BronsonLee
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Don't worry it gonna
Save this post for when I am horribly, horribly wrong
Also shaddap about Ghostbusters you nerds, that's old news now
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Wkd BO 0722-2416 - DOM Lights dim for Ice Age, the force weakens with Star Trek
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Don't worry it gonna
Also shaddap about Ghostbusters you nerds, that's old news now
Succinct Verbosity
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I would just blame it on tough market conditions. Almost every non marvel and animated property has either underperformed or bombed this year.
BattleMonkey
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Math with imaginary numbers
Sho_Nuff82
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What was wrong with the marketing for this one? It's Star Trek 3, the crew takes on a new alien menace, the ship gets wrecked again. What else is there to market?
alfredofroylan
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2 weeks and is already old?
wesleyshark
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Probably best to just forget to film happened at all lol
BronsonLee
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Trailers weren't so hot
I MOVE FAST IN THIS BUSINESS
Nah I liked it
wesleyshark
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The trailers for Beyond were pretty off, I agree. Glad to hear it's actually a really solid Trek film. I'll probably see it next week along with Suicide Squad.
brianmcdoogle
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I'm still surprised The BFG did as poorly as it did. Maybe the previews were just too creepy or scary for kids?
Star Trek Into Darkness opened on a Thursday. It's Fri-Sun total was $70M. Its 4-day opening was $83M. Beyond might hit $83M after its first 7 days.
Also, the 37 foreign markets that Star Trek Beyond opened in this weekend were down 14% from Into Darkness.
BronsonLee
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BFG was ugly as fuck and sounded like he had marbles in his mouth
Listen you don't bring math into this
oops mah bad
freenudemacusers
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well at least ghostbusters will get a boost from china i hear they'll watch anything.
alfredofroylan
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Movie is not going to be released in China, also the marketing campaign around the world is as bad if not worse than the US.
Friend of Sonic
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Loved the shit out of Star Trek Beyond. Hope it has some legs, this one actually deserves to make some money
Gentleman Jack
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Movie wasn't too hot either. Chris Pine continues to be a crap leading man, among the worst the franchise has had to pin its hopes on.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
It's not on the release calendar yet, I don't think it'll open there to be honest. Comedies are a hard sell for China and it's up to China Film Group.
wesleyshark
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Welp......
BattleMonkey
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That japanese music video was dope
Gentleman Jack
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guys pay attention to who you're quoting 
The Conjuring 2 is now at $310M worldwide. It should end up topping the first film's worldwide gross by a bit ($318M). That will make it the second biggest horror film of all time after The Exorcist.
Now You See Me 2 is at $286M worldwide. The first film made $345M WW. I don't think that the sequel will match that, but with openings left in France (the largest overseas territory for the first film), Germany and Japan, it will at least be somewhere over $300M. China saved the film from a serious drop, as the Chinese gross accounts for about 1/3 of the current total.
Now You See Me 2 is at $286M worldwide. The first film made $345M WW. I don't think that the sequel will match that, but with openings left in France (the largest overseas territory for the first film), Germany and Japan, it will at least be somewhere over $300M. China saved the film from a serious drop, as the Chinese gross accounts for about 1/3 of the current total.
Sho_Nuff82
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Mortimer Brewster
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Lights Out doing well. Along with The Conjuring "The House that Freddy Built" is returning to its roots with great success.
Calm waterfall
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Predictable opening for ST, and Pets has legs. IA5 is not having a good BO in the US.
Dash_Riprock
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vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I think it'll be awfully close to it's predecessor in total. It's had a solid performance considering it dropped by almost 50% domestically. Overseas are comparable to the first one if not better for most of it's regions with the exception of commonwealth nations.
It's suppose to be a children's tale.
Sho_Nuff82
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Something goofier, that didn't look like it was taken out of the recent Jack & the Beanstalk film, probably would have done better.
The Jungle Book made $418k this weekend, down 19% from last weekend. It is now about $1.4M behind Deadpool domestically. It's going to end up being very close.
