Winchester: The House That Ghosts Built l Lionsgate l February 2, 2018 l Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke

[babz06]

Mirren has some draw. I don’t know if her fanbase will come out for a horror film like this but it can do decent numbers. 

8m OW/25m DOM

[ThePhasmid]

As someone who has visited the mystery house, this is truth stranger than fiction. Mirren might provide the ghost story slant some levity, but this could've been an Oscar contender if it were less focused on "genre" trappings. This was a woman with a seriously fractured psyche. The mansion is a literal manifestation of dementia and paranoia. You feel like you're trapped in a mind struggling with madness when taking the tour. Extremely narrow hallways that go around in circles, stairs that lead to nowhere, bricked doorways, etc. It's a fascinating tour that is one of California's hidden gems.

Edited January 28, 2018 by ThePhasmid

[Morieris]

 

At least this one is better.

[RandomCat]

I really like that poster. If it didn't have the IGN logo, I'd put it in my cubicle.

[baumer]

I think this will do better than people think.

 

12/35

[SLAM!]

Yeah, that's a much better poster. 

[Poseidon]

3 hours ago, baumer said:

I think this will do better than people think.

 

12/35

No new releases, great trailer views, a lot of facebook fans and a PG 13 Rating. Everything points at another underestimated horror movie.

I think this could even go $15m+

[JB33]

I'll be seeing this on the 3rd with my movie group. Won't deny that I can't wait!

[Cmasterclay]

Why do the ghosts all look like Uruk Hai from the Lord of the Rings?

[aabattery]

1 hour ago, Cmasterclay said:

Why do the ghosts all look like Uruk Hai from the Lord of the Rings?

 

Times have been tough. With no LotR movies on the horizon, those boys have had to look elsewhere for work.

[Jake Gittes]

37 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

Times have been tough. With no LotR movies on the horizon, those boys have had to look elsewhere for work.

Taika needs to give them their own What We Do in the Shadows type documentary.

[MrPink]

52 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

Times have been tough. With no LotR movies on the horizon, those boys have had to look elsewhere for work.

 

Havent had nothin but stinkin maggoty horror films for 15 years

[Morieris]

 

The more I see of this, the more I just don't feel scared. Time to stop watching shit until....Friday.

[RandomCat]

Enjoyed the movie. Won't do well though. I can tell.

[Blaze Heatnix]

If the budget is really 3.5 million, then it's probably gonna pay itself soon and fast.

 

 

[Boxofficerules]

Currently at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 43%

Normally I don’t care for reviews but they’re all using the word “boring” which is the one thing I can’t handle in a movie.

[Blaze Heatnix]

5% on RT and 50% Audience Score

 

Only one fresh review and 19 rotten ones.

 

 

This looks like the Emoji of the horror movies this year. I'm curious about the CinemaScore. 

[RandomCat]

4 hours ago, Boxofficerules said:

Currently at 0% on Rotten Tomatoes with an audience score of 43%

Normally I don’t care for reviews but they’re all using the word “boring” which is the one thing I can’t handle in a movie.

I wouldn't call it boring. But it is slow.

[dxmatrixdt]

RT - 14% rotten, 104 reviews, 37% audience score.

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/Winchester/

 

3.5 million budget.  2,480 theaters OW.  25 million domestic, 38.7 worldwide.

 

If they get back half of the domestic at least, 12.5 million, then I would go on to guess that maybe the marketing and the rest of the stuff to get the film out was around 10 million making the film break even roughly.  Maybe 5m+ profit after overseas revenues and everything taken in.  This is just my guess for fun.  Then since it scored almost 10m OW, maybe the home platform strategy was reworked to not need as much additional spending to make money back elsewhere.  

 

 

[Jessie]

Thought this was a Shaun of the dead sequel

Edited May 23, 2018 by Jessie