Weekend Thread. Dark Tower 19.5...Dunkirk 17.6....Emoji 12.3...Girls Trip 11.4 not sure what page| Not the sex thread

[Maxmoser3]

Not horrible but not great numbers. Dark Tower should do $16-$20 million this weekend, Detroit should make $8-$9 million which is bland but not surprising. And for Kidnap considering it's been delayed for 2 years now, that's not bad if it pulls of a 47 Meters Down opening and run it would be a small profit, but we"ll see. 

[Zakiyyah6]

1.8mil means 18-20mil. If it's really frontloaded maybe 17mil. Higher than my 14.5mil prediction but still not good for a film that we know will not have legs.

[Arlborn]

Another Valerian disappointment... At least it is relatively cheap but the difference here is that I think Valerian is probably a great movie(not out here yet) whereas The Dark Tower will probably be a somehow enjoyable but highly disappointing affair for me, sadly.

 

Meh

[Ethan Hunt]

That seems...good for Kidnap

[robertman2]

Rip Detroit

[Fancyarcher]

Looks like Dunkirk may threepeat this weekend. 

Edited August 4, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[Mojoguy]

If Detroit flops, it won't be getting any Oscars.

[Kingp0va]

3 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

That seems...good for Kidnap

it came out in 2400 theatres so not really. i know it was online but so was that shark movie which became a surprise hit

[hasanahmad]

1 minute ago, Mojoguy said:

If Detroit flops, it won't be getting any Oscars.

It wasn't going to anyways . even the positive reviews are mostly good not great 

[filmnerdjamie]

Just now, Mojoguy said:

If Detroit flops, it won't be getting any Oscars.

It was never going to. Bigelow had her moment in the sun.

[filmlover]

Detroit has already become a topic for many negative think pieces. Between that, low box office, an early August release, and reviews that aren't strong enough to guarantee the critics will keep it in the conversation by the end of the year, it's pretty much a no-brainer that it'll fall out of the Oscar race.

[Ethan Hunt]

9 minutes ago, Kingp0va said:

it came out in 2400 theatres so not really. i know it was online but so was that shark movie which became a surprise hit

Okay maybe not good. But higher than I expected

[The Fast and the Furiosa]

9 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Okay maybe not good. But higher than I expected

I mean, it doesn't look like it costs much. Pretty good all things considered 

[DAJK]

Damn, really hoped Dark Tower would end up surprising for a 20M+ opening. I enjoyed the movie, didn't love it, but would have loved to have seen more from the series. Even the movie shows how there is so much potential for some great stories here that if the box office was nice enough, they would have the chance to get it right the second time.

 

Did our equivalent of 1.9M in previews at my theatre last night.

[filmnerdjamie]

Just now, filmlover said:

Detroit has already become a topic for many negative think pieces. Between that, low box office, an early August release, and reviews that aren't strong enough to guarantee the critics will keep it in the conversation by the end of the year, it's pretty much a no-brainer that it'll fall out of the Oscar race.

Frankly... Detroit feels like the GA pushing back against Hollywood's lecturing them, in this case on race relations. 

 

They looked at Moonlight and everyone I've spoken to reacted with, "Really... THAT won instead of La La Land?!" which in itself was a response to the "Oscars So White" nonsense. Nonsense because they refused to acknowledge how something like 12 Years a Slave, a masterpiece acknowledged by every race from black, brown, white.. Hell even Tangerine (kidding... but you get my point), dominated at the Oscars the year before that.

 

Not saying Bigelow and her film were "talking down" to us dumb audiences. I haven't seen it and she's never been a filmmaker to do that. But it's just the perception that it is and the GA just said "Fuck you, you're not getting my money" and will instead opt for Dunkirk and/or Girls Trip.

Edited August 4, 2017 by filmnerdjamie

[a2k]

Audience scores:

DT starts off at 64%. Very low starting point (especially for an existing fan-base movie), lower than Val (started high 60s and at low 50s right now).

Detroit starts off at 76%. Good score but low of awards targeting movies.

[Cmasterclay]

MORE LIKE THE FLOP FLOPER

[DAR]

Just a continuation of disappointments for Detroit

[filmlover]

In other news, theater chains sure are happy to see this summer end after the flops and disappointments it produced (it felt like there were more of those this summer than previous years). Earnings for AMC are also down: http://variety.com/2017/film/box-office/amc-box-office-1202515742/

[That One Girl]

7 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

MORE LIKE THE FLOP FLOPER

 

Detroit?  MORE LIKE FLOPTROIT AMIRITE