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Wkd Box Office 01•08-10•16 - #1 (& Oscar? >_>) elude Leo as TFA 4peats & breaks China

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kswiston said:
Sort of related, I thought it was humourous to see Age of Ultron and Jurassic World lose their best visual effects spot to a film with one 15th the budget (Ex Machina)
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Ex Machina Visual Effects nod is really cool, especially cuz its so unprecedented. Still think Star Wars has a great shot at that one.
 
ViewtifulJC said:
Ex Machina Visual Effects nod is really, especially cuz its so unprecedented. Still think Star Wars has a great shot at that one.
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I'm thinking it'll be The Revenant. Remember the year Hugo won?

It might as well be "best movie we liked that had special effects in it"
 
Not said:
I'm thinking it'll be The Revenant. Remember the year Hugo won?

It might as well be "best movie we liked that had special effects in it"
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It also depends on what kind of stuff they pulled off.

And a shame that they didn't create a new stunt category this year for Fury Road. That category is long overdue to exist.
 
Not said:
It might as well be "best movie we liked that had special effects in it"
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This has typically been how the academy votes. Here are the last few years:

2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 - Avatar
2010 - Inception
2011 - Hugo
2012 - Life of Pi
2013 - Gravity
2014 - Interstellar

Most of those had best pic nods.

I think Fury Road will win best SFX. They have been favoring films that try to do something different over films with the most elaborate SFX for about a decade now. I think Star Wars would have had a better chance in a year that didn't have Fury Road.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Fury Road out-practical effects'd Star Wars.
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Agreed. The fact that most people don't realize just how much effects work went into Fury Road is going to work in its favor.

And while I think Fury Road should win, I am surprised Cinderella didn't get a Production Design nomination. It deserved it, just like it deserved the costume nomination it got.
 
kswiston said:
This has typically been how the academy votes. Here are the last few years:

2008 - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
2009 - Avatar
2010 - Inception
2011 - Hugo
2012 - Life of Pi
2013 - Gravity
2014 - Interstellar

Most of those had best pic nods.

I think Fury Road will win best SFX. They have been favoring films that try to do something different over films with the most elaborate SFX for about a decade now. I think Star Wars would have had a better chance in a year that didn't have Fury Road.
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Yes, this. It's hard to vote against the unique world Miller and Co. created. I mean it's stunning.
 
I was pleasantly surprised to see a diverse list for Best Animated Feature for a change. That category tends to follow box office trends more closely than pretty much anything else. They just pick 3-4 of the bigger CGI films of the year and round the list off with 1-2 smaller animated pictures in most years.
 
PhoncipleBone said:
No Star Wars best pic nomination? Guess I need to find a good Whedon avatar for Charles Foster Kane to bear for a month or so.
I know he will take his punishment like a man.
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Here you go ;)
Joss_whedon_leader.jpg
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WillyFive said:
Yep, but Star Wars' CG was far better than Fury Road's CG. By far.
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I feel like the reel they showed to get into the big dance wowed people for two reasons

1) The amount of practical shit they did was pretty fuckin astounding
2) The quality of the CG augmentation they did is equally astounding

There's a lot of stuff that a lot of people didn't realize was CGI in Mad Max, and the way it was blended so seamlessly, on top of the already amazing quality of the practical stuff?

Star Wars does this very well, too, but I don't think it does it well enough to get the nod over Fury Road.
 
Star Wars is predictably taking a big hit on screens this weekend in China. It went from around a 70% share of showtimes last weekend to 20% this Friday and under 18% this Saturday.

Final Gross there keeps getting downgraded. It might end up finishing $10M (or less) higher than Ant-man and San Andreas.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Turns out it really did only have the one viable week to show & prove.
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Pretty much. I did think that it would do better than it seems to be doing though (even if I thought $200M+ was wishful thinking).

That and Domestic coming in a bit lower than expected will keep Titanic at #2. Assuming $925-940M domestic, and $120M China, I don't see overseas hitting at least $1125M to make up the difference. Looks like $1025-1050M without China is more likely based on what we have seen in the past week.

$2B is still locked though.
 
Looks like both Ride Along 2 & the Benghazi movie did alright in previews.

Possible that Star Wars finishes 3rd (or maybe even 4th depending on Revenant)?
 
Htown said:
So what you're saying is television killed cinema and it's just been bleeding out for like 60 years?
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It has stabilized since the 80's. But the decline is impressive.

It's very fishy there are no more older movies in those big adjusted boxoffice grosses. Lesser movies, much more tickets sold and they are rarely mentioned.
 
kswiston said:
Pretty much. I did think that it would do better than it seems to be doing though (even if I thought $200M+ was wishful thinking).

That and Domestic coming in a bit lower than expected will keep Titanic at #2. Assuming $925-940M domestic, and $120M China, I don't see overseas hitting at least $1125M to make up the difference. Looks like $1025-1050M without China is more likely based on what we have seen in the past week.

$2B is still locked though.
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Disappointing numbers in China, if it keeps it up. :(

Least 2B is locked. That's a damn fine achievement.
 
PhoncipleBone said:
Agreed. The fact that most people don't realize just how much effects work went into Fury Road is going to work in its favor.

And while I think Fury Road should win, I am surprised Cinderella didn't get a Production Design nomination. It deserved it, just like it deserved the costume nomination it got.
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I'm more surprised Crimson Peak got snubbed on both production and costume design. And I dont understand only 3 makeup noms with Carol around.
 
Chamber said:
Ya'll in here making $2B sound like some kind of moral victory.

"Well, that's pretty good...I guess. :/"
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It would be only the 3rd film to ever hit $2b, and the only one not made by James Cameron. It's not bad. :p

Surprised at how fast it's getting yanked in China, though, after all the work to build it up and the solid opening.
 
So can I make the Star Wars Disappoints In Worldwide Box Office thread

I want to see how long it'll take before a mod kicks me in the dick
 
WillyFive said:
Yep, but Star Wars' CG was far better than Fury Road's CG. By far.
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Really? There wasn't a moment in Fury Road when the CG was as dodgy as Snoke. Fury Road had a lot less CGI work, but the CGI that was there (Like the storm or Furiosa's arm or the color filtering) looked great.
 
Toxi said:
Really? There wasn't a moment in Fury Road when the CG was as dodgy as Snoke. Fury Road had a lot less CGI work, but the CGI that was there (Like the storm or Furiosa's arm or the color filtering) looked great.
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Also filling out the environment and the Citadel. All looked real.

I'm guessing TFA falls to 4th this weekend.

1. Ride Along 2
2. The Revenant
3. 13 Hours
4. TFA
 
firelogic said:
Also filling out the environment and the Citadel. All looked real.
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Yeah off the top of my head I can't think of anything that really jumped out at me as not looking real in fury road. Both snoke and maz looked quite jarring. I think the combination of seamless CGI combined with amazing practical effects should give them the win.
 
AdventureRacing said:
Yeah off the top of my head I can't think of anything that really jumped out at me as not looking real in fury road. Both snoke and maz looked quite jarring. I think the combination of seamless CGI combined with amazing practical effects should give them the win.
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The only part I remember looking clearly CGI were the cliffs in the opening when Joe gives his speech. It's not bad, just obviously computer generated.
 
firelogic said:
Also filling out the environment and the Citadel. All looked real.

I'm guessing TFA falls to 4th this weekend.

1. Ride Along 2
2. The Revenant
3. 13 Hours
4. TFA
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It'll beat 13 Hours. That's looking like another Pain & Gain as far as box office goes.
 
But 13 hours has Ted Cruz's endorsement
the highest possible praise
 
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