Dragoncaine Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Let's get that $10m Oppy Thurs so it can break records for consecutive $10m days 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said: Sort like Dune Part 1, I gather? I don’t know, with the box office numbers, although it’s obvious that it’s getting the sequel, wouldn’t be wise to change that on PVOD? It’s such a "action movie" kind of title that I don’t see the importance of keeping the name, but then again I was mad that Endgame was called that and not something more related to the Infinity Saga so what I do know lol. I haven't seen Dune, so not sure on that one. But I was very surprised at the end of Mission Impossible when they plastered the big bold title on there "END OF PART 1" right in the audience's face...before the screen went to black for the end credits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said: I have no dog in this fight, I’ll just point out it’s funny how people seem to acknowledge that it was a mistake and still want them to proceed calling the sequel Dead Reckoning Part 2 lol. One would imagine that not insisting on the mistake would be better, but maybe it’s just me. It ain't that hard to explain. Casual audiences see a part one and might say I don't want to see something right now that I have to wait a year or more to see the second part. A lot of them will decide to wait to and watch it at home closer to release. They will have watched it at home by that time and be more willing to see Part 2 in the theater. Dropping the Part One now is not going to make people go okay I will see it in the theater now if that is their reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killimano3 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 I haven't seen MI7 but it's probably at least partly due to the two part nature of it that it's making less money. Audiences don't really like the whole "two part" thing unless they feel it's warranted. Something like IW and endgame really felt like two different films that shared an arc. Something like Harry Potter allowed the last book to be more accurately depicted. Something like Pirates 2 and 3 shared one story but felt like the characters had different arcs for each film. Hunger games on the other hand was only made worse by being split. Same with the Hobbit. And let's not forget what happened with that Divergent sequel. Specifically advertising a film as "THIS IS PART ONE OF TWO" makes people go "oh so it's not a complete Movie then" before they ever bother to see if it actually felt like it worked 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZattMurdock Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, Killimano3 said: I haven't seen MI7 but it's probably at least partly due to the two part nature of it that it's making less money. Audiences don't really like the whole "two part" thing unless they feel it's warranted. Something like IW and endgame really felt like two different films that shared an arc. Something like Harry Potter allowed the last book to be more accurately depicted. Something like Pirates 2 and 3 shared one story but felt like the characters had different arcs for each film. Hunger games on the other hand was only made worse by being split. Same with the Hobbit. And let's not forget what happened with that Divergent sequel. Specifically advertising a film as "THIS IS PART ONE OF TWO" makes people go "oh so it's not a complete Movie then" before they ever bother to see if it actually felt like it worked Agreed. Avengers earned that and Infinity War is its own film, our modern Empire Strikes Back. It’s not really a ‘part one’. Despite ending with a cliffhanger of the heroes and civilization as a whole losing, it tells a complete story. M:I was basically advertised as "this is part 1, trust us it’s going to be worth it", and yeah like, it’s the 7th film of the franchise. It’s a tall order for the audience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 48 minutes ago, Dragoncaine said: Let's get that $10m Oppy Thurs so it can break records for consecutive $10m days As far as I can tell, it already broke the record for R-rated movies. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 The ironic thing is that out of all the recent part one movies Mission Impossible is the only one that felt like a full meal to me. nothing unsatisfying about where it ends its story. even if i didn't love it overall. 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killimano3 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said: As far as I can tell, it already broke the record for R-rated movies. Now we just need Oppenheimer to pass Passion of the Christ for highest grossing r-rated film domestically. Oppenheimer to 400!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 36 minutes ago, Killimano3 said: Now we just need Oppenheimer to pass Passion of the Christ for highest grossing r-rated film domestically. Oppenheimer to 400!! Will nut myself if Oppenheimer beats Passion. However before second weekend I’m still on the “let’s get to $300m” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeetooki Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 39 minutes ago, Killimano3 said: Now we just need Oppenheimer to pass Passion of the Christ for highest grossing r-rated film domestically. Oppenheimer to 400!! Domestic is a little hard but ww should be doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killimano3 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 minute ago, eeetooki said: Domestic is a little hard but ww should be doable. WW it'll need to beat Joker if it wants that crown which is even less likely probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeetooki Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Apparently, those who hated Barbie had one common factor, they all loved The Godfather lol. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysersoze123 Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Barbie will have a strong drop domestic but in Germany its going up 33% !!!! Not sure what is happening here. Its OS weekend will be another crazy one for sure. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 1 hour ago, ZattMurdock said: Agreed. Avengers earned that and Infinity War is its own film, our modern Empire Strikes Back. It’s not really a ‘part one’. Despite ending with a cliffhanger of the heroes and civilization as a whole losing, it tells a complete story. M:I was basically advertised as "this is part 1, trust us it’s going to be worth it", and yeah like, it’s the 7th film of the franchise. It’s a tall order for the audience. DR Part 1 does tell a complete story. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 3 minutes ago, emoviefan said: DR Part 1 does tell a complete story. . It does, which sorta made the subtitle all the more confusing for me. I get part two will obviously continue from the events of this one, but the movie works fine as a stand-alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VanillaSkies Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 10 hours ago, TwoMisfits said: No, that ended 2 weeks ago - the pay it forward tickets are now saved for anti-trafficking group fundraisers 1st...they have not released any back to regular pay it forward folks since the 2nd weekend... Interesting, thanks for that clarification. Also might explain the larger than anticipated drops for it this week. If a portion of the audience (I’m not here to argue exactly what portion - none of us actually know) was going because the tickets were free but otherwise wouldn’t have paid full price for it, that segment is now removed and thus so is some box office. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emoviefan Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 11 minutes ago, Mango said: It does, which sorta made the subtitle all the more confusing for me. I get part two will obviously continue from the events of this one, but the movie works fine as a stand-alone. Yeah it was one of many bad or weird decisions in the leadup to releasing this movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 Might have changed the box office just a little bit... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fl0xtez Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said: Might have changed the box office just a little bit... 2 billion would have been locked 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustLurking Posted July 28, 2023 Share Posted July 28, 2023 46 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said: Barbie will have a strong drop domestic but in Germany its going up 33% !!!! Not sure what is happening here. Its OS weekend will be another crazy one for sure. Germany (and france a bit) underperformed relative to rest of europe, time to remedy that I guess 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
