June 23-25 Weekend Thread | TF5 45M, Cars 3 24.0, Wonder Woman 24.9 (10th highest 4th weekend of all time and biggest 4th weekend of 2017)

[Dementeleus]

3 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

 

Reading is fundamental:)...but, you could buy your kid comic books, instead (that's what I do, so I don't feel like shooting myself when reading them 100 times)...I'd recommend Batman '66, Squirrel Girl, Scooby Do Team Up, Spongebob, and Brave Chef Brianna (if he likes cooking and monsters) as good kid choices...and any current or past comic by Balthazar and Franco, since Tele Jr is still young:)  - Tiny Titans, Superman Family Adventures, Itty Bitty Hellboy, Aw Yeah Comics, etc:)...

 

I'm not doing comics with him yet (except TINTIN -- we're working through those now).

[baumer]

What is MRA?

[grim22]

Just now, baumer said:

What is MRA?

 

@WrathOfHan

[MOVIEGUY]

5 minutes ago, James said:

Looking at WB's 2018 slate, their summer is indeed empty. They have The Nun, which will probably be huge since it belongs to The Conjuring universe and Ocean's 8 seem like a nice counter-programming to me. I am quite sure that one will break out big (thinking over 400m WW). And Meg could also be big if marketed well.

 

But all of WB's tentpole for next year are geared up towards the end of the year (Fantastic Beasts 2, Aquaman, Jungle Book and to a smaller extent Smallfoot). Plus Ready Player One and Tom Raider in the first few months of the year. 

 

And looking at the clusterfuck that is Summer 2018, I think they actually might've made the right choice. I mean: May (Avengers and Han Solo, assuming it doesn't change dates), June (Deadpool, The Incredibles, JW, TF), July (MI6, Ant-Man, HT, Alita, plus a BlueSky animation). And then there's the dead month of August, where, aside from a Disney fairytale, whatever that is, there is no tentpole. That is why Meg could break out.

 

Also, WTF is up with November. It is almost as bad as June. Dark Phoenix, Mulan (or Nutcracker), The Grinch, Fantastic Beasts, Ralph 2. Dark Phoenix will move for sure if Fox wants to make any money at all. The Nutcracker will get destroyed by The Grinch and them both plus Beasts will destroy Ralph. And then you have Animated Spidey, Aquaman, Mortal Engines and Marry Poppins in December. And people say HS will move there? There is no place. Even with December's capacity to sustain multiple movies, you have 2 months full of family competition. SW may be a big deal and would come out on top, but I have to believe that Disney also cares about OS revenues, which would be affected for sure. 

 

I think one of the studios will move a big tentpole in August. SS proved it works and it is so empty.      

 

What is TF? Is there a Transformers movie coming out next year?

[Ethan Hunt]

 

[The Futurist]

6 minutes ago, James said:

Looking at WB's 2018 slate, their summer is indeed empty. They have The Nun, which will probably be huge since it belongs to The Conjuring universe and Ocean's 8 seem like a nice counter-programming to me. I am quite sure that one will break out big (thinking over 400m WW). And Meg could also be big if marketed well.

 

But all of WB's tentpole for next year are geared up towards the end of the year (Fantastic Beasts 2, Aquaman, Jungle Book and to a smaller extent Smallfoot). Plus Ready Player One and Tom Raider in the first few months of the year. 

 

And looking at the clusterfuck that is Summer 2018, I think they actually might've made the right choice. I mean: May (Avengers and Han Solo, assuming it doesn't change dates), June (Deadpool, The Incredibles, JW, TF), July (MI6, Ant-Man, HT, Alita, plus a BlueSky animation). And then there's the dead month of August, where, aside from a Disney fairytale, whatever that is, there is no tentpole. That is why Meg could break out.

 

Also, WTF is up with November. It is almost as bad as June. Dark Phoenix, Mulan (or Nutcracker), The Grinch, Fantastic Beasts, Ralph 2. Dark Phoenix will move for sure if Fox wants to make any money at all. The Nutcracker will get destroyed by The Grinch and them both plus Beasts will destroy Ralph. And then you have Animated Spidey, Aquaman, Mortal Engines and Marry Poppins in December. And people say HS will move there? There is no place. Even with December's capacity to sustain multiple movies, you have 2 months full of family competition. SW may be a big deal and would come out on top, but I have to believe that Disney also cares about OS revenues, which would be affected for sure. 

 

I think one of the studios will move a big tentpole in August. SS proved it works and it is so empty.      

 

You forgot Fox is releasing Predator in early August.

Rumor has it Warner is considering 3 or 4 DCEU movies a year, that s why their 2018 Summer is a bit empty, their revamped DCEU slate is not ready yet.

We ll see at Comic Con.

 

Edited June 24, 2017 by The Futurist

[James]

3 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

I'm not doing comics with him yet (except TINTIN -- we're working through those now).

Please tell me he likes Scooby-Doo! You better raise him on Hanna-Barbera classics and not these shit cartoons coming out these days!

[James]

1 minute ago, MOVIEGUY said:

 

What is TF? Is there a Transformers movie coming out next year?

