Razgriz-Specter
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I do believe Marvel has peaked, however Super Heroes in general is too early to tell until BvsS and Justice League.
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Wkd Box Office 0612-1415 - It's Jurassic World, we all just live in it, dino-might!
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I do believe Marvel has peaked, however Super Heroes in general is too early to tell until BvsS and Justice League.
With wishful thinking.
Anywho, props to Jurassic World. I wish I could have seen it opening weekend but not being homeless and moving cross country unfortunately take precedent.
Crazy number for Jurassic World. Movie was good but surprised it almost shattered the record. Goes to show what proper marketing can do.
I'm more surprised at the Pitch Perfect 2 drop. Why did it only drop 20.8 percent this past weekend? Did Universal run some bundle promo showings this weekend with Pitch Perfect 2 and Jurassic World together?
I'm more surprised at the Pitch Perfect 2 drop. Why did it only drop 20.8 percent this past weekend? Did Universal run some bundle promo showings this weekend with Pitch Perfect 2 and Jurassic World together?
I don't think Jurassic World's success means anything other than the IP still being a major player. That's as far as you can extrapolate. Prior to JW, no one was saying the only viable blockbusters were capes films either, especially in the wake of F7.
Man, I want it to do well because it'll hopefully be a great flick but the glee of seeing doomsayers move their goal posts once again would be a fantastic cherry on top.
Are you for real?
What I'm saying is, the biggest sh movie of the year (and the biggest in years) could not beat 2 (and probably 3 with SW) other kind of films targeted at the same demographic, people made a choice.
Future Foundation
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If anything, the Ant-Man release will add fuel to the fire if it underperforms. It'll be like when Green Lantern came out.
And that choice being super hero films are still immensely, outrageously popular. Stop peddling your delusional shit.
ehhhhhhhh
Lets wait for Civil War, BvS and Suicide Squad, all of which sound way more interesting than the #5 highest grossing film of all time, Age of Ultron.
I didn't say they are unpopular, I said they peaked. I sincerely doubt any cbfilm will have a larger box office than Avengers or be more critically acclaimed than TDK.
igordennis
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Holy shit no one expected this. No one.
Finaika
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I think this has the potential to be even bigger than Jurassic World.
When was the last Honey I Shrunk the Kids movie?
Some Worldwide box office updates:
Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.362B
Tomorrowland - $187M
Pitch Perfect 2 - $262M
Furious 7 - $1.511B
Spy - $137M
San Andreas - $373M
Mad Max: Fury Road - $334M
Jurassic World killed a lot of holdovers. T
The Furious 7 number looks wrong unless Universal adjusted some of their previously reported overseas earnings down, but if that is correct, it won't pass Avengers. Last week's estimate was $1.510B.
Unless you are modifying this with "in the next 5 years" this is a pretty dumb prediction.
Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.362B
Tomorrowland - $187M
Pitch Perfect 2 - $262M
Furious 7 - $1.511B
Spy - $137M
San Andreas - $373M
Mad Max: Fury Road - $334M
Jurassic World killed a lot of holdovers. T
The Furious 7 number looks wrong unless Universal adjusted some of their previously reported overseas earnings down, but if that is correct, it won't pass Avengers. Last week's estimate was $1.510B.
Unless you are modifying this with "in the next 5 years" this is a pretty dumb prediction.
Plasticine
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Jurassic Cinematic Universe incoming.
We can only hope.
Which is just more of your sad wishful thinking that they're "going the way of the western."
This is kind of a foolish thing to say since no one was expecting Avengers or TDK to have the success they did either.
Sho_Nuff82
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A peak merely implies that the popularity has crested and can't be achieved again.
For a gaming analogy, Call of Duty is still the biggest annual franchise but it clearly peaked with either Modern Warfare 2 or the first Black Ops in terms of popularity.
BvS, Avengers 3, Cap 3, and GOTG 2 can all be tremendously successful without ever passing the first Avengers.
bananafactory
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I think Infinity War will be their peak.
alfredofroylan
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What makes his statement silly is the fact that you could have presented that same argument 3-4 times in the past 25 years and seemed to have been perfectly justified for a number of years.
Batman is the peak! Batman Returns couldn't match it. No wait, Spider-man is the peak! Spider-man 2 came up short. Actually it looks like The Dark Knight is the Peak! etc, etc.
It made over $500 million worldwide already.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/jurassic-world-destroys-record-global-box-office-debut-154612761.html
Holy Crap.
https://www.yahoo.com/movies/s/jurassic-world-destroys-record-global-box-office-debut-154612761.html
Holy Crap.
I love that there's a villain whose only aspiration is to be evil. Like, being a super genius half man/half pteradactyl mind control vampire just wasn't enough for the guy.
Yea these things go in cycles, hell Sony fucked up even with the no.1 superhero and former box office king in Spider-Man. Superhero films are going to have a lot more competition, which is great for everyone.
I was gonna go with Jurassic Universe.
You know, get all Galactic and shit with Dinosaurs in Space.
But that works too.
Isn't he the legendary character from this panel?
Like I said, the movie-going public ain't ready for Sauron.
Bobby Roberts
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Seriously, if Fox wanted, they could have both Jurassic World AND Guardians of the Galaxy ready to go in one property. Stick the X-Force in the savage lands, and start a Cyclops and the Starjammers series in outer space.
Cross 'em over in the third movie. X-Force has mentally controlled the dinosaurs and team up with the Starjammers to take out some interstellar threat. Mutants riding Dinosaurs fighting Aliens in outer-space.
BILLIONS.
Cross 'em over in the third movie. X-Force has mentally controlled the dinosaurs and team up with the Starjammers to take out some interstellar threat. Mutants riding Dinosaurs fighting Aliens in outer-space.
BILLIONS.
George Oscar Bluth II
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I have waited my entire life for this.
It's not gonna happen anytime soon, is it?
Future Foundation
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Why you showing me shit I can't have, Bob?
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Give me 20th Century Fox, I'll reshape Los Angeles into a vision of perfection.
This, again? People suddenly become economic geniuses when talking about box office figures for genres they don't like. "The bubble has burst!"
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Give me the Fantastic Four and I will make nerds cry tears of joy. I have ideas, man.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Oh, and whatever Blomkamp's doing on Alien 5? I'm shutting it down.
And I'm putting McTiernan on a new Predator movie.
And I'm putting McTiernan on a new Predator movie.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
That's a very narrow focus you're using.
UberTag
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I only want this if Pratt can star opposite himself.
I did my part for the box office this weekend by catching Mad Max: Fury Road twice over the past 4 days.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Bobby, you're now in charge of Fox (in your imagination) and you don't even mention A New Hope? Where are your priorities, man?
That's right. We shitpost everything!
Every third or fourth post is basicly "LULZ, the movie made only 1.3 billion dollars".
Maybe I am so annoyed by this shit that I notice them more than other, but there not to deny that most of BoxofficeGAF is posting this most the time.
starchild excalibur
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Holy hell. Knew it'd do well, but didn't imagine it'd do that well opening weekend. Good for them, I guess.
Bobby Roberts
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That was the bomb I was gonna drop when nobody was looking...
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