Blue Beetle | August 18, 2023 | WB/DC | Director - Angel Manuel Soto | First DC Universe Character!

[efialtes76]

6 hours ago, Mojoguy said:

Barbiemania could impact this movie. I know counterprograming and all that, but there is a chance Barbie could have a bigger weekend when Beetle opens.

 

WB is of course ecstatic about Barbie, but I imagine they want to make their money back for BB, it has to open #1 that weekend to make headlines and news articles.

Blue Beetle will be number 1.

[dudalb]

7 hours ago, SpiderByte said:

Could be like Elemental where the opening is weak but it's leggy 

I don't know about that; Elemental had legs because if filled the family movie niche; this does not have that.

Just getting a few good reviews is not going to turn this into a sucess. It still has to overcome CBM burnout and a unknown to most peoople hero. DC history of selling it's lesser known heros is not good.

[vinny2487]

So does anyone know when the review embargo is lifted? 

[El Gato]

So Blue Beetle’s second weekend falls on national cinema day? I wonder if that’ll affect the second weekend drop? 

[Mojoguy]

1 minute ago, El Gato said:

So Blue Beetle’s second weekend falls on national cinema day? I wonder if that’ll affect the second weekend drop? 

If the movie is good, it can help spread positive WOM and help it make more money in the end.

[keysersoze123]

Barbie will probably do around low 20s during that weekend. Its perfectly possible for Blue Beetle to open below that if final week reactions/reviews are putrid. That said I think it will do more than that. 

[Human]

18 hours ago, SpiderByte said:

Could be like Elemental where the opening is weak but it's leggy 

Can-  yes.

 

Will- I highly doubt it.

[martin]

Still believe OW around 30 till 40M.

[kayumanggi]

 

 

The suit is just so cool in action.

[SpiderByte]

 

[El Gato]

2 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

 

The suit is just so cool in action.

That suit is incredible! It looks so good! Practical was definitely the right call and whoever made that decision deserves a raise! 
 

Also hoping for positive reactions that help trend presales upward on Friday! 

[Phoenix22]

Wow, big W for Blue Beetle tbh:

 

 

 

I've not seen this level of support from communities since Black Panther and Wonder Woman, there was not this kind of conversation with Shang-Chi and asian representation afaik.

 

[Mojoguy]

Is it too early for WB to do double features with Blue Beetle and Barbie? That could really help Beetle. They have to find some way to boost BB with Barbiemania.

[filmlover]

The endorsements feel rather significant considering how little the studio was doing to promote this even before the strikes. When is the embargo for this supposed to end? Cause only time will tell if it was a vote of no confidence in the movie itself or if the DC brand is just that defeated these days.

[ThomasNicole]

37 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The endorsements feel rather significant considering how little the studio was doing to promote this even before the strikes. When is the embargo for this supposed to end? Cause only time will tell if it was a vote of no confidence in the movie itself or if the DC brand is just that defeated these days.

Reactions Friday reviews next Wednesday 

 

Seems pretty standard to me, not super confident tho but maybe this has more to do with how lifting everything early for Flash turned out 

[Speedorito]

I think reviews coming out on Tuesday would project more confidence. The reviews for Shazam 2 also came out on the Wednesday before release (but a bit later in the day compared to BB).

[keysersoze123]

Review embargo is too late. Let us see how social embargo helps with presales. I think all the latino advocacy groups supporting the movie is a bigger deal. Not sure if that makes up for lack of promotions. Only time will tell. I am still in its going to underperform.  

[kayumanggi]

👀

 

 

[Arlborn]

7 hours ago, keysersoze123 said:

Review embargo is too late. Let us see how social embargo helps with presales. I think all the latino advocacy groups supporting the movie is a bigger deal. Not sure if that makes up for lack of promotions. Only time will tell. I am still in its going to underperform.  

Define under-performing though. Do you mean related to the budget? If so, what's the budget?

 

Or is it related to expectations? Because as far as expectations go, anything over Shazam 2 is not an underperformance at all... I doubt WB is expecting anything above it after Shazam and Flash bombed.

 

In fact, anything above Flash should be considered a win imo

 

 

Edited August 10, 2023 by Arlborn

[WittyUsername]

1 hour ago, kayumanggi said:

👀

 

 

Looks like WB is trying a slightly different strategy in terms of endorsements compared to The Flash. 

Edited August 10, 2023 by WittyUsername