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

[cannastop]

Guys, if I go with my family to a mall, I might get to choose between Moonlight and Arrival as a solo outing. On one hand, Moonlight isn't in that many theaters. On the other hand, Arrival might shed some theaters in the future, and I might lose an opportunity to see it. There is an art theater kind of close to me that says they're going to show Moonlight eventually, but you can never be certain. Which one do you recommend?

Edited November 19, 2016 by cannastop

[boomboom234]

9 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So how disappointed  is Warner Bros with their heavy hitters (Harry Potter, DCEU)?

 

Do they need an overhaul or stay the course?

 

 

How much do you hate warner honestly 

[baumer]

If I was working for WB, I would have projected a 180 domestic and perhaps 500 international gross.

 

Warner Brothers......I'm willing to work for $100,000 a year.

[MrPink]

4 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Guys, if I go with my family to a mall, I might get to choose between Moonlight and Arrival as a solo outing. On one hand, Moonlight isn't in that many theaters. On the other hand, Arrival might shed some theaters in the future, and I might lose an opportunity to see it. There is an art theater kind of close to me that says they're going to show Moonlight eventually, but you can never be certain. Which one do you recommend?

 

While I personally preferred Arrival, if your intention is to see both at some point, you should see Moonlight first as there's no guarantee it'll get much wider than it is currently. I'm sure you will have a 2-3 week window to see Arrival and that doesn't include any Oscar expansion

[franfar]

7 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Guys, if I go with my family to a mall, I might get to choose between Moonlight and Arrival as a solo outing. On one hand, Moonlight isn't in that many theaters. On the other hand, Arrival might shed some theaters in the future, and I might lose an opportunity to see it. There is an art theater kind of close to me that says they're going to show Moonlight eventually, but you can never be certain. Which one do you recommend?

Based off the trailers, Moonlight looks more emotional, while Arrival looks more cerebral. Depends on your preferences, but Moonlight appealed to me more

[Jonwo]

15 minutes ago, Nutella of Arabia said:

 

We have no idea what their internal projections were. I sure don't think they're disappointed with SS -- that basically over-performed everyone's expectations, so much so that it effectively countered any underperformance by BVS.

 

They've made over $1.6bn combined from DC films this year so they can't be too disappointed and I expect Wonder Woman and JL will do very well next year. 

 

FB is an continuation of their relationship with JK Rowling, as long as it does solid numbers then they'll complete the Fantastic Beasts franchise, i imagine WB wants to adapt Cursed Child but that'll be a while before they even attempt it.

Edited November 19, 2016 by Jonwo

[iHeartJames]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

They've made over $1.6bn combined from DC films this year so they can't be too disappointed and I expect Wonder Woman and JL will do very well next year. 

 

 

For some reason I feel like Justice League is gonna do Bvs numbers 

[grey ghost]

5 minutes ago, boomboom234 said:

How much do you hate warner honestly 

 

I find the studios and franchise battles interesting.

 

What box office nerd doesn't?

 

Plus this was constructive criticism. 

 

I'm not really bashing them at this point.

[The Futurist]

Has the DCEU alreay peaked or is there room to grow ?

 

Given at how crowded the superhero schedule will be in the coming years, I doubt the DCEU will be able to reach Avengers' level of success, maybe with the Batfleck solo film.

A billion $ DCEU movie is possible  but a 1,5B one very very unlikely IMO.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 19, 2016 by The Futurist

[iHeartJames]

Just now, The Futurist said:

Has the DCEU alreay peaked or is there room to grow ?

 

Given at how crowded the superhero schedule will be in the coming years, I doubt there will be able to reach Avengers' level of success, maybe with the Batfleck solo film.

A billion $ DCEU movie is possible  but a 1,5B one very very unlikely IMO.

 

 

 

 

I FIRMLY believe The Avengers is peak superhero box office 

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, iHeartJames said:

For some reason I feel like Justice League is gonna do Bvs numbers 

 

Justice League has a plum slot but $850-900m wouldn't be too surprising. It would need to be very good to touch $1bn

[MrPink]

2 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Has the DCEU alreay peaked or is there room to grow ?

 

Given at how crowded the superhero schedule will be in the coming years, I doubt there will be able to reach Avengers' level of success, maybe with the Batfleck solo film.

A billion $ DCEU movie is possible  but a 1,5B one very very unlikely IMO.

 

 

 

 

 

I don't expect a comic book film to hit 1.5 billion for some time.

 

Maybe the Avengers film after this next one.

[grim22]

No mid-evening Deadline update today strangely enough. No 3pm updates at Variety or THR either. Guess we will have to wait till 10pm or later for Deadline to wake up again.

[grey ghost]

8 minutes ago, Christmas Baumer said:

If I was working for WB, I would have projected a 180 domestic and perhaps 500 international gross.

 

Warner Brothers......I'm willing to work for $100,000 a year.

 

I projected 180 m and I have the Winter Game answer to prove it. 

 

Plus I work for only $95,000 per year. 

[franfar]

3 minutes ago, grim22 said:

No mid-evening Deadline update today strangely enough. No 3pm updates at Variety or THR either. Guess we will have to wait till 10pm or later for Deadline to wake up again.

10 PM EST?

[Plain Old Tele]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

 

I projected 180 m and I have the Winter Game answer to prove it. 

 

Plus I work for only $95,000 per year. 

 

I curse myself for deciding to play it safe and going higher than I was originally thinking.

[franfar]

7 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Has the DCEU alreay peaked or is there room to grow ?

 

Given at how crowded the superhero schedule will be in the coming years, I doubt the DCEU will be able to reach Avengers' level of success, maybe with the Batfleck solo film.

A billion $ DCEU movie is possible  but a 1,5B one very very unlikely IMO.

 

 

 

 

DCEU films need to broaden their appeal to causal audiences, cuz their movies drop like rocks.

[grey ghost]

5 minutes ago, iHeartJames said:

I FIRMLY believe The Avengers is peak superhero box office 

 

Are we talking for the next 5 years?

 

10?

 

20? 

 

 

[DeeCee]

Peak superhero can only be alleviated by more fracking. 

[MovieMan89]

24 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Guys, if I go with my family to a mall, I might get to choose between Moonlight and Arrival as a solo outing. On one hand, Moonlight isn't in that many theaters. On the other hand, Arrival might shed some theaters in the future, and I might lose an opportunity to see it. There is an art theater kind of close to me that says they're going to show Moonlight eventually, but you can never be certain. Which one do you recommend?

I liked Arrival a lot better. Much more satisfying payoff. Moonlight falls apart in the third act for me, brought the movie down significantly.