MLK Weekend Thread: Bad Boys 62.5/73.03 (2nd biggest January debut) | Dolittle 21.84/28.3 | 1917 21.98/26.9

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

 

[John Marston]

1 minute ago, sfran43 said:

 

Higher than ROs

[misafeco]

They should just film Dolittle with every single successful actor as the title character and send the completed products to cinemas at the same time. Then we can find out who wins. He/she will be the ultimate Box Office Draw.

[Avatree]

1 minute ago, sfran43 said:

 

and there we have it. Flop of Skywalker dropping below Jumanji even though it released 2 weeks after.

[sfran43]

 

[misafeco]

1 minute ago, Avatree said:

and there we have it. Flop of Skywalker dropping below Jumanji even though it released 2 weeks after.

*One week.

[sfran43]

 

[Avatree]

Just now, misafeco said:

*One week.

jumanji came out on 5 december, star wars on 19 december, I make that

 

[John Marston]

1 minute ago, sfran43 said:

 

Higher than ROs

[Ipickthiswhiterose]

22 minutes ago, Nova said:

Do RDJ's fans even want to see him in this kind of role? Imagine Leonardo Dicaprio signing up for this. I don't think it would have done better than what it's doing now. Part of being a box office draw is also having the understanding/awareness of what films your core audience wants to see you in so you sign up for those kinds of movies. 

 

Im just not sure that this kind of logic that applies to former eras really applies these days. Clearly what you are saying here is true for someone like Arnold in the 80s and 90s with the clear alternation between Action movies and family comedies, or Jim Carrey in his pomp (Although even in those instances we still got Last Action Hero and Cable Guy), but does it apply now? 

 

Maybe a little bit to holdovers like Bullock, Cruise and Smith (though all of them have had failures in their supposed 'strength' categories somewhat recently in Extremely Loud, Mummy and Gemini Man).

 

As for Leo, it's a difficult one as one could easily argue that his reputation is built on reliably being in good movies as much as having an inbuilt fandom. The other thing is that while his box office has been reliably GOOD, it's not world-beating in terms of blockbusters: Since Titanic, only Inception has done x4 budget on theatrical release WW - though nearly all his films have done x3. This is not knocking him, it's an incredible run for someone who has eschewed IPs.  But it shows that if you want a x4 or better in the megabucks category, IP is the one and only chance and there isn't a single actor you can rely on.

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

Now that's more like it!😂

 

 

[Nova]

6 minutes ago, Avatree said:

jumanji came out on 5 december, star wars on 19 december, I make that

 

Jumanji came out on December 13th though. Which makes it one week. 

Edited January 18, 2020 by Nova

[Ipickthiswhiterose]

9 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

 

While I personally have little interest in this franchise there's no doubt that this is a fantastic number and great news for variance in the market. Of course....it's still an established IP and it's using some nostalgia points, but there seems as though there's legitimate excitement for the film on its own terms. Great start to the year for Sony.

[misafeco]

5 minutes ago, Avatree said:

jumanji came out on 5 december, star wars on 19 december, I make that

 

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl755467777/?ref_=bo_hm_rd

[Cheebs86]

4 minutes ago, Avatree said:

jumanji came out on 5 december, star wars on 19 december, I make that

 

Why are you making stuff up?

 

Jumanji: The Next Level came out:

December 13, 2019

 

[druv10]

9 minutes ago, Avatree said:

and there we have it. Flop of Skywalker dropping below Jumanji even though it released 2 weeks after.

I thought you didn't even know when RoS was released.😉