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Wkd BO 1118-2016 - Harry Potter's universe is a BEAST, Doctor who?
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It's pretty much an original story because the Fantastic Beasts 'book' is a 128-page reproduction of the textbook that first-year students use in the first Harry Potter movie.
EDIT: Beaten..
Damn they are feeling themselves then. Expecting 700$ for characters that aren't that popular in films that don't include some of the Avengers is pretty up there. I expect the likes of Spiderman to hit those numbers, and even Thor after being propped up by the Avengers films... But Black Panther might have to fight a bit to get to $700 million man.... Antman only did like $520 million.
The only straight up BAD thing in Fantastic Beasts was the Jonny Depp reveal.
Even if he is fine as a casting choice (which is questionable), it basically deleted all the investment built up in Colin Ferrell's character over the course of the film.
Otherwise the movie was great, rounded out by a surprisingly bittersweet ending.
Absolutely deserves the success.
Also that mind-reader chick was hot AF.
Even if he is fine as a casting choice (which is questionable), it basically deleted all the investment built up in Colin Ferrell's character over the course of the film.
Otherwise the movie was great, rounded out by a surprisingly bittersweet ending.
Absolutely deserves the success.
Also that mind-reader chick was hot AF.
Diprosalic
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211 million on a 75 million budget doesn't seem that bad to me.
BronsonLee
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It's a far fall from Da Vinci code fuckin' killin it
Diprosalic
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sure but it ain't a bomb.
Dash_Riprock
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Last one made almost $500 million. Da Vinci Code made $750 million.
Man, I would have assumed that would have been a pie-in-the-sky dream for a doctor strange movie.
GabeTheGrouch76
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ayy lmao at SLoP surpassing BvS. I myself didn't really think SLoP was anything great, but I found it a lot more watchable than most of BvS in comparison.
With SLoP also making it in at #5, this also makes four out of the the top five highest-grossing films this year being animated films (counting TJB when I say this).
Doctor Strange also sliding into the top ten also marks half of the top ten highest-grossing films being Disney ventures. With Moana and Rogue One on the way, they're most certainly gonna extend Disney's grip over the box-office this year even more. Pretty fascinating feat from the Mouse House overall.
With SLoP also making it in at #5, this also makes four out of the the top five highest-grossing films this year being animated films (counting TJB when I say this).
Doctor Strange also sliding into the top ten also marks half of the top ten highest-grossing films being Disney ventures. With Moana and Rogue One on the way, they're most certainly gonna extend Disney's grip over the box-office this year even more. Pretty fascinating feat from the Mouse House overall.
This was absolutely the year of Disney, by a huge margin. A couple failures sprinkled in amongst a bunch of juggernauts. Next year probably won't be too much different (at least in regards to Disney making bank).
Isn't Cyborg and Gambit 2018?
Cyborg is pushed to 20-never (they originally had it for 2019 or 2020)
Nah, that Flash, Batman, and Aquaman. Cyborg is April 3, 2020.
By the time Cyborg comes out the tech used to save his life will be available over the counter.
Inferno: WW Gross $211M on a budget of $75M
Cruise Missile Misfire: WW Gross $136M on a budget of $60M
I'm sorry what? lol
That old schedule won't hold. It planned for no sequels in like 4 years other than a second Justice League and that's clearly BS.
Cyborg was tagged on the end, because that film is lowest priority. It's DCs Inhumans.
I don't know. I'd like to personally recast Eddie Redmayne too.
broncobuster
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Of the Disney films coming out in the near future I'm most interested in seeing how Pirates of the Caribbean...5? (4? 6?) does.
Cyborg is still officially listed for 2020, but no way it doesn't fall off before then. Probably Green Lantern Corps as well. As movies like Birds of Prey and Dark Universe move forward (assuming they don't lose (more) directors or run into other problems), I think we'll see them do a massive.refresh of their slate some time before or after Justice League.
