Passengers | Chris Pratt, Jennifer Lawrence | Dec 21, 2016 | Trailer pg 70

[robertman2]

11 minutes ago, K1stpierre said:

The photo of the bar reminds me of The Shinning

I love the Shinning!

[ddddeeee]

I was enjoying this quite a bit until the 'twist'. It's been said a thousand times but I couldn't get past it. 

[baumer]

Bravo!!!! @amelin @trifle

 

Thats one of the things i love about the movie. It creates a lot of discussion.

 

 

[baumer]

@K1stpierre i think the Shining reference was intentional. They are both stories about isolation and how people react to it.

[trifle]

39 minutes ago, K1stpierre said:

The photo of the bar reminds me of The Shinning

 

19 minutes ago, Christmas Baumer said:

@K1stpierre i think the Shining reference was intentional. They are both stories about isolation and how people react to it.

 

In an interview Jen said it was a deliberate homage.

 

Spoiler

"an deliberate homage" looks weird.

 

Edited December 28, 2016 by trifle

[baumer]

Yeah The Shining homage was great sand I'm pretty sure the Android bartender being named Arthur is a nod to Arthur C Clarke.

[MovieMan89]

2 hours ago, angeldelmito said:

now that the mess has left the building lets talk about this beautiful ass set

They certainly are amazing sets, and nothing will convince me this movie existed for any other reason than to have beautiful sets occupied by beautiful people. 

[amelin]

1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:

They certainly are amazing sets, and nothing will convince me this movie existed for any other reason than to have beautiful sets occupied by beautiful people. 

 

If that were the case, don't you think they would have skipped the controversy and just gone for a straight up romance?

[a2k]

So Pass is on 35 with 5.6 Tue.

Am thinking it should average 5 over the next 6 days (Wed-Mon) for 30 more to it's total.

That'll take it to 65.

In 2011 movies at the top added their 7-day cume (Tue-Mon) to the total after 2nd Jan, which in Passenger's case using these calcs will be 5.6 + 30 = 35.6.

That would give it 65 + 35.6 = ~100.6 dom

Either way, at least 90-95 looks likely. Phew.

Edited December 28, 2016 by a2knet

[trifle]

 

[filmlover]

Glad to see a missed all the craziness from earlier in this thread.

 

Also, I saw the movie last night, and my reaction was:

 

 

Nothing worth getting heated over.

[franfar]

43 minutes ago, trifle said:

 

Me: I doubt that's real

 

looks it up

 

WEW

[The Panda]

1 hour ago, trifle said:

 

 

Sharknado only has 17 reviews, it's also so shamelessly bad that it's pretty entertaining.

[UTJeff]

False equivalence.

[MovieMan89]

8 hours ago, amelin said:

 

If that were the case, don't you think they would have skipped the controversy and just gone for a straight up romance?

No, because they know that doesn't sell today. Needed some kind of edge for modern audiences 

[Klingo]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

No, because they know that doesn't sell today. Needed some kind of edge for modern audiences 

Indeed, need to apply to real life relationships.  Not Beauty and the Beast style.

[amelin]

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

No, because they know that doesn't sell today. Needed some kind of edge for modern audiences 

 

But that edge wasn't part of the sales pitch. They were actively trying to hide it and selling the movie alternately as a romance and as an action flick, so I think it's safe to say they did believe straightforward romance sells.

[misafeco]

11 hours ago, a2knet said:

So Pass is on 35 with 5.6 Tue.

Am thinking it should average 5 over the next 6 days (Wed-Mon) for 30 more to it's total.

That'll take it to 65.

In 2011 movies at the top added their 7-day cume (Tue-Mon) to the total after 2nd Jan, which in Passenger's case using these calcs will be 5.6 + 30 = 35.6.

That would give it 65 + 35.6 = ~100.6 dom

Either way, at least 90-95 looks likely. Phew.

I see 5.9 Tue.

 

	Passengers	TGWTDT	%
Wed	4,11	5,07	81,07
Thu	3,22	3,31	97,21
Fri	4,50	4,63	97,19
Sat	2,94	2,51	116,95
Sun	7,62	5,63	135,38
5 day	22,38	21,15	105,84
Mon	7,63	6,72	113,47
Tue	5,90	4,58	128,82
Gross to date	35,91	32,45	110,67
Legs (5 day)	1,60	1,53	104,56
Final gross*	115,41	102,5158	112,58
*if Passengers holds the last day's %

 

Let's be conservative and say Passengers makes 120% of TGWTDT until the first Monday of January. TGWTDT made another 27.5M from Dec 28 to Jan 2. 27.5*1,2=33M for Passengers. That means it will be at 69M, 9M more than TGWTDT. I'd say 90M is locked now. 21M after Jan 2 is easy. 100M can happen unless big theater count drops in the first half in January. Passengers is lucky that AC and WH are even more disappointing box office wise.

[MovieMan89]

54 minutes ago, amelin said:

 

But that edge wasn't part of the sales pitch. They were actively trying to hide it and selling the movie alternately as a romance and as an action flick, so I think it's safe to say they did believe straightforward romance sells.

"I have to tell you something...there's a reason we woke up early."

 

Last line of the trailer. Of course they were pitching that "edge" to audiences. 

[Hatebox]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

"I have to tell you something...there's a reason we woke up early."

 

Last line of the trailer. Of course they were pitching that "edge" to audiences. 

 

So they were pitching it without actually pitching it?