If The Jungle Book clears Deadpool, Disney is close to locked to take the top 4 spots this year domestically. Moana would really have to overperform for Disney to take the entire top 5 though. I don't think Doc Strange has much of a chance.
Suicide Squad is the only other film this year with an outside chance at an upset.
If The Jungle Book clears Deadpool, Disney is close to locked to take the top 4 spots this year domestically. Moana would really have to overperform for Disney to take the entire top 5 though. I don't think Doc Strange has much of a chance.
Suicide Squad is the only other film this year with an outside chance at an upset.
MHWilliams
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Shame that Star Trek Beyond is performing in line with expectations. Great film that deserves a bit more love.
Ghostbusters drop is in line with normal films, but below Feig and McCarthy's normal percentage. Likely this one will have a multiplier sitting need any other blockbuster property, so around $125 million? It's ahead of Tarzan's performance, which was surprisingly solid.
https://twitter.com/GiteshPandya/status/757236033452961792
Weird year.
Ghostbusters drop is in line with normal films, but below Feig and McCarthy's normal percentage. Likely this one will have a multiplier sitting need any other blockbuster property, so around $125 million? It's ahead of Tarzan's performance, which was surprisingly solid.
https://twitter.com/GiteshPandya/status/757236033452961792
Weird year.
MrPink93485
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Probably should have played up the 50 year Anniversary for the series.
SomethingInTheSea
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The first trailer was truly terrible, though the latest ones were a lot better, the last one even had excited to see it. Went today and it's actually my favourite of the reboots I think.
QuantumZebra
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No it's not - it was a really good movie. Why forget about it?
I haven't seen the film yet, but 'goofier' wouldn't fit the source material at all. It's a dark fairytale.
BronsonLee
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Yeah, but you may be able to just roll in and it'll get you up to speed
How is this a weird year? Winter Soldier was a sequel to a successful action comic book movie. X-Men was a sequel to a action focused comic book series that had been run into the ground. Star Trek was running off of the reception of the first movie which was a well received action movie. Ghostbusters is a reboot of a comedy film, a genre that is not as accessible to audiences especially foreign ones, from the 80s. And additionally, it was banned from the second largest market. Everything seems normal.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Rogue One?
BronsonLee
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He's probably already including Rogue One in that
MHWilliams
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First year where it feels like the general "we" are thinking that $90+ million openings are normal and things that drop below that are abject failures. I feel like Marvel, Universal, and Star Wars pushed expectations much higher.
That shit is just frankly not that good. I took my kid to it. It's slow and sort of boring.
It not all that entertaining until near the end.
Ya. Zootopia won't be in the domestic top 5.
Boxoffice.com still has Jason Bourne opening at $65M next weekend (and hitting $195M total). That seems a bit high to me.
Bourne, Pete's Dragon, and Suicide Squad are the only unreleased films with a realistic shot at the summer top 10. Personally, I don't think that Pete's Dragon will make the $125M+ cut off. As such, here's what a rough look at what will end up being this year's list:
1) Finding Dory
2) Captain America: Civil War
3-4) Secret Life of Pets and Suicide Squad
5-7) Star Trek Beyond, X-Men Apocalypse, and Jason Bourne? (Beyond will beat Apocalypse unless it drops hard this weekend. Bourne is a wild card)
8-10) Ghostbusters, Tarzan, and Central Intelligence. (Maybe replace one of those with Pete's Dragon if it does well. Tarzan will probably beat CI. Too early to say more)
I mean you could but
1. There's gonna be one character arc that you'll probably be pretty confused about
2. I think the movie feels a lot better if you've watched these characters grow since the first reboot film because play a big part towards its quality
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I just think that those days are over if you're not part of the Disney, Illumination/Jurassic, DC family.
$60M is the new $90M. You think the new Kong is going to open near Godzilla levels? Hell nah.
Today's market is much less forgiving.
Boogie9IGN
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Was worried for Star Trek as the theater I saw it in at 10pm Fri night had about 20 people total
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