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[Matt_]

Yeah.

I don't see what is so crappy about Despicable Me 2

Some people in this thread need to check their salt levels and stop acting like their personal taste is on a higher plane of existence than everyone else's

 

[freenudemacusers]

Yeah.

well the original did a well-earned half billion worldwide

 

[3N16MA]

Pacific Rim should just have used rubber costumes and plastic. Too much of a high budget for something not named Godzilla.

I'm glad they went all out. Even if there is no sequel I can be happy that we got this film and they did not hold back.

 

[Xzeon]

Zimmerman verdict and now Pacific rimmed by shitty Sandler movies

Fuck this planet

pretty much exactly how i feel lol.

Murrica really let us down yesterday.

 

[Buddha Beam]

well the original did a well-earned half billion worldwide

I know and to this day I can't figure it out. I chalked up the original's success to there being nothing better for parents to show their kids at the time. Apparently I was wrong.

 

[wrowa]

I've yet to see a single appealing commercial for Pacific Rim, so I'm not surprised in the slightest. They put a huge budget behind the movie, but they don't seem to know how to market it.

 

[kswiston]

So other than World War Z, it looks like Now You See Me stands a good chance of outgrossing all of the big budget attempts at a new action franchise this summer. I suppose Pacific Rim could pull ahead with good legs, and the creators of R.I.P.D. could forge some pact with Satan in the next week, but it's already beaten out The Lone Ranger, White House Down, and After Earth on 1/3 to 1/2 the budget.

 

[Maninthemirror]

movies which were saved by OS performance:


1. Life of Pi, 125 Million Domestic, 484 Million OS

2. Casino Royale, 164 Million Domestic, 432 Million OS

3. Quantum of Solace, 168 Million Domestic, 418 Million OS

4. The Smurfs, 142 Million Domestic, 421 Million OS

5. The Last Samurai, 111 Million Domestic, 346 Million OS


There is STILL hope for PR

 

[freenudemacusers]

I know and to this day I can't figure it out. I chalked up the original's success to there being nothing better for parents to show their kids at the time. Apparently I was wrong.

it's a fun movie with a little old school looney tunes edge to it. sorry the sequel category 7'd the robot movie

 

[kswiston]

movies which were saved by OS performance:


1. Life of Pi, 125 Million Domestic, 484 Million OS

2. Casino Royale, 164 Million Domestic, 432 Million OS

3. Quantum of Solace, 168 Million Domestic, 418 Million OS

4. The Smurfs, 142 Million Domestic, 421 Million OS

5. The Last Samurai, 111 Million Domestic, 346 Million OS


There is STILL hope for PR

Pacific Rim will need to make The Last Samurai money in Japan (and Mission Impossible 4 money in China) to reach the heights of those other films, because most Western Markets seem cold on the film. Unfortunately for PR, it doesn't carry Tom Cruise.

 

[3N16MA]

So other than World War Z, it looks like Now You See Me stands a good chance of outgrossing all of the big budget attempts at a new action franchise this summer. I suppose Pacific Rim could pull ahead with good legs, and the creators of R.I.P.D. could forge some pact with Satan in the next week, but it's already beaten out The Lone Ranger, White House Down, and After Earth on 1/3 to 1/2 the budget.

It's going to be bad for R.I.P.D.

 

[ultrazilla]

Taking the family to see Pacific Rim again today. Totally needs the support. It does not deserve third place.

Fun, fun, fun movie.

 

[3N16MA]

Taking the family to see Pacific Rim again today. Totally needs the support. It does not deserve third place.

Fun, fun, fun movie.

Had a better time watching PR and FF6 compared to IM3 and MoS this summer.

 

[Toxi]

Disappointing, but expected.

It's all in the marketing. It's amazing how incompetent fucks can't make a good trailer for a movie that is full of great trailer moments. Just adding a real soundtrack to the trailers would have made them better, but nooooo, every trailer has to reuse the tired old Inception BWOOOOONG that we're all sick of.

or better yet, used this budget for a serious effort at a live-action Eva. It's all I could think about while watching this film

Those awful rebuild films and End of Evangelion weren't enough for you?