Star wars / Avengers cycle damn near guarantees it. Throw their animated films in, live action fairytales and marvel solo films and they have a guaranteed 4+ spots out of 10 in the next 3 years.
Who knows if the schedule will keep but right now 2019 is Avengers 4, Toy Story 4, Indiana Jones 5, and Star Wars 9.
lol
broncobuster
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Less likely a massive refresh as adding a third and possibly fourth film each year. Key difference is not every movie is going through the same channels. Shazam and Dark Universe might be connected to the broader DCEU, but the productions are shaping up to be different.
Obliterator
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Yep not a fan of his acting in the film, or his character. I also thought the pacing was really off during the first half of the movie.
Still solid, but it had issues imo
I can't see WB would hold off on Darkseid, especially with Infinity War..Aquaman is still a go for 2018 since it's already starting production. Batman starting production next spring. Flash will probably be pushed back a little, if they haven't already found the replacement (like rumored).
Also with Johns taking a charge I do see Green Lantern a priority.
BlackNMild2k1
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What's the rumor? I haven't been keeping up on DCCU news lately.
I'm guessing the character is supposed to be an innocent and clumsy with a hint of competency from time to time especially when in comes to handling Beasts. But what we got instead was borderline creepy and unsympathetic.
Rumor that WB may have already found the replacement for Rick Famuyiwa.
BlackNMild2k1
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Ok, so I just looked it up, and they have now lost 2 directors over "creative differences".
Does WB just have no idea what they want to do with the movie and therefore keep bringing the wrong people on board, or is it just that they have no idea how to pull this Cinematic Universe thing together, and changes keep being made to fit other movies in the pipeline... and therefore "creative differences" keep happening? or maybe it's both...?
I've always been more of a Marvel Man myself, especially now when it comes to the MCU, but I would love it if DC put together some good efforts, as I've always loved their animated efforts (until some of the most recent).
They can strip out a lot of the more broken aspects of the character.
The glimpse we get from the JL trailer seems pretty damn broken but I guess we have to see how it stacks up to a bullet. MCU Quicksilver had the best approach imo, fast but slower than a bullet.
Thunder Monkey
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Disney's like "You think we can make $12 billion off of four movies in a single year? Let's find out."
DC flash will probably be faster than a bullet, but I don't know if they will make him as fast or faster than the Fox version of Quicksilver. Superman is pretty fast though, so he has to be faster than that.
BlackNMild2k1
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Well, they've already made him fast enough to travel into dreams... is that faster than a bullet?
broncobuster
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At the end of the day the characters are as fast as the plot demands. AoU Quicksilver was faster than a bullet, until he wasn't. Apocalypse Quicksilver somehow has his punch caught, because his leg was bound (???). Flash CW, well, Barry's really dumb.
I'd only say they lost one director to 'creative differences". That first one wasn't really confirmed to be a director, just a screenwriter. He would have helmed it if he was more experienced.
Strange will be Marvel's third best new hero/franchise debut after Iron Man and Guardians of the Galaxy (second by worldwide gross), and is in line with their phase 2 stuff that didn't feature Iron Man. Anything over Thor 2 is gravy.
Doesn't he catch one of the bullets Klaue shoots when they first meet?
Races by him and strips the gun.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Black Panther is my most anticipated MCU movie right now, but based on how some countries went out of their way to hide Finn in TFA and how Straight Outta Compton bombed overseas, I am having a hard time seeing BP beating Ant Man. Ant man should have done better as well, but regardless, Marvel has a knack for bringing their characters to the prominence. It's amazing to see how a z tier character like iron man is in the same level as batman now, or how captain america is in the same level as superman, and some random group with a talking racoon and tree that keeps repeating itself has a WW BO gross of $700MM.
Hopefully after Episode IX and Avengers 2019 they give those franchises a break for a few years.
I think, much like his sister, he just hadn't reached his full potential yet. He also seemed to get tired unlike Fox's QS which just provides for some random fun scene, but you can't really develop the character.
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