She will be after the MCU works its magic.
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Wkd BO 0609-1117 - Wonder Woman deflects competition, Cruise cries for his Mummy
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ryutaro's mama
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"We should make more movies with German villains." - Some DC exec somewhere probably
There's hope. Money can sometimes be a very powerful teacher.
BattleMonkey
Member
Marvel will make the movie version witty and funny, people will love her and think she's great. Marvel likes to make all their boring and shitty characters "fun"
Glass Rebel
Member
fixed
They've already learned, it should be other studios that follow suit.
Yo. Hope the entire industry learns from this.
Yikes.
Also wonder if RDJ will join in
And they'll have to read the comic where she gave birth to her own boyfriend.
"Man, audiences love Chris Pine! We made a mistake killing him off."
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Marvel should swoop in and steal the last Chris for the set and make him Richard Rider in a Nova film.
Affeinvasion
Member
The 125 million price tag for The Mummy screams "We're going for the international market on the back of Tom Cruise."
After seeing WW I was disappointed because Chris Pine would make a great Green Lantern. Nova's close enough, though.
After seeing WW I was disappointed because Chris Pine would make a great Green Lantern. Nova's close enough, though.
BattleMonkey
Member
No one cares about what happened in the comic. MCU will make the character lovable and a fun romp!
She will love cats, old school music, be a klutz and have fun cast of friends!
broncobuster
Banned
I get the sense he doesn't and didn't want to sign on for another long running blockbuster franchise. And he's doing interesting work outside of that space, like with Hell and High Water and A Wrinkle in Time.
I imagined they asked him at a point. There were stories about Scott Eastwood having the opportunity to play [CHARACTER] in Suicide Squad or test for the chance to play Steve Trevor and he chose the former.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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The comparative values of two currencies are always changing. Last year today one British Pound was equal to $1.42 USD, but now it's worth $1.27, in good part due to the Brexit.
Using that as an example, let's say an American movie released in Britain last year and made £100m. When the money was converted back to US dollars by the studio, it made $142m. Now let's say a movie released today and made £100m again. Same tickets sold, same price per ticket in local currency. But now it converts back $127m, a $15m drop for the exact same business.
Throughout a chunk of the 2010s, the US dollar has gotten stronger against a lot of international currencies, so American films are pulling in less money than they would have under older, more favorable rates.
Basically, for exports of any kind, you always want your own currency to be weak, because the money coming in from other currencies exchanges much higher.
As for why the dollar got stronger: http://www.businessinsider.com/why-the-dollar-is-strong-2015-1
Exchange rates between currencies fluctuate on a daily/hourly basis depending on a ton of economic factors. I don't think you need to understand why they fluctuate to understand how said fluctuations affect box office numbers though. Just know that (for example) a Euro might be worth $1.25 USD on average one year and $1.15 USD the next year, depending on these fluctuations.
Every country sells movie tickets in their local currencies. Ticket prices are usually fixed, with periodic price increases, same as anything else. If your theatre sells a ticket for 10 Euros, you can expect to pay that same amount with every visit for at least a year or two (maybe less in developing markets. No idea how those work), regardless of how much a Euro is worth in USD.
Worldwide box office for Hollywood films are reported in terms of US Dollars, since most of the studios (or at least their parent companies) are based out of the United States.
Because exchange rates are constantly changing, and because ticket prices in local currencies are more stagnant, how much money a foreign ticket brings in is more dependant on the current exchange rate than it is on ticket inflation within short timeframes of a few years.
For instance, using our 10 Euro ticket example, a person buying a 10 Euro ticket in France would be contributing $12.50 to a film's gross if the Euro was trading out $1.25 USD like it was in 2015. Since the Euro is now worth $1.12 USD, they are instead contributing $11.20. Even though the amount they paid for the ticket was the same in both instances, Hollywood would see a fluctuation of $1.30 to their film's gross.
Generally speaking, the USD is very strong right now vs foreign currencies. This means that it takes larger audiences to equal the same overseas grosses we were seeing in 2011-2014, because each foreign ticket sold is worth less in USD.
At this point, acting like the problems of Captain Marvel in the comics has any bearing on how good a character the MCU version will be is foolish.
Marvel's made the right moves to address the issues with the character.
A script by two good writers.
A pair of directors who specialize in character pieces.
Casting Brie Larson, one of the most talented actresses in her age group.
If that doesn't give the character what she's been missing, then there's no hope for her.
Marvel's made the right moves to address the issues with the character.
A script by two good writers.
A pair of directors who specialize in character pieces.
Casting Brie Larson, one of the most talented actresses in her age group.
If that doesn't give the character what she's been missing, then there's no hope for her.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Sadly it's more just typical of Modern Universal Monster Movies
Remember the 2010 Wolfman cost $150 mil
Ah, okay. Thanks.
Seen all this talk about rates affecting how much sequels will make compared to previous movies and K-Swiss doubting any superhero movie would break a billion this year and I wanted to really understand why.
I guess when the USD is strong it makes things a little less exciting at the Box Office.
Wasn't around for Avatar, Avengers, TFA, JW or any of those legendary BO runs.
Course there's hope. I just feel bad for the poor young girl who loves the film then digs into the comics.
That poor kid...
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Maybe a nice comic-book store employee will trick that young girl into reading Nextwave or Peter David's Captain Marvel instead.
We can only hope.
okay, let's not overdo it with the Carol Danvers hate
like, she doesn't have any top tier all-time great comics you can point to, but there are plenty of completely serviceable comic runs with the character
I'm not hating. Just poking fun at how messed up the comics are. I actually like the Reed run a fair bit.
It's boring as hell and all the acting sucks. The storyline is awful and the ending is even worse
LordOfLore
Banned
At least 5 more.
Thursday
Fancyarcher
Member
Universal really shouldn't have made The Mummy a set-up film, maybe it would have been better received, is often the case though, they jumped the gun.
Eh, they're a studio. Studios don't usually learn anything in the long-run, even if they do try to course correct things.
Eh, they're a studio. Studios don't usually learn anything in the long-run, even if they do try to course correct things.
Angelus Errare
Banned
Violence Jack
Member
They had better hope The Invisible Man remake with Depp comes through, or this CU is fucked.
In all honesty, it really doesn't need to be a cinematic universe. Just remake the old monster movies and be done with it.
In all honesty, it really doesn't need to be a cinematic universe. Just remake the old monster movies and be done with it.
clearacell
Member
They have an Oscar winner portraying her...they don't have to try too hard to make her a likable character in this universe.
Speaking of which, Cate Blanchett is gonna kill it in Thor.
For what in particular?
Jeff Albertson
Member
Glad to see Pirates cross $600m, suppose that's not a success but not an all out failure. Suppose it may make another $50m or so yet
Hope for one more with
Still to see WW need to get on that.
Hope for one more with
Davey motherfucking Jones
Still to see WW need to get on that.
Roronoa Zoro
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Escape Goat
Member
/Looks for Thor 2 on the list
I saw that almost everyday for the past 2 months and thought it was for Pirates of the Caribbean or something
Is New Girl really your only point of reference
The X-Men, Wolverine aside, don't get much play as solo characters. Which makes sense, really, since they weren't built for that.
Glass Rebel
Member
plus they'll go full DBZ with her powerset
people are gonna eat it up
i mean they just had 3 standalone mystique movies
to be fair, Thor only opened to 65 mil, so it didn't have all that far to fall compared to some of these others
