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[Water Bottle]

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

L&M work the best in animation. Maybe they should do more features out of Lord/Miller Productions or be involved in a brain trust.

 

Ok just because they made one really great animated film doesn't mean they should stick to animation.

[TwoMisfits]

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

The trailers for this got worse after each one. Jumanji will likely be the big family film.

Nope, it will be like 2015 and Star Wars 8 will be the big family film, and everything else will be picking up scraps...I mean, you see moms saying "Kids, let's go see Jumanji?"  

[YM!]

Just now, Water Bottle said:

 

Ok just because they made one really great animated film doesn't mean they should stick to animation.

2. Cloudy 1 and TLM, I'm not staying stick to it, I'm a huge Lord/Miller fan and would see anything with them involved. My guess their next movie will be Flashpoint.

[Water Bottle]

1 minute ago, TwoMisfits said:

Nope, it will be like 2015 and Star Wars 8 will be the big family film, and everything else will be picking up scraps...I mean, you see moms saying "Kids, let's go see Jumanji?"  

No but I did see teen girls going "I can't wait to see Jumanji!" one time. So clearly Jumanji has something going for it.

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

2. Cloudy 1 and TLM, I'm not staying stick to it, I'm a huge Lord/Miller fan and would see anything with them involved. My guess their next movie will be Flashpoint.

I can't imagine Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was that great. The trailers made it seem very much for kids only. 

[YM!]

2 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Nope, it will be like 2015 and Star Wars 8 will be the big family film, and everything else will be picking up scraps...I mean, you see moms saying "Kids, let's go see Jumanji?"  

Jumanji has a lot of nostalgia and the trailers get good reactions from what I've seen.

[TwoMisfits]

Just now, Water Bottle said:

No but I did see teen girls going "I can't wait to see Jumanji!" one time. So clearly Jumanji has something going for it.

I can't imagine Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was that great. The trailers made it seem very much for kids only. 

Not my teen girls...that must be a special case:)...

 

If you haven't seen Cloudy, you should - A- movie - surprisingly so...

[YM!]

Just now, Water Bottle said:

I can't imagine Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs was that great. The trailers made it seem very much for kids only.

The first one was really great, I'd recommend it, the second one not so much but that was likely because Lord/Miller weren't directing.

[FantasticBeasts]

Last year was crazy for animation.

Zootopia and SLOP probably the most impressive stories since Dory was aleays expected to do yuge numbers.

[filmlover]

Just now, TwoMisfits said:

Nope, it will be like 2015 and Star Wars 8 will be the big family film, and everything else will be picking up scraps...I mean, you see moms saying "Kids, let's go see Jumanji?"  

Daddy's Home basically acted as the alternative choice for families that were either sold out or had seen The Force Awakens (since there wasn't much of an alternative: Sisters was rated R, Concussion was too depressing, Joy had the stench of "failed awards bait" all over it, nobody cared about a Point Break remake, etc.), and this year's crop looks similarly limited in appeal (Pitch Perfect 3 will only appeal to fans of the previous films and will likely see a big falloff from the second, The Greatest Showman will probably be PG but will mostly appeal to an older crowd, and Downsizing will aim for adults only). There's definitely potential for Jumanji.

[TwoMisfits]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Daddy's Home basically acted as the alternative choice for families that were either sold out or had seen The Force Awakens (since there wasn't much of an alternative: Sisters was rated R, Concussion was too depressing, Joy had the stench of "failed awards bait" all over it, nobody cared about a Point Break remake, etc.), and this year's crop looks similarly limited in appeal (Pitch Perfect 3 will only appeal to fans of the previous films and will likely see a big falloff from the second, The Greatest Showman will probably be PG but will mostly appeal to an older crowd, and Downsizing will aim for adults only). There's definitely potential for Jumanji.

Daddy's Home got to $150M...so you're looking at that as the peak number...and that only played against Alvin 4 and a mop movie...no supers movie taking fans, no Pixar movie still popular, nothing else...

