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[TheDarkKnightOfSteel]

I am just so happy when original movies are successful. Makes me have some hope that in the Disney dominated industry, the studios that will survive will give original movies a chance.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

Congratulations for Aladdin getting to the $1B-mark. 💁🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️

 

It really baffles me though that Disney couldn’t do everything in it’s power to push TJB (2016) to the $1B, despite that film being the highest acclaimed Disney live action remake that they made so far. 🙍🏻‍♀️

 

That film made $966M WW, which is one of the closer films to that mark.

[Webslinger]

That's a pretty good preview number for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. I'm hopeful that it will hit 50, but we'll see.

[Alli]

5 minutes ago, TMP said:

Yes they are. A 3 hour meditation in the woods with very short bursts of action is a risky sell. He's not doing Disney's™ Hercules or something.

That movie sold so well because it was Leo's big push for oscar. everyone wanted to see the movie that will finally give him the oscar.

 

not denying he's a draw, but just saying he's having his pick of working with the best of the best

 

look at RPatz, his movies until now flopped because he worked with mediocre or obscure directors, but now that he's gonna work with Nolan, his movie will do big business

Edited July 26, 2019 by Alli

[charlie Jatinder]

TLK roughly 22-23 I guess.

 

Fwiw Booksmart is currently about 60% of Endgame.

Edited July 26, 2019 by Charlie Jatinder

[Valonqar]

3 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

Holy shit that SK number! 

[Jonwo]

2 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

Congratulations for Aladdin getting to the $1B-mark. 💁🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️

 

It really baffles me though that Disney couldn’t do everything in it’s power to push TJB (2016) to the $1B, despite that film being the highest acclaimed Disney live action remake that they made so far. 🙍🏻‍♀️

 

That film made $966M WW, which is one of the closer films to that mark.

Had it released in May, it would had a chance but releasing it in April in a way hurt it a little.

[Valonqar]

5 minutes ago, Alli said:

That movie sold so well because it was Leo's big push for oscar. everyone wanted to see the movie that will finally give him the oscar.

 

not denying he's a draw, but just saying he's having his pick of working with the best of the best

But best of the best doesn't guarantee big boxoffice or most movies in Top 10, 20, etc yearly and all time would have been directed by best of the best. Which they are not. Revenant may have been his big push for Oscar but it was curiously around him that turned it into 500M hit. replace him with Fassbender or Isaac or whatever other actor that Internet tried to make into a star and you get 500K. 

Edited July 26, 2019 by Valonqar

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, TheDarkKnightOfSteel said:

I am just so happy when original movies are successful. Makes me have some hope that in the Disney dominated industry, the studios that will survive will give original movies a chance.

Yeah, that's a release schedule teeming with originality

 

SONY / COLUMBIA

FUTURE RELEASES

Movie Title (click to view)	Studio	Release Date
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Sony / Columbia	7/26/19
The Angry Birds Movie 2	Sony / Columbia	8/14/19
Overcomer	Sony / AFFIRM Films	8/23/19
Zombieland 2: Double Tap	Sony / Columbia	10/18/19
Black and Blue	Sony / Screen Gems	10/25/19
Charlie's Angels (2019)	Sony / Columbia	11/15/19
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Sony / Columbia	11/22/19
Jumanji: The Next Level	Sony / Columbia	12/13/19
Little Women (2019)	Sony / Columbia	12/25/19
Masters of the Universe (2020)	Sony / Columbia	2020
The Grudge (2020)	Sony / Columbia	1/3/20
Bad Boys for Life	Sony / Columbia	1/17/20
Peter Rabbit 2	Sony / Columbia	2/7/20
Bloodshot	Sony / Columbia	2/21/20
Blumhouse Fantasy Island Horror	Sony / Columbia	2/28/20
Fatherhood	Sony / Columbia	4/3/20
Untitled Affirm Films Coach Project	Sony / AFFIRM Films	4/10/20
Greyhound	Sony / Columbia	5/8/20
Untitled Ghostbusters	Sony / Columbia	7/10/20
Sony/Marvel Morbius	Columbia	7/31/20
Escape Room 2	Sony / Columbia	8/14/20
Monster Hunter	Sony / Screen Gems	9/4/20
Untitled Lord and Miller Animation	Sony / Columbia	9/18/20
Untitled Sony/Marvel Sequel (2020)	Sony / Columbia	10/2/20
Vivo	Sony / Columbia	11/6/20
Happiest Season	TriStar	11/20/20
Uncharted	Sony / Columbia	12/18/20
Cinderella (2021)	Sony / Columbia	2/5/21
Hotel Transylvania 4	Sony / Columbia	12/22/21

