Weekend Thread: DHD Friday #'s (p.14) ~ The Megalogross 17M, Slenderman 4-5M, BlacKkKlansman 3.8-4M

[grim22]

29 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Is it 45%?  I thought it was closer to 50.?

 

From Variety: 

“The Meg” is now considered a full co-production under Chinese regulations. That means it does not need to be imported under China’s revenue-sharing quota system, and rights-holders including Warner and Flagship can earn 45% of gross revenues, rather than the 25% that foreign studios receive under revenue-sharing terms. It also allows Gravity Pictures, which is owned by CMC, to handle the release, bypassing the two state-owned enterprises that release nearly all the quota films.

On paper at least, “The Meg” actually fails to meet the location shooting requirement that is normally one of the three tests for a film to be considered a Chinese co-production. (China and the U.S. do not have a co-production treaty.) Instead, most of the filming took place in New Zealand, where special water tanks were built at the Kumeu Studios outside Auckland.

What presumably swayed the argument for giving the film Chinese nationality is its strong score on the other two tests: significant Chinese finance and equity participation, and Chinese cast in key roles.

[DAR]

Have we just witnessed the start of the Giant Shark Cinematic Universe?

[KeepItU25071906]

35 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Toby Emmerich being in charge in a way has brought New Line sensibility to WB. 

this

 

Anyway, I think "Life of the Party" can be cheaper than 30 mln. When Tag with more stronger and recognizable costs only 28 mln - smth wrong with collaboration between studio and MacCarthy family.

Edited August 10, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[filmlover]

Just now, DAR said:

Have we just witnessed the start of the Giant Shark Cinematic Universe?

Blake Lively, Mandy Moore, and Jason Statham is already a very unique roster of actors to star in The Sharkvengers.

[KJsooner]

Man, I felt the anticipation for The Meg. It seemed to be building buzz a lot from where I’m from.

[Firepower]

22 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

Is it good? How many markets does it have this weekend?

[Boxofficerules]

Can Slenderman out gross last years August horror movie Annabelle: Creation?

[Maxmoser3]

That’s not bad for The Meg. If it’s hit by frontloading then north of $30 million debut. But I’m feeling like a Pacific Rim 1 performance or Rampage but it may outgross Rampage

 

Slenderman with that number $12-$14 million seem likely.

Edited August 10, 2018 by Maxmoser3

[Maxmoser3]

3 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Can Slenderman out gross last years August horror movie Annabelle: Creation?

No

[Curtis1986]

So are they going to release blackkklansman previews.

[Curtis1986]

6 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Can Slenderman out gross last years August horror movie Annabelle: Creation?

That  was a joke right

[ban1o]

4 minutes ago, Curtis1986 said:

So are they going to release blackkklansman previews.

This is what I'm wondering.... 

[Godzilla]

The Meg should be profitable with a $40M+ OW and China debut when it’s all said and done.

[GambitPool]

How many The Rock vs Giant Shark movies were just greenlit? 

[TalismanRing]

1 hour ago, Krissykins said:

GraceRandolph tweeting that $4m previews means $50-60m opening weekend.

 

She’s in the wrong job. 

Water is wet.

 

Isn't there some other unqualified overblown YouTuber people can move on to referencing?

[Zakiyyah6]

22 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Can Slenderman out gross last years August horror movie Annabelle: Creation?

Of course not. 

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, GambitPool said:

How many The Rock vs Giant Shark movies were just greenlit? 

He had his chance - he went for a Gorilla, Wolf & Alligator and blew it

 

Fuck that movie was boring. Stupid was a given boring was unforgivable.

[Maxmoser3]

12 minutes ago, Godzilla said:

The Meg should be profitable with a $40M+ OW and China debut when it’s all said and done.

$40 million+ stateside OW? With that it should do $100 million or so domestic, China will be big, and some other foreign markets WB has a small hit.

[sfran43]

28 minutes ago, Firepower said:

Is it good? How many markets does it have this weekend?

Not sure, but it looks like it has 30 markets this weekend...

 

[TalismanRing]

42 minutes ago, KeepItU25071906 said:

this

 

Anyway, I think "Life of the Party" can be cheaper than 30 mln. When Tag with more stronger and recognizable costs only 28 mln - smth wrong with collaboration between studio and MacCarthy family.

McCarthy is a bigger draw than anyone in TAG (combined) - the movie could have just been called McCarthy's latest Comedy and sold on that.