A Really Boring Weekend Thread | Weekend Estimates: F8 38.7M | Boss Baby 12.8M | Beauty and the Beast 10M | everything else bombing terribly

[narniadis]

2 minutes ago, franfar said:

One man's Citizen Kane is another man's Citizen Kane

 

 

Isn't that more a kin to one man's Citizen Kane is another man's transformers?

[filmlover]

Just now, JB33 said:

One man's Asgard is another man's Gokira.

Where is Gokira anyway? Other than camping out for Baywatch because he thinks it stars the Red Power Ranger.

[franfar]

Just now, narniadis said:

Isn't that more a kin to one man's Citizen Kane is another man's transformers?

Right for the jugular 

[JB33]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Where is Gokira anyway? Other than camping out for Baywatch because he thinks it stars the Red Power Ranger.

 

I don't know. Recovery from the tragedy of the Power Rangers bomb could be quite lengthy.

[John Marston]

1 hour ago, grim22 said:

How did Power Rangers do in Korea? I know the fans were expecting big things.

 

 

it is bombing pretty hard according to the Korean thread

[Ethan Hunt]

18 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

It's in my Top 10 of the year  

 

Being in your top 10 of the year in April itsn't quite a grand acheivment

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, John Marston said:

 

 

it is bombing pretty hard according to the Korean thread

Gokira right now:

 

[Napoleon]

That's what you get for cancelling Ascendant, Lionsgate

[YM!]

Thinking GV2 might do over $150M OW now.

[JB33]

Just now, YourMother said:

Thinking GV2 might do over $150M OW now.

 

Me too. Feels like the audience will be hungry for it by the time we get there. The stuff in between it and F8 has been weak, to say the least.

[filmlover]

Just now, YourMother said:

Thinking GV2 might do over $150M OW now.

Yeah, it's looking to have a completely clear runway.

[Ethan Hunt]

2 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

That's what you get for cancelling Ascendant, Lionsgate

How could they after Allegiant  was the next Mad Max: Fury Road?

[Ethan Hunt]

3 minutes ago, YourMother said:

Thinking GV2 might do over $150M OW now.

nah.120-130M

[filmlover]

I think what also helps Guardians is that it doesn't face any real direct competition until Memorial Day weekend. Alien has never been a massive franchise, while King Arthur looks like it's targeting nobody. Doubt it challenges BATB's opening but $150M shouldn't be difficult to achieve.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, filmlover said:

I think what also helps Guardians is that it doesn't face any real direct competition until Memorial Day weekend. Alien has never been a massive franchise, while King Arthur looks like it's targeting nobody. Doubt it challenges BATB's opening but $150M shouldn't be difficult to achieve.

 

[Chaz]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I think what also helps Guardians is that it doesn't face any real direct competition until Memorial Day weekend. Alien has never been a massive franchise, while King Arthur looks like it's targeting nobody. Doubt it challenges BATB's opening but $150M shouldn't be difficult to achieve.

"Direct competition" is not something that hinders Marvel films, as we saw with Ultron and Civil War. The fans will go see it but the general audience is not going to hop on board these movies if they haven't already.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Chaz said:

"Direct competition" is not something that hinders Marvel films, as we saw with Ultron and Civil War. The fans will go see it but the general audience is not going to hop on board these movies if they haven't already.

I think it goes without saying that Guardians 2 won't require audiences to have seen at least half a dozen films to fully understand it unlike the aforementioned films.

[Blaze Heatnix]

Yeah, GOTG is its own thing, it doesn't require people to watch any previous MCU movie. That's quite refreshing.

 

GOTG 2 requires people to have watched the first movie, though. GOTG 3 will require audiences to have watched the first 2 movies. Infinity War will require people to have watched all previous movies, unless you only come for the Guardians, which will still require people to have watched GOTG 1 and 2.

 

So, it's only a matter of time until it gets complex, lol. 

Edited April 23, 2017 by Blaze Heatnix

[Chaz]

It's a Marvel film. And a sequel. That's what people will see.

[YM!]

Just now, Chaz said:

It's a Marvel film. And a sequel. That's what people will see.

In terms of legs I agree, however OW should be good ($140M-$160M) for GV2.