Labor Day Weekend Thread | 4 day #s - DB 19.5M, SS 12.8M, Pete 8.5M, Kubo 6.5M, SP 6M, Bad Moms 6M, War Dogs 6M, LBO 5.9M, Morgan 2.4M

[RandomCat]

Just now, grim22 said:

 

Looked like a cross between Splice and Species (minus the gratuitous nudity) based on the trailer.

 

Didn't see either of those movies, but doesn't sound wrong. It's just kind of competently made, that's about all I can say. It's a decent enough film that I don't regret watching, but I do want to see Kate Mara as an action hero now.

[Dragon]

i expected these numbers so im not shock lol

[Webslinger]

The sad part about The Light Between Oceans is that it could have been a minor hit if only Disney had put some effort into promoting it. The book sold well, so it's not like the audience isn't there.

 

As is, it's not going to make as much money as Cianfrance's previous film, The Place Beyond the Pines, which was a much tougher sell with its bleak tone and segmented narrative structure in which the biggest names share barely any screen time together.

[Bishop54]

I watched two films over the past two days that felt like parodies of each other, they would be The Conjuring 2 and Jason Bourne...both were rubbish, totally uninspired. 

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, Matrix4You said:

The Disappointments Room might ruin horror next week

That's going to bomb horribly. Zero promotion.

[ecstasy]

21 minutes ago, Webslinger said:

The sad part about The Light Between Oceans is that it could have been a minor hit if only Disney had put some effort into promoting it. The book sold well, so it's not like the audience isn't there.

 

As is, it's not going to make as much money as Cianfrance's previous film, The Place Beyond the Pines, which was a much tougher sell with its bleak tone and segmented narrative structure in which the biggest names share barely any screen time together.

For it to based on a book it had no buzz. Fassbender and Vikander are a couple in real life. Did they even promote it?

[Blankments]

Both my movie theaters are closed tonight thanks to a busted water main so no Morgan :/

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, ecstasy said:

For it to based on a book it had no buzz. Fassbender and Vikander are a couple in real life. Did they even promote it?

They were here and there but most of the press conference was spent asking about their real-life romance instead of the movie.  A total dump on Disney's part.

[4815162342]

2 hours ago, ecstasy said:

Get out of my head!

 

[ecstasy]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

They were here and there but most of the press conference was spent asking about their real-life romance instead of the movie.  A total dump on Disney's part.

That sucks.

[filmlover]

The Light Between Oceans marks the end of a largely unceremonious partnership between Disney and DreamWorks. I imagine the Universal one will be much more fortuitous (it begins with The Girl on the Train next month).

[cannastop]

38 minutes ago, Webslinger said:

The sad part about The Light Between Oceans is that it could have been a minor hit if only Disney had put some effort into promoting it. The book sold well, so it's not like the audience isn't there.

 

As is, it's not going to make as much money as Cianfrance's previous film, The Place Beyond the Pines, which was a much tougher sell with its bleak tone and segmented narrative structure in which the biggest names share barely any screen time together.

Why should Disney bother? It wasn't even originally their movie.

[filmlover]

The Place Beyond the Pines was no doubt powered by the combo of Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper (especially the latter coming off of Silver Linings Playbook) which made it much more enticing to audiences.

[DeeCee]

28 minutes ago, ecstasy said:

For it to based on a book it had no buzz. Fassbender and Vikander are a couple in real life. Did they even promote it?

I first became aware of its existence 5 minutes a go. 

[Webslinger]

11 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Why should Disney bother? It wasn't even originally their movie.

 

True, but with how barren the Labor Day weekend always is, they could have at least gotten close to a #1 opening if they had put some effort into the marketing and pushed Fassbender and Vikander's combination of acclaim and real life romance. It would never reap the massive dividends of their biggest hits, sure, but at least the studio would be able to claim an additional chart-topping weekend if their efforts had proven successful.

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, Webslinger said:

 

True, but with how barren the Labor Day weekend always is, they could have at least gotten close to a #1 opening if they had put some effort into the marketing and pushed Fassbender and Vikander's combination of acclaim and real life romance. It would never reap the massive dividends of their biggest hits, sure, but at least the studio would be able to claim an additional chart-topping weekend if their efforts had proven successful.

 

Spending $10-20m more on marketing to add another $10m to the box office doesn't make any fiscal sense for Disney as a distributor.  Looking at the reviews there was probably a ceiling for this of maybe a $6-7m opening w/e. 

 

Florence with Streep and very good reviews only opened to $6.6m in a similar amt of theaters though it's had good legs.

 

 

Edited September 3, 2016 by TalismanRing

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, Webslinger said:

 

True, but with how barren the Labor Day weekend always is, they could have at least gotten close to a #1 opening if they had put some effort into the marketing and pushed Fassbender and Vikander's combination of acclaim and real life romance. It would never reap the massive dividends of their biggest hits, sure, but at least the studio would be able to claim an additional chart-topping weekend if their efforts had proven successful.

I like Fassbender and Vikander a ton (despite the latter winning a completely undeserved Oscar for that performance in that movie) but they have no box office pull of any kind. 

[filmlover]

Michael Fassbender, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt should all make a movie together: respected leading men who can't sell movie tickets for the life of them.

[DMan7]

I think Vikander has pull

[TalismanRing]

21 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The Place Beyond the Pines was no doubt powered by the combo of Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper (especially the latter coming off of Silver Linings Playbook) which made it much more enticing to audiences.

 

It opened limited first and when it hit wide at 1500 theaters it did $4.9m and it finished with $21m and that was with critical acclaim. 

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=placebeyondthepines.htm

 

Blue Valentine also had critical acclaim and an Oscar nom for Best Actress and made under $10m.