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Wkd Box Office 1218-2015 - Force Awakens does good... gOOOood, opens w/ $248m
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Calamari41
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"Finally a good version of Spider-Man again" is going to be a big draw toward Civil War. The same kind of thing Star Wars is seeing now, though not nearly on the same level. It should be enough to ensure that it beats BvS, though.
There's been none. Outside of the press release there's been nothing other than talk from fans. If you're someone who isn't in deep with these films, and just rely on trailers and marketing, you have no idea Spider-Man is in here.
People are vastly over estimating the amount of people who even know he's in here. Marvel hasn't acknowledged it with their marketing yet.
Dash_Riprock
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I know that. I mean when they actually start marking for the film.
That's all I'm saying. It's time to raise the stakes a bit.
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Civil War features a certain avenger dying.
BronsonLee
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RIP Thanos
For fun, top 5 as I see it for 2016 box-office right now:
2016:
1. Rogue One
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
4. Independence Day: Resurgence
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
Missing the cut:
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Ghostbusters
Doctor Strange
Suicide Squad
Jason Bourne 5
Star Trek Beyond
Alice Through the Looking Glass
I am still really iffy on a Potter spin-off featuring none of the known Potter characters or the traditional tropes of the school and so on. That teaser seemed to get no buzz whatsoever. Barring reception to trailers and so on I think Ghostbusters could legitimately be a dark horse #5 though. JW and TFA taught me to never under-estimate 80s/90s movie nostalgia.
Warcraft is going to be a massive bomb, sorry Duncan Jones.
Domestic? Without question. Worldwide depends. TFA will finish over 2 bil. Can both Civil War and BvS get a billion each? I think Civil War can, I suspect it will play more like an Avengers movie than a Captain America one.
2016:
1. Rogue One
2. Captain America: Civil War
3. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
4. Independence Day: Resurgence
5. X-Men: Apocalypse
Missing the cut:
Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them
Ghostbusters
Doctor Strange
Suicide Squad
Jason Bourne 5
Star Trek Beyond
Alice Through the Looking Glass
I am still really iffy on a Potter spin-off featuring none of the known Potter characters or the traditional tropes of the school and so on. That teaser seemed to get no buzz whatsoever. Barring reception to trailers and so on I think Ghostbusters could legitimately be a dark horse #5 though. JW and TFA taught me to never under-estimate 80s/90s movie nostalgia.
Warcraft is going to be a massive bomb, sorry Duncan Jones.
Domestic? Without question. Worldwide depends. TFA will finish over 2 bil. Can both Civil War and BvS get a billion each? I think Civil War can, I suspect it will play more like an Avengers movie than a Captain America one.
You forgot Dory which I think is top 5, maybe top 3, maybe #1.
I also think Suicide Squad and Ghostbusters outgross X-Men domestically.
Bobby Roberts
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I was gonna say "I don't know about Rogue One" but if they put Vader in the motherfucker...
I also think Ghostbusters could be pretty huge. And Suicide Squad might outdo Independence Day 2.
I also think Ghostbusters could be pretty huge. And Suicide Squad might outdo Independence Day 2.
I don't think Rogue One will be #1. My guess is people won't want to go "back in time" with their Star Wars after the prequels.
BronsonLee
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I mean, there's only one way Rogue One ends, right
This isn't a normal prequel. Darth Vader walking into frame in the trailer with James Earl Jones booming voice coming out of that helmet? Just as big of a deal and a pop culture moment as the "Chewie were home" from Han in the TFA tesaer.
I really don't know what to think about Rogue 1. On the one hand, Star Wars has just proven its still the king of franchises. OTOH, it will be a prequel starring mostly a bunch of people and characters nobody has ever heard of(outside of probably Vader), and might be fairly different from the typical Star Wars experience. I expect it will be big, maybe Avengers and Jurassic World big, but probably not that close to TFA.
ViewtifulJC
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The timing of it means it will have Vader unless Lucasfilm and Disney decide they hate money. Marketing the hell out of Vader with JEJ back and all that is just too easy to pass up. Look at how much they advertised Vader for Episode III when he had like 2 minutes of screen-time. Vader = $
It will be no TFA. But doing over a billion worldwide and 450 mil domestic will be enough to win the year. There won't be a TFA/JW like event next year.
I say that then someone will quote this after Ghostbusters goes and pulls a Jurassic World.
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If they put Vader in Rogue One, right smack in the middle of the trailers, then it will make bank.
