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[kevin1025]

It's going to have good legs, isn't October Horror month?

Yeah, it doesn't have a ton of competition until Happy Death Day really. I don't see Flatliners doing much. Unless that one night only Jeepers Creepers 3 thing blows the doors off!!!!

I think it doesn't have horror competition until... I can't believe I'm saying this... Boo 2! A Madea Halloween. And maybe Leatherface.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Worldwide Updates:

Despicable Me 3 - $1.015B

Wow, so it's looking like only TLJ, F8 and DM3 will be in the Billy Club this year?!?

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Wait

How did I miss that Leatherface is getting *another* origin story remake?!?!?

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

None this week, Jeepers Creepers 3 and the Flatliners remake next week, Happy Death Day on the 13th, The Snowman and Leatherface on the 20th, Jigsaw and The Killing of a Sacred Deer on the 27th, and that's it for theatrical horror this year.

Cult of Chucky comes out on Blu Ray on Oct 20th

There actually is a horror film out on the 22nd: Friend Request.

It's from the same studio as 47 Meters Down, and it looks pretty terrible. https://youtube.com/watch?v=8TJokf8hN_I

 

[mreddie]

Happy Death Day is October 13th. By the way, did you know Lobdell wrote the screenplay? lol

Scott "Starfire needs to Fuck" Lobdell?

 

[Sad Affleck]

How did Spider-Man do in China?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Shit, there's another Jeepers Creepers coming out soon? I loved the first two but that was before I read the director's wiki page.

 

[zeemumu]

There actually is a horror film out on the 22nd: Friend Request.

It's from the same studio as 47 Meters Down, and it looks pretty terrible. https://youtube.com/watch?v=8TJokf8hN_I

I forgot about Friend Request due to it already having been out for a year outside of the US. It is, in fact, terrible.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

Scott "Starfire needs to Fuck" Lobdell?

Yeah. lol

 

[kevin1025]

Wait

How did I miss that Leatherface is getting *another* origin story remake?!?!?

He's a man of many faces. And remakes.

It's also going to be VOD on the same day, and available through DirecTV first apparently in a week or so?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

How did Spider-Man do in China?

Ran out of web fluid after its first weekend

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...nges-85-in-china-apes-strong-with-20m-friday/

 

[Cvie]

Wow, so it's looking like only TLJ, F8 and DM3 will be in the Billy Club this year?!?

BatB is already there.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

BatB is already there.

Right, right, right...yes.

Thank you.

 

[Animator]

Please take a break from clowns this week and see Kingsman 2. It's the best movie I worked on.

 

[Galactic Specter]

How did Mother cost almost as much as IT?

 

[Anung]

How did Mother cost almost as much as IT?

JLaw is expensive yo

 

[BladeoftheImmortal]

Worldwide Updates:

Despicable Me 3 - $1.015B
Spider-Man Homecoming - $861M
Dunkirk - $508M
War for the Planet of the Apes - $434M ($61M opening in China)
IT - $371M
Cars 3 - $357M
Annabelle Creation - $291M

War doing good in China. Thankfully. It deserved so much more. Movie is amazing.

 

[ElBoxyBrown]

How popular is the Ninjago brand for Lego? Are kids really into them as much as Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Minecraft, etc.?

 

[Cvie]

How popular is the Ninjago brand for Lego? Are kids really into them?

My nephews are into it, well they used to be pretty big on it but i think all but one might have outgrown it.

 

[kevin1025]

How popular is the Ninjago brand for Lego? Are kids really into them as much as Star Wars, Marvel, Minecraft, etc.?

When I worked at Toys R Us some years back in the Lego section, it was the Bionicle and Star Wars that would fly off the shelves, and I rarely had to restock the Ninjago packs. Maybe it's changed since then, since I think it was fairly new at the time.

 

[Plasticine]

JLaw is expensive yo

This is why you usually don't cast actors like that in these movies. She doubled the budget and brought no real return on the investment.

 

[Wanderer5]

It is rocking!

Happy Death Day is October 13th. By the way, did you know Lobdell wrote the screenplay? lol

Wait seriously? Heh wow.

 

[ZeoVGM]

LOL @ mOther!

Afronsky's one of my favourite directors and i'll be seeing Mother but damn if it aint funny as fuck how its bombing. I have a parcel incoming tomorrow but if it arrives earlier, I go watch Mother cheappp.

Why is it "funny" exactly?

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

Poor mother! it was such a good film, deserves much better than this.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

IT continuing to rip the arms off and eat the competition. Well deserved.

As for mother!, I would like to see it be more successful, but yet completely understand why audiences are reacting the way they are to it. I want to go see it again knowing what is going on to see how differently it plays. I am not sure I would have had the same visceral reaction to it if I know all that beforehand.

 

[kswiston]

Ran out of web fluid after its first weekend

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...nges-85-in-china-apes-strong-with-20m-friday/

The second weekend ended up being around $15M in China. Down 79%. Not good, but not super atypical for China when another big film opens either. Pretty much everything Scott Mendelson says in that article other than the grosses is wrong.

He posits that Spider-Man had the largest drop ever for a major Hollywood film, but just this year Ghost in the Shell dropped 97% in its second weekend (off of an opening around $30M). Alien Covenant also dropped over 90%.

 

[ryutaro's mama]

The second weekend ended up being around $15M in China. Down 79%. Not good, but not super atypical for China when another big film opens either. Pretty much everything Scott Mendelson says in that article other than the grosses is wrong.

He posits that Spider-Man had the largest drop ever for a major Hollywood film, but just this year Ghost in the Shell dropped 97% in its second weekend (off of an opening around $30M). Alien Covenant also dropped over 90%.