 

[Alli]

3 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

But best of the best doesn't guarantee big boxoffice or most movies in Top 10, 20, etc yearly and all time would have been directed by best of the best. Which they are not. Revenant may have been his big push for Oscar but it was regardless the curiously around him that turned it into 500M hit. replace him with Fassbender or Isaac or whatever other actor that Internet tried to make into a star and you get 500K. 

Fassbender is no where near the celebrity that Leo is. he's a pop culture phenomenon, everybody knows him. nobody has heard of the fass. you need to compare leo with his counterparts, like brad pitt, johnny depp.

Edited July 26, 2019 by Alli

[Geo1500]

Happy for Aladdin production team they did fantastic CGI work. They deserved this more then anyone else

 

Edited July 26, 2019 by Geo1500

[charlie Jatinder]

7 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Holy shit that SK number! 

Aladdin isn't done yet. It's coming for Endgame number there! Over 100mn.

[Jake Gittes]

9 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

TLK roughly 22-23 I guess.

 

Fwiw Booksmart is currently about 60% of Endgame.

I mean they're in the same number of theaters. 

[That One Girl]

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Edited March 1, 2022 by That One Guy

[MrPink]

28 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Tarantino underperformed with Hateful 8 a decidedly less star power driven movie than Django and Bastards so Leo cannot be discounted as at least an added value with Brad if not a draw with him. The selling point was clearly Leo&Brad finally together.  Scorcese underperformed with Hugo and outright bombed with Silence, his Leo-less movies. All movies he made with Leo, save GONY made over 100M dom. Nolan, see the boxoffice for his original movies w/o Leo and the one with Leo and it's a pretty big difference. 

 

To be fair, that probably has as much to do with the concepts of his other films minus Leo. Both Dunkirk and Interstellar are less GA friendly than Inception. Still, Leo breaks down that barrier of credibility needed for a film like Inception.

[Valonqar]

5 minutes ago, Alli said:

Fassbender is no where near the celebrity that Leo is. he's a pop culture phenomenon, everybody knows him. nobody has heard of the fass

Except those people who checked in "hell no!" box when they were told that he starred in Steve Jobs. 

 

point being, there are kazillion celebrities that Internet think are big names cause they are memes and then their movies flop with GA. Millie Bobby Brown's 50M IG followers and 1000 memes don't mean shit to GA so Godzilla flopped and so will Ebola Holmes. 

 

 

Edited July 26, 2019 by Valonqar

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, Valonqar said:

But best of the best doesn't guarantee big boxoffice or most movies in Top 10, 20, etc yearly and all time would have been directed by best of the best. Which they are not. Revenant may have been his big push for Oscar but it was curiously around him that turned it into 500M hit. replace him with Fassbender or Isaac or whatever other actor that Internet tried to make into a star and you get 500K. 

It was curiosity around how Leo was being tortured by his Oscar winning director.  The entire publicity push for that movies months before we saw a single shot or even poster was about how much Leo was suffering for his art and how he deserved an Oscar.  Also how the budget was exploding b/c they wanted to keep it "real".   Then we got the freaky stuff with the bear and everyone had to see it.

 

I'd say it's a symbiotic relationship between Leo and all star directors.   

 

It would be interesting to see Leo go back to small budget and riskier.  Pitt's had a far more adventurous screen career than Leo - as an actor and a Producer.

 

[charlie Jatinder]

Just now, Jake Gittes said:

I mean they're in the same number of theaters. 

Yeah, with one expanding other losing theatres.

[charlie Jatinder]

Leo is far bigger star than The Rock ffs. People overrate DJo like anything.

[TMP]

6 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Yeah, that's a release schedule teeming with originality

 

If they only released Once Upon a Time in Hollywood this year they'd still be releasing more original films than Disney in 2018+2019 combined.