megamerican
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Lone Survivor grossed $125 million only in the US against a $40 million budget. It was a success. AS is the extreme outlier here. You wouldn't called The Dark Knight a flop cause of how it compares to Avatar.
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Lone Survivor grossed $125 million only in the US against a $40 million budget. It was a success. AS is the extreme outlier here. You wouldn't called The Dark Knight a flop cause of how it compares to Avatar.
I agree with that, mostly...I just think word of mouth in this day and age kills movies so fast, especially if the marketing isn't as good as American Sniper's was.
Like American Sniper started out in limited release, had excellent buzz, and had excellent marketing focusing on a "Is he going to shoot that kid? It's limited release, he really might shoot that kid!"
So like Lone Survivor, on the other hand, had word of mouth and decent marketing, it didn't have a hook to draw it in and the movie title alone kind of spoils the movie when it starts with a team of guys. The fact that it did as well as it did I'd actually chalk up to "War".
DarkLordMalik
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Likely half of what it will make in America.
I think it is high chance that the movie might as well end with a $200 million run like Lincoln.
It's a good movie, with a great performance by Cooper, that's more about the transformation of a man (and what he brings back with him between tours) than it is solely about a war.
It's a good movie and it didn't focus too much on the home front (which kills these types of movies for myself and others I know. I despise it, usually, when it goes back to the homefront).
This movie had an excellent balance with most of the focus being in Iraq.
Once again, I'm just saying that there's something more about AS overperforming than "people like war." I'm not saying that LS wasn't a success or that Fury wasn't a success, but just in comparison, there is something obviously different about AS this go-around.
We're not really arguing as much as you think we are.
No, never.
not if you are looking at Box Office Mojo.
Yeah I also think he's pulling in big for The Huntsman flick, the guy will be fine.
The Huntsman sequel seems like a bad idea destined for mediocre returns at best.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Goddamn Eastwood cleaning house
Agreed - a four-years-late sequel (or maybe it's a prequel, whatever) to a movie that was tepidly received in the first place, and only did decent (hardly stellar) business doesn't seem like a recipe for massive success.
Snow whites not even in it right?
Discotheque
Banned
Blackhat was a pretty good movie, and certainly felt more authentic on the tech-side than anything else I've seen for sure
Baffled by the piss poor reviews but eh whatever. I just really hope this Bomba doesn't kill his career. Mann's pretty old now
Baffled by the piss poor reviews but eh whatever. I just really hope this Bomba doesn't kill his career. Mann's pretty old now
That's the word. I imagine that Universal wants to distance themselves from the scandal as much as possible.
Future Foundation
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Nope, just Hemsworth and Theron (and possibly Emily Blunt).
Exterminieren
Banned
Paddington's a legitimately fantastic family movie. The trailers didn't even remotely do it justice.
The Driver
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What in the fuck at AS.
I knew it was gonna be big when I saw it in limited a few weeks ago for a 10 PM showing on Tuesday night on a premium screen normally reserved for shit like The Avengers (ie a BIGASS theater) was packed up the wazoo, but I didn't think it would do this good.
Tbh the movie isn't that good either. It's really on the same level as Lone Survivor when it comes to being ham fisted, though Lone Survivor did better at making their characters realistic with flaws rather than Jesus with a sniper rifle...
Zero Dark Thirty still the best modern war movie.
I knew it was gonna be big when I saw it in limited a few weeks ago for a 10 PM showing on Tuesday night on a premium screen normally reserved for shit like The Avengers (ie a BIGASS theater) was packed up the wazoo, but I didn't think it would do this good.
Tbh the movie isn't that good either. It's really on the same level as Lone Survivor when it comes to being ham fisted, though Lone Survivor did better at making their characters realistic with flaws rather than Jesus with a sniper rifle...
Zero Dark Thirty still the best modern war movie.
Rentrak must have made a mistake with the Hobbit gross when they first posted their chart, because the gross has been updated to the correct total of $803M now.
Still a pretty poor take. Battle of Five Armies is going to have to do serious business in China to match the total of Desolation of Smaug.
Still a pretty poor take. Battle of Five Armies is going to have to do serious business in China to match the total of Desolation of Smaug.
SCULLIBUNDO
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He's been making TV movies since Collateral anyway.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Sorry. TV movies with feature film budgets.
With all due respect, I feel fairly confident that most TV movies these days use nicer cameras than Mann does.
DiscoJer
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It's not that people like war, but I do think there is clearly an audience in the US for a modern war movie that isn't blatantly anti-American, but more nuanced (it's certainly not as rah rah as some people are portraying it.)
Beyond that, the person American Sniper is about was a fairly popular figure in the US with a best selling book.
This is kind of like how Richard Nixon getting elected shocked a lot of people in the media - NeoGaf tends to lean heavily to the left, so they can't possibly imagine a movie like American Sniper doing well, even though it's closer in tone to how much of the country feels than this place does.
davepoobond
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I heard nothing about blackhat at all. It was sent to die, for sure.
Bobby Roberts
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Still no word on Hunger Games?
$1.8M weekend - $332.47M total
Unless you are asking about the worldwide total, which won't be updated until tomorrow. Mockingjay is pretty much finished its overseas run outside of China. Unless it makes significant gains over Catching Fire in China, it won't pass GotG worldwide.
Bobby Roberts
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It would be really funny if the race to #1 is made moot by American Sniper taking it.
Have to say i just saw American Sniper, and well i really loved it. Im actually really happy it made so much money. I see a lot of disappointment from GAF around the film and i just dont see it. Its not the best of the year but as a chronicle of a mans life and what war does it was pretty great. You combine the fact it felt nothing like an Eastwood movie which really elevates my respect for him as an 83 yr old dude, and well i think this was a big success all around. Worth watching for sure.
jamesinclair
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I'm going to the theater tomorrow, and sadly they have the idiotic system where you have to reserve a seat.
The 1pm American sniper only has seats left on the front row.
The 2pm Jakarta movie has only two tickets purchased
The 1pm American sniper only has seats left on the front row.
The 2pm Jakarta movie has only two tickets purchased
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