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[Chamber]

Is there a chance Suicide Squad beats Batman v Superman domestically?

 

[Jigorath]

BvS must save us from our Disney Overlords.

They also have that Harry Potter spinoff.

 

[BronsonLee]

WBs either gonna have a real fun or a real sad 2016

 

[wachie]

Is there a chance Suicide Squad beats Batman v Superman domestically?

No.

 

[GhaleonEB]

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

ITT: I learn that there's a 2016 Star Wars movie. I've been pretty tuned out of the plans pre-TFA release as part of my spoilers avoidance. Had no idea. :lol

 

[Dash_Riprock]

If I'm Disney in remake 4 5 6 post episode nine

THe only movies that need remaking are 1-3

 

[Cheebo]

Is there a chance Suicide Squad beats Batman v Superman domestically?

I don't think Suicide Squad is the type of movie parents will be taking kids to. You need kids to get the big money.

 

[Jigorath]

WBs either gonna have a real fun or a real sad 2016

They need a great 2016 to make up for all their flops this year.

 

[SCULLIBUNDO]

I want the Obi Wan spinoff set between EpIII and EpIV.

Obi Wan drifting between shady Tattoine hangouts, narrating his loneliness, becoming an alcoholic.

At the end he recognises Luke is his chance at redemption.

"I saw him again out past the Toshi station blockade, 20 years old, maybe less. He appeared like an angel out of this filthy mess. They. Cannot. Touch. Him."

 

[ViewtifulJC]

ITT: I learn that there's a 2016 Star Wars movie. I've been pretty tuned out of the plans pre-TFA release as part of my spoilers avoidance. Had no idea. :lol

there's gonna be a Star Wars movie every year for the rest of our lives, so get ready

 

[BronsonLee]

They need a great 2016 to make up for all their flops this year.

We all saw the flops coming though, ya? Creed and Mad Max did OK. Might be able to tune franchises out of em.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I wonder how well The Jungle Book will do.

 

[Cheebo]

We all saw the flops coming though, ya? Creed and Mad Max did OK. Might be able to tune franchises out of em.

Mad Max didn't go ok. They spent more on marketing it the. Disney did TFA. No way they profited off of it.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

there's gonna be a Star Wars movie every year for the rest of our lives, so get ready

In a more serious note. I wonder how long they'll wait for Ep X-XII

 

[wachie]

We all saw the flops coming though, ya? Creed and Mad Max did OK. Might be able to tune franchises out of em.

Creed is a flop bro.

 

[Chamber]

No.

Ice cold water in the face, friend.

I don't think Suicide Squad is the type of movie parents will be taking kids to. You need kids to get the big money.

Fair point I suppose. Part of me thinks Joker is a bigger draw than either Batman or Superman right now and the Suicide Squad Comic-Con video has more views and likes than the Batman v Superman trailer.

 

[BronsonLee]

Creed is a flop bro.

Wachi pls

 

[GhaleonEB]

there's gonna be a Star Wars movie every year for the rest of our lives, so get ready

I figured it would ramp up to that, but I didn't expect it to happen out the gates. Basically I didn't expect spin offs in the middle of the new trilogy. But Disney gonna Disney. Given what TFA has done I can't blame them for stacking them up.

 

[Cheebo]

Ice cold water in the face, friend.



Fair point I suppose. Part of me thinks Joker is a bigger draw than either Batman or Superman right now and the Suicide Squad Comic-Con video has more views and likes than the Batman v Superman trailer.

Bigger draw with adults. Little kids no. The little kids with Batman backpacks are what matter more than those who even know what comic con is in terms of super hero box office.

 

[Calamari41]

I thought Rogue One was going to be a Poe/BB-8 centered movie. Disappoint! Though I'm sure I'll find some way to enjoy it as it actually is.

 

[GhaleonEB]

Creed is a flop bro.

Budget: $35m
Gross: $102m

That's a flop? It's going to end up with ~3x its budget.

 

[KevinG]

In a more serious note. I wonder how long they'll wait for Ep X-XII

May 2017 and May 2019.

 

[Cheebo]

I am surprised at some of the Rogue One posts. Did you guys not see the picture released of it a few months back? Felicity Jones is the lead. Two Wars films in a row with female leads.

Or the first teaser?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r0eEKDfLNPg

 

[Takamura-San]

Budget: $35m
Gross: $102m

That's a flop? It's going to end up with ~3x its budget.

Yup. People tend to forget budgets before calling flops. I think the same people wonder why X actor (Ex, Adam Sandler) keeps making movies. They make more money than they were budgeted.

 

[Chamber]

No one I know has even heard of Rogue One yet. Interested to see the marketing machine kick in for that.

 

[Cheebo]

Creed was a solid little hit. Mad Max with its 200 mil marketing budget? Not so much

 

[wachie]

Budget: $35m
Gross: $102m

That's a flop? It's going to end up with ~3x its budget.

Intentional troll cause Bronson is pimping it sooooo much.

 

[Future PhaZe]

I want the Obi Wan spinoff set between EpIII and EpIV.

Obi Wan drifting between shady Tattoine hangouts, narrating his loneliness, becoming an alcoholic.

At the end he recognises Luke is his chance at redemption.

