Neucentro Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said: Everyone, myself included, often makes the mistake of judging, based on paper, what will be the bigger hit but we all know that box office doesn't work that way. It's unpredictable. On paper, the A Space Epic Drama from the director of La La Land starring Ryan Gosling and a buzzed about young actress for an award winning show should have been a bigger hit than yet another remake of A Star is Born starring an actor directing his first film and an unusual pop star in her first lead film role. And yet here we are, living in a world where the opposite happened. The on paper sure thing project didn't work out. We all thought Venom would under perform as well and well it's done great. Box office is fun to follow because of these unpredictable occurrences. A Star Is Born is a modern update of a proven commercially successful formula. First Man is a biopic, a genre that could bore people. In terms of star power, Bradley Cooper + Lady Gaga > Ryan Gosling + Claire Foy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoobyDoo21 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 (edited) Wonder how Indivisible is doing, considering how it is Moviepass's favorite new movie of the week. As for Hunter Killer, the low gross doesn't surprise. You can only make so many awful movie like Uncle's Facebook page...i mean London is Dead and Geostorm before people get tired of you. Edited October 28, 2018 by ScoobyDoo21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrGlass2 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Zakiyyah6 said: We all thought Venom would under perform as well Not at all, only those who ignore YouTube. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cmasterclay Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Can You Ever Forgive Me? is making very little noise in limited release so far, forgot it was even out. Weird for a very well reviewed movie that will probably deliver two very credible Oscar noms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 The cumulative total of films produced by Jason Blum has now passed 2B domestically. Lifetime Gross Total (40): $2,012,513,748Average: $50,312,844 https://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Producer&id=jasonblum.htm 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 13 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said: Can You Ever Forgive Me? is making very little noise in limited release so far, forgot it was even out. Weird for a very well reviewed movie that will probably deliver two very credible Oscar noms. It's numbers so far are solid and FoxS will probably slowly roll it out to take advantage of Awards season. A drama that's strongest hook are the performances doesn't necessarily drive B.O. Look at The Room & Still Alice (the later which opened during awards frenzy) that garnered Best Actress wins. This so far is doing as well or better than those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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La Binoche Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 3 hours ago, Zakiyyah6 said: There is no quiet period. Box office is a year around contest now. It has done better than anybody thought it would. It has out performed all reasonable expectations. You're right for the most part, but Crazy Rich Asians for example benefited greatly from almost no competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zakiyyah6 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Neucentro said: A Star Is Born is a modern update of a proven commercially successful formula. First Man is a biopic, a genre that could bore people. In terms of star power, Bradley Cooper + Lady Gaga > Ryan Gosling + Claire Foy. It's revisionist history to call it a guaranteed smash hit. Nobody was saying that before. People were making fun of the project for years and even spreading nasty rumors about how it was a disaster quality wise. Of course those rumors come with all WB movies now because people are so butt hurt about a few comic book movies sucking but still the rumors were out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, sfran43 said: Just imagine if Johnny English makes something like 100M in China. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 1 hour ago, TalismanRing said: It's numbers so far are solid and FoxS will probably slowly roll it out to take advantage of Awards season. A drama that's strongest hook are the performances doesn't necessarily drive B.O. Look at The Room & Still Alice (the later which opened during awards frenzy) that garnered Best Actress wins. This so far is doing as well or better than those. Yes. Well-deserved Best Actress win. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCKillswitch123 Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 4 hours ago, VENOM said: You dont agree so We are a troll? We don’t need permission to feed on you so many snacks so little time You'd break your fragile teeth if you tried to bite into my bones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 so Venom will outgross Ant-Man worldwide 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 4 hours ago, La Binoche said: What can we expect for Halloween on Oct 31? History shows it’s never that busy, people are out doing other stuff. Buuut it’s midweek this year and the film IS Halloween so maybe a nice bump followed by a massive Thursday drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAJK Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I'm CONVINCED that some people are still going to look at the drop on Thursday and be like "OHMYGOD WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO HALLOWEEN IT'S GONNA DROP LIKE 80+% THIS WEEKEND" 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Bad Times at the El Royale deserves it’s gross, what a let down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Is the Suspiria opening the best opening PTA of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lestranger Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 I mean Suspiria kinda stacked the PTA deck by only being released in two theaters. Usually it is 4 for something like this. It is the best PTA though. Where is it going, absolutely fucking nowhere. You can't even play that movie on Long Island let alone a place like Omaha. It is strictly for a subset of the art house crowd and pretty much no one else. I am seeing asap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daenys Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 10 minutes ago, Krissykins said: Is the Suspiria opening the best opening PTA of the year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 Solid hold for Halloween (given how big the opening was) and a great drop A Star is Born (which will definitely pass $200M if it comes close enough). In fact, there were pretty good drops for everything, perhaps unsurprising given that the openers were greeted with mostly disinterest (although Mid90s did fine considering the reviews were good but not that strong and there wasn't a hook to the movie beyond being Jonah Hill's directorial debut). Can You Ever Forgive Me? had a great expansion and should continue to post solid numbers, while Beautiful Boy is looking to stall between $3-4M. Suspiria posted a highly impressive PTA (though to be fair, it was in only 2 theaters and the LA location had in person Q&A appearances from Guadagnino/Johnson/Swinton after a few showtimes over the weekend which helped boost the numbers), but obviously it's DOA the moment it goes into 250 theaters next week. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
