Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Moana - 55.5/81.1M; Fantastic Beasts - 45.1M; Doctor Strange - 13.4M; Allied - 13/18M; Arrival - 11.3M; Trolls - 10.3M; Bad Santa 2 - 6.1/9M

[CJohn]

17 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

Why was The Amazing Spider-man 2 considered a disappointment and movies like Fantastic Beasts and Dr. Strange considered hits.

 

Won't they all gross around the same (650-750 m)?

 

Was it TASM 2's budget that doomed the series?

 

Besides the fact that it cost way more than those two, Sony doesn't even have the merchandise rights for Spider-Man. 

[4815162342]

Looks like @Chewy was wrong about Fogler's reception in Fantastic Beasts.

[kswiston]

7 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

 

 

Also, Sony only has the movie rights.

And the reception for the movie was worse than the first but still, I agree with Grey Ghost, the narrative that ASM2 was a failure always seemed a bit incorrect to me, it was a very decent gross even with that insane budget.

 

I think some leaked Sony e-mails suggest they thought the movie was hoped to be a 1B WW grosser.

 

It failed enough for Sony to scrap the planned ASM sequels and associsted expanded Spider-man universe.

[The Futurist]

The 3 first Spiderman s movies would be 1,2 B WW affairs circa mid 2010's.

 

Those movies were gigantic , some of the biggest superhero movies of all time with the Avengers & The Dark Knights.

[FilmBuff]

Have to agree with the others about Alison Sudol. She was AWESOME in Fantastic Beasts. Had the best role in the film. I was more mixed on the movie, but she elevated the movie every scene she was in. 

[kswiston]

3 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

The 3 first Spiderman s movies would be 1,2 B WW affairs circa mid 2010's.

 

Those movies were gigantic , some of the biggest superhero movies of all time with the Avengers & The Dark Knights.

 

The charts were stuffed with Potter,  LOTR,  and Pirates films by the time that Spider-man 3 released, but I am pretty sure that the first Spider-man was solidly in the top 10 of all time worldwide by the end of 2002.

[Ethan Hunt]

Folgler is easily the best thing in the movie

[Ezen Baklattan]

Also I know I'm late for the top 10 game but I don't gaf

 

1. Arrival
2. Swiss Army Man
3. Kubo and the Two Strings
4. Moonlight
5. Sing Street
6. Only Yesterday
7. Zootopia
8. Hunt for the Wilderpeople
9. Moana
10. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

[CoolioD1]

TOP TENS?

 

1. Elle

2. The Fits

3. Hell or High Water

4. Everybody Wants Some!!

5. The Witch

6. Kubo and the Two Strings

7. Sunset Song

8. Train to Busan

9. The Jungle Book

10. Green Room

[AStarWarsFan]

Spider-man is the most popular superhero of all time.

 

Even mediocre movie like The Amazing Spider-Man 1&2 made more than 700M+ worldwide.

 

Hopefully this new upcoming Spider-Man movie makes more than 800M.

[The Futurist]

I won't tell what I thought about Elle expect that it depressed the fuck out of me, that s how bad it was ...

 

Why, Paul, why, you were the Chosen one Dutch.

 

Edited November 25, 2016 by The Futurist

[fmpro]

1 minute ago, AStarWarsFan said:

Spider-man is the most popular superhero of all time.

 

Even mediocre movie like The Amazing Spider-Man 1&2 made more than 700M+ worldwide.

 

Hopefully this new upcoming Spider-Man movie makes more than 800M.

 

And hopefully Marvel also can keep the budget down to around 180-200 mill plus P&A

[La Binoche]

For me Train to Busan was the most fun "blockbuster" of 2016. I had no expectations or any real desire to see it, either. Characters that make sense and that you care about thrust into a nonstop, relentless ride. 

Edited November 25, 2016 by La Binoche

[La Binoche]

2 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

I won't tell what I thought about Elle expect that it depressed the fuck out of me, that s how bad it was ...

 

Why, Paul, why, you were the Chosen one Dutch.

 

 

What's so depressing about it?

[Morieris]

I've got a top ten too...but does it count if it's not in any firm order yet?

 

• Queen of Katwe
• Moana
• Zootopia
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
• Kubo
• Finding Dory

These are definitely lower but I liked them so w/e

 

• Trolls
• TMNT Out of the Shadows

[ky02121]

As of now:

 

1. Arrival

2.Moonlight

3. Elle

4. The Wailing

5. The Lobster 

6. The Witch 

7. Manchester By the Sea 

8. The Handmaiden 

[CoolioD1]

5 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

 

What's so depressing about it?

guess he hated it. cool. i'm looking forward to months of futurist repeating whatever vague condescending nonsense criticism he can come up with over and over again whenever someone says something good about it. pretty much the routine at this point.

[robertman2]

5 minutes ago, Morieris said:

I've got a top ten too...but does it count if it's not in any firm order yet?

 

• Queen of Katwe
• Moana
• Zootopia
• Hunt for the Wilderpeople
• 10 Cloverfield Lane
• Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders
• Kubo
• Finding Dory

These are definitely lower but I liked them so w/e

 

• Trolls
• TMNT Out of the Shadows

Good to know I'm not the only one who likes TMNT2

[SchumacherFTW]

1 Your Name 

2 Deepwater Horizon 

3 Train to Busan 

4 Everybody Wants Some 

Then a melee of Deadpool, Doctor Strange, Kubo, Jungle Book and Ghostbusters. 

[terrestrial]

15 minutes ago, fmpro said:

And hopefully Marvel also can keep the budget down to around 180-200 mill plus P&A

Do you mean Marvel's influence at Sony?