IncandescentPrecept
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4 weeks in and GotG still hasn't reached 500M worldwide.
Also, Sin City 2 - I think it'll do ok overseas.
Also, Sin City 2 - I think it'll do ok overseas.
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Wkd Box Office 0822-2414 - Guardian of the Box Office, it's just not Miller time
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They're most impressive because the bulk of their gross didn't come when movie tickets were nearly $15 a ticket.
IncandescentPrecept
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I'm surprised that Australia is that high considering that there's less than 24M people here. But interest in cinema was been decreasing here - people are prefering to watch movies at home more and more, especially with the overpriced tickets.
Fudgepuppy
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What's so weird, is that when the Sin City trailer was dropped, I linked it on Facebook and tons of my friends responded really positively. "Aw shiiit, fucking finally!".
A bunch of us is going to see it this friday when it drops in Sweden, maybe it will do better overseas.
People talk about how no one has cared about a sequel, but I've been spending tons of hours every year just keeping track on the movie. It even got to a point on imdb when SIn City 3 had an estimated release-date before Sin City 2. When they did finally announce to filming Sin City 2, it did feel like I had spent one year too long waiting and keeping track of it.
A bunch of us is going to see it this friday when it drops in Sweden, maybe it will do better overseas.
People talk about how no one has cared about a sequel, but I've been spending tons of hours every year just keeping track on the movie. It even got to a point on imdb when SIn City 3 had an estimated release-date before Sin City 2. When they did finally announce to filming Sin City 2, it did feel like I had spent one year too long waiting and keeping track of it.
The Dutch Slayer
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15. Netherlands $0.3B
That is pretty decent :O
That is pretty decent :O
Aquamarine
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I find that (and all of the other contractual restrictions Disney + Marvel has film-wise) incredibly strange.
You would logically think that, since Disney completely owns Marvel, they could freely utilise Marvel branding and Marvel characters.
LFMartins86
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Imdb has him with 68 released movies, 10 in production or rumoured.
Pagusas
Elden Member
Samuel Jackson is gonna be the all-time top grossing actor after the Avengers releases next year. He has a bunch of movies coming up, too. It doesn't say much given how many movies he does, but it will be a feat nonetheless.
From BoxOfficeMojo.com
Ford will leap frog him after Star Wars runs in 3 movie course, so long as he's apart of all 3.
Violence Jack
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My hype for Sin City 2 was from 2005-2008. And unless it's a really beloved movie franchise (Men In Black, Indiana Jones, etc) you're asking for trouble releasing a sequel (although the stories in SC2 are prequels of the first film's stories I believe) almost 10 years after the original. That, and I'm sure the advancements in film making and technology didn't make this film stand out to summer movie goers. It probably would have been smarter to release this later in the year.
BlackNMild2k1
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Oh, but Sammy will be in Avengers 2, Captain America 3, and he might also be recruiting the new heroes as well, (Capt. Marvel, Black Panther, Dr. Strange), and then after that there is Avengers 3, and maybe a Black Widow/Hawkeye movie so I don't know if leapfrog is what he'll be doing.
That BOM list is kinda weird though, I understand not counting IM1, Thor and Ep1, but it's for some reason not counting his role in Jurassic Park or Ep2 which is quite strange to me.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
TMNT will do really well when it expands to the rest of the major markets. Not surprising.
Lucy
Production Budget: $40 million
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $114,042,815 52.5%
+ Foreign: $103,000,000 47.5%
= Worldwide: $217,042,815
Lucy is making good money.
biggersmaller
Banned
The wife and I saw The Giver last weekend. Based on reviews and being fans of the book, we anticipated it would make for good dinner/wine conversation to rip it apart. However, after the movie ended, we looked at each other and simultaneously said, "You know, I actually really enjoyed that."
1. Jeff Bridges as the Giver is great casting.
2. Several major reviews (Slate/The Guardian) via Rotten Tomatoes reference a love triangle. Well, there simply isn't one. There is more romance compared to the book, however it's no Hunger Games and is essentially the C-plot.
3. A large part of the movie is in B&W unlike the trailers imply.
4. It's an appropriately tight 90 minutes. Just like Katie Holmes' ass.
I will not say it's the ultimate adaptation the book deserves, but it still gets the job done well. Would recommend.
1. Jeff Bridges as the Giver is great casting.
2. Several major reviews (Slate/The Guardian) via Rotten Tomatoes reference a love triangle. Well, there simply isn't one. There is more romance compared to the book, however it's no Hunger Games and is essentially the C-plot.
