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[John Marston]

14 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

MCU has been setup so that it would take multiple consecutive horribly received films before it will see its first bomb. As long as that doesn't happen, there's no way anything MCU can bomb anytime in like the next 5 years.

Technically The Incredible Hulk bombed. But no one even remembers it’s part of the MCU so it’s all good 

[harrycaul]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

So much money and talent wasted.

The dealers in town were never happier.

[Chewy]

28 minutes ago, harrycaul said:

Still maintain this is peak Marvel. Perhaps some slightly higher results next year, but it's basically at a plateau as of now. The downhill will come.

 

Two 700M dom movies within 3 months is the peak? A daring take

[Chewy]

Just now, John Marston said:

Technically The Incredible Hulk bombed. But no one even remembers it’s part of the MCU so it’s all good 

 

There was a sale on MCU movies in the Xbox store and TIH wasn't even listed 

[harrycaul]

Just now, Chewy said:

 

Two 700M dom movies within 3 months is the peak? A daring take

And a daring response, the third time in a row someone makes it.

 

So it sounds like we're all in agreement. It would be unreasonable to expect Marvel to ascend much higher than they are now.

[RRA]

13 minutes ago, grim22 said:

It’s a New Line production, New Line budgets are way lower than WB proper.

Are you saying Shazam’s powers are going to be discount looking? Because in essence we’re talking about a character with a Superman-ish powerset.

[filmlover]

4 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

But I believe they were all original and that's what truly matters.

Funny how those movies cost so much yet the stars of those movies (Cage, Sandler, Travolta) are now stuck in mostly non-multiplex fare almost 20 years later.

[Ledmonkey96]

2 minutes ago, Chewy said:

 

Two 700M dom movies within 3 months is the peak? A daring take

What if Ant-man goes over 600mil dom? Would the MCU be crumbling?

[RRA]

1 minute ago, Chewy said:

 

There was a sale on MCU movies in the Xbox store and TIH wasn't even listed 

To be fair that might be because of Universal still having distribution rights to it, thus it could be on sale in general for cheaper than the other Disney owned MCU movies

[Chewy]

Just now, RRA said:

To be fair that might be because of Universal still having distribution rights to it, thus it could be on sale in general for cheaper than the other Disney owned MCU movies

 

Homecoming was there

[John Marston]

30 minutes ago, RRA said:

....that’s like saying an upcoming Superman movie will be cheaper than DP2. 

 

Now NEW MUTANTS, what’s the budget on that?

 

New Mutants probably originally cost in the 50-60m range but after all the reshoots it will probably end up over 100m

[TalismanRing]

Just now, RRA said:

To be fair that might be because of Universal still having distribution rights to it, thus it could be on sale in general for cheaper than the other Disney owned MCU movies

Yea, TIH usually kicks around $9.99 when not on sale. 

[TalismanRing]

4 minutes ago, Chewy said:

 

Homecoming was there

Marvel Studios has a better relationship with Sony.  Even so, Sony discounts SM:HC in a way Disney does not the rest of the MCU.

 

Looking at Best Buy for the new 4k releases and TIH and SM:HC are both $17.99 while all the Disney released MCU films are $27.99 - $29.99

[RRA]

15 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

And Arad claims he had to twist Fox's arm to get it made using Blade's lower key success and the lure that if they didn't act some other studio would pick up the rights.  Even so the First X-Men budget was only $75m.    For comparison in 2000: Gone In 60 Seconds had a $103m budget, Little Nicky cost $80m , Lucky Numbers cost $65m... 

 

 

 

Even Feige (when he was Associate Producer in it) said Fox only greenlighted because to them 75 million was basically a measured bet. If it failed, they wouldn’t have lost the farm. 

[Moviefanatic]

21 minutes ago, lilmac said:

Too bad Black Panther won’t reach $700m. I’m disappointed. 

lol 

[MovieMan89]

46 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

4 sequels! Would you have preferred it if The Two Towers was a sci-fi comedy instead of a continuation of fellowship?  Avatar will be a saga for the ages, you laugh now but Jim always laughs last.

 

 

I feel although if I didn't have comic books MCU to hate I would move on to something else, perhaps Nolan? To be honest MCU films aren't terrible they're mostly serviceable which is what makes them malicious, a formulaic assault on nostalgia.

 

 

time to sleep...

Now that you mention nostalgia, it's pretty amazing that MCU has been able to achieve what it has primarily without the use of nostalgia. IW is the first film you could make an argument for nostalgia possibly coming into play, but even then it's mild. Certainly not on the level of things like SW, Disney live action adaptations, or JW. Pretty remarkable in today's nostalgia driven blockbuster industry. 

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Now that you mention nostalgia, it's pretty amazing that MCU has been able to achieve what it has primarily without the use of nostalgia. IW is the first film you could make an argument for nostalgia possibly coming into play, but even then it's mild. Certainly not on the level of things like SW, Disney live action adaptations, or JW. Pretty remarkable in today's nostalgia driven blockbuster industry. 

Literally everything has nostalgia these days it seems regardless of how much time has passed. The other week when the MET Gala occurred I saw headlines on some of the entertainment sites all hyped up about a "Fault in Our Stars reunion" (Elgort and Woodley posed for pics together), cause apparently I guess nostalgia for a film that's not even four-years-old is a thing now.

[RRA]

24 minutes ago, John Marston said:

 

New Mutants probably originally cost in the 50-60m range but after all the reshoots it will probably end up over 100m

Well that’s the sort of thing I suggesting earlier, so there’s that.

[RRA]

15 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Now that you mention nostalgia, it's pretty amazing that MCU has been able to achieve what it has primarily without the use of nostalgia. IW is the first film you could make an argument for nostalgia possibly coming into play, but even then it's mild. Certainly not on the level of things like SW, Disney live action adaptations, or JW. Pretty remarkable in today's nostalgia driven blockbuster industry. 

TIH was built in part on nostalgia of the 70s Hulk series....which was their one dud.

[dxmatrixdt]

unreal 72% jump for Truth or Dare on Saturday.  maybe it capitalized on those matinee shows that were probably vacant on Friday.  

A Wrinkle in Time only jumped 56% to 0.061m which is nerve wracking in regards to the 100m domestic countdown.

 

**that would be fun to see a Saturday/Sunday near sell outs for a matinee of an older running horror film.  I am usually used to Thursday previews, or 10pm shows where you expect audience distraction

Edited May 21, 2018 by Thematrixfilm