A2 WEEKEND THREAD | 134.1M DOM OW | Thurs 17m / Fri 36m / Sat 45m / Sun 36m

[Jake Gittes]

Bring Harry Tasker to Pandora.

[Ozymandias]

Lol at "Few films exhale MURICA more than Avatar" when audiences are rooting for the deaths of American soldiers in the 3rd act.  "RDA" or whatever my ass, they're American soldiers.

[Menor the Destroyer]

Just now, Alligator Zatt said:

It’s the impression I get. 

The first movie literally ends with the Na'vi going up against a bunch of U.S. military-coded troops (yeah yeah it was a corporation but we all know the impression it was intended to give). 

[Cap]

@Alligator Zatt

 

I mean, sure. But you’re talking about things they should’ve done for the past decade. That’s not exactly the same thing as things they could have done to sell this movie. 

[ZattMurdock]

2 minutes ago, Menor Reborn said:

The first movie literally ends with the Na'vi going up against a bunch of U.S. military-coded troops (yeah yeah it was a corporation but we all know the impression it was intended to give). 

Still way too heavy on the white savior trope. 
 

 

@Capmy point is that you could literally hammer marketing with Avatar and it wouldn’t change anything. Overexposure is also a thing. The media cycle for Marvel, DC, Star Wars and what have you have to fight tooth and nail with the Stranger Things and whatever is hot on steaming in the week. Maverick was nostalgia heavy with almost 30 years from a film to the next. I just don’t think Avatar has ever earned that kind of value with audiences, and marketing the shit out of it wouldn’t change that.

Edited December 17, 2022 by Alligator Zatt

[cooldude97]

1 hour ago, upriser7 said:

Lets say A2 slightly underperforms at box-office vs pre-release expectations and ends up at $1.5B-1.8B but if the WOM is very positive, that should set up things well for A3 right ? I'd expect A3 to open better than A2...also you won't have that 13 year gap for A3 like we had for A2 and very likely little impact of covid during end of 2024.

nah i'm expecting star wars sequel trilogy drops for each new movie since just like those movies the magic of them will wear off more with bi-yearly releases

[AJG]

36 minutes ago, krla said:

Did they forget to market it to white people?

He may have a point. I didn’t hear Sweet Caroline once in any of the trailers.

[Menor the Destroyer]

3 minutes ago, Alligator Zatt said:

Still way too heavy on the white savior trope. 

That trope is hardly limited to America (and hell, not even limited to white audiences either). People of many nationalities connected to and enjoyed the story. 

[grey ghost]

So Jimbo was serious about expecting 1 billion domestic.

 

I guess it the whole Avatar obsession wasn't a gimmick. 

[ZattMurdock]

Just now, Menor Reborn said:

That trope is hardly limited to America (and hell, not even limited to white audiences either). People of many nationalities connected to and enjoyed the story. 

Like I’ve said, as a South American dude, I personally read Avatar and Maverick is white af. And I’m not saying that I don’t enjoy white protags, like I’ve said, I’m a Cap stan. A Supes stan, etc. But to stop the back and forth that is literally about how I personally see it, do we have the demographic breakdowns for the previews yet? I don’t remember if we get that with the previews or just after the OW.

[Lion Roar]

Sadly out of reacts already

[M37]

1 hour ago, upriser7 said:

Lets say A2 slightly underperforms at box-office vs pre-release expectations and ends up at $1.5B-1.8B but if the WOM is very positive, that should set up things well for A3 right ? I'd expect A3 to open better than A2...also you won't have that 13 year gap for A3 like we had for A2 and very likely little impact of covid during end of 2024.

No, because Avatwo’s success is partially the result of the latent popularity of the original, but now that itch has been scratched. Would expect diminishing returns for future sequels, similar to Hobbit, JWD, Fantastic Beasts, etc 

[grey ghost]

Globally Avatar still has one of the biggest fanbases.

 

And domestically what is bigger? 

[Reddroast]

5 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So Jimbo was serious about expecting 1 billion domestic.

 

I guess it the whole Avatar obsession wasn't a gimmick. 

Never go full stan

[cooldude97]

2 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So Jimbo was serious about expecting 1 billion domestic.

 

I guess it the whole Avatar obsession wasn't a gimmick. 

sometimes you just get too cought up in the hype of a movie you look forward too and when it dosint do as well as you hoped it can kinda hurt i should know since i was devastated when KOTM's reviews and box office came out. but you also need to learn to get over it and that there's more important parts of life to focus on and that some times you win some and you lose some

[wildphantom]

11 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Bring Harry Tasker to Pandora.

[Ozymandias]

5 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So Jimbo was serious about expecting 1 billion domestic.

 

I guess it the whole Avatar obsession wasn't a gimmick. 

 

let this be a cautionary tale in putting all your posting stock in one basket

[Deep Wang]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So Jimbo was serious about expecting 1 billion domestic.

 

I guess it the whole Avatar obsession wasn't a gimmick. 

Of course he was serious!  

[grey ghost]

2 minutes ago, Lion Roar said:

Sadly out of reacts already

 

There's a solution for that. $$$

[Mulder]

Kinda shocked JCS didn't show back up