THE SUPER MARIO BROS MOVIE WEEKEND THREAD

[wildphantom]

Repeat business will propel it in the coming weeks. No competition for families through April, a sweet 90 minutes, and no free on streaming in sight. 

[kayumanggi]

5 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

It's crazy that Mario could get close to this.

 

And FROZEN II is the BIGGEST ANIMATED FILM OF ALL TIME. 

[TwoMisfits]

4 hours ago, kayumanggi said:

 

I told you this was going to be the biggest movie this year. 

 

 

And Deadline's 26M was yeah, just them being Deadline.

 

You know, there are a few people in that "wins the year WW" club:)...and the $500M DOM one, too:)...

[grey ghost]

2 minutes ago, kayumanggi said:

 

And FROZEN II is the BIGGEST ANIMATED FILM OF ALL TIME. 

 

You mean The Lion King?

 

J/K 

 

I hate that they consider TLK remake animated. 

[DisposedData]

Just now, grey ghost said:

 

You mean The Lion King?

 

J/K 

 

I hate that they consider TLK remake animated. 

Agreed. I get that technically it is, but it did not perform like one nor is it viewed as one by the mass majority of people. 

[VanillaSkies]

2 hours ago, filmscholar said:

 

Facts.   This will be a 4 Quadrant Blockbuster.   Multiple Generations.  We are in Super Mario's World now.   And Yes, a "Nintendo Cinematic Universe" is a lock.   Illumination just hit the jackpot with this.  

 

Chris Pratt, somehow, also once again won the jackpot. Dude is becoming the franchise king. Jurassic, Guardians, Mario. What’s next?

[kayumanggi]

1 minute ago, VanillaSkies said:

Chris Pratt, somehow, also once again won the jackpot. Dude is becoming the franchise king. Jurassic, Guardians, Mario. What’s next?

 

GARFIELD? 😂

[thedude11]

1 hour ago, WorkingonaName said:

at the Euro numbers, was thought it was a Sega/Sony continent?  

nintendo owns the world. also for the love of god change your profile pic

[wildphantom]

I see it extremely unlikely this fails to cross a billion if it goes over $400 million domestic. 

[grey ghost]

2 minutes ago, VanillaSkies said:

Chris Pratt, somehow, also once again won the jackpot. Dude is becoming the franchise king. Jurassic, Guardians, Mario. What’s next?

 

And Gamora (Zoe Saldana) is franchise queen with Avengers and Avatar.

[thedude11]

44 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

I dont think 1bil is locked for Mario. Its WW OW is going to be around what?, 300mil?, and thats for 5 days.

 

Reviews will hurt it long term, regardless of the scores Nintendo fanboys are giving it right now.

In fact it would have been interesting to see what its opening would have been if critic reviews had come 2 oe 3 weeks ago, not 2 or 3 days before opening.

every review from families aka people with children aka THE TARGET MARKET gave it good reviews. “professional reviewers” overinflate their own influence because it’s all they have lol and they want to believe they’re important 

[eddyxx]

11 hours ago, John Marston said:

 

Why would the average guy, especially young boys, go and watch a Barbie movie? This is no way comparable to Minions

It’s  a Ken Doll thing. You wouldn’t get it.

 

 

[grey ghost]

There are rotten movies that have had decent legs.

 

But has there ever been a movie with a cinescore of B+ or below with solid legs.

 

Cause it's obvious that for critic proof movies a rotten score is meaningless. 

Edited April 6, 2023 by grey ghost

[YM!]

Mario is looking like the king domestically and a good sign for animation this year (albeit this was clearly the kingpin). Thanks to the Plus damaging every Disney brand, Comcast is now the big name in animation at least until 2024/25 in which Disney could build themselves back with Wish, Elio, IO2 and possibly Zootopia 2.

 

Think there’s a solid chance that every Comcast animation does 100m+ domestic this year. 
Gillman: 30m five day/100m

Trolls: 50m/165m

Migration: 30/55/200

[Deep Wang]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

But has there ever been a movie with a cinescore of B+ or below with solid legs.

 

Inception 

[grey ghost]

10 minutes ago, YM! said:

Mario is looking like the king domestically and a good sign for animation this year (albeit this was clearly the kingpin). Thanks to the Plus damaging every Disney brand, Comcast is now the big name in animation at least until 2024/25 in which Disney could build themselves back with Wish, Elio, IO2 and possibly Zootopia 2.

 

Think there’s a solid chance that every Comcast animation does 100m+ domestic this year. 
Gillman: 30m five day/100m

Trolls: 50m/165m

Migration: 30/55/200

 

"Comcast animation"?

[YM!]

6 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

"Comcast animation"?

Illumination and Dreamworks

[grey ghost]

6 minutes ago, YM! said:

Illumination and Dreamworks

 

 

Can we call it Universal Animation?

 

"Comcast Animation" gives me the creeps. 

 

 

[kswiston]

27 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

There are rotten movies that have had decent legs.

 

But has there ever been a movie with a cinescore of B+ or below with solid legs.

 

Cause it's obvious that for critic proof movies a rotten score is meaningless. 

Wolf of Wall Street got a C and its highest drop in the first 8 weekends was 38%. Only two others were above 30%. Even for the winter holidays, those were good legs. 

[Blaze Heatnix]

41 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

There are rotten movies that have had decent legs.

 

But has there ever been a movie with a cinescore of B+ or below with solid legs.

 

Cause it's obvious that for critic proof movies a rotten score is meaningless. 

 

Vanilla Sky is probably the craziest example of this.  43% on RT and a D- CinemaScore. It got a 4x multiplier for its opening weekend.