Heretic Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 With the weak pound, $20m is even a stretch baring some great legs over Christmas. Looks like FB will remain number 1 for a 4th week before Rogue One arrives in 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjs Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, James said: TPATF did not have RO and Sing to contend with. But for your sake, I hope 20m happens. 2 minutes ago, Heretic said: With the weak pound, $20m is even a stretch baring some great legs over Christmas. Looks like FB will remain number 1 for a 4th week before Rogue One arrives in 2 weeks. okay then, $10M it is! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 Nah. To be fair, I do think Moana will drop very softly throughout the Christmas period, it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up with £15m or so. Still though, it's very disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjs Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, Heretic said: Nah. To be fair, I do think Moana will drop very softly throughout the Christmas period, it wouldn't surprise me if it ended up with £15m or so. Still though, it's very disappointing. haha yeah I wasn't even being serious about the $10M comment. I do wonder the reason of its overall lack of overseas appeal tho. especially since it's not like TGD and doing well in the NA. I cannot but help thinking that maybe it's so unabashedly non-white. Yes, we've recently had TJB but that was India through the colonial British lens. Or it was just the promotional failure at the cost of promoting DS and R1 more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) 8 minutes ago, yjs said: haha yeah I wasn't even being serious about the $10M comment. I do wonder the reason of its overall lack of overseas appeal tho. especially since it's not like TGD and doing well in the NA. I cannot but help thinking that maybe it's so unabashedly non-white. Yes, we've recently had TJB but that was India through the colonial British lens. Or it was just the promotional failure at the cost of promoting DS and R1 more. I doubt it, the US is embracing it, there's no reason to think this has anything to do with race. I just think marketing was not really there. I've barely seen any promotion. Plus FB has and is still catering to the family audience, and in the run up to Christmas, people's weekends gets busier and busier. Edited December 4, 2016 by Heretic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yjs Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Heretic said: I doubt it. I just think marketing was not really there. I've barely seen any promotion. Plus FB has and is still catering to the family audience, and in the run up to Christmas, people's weekends gets busier and busier. yeah, at least that's good to hear if it was just the lack of promo. I really wanted it to do well cause as a minority myself I thought it'd be so meaningful that this one breaks out huge. And it's not like a hard sell, it's a well-reviewed family entertainment. Think the last time a movie with a colored female lead made the yearend worldwide top 10 was.. I don't know, Mulan? but then again it's all personal and I learned staning for movies for political reasons often times don't end too well, by the summer of Ghostbusters. Moana would do what it should do and I shouldn't stress over it too much. haha Edited December 4, 2016 by yjs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, yjs said: yeah, at least that's good to hear if it was just the lack of promo. I really wanted it to do well cause as a minority myself I thought it'd be so meaningful that this one breaks out huge. And it's not like a hard sell, it's a well-reviewed family entertainment. Think the last time a movie with a colored female lead made the yearend worldwide top 10 was.. I don't know, Mulan? but then again it's all personal and I learned staning for movies for political reasons often times don't end too well, by the summer of Ghostbusters. Moana would do what it should do and I shouldn't stress over it too much. haha Trolls has also done really well in the UK (£22m so far) grossing nearly as much as Dr. Strange, and it might even beat it in the end. I imagine quite a few parents have empty wallets right now with Christmas approaching. We'll see how Moana fairs over December. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hades Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Maybe they are saving their money for Sing/Star Wars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 36 minutes ago, Hades said: Maybe they are saving their money for Sing/Star Wars. Sing isn't out here until January 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 4 hours ago, Heretic said: I doubt it, the US is embracing it, there's no reason to think this has anything to do with race. I just think marketing was not really there. I've barely seen any promotion. Plus FB has and is still catering to the family audience, and in the run up to Christmas, people's weekends gets busier and busier. I saw more marketing for Sully than Moana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heretic Posted December 4, 2016 Author Share Posted December 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, Jonwo said: I saw more marketing for Sully than Moana Me too, there's been a lot of promotion for Sully. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 9 minutes ago, Jonwo said: Sing isn't out here until January Really? Goddamn, Sing is out here next Thursday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Just now, CJohn said: Really? Goddamn, Sing is out here next Thursday. Guess Universal didn't want to compete with Star Wars, I think it's a worse slot because it faces Lego Batman only two weeks later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Moana will play well in the coming weeks but I'm astounded at that opening. For god's sake people!! The movie is AMAZING. It can't finish below goddamn Trolls!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3racer123 Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 2 minutes ago, wildphantom said: Moana will play well in the coming weeks but I'm astounded at that opening. For god's sake people!! The movie is AMAZING. It can't finish below goddamn Trolls!!! It will be lucky to make a third of what Bridget Jones made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fnitte Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 (edited) Yeah the promotion for Moana is awful. I've seen no posters, other than the one in the cinema. I've seen one TV appearance from Nicole and heard one feature on the radio. Apart from that, zilch. Sully is advertised everywhere. Edited December 5, 2016 by fnitte 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan9 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Disney's marketing approach is really bizarre and has always been their most inconsistent thing. Honestly, the film is so joyous I don't understand why it isn't being promoted. WOM would carry it far... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilipJ2001 Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I think Moana will increase next weekend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 1 hour ago, PhilipJ2001 said: I think Moana will increase next weekend I wouldn't be surprised if it's number 1 next week. I think we shouldn't count it out just yet, some films like MIB3 started low but ended having fantastic legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
