el sid Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 (edited) Well, hopefully EmpireCity is right that it's fantastic. This movie (the movies) could become a bigger hit than many people initially thought. Especially Chapter 2 will be funny to track. I'm looking forward to that. I (also) think EmpireCity is wrong when it comes to a later release date of Chapter 2. The winter has other anticipated films. The distance of time of two months could be a clever strategy: once every halfway interested person has seen the first movie and the buzz would become/becomes smaller the second part is already in the wings. Like that the buzz never vanishes (especially if it's really a very good epos). If people like Chapter 1 (which is likely) they will talk about it everywhere (on social media) and then start to attend to Chapter 2 which will help building the buzz around that movie. Edited May 1 by el sid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interiorgatordecorator Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) probably going to cannes in search of international distributors Edited May 4 by interiorgatordecorator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted May 4 Share Posted May 4 (edited) wrong thread Edited May 4 by emoviefan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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interiorgatordecorator Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 twisters better not eat into its legs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Is the 3 hour runtime for the whole thing or just Part 1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interiorgatordecorator Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) 10 minutes ago, filmlover said: Is the 3 hour runtime for the whole thing or just Part 1? coster said the whole saga is 11 hours long, so just part 1 weird release dates are cool and all, but I can see part 2's growth being severely limited by the lack of a streaming/digital release for part 1 before it releases dont think you can really do much in terms of double features for 3 hour long movies Edited May 8 by interiorgatordecorator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 4 minutes ago, interiorgatordecorator said: coster said the whole saga is 11 hours long, so just part 1 weird release dates are cool and all, but I can see part 2's growth being severely limited by the lack of a streaming/digital release for part 1 before it releases dont think you can really do much in terms of double features for 3 hour long movies Given that this already isn't a sure thing to do well financially it makes sense that the marketing for this has been really leaning in on this being a two-parter set to open weeks apart and hope that those who see the first will see the second. Easier to save money that way so if Part 1 underwhelms they can just release Part 2 a couple of weeks later without having to put in the resources for a whole new marketing campaign. The new Strangers movie which is the first of a trilogy shot at once is also looking to do the same thing though will be more spaced out and likely nowhere nearly as risky since the combined budgets for those are almost certainly much lower than it is for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) Meh, mostly I just want it out as soon as possible unless there's a really compelling new development that would be cause for delay. I presume Warner considered every intangible deciding its release dates, they probably didn't necessarily think box office was top priority. The other side of it is both movies would be available on streaming by the time the Oscar voters pick, and then they can rerelease them again in the winter and make a little more bank. Edited May 8 by AniNate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 Three hours? Goodbye breakout 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 (edited) 3 hours ago, Maggie said: Three hours? Goodbye breakout Breakout won't depend on runtime here. In fact, movies that had the type of breakout this movie needs to succeed are all around 3 hours and more. Dances With Wolves, Titanic, Gone with the Wind etc. The movie needs to catch zeitgeist the same way Dances With Wolves and Titanic did. It needs to be not only a great movie, but also so appealing to general audience they would watch it 10 times in a theater. I'm not sure this kind of multi and staying power are possible today, those movies are long gone if we don't count smaller hits with huge multi like Anyone But You. Sound of Freedom type of run with Fox News audience flooding theaters is probably the only way it can succeed financially and this kind of miracle is very unlikely to happen. Edited May 8 by Firepower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoguy Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 When was the last great Western film? Unforgiven and Back to the Future 3? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2 hours ago, Mojoguy said: When was the last great Western film? Unforgiven and Back to the Future 3? Uh, Tombstone, Open Range, The True Grit and 3:10 to Yuma Remakes. And they are all better than Back To the Future 3 and I am a massive fan of that franchise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDude391 Posted May 9 Share Posted May 9 2.5-3 hours is what I always expected from these? So not surprised at all! It's going to be truly EPIC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interiorgatordecorator Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 had a dream that I woke up to this having a 31 on metacritic making a more serious prediction; unless this is very good (which might very well be the case), it feels like an automatic shoo-in for a 71 on mc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted May 10 Share Posted May 10 Back to the Future III is kino. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macleod Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 Costner getting salty on the runtime...hilarious. 😁 https://deadline.com/2024/05/kevin-costner-horizon-an-american-saga-yellowstone-controversy-1235907679/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatnumRoyce Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 38 minutes ago, Macleod said: Costner getting salty on the runtime...hilarious. 😁 https://deadline.com/2024/05/kevin-costner-horizon-an-american-saga-yellowstone-controversy-1235907679/ And yes and-ing Coppola's 120M investment to note he's going to crack 9 figures if the fourth film is made. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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