Isn't Bumblebee supposed to come out next year? I might be wrong tho.

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, James said:

Isn't Bumblebee supposed to come out next year? I might be wrong tho.

yeah

[MOVIEGUY]

Just now, James said:

Isn't Bumblebee supposed to come out next year? I might be wrong tho.

 

Idk, wikipedia doesn't have a release date listed and I can't be bothered looking into anymore than that

[baumer]

So MRA is magnetic resonance angiogram?

[That One Girl]

Just now, baumer said:

So MRA is magnetic resonance angiogram?

 

Men's rights activists.  The same people that boycotted TFA cause it had a black and female lead.

[baumer]

Just now, That One Guy said:

 

Men's rights activists.  The same people that boycotted TFA cause it had a black and female lead.

 

Oooooooo 

[The Futurist]

So almost half of big VFX tentpoles in the coming years will be superhero movies.

Sunshine & Joy.

 

[Ethan Hunt]

2 minutes ago, baumer said:

So MRA is magnetic resonance angiogram?

Minature riding aardvark

[James]

1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

 

You forgot Fox is releasing Predato in early August.

Rumor has it Warner is considering 3 or 4 DCEU movies a year, that s why their 2018 Summer is a bit empty, their revamped DCEU slate is not ready yet.

We ll see at Comic Con.

 

Yes, but Predator was never that big. The highest grossing one made 80m DOM. 

As for WB, that seems a bit overkill. They are doing a good job turning original movies into hits. I actually think their 2018 summer slate will be very successful. 

 

Life of the Party has McCarthy who is very reliable in comedy roles.

Ocean's 8 has a superb cast and brand name.

The Nun is Conjuring.

Meg will probably have WB's full attention, esp if that DC Untitled won't make the date.

Tag is the only movie not having anything going for it. We'll see how that looks once a trailer drops. 

[YM!]

16 minutes ago, James said:

Looking at WB's 2018 slate, their summer is indeed empty. They have The Nun, which will probably be huge since it belongs to The Conjuring universe and Ocean's 8 seem like a nice counter-programming to me. I am quite sure that one will break out big (thinking over 400m WW). And Meg could also be big if marketed well.

 

But all of WB's tentpole for next year are geared up towards the end of the year (Fantastic Beasts 2, Aquaman, Jungle Book and to a smaller extent Smallfoot). Plus Ready Player One and Tom Raider in the first few months of the year. 

 

And looking at the clusterfuck that is Summer 2018, I think they actually might've made the right choice. I mean: May (Avengers and Han Solo, assuming it doesn't change dates), June (Deadpool, The Incredibles, JW, TF), July (MI6, Ant-Man, HT, Alita, plus a BlueSky animation). And then there's the dead month of August, where, aside from a Disney fairytale, whatever that is, there is no tentpole. That is why Meg could break out.

 

Also, WTF is up with November. It is almost as bad as June. Dark Phoenix, Mulan (or Nutcracker), The Grinch, Fantastic Beasts, Ralph 2. Dark Phoenix will move for sure if Fox wants to make any money at all. The Nutcracker will get destroyed by The Grinch and them both plus Beasts will destroy Ralph. And then you have Animated Spidey, Aquaman, Mortal Engines and Marry Poppins in December. And people say HS will move there? There is no place. Even with December's capacity to sustain multiple movies, you have 2 months full of family competition. SW may be a big deal and would come out on top, but I have to believe that Disney also cares about OS revenues, which would be affected for sure. 

 

I think one of the studios will move a big tentpole in August. SS proved it works and it is so empty.      

On the contrary I see Ralph 2 and Beasts 2 doing about the same domestically ($180M-$225M).

[TwoMisfits]

1 hour ago, narniadis said:

But then again, any more in this day and age if you say anything against a female oriented subject the cries of misogyny come out in full force - Including the comments from most members on this board when I first posted that I felt WW was lacking as a film.

 

You know, I'm gonna mostly agree on this one...it's partly a pendulum swing that has gone a little too far the other way, and we haven't quite gotten back to a perfect equilibrium yet...we will, as long as we are all free to discuss open and honestly about the films we see...truly open reasoned discussion can open minds...the worst thing ever is to fall into a peer-enforced groupthink, so it's one reason I value Han's thoughts so much on the WW movie, even if I disagree with most of them (although some do have merit:)...having to ponder thoughts not your own helps you to see things you might not, reason through those things, and see if they change your mind and/or reinforce your existing opinions.  It's something that everyone should do in every aspect of their lives...continually consider those who think differently about things, consider why they think differently about things, and consider if the things they think have some, all, or no merit:)...that's the way to keep living and growing:)...  

 

 

[TwoMisfits]

16 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

I'm not doing comics with him yet (except TINTIN -- we're working through those now).

 

Gotta give me more likes Tele, b/c I'd be liking this:)...

 

And it's never too early for comics - those Baltazar/Franco ones are PERFECT for preschoolers (and laugh out loud funny for adults who both love and/or hate comics:)...

[Ezen Baklattan]

@Telemachos AMULET is a very fun, kid friendly comic series. It's definitely worth a look.