CheeseWizard Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) Why on earth would Transformers get reduced from 3970 theatres to just 3106?? The highest any September movie in the top 50 opening weekends has been reduced by was 650. Even movies that we’re doing worse like Ninjago were only reduced by 400. Reducing it by 864 is fucking nuts Edited 20 hours ago by CheeseWizard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MightyDargon Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 2 minutes ago, CheeseWizard said: Why on earth would Transformers get reduced from 3970 theatres to just 3106?? The highest any September movie in the top 50 opening weekends has been reduced by was 650. Even movies that we’re doing worse like Ninjago were only reduced by 400. Reducing it by 864 is fucking nuts Maybe Joker 2 will bomb so badly it'll get 'em back? Just hoping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) 6 minutes ago, MightyDargon said: Nah, he ain't gettin' 60 mil again. He will, it's not a large or even big budget, 60 mil today is not even 60 mil 10 years ago, budgets are naturally bigger now because of inflation and rise of production costs. Edited 20 hours ago by Firepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Seems a rather steep drop for Wild Robot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 minute ago, Firepower said: He will, it's not a large or even big budget, 60 mil today is not even 60 mil 10 years ago, budgets are naturally bigger now because of inflation and rise of production costs. 60 mil is waaayy too much to trust the guy with. Even M. Night mainly does lower budget things than that in his post Airbender, post After Earth career. Dude's getting busted down to really cheap indie horror/comedy after this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Why do you have such a hard on for this guy getting blacklisted? It's pretty weird. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) 3 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said: Why do you have such a hard on for this guy getting blacklisted? It's pretty weird. Why do you have a hard on for him ESCAPING the blacklist? Considering Verbinski is totally fucked over and M. Night doesn't get high budget gigs over comparably bad movies I think it's justified. And even Verbinski didn't blow 190 mil on a fucking courtroom drama! Edited 20 hours ago by MightyDargon 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) 9 minutes ago, MightyDargon said: 60 mil is waaayy too much to trust the guy with. Even M. Night mainly does lower budget things than that in his post Airbender, post After Earth career. Dude's getting busted down to really cheap indie horror/comedy after this. Ridley Scott blew so many large budgets I lost count at this point and yet he not only continues to get them, he just made his most expensive one yet. 50-60 mil is not a lot to ask after 1 flop, but plenty of successes before that, especially since some other studio will pay for it, not WB. M. Night pays for his own movies now, that's why they are cheap, that's his new finanical model. Edited 20 hours ago by Firepower 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 minute ago, MightyDargon said: Why do you have a hard on for him ESCAPING the blacklist? Considering Verbinski is totally fucked over and M. Night doesn't get high budget gigs over comparably bad movies I think it's justified. And even Verbinski didn't blow 190 mil on a fucking courtroom drama! Because I don't feel the need for one man to fall on his sword because a movie hasn't been received as well as they expected. I don't particularly want to see anybody lose their livelihood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) 3 minutes ago, MightyDargon said: Why do you have a hard on for him ESCAPING the blacklist? Considering Verbinski is totally fucked over and M. Night doesn't get high budget gigs over comparably bad movies I think it's justified. And even Verbinski didn't blow 190 mil on a fucking courtroom drama! Both M. Night and Verbinski did multiple big flops in a row though, so it's not the same thing. Edited 20 hours ago by Firepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Just now, Firepower said: Ridley Scott blew so many large budgets I lost count at this point and yet he not only continues to get them, he just made his most expensive one yet. 50-60 mil is not a lot to ask after 1 flop, but plenty of success before that, especially since some other studio will pay it, not WB. M. Night pays for his own movies now, that's why they are cheap, that's his new finanical model. Yeah I'm sure Disney and Uni are just waiting to back up a dump truck of money and abandon their primo JPark and Marvel stuff just to give a Todd Phillips joint a release slot. Lol. Maayyybbbeee he can somehow get Tony Khan to fund the Hogan movie? Tony's about stupid enough to do that considering the guy keeps printing checks for Chris Jericho (who looks like ass now) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWR Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago (edited) 10 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said: Why do you have such a hard on for this guy getting blacklisted? It's pretty weird. Exactly. This isn't a Josh Trank scenario where the director was difficult to work with, abusive on set, going over-budget and shit talking the studio. Todd Phillips just made a dud. A very expensive dud, but a dud nevertheless. Assuming he doesn't start lashing out, he'll just stick to mid budget comedies or dramas. At worst, he'll have to go to Netflix. Edited 20 hours ago by JWR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THUNDER BIRD Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 hour ago, Torontofan said: I don't see the need to make a character iconic and then tear them down as being bad and useless. THANK YOU..!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MightyDargon Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 3 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said: Because I don't feel the need for one man to fall on his sword because a movie hasn't been received as well as they expected. I don't particularly want to see anybody lose their livelihood. I do. Dude blew 190 mil on a courtroom drama. Lots of people are destitute and will never be given a chance in life. If Todd Phillips wants to blow more money than the Emperor Commodus on terrible musicals then fuck 'em. I don't need that kind of idiocy in my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yollten Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Phillips shat the bed hard here but he's still a marquee name in comedies I think. He might struggle to get a big budget pic for a while but I think he'll be fine. Joaquin could be in trouble though especially if Eddington flops. Although one wonders how much the Todd Haynes backflip was well known. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firepower Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago 1 minute ago, MightyDargon said: Yeah I'm sure Disney and Uni are just waiting to back up a dump truck of money and abandon their primo JPark and Marvel stuff just to give a Todd Phillips joint a release slot. Lol. Maayyybbbeee he can somehow get Tony Khan to fund the Hogan movie? Tony's about stupid enough to do that considering the guy keeps printing checks for Chris Jericho (who looks like ass now) Lionsgate or Netflix can, actually Uni and Sony can do it as well, there's gonna be more supervision over scripts, but that's about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Just now, MightyDargon said: I do. Dude blew 190 mil on a courtroom drama. Lots of people are destitute and will never be given a chance in life. If Todd Phillips wants to blow more money than the Emperor Commodus on terrible musicals then fuck 'em. I don't need that kind of idiocy in my life. What did Todd Philips do to you LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchumacherFTW Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Just now, MightyDargon said: I do. Dude blew 190 mil on a courtroom drama. Lots of people are destitute and will never be given a chance in life. If Todd Phillips wants to blow more money than the Emperor Commodus on terrible musicals then fuck 'em. I don't need that kind of idiocy in my life. That 190m paid a lot of people, the only loser are shareholders of a conglomerate, I see this as a win 🤷 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Philips is still a Oscar nominated director, it takes more then one bomb to erode that industry support. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
