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

[RRA]

5 minutes ago, Chewy said:

 

Rotten Star Wars has the potential to bring out the kinda meltdowns that'll put anything we've ever seen to shame

 

At least that'll be new I guess and not the 100th repeat of the same shit

 

That and...wait for it...rotten Marvel Studios.

 

 

[filmlover]

Yeah, Marvel Studios has become the next Pixar. Eventually there will be a movie that ends up in the green zone.

[RRA]

3 minutes ago, lupinw45 said:

 

Bad legs or not, WB is making loads on these films once you take into account placements, merchandise, video sales, etc... up to 200 plus million.

 

I guess you can say DC characters are more well known than Marvel's, maybe because of all the TV shows and cartoons they have had over the past 3 or so decades.

 

Ah the "too big to fail" mentality. That thinking gave us BATMAN & ROBIN and JONAH HEX and CATWOMAN and CONSTANTINE (the movie) and GREEN LANTERN and so forth.

 

its weird if what you say is true, why they had to apologize for BVS at the DCEU Comic Con panel? "The fans have spoken..." and "course correction" surely wouldn't be uttered if these things are too big to fail...

[RRA]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Yeah, Marvel Studios has become the next Pixar. Eventually there will be a movie that ends up in the green zone.

 

I would argue THE INCREDIBLE HULK is basically their THE GOOD DINOSAUR already but regardless the Internet will be a war zone if they truly make a widely hated entry.

[The Futurist]

24 minutes ago, CJohn said:

October for the non-peasants  

 

GO EUROPE !!!

 

 

[Chewy]

6 minutes ago, RRA said:

 

That and...wait for it...rotten Marvel Studios.

 

I was fully prepared for Ant-Man to do it and then it got the shrug of approval

 

The claws are at the ready for Dr Strange tho

[The Futurist]

I think DC fans are saying you are all rotten

 

in your hearts.

 

 

[lupinw45]

7 minutes ago, RRA said:

 

Ah the "too big to fail" mentality. That thinking gave us BATMAN & ROBIN and JONAH HEX and CATWOMAN and CONSTANTINE (the movie) and GREEN LANTERN and so forth.

 

its weird if what you say is true, why they had to apologize for BVS at the DCEU Comic Con panel? "The fans have spoken..." and "course correction" surely wouldn't be uttered if these things are too big to fail...

 

Oh, I'm well aware of the other flopping. But BVS nor SS are flopping, so... BVS did underperform, but it's hardly a flop. Just shows that DCEU is getting warmed up. I think the best is yet to come and I actually highly enjoyed SS. Most of the people who I saw it with liked it.

 

But saying DCEU is no threat is just idiotic. It's already broke the March opening weekend record, best opening world wide for a super hero film, and August opening weekend record, among other territories like Russia, Portugal, etc...

 

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A precipitous drop from last weekend won’t be enough to knock Suicide Squad off its perch at the top of the box office chart, according to studio estimates released on Friday. But a 67% fall is steep, even by modern standards. On the bright side, it is less than Batman v Superman’s 69% decline in its second weekend earlier this year, at least according to the estimates. A weak Sunday would put the two films basically neck-and-neck on that front, and it looks increasingly likely that Suicide Squad will end with less than $300 million domestically.

That puts more pressure on the film internationally, where it is doing fairly well, having picked up $242.5 million so far, slightly ahead of its $222.9 million domestic haul. That takes the DC Extended Universe to nearly $2 billion worldwide after three films, which is no slouch. It’s worth remembering that the Marvel Cinematic Universe took five films to pass $2 billion worldwide, albeit several years ago when international markets were smaller. It wasn’t until The Avengers and Iron Man 3 (the sixth and seventh films) that the franchise really hit its stride. The DC Universe still has time.

 

Edited August 15, 2016 by lupinw45

[grey ghost]

2 minutes ago, Chewy said:

 

I was fully prepared for Ant-Man to do it and then it got the shrug of approval

 

The claws are at the ready for Dr Strange tho

 

 

If Marvel can make Ant-Man and GotG work then I'm not worried about Dr Strange who's a much easier sell.

[The Futurist]

Ant Man is fantastic tho, claws would have served no purpose on this one.

[Haley Ross]

22 minutes ago, lupinw45 said:

 

haha, Suicide Squad is composed of mainly obscure characters. And it's already going to surpass Winter Soldier. DCEU first three films will surpass 2 billion world wide and it's only in  it's 3rd film.

 

Are you for real? Guardians of the Galaxy was composed of only (not mainly) obscure characters and it already surpassed the Winter Soldier except unlike Suicide Squad, it did it both domestically and worldwide. It also did the same against Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past. You're beating your chest like King Kong over something that already happened two years ago. Suicide Squad (again) will be yet another DCEU movie that had a higher opening than Guardians of the Galaxy but will run out of the steam before they can surpass it domestically and the second movie that it didn't out gross it worldwide. And it was only Guardians of the Galaxy's first film.

[The Futurist]

5 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

If Marvel can make Ant-Man and GotG work then I'm not worried about Dr Strange who's a much easier sell.

 

I don't know, Dr Strange could really suffer from the Inception's whining argument like I am almost certain it will be featured in the RT consensus.

Edited August 15, 2016 by The Futurist

[Chewy]

Gotten so used to the Marvel vs DC noise that I didn't even notice it happening right now in the middle of our talk about winter Rottens

[lupinw45]

1 minute ago, Haley Ross said:

 

Are you for real? Guardians of the Galaxy was composed of only (not mainly) obscure characters and it already surpassed the Winter Soldier except unlike Suicide Squad, it did it both domestically and worldwide. It also did the same against Thor: The Dark World, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and X-Men: Days of Future Past. You're beating your chest like King Kong over something that already happened two years ago. Suicide Squad (again) will be yet another DCEU movie that had a higher opening than Guardians of the Galaxy but will run out of the steam before they can surpass it domestically and the second movie that it didn't out gross it worldwide. And it was only Guardians of the Galaxy's first film.

 

When I meant "Mainly", I meant that Joker/Batman were somewhat cameos. The team of SS are obscure characters. Not on the level of GOTG, but the general audience doesn't know who the most popular character is which is Harley.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

 

I don't know, Dr Strange could really suffer from the Inception's whining argument like I am almost certain it will be featured in the RT consensus.

You clearly have not read many RT consensuses.

[alisson23]

21 minutes ago, RRA said:

 

This sort of thinking is why the DCEU so far opens big and mighty and indeed bigger than MCU sometimes...only to have the legs of FDR.

 

imagine if they had the legs of Usain Bolt? Oh my....

If BvS with toxic WOM did 1.98x of legs and CW did 2.27x  with "great reception", imagine if CW had toxic WOM... 1.6x of legs LMFAO

[CJohn]

I am not sure why people say the claws are out for Dr Strange. Seems pretty obvious that is gonna be fresh. Even Ant-Man is 80% fresh lol.

[Noctis]

22 minutes ago, Chewy said:

 

Eh I can't imagine Fantastic Beasts inspiring much passion, fans'll just say it needed the classic characters

 

Star Wars fans, on the other hand, are riding that Force Awakens high

 

[Chewy]

Just now, Noctis said:

 

 

I mean, are you really gonna flip out if it's bad?

 

I know you'll have your fun if it's great obvs

[Noctis]

Just now, Chewy said:

 

I mean, are you really gonna flip out if it's bad?

 

I know you'll have your fun if it's great obvs

 

Are you fucking kidding me? You really think I won't flip out if the film is bad?!