Scott knows exactly what he is doing by obscuring the facts here. Spider-Man having the "biggest drop ever" gets more clicks than mentioning the others that dropped more.

Sensationalism at its best right here.

 

[Cvie]

what do we think is going to round out the top 5 for the year worldwide and dom?

dom will be
Star Wars
BatB
Wonder Woman
GotG 2
IT?

worldwide
Star Wars
BatB
FatF
Dispicable 3
Homecoming?


i guess Thor and Justice League are both outside shots for either dom or WW?

 

[ZeoVGM]

I think Thor could end up being massive but top 5 worldwide will be difficult. I can see it topping Homecoming but not $1 billion.

Justice League will be interesting as it will have the Wonder Woman hype but will likely still be awful.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

I think Thor could end up being massive.

Tellin ya. Gonna get that Ruffalo bump.

 

[robotrock]

How did Mother cost almost as much as IT?

I haven't seen IT, but I was surprised by some of the stuff that happens in Mother. It definitely seems expensive in some parts.

 

[Daingurse]

Good Lord. It is really racking it in. Well deserved!

 

[MetatronM]

How did Mother cost almost as much as IT?

Jennifer Lawrence alone is probably like half the budget, if the estimates are to be believed.

 

[kswiston]

what do we think is going to round out the top 5 for the year worldwide and dom?

dom will be
Star Wars
BatB
Wonder Woman
GotG 2
IT?

worldwide
Star Wars
BatB
FatF
Dispicable 3
Homecoming?


i guess Thor and Justice League are both outside shots for either dom or WW?

Domestic:
1) Star Wars
2) Beauty and the Beast

- Wonder Woman will be either #3 or #4.
- Guardians will be either #4 or #5
- I think that Justice League will take the last spot, but I am not sure of the placing yet.
- If Justice League gets a BvS reception, IT will probably be #5. Thor Ragnarok is also a dark horse.


Worldwide:

1) Star Wars
2) Beauty and the Beast
3) Fate of the Furious

- Despicable Me 3 will be either #4 or #5
- I think that Justice League will take #4 or #5.
- If Justice League fails to hit $890M (only a $17M increase over BvS), #5 might end up being Wolf Warrior 2. That and Spider-Man Homecoming will be close.

 

[Alex_Mexico]

Worldwide Updates:

Despicable Me 3 - $1.015B
Spider-Man Homecoming - $861M
Dunkirk - $508M
War for the Planet of the Apes - $434M ($61M opening in China)
IT - $371M
Cars 3 - $357M
Annabelle Creation - $291M

Holy shit did IT made more in two weekends than fucking Cars 3 already??? Holy hot damn did that movie bombed (for modern Disney standards)

 

[Slayven]

Tellin ya. Gonna get that Ruffalo bump.

And the Slayven Bump

 

[ryutaro's mama]

Steven King movies incoming.

Would love a remake of The Running Man, complete with a nice commentary on reality shows.

And the ending from the book, of course.

 

[Slayven]

How popular is the Ninjago brand for Lego? Are kids really into them as much as Star Wars, Marvel, DC, Minecraft, etc.?

The cartoon stopped like a year ago. That is why i am shocked they did a movie

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Holy shit did IT made more in two weekends than fucking Cars 3 already??? Holy hot damn did that movie bombed (for modern Disney standards)

The Box Office this year had no tolerance for franchise films.

Unless it was Illumination Studios, which I'm convinced regularly performs ritual sacrifice to an ancient demon god to ensure that their movies are successful.

 

[Slayven]

Anyone pointed out 2 Stephen king movies opened within one month of each other and did the exact opposite of each other?

 

[Toa TAK]

Anyone pointed out 2 Stephen king movies opened within one month of each other and did the exact opposite of each other?

We're trying to forget The Dark Tower.

 

[Slayven]

We're trying to forget The Dark Tower.

I think it should be a lesson. Handle shit right and people will come

 

[mugurumakensei]

Anyone pointed out 2 Stephen king movies opened within one month of each other and did the exact opposite of each other?

And Sony tried to get the rights to IT. Luckily, WB/New Line got the rights and did it justice.

 

[Username1198]

I think it should be a lesson. Handle shit right and people will come

I still think they shoulda made it a cool ass hbo show.

 

[xaosslug]

ww chart added

 

[Alex_Mexico]

The Box Office this year had no tolerance for franchise films.

Unless it was Illumination Studios, which I'm convinced regularly performs ritual sacrifice to an ancient demon god to ensure that their movies are successful.

I could've sworn Cars 3 was an easy billion since the first 2 did okay and it's making already billions in merchandise.

 

[Toa TAK]

I think it should be a lesson. Handle shit right and people will come

I feel like that's (almost) a general rule of thumb, though.

But yeah, in light of Steven King adaptations, you're right. I doubt The Mist TV series will do as well.

 

[Slayven]

And Sony tried to get the rights to IT. Luckily, WB/New Line got the rights and did it justice.

We almost got a sequel to IT? Damn

I still think they shoulda made it a cool ass hbo show.

Everyone was saying that.

I feel like that's (almost) a general rule of thumb, though.

But yeah, in light of Steven King adaptations, you're right. I doubt The Mist TV series will do as well.

I have not heard a good thing about the mist show.

 

[Animator]

I feel like that's (almost) a general rule of thumb, though.

But yeah, in light of Steven King adaptations, you're right. I doubt The Mist TV series will do as well.

How is the mist netflix show?

 

[Toa TAK]

In this thread,

I just learned:

That the Mist show is already out.