Rumblebones
Banned
Guardians Vol 2 deserves better critical reaction. I maintain it's better than the first.
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Wkd BO 0505-0717 - Baby Groot & fam show IRL Groot & fam who's Boss
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Fancyarcher
Member
Great Saturday jump for Guardians. Box office panic crisis
It's been having typical Furious legs in all honestly (big second weekend drop & so on), so I'm not surprised.
It's been having typical Furious legs in all honestly (big second weekend drop & so on), so I'm not surprised.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
From BOM
Out of touch geriatrics are going to be main audience for MCU films in the next decade.
Out of touch geriatrics are going to be main audience for MCU films in the next decade.
ryutaro's mama
Member
Diverse cast, with people of color...literally.
broncobuster
Banned
More 80s and early 90s. Tap into the nostalgia. GOTG3 opens with Informer by Snow.
If Iron Man 3 didn't expertly use Eiffel 65, they could've done a shot for shot recreation of the Blue music video for the finale.
Affeinvasion
Member
No idea. My wife said it was in the news or something. I can't imagine they'll do it through the summer.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
We don't usually get a teenager breakdown, but in general, young people and especially teens are seeing movies less and less in theaters.
Goddamn pirates...
As it turns out, teenagers today exist in a binary state: hang out at hot topic, or attend Suicide Squad screenings.
ClosingADoor
Member
Doubt this has more impact then a few years ago. More like the amount of streaming options at home keeps them busy already.
That doesnt even make sense, but keep at it. Atleast you are consistent.
When did I claim otherwise. Saying Avatar is a masterpiece of writing, direction, dialogue is an opinion and you are entitled to it.
I've made my peace with the Fast series just like the Transformers series.
Glass Rebel
Member
See you in the next BO thread when FF9 makes another billion.
See you in months time when Transformers does the same.
No one here is rooting for those garbage ass movies lol
Matched the previous film which set the mark for highest % of female audience.
Such pettiness!
I believe Wachie rooted for suicide Squad, so he is consistent, in his own way.
ryutaro's mama
Member
Anytime you want to post a quote of me saying Avatar was a masterpiece in any of those categories, feel free to do so.
Here's a hint:
Save your time--I never said anything of the sort.
ryutaro's mama
Member
Strawman FTW!
So petty.
BronsonLee
Member
I hate you all so much right now
ryutaro's mama
Member
If I ain't got haters, I ain't doing it right, Bron Bron.
2018 is the only year they let Pixar release something in their typical June slot without taking a shotgun to its legs a couple of weekends later. They have laid claim to that 4th of July slot from 2019-2023.
So I'll preface this by saying that I'm insanely excited for alien covenant. It's probably decent - not great - but I love the universe (and xenomorph design) so much that I don't care.
With that said, I really hope the projected $150M prod budget isn't true. After Prometheus' box office underperformance, I hope they didn't just think throwing an extra $30M at a sequel was a good idea.
With that said, I really hope the projected $150M prod budget isn't true. After Prometheus' box office underperformance, I hope they didn't just think throwing an extra $30M at a sequel was a good idea.
ryutaro's mama
Member
I have wanted a good Alien movie since Aliens but every single one has hurt me. I am cautiously optimistic but scared.
ryutaro's mama
Member
Don't worry. He made his peace.
broncobuster
Banned
The DM3 acronym always trips me up in these threads.
I didn't know they made two of those movies, let alone three. Next someone will say Megamind 4 is coming out in August.
Fate of the Furious won't hit $1.3B. It will probably stop between Iron Man 3 and Frozen.
ryutaro's mama
Member
Slayven Bump did it in.
Probably one of the more interesting rivalries (if you want to call it that) at the box office.
Hm, I'm gonna disagree with this one. Transformers will just barely hit a billion.
I feel like you have to make an effort to avoid the fact that Despicable Me 2 exists.
Neither of the last two are over $1B with current exchange rates, and The Last Knight doesnt get a $160M bump in China this go-around.
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Just don't watch it. Break the Sonic Cycle. Be strong.
Plasticine
Member
You're a fellow first half of the 80s baby no?
Most of our childhood favourites are never going to be treated right. At least Ridley Scott is interested in making more than nostalgia cash-ins (for better or worse).
Yeah, '83. What's happened to the Terminator franchise is the most frustrating thing in film for me.
We regularly have debates on here...Terminator vs T2...Alien vs Aliens. All of those films were so long ago and neither franchise has had a film since that was better than 'decent'
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Most of our childhood favorites weren't fuckin' right in the first place.
Childhood itself is pretty fuckin' shitty.
But I dunno - Star Wars is doing pretty okay
This is valid. I feel like it's going to do better in America than the last movie did though.
Nothing specific to back this up, just a feeling. I'm curious to see how much they use the younger girl in the marketing and if that can increase the female turnout.
I am mainly talking about the better action films from the 80s and early 90s that had 1-2 great films, and then endless mediocrity. Not stuff like the Goonies or Flight of the Navigator, which aren't very good to begin with in retrospect.