Gran Turismo | August 25, 2023 | Sony | Neill Blomkamp directs

[dudalb]

On 8/8/2023 at 2:36 PM, The GOAT said:

I wonder who EC actually works for. Maybe an inside analyst for AMC. 

I sort of got skeptical about EC when he kept on telling us the theaters were about to reopen during Covid  about a month after they shut down.

[interiorgatordecorator]

On 8/8/2023 at 9:16 AM, Grebacio said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

his whole "the mediocre 2nd half of the year is actually amazing"-schtick isn't funnt

[WorkingonaName]

On 8/9/2023 at 7:36 AM, The GOAT said:

I wonder who EC actually works for. Maybe an inside analyst for AMC. 

He is AMC.

[budice]

Gran Turismo screeening last night. 

Empty XD Theater that seats 400. 

With late arrivals, maybe 10 people. 

Plan accordingly.  Movie itself was fine imho.

 

 

 

 

[Dephira]

Kinda tempted to see this now since I heard the racing sequences are pretty well made and visually interesting

[Ryan Reynolds]

99% RT verified score , STOP THE COUNT !

[titanic2187]

I saw GT in 4DX by accident. And that was a pleasant unexpected surprise. One of the rare example where 4DX not only doesn't cause distraction, the motion elevate the movie experience overall. A great use of the format to a otherwise formulaic and generic crowd-pleaser.  

[SpiderByte]

 

[BadOlCatSylvester]

12 hours ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

99% RT verified score , STOP THE COUNT !

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RACEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!

[Krissykins]

This fell out of the top 10 completely on only its second Saturday here in the UK. 

[Mojoguy]

Well this can't be the movie that beats Barbie anymore, didn't stop Beetle from flopping OS. The real question is will GT do better than Beetle?

[CJohn]

15M OW (includes all the sneaks)

35M DOM total

[CJohn]

Apparently this carries a 100M budget. It's dead.

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[dudalb]

14 hours ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

As if three or four more million dollars is going to change that this movie is flopping pretty hard.

 

[Bob Train]

49 minutes ago, dudalb said:

As if three or four more million dollars is going to change that this movie is flopping pretty hard.

 

This is one of the few movies this summer that's not a guaranteed flop. Only needs $150m WW to break even, will be at $60m ish after this weekend.

[CJohn]

On 8/26/2023 at 1:32 AM, Bob Train said:

This is one of the few movies this summer that's not a guaranteed flop. Only needs $150m WW to break even, will be at $60m ish after this weekend.

The problem is that it already opened mostly everywhere OS two weeks ago.

[Mojoguy]

On 8/25/2023 at 5:32 PM, Bob Train said:

This is one of the few movies this summer that's not a guaranteed flop. Only needs $150m WW to break even, will be at $60m ish after this weekend.

The problem is Barbie has a good chance of stealing first place this weekend and grabbing headlines if its sales explode on Cinema Day. GT really needs to be first place this weekend.

Edited August 27, 2023 by Mojoguy

[OncomingStorm93]

I thought GT was a blast. Some clunky script elements, particularly whenever they tried to integrate gamer lingo, but Blomkamp’s direction was great. His grounded visual style and camerawork was well utilized. And the racing sequences were both surprisingly plentiful and engaging. Well shot/animated/edited. I’m surprised that the budget was only 100m. David Harbour was the standout performance. Having seen the final product, I think the marketing for this film was poorly conceived.

[Linkinitouille]

Due to GT doing $17M on opening weekend (including previews) and only $11M internationally, I think the movie might not break even, even if China and Japan releases are right around the corner. I think the only country where the movie did good was France, where it will reach 1M admissions (estimated $9M) and do a similar score to Ford v Ferrari, and much better than Rush or Need for Speed.

 

I really think the trailers killed the movie's potential, despite great WOM: people who heard about the movie could have seen the trailer afterwards and said "meh might not be for me, I don't see why there's so much fuss about this". 

 

GT will do good in VOD though, and Blomkamp really made a crowdpleasing movie - wouldn't be surprised if Sony keeps him around for another PlayStation adaptation.