It's pretty awesome that Fast and Furious 6 has made that much money in total.

Yeah, I'm glad about that.

 

[Dead]

I'd feel bad about pacific rim bombing bit it's simply not that good. Wretched acting, id4 plot, all action at night...

Oh well.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

It's going to be bad for R.I.P.D.

If it makes more than $15 mil next weekend, I will be surprised.

 

[inm8num2]

I've yet to see a single appealing commercial for Pacific Rim, so I'm not surprised in the slightest. They put a huge budget behind the movie, but they don't seem to know how to market it.

I think they did a fine job of emphasizing what the film is about. They just forgot that most American audiences need star power to see something they might not otherwise be interested in.

It was honest marketing, just not very effective.

 

[nhlducks35]

It's going to be bad for R.I.P.D.

At least the title's accurate

 

[Ridley327]

If it makes more than $15 mil next weekend, I will be surprised.

The marketing has been so desperate with that Macklemore song being featured in all the ads. Desperation is a stinky cologne.

 

[Zabka]

What a shame. PR is a movie that needs to be seen in theaters but they really screwed up selling it.

"Hmm, tracking not doing so well. Release another trailer with the 'Canceling the apocalypse!' line, but this time slower and more dramatic!"

 

[kswiston]

If it makes more than $15 mil next weekend, I will be surprised.

You don't think American audiences have been clamoring for a ghost cop buddy movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Rooster Cogburn?

 

[Ridley327]

You don't think American audiences have been clamoring for a ghost cop buddy movie starring Ryan Reynolds and Rooster Cogburn?

"If we keep tricking people into thinking it's a new MiB film, it will surely do MiB numbers!"

I strongly suspect that an executive had this exact line of thinking.

 

[Mario007]

Heh and based on how boss the previews were I thought it had a legit shot at the Billion.

I dunno, this is a reboot and basically a franchise setitng movie so I always had my doubts about the billion mark. I though it could overtake ASM and then revised it down to just 700 but it looks like it'll be hard for it to do that well.

Biggest Superman Movie without Inflation
2nd Biggest Superman Movie with Inflation
3rd biggest Origin/Reboot Movie WW

bigger than Iron Man and about to Pass Iron Man 2 for 7th All time WW in Comic Book movies.

Oh no, I agree, this movie is huge. Basically MoS is the biggest origin movie apart from the two Spidermans which is huge. It's a great success, I'm just saying that I personally thought it could do better but the drops are too big this week.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

The marketing has been so desperate with that Macklemore song being featured in all the ads. Desperation is a stinky cologne.

I even like that song but when I saw that commercial, it just screamed lazy. Whatever song was most popular when that trailer was being made, it was getting put in. Doesn't matter if it fit or not, they were going to shoehorn it in to hope that it would grab people.

The budget for RIPD is insanely high considering it doesn't come off looking much better than Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.

I'm putting my money on RIPD being the true la bomba of Summer 2013.

 

[Maninthemirror]

I dunno, this is a reboot and basically a franchise setitng movie so I always had my doubts about the billion mark. I though it could overtake ASM and then revised it down to just 700 but it looks like it'll be hard for it to do that well.


Oh no, I agree, this movie is huge. Basically MoS is the biggest origin movie apart from the two Spidermans which is huge. It's a great success, I'm just saying that I personally thought it could do better but the drops are too big this week.

It lost all its imax screens to pacific rim this week is one reason

 

[Eric Hall]

I could honestly see all of those movies bombing pretty hard. Depending on word of mouth Pacific Rim could actually have a small chance for resurgence over at least a few of those. I expect Despicable Me to continue to be strong as well over Turbo.

I don't know, I feel like The Conjuring could have a pretty solid weekend. It's been awhile since an actual horror movie opened up in wide release (I'm not counting World War Z) and The Purge opened to $34 back in June. Although, Despicable Me 2 could just repeat as #1 again, even with the release of Turbo.

I can see Pacific Rim possibly staying in the top 5 though, depending on how much Grown Ups 2 drops next weekend.

 

[black_13]

Jesus fucking christ. Pacific Rim got beaten by Grown ups?

