MoonKnight and Blade are with Marvel, I would not be surprised at them to be getting Fantastic 4/Doom back soon though.
Deadpool shatters record with $47.5M opening day
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MoonKnight and Blade are with Marvel, I would not be surprised at them to be getting Fantastic 4/Doom back soon though.
Eh... Deadpool, despite being obscure for the general audience, still has a fanbase, unlike Kingsman. There will definitely be some frontloading to Deadpool, but I could still see a 3x multiplier, which would be excellent for it.
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CaviarMeths
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Well, they made a deal for Spider-Man to co-produce with Sony. He'll crossover with Avengers stuff. As Spider-Man is the most popular comic book character in the world, this is probably the best you could ever hope for. Especially now that the future distribution of Bond movies are in contention, Sony will want to hang onto their biggest earner for dear life.
Moon Knight and Blade, to my knowledge, are already home at Marvel. Moon Knight never left and Blade returned after New Line Cinemas opted not to continue with the series. Ghost Rider, Daredevil, and Punisher too, Sony, Fox, and Lionsgate gave those up willingly.
X-Men, Deadpool, and all related characters will probably never leave Fox either. They're consistent earners. It's a lucrative property. Fox has no reason to sell.
The biggest question mark is Fantastic Four and Doom. Fox just made a movie that fucking failed spectacularly, so it's unlikely they'll make a direct sequel. They may try and reboot again in 5 years or whatever, or they may follow Sony's lead and strike a deal to co-produce. My understanding though is that there is some bad blood between Marvel and Fox. The property has potential and Fox won't give it up entirely, is my instinct.
Also, don't forget Namor, who I think is still locked up at Universal. It's complicated, but if I understand correctly, it's a Mexican stand-off where Universal can't make a Namor movie without Marvel's approval and Marvel can't make one without Universal's approval and neither company wants to budge. I could be wrong though. Same thing for Hulk too, essentially. My understanding is that Universal still holds the distribution rights to any solo Hulk movies, which is one of the reasons why there still hasn't been a sequel to The Incredible Hulk (other than the fact that it didn't turn a profit at the box office).
Isn't Deadpool already on track to have a bigger opening weekend than Man of Steel? Unlike Man of Steel it also has very good word of mouth, everyone seems to love it. At this point I think Deadpool beating Man of Steel domestically could happen.
BronsonLee
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Just saw it. It was alright.
I liked Kingsman a bit more, if I had to pick. Theater was packed for an early morning showing, though
I liked Kingsman a bit more, if I had to pick. Theater was packed for an early morning showing, though
No. Man of Steel made $44M on its first Friday without Thursday previews. If you throw in previews (as is the case with the deadpool number), it was $56M, and nearly $129M for the weekend. Deadpool will make about that much over its 4-day holiday weekend.
It's not impossible or anything for Deadpool to top MoS with this opening, but it won't get there on mediocre legs.
Crazy they had to cut 7 million from the budget. The sequel hopefully gets a bigger pocket.
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They need to fast-track Deadpool 2 (DP and Cable team-up flick) and X-Force (starring Deadpool). Although I'm sure they're already doing something like this after this weekends results 
BrokenFiction
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Damn straight. Activate Karl Urban.
Shrek 3 if one includes animation. Otherwise, doesn't look like there's anything close.
hodayathink
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A quality film with a PG-13 rating and the right marketing would succeed even more. That's why this isn't a license to just start making your "comic book" movies R-rated. What it should probably mean is that if the source calls for the movie being R, then you don't have to be afraid of the rating as long as you can make a good movie true to the source. And even that isn't a guarantee, because you still have to market it correctly.
Bobby Roberts
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Truth right there.
How can you even compare a movie like Deadpool to Kingsman?
BronsonLee
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...Really?
PhoncipleBone
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Both are R rated comic book adaptations released in mid February, and by the same studio on modest budgets?
-ImaginaryInsider
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Karl Urban as Cable, badass and grizzled, yet still young enough for 10 years of sequels.
Bobby Roberts
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Completely different subject matter, comic book adaptations or not.
Your time will come soon, Dredd.
