No it wasn't. It was everything wrong with modern sci fi. ie. Valuing concepts over sound narrative and characterization/character development.
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No it wasn't. It was everything wrong with modern sci fi. ie. Valuing concepts over sound narrative and characterization/character development.
Hero_of_the_Day
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I guess Plaza didn't show up drunk to enough places with the title of the movie written on her chest.
Nah, they pushed the movie from this summer to February. They know they have a bomb on their hand, especially after Total Recall. Obviously when they started on it they didn't expect it to bomb, but I think somewhere along the line they realized it.
It's the only movie anyone needs to see.
AgentChris
Member
Roboshep is such a waste of José Padilha's talent.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Smurfs 2
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $46,600,000 29.8%
+ Foreign: $110,000,000 70.2%
= Worldwide: $156,600,000
Elysium
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $30,400,000 73.6%
+ Foreign: $10,900,000 26.4%
= Worldwide: $41,300,000
Percy
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $23,457,000 70.6%
+ Foreign: $9,763,000 29.4%
= Worldwide: $33,220,000
Are you guys ready for Grown ups 3? No, well you will get one
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $123,800,000 80.2%
+ Foreign: $30,600,000 19.8%
= Worldwide: $154,400,000
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $46,600,000 29.8%
+ Foreign: $110,000,000 70.2%
= Worldwide: $156,600,000
Elysium
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $30,400,000 73.6%
+ Foreign: $10,900,000 26.4%
= Worldwide: $41,300,000
Percy
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $23,457,000 70.6%
+ Foreign: $9,763,000 29.4%
= Worldwide: $33,220,000
Are you guys ready for Grown ups 3? No, well you will get one
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $123,800,000 80.2%
+ Foreign: $30,600,000 19.8%
= Worldwide: $154,400,000
jamesinclair
Banned
No but seriously, the trailer looked good, the cast list was extensively well known....and everybody loves teen sex movies.
Should have been an easy $20m....but of the 6 theaters near me, only 2 ever got it, and only two shows per day, including an 11:45pm showing
What really surprised me is that when I saw This Is the End, the trailer for the to-do-list aired during the pre-trailer ads. Like between a coke commercial and a nissan one. Wasnt even bundled as a real trailer.
Complex Shadow
Cudi Lame
holy shit at DM2. it just prints money at this point.
FireAndBlood
Member
You wonder why talking cars resonate well with children?
Talking toys, animals and robots I understand.
Maybe they should just continue with that idea and do talking boats, food, bugs, books, poop...
Talking cars is hard to understand? Kids (boys in particular) love cars and most of the merchandise that is sold is most likely sold to boys.
freenudemacusers
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You must not have kids. I've seen everything talk. Everything. Maybe not poop. Yet.
I'd disagree with the thread title as Damon can still anchor a film (as evidenced by Elysium's number one opening if it is low) but the question is whether he can carry another franchise after Bourne. WB had better hope so as they've betting quite a lot on Damon via his first look deal with Affleck.
I was actually expecting Elysium to do a little worse than this ($25m opening?) so at least Sony reached the $30m barrier which is something even if it is pretty underwhelming for a film of this size.
The fact Elysium grossed $7m than District 9 is pretty telling. The film looked pretty enough in the trailers but it just didn't seem to grab anyone. I remember thinking that SPE must be struggling to get the message out there when only the second trailer they released was nearly 4 minutes long and gave away almost the entire film.
Between this Oblivion and Pacific Rim this hasn't been a great summer for original sci-fi. Also surely Pacific Rim can crawl to $100m in the US at this point. For the film to fall short at the last hurdle would be a little frustrating.
I was actually expecting Elysium to do a little worse than this ($25m opening?) so at least Sony reached the $30m barrier which is something even if it is pretty underwhelming for a film of this size.
The fact Elysium grossed $7m than District 9 is pretty telling. The film looked pretty enough in the trailers but it just didn't seem to grab anyone. I remember thinking that SPE must be struggling to get the message out there when only the second trailer they released was nearly 4 minutes long and gave away almost the entire film.
Between this Oblivion and Pacific Rim this hasn't been a great summer for original sci-fi. Also surely Pacific Rim can crawl to $100m in the US at this point. For the film to fall short at the last hurdle would be a little frustrating.
Southpark
Do people proof read their posts? You are missing a couple of words here.
freenudemacusers
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Well I was specifically talking about kid's shows. And I'm sure there are some potty training programs with talking toilets and fecal matter that I have yet to come across.
I think it was on about 500 screens to begin with, and it did its budget in its first weekend. I imagine it was just a token theatrical release because it had to have one, as I suspect it will do a lot better on video. It is certainly a gif'able movie.
Same can be said for Transcendence.
