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[CaviarMeths]

This movie is PG-13. I would advise parents not to take their children to see this. This movie felt Rated-R every time Joker and Harley were on screen.

In what way?

 

[Anth0ny]

4: Is Chris Tucker and/or Jackie Chan in this movie

there's a scene straight out of rush hour 2

not even kidding

 

[BronsonLee]

Cause all they're doing is fuckin' and shooting children in the back of the head

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

In what way?

Is a half naked Harley grinding on another girl kid friendly?

 

[Epcott]

We down to 27% now. How long before it dips below BvS?

And any final predictions on how low it will go?

Yeesh, same score as BvS. DCU is on Suicide Watch. I wonder what WB will do if it lacks legs and flops harder than Batty Soup?

 

[BronsonLee]

4: You think Katana looks like every asian and black person? That's racist dude.

Rude!

there's a scene straight out of rush hour 2

not even kidding

Is it the one where Chris Tucker asks a sexy lass if she's a cop and she shows her badge which is on her bra for some reason

 

[KoruptData]

What the hell is an 8.7... Like how do you so arbitrarily pick that number.

yall funny.

Well.

8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7 <-- Highest peak of the movie for me
8.8
8.9
9

Never reached 9 status.

Think of MPG in a car. Going up a hill, you are getting 10 MPG but going down the hill your getting 99+ MPG. The car doesn't get 10 MPG all the time and it doesn't get 99 MPG all the time but at certain points it does. So at one time, SS hit 8.7.

 

[kurahador]

Ghostbusters is a better movie would be my guess.

No...Ghostbusters is Marvel.

 

[Vire]

Yeesh, same score as BvS. DCU is on Suicide Watch. I wonder what WB will do if it lacks legs and flops harder than Batty Soup?

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

 

[Killer Queen]

then exactly are you gauging WOM outside NeoGAF without concrete numbers like second week drops

Going to other forums and reading their impressions?

I'm not, I'm just saying, you can't really ask where people are getting information from while only looking at two pages of a gaf thread. Kinda silly don't you think? The reactions here could be equally as hyperbolic as those from outside in either direction.

 

[BronsonLee]

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

tbh, BvS had essentially a Godzilla level collapse and they probably would've preferred more than that for a 250 million dollar film

 

[CaviarMeths]

100 point scales are the worst.

Is a half naked Harley grinding on another girl kid friendly?

I dunno if it's kid friendly, but certainly seems 13 year old friendly enough. Sounds like a pop music video.

 

[Yeezus H. Christ]

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

er, you realize that doesn't factor in marketing and the fact that studios only take roughly 50% of box office receipts right?

 

[Egg0]

Is it the one where Chris Tucker asks a sexy lass if she's a cop and she shows her badge which is on her bra for some reason

Deadshot and Boomerang decides to go to a massage parlor and end up fighting the triads.

 

[AlfredX1990]

Nah, they'll just stop going to DC movies and just go to Marvel ones only.

You say this but I'm convinced Civil War didn't reach Avengers money because BvS sucked so much

 

[Vire]

Well.

8
8.1
8.2
8.3
8.4
8.5
8.6
8.7 <-- Highest peak of the movie for me
8.8
8.9
9

Never reached 9 status.

Think of MPG in a car. Going up a hill, you are getting 10 MPG but going down the hill your getting 99+ MPG. The car doesn't get 10 MPG all the time and it doesn't get 99 MPG all the time but at certain points it does. So at one time, SS hit 8.7.

I just don't understand how you can equate "art" in such terms. "Oh well, that one line was really funny so I'll bump it from an 8.6 to an 8.7"

Just seems like an incredibly bizarre way to look at things. But hey, glad to hear some people didn't absolutely hate this film as I being forced to watch it this weekend with a friend.

 

[GravityInsanity]

In what way?

Strip club? Torture scene with the weird effects? Felt like a horror porn scene if I even saw one.

 

[pestul]

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

We don't know the profit there, but most would guess that it's slim to none.

 

[BronsonLee]

Deadshot and Boomerang decides to go to a massage parlor and end up fighting the triads.

I'm in.

 

[Epcott]

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

They expected much more than $872.7 million, with two of their biggest comic book francises going head to head... Hence the DCU reshuffle and rumored editing/meddling.

 

[GravityInsanity]

You say this but I'm convinced Civil War didn't reach Avengers money because BvS sucked so much

What? It's the forth highest grossing movie in the MCU. About 400,000 short of the Avengers.

 

[Zombine]

Well I mean, 20% seems super low to me because Thor has a 77% on Rotten tomatoes and both of these movies have

Spoiler

Destroyer

in it so it's at least a 70%.

 

[AlfredX1990]

What? It's the forth highest grossing movie in the MCU. About 400,000 short of the Avengers.

And before BvS sucking so much Civil War wouldn't be 400,000 short

 

[TheWraith]

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

Which is very very disappointing for the two biggest comicbook hero properties, they easily were expecting 1 billion+ . Also, as pointed out you didn't factor marketing costs and net returns. The movie probably just broke even.

Compare their failure with Deadpool, basically an unknown property for the general audience, and you can see how big their failure is. WW Box Office for Deadpool was almost as high as B v S:

Budget: 58 million USD
Box office: 760.3 million USD

It gets even more painful when you look at NA BO: $330.4 for BvS, to Deadpool $363.1, which grossed higher! Must hurt for DC/WB.

 

[RSTEIN]

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

That's the production budget. Real budget is probably around 500 million, maybe more. 872 is box office revenue, not net to the studio.

 

[DecoReturns]

Nolan manage to get 1 billion with two Batman flicks without Superman. Plus the other was had a unfortunate tragic event and almost 3hr long.

