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Wkd Box Office 0314-1614 - Yeah, bitch! Number 3! Peabody awarded top spot
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The Dutch Slayer
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Messofanego
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Thanks.
I would say stop making bad video game movies.
Sci-fi movies use to be very bad way back when, until they started making very good sci-fi movies. Superhero movies use to be bad, until they started making good superhero movies. Same thing applies to any genre.
Max Armstrong
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Dayum! Didn't know that. Can't wait to see it!
There have always been examples of good Sci Fi and Superhero movies. Furthermore, there have been a ton of commericial successes in both genres. The biggest commercial success we have in the realm of videogame movies are the Resident Evil films.
Mrs. Manky
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Huh. Does the Single Mom's Club have the most non-black leads for a Tyler Perry movie ever?
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I realize I haven't heard a single word about Monuments Men. Clooney's a good director but I really didn't like half of his films...so is this one for the good pile or the Leatherheads/Ides of March pile?
It was pushed back from Oscar season into one of the slower parts of the year. That should tell you all you need to know.
smokeandmirrors
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Yeah I've been wanting to see it and it's been only playing in theaters at least 30 miles away. Like what the fuck.
When was this time? Star Wars and Superman are 30-35 years old.
I think the best approach to a video game movie might be something like Pirates of the Caribbean: just use the name as a crutch and general theme, then make whatever movie you want on top of that.
You mean like Prince of Persia or the Legend of Chun-Li? Or even... Need for Speed?
Yep, it's the best chance available.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
I think doing the same thing for his last movie made them a ton of money, the slow small releases really did a number on word of mouth or something.
I'd have to dig out a link, but last I heard it was between 80-85 mil for the weekend.
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/c...or-heroic-85-million-plus-opening-1201131822/
Maybe he is transitioning.
It's still too far away, but in Thor: The Dark World's range is a pretty good bet.
We're actually having a pretty weak March, so that should help Captain America out some.
Cool thanks. That sounds kinda disappointing actually, but that's just me.
The Dutch Slayer
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Personally I thought it was GREAT, really good movie to see maybe not in a the cinema but a good film to watch in 6 months on netflix.
Ninja Scooter
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As great as Paul was in BB, he's like 4 feet tall and looks like a 12 year old with peach fuzz. No idea why studios thought he could be a leading man.
85M is similar to Thor: The Dark World which is what is expected. The previous films in both franchises opened around 65M.
Worldwide is more important than domestic for these films anyhow. I'm curious to see what Captain America does overseas, because the first film did quite a bit less than the first Thor internationally.
Yeah, Thor seems to have more WW appeal than Cap. I do get the sense that Fury, Black Widow, and SHIELD involvement has given Captain America a stronger tie-in with the Avengers than Dark World.
Should help it appeal to a wider WW audience.
Sho_Nuff82
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As crummy as Divergent is, it's still much closer to Hunger games than it is to shit like The Mortal Instruments or Twilight or Percy Jackson.
You could have said the same thing about a half-dozen other wannabe movies that have flopped while trying to imitate Twilight/Hunger Games (Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host, Vampire Academy, Beautiful Creatures).
I think the promise of violence and a hot chick helped rope in male audiences for Hunger Games, but for Divergent the female lead looks sort of plain (by Hollywood standards anyway) and the film itself doesn't look like there's that much action.
Wow, you're not kidding.
de.marvel.com/firstavenger
They couldn't just call it The Winter Soldier?
timetokill
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It's true, and like my statement said, the performance of the movie depends mostly on its performance with its key demo, which is the same as the key demo for Twilight/Hunger Games/etc.
I didn't say Divergent would do well, I said it depends on that demo and their level of interest.
That certainly helped, as I just got home from it.
I don't think I've ever been in a theater where it was elbow-to-elbow in the entire room, outside of midnight screenings for superhero films. It was like a geriatric Avengers or something.
twinturbo2
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People had the knives out for NFS almost from the moment the project was announced. It wasn't going to win Oscars, people were expecting too much.
I think the general wisdom with The Master is that Weinstein got greedy and overconfident in abandoning the slow rollout and spontaneously going wide. It probably still had a lower ceiling than more accessible fare, but he jumped the gun. Should have let that keep building.
It was really weird that a film like that went so wide just a week after the NY/LA bow. Not that I minded personally, but man, talk about throwing your average movie-goer to the wolves.
Arguably, Harvey might have been a bit too cautious with The Silver Linings Playbook, since that rollout was quite protracted.
See You Next Wednesday
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That Need For Speed movie looks like a 1 & a half hour car commercial than it does like a film.
Not surprised at the bomba.
Not surprised at the bomba.
Pop-O-Matic
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That sounds like the title for the Asylum Films version.
Joe Shlabotnik
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They really need to open Anderson's movies a *little* bit wider. He's the next Woody Allen in terms of guaranteed modest box office.
I agree with you but I'm not sure that Dreamworks currently counts as 'studios'.
Messofanego
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Buzzfeed and ridiculous, why I never!
sixteen-bit
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hahahaha
a secret-boss
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Finally saw Robocop. The remake wasnt bad at all. Its a good remake for the present generation. Nostalgia people just didnt give it a chance
Ignatz Mouse
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Nice to see Peabody with decent legs.
Friday Box Office Estimates
1) Divergent - $22.8M
2) Muppets Most Wanted - $4.7M
3) God's Not Dead - $2.8M
4) Mr. Peabody and Sherman - $2.7M - $72M total
5) 300: Rise of an Empire - $2.4M - $87M total
6) Need for Speed - $2.2M - $24M total
x) Veronica Mars - $140k (-86%)
- Divergent is probably heading for a $50M weekend
- Muppets Most Wanted is underperforming as well, and will come in way under the opening of the last movie.
- Seems like Veronica Mars had a really limited audience that has evaporated now that the opening weekend has passed.
1) Divergent - $22.8M
2) Muppets Most Wanted - $4.7M
3) God's Not Dead - $2.8M
4) Mr. Peabody and Sherman - $2.7M - $72M total
5) 300: Rise of an Empire - $2.4M - $87M total
6) Need for Speed - $2.2M - $24M total
x) Veronica Mars - $140k (-86%)
- Divergent is probably heading for a $50M weekend
- Muppets Most Wanted is underperforming as well, and will come in way under the opening of the last movie.
- Seems like Veronica Mars had a really limited audience that has evaporated now that the opening weekend has passed.
Hero_of_the_Day
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Wow at Divergent. I can't believe people are seeing that piece of shit. Most generic trailers I've ever seen. Guess that Twilight crowd is hungry.
It won't be nearly as successful as either of those. We're probably looking at $125-150M domestic based on this weekend. Still much better than most films in that genre.
I'm not sure if it was mentioned last week, but Frozen is doing really well in Japan. It's pretty much guaranteed to pass Toy Story 3 as the highest grossing animated film of all time worldwide now.
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