Weekend Thread: Equalizer 2 pulls off an upset win over Mamma Mia 2 - 35.83M to 34.44M

[baumer]

It might have been.  I don't remember.

[filmscholar]

8 out 10 of the Top 10 are Sequels.  Wow, is 2018 The Year of the Sequel? 

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, filmscholar said:

8 out 10 of the Top 10 are Sequels.  Wow, is 2018 The Year of the Sequel? 

I've been hearing every year being called "The Year of the Sequel" since beginning to follow box office/movie news 20 years ago.

[MovieMan89]

8 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I've been hearing every year being called "The Year of the Sequel" since beginning to follow box office/movie news 20 years ago.

This is true, though it's still a bit concerning we're getting top 5s and top 10s of pretty much all sequels for the first time ever lately. 

[MrGlass2]

5 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

This is true, though it's still a bit concerning we're getting top 5s and top 10s of pretty much all sequels for the first time ever lately. 

Yeah that is nothing new, unfortunately.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2011&p=.htm

[TwoMisfits]

1 hour ago, filmscholar said:

8 out 10 of the Top 10 are Sequels.  Wow, is 2018 The Year of the Sequel? 

Technically, of the top 10 domestic so far...

1. Black Panther - spin-off

2. Avengers IW - sequel

3. Incredibles 2 - sequel

4. JWFK - sequel

5. Deadpool 2 - sequel

6. Solo - spin-off

7. A Quiet Place - premier concept (yeah!:)

8. Ant Man and the Wasp - sequel

9. Ready Player One - premier concept (yeah!:)

10. Ocean's 8 - we'll call it a sequel vs a spin off:)

 

So, 6 sequels, 2 spin offs, and 2 premier...a little overweighted, but it's just as overweighted to supers as sequels:)...

[Barnack]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

I've been hearing every year being called "The Year of the Sequel" since beginning to follow box office/movie news 20 years ago.

The year's of sequel is certainly a thing since the early 2000s

 

1998 was yet to be, no direct sequel I think in the top 10

 

1	Saving Private Ryan	DW	$216,540,909	2,807	$30,576,104	2,463	7/24
2	Armageddon	BV	$201,578,182	3,184	$36,089,972	3,127	7/1
3	There's Something About Mary	Fox	$176,484,651	2,555	$13,740,644	2,186	7/15
4	A Bug's Life	BV	$162,798,565	2,773	$291,121	1	11/20
5	The Waterboy	BV	$161,491,646	2,782	$39,414,071	2,664	11/6
6	Doctor Dolittle	Fox	$144,156,605	2,871	$29,014,324	2,777	6/26
7	Rush Hour	NL	$141,186,864	2,724	$33,001,803	2,638	9/18
8	Deep Impact	Par.	$140,464,664	3,280	$41,152,375	3,156	5/8
9	Godzilla	Sony	$136,314,294	3,310	$44,047,541	3,310	5/20
10	Patch Adams	Uni.	$135,026,902	2,909	$25,262,280	2,712	12/25

 

In 1999 3 sequel or prequal + plus a return of the mummy and Tarzan, but still sixth sense, Matrix, blair witch, Runaway Bride, Big Daddy up there

 

1	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$431,088,295	3,126	$64,820,970	2,970	5/19
2	The Sixth Sense	BV	$293,506,292	2,821	$26,681,262	2,161	8/6
3	Toy Story 2	BV	$245,852,179	3,257	$300,163	1	11/19
4	Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	NL	$206,040,086	3,314	$54,917,604	3,312	6/11
5	The Matrix	WB	$171,479,930	2,903	$27,788,331	2,849	3/31
6	Tarzan	BV	$171,091,819	3,131	$34,221,968	3,005	6/16
7	Big Daddy	Sony	$163,479,795	3,254	$41,536,370	3,027	6/25
8	The Mummy	Uni.	$155,385,488	3,411	$43,369,635	3,210	5/7
9	Runaway Bride	Par.	$152,257,509	3,240	$35,055,556	3,158	7/30
10	The Blair Witch Project	Art.	$140,539,099	2,538	$1,512,054	27	7/16

 

 

It is really in the early 2000 that the sequel era fully started, once Potter/ Spider Man / Lords of The Rings many sequel made a lot.

[OdinSon2k14]

I'm about to start the stopwatch on these RT reviewers, Equalizer 2 deserved at least 80% 🤣

[JohnnyGossamer]

Those multis for the top films at the box office in '98 and '99. 

 

[IronJimbo]

11 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

This is true, though it's still a bit concerning we're getting top 5s and top 10s of pretty much all sequels for the first time ever lately. 

Only one man could save us but now he's doing sequels aswell...

 

11 hours ago, filmscholar said:

8 out 10 of the Top 10 are Sequels.  Wow, is 2018 The Year of the Sequel? 

soon to be 7

[baumer]

Nobody can complain about sequels when original films are all but getting ignored.  There's exceptions, I know, but for the most part unless you have a sequel, your film is getting pushed aside.

[Lordmandeep]

Without the top 3 Disney Blockbusters this be a rather pathetic year at the box office. 

 

They alone should do around 1.980 billion alone. 

Edited July 24, 2018 by Lordmandeep

[YM!]

10 minutes ago, baumer said:

Nobody can complain about sequels when original films are all but getting ignored.  There's exceptions, I know, but for the most part unless you have a sequel, your film is getting pushed aside.

 

This^^^

[Barnack]

 I imagine a big proportion of people hanging out on a movie message board went to see a Shane Black, Del Toro, Laika, good reviewed JAmes Brook produced comedy in theater, you probably did, I did,... I get the saying that to the more casual, but on a movie message board ?

 

Those who didn't not are probably in the people celebrating sequel and the I only see Disney movies in theater.

[MrGlass2]

It is also a chicken and egg situation. Studios are greedy and risk-averse, almost only sequels and "franchise" movies get a big budget these days (at least in live action).

[Jonwo]

Dunkirk last year was an original film and made over $500m WW so they can be successful and can get huge budgets but I think you need to have established yourself as a director to get those sorts of budgets. 

[baumer]

40 minutes ago, MrGlass2 said:

It is also a chicken and egg situation. Studios are greedy and risk-averse, almost only sequels and "franchise" movies get a big budget these days (at least in live action).

 

Disagree. But don't have time to get into it right now.