I think this is viewing the film through a very western lens though. The film has been out in Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc for weeks. I think your average Chinese moviegoer is going to check out reviews and buzz from those territories over what it's doing in North America or Europe. Star Wars hasn't broken many records in Asia.
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I think this is viewing the film through a very western lens though. The film has been out in Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc for weeks. I think your average Chinese moviegoer is going to check out reviews and buzz from those territories over what it's doing in North America or Europe. Star Wars hasn't broken many records in Asia.
In a roundabout way, Deadline gave us the current domestic IMAX total for the Force Awakens. Worldwide total is $152M as of this weekend. Overseas IMAX totals are estimated at $53.4M as of today. So Imax gross is sitting at $98.6M domestic for TFA, and will probably break the $100M barrier tomorrow or Tuesday. That gives IMAX a 13.3% take of the domestic total, which I believe is up 1-2% from opening weekend.
http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wa...daddys-home-international-results-1201675263/
http://deadline.com/2016/01/star-wa...daddys-home-international-results-1201675263/
Are deadline generally respected when it comes to predictions?
Deadline is just reporting numbers from Disney and IMAX.
Ohhhh I misread. My bad.
On that topic though, what sites / individuals are most respected when it comes to predictions?
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Sam Worthington has broken my favorite thread.
#thanksobama
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Sculli dropped in and decided that things weren't Avatar enough.
I wonder how The Hateful Eight will play overseas. It looks like most territories will get the film in the next 1-3 weeks. QT's last two films were over $200M international. I don't think H8 is the sort of film that will hit a similar number, but I wonder if it can crack $100M international.
Also, I don't know why I find this amusing, but BOM is using the Xbox Game cover art for Reservoir Dogs instead of the movie poster.
Wait, why??? They essentielly have Christmas time locked up. Why go into the hornets nest of summer blockbuster season for no good reason?
Well with that reveal of a summer release I take back what I said.
Though I think Empire did fine but the original was a damn historic cultural event though. Attack of the Clones was the second let down after the big first let down. Understandable there.
With TFA they are essentielly not just calling back to old fans, but adding millions of new ones all over the world. Once again, very odd to go the summer movie route.
Summer works because kids, teenagers, and college students are free for 2+months. That said. Episode 8 coincides with the 40th anniversary of ANH. No way they miss that marketing opportunity.
Ninja Scooter
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They can pretty much launch whenever they want and still print money. I doubt Ep 8 would have come close to these totals even if they launched in December again. TFA had like 30 years of pent up anticipation and frustration from the 3 disappointing prequels all let out in one gigantic money shot.
Markitron
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It's Star Wars, it doesn't matter when it comes out, it will clean up either way. TFA was supposed to be a summer movie too until they delayed it.
Well, Bryce Dallas Howard was great in it and she had the same script. So I don't know if he can use that excuse.
ViewtifulJC
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You basically just stole the Christmas season now that Harry Potter and the Hobbit are done and Avatar is still a ways away. I get they will still make money, and lots of it, but I am just trying to understand the logic of the switch. There seems to be no good reason to do it. You jump into a hornets nest of competition and it has been shown pretty definitively that there is a lot of money to be made in December if you're a blockbuster: Harry Potter, LOTR, Avatar, TFA.
Also I still think people are underplaying how TFA's success overseas is going to build the audience up world wide. If it hits huge in China, watch out.
I would be shocked if the overseas numbers aren't higher next episode.
EDIT: I guess the 40th Anniversary makes sense on some level but not enough in my mind to forfeit the comfort of Christmas to go into the Summer.
Even Star Wars benefits from not having another $100M opener launching 2-3 weekends later.
Ninja Scooter
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Historically the summer months are more lucrative for the box office. Granted Star Wars sort of writes its own rules at this point, but remember that prior to TFA the largest opening ever during the Holidays was like $88 million(?). I think they view opening in the summer as a way to maximize profitability.
Charles Foster Kane
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Was she?
