Wkd Box Office 04•01-03•16 - BvS has 'worse legs than Barbara Gordon' -- Sibersk Esto

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GhaleonEB said:
The RT rating doesn't mean it "scored" a 99%, but rather 99% of the reviewers though the film was good/worth recommending. While it did get a strong reception overall a lot of the reviews were in the 3/5 or 4/5 range. The average critical rating was 8.1/10.
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Ahhh that makes a lot more sense I didn't look at the actual average critic average reception. Like I said I liked it and would probably give it about an 8 myself, I just thought it was averaging in the 9s. It was a fun cute little movie with a good message, I just wasn't blown away.
 
mreddie said:
Reminder of Disney's 2016.

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"You will only skip 2 of these films..."
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They own the world...


If one company has to own so many IP's I'm glad it's a company who rarely makes bad movies.
 
Obliterator said:
Ahhh that makes a lot more sense I didn't look at the actual average critic average reception. Like I said I liked it and would probably give it about an 8 myself, I just thought it was averaging in the 9s. It was a fun cute little movie with a good message, I just wasn't blown away.
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Hah, that's actually right where a lot of the reviews were. The RT % is often misunderstood as being a score average, when it's basically how many reviewers recommend a film, not the intensity of that recommendation.
 
a916 said:
Because RT is a yes or no... Inside Out has an average score of 9 on RT whereas Zootopia is 8.1.


99RT is not the same as 99/100.



I shall skip Finest Hours and Alice through the looking Glass.
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Already came out and everyone did skip it.

kurahador said:
Alice, Pete's Dragon and BFG has the potential to bomb.
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Alice is going up against X-Men, might split the Hot Topic crowd.
 
Vault Dweller 111 said:
Awesome post man. Ever since I saw Zootopia I've been wanting to watch it again. I have the inclination to put it at the top of my animated movies list. But I need the Blu Ray first to be sure of it. Can't wait for that release.


I really hope Zootopia can get a best picture nomination. But I won't hold my breath.
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A+ for supporting Zootopia as a Best Picture nominee. It's an important movie. Not just for the artistry involved but also it's message about following your dreams and rejecting outright intolerance for other 'types,' let's say. I was taken aback at it's message and it's heart. I do liken it to the shock I had after seeing Deadpool. I only saw one trailer of Zootopia and didn't read anything about it prior to seeing it, and was blown away. Just blown away. I may never again read articles/impressions of films I'm anticipating prior to seeing them. The shock of destroying one's expectations and surpassing them is so rewarding, particularly when it comes to this movie, is an amazing feeling. Sitting slack-jawed in the theatre in reaction to the visuals was matched only to the feelings and emotions it's writing stirred up inside me. I may sound like I'm being overly effusive, but that's just not the case.

This movie blew me away. I can only compare it to the first time I saw the Lion King, or more recently Toy Story 3's ending, when it comes to hitting me unexpectedly. Man do I love this movie. Everybody needs to see it. Really, go see it. Even if you're not really into animated movies. Zootopia is a film with heart and an inspiring message, not just a kids cartoon. Everyone should see it.
 
bananafactory said:
I agree, but a LOT of people (myself included) said the same about Toy Story 3 when it was announced. So I'm willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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And Money. They rely on sequels and such to keep making movies, and I totally get that. They had to take a bath on Good Dinosaur.
 
mreddie said:
Reminder of Disney's 2016.

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"You will only skip 2 of these films..."
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Oh yeah, BFG is coming out around July. Spielberg directing family adventure films again is nice return of early Spielberg.

The other movies though, ugh. No confidence for any other live action adaptations of Disney movies, except being consistently mediocre.
 
kurahador said:
Alice, Pete's Dragon and BFG has the potential to bomb.
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The BFG is Spielberg; I really doubt that will bomb, even if it's not a runaway success.

