Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom | December 22, 2023 | David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick (co-writer of first film) returns

[TheDude391]

Interesting anecdote from the article though:

 

"Turmoil aside, the sequel might just work at the box office. The first “Aquaman” also was ho-hum in early testing and found its footing in postproduction. A studio source says “Aquaman 2” is following a similar trajectory. Early tracking shows strong interest and puts the film’s opening on par with the first “Aquaman.”

 

“Everybody’s down on DC, but there is a chance, especially with the limited competition during the holiday season, that ‘Aquaman’ could still play like gangbusters because of lack of product,” says Jeff Bock, a box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “Sometimes the right film at the right time is all you need.”"

[Eric S'ennui]

1 hour ago, Krissykins said:

Huh? It’s literally a hit piece from Variety directly against the film with about 5 different pieces of shady/bad publicity/ attacks.
 

Not going after Amber either. Never have. 

I'm aware. You're not the person I'm talking about mate.

[HummingLemon496]

@Relevation

 

Does The Marvels tepid tracking increase or decrease confidence in your Aquaman 2 $375M WW prediction?

[Relevation]

49 minutes ago, HummingLemon496 said:

@Relevation

 

Does The Marvels tepid tracking increase or decrease confidence in your Aquaman 2 $375M WW prediction?

Neither

The Marvels was gonna be pretty close to done by Christmas no matter what, I don’t think it having bad tracking will affect Aquaman

[Arlborn]

1 hour ago, TheDude391 said:

Interesting anecdote from the article though:

 

"Turmoil aside, the sequel might just work at the box office. The first “Aquaman” also was ho-hum in early testing and found its footing in postproduction. A studio source says “Aquaman 2” is following a similar trajectory. Early tracking shows strong interest and puts the film’s opening on par with the first “Aquaman.”

 

“Everybody’s down on DC, but there is a chance, especially with the limited competition during the holiday season, that ‘Aquaman’ could still play like gangbusters because of lack of product,” says Jeff Bock, a box office analyst with Exhibitor Relations. “Sometimes the right film at the right time is all you need.”"

It would be funny if it followed a similar trajectory to the first despite the DCU crumbling around it 

[HummingLemon496]

11 minutes ago, Relevation said:

Neither

The Marvels was gonna be pretty close to done by Christmas no matter what, I don’t think it having bad tracking will affect Aquaman

 I'm not asking if The Marvels will literally affect Aquaman's gross, but if The Marvel's doing this low can inspire more confidence in your $375M WW prediction 

[Gavin Feng]

Comcast's Man of Steel: Super Mariorian

 

https://x.com/ScottNiswander/status/1711868597629239368?s=20

 

 

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Scott

This is bad but let’s at least live in a fantasy world where the combined streaming service is called MaxCock

 

The Hollywood Handle

According to Variety, some on the lot believe that Universal will very likely buy Warner Bros. within the next 2 years.

 

 

 

 

 

[The GOAT]

1 hour ago, Relevation said:

Neither

The Marvels was gonna be pretty close to done by Christmas no matter what, I don’t think it having bad tracking will affect Aquaman

They’re going to perform the same. Give or take $50mil

[HummingLemon496]

1 minute ago, The GOAT said:

They’re going to perform the same. Give or take $50mil

Unrelated but if the Marvels is tracking this poorly for a November 10th release date, imagine how much it would've done if it came out on July 28th like it was once planned to?

[The GOAT]

28 minutes ago, HummingLemon496 said:

Unrelated but if the Marvels is tracking this poorly for a November 10th release date, imagine how much it would've done if it came out on July 28th like it was once planned to?

I'd say it would've done higher in July release date, even despite the BarbienHeimer phenomenon.

because 

a. There's no school 

b. It was hot as hell, so people wanted to be in an air conditioned environment

c. Barbie was a comedy, Oppenheimer a biopic drama. 

d. Student loan repayments restart this month. Who's the main demographic for Marvel movies? Young Adults. 

[WorkingonaName]

7 hours ago, SpiderByte said:

So did...anyone involved with this production enjoy themselves?

Patrick Willison 

[ZeeSoh]

Moderation: @HummingLemon496 this is not The Marvels thread. We have a thread for that movie where you can discuss it. Keep discussions on topic here and do not derail the thread. 

[YM!]

8 hours ago, WorkingonaName said:

Patrick Willison 

 

[SchumacherFTW]

1 hour ago, YM! said:

 

You did check the account right? 

[YM!]

6 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

You did check the account right? 

Did the phrase cutie patootie not throw you off?

[SchumacherFTW]

15 minutes ago, YM! said:

Did the phrase cutie patootie not throw you off?

I thought that was standard language when describing him

[MovieMan89]

Well at this point I think it’s safe to say even if this is successful and there is a third, Momoa is prob the only one involved who will jump at coming back. 

[WittyUsername]

2 hours ago, MovieMan89 said:

Well at this point I think it’s safe to say even if this is successful and there is a third, Momoa is prob the only one involved who will jump at coming back. 

He’s most likely going to play Lobo for the DCU. The writing is on the wall at this point. He’s done with Aquaman. 

[toutvabien]

Starting to feel like this may be closer to The Flash rather than the first Aquaman in % of female audiences.

[HummingLemon496]

What do you think the excuse will be if this film has poor initial tracking? I'm guessing the most common one will be "don't worry, the movie will have positive word of mouth and leg out" (even though people said the exact same about The Flash, insisting that it was the "best CBM since TDK" and look at how that turned out LOL)

Edited October 12, 2023 by HummingLemon496