Weekend Thread | Estimates SS 43.7m, SP 33.6m, PD 21.5, JCIJB 13.6m, BM 11.45m, SLOP 8.8m, STD 6.8m, FFJ 6.58m

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, Sam said:

From catching up with some of the thread, looks there's a JB vs. STB going on.

 

How do I sign up? My allegiance is with Trek.

 

You have chosen well.

 

Our enemies are the wild @Ethan Hunt and the wild @CJohn.  Watch out for them

[ecstasy]

6 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

Atonement's really not that good, tbh. How it was nominated for Best Screenplay, let alone Best Picture is baffling.

I hate Atonement and not because it was a bad movie. I wanna kick that little girl's ass. That movie made me hostile. I legit wanted to punch Vanessa Redgrave in her smug face at the end. James McAvoy giving it to Keira against the wall was hot though.

Edited August 15, 2016 by ecstasy

[MovieMan89]

Trek FTW I suppose. Even if it is a glorified TV episode, I'll take it over Jason Bouring. 

[robertman2]

1 minute ago, ThatOneSausage said:

 

You have chosen well.

 

Our enemies are the wild @Ethan Hunt and the wild @CJohn.  Watch out for them

Trek was so much better

[The Futurist]

Bourne was horrible.

 

Worst entry in the franchise by far.

 

I fought to not fall asleep.

 

 

[Sam]

1 minute ago, ThatOneSausage said:

 

You have chosen well.

 

Our enemies are the wild @Ethan Hunt and the wild @CJohn.  Watch out for them

 

Ethan is not a problem.

 

CJohn was not either. But he's in higher places right now, and seems to be the corrupted type, so thanks for the warning.

[ecstasy]

Not into Trek and haven't seen Bourne yet. Not trying to spoil my good memories.

[Sam]

6 minutes ago, ecstasy said:

I hate Atonement and not because it was a bad movie. I wanna kick that little girl's ass. That movie made me hostile. I legit wanted to punch Vanessa Redgrave in her smug face at the end. James McAvoy giving it to Keira against the wall was hot though.

 

I hate it too. But its also the movie thay makes me fall in love with McAvoy. So sometimes, that gives me conflicted feelings.

[ecstasy]

Poirot vs. Miss Marple.

[EmpireCity]

I think the idea that it is either feast or famine is too short sighted.  There should be a bunch of movies that have a good shot to end in the $180m to sub $300m range coming up in the next year.  

 

Not saying they will, but the potential is at least there for Magnificent Seven, Dr. Strange, Fantastic Beasts, Moana, Sing, Passengers, Wolverine, Kong: Skull Island, Ghost in the Shell, Fast 8, Pirates of the Caribbean, Wonder Woman, The Mummy, Kingsman, War for the Planet of the Apes, Dunkirk and Alien: Covenant could all end up in that range.  I only went through the rolling 12 months.  

 

This year will go down as the year of the $300m+ movies (will set an all time record as there are essentially 8 already and possibly 2-3 more on the way), but don't be surprised if next year goes down as the year of the $200m range movies and only around 5-6 $300m+ movies.  

 

The only fairly safe $300m+ bets for next year seem to be Beauty and the Beast, GOTG2, Despicable Me 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Justice League and Star Wars Episode 8.  

Edited August 15, 2016 by nilephelan

[filmlover]

[Eric is Quiet]

10 minutes ago, ThatOneSausage said:

 

Oh come on.  It deserved every bit of praise it got.  Better than that shitty Juno movie that everyone seemed to like despite its low quality.

Well if the characters actually had motivations that made sense and had more personality than just, "nice James McAvoy", "precocious Saorise Ronan", and "sad Keira Knightley", maybe I'd sing a different tune. Everything else about it is great, but its main cog is just...ugh.

[That One Girl]

Just now, CoolEric258 said:

Well if the characters actually had motivations that made sense and had more personality than just, "nice James McAvoy", "precocious Saorise Ronan", and "sad Keira Knightley", maybe I'd sing a different tune. Everything else about it is great, but its main cog is just...ugh.

 

(Fuck I haven't actually seen Atonement and was just arguing against you to be deliberately contrarian)

 

Yeah...well it's still better than Juno!

[ecstasy]

2 minutes ago, Sam said:

 

I hate it too. But its also the movie thay makes me fall in love with McAvoy. So sometimes, that gives me conflicted feelings.

Yes! They did him so wrong.

[Sam]

2 minutes ago, ecstasy said:

Poirot vs. Miss Marple.

 

Poirot for me.

 

In the detective genre, most idolize Holmes, but Poirot is who I'm down with.

 

I am so excited for Sir Ken's take on Murder on the Orient Express! 

[Eric is Quiet]

5 minutes ago, Sam said:

 

I hate it too. But its also the movie thay makes me fall in love with McAvoy. So sometimes, that gives me conflicted feelings.

I know right? McAvoy's able to give a character that had so little personality, and gave him so much likability, warmth, and heart. It sucks that he's still so underrated in Hollywood.

[Eric is Quiet]

Trek and Bourne are around the same quality for me. 

[Sam]

1 minute ago, CoolEric258 said:

I know right? McAvoy's able to give a character that had so little personality, and gave him so much likability, warmth, and heart. It sucks that he's still so underrated in Hollywood.

 

He's great! And yeah, he has a really warm and likable presence. 

 

His Professor X is like 90% of the reasons I still bother with the X-Men series right now tbh. 

[WrathOfHan]

Atonement is in my Netflix queue, maybe I'll watch it tomorrow

[Blankments]

Sausage Party projections:

 

Weekend 2: 18.0M (-46.3%) cum 67.1M

Weekend 3: 11.2M (-37.8%) cum 87.0M

Weekend 4 (3-Day): 8.2M (-26.8%)

Weekend 4 (4-Day): 10.1M (-6.6%) cum 102.2M

Weekend 5: 2.8M (-64.2%) cum 106.6M

Weekend 6: 1.9M (-28.2%) cum 109.6M

 

DOM: 112.536M (3.349x)

WW: 207.521M (45.8% foreign share)

 

 

 

Pete's Dragon projections:

 

Weekend 2: 13.6M (-36.9%) cum 46.8M

Weekend 3: 8.3M (-37.8%) cum 62.5M

Weekend 4 (3-Day): 6.4M (-2.4%)

Weekend 4 (4-Day): 8.6M (+4.3%) cum 73.9M

Weekend 5: 1.8M (-71.2%) cum 1.8M

 

DOM: 84.954M (3.951x)

WW: 178.465M (52.4% foreign share)

 

 

 

Updated Suicide Squad projections:

 

Weekend 3: 17.0M (-61.1%) cum 255.3M

Weekend 4: 9.7M (-43.1%) cum 271M

Weekend 5 (3-Day): 7.0M (-27.4%)

Weekend 5 (4-Day): 9.0M (-6.6%) cum 283.1M

Weekend 6: 3.5M (-50.4%) cum 287.8M

Weekend 7: 2.1M (-38.4%) cum 290.6M

 

DOM: 290.064M (2.190x)

WW: 678.734M (56.9% foreign total)

 

 

Updated Jason Bourne projections:
 
Weekend 4: 8.5M (-37.3%) cum 141.1M
Weekend 5: 5.6M (-34%) cum 149.8M
Weekend 6 (3-Day): 4.9M (-13.6%)
Weekend 6 (4-Day): 6.3M (+11.6%) cum 158M
Weekend 7: 2.5M (-47.7%) cum 161.4M
Weekend 8: 1.7M (-32.1%) cum 164.1M
 
DOM: 166.922M (2.819x)

WW: 591.896M (71.8% foreign share)