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[Day and Date The Best]

5 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Ha, I said when the trailer debuted last week Wonka was Barbie’s next core audience waiting to happen. All of the meltdowns here when Chalamet can’t stop  niche sci-fi from tanking with Dune 2, but Wonka blows up are probably gonna be epic 

Dune 2 could probably flop. But some people refuse the meltdown when it pribably hapoens let me bookmark this for an Told you so if it happens if not well... Good for Chalamet. 

Edited July 22, 2023 by Day and Date The Best

[vale9001]

Barbie 2 will happen like joker 2 happened and Fury Road is getting "a sequel" too.

 

Something different is like a sequel- prequel- spin off but in some way a sequel too. 

The first movie is good cause you have all these secondary characters people became friendly with but they are not that used. So you can return on them.

Also the plot calling all these characters Barbie and kens Is smart cause Robbie and Gosling are not the only ken and Barbie. 

 

The movie can be about a new doll in Barbie Land and her- his story which create some strange thing in that world and Robbie Gosling can make a cameo or a little role.

 

I doubt gerwig would direct again but just a writing- storyboard involvment Is possibile 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 22, 2023 by vale9001

[XXR vs XXR]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

On the weekend Avengers: Endgame debuted, there was a total of $396 million spent on movie tickets.

I wonder if anything can beat that. It might take a humongous debut and a lot of good holdovers.

 

It can (and will) be beaten eventually. What probably won't be beaten is the actual amount of tickets sold that weekend, which is something in the ~38M range.

FWIW, this weekend will be in the ~25M range. 

[ZackM]

1 minute ago, Day and Date The Best said:

Dune 2 could probably flop. 

 

no

[MovieMan89]

1 minute ago, Eric Bainbridge said:

Okay.

Traditionally, those are cases where this forum would predict huge for Dune 2 and lowball the hell out of Wonka… but we’ll see if this year has changed some of that. 

[Day and Date The Best]

35 minutes ago, ringedmortality said:

Instead of getting rid of the 70mm ones just upgrade all the bad Xenon imax with Laser

Imax Xenon is not bad neither.

[Day and Date The Best]

4 minutes ago, ZackM said:

 

no

It could, saving you from depression when it happens be prepared. Said IT COULD. 

Edited July 22, 2023 by Day and Date The Best

[Day and Date The Best]

3 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Traditionally, those are cases where this forum would predict huge for Dune 2 and lowball the hell out of Wonka… but we’ll see if this year has changed some of that. 

Dune 2 box office could probably be buried on the sand, there could be meltdowns. 

[ringedmortality]

Who is this guy 

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, Day and Date The Best said:

Imax Xenon is not bad neither.

But it is old and doesn't cover all of the screen in a 60ft tall IMAX

[Ororo Munroe]

3 minutes ago, DisposedData said:

Between this and Mario it really does feel like the beginning of a new era. It just feel like super hero films are no longer king of the hill.

Beginning of a new era? Not exactly. Those movies are just the latest in a line of movies that leaned heavily on name recognition and nostalgia. Take a look at all the non superhero films that have topped the BO in recent years and you'll see the majority fall into this category. I know some are eager for a "new era" but what we're seeing now is just more of the same era... with a Nolan or a Peele occasionally crashing the nostalgia/superhero party. 

[abracadabra1998]

4 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

He was great. Much better than Paul Newman in the 1989 movie on this subject. I’m a big fan of Paul Newman, but I think the critics were right to complain about his performance in that 1989 movie.
 

Damon had wonderful chemistry with Murphy. At the moment my favorite scene of the movie is when Damon & Murphy first meet each other. 

 

4 minutes ago, The Panda said:

He’s good in the movie but hardly a scene stealer

Haha slightly different takes but I’ll take it! Excited to see it. He was really good in Air, a fave of mine from this year 

[Brainbug]

"Dune 2" and "flopping" should never ever be used in the same sentence, except for negating the "flopping" part. Even thinking about Dune 2 possibly beeing a flop is a crime against cinema.

[Jonwo]

I think Dune Part 2 will be successful but Wonka is an entirely different ballgame. 

[M37]

7 minutes ago, XXR Union Solidarity said:

 

It can (and will) be beaten eventually. What probably won't be beaten is the actual amount of tickets sold that weekend, which is something in the ~38M range.

FWIW, this weekend will be in the ~25M range. 

That Avatar 2009 X-Mas weekend - $270M without previews - is probably the only other weekend (since 2000) in the 30M+ FSS admit level 

 

[lab276]

Hope Dune 2 is actually released this year. 

[vale9001]

After Barbie result they need to give 50M dollar to Meryl Streep for Devil wears Prada 2. For the same core target of Barbie that shit would be like episode 7 announcement. 150M debut too. 

[lab276]

Good drop for MI7 too, deadline says just a 54% drop to 25m. 

[ringedmortality]

The top 3 highest grossing films this year WW:

 

1. The Super Mario Bros Movie

2. Barbie

3. Dune: Part Two

Edited July 22, 2023 by ringedmortality

[Bob Train]

22 minutes ago, XXR Union Solidarity said:

 

Endgame's opening weekend. A little over $401M (according to The-Numbers, though BOM has it a bit lower.)

BOM has it at 402m though