BvS should've beaten those by far

 

[Dai101]

Not sure how Ghostbusters got a higher RT score than Suicide Squad ¯\_(&#12484_/¯

Because is a good movie? Not that really hard to grasp.

No Suicide Squad or Ghostbusters in China? Star Trek and Bourne basically have the rest of the year to themselves.

Nor half of Mexico either.

 

[Prompto]

What? It's the forth highest grossing movie in the MCU. About 400,000 short of the Avengers.

I think you mean 400 million short. Not like it matters though since it was still an obvious success.

 

[Einchy]

Enchantress' VFX were great, she was genuinely scary looking, she'd make a great horror film monster.

Yes I'm sure they are very upset.

Budget $250 million
Box office $872.7 million

It didn't flop but they sure as hell are upset with how it performed.

 

[kurahador]

Corporate deals with expectation vs actual numbers, not budget vs worldwide gross.

 

[jett]

Lower than Insurgent

Sub-Detergent levels? Damn.

 

[GravityInsanity]

And before BvS sucking so much Civil War wouldn't be 400,000 short

Are you trying to say BvS poor reviews affected Civil War's box office?

 

[Ahasverus]

Enchantress' VFX were great, she was genuinely scary looking, she'd make a great horror film monster.

Spoiler

I kinda want her to come back. That and Diablo. I could actually believe Enchantress didn't die, she was very deceiver.

 

[LosDaddie]

That is my review though. I was hyped for the movie. Sure I wanted a 10/10 but the movie ain't that. It was a 8/10 comic book movie from me. I didn't go in starting at 10 and marked it down, I started at 0. I remember was telling myself it was a 7 at one time, then it raised, and at one point I was like 8.7, " and then if this happens and they do things like this, it will be a 9". But it never did and the lack of Joker disappointed me and dropped that 8.7 down to the 8. My biggest fault of the movie is how they marketed it.

Well of course it's your opinion. I was just curious to see if you thought your opinion would be a bit different if you hadnt already committed hundreds of dollars to (high end) movie merchandise before seeing said movie.

I sometimes have trouble keeping my own personal hype & biases in check when watching these movies.

 

[Charles Alan Ratliff]

Yeah, this is a bad movie. I'm actually surprised at how bad it was. I was going in expecting to enjoy it and like it more than most others, but nope! Margot Robbie is good, though.

 

[AlfredX1990]

Are you trying to say BvS poor reviews affected Civil War's box office?

Yes, both movies covering similar themes (although in very different ways) didn't help at all

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Not sure if I'm gonna wait for ticket prices to go down or wait for home release. Harley is the only thing that actually sounds somewhat appealing to me now.

 

[Gleethor]

You say this but I'm convinced Civil War didn't reach Avengers money because BvS sucked so much

Fant4stic probly had a larger impact on Civil War's box office than BvS, and neither one likely moved the needle more than slightly.

 

[Bizazedo]

Saw it. Wasn't bad. Dare I say, fun.

Definitely had plotholes and I wasn't enamored with the save the world ending in their first bow, but it was fine.

Better than Ghostbusters.

Vastly better than BvS.

 

[friskykillface]

Wasn't that bad but wasn't that great

Had they not got will smith this movie would have been just awful
Deadshot is the main character &#128526;

 

[Fury451]

Whoops wrong thread

In short, it wasn't a dumpster fire, but massively disappointing and full of missed potential and terrible editing with bland action and terrible plot full of holes.

Joker is just awful.

 

[LosDaddie]

Nolan manage to get 1 billion with two Batman flicks without Superman. Plus the other was had a unfortunate tragic event and almost 3hr long.

BvS should've beaten those by far

There is no doubt.

I imagine $1B was the absolute floor WB thought BvS would do. Coming up $100M short of that has them in panic mode.

 

[roflwaffles]

I wasn't the biggest fan of Assault on Arkham, but it sounds like this movie would have been better if they just took that concept and made it live action.

 

[Slayven]

I admire your dedication to Insurgent seeing as you're the only fan here on GAF.

PrincipleBone is a big fan

 

[GravityInsanity]

Wrong thread edit...

 

[BLACKLAC]

You say this but I'm convinced Civil War didn't reach Avengers money because BvS sucked so much

It played a factor (as did Fant4shit) but a bigger factor is this year as a whole has ended up stunted at the box-office, especially compared to last year. Hindsight is 20/20 and Civil War's 1.15B looks a whole lot more impressive this year looking back. There are other factors to of course.

 

[AlfredX1990]

So... is it me or /r/DC_Cinematic dislikes this movie more than Gaf?

It played a factor (as did Fant4shit) but a bigger factor is this year as a whole has ended up stunted at the box-office, especially compared to last year. Hindsight is 20/20 and Civil War's 1.15B looks a whole lot more impressive this year. There are other factors to of course.

I don't see how FF played much of a factor, everyone knew it wasn't Marvel and that was why it sold so badly
BvS and Civil War had similar themes and released very closely, so close that BvS was extremely fresh on everyone's mind, and seeing as BvS covered the theme very badly I see this affecting Civil War significantly

 

[Yeezus H. Christ]

you know that clip of Harley/Joker in the car while Batman's chasing them?

i really, really, really don't like Leto's Joker laugh, it's so bad

Harley's pudding doesn't have that nice accented ring to it either

 

[Bad_Boy]

I might be jaded by day one night release, but 27% is way too low. I'd give this movie a solid B-/C+. I had fun.

 

[xXCrazyCostaXX]

Quick question about bats

Spoiler

he wasn't wearing his voice modulator was he. I'm trying to remember back to the scene and in my head I remember him just sounding like himself