Weekend Thread: Estimates - Midway 17.5, Sleep 14.1, Fire 12.8, Xmas 11.6, Terminatah 10.8, Jokah 9.2, Mal2 8

[Jonwo]

21 minutes ago, filmlover said:

If The Good Liar wasn't being quietly released I could actually see something like this happening.

It's quite an odd fit for WB and New Line, this wouldn't have been too out of place as a Focus or Fox Searchlight film.  

[The Futurist]

36 minutes ago, Fullbuster said:

It's impressive and unexpected. After some difficult years DC is definitely back in the game.

 

 

 

Todd Phillips really gave the middle finger to 

 

The Man

 

Such an Honest & Brave Artist in these trying times.

 

 

Resist the System, Stand Up & Fight !

 

 

Edited November 8, 2019 by The Futurist

[John Marston]

I’m happy for Joker but at the same time still don’t care that’s very major villain will get their own movie now 

[MrGlass2]

37 minutes ago, Fullbuster said:

It's impressive and unexpected. After some difficult years DC is definitely back in the game.

It's true, you have to go all the way back to 10 months ago to find a DC movie that made $1 billion.

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, DAJK said:

That’s shocking for Midway lol

I'd thank that ensemble cast for it not completely flopping tbh. They had been promoting it during This Is Us a bit given Mandy Moore's appearance in both.

 

3 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

It's quite an odd fit for WB and New Line, this wouldn't have been too out of place as a Focus or Fox Searchlight film.  

In fairness Mirren has proven to be a draw with older audiences in the past and the director's last movie was one of the biggest of all time, so it sorta makes sense that a major studio took a chance on it.

[Eric Duncan]

10 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

I thought comic book movies should be fun and kid friendly, I was lied to for 3 years.

You've been saying the same thing for a month. Find a new slant

[keysersoze123]

Last Christmas and Sleep are neck are neck at my woods. At Cin LC is ahead and at AMC Sleep is slightly ahead. Midway is like 50% ahead of them and moving hard. Unless it collapses after OD, I dont see Mdiway miss 20m. How much higher depends on how strong evenings are.

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

In fairness Mirren has proven to be a draw with older audiences in the past and the director's last movie was one of the biggest of all time, so it sorta makes sense that a major studio took a chance on it.

And I imagine it's fairly inexpensive, probably $10-15m tops Even if it doesn't do huge business, it'll still make a nice profit and have a long life on television and HBO Max.

[TalismanRing]

 

31 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:

To be clear this is ROI, not raw profit where Endgame is on top (but Joker #2!)

Very doubtful it's more profitable in raw profit than Avengers or AIW either - especially after ancillaries.

[dxmatrixdt]

4 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Last Christmas and Sleep are neck are neck at my woods. At Cin LC is ahead and at AMC Sleep is slightly ahead. Midway is like 50% ahead of them and moving hard. Unless it collapses after OD, I dont see Mdiway miss 20m. How much higher depends on how strong evenings are.

finally!  now I can get some more rest

[TalismanRing]

7 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I'd thank that ensemble cast for it not completely flopping tbh. They had been promoting it during This Is Us a bit given Mandy Moore's appearance in both.

 

In fairness Mirren has proven to be a draw with older audiences in the past and the director's last movie was one of the biggest of all time, so it sorta makes sense that a major studio took a chance on it.

Condon also did well with Holmes with McKellen. 

 

My guess is The Liar will be a nice sized hit for WB - unlike Goldfinch, Motherless Brooklyn, The Kitchen, Shaft, Blinded By The Light

[Neucentro]

1 hour ago, Alli said:

Do you think James Gray will get to direct another movie? He flopped with Brad Pitt in the lead, ffs. As a matter of fact, all his movies are flops, yet he always gets another opportunity. Fool me once.....twice....

 

 

 

He seems like a critics' darling. I have seen The Old Man and the Gun and think the writing is dull and detached from the weight of the story.  And its sometimes playful direction is pretentious. Not a good artistic work.

 

 

Edited November 9, 2019 by Neucentro
Made a mistake

[CoolioD1]

14 minutes ago, Eric Torrance said:

You've been saying the same thing for a month. Find a new slant

i thought r rated horror films didn't make any money?

[Alli]

Doctor Sleep, a sequel to decades old film is a flop. hmmm i can think of one movie that'll face the same fate next year. doing sequel after so much time has passed is not a good idea

 

No, i'm not talking about Bill &Ted 3

Edited November 8, 2019 by Alli

[Legion Again]

2 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

i thought r rated horror films didn't make any money?

Now we need to complete the unification of the memes with an R rated grimdark CBM horror film.

[Neucentro]

The Good Liar looks good for $25-30m total. Charlie's Angels has a wider range: $20-50m,

[Eric Duncan]

1 minute ago, Alli said:

Doctor Sleep, a sequel to decades old film is a flop. hmmm i can think of one movie that'll face the same fate next year. doing sequel after so much time has passed is not a good idea

Your ass needs a new slant too.

[CoolioD1]

1 minute ago, Thanos Legion said:

Now we need to complete the unification of the memes with an R rated grimdark CBM horror film.

Spoiler

 

[Alli]

Just now, Eric Torrance said:

Your ass needs a new slant too.

lol i'm just noticing a pattern

[Water Bottle]

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