Steve Rogers Birthday Bash Weekend Thread | 5-Day #s: Indy 83.4, Elemental 18, Spidey 17.65, Sound of Freedom 14.2, No Hard Feelings 11.3

[wildphantom]

Hasn’t got the older crowd off their asses yet again. Likely all subbed up to that golden streaming service of Disney’s though. Just waiting to press play with no fee.  Sigh.  

[Cap]

1 hour ago, ringedmortality said:

Hey maybe Cap is cool after all

 

 

Since we’re celebrating Festivus early, instead of Steve Rogers birthday weekend, here’s my airing of grievances against Star Wars. This is a one time occurrence:

 

- The sidelining Finn and Poe as the trilogy went on was a mistake, and for me, squanders much of the joy and excitement of The Force Awakens in hindsight.

 

- The Last Jedi is not the nadir of human civilization, though I do believe the decision to split up the group was a mistake. I know that’s how ESB works, but this time was a mistake. I am genuinely pro The Last Jedi though. 
 

- I have never seen such a toxic fandom, and that is from someone who has been in the Marvel Comics fandom for 20 years. It morphed into less about the movie, and more being about hatedom. And even if people will not admit it, some folks absolutely showed their true colors during the debacle. 
 

- There’s a saying that even a broken clock is right twice a day. While I have always felt a lot of the hate Kennedy got was based in either conscious or subconscious sexism, I do think it’s time for her to get her golden parachute and ride off into the sunset. She is a pioneer Producer, with a legacy that is iconic. But clearly the current LucasFilm status quo is not working. Time to shake things up. 
 

Which leads to my last point:

 

- We need to let the past die. No more Skywalker stories. No more deep fake bad CGI because you have PTSD over recasting young Han. Let it all go. The best stuff they’re doing is centered on new characters (Aka Andor).

 

And with that, I’m gonna go back to trying to get my collectibles into my house without them getting ruined in the rain.
 

Be good to each other. And it looks like we got some new juicy Indiana Jones gossip (lmfao if that is true, and for that alone, Kennedy needs to go), so hopefully we got all the TLJ out of our system and can naturally pivot 

 

(until there’s another lol and new information and we obviously go back to our favorite topic which is that movie 🤦‍♀️🤣)

[MrPink]

2 minutes ago, screambaby said:

Where are they getting 60 from?

 

Wouldn't it have to do 17 after doing 19? Don't see it...

 

 

Sunday drop could be softer with people taking the day off on the 3rd to make a 4 day weekend. But don’t honestly know what that impact is

[budice]

Disney being awfully generous on those Indy estimates vs other films theyve reported on

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Liiviig 1998]

70m opening international. 130m opening same as flash.

[Godzilla]

5 minutes ago, John Marston said:

don't worry. Lucasfilm is fine. The Rey and origin of Jedi movie will come along fine with no issues

Why do you hate women?

[filmlover]

Disney doesn't have much else out for the rest of the year (all that's left on deck is Haunted Mansion, A Haunting in Venice, The Creator, The Marvels, and Wish) that'll make up for the recent underperformers but aside from perhaps WB, the guaranteed heavy-hitters are about to dry up for all the studios once summer is over. Both September and October don't have a single movie guaranteed to make $100M+ total, for instance. Better luck next year, whatever that ends up looking like due to the strike, I guess.

[M37]

16 minutes ago, Gavin Feng said:

Missing $60M, right?

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Jun 29, 2023	P	$7,200,000		4,500	$1,600	$7,200,000
Jun 30, 2023	1	$24,000,000		4,600	$5,217	$24,000,000	1
Jul 1, 2023	1	$19,000,000	-21%	4,600	$4,130	$43,000,000	2
Jul 2, 2023	1	$17,000,000	-11%	4,600	$3,696	$60,000,000	3

Maybe not: between older audience skew (stronger matinees, weaker late shows = better Sun hold) and holiday effects, a -10% Sunday isn’t unreasonable 

 

TGM was -8.5% this Sunday last year, though 4th was Mon, not Tue, but also not opening weekend. Elvis also -8% 

Edited July 2, 2023 by M37

[Skim Beeble]

Insidious is gonna be #1 next weekend, isn't it? 

[wildphantom]

Maybe Elemental will lend it enough to get to $60 million 

[Flopped]

2 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

 

Flash truly did wonders for the perception of TLM

[Valonqar]

6 minutes ago, John Marston said:

don't worry. Lucasfilm is fine. The Rey and origin of Jedi movie will come along fine with no issues

 

Nice sarcasm right there. 

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[filmlover]

Just now, Skim Beeble said:

Insidious is gonna be #1 next weekend, isn't it? 

Probably not unless Indy falls 60%+ and Insidious really overperforms its current $20-25M expectations. Will probably be a closer than expected call though.

[Godzilla]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Disney doesn't have much else out for the rest of the year (all that's left on deck is Haunted Mansion, A Haunting in Venice, The Creator, The Marvels, and Wish) that'll make up for the recent underperformers but aside from perhaps WB, the guaranteed heavy-hitters are about to dry up for all the studios once summer is over. Both September and October don't have a single movie guaranteed to make $100M+ total, for instance. Better luck next year, whatever that ends up looking like due to the strike, I guess.

I think 3/5 of the next projects Disney will lose money as well. Wish will do alright but not a big hit and The Marvels is a bit of a wildcard could do well but also could disappoint. The rest of the year does not good.

[Flopped]

Lmao he has the JLaw stans throwing fits in the comments. 

 

 

[Issac Newton]

 

[Flopped]

3 minutes ago, Skim Beeble said:

Insidious is gonna be #1 next weekend, isn't it? 

Once people see it 

 

 

 

[THUNDER BIRD]

32 minutes ago, IronJimbo & Sheldon's Son said:

supposedly indys budget is $329m

Brilliant