Ridley327 said:
Oh, the fun that will be had if Apocalypse can't match it.
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Domestically, it's basically guaranteed that it won't. Deadpool is a runaway novelty success. I don't think it really says anything much that it didn't; nobody would have expected it to. Nobody expected Deadpool to make anything close to that much.
 
gamz said:
It's all about money. Nothing else.
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idk how true this is. I mean isn't CARS their biggest merchandising cash cow? If it were all about $$ I think we would have a new CARS movie by now... plus, I don't think Hanks would sign on if there wasn't anything there.
 
Some fun with numbers. Here are the Superhero films with big drops/or toxic reception that initially opened over $50M domestic. I have also included Deathly Hallows 2 and 50 Shades for fun since they have the two worst 2nd week drops in the $50M+ opener club.


Code: 
Movie			2nd wkd drop			3rd wkd drop		4th wkd drop		Second Wkd New Film Competition
Deathly Hallows 2	72.0% (62% w/o midnights)	53.7%			43.4%			Captain America - $65M
Spider-Man 3		61.5%				50.1%			50.6%			Nothing over $10M
Man of Steel		64.6%				49.8%			45.0% (4th of Jul)	Monsters U + WWZ - close to $150M combined
X-Men Last Stand	66.9%				52.7%			51.4%			The Break Up - $39M
Amazing Spider-Man 2	61.2%				52.7%			53.4%			Neighbors - $49M
X-Men: DOFP		64.2%				53.4%			35.2%			Maleficent - $69M
Fifty Shades of Grey	73.9%				52.6%			47.7%			Highest opener was $11M
XM Origins Wolverine	69.0%				44.3%			45.1%			Star Trek 09 - $75M
Hulk (2003)		69.7%				56.3%			55.4%			Charlie's Angels 2 - $37M
Watchmen 		67.7%				61.8%			59.8%			Race to Witch Mount. - $24M	
Green Lantern 		66.1%				63.6%			52.0%			Transformers 3 - $97M ($162M 5-day)	
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Batman v Superman 	68.4% est (62% w/o midnights)							Highest opener was $8M
 
kswiston said:
Some fun with numbers. Here are the Superhero films with big drops/or toxic reception that initially opened over $50M domestic. I have also included Deathly Hallows 2 and 50 Shades for fun since they have the two worst 2nd week drops in the $50M+ opener club.
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I'm a little confused at this, I thought BvS was an 80% drop, but 70 without counting the midnight numbers that padded the Friday?
 
a916 said:
Because RT is a yes or no... Inside Out has an average score of 9 on RT whereas Zootopia is 8.1.


99RT is not the same as 99/100.



I shall skip Finest Hours and Alice through the looking Glass.
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I saw The Finest Hours. It was a decent movie with some pretty intense sequences, but it was never projected to be a blockbuster. If you're interested in what is considered one of the most amazing at sea rescues in American history, then it serves its purpose. It was an easy film to catch with my wife while my kids were off working on their school's Cabaret show. I would expect most people who want to watch it will wait for Redbox or Netflix. I would guess the budget was tiny.

As for which I'll skip, probably none of them, in terms of seeing them eventually. But I don't go to the theater for a lot of films.
 
xaosslug said:
idk how true this is. I mean isn't CARS their biggest merchandising cash cow? If it were all about $$ I think we would have a new CARS movie by now... plus, I don't think Hanks would sign on if there wasn't anything there.
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Hanks is getting a shitload of money and it's the easiest line of work in Hollywood. Bradley Cooper said he made more money off of the voice of Rocket then just about all his movies combined! He was on Howard Stern almost laughing how much money he made.
 
SchrodingerC said:
Oh yeah, BFG is coming out around July. Spielberg directing family adventure films again is nice return of early Spielberg.

The other movies though, ugh. No confidence for any other live action adaptations of Disney movies, except being consistently mediocre.
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Jungle Trash can be skipped no doubt it looks awful. But beauty and the beast has such a damn entertaining cast and Alan Menken is back to write songs. Im actually hyped for that tbh
 
kswiston said:
Some fun with numbers. Here are the Superhero films with big drops/or toxic reception that initially opened over $50M domestic. I have also included Deathly Hallows 2 and 50 Shades for fun since they have the two worst 2nd week drops in the $50M+ opener club.


