LordOfLore
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I think we'll get Rami Malek as Freddie pics tomorrow.
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Wkd BO 0901-0317 - Labor Day WEAKend box office has nothing as Bodyguard 3peats
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LordOfLore
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Maleficent 2? I guess Disney wants to have another Alice 2 in their hands.
Shit's gonna bomb.
Star Wars: Episode IX - The Darck Side of the Force
What a flop, amirite!
Razgriz-Specter
Member
Go sit yourself down and get started then, I enjoyed POTC5 and that stinger had me hyped as hell.
LordOfLore
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Disney created and cast a white guy in 'Aladdin'. Prince Anders, really?
hodayathink
Member
The most successful failure of 2017.
So still a lot of money then?
Anything over $30m is pretty typical for a wide release studio picture. I'm still not sure where this 'modest marketing' angel is coming from.
broncobuster
Banned
Now Suicide Squad has to make an additional two billion to break even.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
What I had to do
Fixed.
Given the positive word of mouth of Homecoming and the presence of RDJ compared to the horrible word of mouth for Suicide Squad this almost feels like a win for da' Skwad.
For the record I thought Homecoming was a much better film than Suicide Squad.
$30m is a lot of money to most people. Yet when we talk about modern Hollywood mainstream fair, that would be described as modest.
All we know is that P&A is under $40m, which isn't out there, so saying "it's not like they busted the bank marketing it" is a completely fair statement.
You shouldn't. The marketing team will mess up the spelling in the trailers and posters just to upset you.
Modest compared to what? A Star Wars film? $30m (at least) is not what I'd call modest when we're talking about the P&A spend for a studio picture that gets a wide release.
If you want to talk modest let's talk the campaign that A24 did for The Witch which still remains their highest grossing release.
Just you watch.
The First Order is all about bad grammar and spelling.
Rey will defeat them, not with a sword,
but with a dictionary.
I was kind of referring to how modest changes with context...
That one was upwards of $14m (Deadline claims minimum of $8m), opened in 1000 fewer theatres, had 1/6th of the film budget, made ~half of what Atomic Blond will.
I'm not sure why you want to make that comparison though. All I said was: modest changes with context and "it's not like they busted the bank marketing it" is a fair enough statement to make with the information that is available to us.
It's just sort of interesting how close the two films ended up to each other domestically and overseas. Spider-Man will be ahead by $5M or so domestic and probably less than $10M overseas. Not counting China, where Suicide Squad was never released.
Counting China, Spider-Man Homecoming will pass GotG2 for #2 this summer. Presales are still pointing to $100-150M in China. $105M would be enough to pass Guardians.
Man, no one's allowed to do their own thing anymore.
Sibersk Esto
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welp
Bobby Roberts
Banned
DAMN.
I was really looking forward to hearing what he was going to do.
I was really looking forward to hearing what he was going to do.
I am not surprised.
That's harsh.
He always seemed like the wrong pick and was only chosen because of his relationship with Villeneuve. I don't know about Zimmer though and this other nobody either. Crafting a soundtrack for effing Blade Runner in just a couple of months seems like a really sad prospect.
Really low expectations for the score.
OrangeAtlas
Member
I genuinely thought Trevorrow was going to ride it out to the end. I figured he'd ingrained himself enough into the movie/producers.
Were Lord and Miller also originally announced as "mutually parting ways"?
Were Lord and Miller also originally announced as "mutually parting ways"?
I hope IT hits close to that $70 million mark. I'm seeing it tomorrow night, super, super excited!
PhoncipleBone
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MoviePass card showed up today. Might hit something right after work tomorrow or go tomorrow evening after my wife goes to bed.
Brendan Fraser turned down a paying job?
Plasticine
Member
We got one already today:
Is this the sanitized PG movie Queen were involved with? Or is this another project altogether?
I haven't been able to work up the nerve to do this yet. I should, since I am going to miss pretty much everything not aimed at 4 year olds otherwise.
I don't think so.
PhoncipleBone
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There are things I want to see that my wife has zero interest in. And she is in bed by 7-8pm each night anyways. So it's either go to the theater and see something or stay at home and watch something on my own there. But at home I have to worry about volume levels most of the time.
Invest $100 or in a decent pair of headphones for home. Unless you are one of those people who needs your 7.1 set up.
My wife has zero interest in seeing pretty much everything. She likes blockbusters with a lot of visual, and next to zero plot complexity.
PhoncipleBone
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I have some decent headphones. Nothing to blow anyone away, but they work. I prefer my 7.1 setup, but at night sometimes hook up the headphones to watch stuff.
Of course, now I am just playing some records instead of watching anything.
EDIT: Looking in the MoviePass thread, it seems most people are getting their cards now. I wonder if that will help inflate ITs opening weekend.