Weekend Thread Sept 20th-22nd

[Flopped]

Universal dumping The Substance (4.5/5) while keeping (and marketing heavily) expensive bombs like Renfield (1/5), Demeter (2/5) and Abigail (2.5/5) was a choice. 

[ThomasNicole]

33 minutes ago, Flopped said:

Universal dumping The Substance (4.5/5) while keeping (and marketing heavily) expensive bombs like Renfield (1/5), Demeter (2/5) and Abigail (2.5/5) was a choice. 

Abigail was so disappointing. 
 

Ready or Not is truly a gem, Samara did god’s work on that movie. 
 

But after that i can’t say if Radio Silence was actually good directors. Scream 5 was a coward pseudo-smart requel, Scream 6 is a decent movie but also without any of the charm Craven did so easily … and then Abigail was straight up flat, even with all the fun CGI blood exploding. 
 

Very disappointing to follow them so far.

[TalismanRing]

13 hours ago, emoviefan said:

Oceans 11 was only 23 years ago.But it is what it is. The reviews say it is a decent passable watch but it's no Oceans Eleven and in this current theatrical marketplace that is just not good enough to get that 35+ audience off their ass to the theater to spend 10+ dollars a ticket.

 

Laughs in NYC-ese

 

Howl's Moving Castle is coming out next week but I'm taking a pass on a $20+ ticket when I already own it.  $10 and I wouldn't think twice.

 

I'm going to beat the staggered ticket price drum until I die or theaters go out of business.

[Manny G]

10 hours ago, miketheavenger said:

I don't know if Formula 1 is big in the US (seemingly it isn't), but I think that film could make a lot of money overseas if it's good. Especially since the current actual drivers are supposedly in it.

 

Here in Germany F1 is still very popular even though there are no good German drivers anymore.

It’s definitely niche in the US, but with the Miami and now Vegas F1 races it has exploded in cool factor with influencer culture so I guess that’s who the marketing will try to leverage to the max. Bet everything on the coastal elites and cross fingers.

 

but yeah popularity in a lot of European markets coupled with the fact that star power has way more effect over there could mean that a disaster is avoidable.

[Krissykins]

2 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

Yeah it’s a bad feeling to have while watching but weirdly it’s fun to experience it too.
 

I watched with my husband, our jaws dropped during the entire climax while the audience was laughing hard of discomfort. It’s this type of collective experience that a home view will never provide, and it’s even better because it ‘s an original movie so you’re not really prepared for it.

Absolutely agree about the collective experience. The audience laughs during The Substance’s last half hour were next level. 
 

It’s a shame it’ll be going to MUBI only, as it will probably be unable to get seen by the amount of people it deserves. 

[lorddemaxus]

3 hours ago, WorkingonaName said:

The concept of online dating is the worst invention of the modern century. 

Thankfully offline dating is seeing a revival these days!

[lorddemaxus]

3 hours ago, Flopped said:

Universal dumping The Substance (4.5/5) while keeping (and marketing heavily) expensive bombs like Renfield (1/5), Demeter (2/5) and Abigail (2.5/5) was a choice. 

That makes so much sense. I was so confused to see the Working Title logo come up and was wondering why Mubi is distributing a movie from a relatively major production company. It also makes me sad because it could’ve easily made a bigger mark in the industry with a major studio distributing it

[MG10]

6 hours ago, HummingLemon496 said:

Why is the DOM increase over Deadpool 2 so much more than the OS-China-Russia increase? 

 

Deadpool 2 - $318M DOM / $394M OS-China-Russia

Deadpool 3 - $640M DOM / $650M OS-China-Russia

 

It's more than doubling Deadpool 2 domestically but "only" increasing 65% OS-China-Russia

 

And, unrelated, but Avatar 1's OS-China number ($1.8B) is absolutely fucking insane. . .