Code: 
Movie			2nd wkd drop			3rd wkd drop		4th wkd drop		Second Wkd New Film Competition
Deathly Hallows 2	72.0% (62% w/o midnights)	53.7%			43.4%			Captain America - $65M
Spider-Man 3		61.5%				50.1%			50.6%			Nothing over $10M
Man of Steel		64.6%				49.8%			45.0% (4th of Jul)	Monsters U + WWZ - close to $150M combined
X-Men Last Stand	66.9%				52.7%			51.4%			The Break Up - $39M
Amazing Spider-Man 2	61.2%				52.7%			53.4%			Neighbors - $49M
X-Men: DOFP		64.2%				53.4%			35.2%			Maleficent - $69M
Fifty Shades of Grey	73.9%				52.6%			47.7%			Highest opener was $11M
XM Origins Wolverine	69.0%				44.3%			45.1%			Star Trek 09 - $75M
Hulk (2003)		69.7%				56.3%			55.4%			Charlie's Angels 2 - $37M
Watchmen 		67.7%				61.8%			59.8%			Race to Witch Mount. - $24M	
Green Lantern 		66.1%				63.6%			52.0%			Transformers 3 - $97M ($162M 5-day)	
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Batman v Superman 	68.4% est (62% w/o midnights)							Highest opener was $8M
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Did something big come out the week after the last Harry Potter film? Movie got good reviews and seemed to be generally liked by the fans of the franchise.
 
Vault Dweller 111 said:
Well all movies are.

Toy Story 3 was made for money. It doesn't mean that it wasn't great movie.
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I'm not saying that, but for them it's easy money. Of course they want it to be good, but it's a safe bet it'll make money and they can continue to take chances on original non-sequels. I'm not saying it's bad, but it is what it is.
 
Bobby Roberts said:
Bet this still comes in at 50 when the actuals drop.

Here's a rundown of how shitty this looks:

The DCEU has been restarted/reformulated twice already now.

2009: A week before filming is set to begin, Justice League: Mortal (dir. George Miller) is canceled for tax/financing purposes.

2011: Green Lantern, designed to provide hooks to a larger universe, is ruined in production by too many cooks, and fails upon arrival. The cinematic universe plan is taken back into the shop and reworked.

2013: Man of Steel is now the foundation for the DCEU. It underperforms, but still hits the numbers it needs to move forward with a sequel, which becomes

2016: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice - a pseudo-sequel to Man of Steel that is also a pseudo-prequel to Justice League Pt. I

Batman v Superman opens to a projected 170mil domestic opening weekend that becomes a 166mil opening weekend in the actuals. It is beat the fuck up by critics & vocal fans, but the narrative quickly becomes the tired "true fans vs. film snobs (critics)" call to action.

And then, over the course of a week that is Spring Break for a large number of children in America, with competition including films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, God's Not Dead 2, Miracles From Heaven, Meet the Blacks, and films like Zootopia, Deadpool, and 10 Cloverfield Lane all past their fourth weekend in release, the film drops 80% Friday-to-Friday, and just under 70% weekend-to-weekend.

Justice League, Part 1 is scheduled to begin filming within the next two weeks.
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DrForester said:
Did something big come out the week after the last Harry Potter film? Movie got good reviews and seemed to be generally liked by the fans of the franchise.
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Do you mean in its third weekend? As the list states, Captain America was in weekend #2.

Weekend 3 had Cowboys and Aliens and Smurfs making abut $35M each. Weekend 4 had Rise of the Planet of the Apes at almost $54M.

That's what you get when you release in July.
 
gamz said:
Hanks is getting a shitload of money and it's the easiest line of work in Hollywood. Bradley Cooper said he made more money off of the voice of Rocket then just about all his movies combined! He was on Howard Stern almost laughing how much money he made.
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i'm sure Hanks has walked away from bigger paydays than Copper could ever dream of, because the script wasn't up to par. Hasn't Hanks gone on record that he wouldn't do the squels if the 1) the story didn't add anything 2) the original voice cast didn't come with? LBR, Hanks isn't Allen -- he literally DOES NOT need the Toy Story franchise, like, at all.
 
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