Discotheque
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scust at all this jurassic world discussion. it's a crap movie. nobody was good in it either. chris pratt looked cool but he was pretty by the numbers as well.
it will be incredible if trevorrow somehow manages to make that star wars cast look dry too.
it will be incredible if trevorrow somehow manages to make that star wars cast look dry too.
I think that studios are slowing catching on to the fact that if you have the right sort of film, it doesn't really matter when you open. People will go. A lot of films would benefit from leaving the crowded summer months and moving to slots where they would have little to no competition for 3-4 weeks.
That said, June 2017 currently looks pretty light (with the possible exception of Wonder Woman).
The dinosaurs were pretty good.
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Yeah, no one was good in JW.
Serious face Pratt was pretty bad, but there is plenty of bad to choose from.
Serious face Pratt was pretty bad, but there is plenty of bad to choose from.
....Unless you are one of those franchises. And TFA is kinda doing gangbusters and I still think the worldwide Box Office will only grow, even if domestically it wanes a bit.
I guess I understand the classic logic for why, like if this were ten years ago before Avatar, LotR, and Harry Potter kinda paved the way for proving how profitable the season can be.
Not that I really care too much, but it just sorta shocked me and caught me off guard.
I thought the raptors were alright...
One of the better performances in Jurassic World was from Irrfan Khan and he was in it for like 80 seconds. I feel like we are fighting over who turned in the best performance in Attack of the Clones.
Markitron
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Yoda obviously.
Discotheque
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man I stand by it not even being nearly as good as the lost world (as disappointing as that ended up being)
Lost World is garbage. At least Jurassic World knows what it wants to be, even if that's "middling monster movie."
BronsonLee
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It's either this, Star Wars, or Avatar, disco. FACE IT STRAIGHT
Or we can just talk about movies that are far better than all three.
Like Blackhat!
Discotheque
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man the thing is I actually do like that movie more than all 3 (if you mean the newest star wars)
*cue the laugh track*
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We need a blackhat hacker named Hathaway
I can tell you that I am not a fan of the "20-30 years later!" blockbuster nostalgia movie trend if what we have gotten so far is an indication of things going forward. We're 1 for 3 this year.
I doubt Independence Day will change my mind next year.
I wonder how long it will be before WB offers Keanu Reeves enough cash to come back to the Matrix.
I doubt Independence Day will change my mind next year.
I wonder how long it will be before WB offers Keanu Reeves enough cash to come back to the Matrix.
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Oh, forgot Matrix.
That's totally happening, isn't it?
That's totally happening, isn't it?
I don't see why not. 14+ years is plenty of time to wash away the bad taste of shitty sequels apparently.
PhoncipleBone
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Lost World sucks. JPIII > Lost World.
BronsonLee
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If a franchise starter of theirs flops again, I'd have to imagine it's coming
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Which route will it go? The Star Wars, JW, or Terminator route?
Discotheque
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man i get that he based it off of a real hacker (who was similarly huge in size to hemsworth) but that was a really hard pill to swallow for a while haha.
should have got somebody a bit less bulky.
It's inevitable. The money that Jurassic World and Force Awakens have brought in are too tempting for WB.
Markitron
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After Jupiter Ascending, I don't want them anywhere near The Matrix again.
I say this as someone that enjoyed Reloaded & Revolutions.
They made a film that was 2 hours of Mila Kunis in 3D, and I still managed to hate it. I seriously would not have thought that would be possible.
CreepingFear
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Wachowski siblings are as done as Lucas. WB should hire JJ.
Come to Butt-Head
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Aren't we actually getting new Matrix movies? I swear it was announced a couple months ago.
Discotheque
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wachowskis would kill it with a director-for-hire gig tbh. as long as they're kept away from the scripts for a little bit i think they'd do stellar work. their films still look good and they never lost the ability to shoot action.
i think jurassic world was simply an indicator of where star wars was headed.
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It's definitely beating titanic WW.
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