 

Now, you'll have Justice League remnants, Coco remnants (which I don't think will be much), an original animation (Ferdinand) and Jumanji to take the "2nd place over Christmas" family spot...they'll all take parts, so those Dec releases just won't have much BO they can grab...

[Joel M]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Daddy's Home basically acted as the alternative choice for families that were either sold out or had seen The Force Awakens (since there wasn't much of an alternative: Sisters was rated R, Concussion was too depressing, Joy had the stench of "failed awards bait" all over it, nobody cared about a Point Break remake, etc.), and this year's crop looks similarly limited in appeal (Pitch Perfect 3 will only appeal to fans of the previous films and will likely see a big falloff from the second, The Greatest Showman will probably be PG but will mostly appeal to an older crowd, and Downsizing will aim for adults only). There's definitely potential for Jumanji.

 

Downsizing and Greatest Showman look like flops waiting to happen.

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, TwoMisfits said:

Daddy's Home got to $150M...so you're looking at that as the peak number...and that only played against Alvin 4 and a mop movie...no supers movie taking fans, no Pixar movie still popular, nothing else...

 

Now, you'll have Justice League remnants, Coco remnants (which I don't think will be much), an original animation (Ferdinand) and Jumanji to take the "2nd place over Christmas" family spot...they'll all take parts, so those Dec releases just won't have much BO they can grab...

Yeah, but Justice League and Coco likely be down to 2 shows at most places by the time the Christmas avalanche comes along (in addition to the aforementioned films, we'll also have expanding awards players like Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, and The Shape of Water all fighting for theater space too). Ferdinand and Jumanji are bigger threats to each other, but they can easily co-exist.

[YM!]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Yeah, but Justice League and Coco likely be down to 2 shows at most places by the time the Christmas avalanche comes along (in addition to the aforementioned films, we'll also have expanding awards players like Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, and The Shape of Water all fighting for theater space too). Ferdinand and Jumanji are bigger threats to each other, but they can easily co-exist.

Hell due to the amount JL and Coco might lose a sizeable amount of theaters too.

[YM!]

Ferdinand will likely appeal to the under 10 crowd and do Road Chip Numbers. The trailers for this suck. I went from this seems cute from the first to this looks like shit from the recent one.

[FantasticBeasts]

Ferdinand will do well. 

$100m doesn't feel like a stretch to me at all..

[Blankments]

Welp... now I gotta pray Blade Runner bombs for a certain bet to work out... Please give me a 30M OW for that  

[Blankments]

WHAT'S GOING WITH THE REACTIONS

[WrathOfHan]

I wonder how Oscar players will expand over November and December. These are their releases dates right now (all are limited unless noted):

 

Lady Bird: Limited on November 3, Wide on Thanksgiving

Last Flag Flying: November 3

Three Billboards: November 10

Call Me By Your Name: Thanksgiving

Darkest Hour: Thanksgiving

Wonder Wheel: December 1

Shape of Water: December 8

The Papers: Limited on Christmas, Wide on January 12

 

I can see Three Billboards and LFF going wide between Thanksgiving and Star Wars as the only wide releases then are Polaroid, The Disaster Artist, and Just Getting Started. Darkest Hour will probably hover around 500-600 theaters throughout the holiday and go really wide when nominees come out, and CMBYN and Wonder Wheel probably will wait until nominations too. I imagine Shape of Water will probably go wide on the first weekend of January like Black Swan did.

[Water Bottle]

Just now, Blankments said:

WHAT'S GOING WITH THE REACTIONS

 

Be more specific?

[Blankments]

Just now, Water Bottle said:

 

Be more specific?

THEY HAVE BEN AFFLECK AND WINONA RIDER AND STANLEY TUCCI AND JK SIMMONS AND LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND SOME GUY FROM POWER RANGERS