3. A large part of the movie is in B&W unlike the trailers imply.
4. It's an appropriately tight 90 minutes. Just like Katie Holmes' ass.
I will not say it's the ultimate adaptation the book deserves, but it still gets the job done well. Would recommend.
Totally agree. I think they did a great job adapting the book and adding to the world Lowry established.
Vocal Orgasmizzle
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It's not a surprise to see Sin City so low. The previews and trailers made it look baaaaad. And guess what? It was bad. And strangely enough as a big fan of of the first one I wasn't bothered by that. Word of mouth, bad reviews, ten years to come out and none of the trailers looked good at all? It was always going to fail, sadly.
I think a better list would only count movies that the actor was a lead or co-lead in. That would eliminate Sam Jackson from a list like this, at it would eliminate all the Star Wars and almost all the Marvel films (I'd give him credit for Winter Soldier). Its not a fair comparison to have actors like Morgan Freeman compared to Tom Cruise in lists like this, as Cruise is almost always the draw.
biggersmaller
Banned
I agree the end was the weakest point in the movie. The illogical choice to send
Asher
biggersmaller
Banned
From the POV as someone who doesn't demand perfect interpretation of books when brought over, the movie does depict a more technologically advanced society than I imagined when reading - however the changes are not a betrayal of the book's setting.
I'm not calling The Giver a stroke of genius, but it deserves defense as the trailers and marketing really misrepresented this movie, with a focus on action and future technology. The bikes are still there, however a motorcycle is used in the
end chase scene
Escape Goat
Member
Are there numbers for GotG for weekdays? I'm wondering how strong its legs are being 3-4 weeks out.
Wafflecakes
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We only have USA numbers as far as I know,
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=marvel2014a.htm
Agreed. I was actually a little bummed by all the material present in the trailers that isn't in the movie.
Gentleman Jack
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Samuel Jackson is gonna be the all-time top grossing actor after the Avengers releases next year. He has a bunch of movies coming up, too. It doesn't say much given how many movies he does, but it will be a feat nonetheless.
From BoxOfficeMojo.com
Disneys hands are on so many of these movies/actors it's insane.
SwiftDeath
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What's your take on GOTG's ROTW performance? Does it still have a lot of markets to open in or was there perhaps not much of a marketing push or something? ROTW seems low for it
NYCmetsfan
Banned
I look forward to this movie when it hits netflix
Aquamarine
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GOTG has yet to open in Germany, Italy, Japan, and China...all key markets for International box office grosses.
Release dates:
Austria - 28 August 2014
Germany - 28 August 2014
Greece - 4 September 2014
Bangladesh - 5 September 2014
Cyprus - 5 September 2014
Japan - 13 September 2014
China - 10 October 2014
Switzerland - 22 October 2014 (Italian speaking region)
Italy - 22 October 2014
It doesn't have a ton of overseas openings left, but Germany, Italy, Japan, and the smaller European countries are probably good for at least $25M. Holdover business is good for at least another $30M based on last weekend's $20M international gross. That gives you $300M overseas before China. I have no idea how the film will do in China, but $50M is probably a conservative estimate, bringing the total to $350M overseas. If China blows up, than you could see upwards of $400M overseas.
With the projected domestic gross, we are probably looking at $650-700M worldwide for Guardians. In the same neighbourhood as Man of Steel, with roughly the same Domestic vs Overseas split.
SwiftDeath
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Thanks. It's always nice to hear others take on it.
Being a non-sequel, I don't think the domestic/overseas split is that unusual. GOTG 2 will likely get a big overseas boost like any well received blockbuster what skewed domestic the first time around.
Also, considering most of us were expecting a $400-500M gross a few months back, I think Disney will be more than happy with this start. It will be the highest grossing MCU debut film to date.
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Samuel Jackson is gonna be the all-time top grossing actor after the Avengers releases next year. He has a bunch of movies coming up, too. It doesn't say much given how many movies he does, but it will be a feat nonetheless.
From BoxOfficeMojo.com
I am surprised that Tom Cruise biggest domestic movie is WOTW.
I think War of the Worlds was his biggest film period until Mission Impossible 4
Ninja Scooter
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Sam will ask for an extended role in IM4 just to cancel it out.
BlackNMild2k1
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That's what I'm waiting for before I do another Guardians of the Box Office Update.
and for those wondering Guardians is ~$28M ahead of Cap 2 and ~$4.6M behind IM1 right now.
It's also ~$2.5M away from replacing The LEGO Movie as the #2 Highest Domestic Grosser of the year, which would then put it ~$2M more away from the #1 spot for the year. Friday is definitely the day it should happen.
