]

Pretry soon studios are just going to start re making their own live action Blockbusters but just do it in animation. So in around 2020 Marvel Studios will release the animated version of The Avengers and it will probably gross 2 billion dollars. Will be exact same story same voices the exact same everything except it would just be an animation.

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, grim22 said:

 

It is really weird. There have been no big live action OWs this summer post Civil War. The next biggest opening is Apocalypse's 65M and then Trek and Bourne almost touching 60M and everything else below 50M. It's like audiences just aren't motivated enough to go and watch movies, or the movies being released just don't have the "I have to see this NOW" excitement.

It's this, really.