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[HouseOfTheSun]

38 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

I think Namor should be used like Hulk, a supporting character which gets round Universal's distribution rights or they do a deal with Universal so they make the film but Universal distributes. 

 

I don't see Sony ever letting go of Spider-Man, they'll pick and choose which characters they want to use for solo projects and let Marvel have the rest. 

The question is who do you introduce Namor with. Hulk and Thor sort of flowed pretty easily. 

[SLAM!]

50 minutes ago, Ledmonkey96 said:

The issue with Spider-man hasn't changed, Sony still owns basically everything about the character. We get X-men and F4 and their related stuff. Maybe Disney can bend Paramount over and get Solo rights back for Hulk and Namor. 

 

If Disney is willing to pay Paramount enough money, they can easily get those rights. Paramount is slowly dipping below the point of desperation.

Edited April 24, 2019 by Slambros

[charlie Jatinder]

This might be the time to seriously think of Avatar going down.

USA 800-850

China 500-550

Rest 1350-1450

 

Total: 2650-2850

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, Slambros said:

 

If Disney is willing to pay Paramount enough money, they can easily get those rights. Paramount is slowly dipping below the point of desperation.

 

They belong to Universal, not Paramount

[Sam]

5 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

The question is who do you introduce Namor with. Hulk and Thor sort of flowed pretty easily. 

Shithead Namor deserve his own movie though  

[aabattery]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

They belong to Universal, not Paramount

 

Is Paramount desperate enough to sell the property of another studio?

[SLAM!]

Just now, MrPink said:

 

They belong to Universal, not Paramount

 

 

My bad.

[DeeCee]

Official theme song for the weekend thread as the numbers come in. 

 

 

[Menor the Destroyer]

I think we need to wait for the second weekend before thinking of Avatar. (that said, I'm in the Endgame #1 dom and WW club so I don't think its at all impossible)

[Ledmonkey96]

10 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

Is Paramount desperate enough to sell the property of another studio?

Hard to say, They are at 207mil for the year so far domestically at least, Wonder Park is a huge loser but PS and Think like a man are profitable, if only slightly. That said their biggest movies for the rest of the year are Rocketman, Dora, Terminator and Sonic. I don't see Rocketman pulling a Bohemian Rhapsody and the other 3 are pretty meh at best. 

 

Last year they had MI and AQP this year well.... they don't.

[TalismanRing]

12 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

Is Paramount desperate enough to sell the property of another studio?

I don't these deals allowed for that.

 

Besides I think Marvel owns Namor rights, it's just the distribution rights or maybe even vestigial producer %s that are keeping him from Marvel using him

[MagnarTheGreat]

Current state of the MCU:

 

 

(click to enlarge)

 

Avengers: Endgame projections based on some comparable movies (current MCU sequel average is 2.53):

 

 

Infinity War and Winter Soldier were April releases, while Age of Ultron and Civil War were May releases.

 

Calendar effect:

 

Edited April 27, 2019 by MagnarTheGreat
moved/added higher-end range for opening from $320M to $410M

[Lordmandeep]

100 million Usd opening looking likely to happen China.

 

 

[Ledmonkey96]

3 minutes ago, Lordmandeep said:

100 million Usd opening looking likely to happen China.

 

 

Opening day to be specific, not including Midnights I think.

[FlashMaster659]

China opening day

 

14 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

500m+ will lock it.itz looking like ¥550mn now.

[FlashMaster659]

Just now, Ledmonkey96 said:

Opening day to be specific, not including Midnights I think.

Correct

[Lordmandeep]

4 minutes ago, Ledmonkey96 said:

Opening day to be specific, not including Midnights I think.

Both

[redfirebird2008]

So what kind of total gross in China? $700+ million? 

[Jonwo]

10 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Besides I think Marvel owns Namor rights, it's just the distribution rights or maybe even vestigial producer %s that are keeping him from Marvel using him

Doesn't the Sony deal with Spider-Man show that it's possible for Marvel to work around that issue with Universal. I'm sure Universal would be more than happy to co-produce the movie with Marvel.

[Birdo Mandingo]

3 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Doesn't the Sony deal with Spider-Man show that it's possible for Marvel to work around that issue with Universal. I'm sure Universal would be more than happy to co-produce the movie with Marvel.

the issue is it was mutually beneficial for Sony and Disney to work together seeing as Sony was rebooting and tying Spidey to the MCU would give them a lot of value, and Disney saw a lot of value to having Spidey as part of the crew.

 

I don't think Universal will just let Disney make a Hulk movie and don't seem interesting in making their own(like Sony is with Spidey)