Doesn't look like they'll be too shy to do that. They already showed the deathstar in that footage at that con didn't they.
Doesn't look like they'll be too shy to do that. They already showed the deathstar in that footage at that con didn't they.
That's a lot of promise considering none of the X-Men titles have entered the top 100 domestically.
Well technically Darth Vader was in Revenge of the Sith as well.
I mean I have no doubt it will do really well. Just not sure #1 well.
Future Foundation
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That's gonna be the X-Factor. The story sounds good, the cast looks great, so it'll do really well. But that first trailer drops and you hear that fucking rebreather, holy shit.
Darth Vader being central to the marketing of Episode III was a HUGE reason why the box-office rebounded so much from Attack of the Clones.
My own response, I was beyond hyped for Force Awakens, so many questions and intrigue going in... with Rogue One it's a very tepid response of "okay, I'll go watch it because I like this world, but when does Episode 8 come out?" I already know how it ends, the mystery is removed for a large part and there will probably be a severe lack of the Force/Jedis if any.
Force Awakens is going to hit nearly a billion in domestic alone? Damn if that happened...
IT's huge marketing opportunity and they would be fools not to include Vader in a trailer.
TheOfficeMut
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I'm not too familiar with the story of Rogue One. Can someone point me in the direction to delve into it?
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I think Force Awakens is pretty much confirmed to hit a billion domestic.
Fuck, that thought hasn't even occured to me.
Another thing that makes me excited for the Rogue One performance is that the cast seems very diverse with a lot of big names attached to it; I wonder how much impact that will have, especially in the foreign markets
Gentleman Jack
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I see what you did there
Vader wrecking fools will be the draw. At the end of the film, I imagine there really is going to be only one Rogue.
Fuck, that thought hasn't even occured to me.
Another thing that makes me excited for the Rogue One performance is that the cast seems very diverse with a lot of big names attached to it; I wonder how much impact that will have, especially in the foreign markets
Imagine at the end of whatever trailer they drop for that movie. This is literally the last thing you here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stOjeylx4Fw
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it's like something out of my japanese henta-oops i meant nightmares.
They already did that with a Comic Con teaser.
I honestly had no intentions of 'doing' something there, lol
#breaktheinternet Disney
Get off GAF and go watch the best Star Wars movie.
It probably had more do with Sith having a way more positive WOM.
N7Commander95
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I can't imagine Suicide Squad not selling gangbusters.
Trailer got a huge reception (upwards 50 million), it's been all over social media (joker reveal, trailer), it's got big name stars and characters (Joker, Harley and Batman)
I mean come on, no way in high hell this flops
Trailer got a huge reception (upwards 50 million), it's been all over social media (joker reveal, trailer), it's got big name stars and characters (Joker, Harley and Batman)
I mean come on, no way in high hell this flops
Yea it's why I don't put stock in internet reactions really. On twitter you had people hating it because Leto isn't their ideal version of the Joker.
Keep in mind Rogue One will be coming off Force Awakens. Star Wars is at an all time high at the moment. People are going to be THIRSTY for more Star Wars come December 2016, even if it's not a numbered installment.
Throw Vader in that mother fucker and we've got a billion dollar flick, easily.
Throw Vader in that mother fucker and we've got a billion dollar flick, easily.
Forgot about Dory! Yeah that's gong to be huge.
Jeez, Disney has Star Wars, Iron Man vs Cap, and a Finding Nemo sequel all in one year.
BvS must save us from our Disney Overlords.
Not happening. They'll keep pushing forward till the franchise runs out of steam. And then and only then reboot. You'll see 10-12, they have even implied as much.
FloydtheFathead
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And a partridge in a pear tree.
Building up all these new characters just to then go back and remake the old characters sounds like a terrible idea.
don't forget the joker and friends
As far as the X-Men films go, the only one that had a chance of breaking the Top 5 was DoFP. And while it did solid numbers, it wasn't that big (if I recall correctly). It beat Winter Soldier, sure, but Guardians edged it out.
And concerning Civil War vs. BvS, I do agree with one post form earlier. If Civil War is the better film of the two, it'll win thanks to word-of-mouth. If BvS is better than or equal to Civil War, BvS will win.
And concerning Civil War vs. BvS, I do agree with one post form earlier. If Civil War is the better film of the two, it'll win thanks to word-of-mouth. If BvS is better than or equal to Civil War, BvS will win.
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