STEPHEN KING'S IT WEEKEND THREAD | 117.15 Mill!....NO SPOILERS..NOT EVEN IN TAGS!

[MrPink]

I want to say Thinner is the best King adaptation so I can get one of those "2016 Boffy Funniest Poster of the Year" comments

[WrathOfHan]

A Clockwork Orange

The Shining

Eyes Wide Shut

2001

Full Metal Jacket

Paths of Glory

Dr Strangelove

[filmnerdjamie]

Let's not get out of hand with It, regarding $100M 3-day.

 

Again... our own expectations will be the only thing to fuck it. This is a monster but we still gotta be reasonable with expectations.

[Eevin]

13.5

33.5

35

21

103m?

[CoolioD1]

eyes wide shut rules so hard honestly. every truly great director has a fuck movie. where is nolan's fuck movie?

[WrathOfHan]

King adaptations:

 

The Shining

Shawshank Redemption

Misery

That one episode of Under the Dome I watched

The Dark Tower

 

Just found out Mike Flanagan is directing the Gerald's Game film for Netflix coming out this month; it is now on my radar  @CJohn

[forg]

So happy after two weekends of box office purgatory, we will see a monster opening!

 

Take that box office doom and gloom think pieces lol

[MCKillswitch123]

11 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

shawshank is kind of the "plain white bread is my favourite food" pick. carrie is actually the best though.

So what? There's a reason for it being overchosen: because it's that damn fucking good. There's tons of people who would die for a simple piece of plain white bread and don't care about getting fancy.

 

 

(Carrie IS great, I'll give you that. And I don't even like the novel. Sissy Spacek gives Chloe Moretz 100000000000000 to 0. Chloe was good in Kick-Ass tho)

Edited September 8, 2017 by MCKillswitch123

[kswiston]

How often is Deadline's initial Friday figure on the money or too high for big breakout films? It feels like they tend to be too conservative on anything that msjorly overshoots industry tracking. Even after we start getting actual numbers. 

Edited September 8, 2017 by kswiston

[Jake Gittes]

My Kubrick hot take is that Clockwork Orange is obnoxious and hollow and easily my least favorite of his I've seen. I used to love it when I was a teenage misanthrope but watching it recently the strongest thing I felt was a headache. 

[CJohn]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

King adaptations:

 

The Shining

Shawshank Redemption

Misery

That one episode of Under the Dome I watched

The Dark Tower

 

Just found out Mike Flanagan is directing the Gerald's Game film for Netflix coming out this month; it is now on my radar  @CJohn

I plan to see it when it comes out.

[filmnerdjamie]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

I want to say Thinner is the best King adaptation so I can get one of those "2016 Boffy Funniest Poster of the Year" comments

In terms of adaptations (i.e. translating/elevating the material), I would say Carrie is the best. The book is terrible (and I read King religiously as a teenager). De Palma & Lawrence Cohen cut out the Rashomon-trial bullshit, took the meat-and-bones of the story and amplified it. Thanks in no part to Sissy Spacek's wonderful performance. 

 

Strictly as a film through and through, yeah I'd say The Shawshank Redemption is the best - our modern day It's a Wonderful Life.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Jake Gittes said:

My Kubrick hot take is that Clockwork Orange is obnoxious and hollow and easily my least favorite of his I've seen. I used to love it when I was a teenage misanthrope but watching it recently the strongest thing I felt was a headache. 

[Amadeus]

September is the new August.

[a2k]

Repetitive post, but gives us an idea of what to expect Sunday. This are the top 12 last year : 6/12 movies fell 46%+ and 8/12 fell 43%+. Top 4 fell 44%+.

 

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	1	Sully	WB	$8,207,498	-44%	-	3,525	$2,328	$35,028,301	3
2	2	When the Bough Breaks	SGem	$2,870,356	-53%	-	2,246	$1,278	$14,202,323	3
3	3	Don't Breathe	SGem	$2,021,665	-47%	-65%	3,384	$597	$66,873,383	17
4	4	Suicide Squad	WB	$1,491,909	-46%	-60%	3,103	$481	$307,480,891	38
5	6	Kubo and the Two Strings	Focus	$1,041,453	-35%	-58%	2,335	$446	$40,919,428	24
6	5	The Wild Life (2016)	LG/S	$993,077	-38%	-	2,493	$398	$3,342,697	3
7	7	Pete's Dragon (2016)	BV	$876,091	-43%	-64%	2,685	$326	$70,150,043	31
8	-	No Manches Frida	PNT	$810,015	-2%	-42%	465	$1,742	$7,332,279	10
9	9	Hell or High Water	LGF	$585,271	-49%	-65%	1,445	$405	$19,685,055	31
10	10	Sausage Party	Sony	$567,321	-47%	-70%	2,071	$274	$93,224,582	31
11	8	Bad Moms	STX	$551,480	-55%	-69%	1,888	$292	$107,289,931	45
12	11	War Dogs	WB	$501,366	-46%	-73%	1,781	$282	$39,802,216	24

 

No idea how IT will behave really. If Sat itself shows a down trend due to the hurricane, Sunday may show an ok drop because it will come off a bad Saturday. If Sat is strong, then chances of a bad Sunday increase imo. Even a 47-50% drop on Sunday could happen.

Edited September 8, 2017 by a2knet

[Brainbug]

When it comes to Kubrick, The Shining is also my favourite. Full Metal Jackets first half is still perfection, but the second half drags for me. His other films like 2001, Barry Lyndon or Spartacus are all good to great but Shining is the only one that i really love.

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

IT is pretty much sold out for the night  Home Again even picked it up (though still below Logan Lucky on OD I think).

[CoolioD1]

THE SHINING IS HIS MOST ACCESSIBLE FILM BUT THIS IS ALSO BECAUSE HORROR IS ONE OF THE MOST ARTISTICALLY LIBERATING GENRES WHERE AUDIENCES ARE MORE WILLING TO ROLL WITH WEIRD SHIT

[Krissykins]

LOVED IT. 

 

What a great cast. Some genuine scares. 

[Jake Gittes]

5 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said: