THE NORTHMAN | April 22, 2022 | Robert Eggers Joint | Alexander Skarsgard

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

1 minute ago, Flopped said:

 

A24 struggles to open movies above 10M too so... 

A24 has a more dedicated and loyal fanbase and majority of A24 films don’t even open wide enough to go over 10m, and 10m in general has been a struggle for non-IPs

[CoolioD1]

this definitely didn't need A24 because i've seen it already and if it was an A24 movie i would've had to wait until July for it to get dumped on Amazon Prime or something.

[vale9001]

 

Looks terrible.

Edited April 17, 2022 by vale9001

[FilmFincher]

15 hours ago, Brainbug the Dinosaur said:

This movie not bombing hard would be the happiest story of this box office year so far. Might be a foolish hope, but im sure as hell hoping for that.

[Pinacolada]

2 hours ago, vale9001 said:

 

Looks terrible.

FUCK

[Nikostar]

5 hours ago, vale9001 said:

 

Looks terrible.

Yeah that is not good

[boogiezen888]

Sigh. Oh well. 

[Nikostar]

I don’t think will make more than 40 million WW. Awful overseas start. Let’s see how it does when it expands.

[Blaze Heatnix]

Not surprising it's a money loser. It's a hard R rated movie directed by a director that usually doesn't make mainstream movies. 

 

Many people hated The Witch and many also hated The Lighthouse. If you put the "from the director of The Witch and The Lighthouse" line in the promotion, chances are you're not getting a ton of money.

 

That being said, I'm pretty much excited for the movie. Looks insanely great! So, what matters is the experience. 

[Ipickthiswhiterose]

23 hours ago, vale9001 said:

 

Looks terrible.

 

On the one hand it was very busy at the screening where I saw it. And the manager said that had been consistent all weekend.

 

On the other hand, this was presumably partially because there were only 2 showings per day, in comparison with Sonic and Beasts, which had very modest screenings but each had twelvety showings. 

 

Word of mouth is great. And rightly so because it is absolutely magnificent, best film I've seen this year or last. But it won't have any cut-through to people who aren't the sort of people who love this sort of thing. If someone didn't like the Witch, they wouldn't like this either. I went with a fairly standard theatregoer who was "Hoping it would be like Gladiator" (I curbed her expectations on that front) and didn't enjoy it at all.

[TomCruiseTop]

Hamlet with Vikings.

[Valonqar]

15 hours ago, Nikostar said:

I don’t think will make more than 40 million WW. Awful overseas start. Let’s see how it does when it expands.

 so biggest Eggers movie by a landslide. 

[Jake Gittes]

$40m WW is what The Witch made.

[Brainbug]

Me and a friend will support this movie on Friday. Really excited for this!

[mitchellsilver]

Can’t wait either and people that saw it say its fantastic. Lets see when it expands. Lets remember it only opened in 10-14 locations. I think it can surprise. 

[YM!]

3 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:

$40m WW is what The Witch made.

The VVitch

[Blaze Heatnix]

So, for those who watched it, any thoughts on the CinemaScore?

 

The director usually makes movies not aimed at general audiences. So, what do you think?

[FilmFincher]

9 hours ago, Blaze Heatnix said:

So, for those who watched it, any thoughts on the CinemaScore?

 

The director usually makes movies not aimed at general audiences. So, what do you think?

I think it's too much of an Eggers film for general audiences to accept it wholeheartedly, lots of dreamlike imagery and dives headfirst into Viking lore. The second act does slow things down, I had a couple of walkouts in my screening. But at the same time it's action packed the rest of the time, the plot and characters are straightforward, ending is satisfying. 

 

I will optimistically say a B, it's hard to judge these things. I don't think it asks much more from an audience than Dune which got an A- but I suspect the audience going to see The Northman are expecting something closer to Gladiator which will let them down somewhat. 

Edited April 19, 2022 by FilmFincher

[eddyxx]

Seeing this on Sunday with a friend.

[TheDude391]

Seeing this tonight, can't wait!