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[Lights and Waves]

Think I'm gonna break in my MoviePass tonight and then catch Wonder Woman one more time this weekend.

 

[TheTylerDurden]

The Movie Pass is just a MasterCard.

You use the app which lists the theaters/movies
You check-in to the movie via the app.
You go to the kiosk (or register) and select the movie you want to see and then pay for it with your movie pass.

Restrictions:
You can use the card once a day.
No 3D / IMAX

Used it yesterday for the first time and it worked great. We will see if their business can last because it's $10 a month and as far as I know they don't have any deals with these theaters and are paying the full price of the ticket.

Once a day is not unlimited. Is it good? Sure! But it's not unlimited.

 

[Bookoo]

Once a day is not unlimited. Is it good? Sure! But it's not unlimited.

Pretty sure the unlimited moniker comes from their previous pricing structure.

Before it was $15 (I think) for 2-3 movies a month.
The "unlimited" plan was $50/mo, but didn't have a cap (other than days in the month obviously and they didn't allow repeat viewings under that plan)

It's a good deal no matter how you cut it.

 

[BronsonLee]

Once a day is not unlimited. Is it good? Sure! But it's not unlimited.

who the fuck watches more than one movie in a day at the theater

also if it's really a thing just sneak into the other one

 

[Lima]

who the fuck watches more than one movie in a day at the theater

also if it's really a thing just sneak into the other one

I watch 2-3 movies when I'm at the theater. Ain't gonna get my ass up to it just to catch one movie breh.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

who the fuck watches more than one movie in a day at the theater

also if it's really a thing just sneak into the other one

the broke and the furious

 

[LordOfLore]

who the fuck watches more than one movie in a day at the theater

also if it's really a thing just sneak into the other one

I once watched 4 movies in a row. Was some amazing timing between showings.

(My father has a card allowing him 2 free tickets to any movie whenever he wants due to working in the movie business for like 38 years)

 

[TheTylerDurden]

who the fuck watches more than one movie in a day at the theater

also if it's really a thing just sneak into the other one

Not a lot of people do that.

But if the pass were truly unlimited, then they might.

 

[Penguin]

I get the feeling this movie is gonna bomb.

Or who knows.

I feel like the first was a pleasant surprise so think it can grow, but right now there's like no buzz around it

And would think push it hard. Little competition around it

 

[hodayathink]

who the fuck watches more than one movie in a day at the theater

also if it's really a thing just sneak into the other one

I did this once, saw Dear White People and an IMAX showing of another movie that I'm not remembering right now.

 

[rothgar]

Why is Pedro missing from the cast list?

He's going to be the Slipknot of this movie, isn't he :-(

 

[LordOfLore]

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[LordOfLore]

Alamo Drafthouse one-ups Wonder Woman whiners with clowns-only screening of It

I'm not making the thread.

Edit: Oh come on, no one posted in 3 hours?

 

[Future Foundation]

He's never been on it.

There isn't a stitch of the marketing, so far as I know, crediting the lasso guy who has most of the badass trailer moments and half the dialog.

He's just "that one dude"

Its shitty

There was one TV/online spot I've seen that mentioned his name - notable because it was the first one I'd seen that had done so.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

TEAL AND ORANGE GIANT PORTRAITS MANNNNNNNNNNN

 

[dancingphlower]

He's going to be the Slipknot of this movie, isn't he :-(

Don't remind me

 

[Discotheque]

He's on the poster but not on the goddamn cast listing

Also WHERE IS ROXY

Who gives a shit about her. We got cowboy Tatum and Oberyn and Halle berry, Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges

She can go fly on a balloon into space again or whatever she was doing in the last movie

 

[BronsonLee]

She's the true Kingsman

Eggsy is a lil' bitch who can flip around but can't shoot his dog for king and country

 

[Chamber]

Theater counts showing up for this week.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2017&wk=34&p=.htm

 

[GhaleonEB]

Holy shit at that Wonder Woman re-expansion. I had no idea it was that big.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Those posters ain't doin it for me

 

[Gentleman Jack]

TEAL AND ORANGE GIANT PORTRAITS MANNNNNNNNNNN

Besides the color, I'm getting real tired of this poster composition. Fuck an appealing, unique aesthetic, everything's gotta fit into a trapezoid and everybody's gotta be looking over their fuckin shoulders for no reason.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

http://www.thewrap.com/box-office-predictions-balloon-record-bursting-60-million-opening/

Box office trackers are extremely bullish on Warner Bros./New Line’s “It,” saying the horror film will bring good news to a movie industry in great need following a miserable August.

Last week, the first round of tracking had the remake of Stephen King’s seminal horror tale making $50 million in its opening weekend. Now, those numbers have floated up to $60 million, a figure that would give “It” the biggest theatrical debut in horror movie history as well as the biggest opening for any film released in September.

 

[GhaleonEB]

http://www.thewrap.com/box-office-predictions-balloon-record-bursting-60-million-opening/

Still thinking it hits 60-70 OW, with the higher end if it's as good as it looks.

Wasn't someone claiming in one of the threads that IT was one of King's less well known books?

 

[Random Human]

TEAL AND ORANGE GIANT PORTRAITS MANNNNNNNNNNN

This is like literally the most boring possible poster design for this movie.

 

[mjc]

Still thinking it hits 60-70 OW, with the higher end if it's as good as it looks.

Wasn't someone claiming in one of the threads that IT was one of King's less well known books?

You could argue it has one of the largest pop culture presences in terms of his work though.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Still thinking it hits 60-70 OW, with the higher end if it's as good as it looks.

Wasn't someone claiming in one of the threads that IT was one of King's less well known books?

