You must remember that Strange hasn't been released in South America yet, and we usually really like these super hero movies. I don't know if Thor opened the same time for everyone tho.
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Wkd BO 1028-3016 - Audiences over Dr. Langdon, want Dr. Strange ($86m intl. open)
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You must remember that Strange hasn't been released in South America yet, and we usually really like these super hero movies. I don't know if Thor opened the same time for everyone tho.
Hopefully the legs (and positive reception) hold.
Sibersk Esto
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If the visuals are as good as...literally everyone says, Strange might end up with some real good legs.
Not 1995
That's the one thing Hollywood is gonna learn, problem is Hollywood will fuck this up.
Mix Master
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I just saw my first Strange TV spot since... October 5th
Everything else has been those norelco shaving Ads on ESPN. Marketing is terrible.
Edit: One thing I respect about Feige is Marvel puts out their reviews EARLY, Civil War's reviews came out a month before the movie did.
Everything else has been those norelco shaving Ads on ESPN. Marketing is terrible.
Edit: One thing I respect about Feige is Marvel puts out their reviews EARLY, Civil War's reviews came out a month before the movie did.
Last I checked it was $75M.
Deadline was saying $68-85M depending on the tracker last week.
illmatic22
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When does the Madea Cinematic Universe begin?
It technically already is one if you think about it.
BronsonLee
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Cruise Missile On Target
Actually, maybe not. There are some more impressive ones:
The Big Short (Released 12/11/2015): $28 million production budget, $133,346,506 WW Gross
10 Cloverfield Lane (Released 3/11/16): $15 million production budget, $108,286,421 WW Gross
Daddy's Home (Released 12/25/2015): $69 million production budget (wat), $240,360,392 WW Gross
Overall, according to Box Office Mojo, their total box office numbers this year ($650.4 million) are up from last year ($575.9 million), but stuff like Ben Hur (which shouldn't have even been made yet cost $100 million/grossed $94 million), Zoolander 2 (which somehow cost $50 million/grossed $55 million) and Whisky Tango Foxtrot ($35 million budget/$23 million gross) really hurt them. Without those, I don't think the disappointing box office performances of Star Trek and TMNT would have been as damaging for them.
I also can't help but wonder if Star Trek's budget includes whatever they had to pay Orci and the original writers before they were removed from the project.
Edit: Watching the BTS stuff on Beyond and pretty much all of Yorktown was shot on location in Dubai, and a lot of the sound stage stuff was shot there too. I imagine that's pretty expensive. I guess Justin Lin wanted to do as much location shooting as possible so they built a lot of outdoor sets (i.e. the rock quarry is one massive outdoor set built in an actual quarry). Just from the BTS on this movie, it looks really expensive.
Seems like Strange Things are happening
http://www.thewrap.com/doctor-strange-dominates-thursday-box-office-9-4-million/
http://www.thewrap.com/doctor-strange-dominates-thursday-box-office-9-4-million/
PhoncipleBone
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Yep. Lets not forget what happened with Sin City. The sequel should have come out a lot sooner than it did.
Yep, several non-Madea Tyler Perry movies have Madea cameos
these are very cute little abbreviated names you have here!
Gordon Shumway
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Good to know it made some loot. Theater was abandoned last night, cept for Hacksaw and Trolls..
BattleMonkey
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Hope Strange does well. Was odd going to the opening at local big chain, first time I've been to a Marvel movie premier with so many empty seats, usually it's completely packed.
300 wasn't nearly as drastic a drop as the others.
There are also plenty of counter examples.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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I think it's going to make a run for $100M this weekend. Marvel films have gotten more frontloaded to their previews, but I think the visual effects porn of Doctor Strange is going to make it an exception.
I do too, and the Thursday previews support that it has a shot. Winter Soldier had a similar Th night and it opened with $95M.
PhoncipleBone
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So how many posts in the next thread about Suicide Squad opening higher?
Obliterator
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Happy for Strange. Getting Benedict on the role couldn't have hurt. He has a huge fan base
CaviarMeths
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In the last two years, we've also had Jurassic World, The Force Awakens, and Finding Dory. Fury Road was also by far the highest grossing Mad Max film, even adjusting for inflation.
AdventureRacing
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Strange started off quite poorly here in Australia but we tend to have different taste here when it comes to superhero movies. Interested to see where it finishes WW.
So $30m opening day? That's pretty damn good.
Inceptional
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Just saw both Dr. Strange and Hacksaw Ridge and while the former was alright, Hacksaw was a fucking religious experience. I've never felt so hopeful about the human race, especially after a goddamn war movie. The only knock I'll give it is that you can tell they took a three hour movie and whittled it down to two. The final battle especially felt like a montage of what was originally a much longer sequence. Still amazing though and really emotional. Second best war film ever, right after Saving Private Ryan.
Affeinvasion
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They should have titled it "The Da Vinci Code: Inferno." I guarantee there are people out there who didn't realize they're connected.
wow, yeah they 100% should have done that
i've seen ads all over NYC and didn't realize it
They missed that crucial lesson from The Twilight Saga and The Hunger Games.
Nice opening!!
Is that good or bad? Sounds pretty bad to me?
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