Discotheque
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Eh doesn't matter. More action movies from miller would be a godsend. Even a decline on the level of beyond Thunderdome would be welcome right now and be best blockbuster of the year easy.
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Wkd BO 0708-1016 - Pets shit on Efron & Kendrick, Dory roars past Lion King
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Eh doesn't matter. More action movies from miller would be a godsend. Even a decline on the level of beyond Thunderdome would be welcome right now and be best blockbuster of the year easy.
AmaterasuOni
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It's disgustingly horrible.
Hot Coldman
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I felt like Anna Kendrick was going to make shit happen after Up And Away and 50/50, but now it just seems like she gets really predictable roles in shit like Mike & Dave. Even Pitch Perfect (which I'm a fan of) is hardly a challenge.
Monty Mole
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With the right marketing I expect it will do very well in the UK - the book is well loved here. But I doubt that'll be enough to help out the huge shortfall. A big surprise that it isn't doing better.
I thought that first trailer for Pets looked okay, but the second one was pretty fucking terrible. Really surprised by it managing to rake in that much.
Keeps her asking price low for eventually getting cast as Squirrel Girl! Her or Alison Brie.
Keeps her asking price low for eventually getting cast as Squirrel Girl! Her or Alison Brie.
Scorpion Soldier
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I believe it's in the works, but they're collaborating again on Mena first and Cruise has MI6 to work on after that, so 2018 or 2019 is a possibility atm.
AmaterasuOni
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I finally got around to seeing ID4 and The Shallows yesterday. I wish I could get my money back for ID4, holy crap that movie was baaaaad. It deserved to bomb harder then it did. 20 years to make a sequel and that is the best they could do? Nothing could have saved that turd. I can unironically say I enjoyed Gods of Egypt more then ID4: R.
Everyone should go see The Shallows. Its a great little thriller that deserves to keep making money.
Everyone should go see The Shallows. Its a great little thriller that deserves to keep making money.
My God...that bad?
BladeoftheImmortal
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Will we get independence day 3?
freenudemacusers
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Animated kid series 💩 or direct to video 💩
With these numbers? No.
But you could probably expect a reboot in the next twenty years.
I see.
Is there perhaps some middle ground?
Discotheque
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if they get jonah hill in 20 years to play their randy quaid-esque character then it will be a masterpiece.
Gerard Butler was comedy gold in Gods of Egypt. He was entertaining every time he was on screen. The same cannot be said for just about anything in ID4:R. I actually think Gods of Egypt may have had better action scenes then ID4: R. Which is just... The only entertaining part of ID4: R was the first ten minutes seeing all the production design for this alternate earth time line. Even Jeff Goldblum was wasted.
OriginofHysteria
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I liked it actually, I thought it was hilarious. I was laughing the entire time.
AmaterasuOni
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I hope not.
I saw it last Friday. A delightful film, pretty much pure amusement.
AmaterasuOni
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It's really funny, in an intellectual way. Beckinsale is great.
AmaterasuOni
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After Zootopia? Probably quite a lot of people.
Sho_Nuff82
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Wasn't their total marketing spend on Minions somewhere north of $300 million? I doubt this film is already profitable.
Why not Illumination prides itself on being cheap
No way they spent that much on Pets. Minions were fucking everywhere, you could not turn a station without seeing them
With Minions (and probably Pets too) most of the marketing costs were covered by the brands they tied in with.
IceDoesntHelp
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Swiss Army Man needs to gain theaters, not lose them.
I want to see it ):
I want to see it ):
Which one did you watch first?
I have zero interest in ID4 despite being a big Jeff Goldblum fan. Predictable as fuck "world destruction disaster flicks" bore me to tears.
Agreed. I was surprised, but I thought it was really funny. I was a bit sad it isn't doing well, but the trailers didn't look great, so not too surprised....although it made me amused when stuff in the trailer was not in the movie.
MHWilliams
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If anyone is not getting denied it's McCarthy, not Wiig. She is the Queen of the Multiplier. $50 million op plus her normal multiplier is a solid success for GB.
My guess for "success" is bumping worldwide up to $400 million. As I've said elsewhere, that's a hard road for a comedy.
My best guess is 50M/200M/400M.
RPG_Fanatic
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When I went with my sister to see BFG on Saturday, the theater entrance was packed with parents taking their kids to the movies. Most of them seemed to be there for the Pets movie. Practically sold out the morning showing.
Have watched BFG, I am sad it is doing as poorly as it is. It is a pretty good movie.
Have watched BFG, I am sad it is doing as poorly as it is. It is a pretty good movie.
StopMakingSense
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People going to the movies to get the pokemons
How many bombs in a row is he up to now?
Dash_Riprock
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He hasn't made a hit film since 2012, and that was almost 7 years ago.
Freeza Under The Shower
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Yes.
This post is chronologically confusing.
Dash_Riprock
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Blame Emmerich. not me.
Couple of us had it in the mid 80s and I believe someone (I can't remember who) had it at 90M-100M.
ID4, ran late getting to the shallows and figured why not see ID4. Big mistake there.
As a quick comparison, the weekend was 77% of Finding Dory's opening, but that Monday take is 60% of Dory's first Monday. Dory's legs (so to speak) already show. I wonder how many weekends until Pets drops below Dory. Three?
Minions is probably a better point of comparison, since Dory will end up near or over $500M domestic. First Monday for Minions was just under $13M.
A popular well received children animated feature dropping that hard it's first weekend, especially during the summer is entirely unrealistic. It'll drop under 50%
TAJ
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Is that a joke? "Here's what * do when we're not around." is an animation cliche.
I was just using it as a recent touch point, in part as it highlights how impressive Dory's Monday and overall legs have been. At this point it's already clear the legs won't be nearly as strong.
Saw SLOP (unfortunate acronym, that) tonight. It's decent, inoffensive, eager to please and as deep as a dog bowl of water. Fun but definitely a few tiers below Dory and Zootopia, though a step up from Minions (thank goodness).
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