Weekend Estimates: Kong 61M, Logan 37.8M, Get Out 21M, Shack 10M, Lego Batman 7.8M

[RandomCat]

I like this weekend, Kong went from barely 40 to over 60.

[grim22]

18 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Does anyone else get the feeling CHiPs could be a monster bomb? My audience at Kong laughed at the trailer, but that weekend is fucking stacked.

 

A 25M budget doesn't give it much chance to be a monster bomb. Needed at least 3 times that budget.

[YM!]

As someone who normally vouches for R-Rated buddy comedies such as Ted, Neighbors, and both Jump Street, CHiPs looks like a flop and so cringe induced.

[Eevin]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

Tallying up the 3 most viewed videos for recent trailers:

 

Pirates: 17.6M (One Media, Ellen, Disney)

Alien Covenant: 16.4M (Fox, MovieClips, JoBlo)

GOTG: 11M (Kimmel, KinoCheck, Marvel)

F8: 7.5M (Furious, KinoCheck, MovieClips)

King Arthur: 5.4M (WB, WB UK, MovieClips)

GITS: 4.8M (Paramount, MovieClips, KinoCheck)

Life: 4.1M (Sony and Zero)

Geostorm: 4M (WB UK, WB, New Trailer Buzz)

Wonder Woman: 2.1M (WB only)

Atomic Blonde: 1.6M (Universal only)

You forgot the one Little Mermaid trailer 

[grim22]

14 minutes ago, DMan7 said:

 

Is Matt Damon the Zookeeper?

 

 

No, Kevin James is

 

 

 

Weirdest cinematic universe ever.

[YSLDC]

Just now, YourMother said:

As someone who normally vouches for R-Rated buddy comedies such as Ted, Neighbors, and both Jump Street, CHiPs looks like a flop and so cringe induced.

They think CHiPs can be a franchise according to interviews 

[Avatree]

someone want to tell me why A Dogs Purpose is outgrossing Logan in China

[Ethan Hunt]

That Sunday drop seems disappointing for Logan

[PDC1987]

1 hour ago, Manchester by the Tree said:

someone want to tell me why A Dogs Purpose is outgrossing Logan in China

It's apparently headed for $100 million there, thus it's out grossing a laundry list of films.

[Krissykins]

Kong was insane in 4DX, felt like I was in those helicopter crashes 

 

I got soaked at the end too 

[Mulder]

Anyone know why Dog's Purpose is doing so well in China out of curiosity? Doesn't seem like the kind of thing China'd be into.

[That One Girl]

4 minutes ago, Mulder said:

Anyone know why Dog's Purpose is doing so well in China out of curiosity? Doesn't seem like the kind of thing China'd be into.

 

Chinese fantasizing about eating the dogs .

[grey ghost]

There's a video game movie curse. There's no denying it.

 

Is there a live action anime adaptation curse too?

[grey ghost]

GitS is going to test ScarJo's star power like Passengers tested JLaw and Chris Patt's.

[elcaballero]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

There's a video game movie curse. There's no denying it.

 

Is there a live action anime adaptation curse too?

If the curse is Hollywood having no idea how to properly adapt them, then yes. 

[Mulder]

Just now, elcaballero said:

If the curse is Hollywood having no idea how to properly adapt them, then yes. 

This. Ghost in The Shell wasn't a generic revenge plot movie. Tbh the kind of thing Ghost in The Shell was, was entirely wrong for American general audiences. It's a cerebral and philosophical story that happens to have action in it. None of that is really what American audiences enjoy.

[Avatree]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

There's a video game movie curse. There's no denying it.

 

Is there a live action anime adaptation curse too?

Are there many examples of live action anime films? At least ones that got wide global releases.

The Last Airbender lost money, sure, but if you ignore the budget, the numbers it grossed were not awful. 

[That One Girl]

43 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Does anyone else get the feeling CHiPs could be a monster bomb? My audience at Kong laughed at the trailer, but that weekend is fucking stacked.

 

I might made an under 15M club for it.  Looks dreadful.

[Eevin]

4 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

GitS is going to test ScarJo's star power like Passengers tested JLaw and Chris Patt's.

I'm pretty sure Lucy already did that. And it worked significantly better than Passengers.

Edited March 12, 2017 by Eevin

[Avatree]

Just now, Mulder said:

This. Ghost in The Shell wasn't a generic revenge plot movie. Tbh the kind of thing Ghost in The Shell was, was entirely wrong for American general audiences. It's a cerebral and philosophical story that happens to have action in it. None of that is really what American audiences enjoy.

I've seen the trailers and adverts for Ghost in the Shell hundreds of times and still have no idea what on earth it's about. imo paramount has done a poor job of conveying the point of the film. It's OK to have complex/convoluted plots but you have to find a way to sell them, which I think they've completely failed at other than showing Scarlett Johansson pretending to be Asian.