Weekend Thread | Estimates: AQP 50M, RP1 25M, CKBLK 21.4M, BP 8.4M,

[Brainbug]

Best Movie Monster???

 

Is this even a competition??

 

 

[a2k]

john carpenter's the thing had the best creature design imo, followed by alien.

outside of horror and creature films, potc:dmc had a brilliantly designed davy jones and his crew.

[CoolioD1]

best movie monster?

 

Spoiler

 

[JohnnyGossamer]

Quiet Place was damn near great by the way. Audience loved it last night. WOM will be very, very good. Expecting $50M+ this weekend. What are the top OW DOM for suspense/horror? It's #1. Then what? Signs?

[The Panda]

3 hours ago, Thematrixfilm said:

Pandas at 100% rotten tomatoes

 

 

 

I put my soul into the movie, that's why

[JohnnyGossamer]

Oh, creature in Annihilation will make a lot of lists in the future too. Not sure what to call it though. I'm sure Tele or someone else knows what the film geek community has christened it. Does it have a name yet?

Edited April 6, 2018 by JohnnyGossamer

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Oh, creature in Annihilation will make a lot of lists in the future too. Not sure what to call it though. I'm sure Tele or someone else knows what the film geek community has christened it. Does it have a name yet?

 

The Crocodick

Edited April 6, 2018 by That Ambitious Guy

[Jonwo]

Krasinski will most certainly get another big directing gig after AQP? I wouldn't be shocked if he also gets offers for a superhero film as well, maybe Hal Jordan in Green Lantern  Corps or Orion in New Gods. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by Jonwo

[a2k]

another great creature feature and monster:

 

[Brainbug]

2 minutes ago, a2knet said:

another great creature feature and monster:

 

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, a2knet said:

another great creature feature and monster:

 

 

FUUUUUUUUUUCK! YOUUUUUUUUUUU!

[John Marston]

this thread shows why practical effects were the best

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, John Marston said:

this thread shows why practical effects were the best

 

Why were? They are enjoying a resurgence in recent years. Whatever the movies actual quality may be, JW: Fallen Kingdom will use a Ton of animatronics for example.

[John Marston]

6 minutes ago, a2knet said:

another great creature feature and monster:

 

wonder if the sixth movie will be any good?

 

 

[The Panda]

9 minutes ago, The Mad Panda said:

I put my soul into the movie, that's why

I'd also like to point out, not only is pandas at 100% on RT, it has an 8.8 average rating, 82 on metacritc

 

"By the time it's all said and done, you don't just want to help save the pandas, you want to take one home with you."

 

"The film creates an immersive experience with sweeping views of the mountains of Sichuan, but while the scenery is stunning, the focus stays on the bamboo-loving Qian Qian and her struggles in her new environment."

 

"About as perfect as IMAX nature documentaries can get: informative, family-friendly, beautifully and immersively photographed, and so adorable that my scribbled screening notes are full of trenchant observations like "SO FUZZY!""

 

"Beyond its awesome cuteness factor, "Pandas" dramatizes the benefits of cross-cultural cooperation, showing a path forward for similar endangered species."

 

"Hands down the cutest movie of the year."

 

"Chronicling the challenges faced by Chinese researchers in regard to preparing captive-bred giant pandas for release into the wild, the involving, breathtakingly photographed documentary makes the most of its allotted 43-minute running time."

 

"Pandas, the latest large-screen doc, [is] which is just about everything you could hope for in a cute-umentary."

[CoolioD1]

top three movie monsters?

 

[dxmatrixdt]

1 hour ago, Thematrixfilm said:

New Weekend Predictions

 

3,508 - A Quiet Place - $15,479 - 50.00 - 54.30

4,234 - Ready Player - $5,967 - 25.26 - 96.12

3,379 - Blockers - $6,135 - 19.23 - 20.73

2,890 - Imagine - $3,060 - 8.84 - 69.64

2,747 - Black Panther - $2,970 - 8.16 - 665.13

2,006 - Acrimony - $3,798 - 7.62 - 30.89

547 - Isle of Dogs - $10,000 - 5.47 - 12.97

2,733 - Sherlock Gnomes - $1,846 - 5.05 - 33.54

2,627 - Pacific Rim - $1,755 - 4.61 - 54.66

1,560 - Chappaquiddick - $2,869 - 4.48 - 4.48

 

