That's because one was relatable and one was Rough Night.
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Wkd BO 0721-2317 - Slam Dunk' for Nolan, Apes escape, not rough Girl's Trip, Luc
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That's because one was relatable and one was Rough Night.
Hasn't rolled out in all countries.
Besson scammed people into thinking they were gonna get Avatar money.
Valerian was garbage because of the main character casting, it's okay that it bombed.
I say that even though The Fifth Element is EXTREMELY my shit.*
The Avatar comparison is funny because the movie literally has Avatar people in it but they're all white.
*The Fifth Element had charismatic main characters.
I say that even though The Fifth Element is EXTREMELY my shit.*
The Avatar comparison is funny because the movie literally has Avatar people in it but they're all white.
*The Fifth Element had charismatic main characters.
lightskintwin
Banned
According to the OP article, It's an independent film, the most expensive independent film ever made I might add, who's bulk of the production budget was covered with foreign pre-sales, equity financing, and tax subsidies.
That's twice the budget Monster Trucks got.
The RT scores for Valerian and Apes threw me off
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Luc Besson has his own production/distribution company.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Luc Besson opening weekends:
Valerian - $17,020,000
Fifth Element - $17,031,345
Valerian - $17,020,000
Fifth Element - $17,031,345
Man. I remember when many including myself thought WW would do Logan numbers worldwide.
Girls Trip Rough Night at the finish line
PoeticProse22
Member
Great opening for Dunkirk. It should have fairly good legs. The recent drops for Apes are rather disappointing, unfortunately.
Variety and THR are reporting $100M, which is surprisingly low if true.
Variety and THR are reporting $100M, which is surprisingly low if true.
sixteen-bit
Member
Luc Bomba
MrPink93485
Member
There's a Hollywood blackout period. It'll come out in September.
If Dunkirk is really budgeted at 100m for production, you can see why WB loves Nolan. Movie should be able to target 400m WW and I'm guessing that came in under budget, or at least it wasn't nearly as expensive as WB is used to paying for a Nolan flick.
lightskintwin
Banned
The sad thing is Valerian was playing on a thousand more screens than Girls Trip.
TheJollyCorner
Member
DarkLordMalik
Member
Where is the $100 million for Dunkirk coming from since it is listed as $150 million on Mojo.
HeartlessNobody213
Member
Great for Dunkirk and especially Girl's Trip. The power of a good movie combined with that black audience. Can't wait to see the numbers Black Panther will do.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Dane DeHaan now has two bombs this year. He's got another movie coming out in August that will also probably bomb, although it's only $25 million. He really needs to reinvent himself.
It's the third Spider-Man reboot in a short amount of time.
Variety - though it isn't concrete.
http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-dunkirk-girls-trip-valerian-2-1202503892/
The larb scene
Obliterator
Member
It's not?
The Spidey doing badly is a false narrative, mostly sprung from that stupid article
What did you expect it to do?
The Emperor
Member
Sins of the past 3 films means spidey has been not seen favourably for a decade now. Also the audience isn't connecting with the film as much as raimi's spidey 1 and 2.
But this weekends drop is actually good
Sweeney Tom
Banned
Franchise fatigue has been the big story of the year
LordOfLore
Banned
What countries aside from Sweden have Cars 3 not opened in yet?
DarkLordMalik
Member
It is doing well although its success seems mediocre thanks to Wonder Woman.
Sony realizes having Spidey reboot 5 years after the last one wasn't a good idea and you should have just gave Marvel the Spidey right a while back.
lightskintwin
Banned
The Emperor
Member
I am frightened for Episode VIII's drop :/
A billion minimum. It's Spider-Man, good, in the MCU.
BronsonLee
Member
How did he get that emoji in the title?!
Oh it's doing really well then. Never mind.
Obliterator
Member
A billion never made sense in terms of predictions. Exchange rates make films hitting a billion this year far more difficult than in the past
DarkLordMalik
Member
The only MCU movies that have hit billion are the two Avengers, Iron Man 3 and Civil War. How did you expect Spider-Man alone to hit 1 billion when GOTG can't do it.
Also keep in mind the Foreign exchange rates right now are making it difficult.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
I'm not at all worried for that film. It'll do alright, although I'm not thinking a billion and nobody else should either
The Han film, now that's gonna bomb