Weekend Thread: The End is Near.

[grey ghost]

5 minutes ago, MOVIEGUY said:

I'd say $20 is a waste of fuckin' money if we're about head into a recession, ESPECIALLY if you've got a family. Save that shit, you might need it.

Never underestimate a morale booster for a family worried about the apocalypse. 

[Barnack]

15 minutes ago, MOVIEGUY said:

I'd say $20 is a waste of fuckin' money if we're about head into a recession, ESPECIALLY if you've got a family. Save that shit, you might need it.

 

The median american married couple with children tend to be among the richest entity on earth:

 

 

That paid way more to see Avatar in 3D and pop-corn when well into a recession. Significantly more than half of them are millionaires (that could change quick too like in 2008).

Edited March 16, 2020 by Barnack

[Legion Again]

@charlie Jatinder thread titling was on point. Didn’t need to change all weekend, just got better and better.

Edited March 16, 2020 by Arendelle Legion

[JB33]

5 minutes ago, Barnack said:

 

The median american married couple with children tend to be among the richest entity on earth:

 

 

That paid way more to see Avatar in 3D and pop-corn when well into a recession. Significantly more than half of them are millionaires.

Makes sense. These days if people aren't significantly well off they pretty much can't afford to have children at all. I know several of my married couple friends would like to but just can't so they're on strict birth control.

[CoolioD1]

i just noticed that when going into the "upcoming films" section of what new films are playing at my local this friday they are... little women, rise of skywalker, jumanji 3 and spies in disguise.

[doublejack]

16 minutes ago, Barnack said:

 

The median american married couple with children tend to be among the richest entity on earth:

 

 

That paid way more to see Avatar in 3D and pop-corn when well into a recession. Significantly more than half of them are millionaires.

 

As someone who fall squarely in that demo, I can tell you it is BS. Significantly more than half of US couples with children have next to no net worth. Between credit card debt, student loans and the exorbitant cost of the US for-profit health care system (the leading cause of bankruptcy in the US is medical bills) the reality is very different than these charts imply. For every couple like Bill and Melinda Gates, there are ten couples struggling to make ends meet on a weekly basis.

 

Any studio exec that green-lights the release of their blockbuster during this time is a complete idiot. The stock market is crashing, a depression is looming (COVID-19 is just the fuse that's lighting the bomb of underlying terrible financial data) and feces is hitting the forced air ventilator. Even without bans, people are not going to see movies any time soon.

Edited March 16, 2020 by doublejack

[a2k]

Yeah new movies will be seen by many together as theaters are shut so $20 is a good rental price. They have to recover the budget just from non-theatricals release.

[dudalb]

For the first time in a long time, I actully beleived something Donald Trump said; when he admitted "it's bad" and said the crisis might last into the summer.

[TwoMisfits]

1 hour ago, stealthyfrog said:

$20 for a rental is absurd

I think they should have shot for a $10 price point...but we'll see in a few weeks if they bet right on the number...

[TwoMisfits]

28 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

To take three kids to see it would typically cost almost 50 bucks.

Nah - you gotta price based on Tuesday numbers - and that family would be $20 then (with 1 parent) - and since there's no cost to anyone except the limited streaming cost, families will expect a break on the number...$10 would have been the ideal price point, I think...again, especially since these movies aren't the Avengers...

Edited March 16, 2020 by TwoMisfits

[raulbalarezo]

 

[sfran43]

 

[stealthyfrog]

1 hour ago, Krissykins said:

There’s no one else in the market... 

 

$20 for a family of four to watch Trolls isn’t a good deal?? $20 for a couple to watch The Hunt isn’t a good deal?

 

I disagree 

I disagree, matey

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, raulbalarezo said:

 

I suspect the other major chains will follow.

[Krissykins]

45 minutes ago, stealthyfrog said:

I disagree, matey

$20 for four people to watch a brand new film at home, that would cost them $40-50 at the cinema isn’t a good deal? 
 

some people here are on a different planet lol

[sfran43]

 

[Barnack]

1 hour ago, doublejack said:

As someone who fall squarely in that demo, I can tell you it is BS. Significantly more than half of US couples with children have next to no net worth.

Married is an important variable, but what being part of that demo tell us ? And would you say the same for your parents if they lived all life together ?

 

1 hour ago, doublejack said:

the reality is very different than these charts imply. For every couple like Bill and Melinda Gates, there are ten couples struggling to make ends meet on a weekly basis.

 

Yes chart that plot average can be misleading, but those are median, 50% are above that figure, 50% below, the Gates move a median graph 10 times less than the ten couple struggling

 

Edited March 16, 2020 by Barnack

[sfran43]

 

[kitik]

On 3/15/2020 at 1:22 PM, kitik said:

 

		Movie	Distr	Gross	%YD	%LW	Thr	Per Thr	Total Gross	D
1	(1)	Onward	Walt Disney	$2,581,000	-45%	-75%	4,310	$599	$60,290,687	10
2	(3)	I Still Believe	Lionsgate	$2,379,000	-24%		3,250	$732	$9,500,000	3
3	(2)	Bloodshot	Sony Pictures	$2,225,000	-32%		2,861	$778	$9,300,000	3
4	(4)	The Invisible Man	Universal	$1,630,000	-36%	-60%	3,636	$448	$64,419,685	17
5	(5)	The Hunt	Universal	$1,220,000	-35%		3,028	$403	$5,320,000	3
6	(6)	Sonic The Hedgehog	Paramount Pi…	$725,000	-35%	-68%	3,041	$238	$145,806,328	31
7	(7)	The Way Back	Warner Bros.	$635,000	-40%	-69%	2,718	$234	$13,435,873	10
8	(8)	The Call of the Wild	20th Century…	$560,000	-43%	-68%	3,201	$175	$62,106,911	24
9	(9)	Emma	Focus Features	$370,000	-33%	-68%	1,732	$214	$10,005,975	24
10	(10)	Bad Boys For Life	Sony Pictures	$300,000	-39%	-63%	1,451	$207	$204,292,401	59
11	(11)	Birds of Prey (And the Fa…	Warner Bros.	$140,000	-43%	-76%	1,014	$138	$84,063,557	38

 

 

 

		Movie	Distr	Gross	%YD	%LW	Thr	Per Thr	Total Gross	D
1	(1)	Onward	Walt Disney	$2,687,350	-43%	-74%	4,310	$624	$60,360,639	10
2	(2)	Bloodshot	Sony Pictures	$2,085,409	-37%		2,861	$729	$9,176,695	3
3	(3)	I Still Believe	Lionsgate	$1,968,818	-37%		3,250	$606	$9,103,614	3
4	(4)	The Invisible Man	Universal	$1,525,190	-40%	-62%	3,636	$419	$64,310,490	17

 

 

Onward's Sunday went up. We're already on the road to recovery!

[sfran43]