IF | May 17, 2024 | Paramount | John Krasinski directs, writes and stars | Ryan Reynolds and Steve Carell are here too

[AniNate]

Looks like it's premiering today in the UK

[Grebacio]

On 5/7/2024 at 5:15 AM, cookie said:

TIL this opens in France tomorrow. Should get some word on it then.

There are some french reviews on letterboxd and most of them are positive 

[AniNate]

Allocine critics look pretty meh, and Wednesday embargo lift next week in the US so definitely have adjusted my expectations as far as that goes. Still hoping it finds a Night at the Museum type of audience for theaters' sake.

 

 

Edited May 8 by AniNate

[kayumanggi]

 

[AniNate]

Seems he wasn't supposed to say that yet

[efialtes76]

On 5/8/2024 at 3:54 PM, AniNate said:

Allocine critics look pretty meh, and Wednesday embargo lift next week in the US so definitely have adjusted my expectations as far as that goes. Still hoping it finds a Night at the Museum type of audience for theaters' sake.

 

 

3.3/5 is good imo...and better than Apes(3.1/5)

[AniNate]

It was 3/5 at the time I said that. I got too hopeful with their Migration aggregate so overcorrecting this time

[el sid]

3 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

I only tracked it once where it was looking at least solid presales-wise, but later, sadly not much movement (which is in line with all other reports here).

But the trailers and idea is cute and I also think it will find its audience. But it was very stupid to chose the week before the Garfield release (once again, is Hollywood completely out of touch now or what?).

[AniNate]

52 minutes ago, el sid said:

I only tracked it once where it was looking at least solid presales-wise, but later, sadly not much movement (which is in line with all other reports here).

But the trailers and idea is cute and I also think it will find its audience. But it was very stupid to chose the week before the Garfield release (once again, is Hollywood completely out of touch now or what?).

 

This originally had the Garfield date, and then it moved up a week when Garfield went there so really it's that movie's fault for insisting on the logjam, especially since it was scheduled for February at first and could've made some pretty nice bank being the only kids movie out. 

 

I guess this will be a test case for if two kids movies can still be successful together in a non-Christmas frame.

 

 

Edited May 10 by AniNate

[AniNate]

Anyway this is an excellent opening in France. Bigger than Elemental's first day and without any sneak previews, only surpassed in the last two years by Mario and Miraculous Ladybug in the family movie genre. Budget rumored to be just $70 mil (though presumably also about an Illumination-level marketing budget) 

 

 

Edited May 10 by AniNate

[AniNate]

A few English language rave tweets are out now but so far they're all from influencer type "critics" so gonna hold off on the tweetdump.

 

 

Edited May 10 by AniNate

[35MM-18]

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Budget rumored to be just $70 mil

Wow. That's not bad if true. Was expecting it to be $100-$120 mil.

[AniNate]

Opinion from guy who made a living off tearing apart bad movies

 

https://x.com/FB_BMB/status/1789331482835665379

 

Negative

https://slamdunkorjunk.blogspot.com/2024/05/if-movie-review.html

 

Edited May 11 by AniNate

[cannastop]

 

[AniNate]

Translates to about 2 million Euros or $2.15mil USD in its first two days in France. Elemental made $2.5 million over its first five days.

 

 

[wildphantom]

Reviews should be very positive.  It’s one of the better family films in ages.  Real throwback, made with proper craft.  Krasinski hasn’t compromised anything for the movie he wanted to make, of that there’s no doubt. 

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, wildphantom said:

Reviews should be very positive.  It’s one of the better family films in ages.  Real throwback, made with proper craft.  Krasinski hasn’t compromised anything for the movie he wanted to make, of that there’s no doubt. 

 

They should have released it a month or at least 2 weeks ago to give it some room from Garfield.  The kid/family market has been barren (hence KFP4 having great drops).

[Krissykins]

£315k Saturday here in the UK, under Fall Guy’s second Saturday. 

[AniNate]

That's just EA previews isn't it? British reviews still seem to be embargoed so I assume it's still not in general release yet there

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, TalismanRing said:

 

They should have released it a month or at least 2 weeks ago to give it some room from Garfield.  The kid/family market has been barren (hence KFP4 having great drops).

Ghostbusters has likely been benefitting from the lack of family films too given how much the audience for that franchise these days leans in that direction.