Weekend Thread | An Asgardian pops in on p.9 ~ HTTYD3 17m, A:BA 3.1m, IIR 2.2m

[Legion Again]

7 minutes ago, BK007 said:

 

Are you missing some number? 120/6 = 20 movies per year , what is exactly 6?

Just a typo, 20 per year.

[Zakiyyah6]

Alita's number is better than I thought it would be which is good. 

[Legion Again]

100M isn't completely dead if the weekend can come in ~13.5. If the Disney-Fox acquisition had already gone through I think it would make for great double showings with CM, but alas.

[TwoMisfits]

For a movie I can watch and love no matter the rewatches - Clue.  I've seen it 300 times and can watch it 3000 more...

 

For a soundtrack (not asked, but I can listen to this like a movie and just dive in) - the original London cast of Les Miserables (in the white case)...absolutely the best version ever made...I've listed to this 100s of times, and will listen to the whole thing anytime I start it...

Edited February 24, 2019 by TwoMisfits

[charlie Jatinder]

The Upside $1.5mn, $99mn total.

[John Marston]

Universal definitely gave Dragon 3 an Illumination type of marketing effort

 

 

[Pure Spirit]

$6M SATURDAY!

$6M SATURDAY!

$6M SATURDAY!

$6M SATURDAY!

 

Alita Saturday like

 

Alita: you just made the biggest mistake of your life

BoxOfficeTheory: and what’s that?

Alita: underestimating James Cameron

 

 

 

[Pure Spirit]

Alita vs Everyone who said it was locked for under $100M Dom (2019, Colorized)

 

[Pure Spirit]

Alita a cute. CUTE!

 

DABBING 

[John Marston]

oh so barely crossing 100m (which still isn't locked) is such a good result for a movie with this type of budget

[Zakiyyah6]

A 53% drop is better than a 59% drop but lets not pretend that the film suddenly sprung Avatar like legs. The only opened with 28.5mil. A 53% drop is okay but nothing to brag about after such a low opening. Listen I want the film to succeed as well but I will never pretend that the domestic numbers are better than what they are. 150mil would be a decent gross for Alita domestically and it most assuredly is not getting to that number. By the way I predicted 13.3mil in the first place so this drop is good for my Derby. 

 

I did that, lets pretend that a film with a mediocre numbers is a big hit thing with Man of Steel 5 years ago. I won't do that again. I'm staying firmly in reality no matter how much I like a film. 

Edited February 24, 2019 by Zakiyyah6

[Pure Spirit]

Just now, John Marston said:

oh so barely crossing 100m (which still isn't locked) is such a good result for a movie with this type of budget

What is foreign/domestic ratio? Here's a comp from the same screenwriter, you may recognize the movie , and this ratio is looking to be even lower, so $100M is quite good, yes:

[Nova]

@IronJimbo when he wakes up to see that Saturday estimate 

[boyamama]

maybe it's above what pro box-office predict,but Alita number w/ that budget and promotion,still a lost money tho....

[boyamama]

1 minute ago, Pure Spirit said:

What is foreign/domestic ratio? Here's a comp from the same screenwriter, you may recognize the movie , and this ratio is looking to be even lower, so $100M is quite good, yes:

why u compare ALita w/ whatever movie u try to compare tho?...doesn't even make any sense at all...........

i mean 100M dom w/ 700M dom ???...wtf 

Edited February 24, 2019 by boyamama

[Zakiyyah6]

Many Alita fans are more in denial than Aquaman haters. 

[aabattery]

4 hours ago, sfran43 said:

Random thought, but do you guys have a movie(s), that no matter how many times you watch it, you enjoy it like it's the 1st time? And it doesn't even have to be a good/great movie, but somehow, you'll watch it every time it comes on?! For me, it's Unstoppable and the 1st John Wick!

 

Ocean's Eleven, forever and always.

[Pure Spirit]

Just now, Zakiyyah6 said:

A 53% drop is better than a 59% drop but lets not pretend that the film suddenly sprung Avatar like legs. The only opened with 28.5mil. A 53% drop is okay but nothing to brag about after such a low opening. Listen I want the film to succeed as well but I will never pretend that the domestic numbers are better than what they are.

Nobody was ever expecting Avatar-like numbers. This puts the comp in between Jumper ($80M) and Glass ($107M). The drops could be less severe from here on. Never forget where Alita came from, she's been fed nothing but Valerian-esque hopelessness for a year by everyone else (including after the review embargo dropped).

:

 

Now Alita like

[Pure Spirit]

2 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

Many Alita fans are more in denial than Aquaman haters. 

All we need is enough to justify a sequel. New IPs are hard to come by, and this was always a passion project, never something done for the money.

[Zakiyyah6]

How is Alita going to have better legs from here on out when Captain Marvel is going to destroy the film in less than two weeks? Also, making more than expected does not automatically mean "hit movie."

Edited February 24, 2019 by Zakiyyah6