I've been stuck to this series since I was a kid and holy crap, after 4, this is been the most batshit yet amazing action series we've ever had.
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I've been stuck to this series since I was a kid and holy crap, after 4, this is been the most batshit yet amazing action series we've ever had.
Guardians, Winter Soldier, & DoFP were among the winners this year, so.....yeah. Plus Avengers 2 is gonna make a billion bare minimum.
ryutaro's mama
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Fast Five completely re-invented the franchise with the injection of the Rock and their decision to turn Dom's team into superheroes.
Love it.
...but Paul tho... 
Yeah, there were only 4 superhero films this year? 3 next year? Those films are still surrounded by other types of films.
We're getting 3 next year, one is most likely gonna be a stinker that will most likely be overlooked anyway (F4), one is gonna print money guaranteed (Age of Ultron), & the other has the potential to be a surprise hit along the lines of GotG (Ant-Man).
Though the super-hero movies are gonna go into maximum overdrive after next year, & my body is ready......not so much my wallet.
NipplesAndToes23
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Maybe you shouldn't come to the theater 30 mins early. It seems weird to complain about coming early when you don't have to.
The movie was scheduled to start at 10:30.
I rocked in at 10:35.
Movie started after 11.
As it was I had to sit in the second row because all the seats were taken; because the movie was meant to start at 10:30 - not 11
Biggu Bosu
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The Avengers 2 - maybe, leaning no
Star Wars: TFA - maybe
Fifty Shades of Grey - lol
Cinderella - no
Divergent 2 - no
Furious 7 - maybe, leaning yes
Mad Max: Fury Road - yes
Tomorrowland - no
San Andreas - video
Jurassic World - no
Ant-Man - no
Terminator: Genisys - no
Fantastic Four - no
Mission Impossible V - yes
quite exciting indeed
Star Wars: TFA - maybe
Fifty Shades of Grey - lol
Cinderella - no
Divergent 2 - no
Furious 7 - maybe, leaning yes
Mad Max: Fury Road - yes
Tomorrowland - no
San Andreas - video
Jurassic World - no
Ant-Man - no
Terminator: Genisys - no
Fantastic Four - no
Mission Impossible V - yes
quite exciting indeed
The script was part of a high profile leak, & it turned out to be pretty bad. I'm hopeful that changes are made between now & the release of the movie, but they did start shooting not too long ago.
Bond movies are infamous for being written and drastically re-written while filming. I am not worried about that.
Now I'm hopeful.
Chiggs
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Or the beginning of the end if a couple of those tent poles tip over. On paper, sure, it looks like a big year, but you never know.
2015 is boom or bust.
I guess I'll see star wars and Tomorrowland.
Honestly I'm just curious about what Star Wars has become in this installment moreso than the movie itself so I might just wait until it's available elsewhere. Tomorrowland is the only movie that sounds like it could be even close to worth purchasing a ticket for on it's own merits.
Escape Goat
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I think i only saw 3 movies in theaters this year. GotG, Xmen and Interstellar.
UberTag
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It's a shame this doesn't have a new release date.
Flick delivers unabashedly in the gore department and had a choice release date. Would love for more folks to have the opportunity to see it.
Horror market instead went to crap like Ouija, Annabelle and Dracula Untold that were garbage and very few people enjoyed.
Ummm....I think you're confusing me with someone. lol
Fox Mulder
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I haven't bought a BRD in years.
If I don't see it in the theaters, it's likely gets forgotten until it's available on some paid streaming format or HBO.
I'm the opposite. Skip the theaters but buy the bluray on day one.
Didn't see a single movie in a theater this year but easily spent over a grand building up a bluray collection.
HeartlessNobody213
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The only movie I'm 100% certain I'm seeing next year in theaters is Avengers 2.
Biggu Bosu
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How many movies did you buy?
Randolph Freelander
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Haven't been to the cinema since 2002. I've got a nice streak going, it would be a shame to break it.
toadsworth
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Around Christmas my family wanted to go and see a movie. There wasn't a single movie any of us wanted to see in theaters. This news makes too much sense.
