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Wkd Box Office 0522-2415 - Disney's house is clean, Tomorrow lands @ #1
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The Rock and his ability to draw crowds.
Mr. Pointy
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The billions...
and billions
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You're right about San Andreas, but not Mad Max.
It breaks my heart to see Tomorrowland doing bad. The marketing for that film destroyed it. You can't get children in the seats with all that mystery Lindelof crap. Should have been promoting all sorts of devices, (jetpacks etc.) as toys for the film. I was surprised that they didn't show anything of the first 20 minutes of that movie, the stuff that is what children would love.
So is Tomorrowland any good? I'm thinking about going today, but Lindelof being attached to project worries me.
I thought it was a fun movie. The payoff is dumb, but the journey to get there is great.
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Tomorrowland definitely has its problems. But a lot of it is great fun to watch. It isn't bad movie. More like a great movie that turns mediocre during the last parts of the film.
SCULLIBUNDO
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Yes. Go see it.
Finaika
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Best Disney movie so far this year.
Messofanego
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As Tomorrowland's villain (Hugh Laurie) informs the audience, humans can't be bothered to fix things like overpopulation and war and environmental collapse because we're lazy, we fear change, and we like dystopias.
This is the best part of Tomorrowland, actually, when Laurie is ranting about how humans are so dull and passive that we somehow have simultaneous epidemics of obesity and starvation, and how we're more interested in playing apocalyptic video games (see above) than we are in changing our destructive behaviors. Here's the thing: He's saying smart stuff! These are good things to think about! But Tomorrowland doesn't actually address these issues—it just brings them up, and then two minutes later it "solves" them by basically saying, "Think positive! And hope that you're smart and cool and pretty enough to be invited to Tomorrowland, where everything is better."
This is the best part of Tomorrowland, actually, when Laurie is ranting about how humans are so dull and passive that we somehow have simultaneous epidemics of obesity and starvation, and how we're more interested in playing apocalyptic video games (see above) than we are in changing our destructive behaviors. Here's the thing: He's saying smart stuff! These are good things to think about! But Tomorrowland doesn't actually address these issues—it just brings them up, and then two minutes later it "solves" them by basically saying, "Think positive! And hope that you're smart and cool and pretty enough to be invited to Tomorrowland, where everything is better."
Yeah, I honestly didn't get why Hugh Laurie's character was made a villain. I still liked the movie, even if it was a bit of a mess.
btw another movie from this year that seems bleak and misanthropic but is actually quite humanistic is A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence. My favourite movie of 2015 so far.
Mr. Pointy
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So unless The Last Witch Hunter does extremely well for Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson's going to be the highest grossing actor of the year again.
Actually, I forgot Samuel L. Jackson was in Kingsman and AoU and he's in Hateful 8 this year. San Andreas will have to do crazy numbers if The Rock wants that title.
So unless The Last Witch Hunter does extremely well for Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson's going to be the highest grossing actor of the year again.
Actually, I forgot Samuel L. Jackson was in Kingsman and AoU and he's in Hateful 8 this year. San Andreas will have to do crazy numbers if The Rock wants that title.
Mass_Pincup
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Tommorowland was a really shitty movie as opposed to Mad Max, which actually as the same message.
starchild excalibur
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It's okay. There are some fun segments in it, but the story is a bit meh. If you're super curious about it, I'd recommend seeing it at matinee.
If this year's Mission Impossible does as well as the previous one did, Jeremy Renner might actually be the top grossing actor of the year. Ghost Protocol made close to $700M.
Jackson's Age of Ultron role was too brief to really count.
lol.
Actually it is probably Roy Andersson's most humanistic film since En Kärlekshistoria (A Swedish Love Story <- I do hate that title) but it still has a very bleak and cynical streak although some of the cynicism of the film targets Sweden and aspects of its culture/history more specifically so I'm not sure on how much of it translates to other countries. I should probably make another post going into more depth in the other film thread but that would have to wait until I rewatch it, might pick up the Roy Andersson blu-ray collection that Artificial Eye is putting out soon in the UK since it doesn't appear to be one for Sweden.
PhoncipleBone
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And Poltergeist just did a nose dive. I know horror films usually have a steep second weekend drop.
RastaMentality
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So is San Andreas likely to be a Top 10 hit this year?
San Andreas Stats
A- Cinemascore, 51% female, 70% over 25, 44% 3D share.
