Memorial Weekend Thread: 4-Day Actuals - Aladdin $116.81M | John Wick 3 $30.97M | Avengers Endgame $22.06M | Pokemon DP $17.25M

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

Guys, I did not walk out of Endgame (my Dad liked it btw) and want to read 5 pages of critics discussion. Come on guys you’re better than this!

Slowpoke.

[Eric Atreides]

3 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Slowpoke.

I saw it opening night. My Dad just takes forever to see movies

[cdsacken]

1 hour ago, Skwunk said:

People seem to confuse "critics didn't like it" with "if you are a critic, you didn't like it". The RT score of Aladdin means that if you talked to 10 critics, 6 would like it, if you talked to any critic, there is a greater chance that they liked it rather than didn't. Critics aren't a singular entity that can like or dislike a movie, sure there is a general consensus, but a general consensus doesn't mean that everyone agrees with it. 

 

Rotten tomatoes isn't a review site that gave Aladdin a 6/10, it is a site that informs that 6 out of every 10 critics liked aladdin, again, that is more than didn't like it.

 

Sure, the critics' general consensus isn't as positive as the audience general consensus, i just think statements like "The critics were too harsh on this" don't really make much sense with how rotten tomatoes and a general consensus actually works.

52% for top critics. Lower average score than Twilight. Not sure how a consensus could arrive at that conclusion and I am inherently biased towards those films. I watched vampire diaries, originals, legacies, all twlight films, every Dracula film, underworld film, nearly every werewolf film etc.

 

But we don't have to agree about it. 

 

Anti Disney seems impossible given the previous review scores in the past. Wouldn't make any sense.

Edited May 28, 2019 by cdsacken

[cdsacken]

Is 5 million good for end game? I forget

[Menor the Destroyer]

Just now, cdsacken said:

Is 5 million good for end game? I forget

In line with estimates

[cannastop]

4 minutes ago, cdsacken said:

52% for top critics. Lower average score than Twilight. Not sure how a consensus could arrive at that conclusion and I am inherently biased towards those films. I watched vampire diaries, originals, legacies, all twlight films, every Dracula film, underworld film, nearly every werewolf film etc.

 

But we don't have to agree about it. 

 

Anti Disney seems impossible given the previous review scores in the past. Wouldn't make any sense.

So what are you even saying?

[Legion Again]

Just now, cdsacken said:

Is 5 million good for end game? I forget

Very medium. Maybe like 40th percentile imo.

[charlie Jatinder]

25-25.25 will be 2nd highest Monday for Memorial Day Weekend, only behind Indy's 26mn.

 

PoTC 3 added $156mn after $25mn Monday (6.24x)

Indy added $191mn after $26mn (7.34x)

Solo added $111mn after $18.5mn (6x)

PoTC 5 added $94mn after $15.5mn (6.06x)

 

We need to do close to Indy ($297-300mn). Solo one will take it to $266mn Approx, that's floor I guess.

Edited May 28, 2019 by Charlie Jatinder

[Legion Again]

Monday above true Friday, very healthy internal weekend behavior as befits the high audience reception metrics.       

 

Wish I could find out how common it was to have Mon over true Friday, but with all the sites showing the stupid Thursday+Fri figures instead it’s too much of a hassle for me.

[charlie Jatinder]

1 minute ago, Thanos Legion said:

Monday above true Friday, very healthy internal weekend behavior as befits the high audience reception metrics.       

 

Wish I could find out how common it was to have Mon over true Friday, but with all the sites showing the stupid Thursday+Fri figures instead it’s too much of a hassle for me.

I didn't notice that. Its only film to do so I guess with 25mn or more Monday.

[XXR vs XXR]

10 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

25-25.25 will be 2nd highest Monday for Memorial Day Weekend, only behind Indy's 26mn.

 

PoTC 3 added $156mn after $25mn Monday (6.24x)

Indy added $191mn after $26mn (7.34x)

Solo added $111mn after $18.5mn (6x)

PoTC 5 added $94mn after $15.5mn (6.06x)

 

We need to do close to Indy ($297-300mn). Solo one will take it to $266mn Approx, that's floor I guess.

 

WOM for Aladdin is higher than all 4 of those. It's shockingly high to be honest. It really wouldn't surprise me if it did 3.6 - 3.8x 3-day. 

Edited May 28, 2019 by VenomXXR

[filmlover]

46 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Saying critics are biased against disney is the most ridiculous thing I have heard on this forum :-).

Wouldn't be the opening weekend of a Disney blockbuster if there weren't proclamations of conspiracy (whether about how they're tipping off critics or are killing other studios), I guess.

[YM!]

We’re doing the critics bias schtick again. This shit got tiring about 3 year ago.

[ilovetheblues86]

Critics tell if the movie is good. Audience tells if they liked the movie. Its perfectly ok to like an average movie like Alladin as it is to consider only average a movie liked by the majority.

[cdsacken]

43 minutes ago, cannastop said:

So what are you even saying?

Critics read Twitter and stupid memes and made a decision before they ever saw the film.

[That One Girl]

Just now, cdsacken said:

Critics read Twitter and stupid memes and made a decision before they ever saw the film.

 

Yep, I'm sure this is what all 114 of the critics that didn't like it did.  In actuality, Aladdin has a 100% once we remove the biased critics that just wanted to hate it.

Edited May 28, 2019 by That One Guy

[cdsacken]

What's a reasonable drop for Aladdin? Say 25 million. 55% drop is 13.75

[Lordmandeep]

1% of people read reviews, 99% look at the aggregate of the reviews for a score. 

[cdsacken]

1 minute ago, That One Guy said:

 

Yep, I'm sure this is what all 114 of the critics that didn't like it did.  In actuality, Aladdin has a 100% once we remove the biased critics that just wanted to hate it.

Nah but better than twilight. As a lover of Twilight (team Edward ftw) even that seems like an easy thing to say. I'd guess without critics going super bitchy whiny, similar scores to Beauty and the Beast. Low 70s. Barely above Pikachu.

[Eric Atreides]

@That One Guy @cdsacken

1 hour ago, CoolEric258 said:

Guys, I did not walk out of Endgame (my Dad liked it btw) and want to read 5 pages of critics discussion. Come on guys you’re better than this!