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

[filmlover]

The Edge of Seventeen is great! Go see it before it disappears, everyone.

 

Also saw Nocturnal Animals today...yeah, mainstream audiences aren't really gonna take to it.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Had my first Dolby Cinema experience today. LieMAX-sized screen with better projection. The sound system is the highlight though, absolutely ridiculous. To give you an indication, the theater was shaking during the Coke commercial prior to the start of the film. The bass is just wow.

[miketheavenger]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

I'm trying to find words to describe Arrival... I don't think there are any

Does that mean that you liked it? When was the last time Ethan agreed with the general consensus for a movie?

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, miketheavenger said:

Does that mean that you liked it? When was the last time Ethan agreed with the general consensus for a movie?

It fucking blew my balls off

[Goffe]

8 minutes ago, Nutella of Arabia said:

 

I guess I could go find your review in RTM. 

 

here's my reaction watching DP: ∞

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

It fucking blew my balls off

Sounds painful.

[Fancyarcher]

10 hours ago, filmlover said:

I think Allied will depend on reviews. Curious that it comes out in less than 5 days and there are still none.

 

Allied might open with 16m, it's a guess though at this point.

 

Reviews haven't posted, but apparently some major critics have tweeted about the film, and some say it good, so it could go either way.

Edited November 20, 2016 by Fancyarcher

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, Jayhawk said:

Sounds painful.

It was great

[Goffe]

we can always rely on A24, that's for sure. for me, they're the new Pixar.

[FishMB]

Saturday numbers must not be any better or worse than expectations or else we would have had an update.

[La Binoche]

31 minutes ago, Nutella of Arabia said:

 

And yet, Bob and Harvey made a bunch of shitty movies also and were a nightmare to work for. Ellison has better taste (subjective, I know) and the good sense to find quality filmmakers and let them do their thing. Different eras, different strengths.

 

The talent Bob & Harvey found and/or resurrected > what Ellison has done with daddy's money. I mean, Tarantino alone... 

[Dementeleus]

1 minute ago, La Binoche said:

 

The talent Bob & Harvey found and/or resurrected > what Ellison has done with daddy's money. I mean, Tarantino alone... 

 

Not sure why you keep harping on Ellison's money. Yes, she inherited it, how is that germane to this conversation? I'll put her track record up against theirs right now... and she's gonna be doing this for another 30-40 years unless she gets bored. 

 

(I'm not knocking the Weinsteins. Obviously they were very influential in the rise of 90s indie movies.)

[Fancyarcher]

3 hours ago, grey ghost said:

What are the chances Hacksaw Ridge hits 60 m?

 

Giving it's drop this week, I'd say it has a pretty good chance of making 60m actually.

[DAJK]

53 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

It fucking blew my balls off

Maybe I won't see it then 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, DAJK said:

Maybe I won't see it then 

Its life changing

[Webslinger]

Arrival is amazing. If there were any justice in this box office world, it would have expanded its theatre count, increased its per-theatre average, and topped $30 million this weekend.

[Tau Ceti]

Any numbers reported on Elle?

 

Wow. It's emotionally implausible, somewhat meandering, and has a deeply cold view of life. And yet... the lead performance is magnificent and I think when 2016 is long past it will be the movie I remember most.

 

Go and see it.

[Webslinger]

Elle looks really damn cool. It's opening in the Boston metro area on Wednesday, so I'm hopeful that it will make its way closer eventually.

[filmlover]

There are too many damn movies to see out right now. As if the studios are intentionally trying to punish our wallets.

Edited November 20, 2016 by filmlover

[La Binoche]

1 hour ago, Nutella of Arabia said:

 

Not sure why you keep harping on Ellison's money. Yes, she inherited it, how is that germane to this conversation? I'll put her track record up against theirs right now... and she's gonna be doing this for another 30-40 years unless she gets bored. 

 

(I'm not knocking the Weinsteins. Obviously they were very influential in the rise of 90s indie movies.)

 

It's germane to the conversation because what made Miramax so successful and influential was their hustle and ruthless ambition. They had to do it in order to survive. They didn't have mommy and daddy writing them $2 billion dollar checks to fall back on. The impact of Sex, Lies alone was bigger than anything Ellison has done or will ever do (the way it revolutionized not only Sundance but also made indies look sexy to the industry by taking them out of arthouses and into the multiplex for the very first time > what daddy's rich little girl is doing). 

Edited November 20, 2016 by La Binoche