THE THREAD OF THE FURIOUS: Friday #s (DHD, Pg 36) F8 45.5M, BB 6.6M, BATB 5.3M, Smurfs 2.9M, GIS 2.1M

[GiantCALBears]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

American Sniper's run is fucking insane. Anyone who says it wasn't surprising is full of it.

 

It wasn't a surprise after it opened, up to that point is clearly one.

[franfar]

Just now, PDC1987 said:

AS had big names attached, GO did not.

 

Passengers had big names as well. So did GITS.

[franfar]

I expected AS to make like 100m total. It's OW floored me. I don't remember tracking being that high for it either.

[GiantCALBears]

2 minutes ago, Rman823 said:

So a live cam of F8 showed up in my YouTube recommendations. I clicked it just to see if it was legit and there was over 31,500 people watching. It boggles my mind that many people would watch some shitty low quality cam rather than watch it in theaters. 

Why is that so surprising when people will tackle each other to get a good deal or something for free?

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, GiantCALBears said:

American war films are a pretty safe bet would you agree or no?

Only when they have big stars (Lone Survivor, Fury, American Sniper) or are Oscar contenders (Hacksaw Ridge). The rest usually underperform or flop. All eyes will be on Dunkirk this summer, which is banking entirely on Nolan's drawing power from behind the camera since starpower in front is minimal.

Edited April 16, 2017 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

4 minutes ago, Rman823 said:

So a live cam of F8 showed up in my YouTube recommendations. I clicked it just to see if it was legit and there was over 31,500 people watching. It boggles my mind that many people would watch some shitty low quality cam rather than watch it in theaters. 

It's up to 50k now  The movie's almost over though  The video is decent quality tbh

Edited April 16, 2017 by WrathOfHan

[PDC1987]

Just now, franfar said:

 

Passengers had big names as well. So did GITS.

Missing the point. (Likely purposely.) GO had no reason to be a blockbuster pre-release.

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, GiantCALBears said:

American war films are a pretty safe bet would you agree or no?

 

What, to pull 90/350 runs and become the highest grossing movies of the year? 

[Jake Gittes]

6 minutes ago, damnitgeorge08 said:

For me the biggest surprises of this decade are 

JW

ZOOTOPIA

AMERI. SNIPER

GET OUT

DEADPOOL

AVENGERS

 

I'd add The Intouchables' OS run. Top 3 for sure, if not #1.

[GiantCALBears]

1 minute ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

What, to pull 90/350 runs and become the highest grossing movies of the year? 

Haha I wouldn't go that far, I meant to say a safe bet when compared to other genres. Patriotism & capitalism seem to go hand in hand.  

[Rman823]

1 minute ago, GiantCALBears said:

Why is that so surprising when people will tackle each other to get a good deal or something for free?

Yeah but those deals or getting something for free (most of the time) is legal. This is stealing. 

 

 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

$532M Worldwide Opening for FF8 is very, very, very huge!

 

Imagine how the next two FF-films or Jurassic World 2 would open with a massive OS & China opening? Universal knows how to markets some of their biggest franchises. The sky's the limit for those upcoming movies.

Edited April 16, 2017 by MrFanaticGuy34

[Rman823]

8 minutes ago, PDC1987 said:

Missing the point. (Likely purposely.) GO had no reason to be a blockbuster pre-release.

I had it at most grossing 40-50 million domestic. After seeing it I was very glad to be wrong.

Edited April 16, 2017 by Rman823

[GiantCALBears]

2 minutes ago, Rman823 said:

Yeah but those deals or getting something for free (most of the time) is legal. This is stealing. 

 

 

People have been watching cam rips since the beginning of the internet, clearly it's not legal but convenience is a powerful draw.

[DAJK]

16 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Yeah okay dude.

 

I don't think my jaw will ever hot the floor again because of box office the way it did when I saw the American Sniper Friday numbers

I was on my way to my French 10 class when Rth showed up with the mid-day Friday number for AS. I had to sit down a minute when I saw them.

[MrPink]

21 minutes ago, eXtacy said:

The foreign number is also suspect I think to get biggest global opening haha. Oh wow I have not seen this fudging since that Transformers movie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universal adopting franchise philosophy

[GiantCALBears]

What more gains can Fast make in China? Pretty amazing level it's already performing at there,

[Jandrew]

Confidence in GO was always low and was still spotty until we saw that 2nd weekend drop.

 

Even when it looked like GO was really going to be something special and $30m+ predicts started coming, there was still a very vocal crowd saying "don't get ahead of yourselves! You're buying into the hype!"

[Caladbolg]

[DAJK]

Since I started following box office in 2012, the biggest surprises for me were (in chronological order but AS probably #1)

 

Skyfall

acclaimed science-fiction film Gravity

Frozen

Lego Movie

GOTG

Maze Runner (OS in particular and it's legs)

American Sniper

Furious 7

Jurassic World

Deadpool

Daddy's Home

Split

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