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[BLACKLAC]

And this is why there was no Tibetan Ancient One.

Not that I'm complaining though-Tilda was amazing in the role.

Literally a 100 million dollar decision.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Movie thought it was slick with that Fu Manchu dude fakeout though lol.

 

[BronsonLee]

Movie thought it was slick with that Fu Manchu dude fakeout though lol.

And here we thought they only stole the building warp shit from Nolan!

 

[EGM1966]

The power of a good movie.

It's a very good, fun movie: but in China they love BBC's Sherlock Holmes with Cumberbatch so he really will be driving a lot of the interest there. Heck I think they started releasing Sherlock Holmes specials as movies in China IIRC.

 

[kswiston]

Literally a 100 million dollar decision.

More than that considering new legislature will let them blackball studios that make what they consider to be anti-Chinese films.

 

[jett]

Dr. Strange is from PHILLY dammit



Yup & yup. I think they were hesitant to put an Asian or Tibetan in the role, then Tilda popped in and made it much much easier to avoid the whole thing.

tbh I think the plot of Strange would've pissed off both of them if it was an Asian in it

China loves dem some Cucumbersnatch.

 

[Schlorgan]

Giving horror movie directors Marvel movies continues to pay off. Hopefully Spider-Man is as good and uses its budget as well as Strange.

Strange is one of the best looking movies I've ever seen and it was a $165 million dollar movie. I'll stand by my prediction that Spider-Man will have around the same budget or lower.

 

[BronsonLee]

More than that considering new legislature will let them blackball studios that make what they consider to be anti-Chinese films.

And considering the ones they seem to like co-funding show China in a heroic/sympathetic light (lookin at you The Martian, though IIRC that was in the book too), smart moves

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I never really thought about it before now but Dr. Strange owed alot to old Hong Kong action films like the ones by the Shaw Brothers or Jackie Chan.

 

[Toa TAK]

Friday Studio Estimates:

1) Doctor Strange - $14.9M (-53%) - $125M total
2) Trolls - $12.2M (-2%) - $71M total
3) Arrival - $9.3M
4) Almost Christmas - $5.9M
5) Hacksaw Ridge - $3.8M (-29%) - $25M total

xx) Shut in - $1.4M

Doctor Strange was down 36% if you subtract the $9.4M Thursday previews from last Friday. Trolls went up if you do the same. Kids being off school for Veteran's Day inflates Friday though.

Thor The Dark World made $10.5M on its second Friday.

Doctor Strange's second weekend might end up being pretty close to Suicide Squad's second weekend, despite opening almost $50M lower last weekend.

Damn @ Hacksaw. That was a good return to directing for Gibson.

Also ftfy

 

[kswiston]

Thor 2 is not worth typing out those extra 11 characters.

 

[Toa TAK]

Thor The Dark World is not worth typing out those extra 11 characters.

I never claimed it was good.

 

[BLACKLAC]

I never really thought about it before now but Dr. Strange owed alot to old Hong Kong action films like the ones by the Shaw Brothers or Jackie Chan.

Thought the same thing. Specially with the Cloak/axe scene.

 

[BumRush]

No I really think it is Cumberbatch

Sherlock: The Abominable Bride did like 30 million in China IIRC for no goddamn reason that I can think of

That sign language scene at Mycrofts office was funny as hell in every language.

 

[kswiston]

Have tickets for Rogue One gone on sale yet? I would have expected to see more news a bit more than a month from launch.

 

[NealMcCauley]

Have tickets for Rogue One gone on sale yet? I would have expected to see more news a bit more than a month from launch.

Not yet. I check every day since I'm the designated ticket buyer for my group.

 

[BumRush]

Have tickets for Rogue One gone on sale yet? I would have expected to see more news a bit more than a month from launch.

I'd assume any day now, and then the true marketing push begins.

 

[kswiston]

Reviews are coming in for Fantastic Beasts now. It looks like most are pretty positive. I guess that's a good sign for WB and the film's box office potential.

 

[CrichtonKicks]

Giving horror movie directors Marvel movies continues to pay off. Hopefully Spider-Man is as good and uses its budget as well as Strange.

Strange is one of the best looking movies I've ever seen and it was a $165 million dollar movie. I'll stand by my prediction that Spider-Man will have around the same budget or lower.

Downey Jr's salary in Spider-Man pretty much guarantees that it won't be that cheap.