 

My guess it's because the X-men and the Fox characters who appeared are much more popular in North America than in the rest of the world, even if the difference is still quite big to be totally explained

Edited Sunday at 10:57 AM by MG10

[Mojoguy]

1 hour ago, MG10 said:

 

My guess it's because the X-men and the Fox characters who appeared are much more popular in North America than in the rest of the world, even if the difference is still quite big to be totally explained

Also the X-Men have gotten a big boost in popularity again thanks to the new X-Men '97 show. This year has been the year of the X-Men.

Edited Sunday at 12:10 PM by Mojoguy

[fabiopazzo2]

Transformers one deserves a much better ow

 

by far the best TF movie

[wildphantom]

5 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Absolutely agree about the collective experience. The audience laughs during The Substance’s last half hour were next level. 
 

It’s a shame it’ll be going to MUBI only, as it will probably be unable to get seen by the amount of people it deserves. 

MUBI is awesome. I’m subbed to it and have never paid more than £6.50 a month. Get it on an introductory deal, then when that’s up try to cancel it and they’ll throw up another offer.  Well worth it, despite the normal price of about £12 a month - I’ve never paid that. 
 

Think it’s on O2 Priority for £3 for three months at the moment. 

[SchumacherFTW]

17 hours ago, miketheavenger said:

I don't know if Formula 1 is big in the US (seemingly it isn't), but I think that film could make a lot of money overseas if it's good. Especially since the current actual drivers are supposedly in it.

 

Here in Germany F1 is still very popular even though there are no good German drivers anymore.

Cries in Hulkenberg 😩

[Gavin Feng]

 

[AniNate]

7 hours ago, TalismanRing said:

Howl's Moving Castle is coming out next week but I'm taking a pass on a $20+ ticket when I already own it.  $10 and I wouldn't think twice.

 

I'm going to beat the staggered ticket price drum until I die or theaters go out of business.

 

Well, as far as that movie is concerned it doesn't look like it's starving much for business there even at that price

 

There may be a future in "staggered pricing" but probably not the kind people have in mind when they say that

 

 

Edited Sunday at 02:21 PM by AniNate

[filmlover]

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My Old Ass

Amazon MGM S…

$281,841

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This is doing well! Hopefully it continues to post solid business when it goes wide next week.

 

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A Different Man

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$56,126

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Not great, but A24 seemed to dump it without much fanfare (Sebastian Stan has been doing press in recent weeks, but mostly for that other movie he has out this fall).

[WebSurfer]

$26.3 million for Tone it is…

 

At least the budget is low. Looks like TWR will be the animated film to come out on top this month based on early tracking.

[Starphanluke]

Sad for Transformers but at least it had a reasonable budget. Hopefully toy sales are good and it finds an audience on streaming.

 

Glad they made it relatively standalone so it doesn’t feel incomplete without a sequel.

 

Ultimately I’m just glad the movie is great.

[BadOlCatSylvester]

2 hours ago, fabiopazzo2 said:

Transformers one deserves a much better ow

 

by far the best TF movie

It's always sad when a great movie unfortunately just doesn't click with mainstream society. But sometimes it is what it is. Not every movie is going to be for everyone. That's what makes film such a fascinating field, and what makes us human. Ultimately I loved the movie and am glad I have seen it, and that we now have a Transformers movie that actually features the title characters on the center stage, with nothing to steal their spotlight. Hopefully Hasbro uses the ideas it presented in future incarnations of the franchise.

[BadOlCatSylvester]

2 minutes ago, Starphanluke said:

Sad for Transformers but at least it had a reasonable budget. Hopefully toy sales are good and it finds an audience on streaming.

 

Glad they made it relatively standalone so it doesn’t feel incomplete without a sequel.

 

Ultimately I’m just glad the movie is great.

I don't know, the movie most certainly felt like it was designed to be the first chapter of a trilogy, with major sequel teases by the end. And that's what makes this box office disappointment sadder for me than for Dungeons and Dragons and Fall Guy. At least those two were fully standalone, with all character arcs completed by the end and no setups for potential sequels.

[Gavin Feng]