Yeah, someone tried to say IT was primarily known for the miniseries, and the book was comparatively much less well known and read.

which was, and is, incorrect

 

[Toa TAK]

TEAL AND ORANGE GIANT PORTRAITS MANNNNNNNNNNN

Again?

Didn't the recent Kingsman posters do this, too?

What a step down from the awesome IT posters.

 

[Random Human]

IT is a huge book. That's just ludicrous. I can't find any good sales numbers on it, but apparently it was the best-selling book the year it came out. It's definitely one of his best-known books.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I always figured the original book wasn't as big as the miniseries because "those kids did WHAT after killing the clown?!?!?" is kind of a meme.

 

[jett]

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TEAL AND ORANGE GIANT PORTRAITS MANNNNNNNNNNN

Who is this movie even marketed for

Trash.

 

[broncobuster]

She's the true Kingsman

Eggsy is a lil' bitch who can flip around but can't shoot his dog for king and country

You wouldn't even get to the killing dog stage! you wouldn't get to the getting a dog stage in the first place! Eggsy is going to the Olympics dammit

 

[Kusagari]

Saying the book isn't well-known is ludicrous, but the remake has nostalgia hype boosting it because of people that saw the miniseries as kids.

 

[BronsonLee]

You wouldn't even get to the killing dog stage! you wouldn't get to the getting a dog stage in the first place! Eggsy is going to the Olympics dammit

I mean I'm a cat guy

 

[Toa TAK]

I mean I'm a cat guy

And a constant disappointment.

CATS.

 

[broncobuster]

I mean I'm a cat guy

That'd make you the guy picking up Samuel L Jackson's McDonald's order.

 

[firelogic]

Theater counts showing up for this week.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2017&wk=34&p=.htm

Whoa, +1407 expansion for Wonder Woman is crazy!

 

[Miles X]

Theater counts showing up for this week.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2017&wk=34&p=.htm

For comparison,

Jurassic World expanded by 332 screens to 1571, it jumped from 950k to $3m

Wonder Woman is expanding by 1,407 screens to 2,210. Last weekend was $1.1m.


So, I'm hoping for at least over $3m this weekend, maybe $4m isn't crazy.

 

[8 X 11 Printer Paper]

On the note of Wonder Women, newest artist addition to the WW collaboration in Japan has been added. This time it is Yūsuke Nakamura (Character Designer for Tatami Galaxy).

 

[Gentleman Jack]

On the note of Wonder Women, newest artist addition to the WW collaboration in Japan has been added. This time it is Yūsuke Nakamura (Character Designer for Tatami Galaxy).

That is goddamn beautiful.

 

[broncobuster]

Yeah. Wow. That looks incredible.

 

[kswiston]

This expansion will easily make Wonder Woman a lock for #5 on the All-time superhero film list (domestically).


Baby Driver presales collapsed in China during the final days, and early reviews are not good there. It should still make enough to get to $200M worldwide though.

Valerian is still looking to open in the $25-30M range in China.

Of course, given that we have seen near 99% second weekend drops before, it's hard to gauge what it's total will end up being.

 

[rekameohs]

Nothing will live up to the Batman v Superman review thread. Unless for some reason Avatar 2 is a complete turd critically. That is honestly the only thing I can see overtaking the BvS review thread for most fun to track as things rolled in.

I feel like a < 30% RT Star Wars mainline film could top BvS

 

[MHWilliams]

Theater counts showing up for this week.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2017&wk=34&p=.htm

WB coming for Civil War and Iron Man 3.

 

[Anth0ny]

Theater counts showing up for this week.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/counts/chart/?yr=2017&wk=34&p=.htm

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh shit! Lets go Wondy!!!

 

[kswiston]

I feel like a < 30% RT Star Wars mainline film could top BvS

Critics have a soft spot for Star Wars. I doubt any of the current trilogy gets anything near 30% on the low end.

 

[enigmatic_alex44]

Critics have a soft spot for Star Wars. I doubt any of the current trilogy gets anything near 30% on the low end.

Isn't Episode 9 being directed by the Jurassic World guy?

At best, we're looking at the 3rd film probably being the worst in the trilogy, like Return of the Jedi.

 

[rekameohs]

Isn't Episode 9 being directed by the Jurassic World guy?

At best, we're looking at the 3rd film probably being the worst in the trilogy, like Return of the Jedi.

Trevorrow is probably too safe to make anything worse than an average scoring movie - as in, he'll probably just be the mouth of the big production machine instead of the visionary leader, again like ROTJ. To get panned, I think you've gotta be ambitious, but misguided (see Snyder, Zack).

 

[hodayathink]

Isn't Episode 9 being directed by the Jurassic World guy?

At best, we're looking at the 3rd film probably being the worst in the trilogy, like Return of the Jedi.

Even if Trevorrow were to shit the bed, it would end up being a middling level of shit the bed and not a catastrophe. And if for some reason he were in the middle of making a catastrophe and they could see it in the early screenings, Kennedy has shown that she will replace him if she feels she needs to. So worst cast scenario for Ep 9 is probably looking at somewhere around 50-60% on RT.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Keeping strictly to live action releases (so no Clone Wars), no Star Wars has ever gotten a Rotten score. Well, TPM has one now, but that wasn't until the 3D version brought about several more reviews. AotC manages to hold a 65%, and prior the 3D conversion TPM was just baaaarely holding onto a Fresh.

Let's see if Trevorrow could do what George couldn't.

Considering Jurassic World somehow has a 71%, probably not.

Spoiler

(both JW and Alien: Covenant managing 71% scores feels like some kind of cosmic prank to me)