DUNKIRK WEEKEND THREAD | ABSOLUTELY NO SPOILERS | Official estimates Dunkirk 50.5M, GT 30.3M, SMH 22M, Apes 20.4M, Val 17M | Wonder Woman is the new summer champ with 389M total | Summer Sale is Live!

[a2k]

Something to consider

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....Girls Trip started showtimes at 7PM, while Valerian started at 5PM...

(deadline's article)

 

That makes sub-20 still on cards for Val

[alisson23]

1 minute ago, RichWS said:

 

Ha.

We were talking about the purpose of Drunkirk. Not about convince me to watch it 

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Interstellar had Matthew McConaughey fresh from his Oscar win, Dunkirk doesn't have nearly as much star power.

Yeah, Interstellar had post-Oscar/post-True Detective McConaughey but it also had other big names like Hathaway, Chastain, etc. That Dunkirk is looking to open in the same range is more of a statement of Nolan's drawing power.

[redfirebird2008]

1 minute ago, a2knet said:

Something to consider

(deadline's article)

 

That makes sub-20 still on cards for Val

 

5 PM shows don't mean much if they are empty. 

[XO21]

Among those films in regular release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 film for the third day in a row with $4,45M beating 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes which made $3.7M in second

 

 

Edited July 21, 2017 by XO21

[JohnnyGossamer]

3 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Interstellar had Matthew McConaughey fresh from his Oscar win, Dunkirk doesn't have nearly as much star power.

War dramas are an easier sell than something like Interstellar in my opinion.

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

 

Hmmm I don't think drama is the right word. But yes, WW2 movie with no American or Chinese character seems like a very tough sale to make. 

Nolan basically described it as a British film with an American budget.

[RichWS]

Just now, JohnnyGossamer said:

War dramas are an easier sell than something like Interstellar in my opinion.

 

Really? In most cases, I'd go with spaceships over 1940 naval destroyers. 

[filmlover]

Just now, JohnnyGossamer said:

War dramas are an easier sell than something like Interstellar in my opinion.

Only when they have big stars (see: American Sniper, Fury) or are Oscar players. If you turn to BOM, you'll see the war genre is littered with flops.

[Ethan Hunt]

Interstellst's marketing was probably confusing for a lot of people. Dunkirk is much easier to understand what you're getting into

[BoxOfficeZ]

Just now, XO21 said:

Among those films in regular release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 film for the third day in a row with $4,45M beating 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes which made $3.7M in second

9% drop for SMH and 16% drop for Apes. Ouch in particular for Apes. 

 

 

[MrPink]

Those audience scores seem pretty solid

[Mojoguy]

Among those films in regular release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 film for the third day in a row with $4,45M beating 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes which made $3.7M in second

Post that in the Thursday topic.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

2 minutes ago, XO21 said:

Among those films in regular release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 film for the third day in a row with $4,45M beating 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes which made $3.7M in second

 

 

Jesus Apes... Spider has stabilized a bit since Monday. That would be another sub-50% week to week drop.

[Ethan Hunt]

Just now, filmlover said:

Only when they have big stars (see: American Sniper, Fury) or are Oscar players. If you turn to BOM, you'll see the war genre is littered with flops.

Well they don't typically get made on the scale of Dunkirk these days now do they

[YM!]

3 minutes ago, XO21 said:

Among those films in regular release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 film for the third day in a row with $4,45M beating 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes which made $3.7M in second

 

 

Holy shit. That's fantastic for Homecoming.

[grim22]

4 minutes ago, XO21 said:

Among those films in regular release, Sony/Marvel’s Spider-Man: Homecoming was the No. 1 film for the third day in a row with $4,45M beating 20th Century Fox’s War for the Planet of the Apes which made $3.7M in second

 

 

 

11% drop for SMH and 16% drop for Apes. Looks like a 22M weekend for SMH and a hilariously awful fall for Apes into sub-20M

[CJohn]

Apes is dead. Bury it.

[TwoMisfits]

1 minute ago, BoxOfficeZ said:

9% drop for SMH and 16% drop for Apes. Ouch in particular for Apes. 

 

 

 

How bad were Aliens legs again?  I mean, is this movie gonna drop off a cliff?

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Yeah, Interstellar had post-Oscar/post-True Detective McConaughey but it also had other big names like Hathaway, Chastain, etc. That Dunkirk is looking to open in the same range is more of a statement of Nolan's drawing power.

I do wonder if Nolan will do a small scale project more akin to say Lincoln or Munich? He's great at doing the big scale films but something on a smaller scale could be more of a challenge. I still want a Nolan directed gangster film or a biopic.