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[The Futurist]

3 minutes ago, Jayhawk said:

I'm still thinking 40m-ish for Dunkirk, but if it's as good as we've heard, it should get some killer legs, especially since it will have IMAX for a long time.

 

Still think the subject matter is a major hurdle for US audiences.

 

or

 

The Harry Styles Law ?

[robertman2]

2 minutes ago, Jayhawk said:

Maybe CJohn is right. Maybe America is finished...

Nah. Just Portugal

[CJohn]

Just now, Super Robertman2 Odyssey said:

Nah. Just Portugal

War is opening with the same as Dawn here so all good.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Just now, The Futurist said:

 

Still think the subject matter is a major hurdle for US audiences.

 

or

 

The Harry Styles Law ?

1. Nolan has a big enough fanbase,
2. Marketing has been very present over the past few months
3. It's going to get at least very good reviews
4. It will sell a very high % of it's total tickets in IMAX which will inflate the gross.

[Ezen Baklattan]

8 minutes ago, Super Robertman2 Odyssey said:

War needs more Harambe jokes.

No.

[robertman2]

Anyways, how is War doing?

[Poseidon]

I'm starting to ask myself, if the political sitiation in the US has an influence on the deflated market aside from Super Heroes. Looking at your country from the outside, it feels like a big shadow lurking behind peoples backs. 

Comedies don't work, Fantasy doesn't. All the light stuff doesn't work. Only Super Heroes. Are people waiting for being "rescued"? 
 

Hollywood overall is without a doubt in the opposition right now. The big cities, bringing all the money to the theaters, usually are more democratic scewing.

So overall, the majority of moviegoers is in the political opposition now.

I think it indeed has some impact. 

[Steele131]

Hoping WAR can pull a Kong: Skull Island and finish above 60M. Which wouldn't be great but not bad either. Considering what the previous 2 films made. 

[Kvikk Lunsj]

11 minutes ago, CJohn said:

War is opening with the same as Dawn here so all good.

Now watch Dunkirk be the biggest bomb in Portugal history and Nolan will never have another movie released in Portugal 

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, Dexter of Suburbia said:

Now watch Dunkirk be the biggest bomb in Portugal history and Nolan will never have another movie released in Portugal 

Not happening.

[cannastop]

6 minutes ago, Poseidon said:

I'm starting to ask myself, if the political sitiation in the US has an influence on the deflated market aside from Super Heroes. Looking at your country from the outside, it feels like a big shadow lurking behind peoples backs. 

Comedies don't work, Fantasy doesn't. All the light stuff doesn't work. Only Super Heroes. Are people waiting for being "rescued"? 
 

Hollywood overall is without a doubt in the opposition right now. The big cities, bringing all the money to the theaters, usually are more democratic scewing.

So overall, the majority of moviegoers is in the political opposition now.

I think it indeed has some impact. 

Movies like Get Out did well.

 

The political situation hasn't affected moviegoing, in my opinion.

[JohnnyGossamer]

3 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Movies like Get Out did well.

 

The political situation hasn't affected moviegoing, in my opinion.

Yeah. This. Get Out did exceptionally well. Split did very, very well. Beauty and the Beast is by far the biggest earner DOM this year and will remain until The Last Jedi.

[Barnack]

29 minutes ago, Poseidon said:

Hollywood overall is without a doubt in the opposition right now. The big cities, bringing all the money to the theaters, usually are more democratic scewing.

So overall, the majority of moviegoers is in the political opposition now.

 

Some did try to make some break down in movie popularity by US regions:

 

http://www.thewrap.com/oscar-movies-popular-states-voted-trump-la-la-land-hacksaw-ridge/

 

It is not using actual box office, so it could misleading (would imagine you need some access to more precise data), but youtube views, they match well enough facebook mention methodology movies too:

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/02/24/movies/oscars-state-by-state-movie-popularity.html

 

Some surprise in there, La la land was very popular in southern California obviously but after that it was Utah/Idaho/Wisconsin were the movie was more popular by capita.

 

 

Edited July 14, 2017 by Barnack

[Poseidon]

15 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Movies like Get Out did well.

 

The political situation hasn't affected moviegoing, in my opinion.

Jepp, I thought about this as well. A movie like Get Out did very well. But doesn't it make my point even stronger? Get Out is a very political movie, too. The movies used to be an escape from reality. But it seems, that it's hard to not get involved in politics nowadays. With the media and a president, that is not the greatest talent in terms of compromise and uniting people it's no wonder.

Edited July 14, 2017 by Poseidon

[Poseidon]

8 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Yeah. This. Get Out did exceptionally well. Split did very, very well. Beauty and the Beast is by far the biggest earner DOM this year and will remain until The Last Jedi.

 

To be honest, Belle is kind of a heroine her own way. Just like Diana Prince, fighting for love and justice. 

[FlashMaster659]

THR

 

Apes 18M+

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-war-planet-apes-beating-spider-man-homecoming-1021303

[The Futurist]

Having box office results by cities/states/areas would be fascinating to say the least.

American Sniper was New York/San Francisco favourite movie of early 2015.

[JohnnyGossamer]

1 minute ago, Poseidon said:

 

To be honest, Belle is kind of a heroine her own way. Just like Diana Prince, fighting for love and justice. 

Yeah, I mean, sure. Really stretching it now. Just like Jungle Book the March before, folks were jazzed to see live-action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. Same will apply to Dumbo and Lion King as well.

[FlashMaster659]

1 minute ago, The Futurist said:

Having box office results by cities/states/areas would be fascinating to say the least.

American Sniper was New York/San Francisco favourite movie of early 2015.

Or even better would be being able to see live data

[TwoMisfits]

Look, it's SUMMER.  That's a different box office season here in America.  It, like Spring Break and Christmas, is when families and groups look to spend time together and enjoy each other's company...college kids are home and reconnecting with old friends, high schoolers are no longer spending all day studying, little kids are home with parents looking to entertain them...and the pressure's off.  And the desires to have 2 hours in peace and 2 hours of fun are high.  So, if you want HUGE box office numbers ($200M+ which many wanted for this Apes movie), you need to understand that.  Trilogy and late sequel movies where some of those folks haven't seen the previous movies are going to struggle to pull in these kind of viewers and numbers.  Trilogy and late sequel movies that are also dark and dour will struggle even more to hit these viewers.  Unless the series has hit iconic, cultural zeitgeist status...but right now, other than supers, Star Wars, and Harry Potter (and a few tv series if they ever came to screen)...few have...so you're gonna have few movies break the $200M mark b/c the turnover on screens is also more rapid b/c so many movies get released wide...we only ever get 4-7/$200M summer movies depending how original the summer selections are and how big the "juggernaut it" movie becomes, if there is one...and we've already effectively got 4 (once DM3 and Spidey hit it soon)...

Edited July 15, 2017 by TwoMisfits