It probably will. Kingsman's legs were good, but not that amazing. It just released during a slow period, so it was able to stay in the top 5 for longer than usual. Hell, Interstellar had better legs and we wrote that off as a (domestic) disappointment. If you look at well reviewed films that skew towards an older audience, a 3.5x multiplier is not that uncommon.
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It probably will. Kingsman's legs were good, but not that amazing. It just released during a slow period, so it was able to stay in the top 5 for longer than usual. Hell, Interstellar had better legs and we wrote that off as a (domestic) disappointment. If you look at well reviewed films that skew towards an older audience, a 3.5x multiplier is not that uncommon.
You must be a boring guy to hang out with!
Huh, really? Did you read my post or just saw "fatigue" in it and immediately decided to quote? I'm saying it might be possible that the genre reached a peak with the original Avengers and that a relatively mild slowdown might happen in the future? Never talked about Avengers 2 doing badly (it obviously didn't).
I must say, one massive revolution Marvel brought to movie talks is corporate fanboyism, before it was mostly relegated to animation studios and that wasn't really a thing after a while.
Man-is-Obsolete
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I think Mad Max will be fine. It will clear $130 in the U.S. alone and world wide seems to be shaping up well. Combine that with a rocky development period that can be resolved for the next film and what will likely be a successful home video release a sequel I think has the potential to turn a better profit.
pixelation
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My man!
Interstellar had amazing legs. It's issue was the opening weekend and high expectations.
Yep. $4 billion for Marvel turned out to be a bargain for Disney in 2009 considering the huge growth the brand has had since then.
xaosslug
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but you are clearly WRONG as the success of Marvel's movies/universe proves. It's not like this is the 'advent' of comic book movies - there have been valiant efforts for years. Meanwhile, nothing as ridiculously successful as Marvel's synergistic universe. Regardless of how close attention peeps pay to each movie they are obviously aware of the bigger scope each movie has in the universe, and peeps LOVE it.
I mean one would think the success of the MCU speaks for itself.
Shockingly just because Neo Gaf hates every movie that is not marvel/disney it doesn't mean that movie will bomb.
demosthenes
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Movie was also critically blasted.
We must read different NeoGAFs.
The thing about the infinity stones is, at the moment, their overarching lore really doesn't matter, and that's exactly as it should be. Every stone that has appeared has been used as powerful mcguffins and little more. They operate within the confines of their own movies in order to make any kind of sense for casual viewers. The whole point of the infinity stone plot line in the MCU up to now has entirely been for the benefit of the hardcore fan. It's expanded slightly in every movie so hardcore fans can become more invested in each new film. This doesn't matter at all for the average viewer because it shouldn't. It's not for them in the first place. Much like the after credits scenes, they're bonus material for nerds to enjoy. It also has the dual benefit of enticing new fans to delve deeper into the MCU lore. The more invested they become, the more likely they are to see each new installment in order to keep up with the meta-narrative spanning the entire MCU. Criticizing the MCU for the infinity stone plot going over the heads of casual audiences misses the purpose of their inclusion entirely, regardless of whether or not the experiment works for any given individual.
You can bet your ass the stones will be summed up in such a way in Infinity War that seeing every single prior MCU stone appearance will not be a requisite to understanding what they are.
You can bet your ass the stones will be summed up in such a way in Infinity War that seeing every single prior MCU stone appearance will not be a requisite to understanding what they are.
I think it can work, but certainly not in the hands of people with ties to Bad Robot. They've made an artform out of being the real life equivalent of that "it's fucking nothing" gif.
Finaika
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I think Ant-Man will do even better than AoU, because people haven't seen a shrinking superhero on the big screen before.
Discotheque
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mcu worldbuilding is so...tired. i'm not a big fan of the approach they've been going with so far. like who cared about that infinity glove dream that thor has, shit just throws you out of the movie and made age of ultron drag longer than it should have. this exposition overload that's been popping up in countless movies recently has gotten a bit grating.
i need that 'throw you into the shit and figure it out' thing that fury road did. such immense detail and nothing needed to be really explained much. I hope suicide squad does something like this considering it's a team of established villains.
i need that 'throw you into the shit and figure it out' thing that fury road did. such immense detail and nothing needed to be really explained much. I hope suicide squad does something like this considering it's a team of established villains.
Jables Swan
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This can't be expressed enough.
Finaika
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They're totally different genres.
Mad Max is pure action, while Age of Ultron is drama/comedy.
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AOU drama/comedy, really? lol
Surely it has those elements (as does Fury Road), but come on.
It was okay.
So is transformers. The target audience for those movies don't care.
All MCU movies are action comedies with a different flavor (sci-fi, "political thriller", fantasy, etc.)
Ninja Scooter
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But every character drops a one-liner after each action scene so it's HILARIOUS!
Guys, I posted it before the updated worldwide result. I get it.
Nothing I love more than MCU hater salt. I drink your milkshake! My daughter has been asking to see it again, so we went spur of the moment tonight-and the 6:40 and 7:20 showings were both sold out.
Glad to see Mad Max didn't drop off too much. I think word of mouth is really helping.
Tommorowland was a big disappointment for me. As the other poster mentioned-it's the embodiment of the "it's fucking nothing" GIF.
Glad to see Mad Max didn't drop off too much. I think word of mouth is really helping.
Tommorowland was a big disappointment for me. As the other poster mentioned-it's the embodiment of the "it's fucking nothing" GIF.
Resident4t.
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It's not going to completely bomb by the looks of it, so maybe they'll just make a sequel based on the insanely positive response to the movie. That may just be me dreaming, though.
I'm guessing it has to hit at least 300 million?
These threads are the funniest things on this website.
Yup, I think it's worth noting that WB's own Sherlock Holmes sequel opened with just under $40m but ended up with $186m in the US and $545m worldwide.
Now I'm not saying that MM:FR will absolutely copy that but it's worth baring in mind that, like the Bond films, older audiences tend to go and see films later in their run rather than rush out and check it out ASAP.
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Much like Road Warrior, you can go in cold.
BronsonLee
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Young man, all you need to understand Fury Road is...,
*takes drag on cigarette*
-- to have lived a life of regret and pain.
*plans Bruce Springsteen record*
I guess some people take Devin Faraci more seriously than I thought.
This would be a dream. But I just remembered the Sherlock Holmes movies open during the Holidays which have a totally different leg-game.
BronsonLee
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Speaking of this, where the hell is the third Sherlock Holmes movie?! Say what you will about it, but I always love what Ritchie does with it, action wise. They're fun ass movies
IIRC, it got caught in that weird spot where the second one did fine, but it wasn't so overly successful where they felt the need to go forward with a sequel right away. Downey confirmed it was still happening last fall, so I imagine that they've just been waiting for Ritchie to finish up with The Man from UNCLE.
Are you telling me you didn't feel excited or EMOTIONAL?
breadtruck
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Yes please
MrPink93485
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Looks like Mad Max had a better Sat/Sun than originally projected, 4 day estimate is 32.1 million
https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/602841301994844160
https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/602841301994844160
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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Go, Max.
You have no point so you insult others who don't like what you like? Mad Max fans are even worse than the movie.
BronsonLee
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It turned out to be a box office explosion?
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