Those 4 films also took home about 10% of the entire domestic box office this year.
Blackstarhat
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Going to the movies has gotten too expensive 2 imax tickets and popcorn cost as much as a video game.
youngplaya21
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That's some old man yelling at clouds bullshit right there... It's 30 minutes man. Either go in later to avoid the previews or enjoy the previews like everyone else. Everyone who has been to the movies at least once in the last 4-5 years knows that
There was also Ninja Turtles and Transformers if they count. Did any comic-related franchise bomb other than Sin City 2 this year?
As for this past year...no Pixar and no franchise has really replaced Harry Potter yet which doesn't help I suppose. Good to see Sony going up 9% and Fox making more new titles
Because no movie will ever look as good in a list based on ticket sales compared to gross where the list is a revolving door of random shit at this point, except numbers 1 and 2.
In the past 15 years there is only movie to make it to the top 15 all time ticket sales, and that's Avatar. The only other movie in the past 30 years to make it in is Titanic.
Basically listing by ticket sales only benefits James Cameron.
Blackstarhat
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Theres less previews if you dont go on opening day.
Interstellar was the only movie in the top 10 box office movies for 2014 that was original work and not a sequel
Reminds me of this graphic and the ever-shrinking original IPs (perhaps video games and films learn a lot from eachother ):
There were some horrible big name movies this year. Transformers and Anchorman 2 were both really bad. I feel there are a lot of great movies that don't get the marketing support since it's all spent on the sequels and by the number comic book movies. Gone Girl, Birdman, and Imitation Game are all great movies that deserve better treatment.
Blackstarhat
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Anchorman 2 came out in 2013
RoninChaos
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I wish I could get tickets for 8 bucks each. They're 14 where I live.
Discotheque
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that 2001-2011 one is pretty crazy.
Succinct Verbosity
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I'd say this has been one of the better years for blockbusters in terms of quality, but the industry does seem like its heading for a further decline if it doesn;t start taking more risks. Marvel were rewarded by redefining Winter Soldier and launching Guardians of the Galaxy, and those will be essential for future films too... Yes, even films called Star Wars.
I think it's legitimate complaint.
If they advertise that the movie begins at a certain time then it should begin at that time.
Now, I can understand 5-10 minutes of ads but 30 minutes of ads; nope, I'm not taking that. For a 90 minute film? That's just stupid
There was about 3 previews and the rest ads.
And it's not as easy as saying 'just rock up 30 minutes later' because the movie has been advertised to start a certain time and everyone rocks up before then, so if I show up later I'll be stuck down the front - like the time I'm mentioning.
It's stupid and I can't believe people have accepted it to be honest. I know why the cinema does it though, if they advertised that a movie started at a certain time and, lo and behold, they actually started it at that time then no one would see their crappy ads.
Well, I'm not paying exorbitant prices to watch their ads. Feel free to continue racing to the bottom though
So what was the excuse in 1995?
And_Gignac
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I don't see SW being so big. I'll be surprised if it passes $1b tbh.
Dragonborn
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Why? The movie is going to be huge in my opinion.
Personally, that's all I need next year, gonna watch it so many times (assuming it's even somewhat good).
Phantom Menace did over a billion back in 1999. Ticket prices have massively inflated since then and the worldwide box office blew up. In todays box office the numbers Phantom Menace did are well over 1.5 billion
Even revenge of the sith nearly did a billion 10 years ago! It's be wellllll past 1 bil in today's market.
What you are saying is you expect Force Awakens to do worse than the prequels.
All that graph shows is that Hollywood has become completely reliant on blockbuster movies or rather that the greneral public's taste in movies has drastically changed over over the last 30+ years. Most studio execs talk openly about the blockbuster business model. New IPs simply have a harder time becoming huge hits today. However, that doesn't mean new IPs don't exist. The best movies this year were new IPs.
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