 

[FoneBone]

So are we looking at $20-25M for Arrival? I'm pretty stoked for it but that's a little tepid.

$20+ million for a mid-budget adult-oriented film of that ilk seems pretty solid to me.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Downey Jr's salary in Spider-Man pretty much guarantees that it won't be that cheap.

He probably did it for cheap with bigger back end payments.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Saturday #s from Rth

DS 17.7,Tr 14.2,Ar 9,AXmas 6, HR 4.2,TAc 1.9

Doctor Strange getting the same second Sunday drop as Thor 2 would put it at ~$42M for the weekend.

 

[kswiston]

Weekend Studio Estimates

1) Doctor Strange - $43M (-50%) - $153M total
2) Trolls - $35.1M (-25%) - $94M total
3) Arrival - $24.0M
4) Almost Christmas - $15.5M
5) Hacksaw Ridge - $10.7M (-29%) - $32M total

xx) Shut in - $3.7M


Much bigger than expected weekend overseas for Strange. Its new worldwide total is $493M

 

[wesleyshark]

Loved Strange and Arrival immensely. Glad to see they are doing well.

 

[Zackat]

What was Arrival's budget?

Edit: 50 mil. Not bad. Loved the movie and hope it is successful.

 

[kswiston]

Doctor Strange will pass X-Men Apocalypse worldwide next weekend regardless of how hard it is hit by Fantastic Beasts.

 

[BumRush]

Weekend Studio Estimates

1) Doctor Strange - $43M (-50%) - $153M total
2) Trolls - $35.1M (-25%) - $94M total
3) Arrival - $24.0M
4) Almost Christmas - $5.9M
5) Hacksaw Ridge - $10.7M (-29%) - $32M total

xx) Shut in - $3.7M


Much bigger than expected weekend overseas for Strange. Its new worldwide total is $493M

Great news for strange. Was almost Christmas supposed to be $15.9M?

 

[Slayven]

Doctor Strange will pass X-Men Apocalypse worldwide next weekend regardless of how hard it is hit by Fantastic Beasts.

You are kidding....

 

[wesleyshark]

Doctor Strange will pass X-Men Apocalypse worldwide next weekend regardless of how hard it is hit by Fantastic Beasts.

X-men lol. The continuous Fox failure.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Doctor Strange will pass X-Men Apocalypse worldwide next weekend regardless of how hard it is hit by Fantastic Beasts.

Oof

 

[kswiston]

Great news for strange. Was almost Christmas supposed to be $15.9M?

I actually don't have a number for that yet and forgot to update it when I copied over my Friday formatting. Thanks for pointing that out

EDIT: $15.5M

 

[BronsonLee]

Magic always wins

 

[Slayven]

Magic always wins

 

[BronsonLee]

I literally posted that a minute ago

how the fuck did you have a comic book cover already in the chamber

 

[wesleyshark]

I literally posted that a minute ago, how the fuck did you have a comic book cover already in the chamber

💫 magic 💫

 

[kswiston]

I literally posted that a minute ago

how the fuck did you have a comic book cover already in the chamber

Slayven has already entered Lucy's final flash drive phase. Too bad he only stores comic book images and trivia.

 

[Slayven]

I literally posted that a minute ago

how the fuck did you have a comic book cover already in the chamber

Magik

 

[kswiston]

If the estimate holds, Doctor Strange had the third best second weekend drop in the MCU after Thor and Iron Man. If you discount Thursday/midnight previews, it had the best drop.

 

[vinnygambini]

X-men lol. The continuous Fox failure.

Disagree completely.

FOX's X-Men are good films generally, the last ones especially: Days of Future Past, The Wolverine, Apocalypse (meh, could have been better) and lastly, Logan looks like a winner too.

Marvel have enough on their plate as is and having another entity take care of the X-Men universe and Deadpool is fine by me.

 

[BumRush]

If the estimate holds, Doctor Strange had the third best second weekend drop in the MCU after Thor and Iron Man. If you discount Thursday/midnight previews, it had the best drop.

'Beasts' is definitely going to hurt it moving forward but Disney must already be incredibly pleased.

 

[wesleyshark]

If the estimate holds, Doctor Strange had the third best second weekend drop in the MCU after Thor and Iron Man. If you discount Thursday/midnight previews, it had the best drop.

That's really impressive