Seriously if you didn't watch Pacific Rim this weekend then you better shut the hell up about Hollywood coming up with original movies.

I'm going to watch Pacific Rim again. I don't get affected by Box office results alot but this is just sad.

 

[lefantome]

dammit!


I hope in word of mouth, merchandising and bluray love.
It has to have a sequel!


are you ready for a 190 millions $ kickstarter? lol

 

[Escape Goat]

Jesus fucking christ. Pacific Rim got beaten by Grown ups?

Seriously if you didn't watch Pacific Rim this weekend then you better shut the hell up about Hollywood coming up with original movies.

I'm going to watch Pacific Rim again. I don't get affected by Box office results alot but this is just sad.

You seem pretty emotional for someone who doesn't let box office results affect them.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Can't believe how well that piece of shit WWZ is making off.

 

[Toxi]

You seem pretty emotional for someone who doesn't let box office results affect them.

He said these particular box office figures affected him in his post. :-\

Can't believe how well that piece of shit WWZ is making off.

Considering it has nothing to do with the book, I'm at least happy that a movie that isn't an adaptation or sequel is doing well.

 

[gdt]

Pacific Rim is too good for this shit. What a crowd pleaser.

 

[Sean]

Shouldn't Pacific Rim be an easy movie to market? Big robots. Monsters. 2500 tons Of awesome. 3D.

Marketing budget and focus on MoS wouldn't have helped I guess.

It's being marketed as a "big robots" action movie but the action just doesn't look as exciting as Transformers to be honest. When you watch a trailer for TF you're constantly saying "holy shit" - meteors destroying Paris, Chicago becoming a war zone with collapsing buildings, tons of awesome money shots like this:

The robots in Pacific Rim are much slower, they don't talk or have much of a personality, there's no cool transforming sequences, there's only like four mechs total (3 of which are barely used), all of the fights take place at night or in the water and there's not much city destruction or "epic" set pieces.

I really enjoyed Pacific Rim but it's a tough sell for the mainstream audience.

 

[Kusagari]

I will never understand how Del Toro got so much money to make this movie.

I'm glad he did but I just don't get it.

The only two people on the planet who could make a movie with this premise a box office success are James Cameron and Michael Bay.

 

[XiaNaphryz]

I will never understand how Del Toro got so much money to make this movie.

And that was on top of ILM taking a 50% discount on the vfx bid and getting more budget to do 3D conversion work that wasn't originally planned.

 

[Escape Goat]

just look at that gif. its a video game. theres nothing there to hook a wide audience. no marketable actors or director and all you have to market is splosions and robots.

 

[Xzeon]

Pacific RIm was super fun, just really fun and fucking awesome.

it was colorful, creative, stylized, fast paced, i liked the characters, the fights were awesome, the mechs were awesome the monsters were awesome. it was like Power Rangers on full throttle insanity! whats not to love.

it walked the line of campy and dramatic, it was fun but i could take it seriously when it needed to be serious.

the monsters and mechs all had weight to them and the impact they had on the environment felt real, everything felt right, like the physics and weight of how things moved.

the movie was just really pretty too, the colors, everything glowed, it was just beautiful.

everyone is afraid of color these days.

and i liked the human characters, i actually gave a fuck about what happened to most of them.

i feel like this is what Transformers wishes it could be, this is everything Transformers is not.

also, when i saw Iron Man 3, i really loved it. but after a few days of watching reviews and really thinking about it, its not that good. IM3 had a lot of things wrong with it.

IM3 does not deserve to be in the Billion dollar club, PR deserved to make way more money and GU2 should not exist.

but hey, its a miracle PR even got made, and for that i am very happy. it was the first time in a long while i was actually happy, and filled with joy while watching a movie. for a brief 2 hours, i felt like i was seeing something amazing, and i loved it.

Pacific Rim will join the ranks of Scott Pilgrim and Speed Racer, 3 movies that deserved so much more.

i want to go see PR again and plan on buying a Gypsy Danger toy.

http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=19790016

i fucking loved it, i really really hope there is a sequel.

i also knew PR would get stomped by Grown Ups 2, but i am pleasantly surprised that Despicable Me 2 is number 1 and NOT GU2, so, at least GU2 is not on top.

