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Wkd Box Office 0725-2714 - Lucy in the sky with superpowers, Dwayne kicks rocks
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Wafflecakes
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Next weekend should be interesting. Guardians is getting very good reviews, but I still have a hard time seeing it doing well mainstream.
I hope I am wrong, and I will try to go watch it.
I hope I am wrong, and I will try to go watch it.
neogaffer1
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The Hunger Games novels are good, and were pretty big, or at least were in my school. In comparison, Divergent is utter trash--it's a poorly written romance masked with barely thought out sci-fi. I don't think I saw anybody reading it, let alone enjoying it and recommending it to other people. I got bored this summer and read the book in about two days when I've read longer books in less than a day. It's something that you regularly sit back and wonder if it's worth getting through or just looking up on Wikipedia to find out how the story ends.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";122893564]And Edge of Tomorrow bombed ;_;[/QUOTE]
Dude, it totally didn't bomb.
Dude, it totally didn't bomb.
PistolGrip
sex vacation in Guam
after seeing the movie I would say surprisingly high.
Generally for films like that and with that budget you'd want to at least clear $100M domestic. Looks like it will crawl to that before the end. But yeah, it's more of an under-performer than bomb.
Ftfy
Anedotal: I have had quite a few of my friends asking me about Gaurdians of the Galaxy, simply because I read comics. Don't know shit about them, but they all seem really interested in the movie. They also have never asked.
I think the mystery, along with the trailer showing a Racoon with a jetpack and a talking tree is really getting interest from people. They don't know anything about them, but it is Marvel and is different. If the movie is as good as the reviews have been, I could see this one doing really well.
I'll return to lurking in this thread
JimmyRustler
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Holy shit. Now I was well aware that Hollywood likes to make movies seem better than they are with their trailers but this just takes in to another level.
Black-Wind
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Cap Marvel ... starring Scarjo ;]
(GoTG stinger shows BW cleaning up some Shield shits and gets exposed to a massive amount of Kree shits. Discovers her powers in AoU! Believe in the Black Marvel!)
But yeah, Marvel can suck the hairiest part of my ass if they can't work up the nerve to do a female lead movie anytime soon ...
Hey, at least it was Guardians that filled the void that would have been a Phase 2 Black Widow movie.
Monocle
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Good, I liked Maleficent more than ASM2. Not more than Winter Soldier though.
spookyfish
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The most depressing piece of information in that chart is that "Tammy" has almost made $80 million.
Eh. Anything that lends credence to the fact that a female film will sell, -- regardless of quality -- is ok with me.
Box Office Late Nights: ‘Guardians Of The Galaxy’ Highest Of 2014 With $11.2M; ‘Get On Up’$371K
At 7 pm, though, I think is earlier (aka highest amount of showings) than the others.
Anyway, amazing numbers. I'm afraid it's going to be very frontloaded, unless word of mouth spreads.
Edit: Derp, just noticed there's an image on the article:
At 7 pm, though, I think is earlier (aka highest amount of showings) than the others.
Anyway, amazing numbers. I'm afraid it's going to be very frontloaded, unless word of mouth spreads.
Edit: Derp, just noticed there's an image on the article:
BronsonLee
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Get On Up had more showings than GOTG at the theater I went at. It also has double the normal showings this weekend and beyond.
Fix your shit, Pearl!
Fix your shit, Pearl!
WyndhamPrice
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7 pm has become fairly standard in my area for a big tentpole release on a Thursday night. Captain America 2 did the same thing.
If GOTG opens at $80 million domestically, is my prediction of over $500 million worldwide solid? I thought it would settle between $500-600 million. Let's see how it does. Over $400 million is a success, but anything above half a billion is a massive success as far as I see it.
Let's hope it settles between $500-600 million, because someone is going to lose their Samsung.
Let's hope it settles between $500-600 million, because someone is going to lose their Samsung.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
People are hungry for some good times in space.
friskykillface
Banned
The Godians taking over D:
BronsonLee
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Holy crap, really? If they hit 100 mil this shit goes supernova.
And if it outgrosses ASM2...Sony just cough up the rights already
The power of the MCU.....& the GotG hype train that paid off big-time.
Bobby Roberts
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Well, here's an interesting question then...
...it's based on a comic book, but is Guardians of the Galaxy a superhero movie? Or is it just a sci-fi film?
I don't think it's only that. Winter Soldier, X-Men, and especially Guardians of the Galaxy all shook up the formula and all felt original. Amazing Spider-Man 2 pretty much just looked like more of the same.
Bobby Roberts
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Yeah, it looks like we're going to slot Guardians as a "superhero" film solely because Marvel's producing it, even though it's basically a straight up sci-fi film sans any of the trappings of a superhero film, or really, any superheroes.
The power of branding
The power of branding
TheJollyCorner
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So.... how did Godzilla end up doing WW?
I really liked it, so I hope it did well.
I really liked it, so I hope it did well.
BronsonLee
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Phenomenally. Sequel is en route.
I think it's a lock. GotG will hold much better, even if it has a smaller opening weekend.
$300 million international gross is good, but "phenomenally" is pushing it. It had very lousy legs in the US and overseas.
Yeah, it looks like we're going to slot Guardians as a "superhero" film solely because Marvel's producing it, even though it's basically a straight up sci-fi film sans any of the trappings of a superhero film, or really, any superheroes.
The power of branding
Do superheroes stop being superheroes when they are in space? Because Iron Man is just a guy in a high tech suit. I haven't seen GOTG yet, but assuming that the movie is similar, how is that different from the Nova Corps or Star Lord's gear? Was the first Thor a fantasy movie because it starred Norse Gods?
To me, if it's in the shared MCU, it's a superhero film
Bobby Roberts
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Well yeah, that's what I'm getting at. I don't think Guardians is even a superhero book, although Marvel publishes it.
Maybe this should be its own thread
RastaMentality
Banned
That's why I loved that Lucy did so well.
RastaMentality
Banned
!! Twitter exploded last night with rave impressions last night after the Thursday night screenings ended. WOM should be good.
Box Office Late Nights: Guardians Of The Galaxy Highest Of 2014 With $11.2M; Get On Up$371K
At 7 pm, though, I think is earlier (aka highest amount of showings) than the others.
Anyway, amazing numbers. I'm afraid it's going to be very frontloaded, unless word of mouth spreads.
Edit: Derp, just noticed there's an image on the article:
Unbelievable =D
The next one will do better if it has more, you know... Godzilla.
Sadly, Transformers won't go down easy.
Or it might do much worse due to the word of mouth this Godzilla received.
At least it will have crawled its way to $200M domestic over the next week. That was looking shaky at one point.
so, is that good?
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