Weekend topic: Split: $26.2m (Amazing drop!!!) | ADP: $18.3m | RE: $13.8m | HF: $14m | Gold $3.4m

[Eevin]

"Oh boy, can't wait to see what I've missed in the weekend th-"

 

 

 

[franfar]

7 hours ago, cannastop said:

Maybe it's both.

Maybe it's Maybeline

[setna]

Toni Erdmann 

96.084 dollars in 2020 theatres and an unbelievable  48 !!!! PTA

I think this is a great record...

Poor Sony....

[setna]

1 minute ago, setna said:

Toni Erdmann 

96.084 dollars in 2020 theatres and an unbelievable  48 !!!! PTA

I think this is a great record...

Poor Sony....

 

In fact, it´s  1/5 part of the famous Oogieloves did!!!!

 

such a record!!!!!!

 

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/worstopenings.htm?page=WRSTOPN20&p=.htm

[franfar]

5 hours ago, Cmasterclay said:

I mean, pretty much every post you make is about how liberal Hollywood keeps trying to push "message" stories with unqualified actors of color. It's not really a massive stretch. That's barely even coded language. 

Instead of dog whistling, he speaks into the bullhorn.

 

 

[Avatree]

8 hours ago, grey ghost said:

 

Winter Soldier explores the infiltration and take over of our government by a neo nazi cult meanwhile, alt right/white nationalist leader, Steve Bannon purges the National Security Council in real life.

 

Civil War explores how the fight to keep Americans safe is causing innocent people to die in overseas war zones which creates new enemies everyday and that the government's attempt to keep an air tight grip on any potential rogue elements not only restricts the individual, it also breeds distrust and uncertainty among civil servants, activist and even community leaders. Also such government control can easily be exploited as we are seeing now with Hydra taking over national security and the executive branch.

 

It's safe to say both movies had a unique message that equally deserve attention and reflection.

 

RO is extremely relevant. Obama had to destroy a database on Muslims moments before Vader err I mean Trump took office. And who knows what internal battle and secrets the intelligence community is struggling with as we speak. I wouldn't be shocked if some secrets were being kept from Steve Bannon and Trump to stop the complete ruin of our constitutional democracy and prevent the rise of American fascism.

 

Of course this all sounds like insanity but we're living in an insane time. We'll need heroes like the ones in these "silly" movies to persevere.

 

They don't use capes or lightsabers but they exist. They always do, nevermore than during times like this.

 

 

 

[franfar]

[Eric the Minion]

20 minutes ago, setna said:

Toni Erdmann 

96.084 dollars in 2020 theatres and an unbelievable  48 !!!! PTA

I think this is a great record...

Poor Sony....

 

Pretty sure that's a glitch.

[Jake Gittes]

Jan 6–8	20	$482,034	+479%	51	+47	$9,452	$864,457	3
Jan 13–15	16	$1,984,530	+312%	747	+696	$2,657	$3,066,642	4
Jan 13–16	16	$2,374,886	+393%	747	+696	$3,179	$3,456,998	4
Jan 20–22	20	$1,166,271	-41.2%	1,580	+833	$738	$5,174,972	5
Jan 27–29	26	$614,127	-47.3%	316	-1,264	$1,943	$6,408,505	6

 

Sigh Paramount. 

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Jan 6–8	20	$482,034	+479%	51	+47	$9,452	$864,457	3
Jan 13–15	16	$1,984,530	+312%	747	+696	$2,657	$3,066,642	4
Jan 13–16	16	$2,374,886	+393%	747	+696	$3,179	$3,456,998	4
Jan 20–22	20	$1,166,271	-41.2%	1,580	+833	$738	$5,174,972	5
Jan 27–29	26	$614,127	-47.3%	316	-1,264	$1,943	$6,408,505	6

 

Sigh Paramount. 

Sigh General Audience.

[Incarnadine]

Weekend actuals are up. Everything close, LLL a couple hundred K higher.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

[franfar]

6 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Jan 6–8	20	$482,034	+479%	51	+47	$9,452	$864,457	3
Jan 13–15	16	$1,984,530	+312%	747	+696	$2,657	$3,066,642	4
Jan 13–16	16	$2,374,886	+393%	747	+696	$3,179	$3,456,998	4
Jan 20–22	20	$1,166,271	-41.2%	1,580	+833	$738	$5,174,972	5
Jan 27–29	26	$614,127	-47.3%	316	-1,264	$1,943	$6,408,505	6

 

Sigh Paramount. 

Would the movie have even done well with a better release strategy? It seemed like a prestige Scorsese film that was more tailored towards the awards (rip) than the general audience... The movie is too cerebral 

[grey ghost]

28 minutes ago, Treecraft said:

 

 

Treecraft, you're notoriously blind and clueless. Kindly stfu.

 

 

 

 

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, franfar said:

Would the movie have even done well with a better release strategy? It seemed like a prestige Scorsese film that was more tailored towards the awards (rip) than the general audience... The movie is too cerebral 

 

I think it could have at least crawled to over 10m with a slow but focused rollout instead of a pointless huge expansion. But first it needed to come out somewhere outside of a ridiculously packed awards season. 

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

I think it could have at least crawled to over 10m with a slow but focused rollout instead of a pointless huge expansion. But first it needed to come out somewhere outside of a ridiculously packed awards season. 

Wasn't the movie only ready in December? Straight from editing into premier?

[Bishop54]

[Jake Gittes]

5 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Wasn't the movie only ready in December? Straight from editing into premier?

 

If it were up to me I would have pushed it back to give it a grand premiere in Cannes or something followed by a quiet Tree of Life-esque summer run. I remember Scorsese insisted in an interview that it was gonna come out in 2016 so maybe it was his personal wish to get it out as soon as possible but I'm not sure why he'd push for that. 

[CoolioD1]

1 minute ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

If it were up to me I would have pushed it back to give it a grand premiere in Cannes or something followed by a quiet Tree of Life-esque summer run.

you can go to the reality where it's pushed back to june. I'll stick to the one where i've already seen it twice.

[franfar]

18 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

I think it could have at least crawled to over 10m with a slow but focused rollout instead of a pointless huge expansion. But first it needed to come out somewhere outside of a ridiculously packed awards season. 

10m isn't enough though. The film cost $40m

 

Plus, how would it survive in summer? During the winter is when the prestige films actually succeed

[Avatree]

30 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

Treecraft, you're notoriously blind and clueless. Kindly stfu.

 

 

 

 

um, you're the one who is suggesting that the rebels stealing the Death Star plans is an analogy for Barack Obama deleting databases of Muslims. even though this story was first created 40 years ago.