1,707 - Miracle Season - $2,390 - 4.08 - 4.08

1,464 - Love, Simon - $2,115 - 3.10 - 37.98

1,701 - Wrinkle in Time - $1,780 - 3.03 - 90.06

1,673 - Tomb Raider - $1,350 - 2.26 - 55.49

1,262 - Paul, the Apostle - $1,665 - 2.10 - 15.35

 

1,027 - Peter Rabbit - $1,168 - 1.20 - 113.55

1,377 - God's Not Dead - $846 - 1.16 - 4.98

805 - Game Night - $1,260 - 1.01 - 67.25

???? - Midnight Sun - ???? + 8.78

478 - Jumanji - $840 - 0.40 - 403.62

 

244 - Red Sparrow - $1,244 - 0.30 - 46.35

248 - Greatest Showman - $1,040 - 0.26 - 172.88

145 - Annihilation - $1,485 - 0.22 - 32.57

249 - Strangers - $855 - 0.21 - 24.12

163 - Unsane - $900 - 0.15 - 7.82

147 - Death Wish - $675 - 0.10 - 33.67

second weekend of April                       

(new) - 4,000 - Rampage - $9,750 - 39.00 - 39.00

(n.c.) - 3,508 - Quiet Place - $10,440 - 36.62 - 110.92

(-234) - 4,000 - Ready Player - $4,365 - 17.46 - 121.96

(new) - 3,254 - Truth or Dare - $5,000 - 16.27 - 16.27

(n.c.) - 3,379 - Blockers - $3,240 - 10.95 - 38.37

(-300) - 2,590 - Imagine - $2,610 - 6.76 - 79.52

(-500) - 2,247 - Black Panther - $2,565 - 5.76 - 673.56

(+1,200) - 1,754 - Isle of Dogs - $3,000 - 5.26 - 20.02

(-400) - 1,606 - Acrimony - $2,430 - 3.90 - 36.96

(n.c.) - 1,560 - Chappaquiddick - $1,890 - 2.95 - 9.10

 

(n.c.) - 1,707 - Miracle Season - $1,575 - 2.69 - 8.31

(-800) - 1,933 - Sherlock Gnomes - $1,312 - 2.54 - 36.99

(-1,300) - 1,327 - Pacific Rim - $1,350 - 1.79 - 58.15

(new) - 1,200 - Sgt. Stubby - $1,458 - 1.75 - 1.75

(new) - 600 - Borg vs. McEnroe - $2,333 - 1.40 - 1.40

(-700) - 1,001 - A Wrinkle in Time - $1,400 - 1.40 - 92.30

(-663) - 801 - Love, Simon - $1,665 - 1.33 - 40.36

(-550) - 712 - Paul, the Apostle - $1,296 - 0.92 - 17.09

 

(-1,100) - 573 - Tomb Raider - $1,215 - 0.70 - 57.03

(-600) - 427 - Peter Rabbit - $1,085 - 0.46 - 114.34

(-500) - 304 - Game Night - $1,080 - 0.33 - 67.98

(-1,100) - 277 - Gods Not Dead - $846 - 0.23 - 5.76

(-200) - 278 - Jumanji - $777 - 0.22 - 403.96

(-25) - 223 - Greatest Showman - $912 - 0.20 - 173.16

(n.c.) - 145 - Annihilation - $1,395 - 0.20 - 32.85 *8th weekend, discount theaters might add

(-100) - 144 - Red Sparrow - $1,170 - 0.17 - 46.64

(-125) - 124 - Strangers - $720 - 0.09 - 24.28

(-50) - 97 - Death Wish - $630 - 0.06 - 33.76

(-100) - 63 - Unsane - $855 - 0.05 - 7.94

 

theater counts add to 39,834.  Assume Midnight Sun at 166 to make all these movies add up to 40,000

new product = 10,254 bookings

-9,347 are leaving.  Assume -907 for Midnight Sun (from 1083)

 

Should rise up to about 42,000 next weekend with Feel So PRetty, Super Troopers, Traffic.

 

[John Marston]

Paramount marketed Quiet Place like a tentpole. First trailer released last November and there was even a Superbowl ad

[eddyxx]

Best movie monster?

 

[harrycaul]

26 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Krasinski will most certainly get another big directing gig after AQP? I wouldn't be shocked if he also gets offers for a superhero film as well, maybe Hal Jordan in Green Lantern  Corps or Orion in New Gods. 

I think the way it works is he now has the opportunity to be fired from a Star Wars movie.