"I saw him again out past the Toshi station blockade, 20 years old, maybe less. He appeared like an angel out of this filthy mess. They. Cannot. Touch. Him."

stop sculi pls

 

[B.O.O.M]

I am surprised at some of the Rogue One posts. Did you guys not see the picture released of it a few months back? Felicity Jones is the lead. Two Wars films in a row with female leads.

Or the first teaser?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r0eEKDfLNPg

Is that Donnie Yen? if so Hype! I'm a big fan

 

[BronsonLee]

Intentional troll cause Bronson is pimping it sooooo much.

I pimp good movies, man
I did the same with Mad Max before it came out, look how that turned out

I'm the Master Movie Man

 

[Jigorath]

I like the premise of Rogue One, and I LOVE the cast, but Gareth Edwards is a bore of a director.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Mad Max is a classic example of a blockbuster movie that just should not have released in the summer. It needed room to feel like an event. I'm not sure how realistic it would have been to move up the release date, but WB should have gone for this weekend instead.

 

[wildfire]

Creed is a flop bro.

Creed was made for $35 mil. It's already earned almost triple that. It's not a flop. It's middling.

 

[Cheebo]

I still don't get why WB spent so much on marketing Mad Max. It was never going to be a massive movie. Spending Avengers like marketing on it was just absurd.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I still don't get why WB spent so much on marketing Mad Max.

Because it's the best movie the studio made this year

 

[igordennis]

Mad Max is a classic example of a blockbuster movie that just should not have released in the summer. It needed room to feel like an event. I'm not sure how realistic it would have been to move up the release date, but WB should have gone for this weekend instead.

Mad Max was never ever going to be a movie "event". No matter what date it released.

 

[Cheebo]

Because it's the best movie the studio made this year

It was an amazing movie but 200 million, more than TFA? Crazy.

 

[Future PhaZe]

mad max would have been better off with minimal marketing for a long game profiting strategy--get in the plus with dvd sales and such

 

[BronsonLee]

Because it's the best movie the studio made this year

Was about to tell you to cross that shit out but you got it

 

[Cheebo]

Mad Max was never ever going to be a movie "event". No matter what date it released.

Exactly. Which is why it was such a waste of money for WB to try and to market it as one.

 

[Abounder]

I think Mad Max was supposed to be another trilogy attempt, it was a double-down after the positive reviews and production budget. But that's a hard sell especially without China, maybe Miller goes to DC

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I want studios going absolutely apeshit trying to sell the best movies they've made all year. I'd love for that to be the norm.

"I can't believe they spent $90 million getting trailers/commercials all over Monday Night Football for "Spotlight,"

I would fucking LOVE that.

 

[harSon]

I am surprised at some of the Rogue One posts. Did you guys not see the picture released of it a few months back? Felicity Jones is the lead. Two Wars films in a row with female leads.

Or the first teaser?
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r0eEKDfLNPg

Wake me up when the next peg on the Hollywood diversity flow chart is reached.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Mad Max was never ever going to be a movie "event". No matter what date it released.

I guess it's depends on your definition of event. 300 made $70M in the first weekend of March back in 2007. Mad Max is also a stylish R-rated blockbuster, and had some truly amazing reviews. I think a $70M opening would have happened if it wasn't in the shadow of other films.

 

[The Last One]

May 2017 and May 2019.

Those are VIII and IX though =p

 

[BronsonLee]

I think Mad Max was supposed to be another trilogy, it was a double-down after the positive reviews and production budget. But that's a hard sell especially without China

It did alright, and a sequel would likely be less because Miller had shit luck with the shooting locations.

Also, 200 mil? I heard 50.

I want studios going absolutely apeshit trying to sell the best movies they've made all year. I'd love for that to be the norm.

"I can't believe they spent $90 million getting trailers/commercials all over Monday Night Football for "Spotlight,"

I would fucking LOVE that.

The Quality Wars have begun!

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I guess it's depends on your definition of event. 300 made $70M in the first weekend of March back in 2007. Mad Max is also a stylish R-rated blockbuster, and had some truly amazing reviews. I think a $70M opening would have happened if it wasn't in the shadow of other films.

I think if Mad Max releases in August, it probably does better financially.

But there's always like 2 or 3 films every year that you look at and go "Shit. They scheduled that WAY wrong"

 

[Jigorath]

I think Mad Max was supposed to be another trilogy attempt, it was a double-down after the positive reviews and production budget. But that's a hard sell especially without China, maybe Miller goes to DC

It's a shame too. Even crap like Terminator Gensisys managed to outgross Fury Road thanks to a $100m gross in China.

 

[BronsonLee]

I think if Mad Max releases in August, it probably does better financially.

But there's always like 2 or 3 films every year that you look at and go "Shit. They scheduled that WAY wrong"

I feel like WB would be smarter with another Max movie. And yeah, some films got scheduled wrong. Tomorrowland should've come out on February 30th!

 

[hodayathink]

I think if Mad Max releases in August, it probably does better financially.

But there's always like 2 or 3 films every year that you look at and go "Shit. They scheduled that WAY wrong"

I was about to say Inside Out, then I remember that movie made the most money (domestic) of any movie that didn't hit #1, so I'm not sure how much better it could have done.