Guardians fell a few million behind Iron Man due to Iron Man's fourth weekend being Memorial Day weekend. However, it is back to making more during the week, and will likely make up some of the lost ground this weekend due to Labor Day weekend. I think that Guardians will eventually start to fall behind, but as long as it stays within $18M of Iron Man 1, it will hit that $300M mark.
RedHotChimiChanga
Banned
How is GotG tracking against Cap2? I remember seeing a chart of this year's big movies and their weekly numbers.
BlackNMild2k1
Member
I was wondering why IM1 had that huge spike that Monday, figured that must have been a holiday. and I did not realize that this Monday was Labor day.... nice. Maybe Guardians can take that lead back on IM1 afterall.
Look 2 post above yours. if you really want, I can chart it for you, but since no positions moved since the last one, I was going to wait till friday.
Aquamarine
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GOTG Domestic Week 4 LTD:
$251,456,069
Cap 2 Domestic Week 4 LTD:
$225,059,241
GOTG International Week 4 LTD:
$237,600,000
Cap 2 International Week 4 LTD:
$385,100,000
GOTG is more staggered internationally, though.
If we exclude China, Japan, Germany and Italy from Cap 2, the number drops to $264 million.
GoTG being at $238 million, it is behind only 10% in the same international territories.
Obviously, it doesn't mean it will finish 10% below Cap 2 foreign total in the end.
Scorpion Soldier
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It just crossed it actually, it's at $500,527,773.
EDIT: Beaten to it, GAF on my phone has really been acting up lately.
Daaammmnnnn.
But before GOTG in China, we have Dawn of the Planet of the Apes.
Based on early first day numbers, the movie can be another $100 million grosser there.
Worse case scenario in China and with Japan still left to open, Apes is pretty much guaranteed $650 million worldwide in the end.
And X-Men Days of Future Past is getting a Labor Day expansion this weekend. All you Americans are thereby obligated to watch it at least twice this weekend so it overtake X3 The Last Stand as the highest grossing in NA.
Wafflecakes
Member
Is HTTYD 2 getting a Japan release at all?
I can't find a date anywhere.
I can't find a date anywhere.
BlackNMild2k1
Member
Another Guardians of the Box Office Update: The $300M Domestic March to #1 Movie of the Summer/Year
this is a launch aligned comparison, so that you can see how the movie is doing.
[Movie: Daily - Domestic Gross / # of Days (Total Domestic / WW Gross)]
GotG: $1,562,456 - $258,297,268 / 28 ($258,297,268 / $503,597,268)
Cap 2: $851,344 - $229,381,211 / 28 ($259,746,958 / $714,063,958)
IM 1: $1,389,865 - $262,625,072 / 28 ($318,412,101 / $585,174,222)
Current Domestic Top 5 of 2014 (as of Thursday Totals)
[#. Movie: (Domestic Gross / WW Gross)]
1. Cap 2: ($259,746,958 / $714,063,958)
2. GotG: ($258,297,268 / $503,597,268)
3. LEGO Movie: ($257,748,132 / $468,048,132)
4. Transformers: ($243,950,966 / $1,065,250,966)
5. Maleficent: ( $237,841,302 / $747,841,302)
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6. X-Men: DOFP: ($232,814,528 / $744,938,694)
7. Dawn/Apes: ($204,419,991 / $555,404,991)
Guardians become the #1 Domestic Grosser of the Year today, but we won't see those numbers till tomorrow.
The question now is, will it continue to have enough legs to cross that $300M mark? can it keep up with IM1?
this is a launch aligned comparison, so that you can see how the movie is doing.
[Movie: Daily - Domestic Gross / # of Days (Total Domestic / WW Gross)]
GotG: $1,562,456 - $258,297,268 / 28 ($258,297,268 / $503,597,268)
Cap 2: $851,344 - $229,381,211 / 28 ($259,746,958 / $714,063,958)
IM 1: $1,389,865 - $262,625,072 / 28 ($318,412,101 / $585,174,222)
Current Domestic Top 5 of 2014 (as of Thursday Totals)
[#. Movie: (Domestic Gross / WW Gross)]
1. Cap 2: ($259,746,958 / $714,063,958)
2. GotG: ($258,297,268 / $503,597,268)
3. LEGO Movie: ($257,748,132 / $468,048,132)
4. Transformers: ($243,950,966 / $1,065,250,966)
5. Maleficent: ( $237,841,302 / $747,841,302)
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6. X-Men: DOFP: ($232,814,528 / $744,938,694)
7. Dawn/Apes: ($204,419,991 / $555,404,991)
Guardians become the #1 Domestic Grosser of the Year today, but we won't see those numbers till tomorrow.
The question now is, will it continue to have enough legs to cross that $300M mark? can it keep up with IM1?
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