Weekend Thread: Weekend Actuals - John Wick: Chapter 3 $56.82M | Avengers Endgame $29.97M | Detective Pikachu $25.10M

[Maximum Avery]

25 minutes ago, LexJoker said:

Stop watching after Season 6. You will be spared much disappointment, anger and frustration.

Why did you watch 8 if 7th sucked? TTVOMJ

[JonathanLB]

What the heck is TTVOMG? Lol. My word.

 

I love Game of Thrones until literally the last episode and now I just don’t get it. Huh, oh well.

[Nova]

5 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

What the heck is TTVOMG? Lol. My word.

 

I love Game of Thrones until literally the last episode and now I just don’t get it. Huh, oh well.

Maybe it’s the way Gen Z plans on talking to us older folks 

[Maximum Avery]

16 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

What the heck is TTVOMG? Lol. My word.

 

I love Game of Thrones until literally the last episode and now I just don’t get it. Huh, oh well.

My take would be: grrm cornered himself with worldbuilding... even in the books we dont get to see or feel the winter last... it is as if he wrote imagined fantasy history book and went along with it... so when DnD were out of small talk that books provided they realized 13 episodes spread out into 3 years of air time will make sense(cut budget corners too) while hoping the audience fills in the gaps... now we all know we dont like endings so it might be a bit subjective, but from the crative perspective all they had to do is make 2 normal seasons.. but without grrm fillers and actually without grrm at all, since he also doesnt know how to finish it(hope i am wrong)... just my opinion after reading the books and comparing it with the tv show... ps: storywise and chronologicaly logical expectations regarding the night king as endgame goal notwithstanding xD my signature-TTVOMJ

Edited May 18, 2019 by Maximum Avery
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[Maximum Avery]

8 minutes ago, Maximum Avery said:

My take would be: grrm cornered himself with worldbuilding... even in the books we dont get to see or feel the winter last... it is as if he wrote imagined fantasy history book and went along with it... so when DnD were out of small talk that books provided they realized 13 episodes spread out to 3 years of air time will make sense(cut budget corners too) while hoping the audience fills up the gaps... now we all know we dont like endings so it might be a bit subjective, but from the crative perspective all they had to do is make 2 normal seasons.. but without grrm fillers and actually without grrm at all, since he also doesnt know how to finish it(hope i am wrong)... just my opinion after reading the books and comparing it with the tv show... ps: storywise and chronologicaly logical expectations regarding the night king as endgame goal notwithstanding xD my signature-TTVOMJ

11 minutes ago, Nova said:

Maybe it’s the way Gen Z plans on talking to us older folks 

I am 35 tyvm little red pikadeadpool TTVOMJ

Edited May 18, 2019 by Maximum Avery
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[Nova]

4 minutes ago, Maximum Avery said:

I am 35 tyvm little red pikadeadpool TTVOMJ

But if we take 20 away then you’re 15 so 

[Agafin]

1 hour ago, nguyenkhoi282 said:

Remember the twitter account that used to be Charlie's source? Their final number is always 300-400K less than actuals so i think we can expect similar here.

Deadline's midnight update is typically very accurate. I'd be shocked if it goes up to $7.5m.

[Maximum Avery]

4 minutes ago, Nova said:

But if we take 20 away then you’re 15 so 

What is this? Chatting? If you add 6 i am 41? So? Anyway if you want to call me juvenile you can..suits me fine.. and tells alot about you if you think thats bad:'( cheers lil cute red pikapool..lets go back to BO ^^ TTVOMJ

[Nova]

1 minute ago, Maximum Avery said:

What is this? Chatting? If you add 6 i am 41? So? Anyway if you want to call me juvenile you can..suits me fine.. and tells alot about you if you think thats bad:'( cheers lil cute red pikapool..lets go back to BO ^^ TTVOMJ

I was making a joke not calling you juvenile. I’m the last person to call anyone juvenile lol 

[TMP]

Who will have the biggest post-GoT career? Not including actors who left pre-season 8.

[baumer]

Too much GoT talk here....there's a lot of movie talk to discuss....GoT is boring.

 

This is a phenomenal number for Wick and even if you give it sequel erosion, it should still get to a 2.6 multiplier from a 57 mill weekend and you have close to 150 mill.

 

When is the last time a non super-hero trilogy had this much of an increase from the first to the third?  Such an innocuous beginning to what we have now.  The original made 43 million.  This one has a chance to quadruple that one.  Not likely, but it has a chance.  The last franchise that did that...was it the Austin Powers trilogy?  I don't have the time to look it up but this has to be in select company.  I know it happened all the time 30 or 40 years ago with films like First Blood to Rambo and Terminator to T2 and Lethal Weapon to LW2 and 3, just to name a few examples, but in recent memory?  Not many if any at all.    