PhoncipleBone
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Watch them whip up some new ads this weekend with Deadpool talking about how much money he is making. Break the fourth wall by having him talk about box office receipts.
Colonel Nasty
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I don't think the message is that more movies should be R its that they shouldn't be afraid of being themselves. It's crazy considering how popular deadpool is that it took him that long to even get a movie during this boom. SS should R as well but I'm willing to bet that has more to do with them courting the Batman crowd more than anything.
While I don't think Fox should give everything to Disney I'm really bummed we won't see any interaction with Deadpool and Spderman. Those books are so great.
While I don't think Fox should give everything to Disney I'm really bummed we won't see any interaction with Deadpool and Spderman. Those books are so great.
hodayathink
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The time for that to happen was last year right after the release of that bomb. If Fox wasn't going to give it up then, then I don't know what makes them short of all their other franchises going tits up (remember, one of the biggest reasons Sony made the Spider-Man deal is because they don't have much in the way of tentpole franchises outside of Spider-Man, especially if they lose Bond like most are expecting them to).
Muskieratboi
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I don't think this gives a greenlight for studios to start pumping out R rated comic based films. Deadpool had amazing marketing that actually worked and is much more than a superhero film with more blood.
That being said I will take another Dredd film any day of the week.
andthebeatgoeson
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It will know.
Logan will be in the next one. And I'm sure fox will fuck it up some how.
BronsonLee
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It's worth pointing out that this is basically what happens when the marketing campaign for a movie works on all fronts.
They fucking nailed it
They fucking nailed it
Glad it's doing well. Was a little apprehensive about watching it because they trailers were terrible. Movie was on point with the humor mostly; a few bad eggs here or there but it was really nicely realized.
Surprising how many senior citizens I saw at the matinee for this movie and man oh man, the kind of laughs I heard were like when your uncle hears a dirty racist joke that he's just enjoying just way too much. There was a guy behind me lamenting how his 16 year-old daughter couldn't watch the movie and made the strangest comparison: "You know, there's a fine line between watching this movie with your daughter and her watching it with her friends." Went on and on about it.
Don't know if this movie will hold up to repeat viewings but I'm glad I watched it in the theater.
Surprising how many senior citizens I saw at the matinee for this movie and man oh man, the kind of laughs I heard were like when your uncle hears a dirty racist joke that he's just enjoying just way too much. There was a guy behind me lamenting how his 16 year-old daughter couldn't watch the movie and made the strangest comparison: "You know, there's a fine line between watching this movie with your daughter and her watching it with her friends." Went on and on about it.
Don't know if this movie will hold up to repeat viewings but I'm glad I watched it in the theater.
Last 2 Xmen movies have been really good. Last wolverine movie was decent. Haven't seen it yet, but all signs point to deadpool being good. Why do you have so little faith in fox?
privitsan02
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Because they just screwed it up majorly with Fantastic Four last summer.
It's bizarre how despite Deadpool's lower budget, it looks better than Apocalypse. It's not even that I don't trust Bryan Singer with CGI. Days of Future Past looked excellent and grounded. Something most Marvel movies can't seem to achieve.
Fox is honestly just all over the place. Hope X-Men Apocalypse and Wolverine 3 are good movies.
Best wishes.
Well Deadpool is much cooler than X-men and i think it plays better to the older demographic than Xmen does.
We have seen a grand total of 2 minutes of X-Men:A. The outside effects don't look great, but people on NeoGAF were saying, literally, the exact same thing before DOFP. Have a little faith in the team that has delivered 4 good Xmen movies.
BlueTsunami
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With Arronofsky directing, please
Most of deadpool seems to takes place on a bridge. Also aside from colossus and warhead, there isn't much vfx.
Apocalypse has like 10 mutants. And probably takes place in two or more locations. So apples to oranges.
Escape Goat
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Deadpool is likely to hit double the studios projections for the weekend. Ryan Reynolds has to be over the moon right now. He finally did it.
Escape Goat
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Every movie should have full frontal. Most directors havent discovered the dramatic potential of a penis.
BlueTsunami
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Famke Janssen shower scene pls
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