DAJK Posted March 11, 2020 Share Posted March 11, 2020 The title for this thread is a joke. Wait until it opens, and if it bombs, then change the title to that. If it opens to 70M (I'm not saying it will), I bet no one is going to change the title to "date not changed for good reason" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinacolada Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) For real though, they need to move the movie. It's pretty clear just from the Thursday pre-sales this is not living up to expectations (100% due to coronavirus and not people just not being interested in the film, they clearly are), and today the panic is really starting to erupt, with the NCAA March Madness announcement, and E3 as well. This movie will not live up to its potential if it's released next Friday. This thing can be huge, especially since it's apparently very very good like the first one. But if it's released next Friday, I think it'll make less than the first film did in its opening weekend and will have worse legs. I would guess the budget for this is also probably like $40m at least? Edited March 12, 2020 by Pinacolada 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofNascimento Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Pinacolada said: For real though, they need to move the movie. It's pretty clear just from the Thursday pre-sales this is not living up to expectations (100% due to coronavirus and not people just not being interested in the film, they clearly are), and today the panic is really starting to erupt, with the NCAA March Madness announcement, and E3 as well. This movie will not live up to its potential if it's released next Friday. This thing can be huge, especially since it's apparently very very good like the first one. But if it's released next Friday, I think it'll make less than the first film did in its opening weekend and will have worse legs. I would guess the budget for this is also probably like $40m at least? I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bit more even. It has many set pieces and a more expansive world... but twice the budget from the first one seems reasonable. You double the budget you double the profits, that's a known fact. I feel things are changing very fast. I feel like a delay is the best option, possibly the only option soon enough. Not that I believe things will get super bad, but the actions to contain the situation might be extremely disrruptive, like in Italy. Edit: case in point, it seems as I was typing this the NBA suspended the season. Edited March 12, 2020 by SofNascimento 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) NBA did suspend it's season. And at his point you have to ask about AQP2: Is this the kind of movie .with it;s apocatlptic setting something that people will want to go see when they can get scared enough just watching the evening news? That has to be taken into consideration. Edited March 12, 2020 by dudalb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dudalb Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Pinacolada said: For real though, they need to move the movie. It's pretty clear just from the Thursday pre-sales this is not living up to expectations (100% due to coronavirus and not people just not being interested in the film, they clearly are), and today the panic is really starting to erupt, with the NCAA March Madness announcement, and E3 as well. This movie will not live up to its potential if it's released next Friday. This thing can be huge, especially since it's apparently very very good like the first one. But if it's released next Friday, I think it'll make less than the first film did in its opening weekend and will have worse legs. I would guess the budget for this is also probably like $40m at least? Yeah, a movie with an apocalyptic setting might not be what people are in the mood to go see right now,no matter how well done. Edited March 12, 2020 by dudalb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TLK Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 There are no good options for this movie. It will under-perform if it keeps this date and it will cost a lot of money to move it to a better release date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, DAJK said: The title for this thread is a joke. Wait until it opens, and if it bombs, then change the title to that. If it opens to 70M (I'm not saying it will), I bet no one is going to change the title to "date not changed for good reason" If it opens to 70m then Paramount assisted in the spread of Coronavirus to thousands of people at minimum Edited March 12, 2020 by The Panda 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGAR4LIFE Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 They should push this back to September or October Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 13 minutes ago, JGAR4LIFE said: They should push this back to September or October Paramount does what Disdon't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGAR4LIFE Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 It got delayed. Expect an announcement soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Horror of Lucas Films Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antovolk Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 European release delayed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofNascimento Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 No surprises. I take this is wordwide? The pre-order is already up here and I was waiting to buy the ticket to the last moment. I wonder if reviews will still be hitting next week? A lot of people have watched this film and they were doing interviews just as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Goodman Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 only European release? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antovolk Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 3 minutes ago, SofNascimento said: No surprises. I take this is wordwide? The pre-order is already up here and I was waiting to buy the ticket to the last moment. I wonder if reviews will still be hitting next week? A lot of people have watched this film and they were doing interviews just as usual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RealLyre Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 what about west asia? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMP Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just now, RealLyre said: what about west asia? Message/call your local cinema chain, they should probably know by now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SofNascimento Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Just went to check cinemas here. Some places are still selling, others have already stopped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Aw man, how annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted March 12, 2020 Share Posted March 12, 2020 Glad it was because I think cinemas will be shut down here and a lot of Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
