Weekend Thread: Thursday Previews - Spider-Verse $3.5M | Mortal Engines $675K

[harrycaul]

I still think Spielberg ghost directed Cast Away.

 

I'm half kidding, but only half.

[Zakiyyah6]

I get the Poltergeist theory but the CastAway theory is pure nonsense.  

[Barnack]

22 minutes ago, harrycaul said:

I still think Spielberg ghost directed Cast Away.

 

I'm half kidding, but only half.

I am a bit curious on the half-serious reasons.

 

Zemeckis is a giant name in the industry and appear in the making off/behind the scene material on locations.

 

Because Spielberg didn't film anything between 98-2000 while being usually really productive ?

 

 

[IronJimbo]

48 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

I just checked IMDB. Does anyone know why Lord got a screenplay credit but Miller didn't? I thought they were a writing team.

You once told me IMDB isn't reliable Tele.

 

 

[Barnack]

8 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

You once told me IMDB isn't reliable Tele.

In general IMDB is a bit of a wikipedia an unreliable.

 

But for the writing credits it is directly the WGA and only them that can touch it I think, they reflect that actual and are updated has the actual movie credit, that section would be.

 

The trivia section, budget, numbers, release info, etc... those will be fill by mistake/not sources stuff.

[TwoMisfits]

The Mule starts at 100% audience reaction on rottentomatoes...won't last, but that does mean it started higher than ITSV:)...https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_mule_2018#audience_reviews

 

EDIT: And it lasted 2 minutes:)...

Edited December 14, 2018 by TwoMisfits

[el sid]

I already wondered over the day how long it will last .
But The Mule is doing very well at Pulse and RT (#1 Spider-Man 24.1%, #2 The Mule 19.3%, ME back to 3.6% at the moment). Normally a rising in these hours indicates that the Friday number goes up.
And I hope that Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse with great WOM also gets closer to the 40M mark.

Edited December 14, 2018 by el sid

[Valonqar]

17 minutes ago, el sid said:

I already wondered over the day how long it will last .
But The Mule is doing very well at Pulse and RT (#1 Spider-Man 24.1%, #2 The Mule 19.3%, ME back to 3.6% at the moment). Normally a rising in these hours indicates that the Friday number goes up.
And I hope that Spiderman: Into the Spider-Verse with great WOM also gets closer to the 40M mark.

 

I'm not worried about Spidey. Deadline always under-predicts Friday. 40M is the floor.

 

The Mule seems like a good counter-programming. 

Edited December 14, 2018 by Valonqar

[filmlover]

Also of significance from Deadline’s article:

 

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Annapurna has Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk at four NY and LA sites. Pic’s Friday to date including last night’s previews is up to $62K, and growing.

[Plain Old Tele]

42 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

You once told me IMDB isn't reliable Tele.

 

 

 

Well yeah, it’s not, but Barnack is right: for above-the-line guild mandated credits, you can’t just put anything.

[Valonqar]

24 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Also of significance from Deadline’s article Annapurna has Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk at four NY and LA sites. Pic’s Friday to date including last night’s previews is up to $62K, and growing.

 

Expected, that kind of movie always has huge PTA in few theaters and it's Fizzle City from there. Arty slogs never expend really well beyond certain limited number of theaters. But it only needs to post big PTA from few during the holiday season to keep awards buzz hot. after that, who cares once nominations are out. it was never competing for wins anyway save King.

[Curtis1986]

29 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Also of significance from Deadline’s article:

 

 

 Not surprising. The film have rave reviews in huge Oscar buzz.

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Expected, that kind of movie always has huge PTA in few theaters and it's Fizzle City from there. Arty slogs never expend really well beyond certain limited number of theaters. But it only needs to post big PTA from few during the holiday season to keep awards buzz hot. after that, who cares once nominations are out. it was never competing for wins anyway save King.

The movie only cost $12M to make so it’s not like it needs to be some big grosser to make a profit.

[Valonqar]

Just now, filmlover said:

The movie only cost $12M to make so it’s not like it needs to be some big grosser to make a profit.

it needs 30M to break even. It's doable. Like I said, it's made for awards so it only needs to appear successful before nominations. 

[filmlover]

Also: wow at that projected Grinch hold. It’s been a while since we had a leggy Christmas-themed blockbuster. And lol at Mortal Engines not even being the #1 Universal title in its first weekend.

[The Futurist]

Your robots were trashed by critics, your CGI Spider is in need of an Oscar ?

 

It s the Holidays and she is the franchise Viagra you need :

 

 

 

[YSLDC]

[babz06]

40 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

it needs 30M to break even. It's doable. Like I said, it's made for awards so it only needs to appear successful before nominations. 

If it can make atleast as much as moonlight did that would be a win considering there isn’t nearly as much BP buzz. 

[WrathOfHan]

17 minutes ago, YSLDC said:

This weekend in a nutshell. The box office is coming back to life 🙏

[WrathOfHan]

Btw, somewhat related to current movies: Hailee broke up with Niall Horan. The dream is NOT dead  

 

Spoiler

inb4 she’s dating Harry Styles