Bobby Roberts
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It wasn't a serious question. It was setup for the joke that came after.
Wkd Box Office 0108-1016 - #1 (& Oscar? >_>) elude Leo as TFA 4peats & breaks China
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It wasn't a serious question. It was setup for the joke that came after.
BronsonLee
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Yeah, Leo's always had a good eye for shit. I thought Revenant and Great Gatsby would be DOA, but he kind of brought them across to the finish line.
And him in Django was baller as fuck, goddamn
China greenlit that. Same production company co-funded Transcendence.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Personally I thought remaking it was a terrible idea, like most people, but I can absolutely see why they made it. The first Point Break remake went on to spawn a mega franchise by itself, they were probably hoping this would do the same.
Hero_of_the_Day
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It was obvious they got the deal of a lifetime back when it was announced. It wasn't about money. Lucas just wanted to be done and trusted Disney with his baby. He donated 100% of the money to charity.
John Dunbar
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what does "breaks china" in the title refer to? as far as i can see there is no info on china in the op.
The film opened to $52M over its 2-day weekend in China. That is a good gross unless you were one of the people expecting Transformers or Furious 7 money.
Furious 7 made $68M on its opening day for comparison.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
ryutaro's mama
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Speaking of Ride Along 2, I saw that Tyrese was in it, apparently in a scene that involved cars or something. Got me thinking...how much more fuck awesome would that movie be if Tyrese were playing Roman Pierce and Ride Along was now part of the FFCU?
I would go see it just for that. I'm only sorta joking.
"...for the studio."
It broke DISNEY records, not overall China records.
Bobby Roberts
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They're both Universal, right? It could work.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
All this Leo talk, y'all know Tom Hardy was in The Revenant too right?
ryutaro's mama
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This is the most meaningless record, most movie don't open on saturday in China.
The movie is doing well but not "omg what the hell" well F&F7 style.
That article is wrong and also misleading. Disney's biggest opening day is still Age of Ultron. The Force Awakens made slightly less than what western media started reporting yesterday ($31.8M, confirmed by the weekend estimate of $52M). The Saturday opening record doesn't mean shit since films can open on any day of the week in China. The Force Awakens' Saturday was the 6th biggest Saturday in China. It just happened to be the only film of those six that opened on that day. Age of Ultron's first Saturday (its 5th day) was bigger than Star Wars' opening. Furious 7's first Saturday (day 7) was also bigger.
Plus, since the market has been seeing 30-50% annual growth, all of these records will be broken a year from now anyhow.
He doesn't have the same narrative going for him just yet.
FullMetalx117
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The only reason I want to see The Revenant today is to see Leo (I could care less about the movie itself)
One of the last great box office draws
One of the last great box office draws
BronsonLee
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Ride Along + Fast & Furious = oh no.
He's pretty clearly not the star of the movie
He's pretty clearly not the star of the movie
ryutaro's mama
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Tonally, they totally work.
xaosslug
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huh? It doubled its budget. I'd call it a success.
True Savior
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That seems bad for Hateful Eight.
Good. Now we just need a reverse situation of what occurred after QoS under performed and for EON to return to the CR/QoS tone.
ryutaro's mama
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Solo, I forget. Did you like Skyfall?
No. But then Spectre came along and it was so bad that it made me appreciate Skyfall more than I originally did.
And_Gignac
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So the movie is not breaking anything meaningful in China, then.
Is it ok to assume that TFA wont pass Titanic and will remain a movie mostly fueled by anglo countries? As in, it wont have a 70%-30% breakdown like most international super hits?
Of course the stronger dollar is a factor for international markets, but the movie also had some countries where even The Hunger Games 4 had bigger audiences.
ryutaro's mama
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Ok cause I too didn't like Skyfall but haven't seen Spectre. It's THAT bad?
proshaw713
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Calm waterfall
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The Revenant did great. I can´t believe that point break cost 105 million. WB throwing money down the drain.