Ouch, didn't realise that. Just read up about the delay and it was switched with Elysium. Doesn't give you a lot of confidence for the film!
Escape Goat
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Domestically it came up a little short but according to Boxofficemojo its budget was 95. It earned 88 domestically and 137 foreign for a 131 million profit (excluding hidden costs).
Its got potential to be a franchise so they're going for it.
Diprosalic
Banned
shocked?
Thor (pre Avengers)
Worldwide: $449,326,618
Man of Steel
Worldwide: $647,431,663
Iron Man 2 (pre Avengers)
Worldwide: $623,933,331
Iron Man 3 (post Avengers)
Worldwide: $1,212,390,348
so Iron Man doubled its B.O. after Avengers and Thor only needs to do 1.5x. Does it happen? I don't know but i would be far from shocked if it does.
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Studios must be really desperate for another Harry Potter type franchise. Can't really blame them, it must have been nice to have stuff like HP and Twilight in the chamber every year, something you knew for sure was going to do well. I think they just need to let go of the idea that Percy Jackson is going to ever be a thing. Maybe an animated series, but the film franchise is just not all that appealing to people. There is almost no enthusiasm for its release.
TheKaeptain
Banned
Thor is going to make good money. It's also being released at a great time.
Escape Goat
Member
Do you regularly hang out with 10 year olds? Would you even know if there was enthusiasm for its release?
i thought it grossed much less than that. Oh well, i don't blame them for trying expecially now that Harry Potter is out of the way and the next Narnia isn't out for at least a couple years
anyway
Diprosalic
Banned
where? i don't see any.
besides We're the Millers, which I assume is another super craptacular comedy which will obviously make money, all I see is Smurfs 2, Elysium, Planes, Percy Jackson underperforming or just plain bombing, but maybe I'm wrong
I was going to watch it this weekend and had the same thought when I found out it wasn't on any local screens. Maybe just a crowded summer lineup? Then again, The Heat is still showing, so who knows?
Maybe they're going for an early video release or something.
Edit: The Internship was similar too; I didn't see it anywhere after a couple of weeks.
yeah, the to-do list didn't even expand to a wide release. Pretty bizarre given the huge media blitz the cast (okay, just Plaza really) went on before release, trying their best to throw as much random shit at the wall and hope something went viral.
Wonder what Elysium's performance means for Blomkamp's career. I don't think a smaller budgets in the future would necessarily be a bad thing—maybe he needs to take a break from such action heavy movies and simply focus on either the action or the socially conscious sci-fi stuff because I don't really think he's proven he can handle both at the same time.
Wonder what Elysium's performance means for Blomkamp's career. I don't think a smaller budgets in the future would necessarily be a bad thing—maybe he needs to take a break from such action heavy movies and simply focus on either the action or the socially conscious sci-fi stuff because I don't really think he's proven he can handle both at the same time.
PACIFIC RIM: $247.7M Overseas Total / $344.4M Global Total
THE CONJURING: $47.2M Overseas Total (17 Markets) / $167.9M
THE WOLVERINE: $196M Overseas Total / $307.9M Global Total
PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS: $9.7M Overseas Total (6 Markets) / $33.1M Global Total
THE HEAT: $45.2M Overseas Total / $198.8M Global Total
THE CONJURING: $47.2M Overseas Total (17 Markets) / $167.9M
THE WOLVERINE: $196M Overseas Total / $307.9M Global Total
PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS: $9.7M Overseas Total (6 Markets) / $33.1M Global Total
THE HEAT: $45.2M Overseas Total / $198.8M Global Total
The Dutch Slayer
Member
Pacific Rim WW numbers?
Thanks 3N16MA
Thanks 3N16MA
http://www.boxoffice.com/latest-news/2013-08-11-global-despicable-me-2-crosses-400m-overseas-fast-6-hits-782m-worldwide
Closing in on $100M in China.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Yeah. After X3 and Origins, they have a hard hill to climb. Singer needs to undo every bit of X3 with Days of Future Past, then give us a real X-Men 4.
Thor is no Iron Man.
No one is saying it is. But they were both in the Avengers, and Iron Man had a 2x boost... How can you be shocked if Thor gets a boost too?
Westerns making a comeback. Just wait.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Thor is opening in November though, which is unproven ground for a superhero movie. It will be interesting to see how it performs there.
It also only has two weeks until Catching Fire opens in North America
November is a bed for long legs, it might open softer or at similar level but legs will be better during that period. Catching Fire gross will be NA centric, it shouldnt impact Thor's WW numbers that much, which is the point of discussion here.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Yeah, I forgot to put the NA part in about Catching Fire before. Fixed.
Doesn't Catching Fire have a chance at an overseas explosion like Twilight had with its sequel?
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