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

[Speedorito]

5 minutes ago, Lucas said:

The RT actually might not be completely terrible. But we’ve seen this before unfortunately. “Fun” doesn’t cut it for most people anymore.

[dallas]

3 minutes ago, Speedorito said:

The RT actually might not be completely terrible. But we’ve seen this before unfortunately. “Fun” doesn’t cut it for most people anymore.

I feel like fun is enough to interest people with nothing to do over the holidays.

[Arlborn]

10 minutes ago, Lucas said:

This is honestly interesting, shame about the obvious cuts though.

[Krissykins]

I don’t know anything about the market but ratings of 9 seem positive in China? And the $5m opening day doesn’t seem horrible? 
 

Unless a 9 is low there?

[dallas]

1 minute ago, Krissykins said:

I don’t know anything about the market but ratings of 9 seem positive in China? And the $5m opening day doesn’t seem horrible? 
 

Unless a 9 is low there?

I'm pretty sure it's good. $25M 5-day, could go higher if WOM spreads well. 

[Giorno]

30 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

I don’t know anything about the market but ratings of 9 seem positive in China? And the $5m opening day doesn’t seem horrible? 
 

Unless a 9 is low there?

The first one made 23m od in china and 9 is good but doesn't seem to indicate some excellent legs 

[Krissykins]

3 minutes ago, Giorno said:

The first one made 23m od in china and 9 is good but doesn't seem to indicate some excellent legs 

Ah ok. I knew it would be a gigantic drop from the previous film like everything else. But doesn’t seem to indicate an opening under $20m at least. 
 

I vaguely remember something about a 9/10 not being excellent there lol. Must be a tiny margin for excellent and huge margin for not. 

[Giorno]

7 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Ah ok. I knew it would be a gigantic drop from the previous film like everything else. But doesn’t seem to indicate an opening under $20m at least. 
 

I vaguely remember something about a 9/10 not being excellent there lol. Must be a tiny margin for excellent and huge margin for not. 

For a local film a 9 can blow up but hollywood films with even higher than 9 haven't done much there over the last couple years

[Megajohn01]

Getting ready to watch this in a half hour. Will let you all know what I think of it 

[dallas]

8 minutes ago, Megajohn01 said:

Getting ready to watch this in a half hour. Will let you all know what I think of it 

Have fun!

[Firepower]

So it's not nearly as terrible as scoopers hyped it to be? Shocker. I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually better than The Flash, Shazam 2, Blue Beetle and The Marvels.

 

3 hours ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

I don't know. If it is a musical, there will be a major drop off. And Lady Gaga isn't exactly a major pull.

Both statements are wrong.

Edited December 21, 2023 by Firepower

[Lucas]

Yet another 5/10 mid negative. That's 4 fresh and 3 rotten now.

[HummingLemon496]

1 minute ago, Lucas said:

Yet another 5/10 mid negative. That's 4 fresh and 3 rotten now.

[Becker]

The bombing of AquaBro 2 , starring Jason Mamoa, Patrick Wilson, and NOT Amber Heard, is a foregone conclusion that will be engraved into the pantheon of boxoffice flops. The only question that remains is whether it'll go under the Marvels or not. 

 

On 12/13/2023 at 11:32 AM, Becker said:

The fall from grace is real. I ask my movie group to see this movie, and I'm left with immediate rejection. 

They all would rather see Timotheeee Chalamet make chocolate instead. The crowd yearns for the TWonka. 

[JimmyB]

My RT score guess.....30% and 5/10 rating.  Numbers similar to SS 2016 

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/suicide_squad_2016

[HummingLemon496]

16 minutes ago, JimmyB said:

My RT score guess.....30% and 5/10 rating.  Numbers similar to SS 2016 

 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/suicide_squad_2016

Yeah if it gets reviews like that then it'll probably do like 3.5 --> 19 --> 86 ish

Edited December 21, 2023 by HummingLemon496

[lorddemaxus]

3 hours ago, MysteryMovieMogul said:

Not really? Wonka and The Color Purple aren't sequels to a non-musical film. Technically, you could call Wonka a prequel, but to a film from 1971, so...

Joker 2 is not gonna be a full blown musical. Probably will have two full musical numbers at most.

[Super]

Saw the movie, quite similar to the first but a lot less wow factors I guess. I don’t see its reception being much worse than the first. But we’ll see how it’s run unfolds. 

[dallas]

I dont think bad reviews are going to affect this as much as people think. The first movie didn't exactly receive glowing praise either. 

[TigerPaw]

2 hours ago, Firepower said:

So it's not nearly as terrible as scoopers hyped it to be? Shocker. I wouldn't be surprised if it's actually better than The Flash, Shazam 2, Blue Beetle and The Marvels.

 

 

Having seen it, and all of the films listed above. Aquaman 2 is definitely better than all of those, and on par with The Flash (which I thought was really good other than wonky CGI) but Aquaman 2's CGI is much better. The audience at my IMAX 3D theater ate it.