Weekend Numbers: Fantastic Beasts 75M, Strange 17.6M, Trolls 17.5M, Arrival 11.8M, Edge of 17 4.8M, Bleed 2.35M, Billy Lynn 930k

[YSLDC]

Just now, ecstasy said:

Not so fast. Still possible with the overseas take. What's the budget for this movie anyway? 

180m

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

1 minute ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

What would a cinematic adaptation of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child have opened to if it returned the original cast? $135M+?

Probably pretty easily. Still have another decade (hopefully) before that happens.

[grey ghost]

4 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I'm curious what would have happened if Strange and Beasts swapped release dates.

 

Are you suggesting the Sorcerer Supreme stole away some of the Fantastic Beast's magic?

 

I think period pieces are just a hard sell.

 

What's the last blockbuster to take place during the prohibition era?

 

The Untouchables in 1987?

[misafeco]

1 minute ago, ecstasy said:

Not so fast. Still possible with the overseas take. What's the budget for this movie anyway? 

180M. Ouch.

[EmpireCity]

Even a $60m opening isn't a bomb for this as it will and is performing very well overseas, but it certainly might make Warner Bros. go back to a 3 film series.  

[misafeco]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

 

Are you suggesting the Sorcerer Supreme stole away some of the Fantastic Beast's magic?

 

I think period pieces are just a hard sell.

 

What's the last blockbuster to take place during the prohibition era?

 

The Untouchables in 1987?

King Kong.

[langer]

To me it's falling right into expectations.  I don't understand the meltdowns. 

[grey ghost]

5 minutes ago, misafeco said:

Guys, at least wait for the Friday number before calling FB a flop.

 

The Fantastic Flops and Where to Flop Them

[John Marston]

5 films for a Fantastic Beasts series always seemed kind of silly

[kswiston]

1 minute ago, misafeco said:

King Kong.

 

Depending on what we are counting, maybe the Great Gatsby.

[FilmBuff]

Sony was going to do the same thing with Spider-Man, and that backfired too.

[WrathOfHan]

If they're going to do 5 films, some will be filmed back to back and share budgets.

[GiantCALBears]

Where is @EmpireCity to tell all of us pessimists we're wrong again. lmao what a weak preview.

[grey ghost]

1 minute ago, FilmBuff said:

Sony was going to do the same thing with Spider-Man, and that backfired too.

 

But BOM still has The Amazing Spider-man 3 and 4 scheduled under TBD. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

I feel so left out of my generation. They only seem to care about Marvel movies. 

[eXtacy]

7 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

Even a $60m opening isn't a bomb for this as it will and is performing very well overseas, but it certainly might make Warner Bros. go back to a 3 film series.  

 

Or replace Yates hopefully.....

[GiantCALBears]

Rogue one & $600m is happening people! LMAO.

[YSLDC]

Just now, grey ghost said:

 

Are you suggesting the Sorcerer Supreme stole away some of the Fantastic Beast's magic?

 

I think period pieces are just a hard sell.

 

What's the last blockbuster to take place during the prohibition era?

 

The Untouchables in 1987?

4 WB blockbusters next year take place 50, 70, 90 and 1500 years from now. 

[JohnnyGossamer]

4 minutes ago, John Marston said:

5 films for a Fantastic Beasts series always seemed kind of silly

It reeked and still does of Rowling not knowing how to edit herself, just like the last few Potter books, and hubris on the part of Warner Bros. I'd always hoped it went back to three. Three seemed manageable. And, hell, if it'd stayed three, maybe the first installment would've been more focused instead of fits and starts of brilliance but mostly a muddled mess.

[grey ghost]

I don't think anyone in the Winter Game predicted under 75 m OW.

 

People forgot how hard it is to make a successful spinoff franchise.

 

Minions was the exception, not the rule.