Malignant | September 10 2021 | A James Wan Horror Joint

[Firepower]

On 7/20/2021 at 10:00 PM, ThomasNicole said:

Maybe just didn't click with audiences on test screenings, because i just read an Interview with Wan saying that this movie doesn't have jump scares, doesn't have much in common with his other "horror movies", have a hard to define genre, and confirm his inspirations on De Palma and Argento.

Even the trailer had jump scares and common horror movie stuff, I didn't notice anything De Palma or Argento, I call this marketing bs.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Our first F cinemascore since The Turning (Jan 2020)?

[Krissykins]

17 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Our first F cinemascore since The Turning (Jan 2020)?

Saw (2004) got a C+ and it went on to be a billion dollar grossing franchise, so who cares what the Cinemascore is? Lol

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

47 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Saw (2004) got a C+ and it went on to be a billion dollar grossing franchise, so who cares what the Cinemascore is? Lol

When did I say otherwise? I loved mother! which is an F cinemascore. Only curious about audience reception after those notorious test screenings. And after receiving two Fs so suddenly last year, I feel like we’re due again 

[Krissykins]

8 hours ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

When did I say otherwise? I loved mother! which is an F cinemascore. Only curious about audience reception after those notorious test screenings. And after receiving two Fs so suddenly last year, I feel like we’re due again 

I just think we only usually hear about test screenings when the reaction is negative. I guess negativity garners more clicks and likes unfortunately.

[Dominic Draper]

10 hours ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Our first F cinemascore since The Turning (Jan 2020)?

I have a hard time imagining James Wan delivering a film that gets an F. 

[JWR]

I will not be surprised if this movie makes less than half of what The Conjuring 3 makes.

[lorddemaxus]

2 minutes ago, JWR said:

I will not be surprised if this movie makes less than half of what The Conjuring 3 makes.

Let's try less than a quarter

[JWR]

17 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Let's try less than a quarter

 

It also cost almost double what Conjuring 3 did.

[lorddemaxus]

7 minutes ago, JWR said:

 

It also cost almost double what Conjuring 3 did.

I don't think we have any info on how much it cost.

[Dominic Draper]

44 minutes ago, JWR said:

 

It also cost almost double what Conjuring 3 did.

I have a hard time believing this cost $80M.

 

Where you get this from?

[JWR]

12 minutes ago, Dominic Draper said:

I have a hard time believing this cost $80M.

 

Where you get this from?

 

$60 million, not $80 million. Though even I'm having difficulty remembering where I heard that.

[ViewerAnon]

There's a big one-take action scene in a police station that surely wasn't cheap, and the killer's lair is giant from a production design standpoint (it's the bit in the trailer with the giant fan). I could believe this cost $50-60M.

[efialtes76]

1 hour ago, ViewerAnon said:

There's a big one-take action scene in a police station that surely wasn't cheap, and the killer's lair is giant from a production design standpoint (it's the bit in the trailer with the giant fan). I could believe this cost $50-60M.

Pure speculation.

[lorddemaxus]

Seems like BBFC rated this 18.  

[lorddemaxus]

It annoys me how WB is treating Wan here. Dude delivered their biggest superhero hit since TDK and created their most successful franchise of the last decade, but they're dumping this with no fanfare. What is this studio doing? 

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

5 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

It annoys me how WB is treating Wan here. Dude delivered their biggest superhero hit since TDK and created their most successful franchise of the last decade, but they're dumping this with no fanfare. What is this studio doing? 

They expect bad reviews. Dumping it is more important than their ties to him.

 

I wonder if Wan ditches them after Aquaman 2. He already did furious 7 with Universal. He finished his franchise work and got his blank check, he is more than capable of taking his talents elsewhere

[ViewerAnon]

I've never met James but I know a number of people in Wan's social circle and I've heard he's worried about MALIGNANT's reception. Burying the movie a little bit so that it doesn't negatively affect future movies might be his call.

Edited August 28, 2021 by ViewerAnon

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Considering the test screenings, delays and lack of major marketing, I'm sure he knows writing is on the wall here as much as WB does

[ThomasNicole]

19 minutes ago, ViewerAnon said:

I've never met James but I know a number of people in Wan's social circle and I've heard he's worried about MALIGNANT's reception. Burying the movie a little bit so that it doesn't negatively affect future movies might be his call.

He said in a interview that he was the one asking WB to keep this movie very secretive and showing very little, so yeah maybe is his idea to avoid negative impact on his career because he know it's bad.

 

Or he anxious because it's a passion project and a different movie for him and he worried if people will reject something he loved. In both ways, it could explain his wish of keep this low profile.