 

[Doctor Decimate]

just look at that gif. its a video game. theres nothing there to hook a wide audience. no marketable actors or director and all you have to market is splosions and robots.

That's a Transformers gif

 

[Toxi]

It's being marketed as a "big robots" action movie but the action just doesn't look as exciting as Transformers to be honest. When you watch a trailer for TF you're constantly saying "holy shit" - meteors destroying Paris, Chicago becoming a war zone with collapsing buildings, tons of awesome money shots like this:

The robots in Pacific Rim are much slower, they don't talk or have much of a personality, there's no cool transforming sequences, there's only like four mechs total (3 of which are barely used), all of the fights take place at night or in the water and there's not much city destruction or "epic" set pieces.

I really enjoyed Pacific Rim but it's a tough sell for the mainstream audience.

I don't know about that. The only trailer scene that I saw people really get excited about was the rocket punch, and that move is slow as hell. Most people who have seen the movie also thought the slow action scenes were good, so why are they a problem in the trailer?

I think the trailers misrepresented the film to be much more serious and dour than it actually is. Playing the main theme of the movie instead of the typical "BWOOOOONG" might have helped.

 

[Subitai]

Pacific Rim had the most original visual imagination of any film this year. Especially the that ending. Definitely the film that took you someplace else the most this summer through 3D.


Also, I too have no idea why they didn't use the theme in the trailers. Totally would have fit better that what they did use. It is such a waste considering it is Ramin Djawadi, the same guy who did the GoT theme.

 

[Admiral Bone to Pick]

Honestly, I'm pretty fatigued with action movies this summer. Man of Steel was particularly flat and boring in this regard. So I'm with the vast majority of the market that has no interest in Pacific Rim. Just doesn't look that great

 

[Sulik2]

I am hoping Pacific Rim has some legs because of good word of mouth. But the empty theaters I saw it in twice this weekend told the tale.

 

[Showaddy]

Honestly, I'm pretty fatigued with action movies this summer. Man of Steel was particularly flat and boring in this regard. So I'm with the vast majority of the market that has no interest in Pacific Rim. Just doesn't look that great

If you're fatigued this year just wait until 2015...

 

[ZoddGutts]

Emmerich's Godzilla made more than Pacific Rim will likely make, and it was released 15 years ago. I think that a Godzilla movie done right has the potential to make a decent amount of money. No idea if the 2014 take will be that movie though.

Don't see Godzilla new remake bombing. It's a well known IP worldwide, unlike Pacific Rim which was a new IP. Also the tone of the movie won't be in the same vain as Pacific Rim so it shouldn't turn off the audience from wanting to see it.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Man that's depressing news. Some crappy 3D sequel and an Adam Sandler piece of shit beating Pacific Rim. What is wrong with this country?

Despicable Me 2 is legit good though. GU2 never had a chance of being anything other than a steaming pile of shit after how bad the first was, but DM2 was great, very funny too...

 

[BertramCooper]

Now I feel obligated to see Pacific Rim at least one more time. Perhaps two.

It's awesome. Please don't die.

 

[Subitai]

Now I feel obligated to see Pacific Rim at least one more time. Perhaps two.

It's awesome. Please don't die.

I'm surprised it met your higher standards. I feel the same obligation.

 

[Batigol]

My girlfriend wants me to see grown ups 2 with her tomorrow.

Sorry guys

I haven't even seen the first one :lol

 

[Illithid Dude]

Pacific Rim did do better then expected though, so it isn't all bad. But seriously, fuck Sandler.

 

[Draconian]

Well, I am hyped for Pacific Rim still and look forward to seeing it this week. That being said, I'm not sure how it got such a high budget with no stars, the genre of the movie, and Guillermo del Toro not doing all that well at the BO historically. But hey, I enjoy seeing movies where me and my friends are some of the only people in the theater, but it's a shame it didn't do better. Still, there's the foreign BO and at least it didn't do a complete flop like John Carter (which I enjoyed). Anyway, this looks like a huge year for awesome sci-fi movies, so I'm happy enough that movies like this even get made.