 

EDIT.....ok, forget superhero movies, John Wick is about to go into elite company.  Just doing a very very quick search and I don't think there are many movies that increased more than Wick did from the first to the third, in fact, only Austin Powers, the last twenty years, has a better increase from first to second or first to third.  Maybe the reason is home video isn't what it used to be.  I'm not sure but Wick has done something very unique to film.  It built an audience to the point where the third films is set to at least triple the gross of the first.  

 

And if you want to go back in history, here is the company it is with:

 

First Blood to Rambo:  triple from first to second

Terminator to T2:  5.4X (probably will never be broken)

Lethal Weapon to part 2: 2.26...so it doesn't really qualify

Austin Powers to IMOM:  3.88

 

And that's about it.  Wick is going to at least triple the gross of the original.  Pretty incredible!

[JonathanLB]

If I called anyone juvenile it would be the pot calling the kettle black. “You can only be young once but immature forever” is basically my life mantra 😛

 

Yeah I felt that with where they were, to end GoT with 6 episodes just didn’t seem like enough. I don’t want to be a cynic but why does it seem like so many TV shows, they roped us along for X seasons and frankly just don’t care how it ends because they already made their money? How many shows do you actually think ended on a high note m? I can only think of a few.

[LexJoker]

1 hour ago, Maximum Avery said:

Why did you watch 8 if 7th sucked? TTVOMJ

Because I am hoping against hope that there might be some great moments and the characters and story, that I have enjoyed watching for all the early years, will come to a satisfying conclusion. But as each episodes goes by, it just gets worse.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Will Us pass Get Out DOM? Gonna be close.

[Maximum Avery]

11 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

If I called anyone juvenile it would be the pot calling the kettle black. “You can only be young once but immature forever” is basically my life mantra 😛

 

Yeah I felt that with where they were, to end GoT with 6 episodes just didn’t seem like enough. I don’t want to be a cynic but why does it seem like so many TV shows, they roped us along for X seasons and frankly just don’t care how it ends because they already made their money? How many shows do you actually think ended on a high note m? I can only think of a few.

I said earlier endings suck... and i would realy appreciate if you remind me of 1 that wrapped everything up .. i cant:( so sad actually... ps:maybe 6ft under? TTVOMJ

[sfran43]

@baumer  the last 2 series to achieve it was the Austin Powers then the Bourne trilogy.

 

Austin Powers in Goldmember	NL	$213,307,889	3,613	$73,071,188	3,613	7/26/2002	Trailers
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me	NL	$206,040,086	3,314	$54,917,604	3,312	6/11/1999	Trailers
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery	NL	$53,883,989	2,187	$9,548,111	2,187	5/2/1997

 

 

The Bourne Ultimatum	Uni.	$227,471,070	3,701	$69,283,690	3,660	8/3/2007	Trailers Images
The Bourne Supremacy	Uni.	$176,241,941	3,304	$52,521,865	3,165	7/23/2004	Trailers
The Bourne Identity	Uni.	$121,661,683	2,663	$27,118,640	2,638	6/14/2002	Trailers

 

 

[cdsacken]

5 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Will Us pass Get Out DOM? Gonna be close.

Not unless it's juiced artificially. Not gonna happen.

[That One Girl]

Detective Pikachu while high >>> Detective Pikachu while not high

[JohnnyGossamer]

Bourne was such a monster. Whoa. Forgot how big those were.

Edited May 18, 2019 by JohnnyGossamer

[Maximum Avery]

20 minutes ago, baumer said:

Too much GoT talk here....there's a lot of movie talk to discuss....GoT is boring.

 

This is a phenomenal number for Wick and even if you give it sequel erosion, it should still get to a 2.6 multiplier from a 57 mill weekend and you have close to 150 mill.

 

When is the last time a non super-hero trilogy had this much of an increase from the first to the third?  Such an innocuous beginning to what we have now.  The original made 43 million.  This one has a chance to quadruple that one.  Not likely, but it has a chance.  The last franchise that did that...was it the Austin Powers trilogy?  I don't have the time to look it up but this has to be in select company.  I know it happened all the time 30 or 40 years ago with films like First Blood to Rambo and Terminator to T2 and Lethal Weapon to LW2 and 3, just to name a few examples, but in recent memory?  Not many if any at all.    

Got is boring? Maybe you shouldnt have added that mr mod? TTVOMJ