Domestic? Not a chance. A $53M opening translates to $120M with shitty legs and $175M with good legs for an action film. There are already 6 films over $160M, and probably at least another 10 that will hit that mark (2 Pixar films, Jurassic World, Bond, Hunger Games, Star Wars, Minions, etc)
A- Cinemascore, 51% female, 70% over 25, 44% 3D share.
Domestic? Not a chance. A $53M opening translates to $120M with shitty legs and $175M with good legs for an action film. There are already 6 films over $160M, and probably at least another 10 that will hit that mark (2 Pixar films, Jurassic World, Bond, Hunger Games, Star Wars, Minions, etc)
Its legs are pretty good. Both weekends have had 45% drop off so far but taking the whole week into account, 2nd week drop off was only 39%. If it keeps up that rate of drop off it stands to make $163M domestic after 15 weeks.
Great for a Rock film
ViewtifulJC
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I think MM legs are doing just fine. Its gonna end on the high-end of that $120-150m range its $45 million opening set a course for.
It's his best debut ever outside of Fast 5-7
Furious 7 is now at $1.506B worldwide.
Pitch Perfect made $14.8M this weekend for a total of $147M domestic. Worldwide total is $228M.
Age of Ultron will probably end around $100M short of Furious 7. Japan has yet to launch, but a $950M overseas total is looking likely for AoU. European and Chinese legs were pretty bad.
The Outsider
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I think that was implied. There is no domestic race.
Weekend Studio Estimates:
1) San Andreas - $53.2M
2) Pitch Perfect 2 - $14.8M - $148M total
3) Tomorrowland - $13.8M - $63M total
4) Mad Max: Fury Road - $13.3M - $116M total
5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $10.9M - $427M total (#10 of all time domestic now)
6) Aloha - $10.0M
7) Poltergeist - $7.8M - $38M total
Avengers Age of Ultron is now sitting at $1.321B worldwide. It will pass Deadly Hallows 2 next weekend for #5 of all time (worldwide). It will not catch Furious 7 (or Avengers if F7 beats that) for #4.
Tomorrowland is at $133M worldwide.
1) San Andreas - $53.2M
2) Pitch Perfect 2 - $14.8M - $148M total
3) Tomorrowland - $13.8M - $63M total
4) Mad Max: Fury Road - $13.3M - $116M total
5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $10.9M - $427M total (#10 of all time domestic now)
6) Aloha - $10.0M
7) Poltergeist - $7.8M - $38M total
Avengers Age of Ultron is now sitting at $1.321B worldwide. It will pass Deadly Hallows 2 next weekend for #5 of all time (worldwide). It will not catch Furious 7 (or Avengers if F7 beats that) for #4.
Tomorrowland is at $133M worldwide.
alfredofroylan
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San Andreas Budget was $110, so it seems that is going to make some money back, wonder if some people get confused expecting a GTA movie adaptation.
PhoncipleBone
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Funny enough, I am wearing my old GTA San Andreas shirt today and someone asked if the movie was good this weekend.
Today's high school seniors were in Grade 1 when San Andreas came out. PS2 is now considered retro by that age group and we are old.
Napoleonthechimp
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I really enjoyed the hopeful sci-fi stuff (including the super technology) and the make-believe secret history with Tesla and others. But... it is a pretty empty story beyond that.
crazy monkey
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or branden fraser comes back. but i agree i need more of those movies
BattleMonkey
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Believe that the budget got inflated due to production issues and delays
The Elite
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The film seemed to have been in some sort of production for 15 years with constant delays. I guess they bundled that amount into the final budget.
What ended up on screen wasn't a $150 million movie.
part of the problem
a secret-boss
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I was happy MM to be on third last time I saw the Box Office ranking 
BronsonLee
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I'd like to think Warner is smart enough to know that a Mad Max sequel would have a smaller budget and a higher ceiling due to Fury Road.
I also wonder if they should just go PG-13. Miller didn't need dat R
And finally, Slayven what the fuck
I also wonder if they should just go PG-13. Miller didn't need dat R
And finally, Slayven what the fuck
Normally I'd argue against it, but for what was in FR, that movie could have easily been PG-13 with a few modifications.I'd like to think Warner is smart enough to know that a Mad Max sequel would have a smaller budget and a higher ceiling due to Fury Road.
I also wonder if they should just go PG-13. Miller didn't need dat R
And finally, Slayven what the fuck
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