DizzyCaffeine
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The Revenant definitely did great in the sense that it surpassed expectations, but it's got a long road to climb before becoming profitable. And I can't imagine the multiplier will be that high with lukewarm word of mouth.
Bobby Roberts
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Nah. It's better than Quantum still, but not by much.
It's like a Roger Moore-era remake of On Her Majestys, starring Daniel Craig as Pierce Brosnan. It's dumb and confused about itself, bloated by about an hour, but it's not bad, especially not by Bond's questionable standards.
Some didn't like Skyfall and liked Spectre. Some liked Skyfall and didn't like Spectre. Some, like Solo, didn't like either but think Quantum is awesome. It takes all kinds.
Here are updated versions of my graphs tracking aligned totals of every film to hit $900M+ overseas since Avatar.
The dotted portion of the line for The Force Awakens is my forecast for the coming week. This based on trends we have seen so far in TFA and other films, but is just a forecast. Expect the actual gross to vary a bit. For example, last week I underestimated the worldwide weekly gross by 8% ($204M forecast vs $222M actual). I tried to be more optimistic this week (Going into MLK weekend), but we shall see.
Since Titanic WW is the target at this point, I added a flat line representing Titanic's LTD gross worldwide. Obviously this does not represent Titanic's weekly box office take, just its total as a visual marker.
Note: Next week's international and worldwide takes will be propped up somewhat by China and a US holiday weekend. Expect harder drops the following week.
The dotted portion of the line for The Force Awakens is my forecast for the coming week. This based on trends we have seen so far in TFA and other films, but is just a forecast. Expect the actual gross to vary a bit. For example, last week I underestimated the worldwide weekly gross by 8% ($204M forecast vs $222M actual). I tried to be more optimistic this week (Going into MLK weekend), but we shall see.
Since Titanic WW is the target at this point, I added a flat line representing Titanic's LTD gross worldwide. Obviously this does not represent Titanic's weekly box office take, just its total as a visual marker.
Note: Next week's international and worldwide takes will be propped up somewhat by China and a US holiday weekend. Expect harder drops the following week.
Its first wide weekend was only $3.5M more than Chipmunks' third.
Bobby Roberts
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Thanks for the updated visuals, K-Swiss. Much appreciated.
Hasphat'sAnts
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It's what happens when you go from Brad Pitt and Jamie Foxx to .... Kurt Russell.
Bobby Roberts
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DizzyCaffeine
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I think he might be referring to Inglorious Basterds.
DizzyCaffeine
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C'mon. No one could open By the Sea. It was a vanity project that lived and died by whether or not it received critical acclaim. And critics hated it.
They're on a roll then.
I figured they wanted some of that Fast & Furious money, but $100M seems crazy high on this.
Jack The Nipper
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looks like to be star wars is easily going to cross 2 billion
If disney does a relaunch and promises the first big trailer for 8 it would do huge numbers , especially first weekend. They should re launch that for a special event in summer.
If disney does a relaunch and promises the first big trailer for 8 it would do huge numbers , especially first weekend. They should re launch that for a special event in summer.
While we're at it, what does "4peats" mean in the thread title?
edit: I gues 4 weeks no.1....
I estimated it crossing $1.9B by next Sunday.
Messofanego
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I disagree, laughed at many moments but hey that's comedy for ya. "Balls deep in joy" was great. Dianne West's swear is amazing
("cuntingly disppointing")
Enjoyed it more than Star Wars at least, which felt like a (very pretty) retread and I'm not even a SW fan.
Bobby Roberts
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Well, shit. I thought he was confusing Leo for Pitt, like all these longhaired white people look the same, amirite? C'mon!
(I think that's actually happened in here once, though)
Hasphat'sAnts
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Bobby Roberts
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Yeah, I already mea culpa'd for not realizing you were citing two separate movies as opposed to just his last one.
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