Crazy Rich Asians | August 15 2018 | Jon M. Chu directing. Michelle Yeoh, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Constance Wu and Ken Jeong to star

[filmlover]

Saw this today. Such a charming movie. Wouldn't be surprised if it shows insane staying power for a total well over $100M.

[Nova]

Absolutely loved this. 

 

PS I totally called this breaking out in one of the weekend threads months ago when we were discussing Rom-coms 

 

Glad to see it making the money it deserves 

[Webslinger]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

Saw this today. Such a charming movie. Wouldn't be surprised if it shows insane staying power for a total well over $100M.

Agreed on all fronts. My audience - which was mostly non-Asian (not surprising given the demos in my area) - ate it up.

 

Between this and Ocean's 8, I really want to see Awkwafina in more movies.

[ACSlater]

On 8/16/2018 at 7:52 AM, Lordmandeep said:

Rom Com are not back due to this film.

 

The success of this film is by generating a ton of buzz in the media over the novelty of the casting and storyline.

 

The major reason Rom Com are not that popular is whyspend 20 bucks to watch a typical Rom Com in theatres when it comes out on streaming services in a few months. The films that are hit are the ones that have this yearning to see it right away in theaters now.

 

[KeepItU25071906]

 

[KeepItU25071906]

John M. Chu made a good movie... Now, I saw EVERYTHING.

[Lordmandeep]

10 hours ago, ACSlater said:

 

 

 After watching Infinity Wars and it feel like watching 10 movies in one, spending the same amount on a romantic comedy with a predictable storyline seems like a waste.

Crazy Rich Asians is a novelty and that is why it broke out. 

[KeepItU25071906]

 

 

BREAKING: Scarlett Johansson congratulates ‘CRAZY RICH ASIANS’ for the film’s wild success.

Johansson remarked:

“I am proud of my Asian brothers and sisters.” pic.twitter.com/ipVr6irLMl

— Le Cinéphiles (@LeCinephiles) 18 серпня 2018 р.

[The Panda]

6 hours ago, Lordmandeep said:

 

 After watching Infinity Wars and it feel like watching 10 movies in one, spending the same amount on a romantic comedy with a predictable storyline seems like a waste.

Crazy Rich Asians is a novelty and that is why it broke out. 

Watching a superhero flick about men in tights (and sometimes women) who battle and save the day in battles against CGI villains is predictable and seems like a waste.

[Legion Again]

3 minutes ago, PANDA said:

save the day

Are you sure you’re talking about IW?

[Hatebox]

film promotion in 2018 is basically convincing consumers that going to see your film is a civic duty & responsibility.

— momtaza mehri 🤳🏾 (@RuffneckRefugee) August 19, 2018

[YLF]

I haven't seen much backlash to this movie unlike how it was with BP

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, YLF said:

I haven't seen much backlash to this movie unlike how it was with BP

I can't see this movie prompting any kind of backlash even if it shows insane staying power and reaches a really high total. It's too featherlight and inconsequential (aside from having an all-Asian cast) to provoke intense feelings either way.

Edited August 20, 2018 by filmlover

[PanaMovie]

Is 150M+ possible?

[MrPink]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

I can't see this movie prompting any kind of backlash even if it shows insane staying power and reaches a really high total. It's too featherlight and inconsequential (aside from having an all-Asian cast) to provoke intense feelings either way.

 

Already seen some stuff about the East Asian focus, the misrepresentation of Singapore, and some purity tests of Asian descent.

 

Who knows whether any of it sticks.

[AndyK]

14 hours ago, filmlover said:

I can't see this movie prompting any kind of backlash even if it shows insane staying power and reaches a really high total. It's too featherlight and inconsequential (aside from having an all-Asian cast) to provoke intense feelings either way.

The difference is that the asian community are already well served with asian movies from asia.

 

Which is why I don't think this will do too well in asia itself, 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

It really doesn't need the Asian markets to come through majorly for this to be a big success. It's probably gonna make a real nice profit just from the DOM intake.

[Valonqar]

I never had a feeling that books were targeting Asians anyway. They are about Asians but not specifically written for Asians. I'm sure that Asia was million of books of that kind, and TV soaps and movies. So it's more of an exotic book for mainstream American audience than anything else. 

[Lordmandeep]

On 8/19/2018 at 3:02 PM, PANDA said:

Watching a superhero flick about men in tights (and sometimes women) who battle and save the day in battles against CGI villains is predictable and seems like a waste.

 

But even in comic book movies, typical ones gross in a certain range. The two biggest movies these years were not typical comic book movies though.  One was a buildup over ten years and the other was some cultural moment. 

 

Typical generic comic book movies fall in the typical range of gross, not make nearly 700 million dollars a piece and be bigger hits than even a main star wars movie.

 

My point still stands regardless of the genre, people don't really rush out to watch movies in big numbers unless there is much of an x-factor now. That is why Romantic Comedies are mostly dead at the box office. 

Edited August 21, 2018 by Lordmandeep

[gadd]

For any UK/Irish members interested in seeing this, it looks like the release date has been moved forward from early November to September 14th.