Weekend Thread - 3/17-19 | Weekend Est. - Shazam II $30.5M, Scream VI $17.5M, Creed III $15.4M, LXV $5.8M, #AintMan $4.1M

[Mr Roark]

7 hours ago, TheFlatLannister said:

This argument still doesn't mean much if the CBMs continue to be stinkers. We have to wait for a well received CBM to do poorly, then we can say superhero fatigue is real 

 

Superhero fatigue and low quality products are linked. People are less inclined to eat the same old average stuff just because is cbm stuff and plus obviously China is a problem way beyond that.

[Last Man Standing]

23 minutes ago, Mr Roark said:

 

Superhero fatigue and low quality products are linked. People are less inclined to eat the same old average stuff just because is cbm stuff and plus obviously China is a problem way beyond that.

Yeah honestly a lot of the stuff that now gets 70% on Rotten Tomatoes would've gotten 90% from critics 10 years ago. The quality has not really gotten worse, people stopped going easy on them for some reason.

 

Captain America: Civil War got 90% on RT in 2016. I doubt it even reaches 80% if it releases today.

Edited March 21, 2023 by Last Man Standing

[TRISTAN]

8 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

Great drops for these two. THE WAY OF WATER stayed at 2M. 🙂

When Avatar 2 will cross the gross of Avengers Infinity War ?

[kayumanggi]

43 minutes ago, TRISTAN said:

When Avatar 2 will cross the gross of Avengers Infinity War ?

 

Maybe Wednesday or Thursday.

[PlatnumRoyce]

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Audience exits on the first Shazam! were harder than CinemaScore results at 79% positive, 59% definite recommend– the sequel saw similar results at 78% positive, and a 64% recommend. Rivals believe that the scores on the first Shazam! weren’t good enough to demand a sequel. Why did New Line make one? Because Shazam! netted a profit of $75M after all ancillaries off a $100M production cost and $105M global marketing spend.

Definitely guilty of letting poor posttrak scores for Shazam 1 get lost in the shuffle despite good CS

[MovieMan89]

12 hours ago, Eric Batson said:

...what?

AM3 is scraping to get 2x and it’s part of the mighty MCU. You really think this movie no one cares about and the studio is dumping on streaming less than a month after release is going to beat that multi? No way it hit 2x. It’s just a matter of how low in the 1s does it go? 

[Ronin46]

17 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

AM3 is scraping to get 2x and it’s part of the mighty MCU. You really think this movie no one cares about and the studio is dumping on streaming less than a month after release is going to beat that multi? No way it hit 2x. It’s just a matter of how low in the 1s does it go? 

 

No way it gets to 60M? It will almost certainly get there. Its not going to be 1.7x and 51M as you think. 65-70 is the likely range. 

[Johnny Tran]

On 3/19/2023 at 5:55 PM, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

how can you say comic book movies are using a very tired formula while arguing for more "creative" (contradictory) movies like Top Gun and "straight action movies"? Top Gun Maverick was a hit because it was a sequel to a hit and very old-fashioned and formulaic? 

 

Top Gun: Maverick is somewhat formulaic to 80's action movies but with a very modern twist and more effort was put into the production than most comic book movies.  The stunts alone are better than anything I've seen from these CGI bore fests. 

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

AM3 is scraping to get 2x and it’s part of the mighty MCU. You really think this movie no one cares about and the studio is dumping on streaming less than a month after release is going to beat that multi? No way it hit 2x. It’s just a matter of how low in the 1s does it go? 

I don’t think you understand the relationship between being part of a mighty franchise vs no one caring and legs. Denominators are important!

Edited March 21, 2023 by Favorite Fearless Legion

[Eric Atreides]

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

AM3 is scraping to get 2x and it’s part of the mighty MCU. You really think this movie no one cares about and the studio is dumping on streaming less than a month after release is going to beat that multi? No way it hit 2x. It’s just a matter of how low in the 1s does it go? 

Yes. Obviously. What you are saying is impossible and you know it.