Disney Moves Mary Poppins Returns to 12/19/2018 (against Aquaman/Bumblebee/Alita/Spidey)

Alita is so fucked.

Yeah, Aquaman is totally moving up 2 weeks now.

That...seems like too many movies on the same day.

Emily blunt her power

Had me at Emily Blunt and Lin Manuel Miranda

EDIT - Nevermind, didn't see the correct Spider-Man date.

Last time I saw 2 movies at the theater it was Ghost Rider 2 and Safe House. Could possible end up doing that here.

I can see WB being stubborn enough to keep Aquaman in the same slot since it's aiming for an older and male audience.

But Bumblebee better get the hell outta there pronto!

Can we get some Mary Poppins/Spider-Man crossover advertising?
Spidey's teamed up with pretty much everybody else already.

Jeez, who's gonna blink?

Yeah, there's going to be a shakeup for sure.

Aquaman is moving. Alita is going be left to die.

Waiting for Alita to be delayed or pushed ahead.

Alita's bombing no matter what. A different release date ain't saving that thing.

Alita and Bumblebee will move for sure. WB should move Aquaman but I could see them not.

Spider-man to slay them all

Alita is absolutely going to jump to February. No way it doesn't get annihilated at that date. I could also see Aquaman moving up a few weeks, getting out of the way from Spiderman.

Disney flexed and now everyone else has to run.

Bronx-Man said:

Alita's bombing no matter what. A different release date ain't saving that thing.

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It can save some face either way.

Arex said:

Spider-man to slay them all

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no chance animated Spiderman beats a Mary Poppins film.

LOL i forgot what Alita was for a minute.

And I didnt know that Spidey movie was going to be a theater release

cackling at Disney stunting like that for no reason

Alita:

Hopefully that means we'll get Aquaman earlier.

Disney knows what they have. Mary Poppins Returns is going to be massive.

That week's box office will be interesting!
I think Mary Poppins takes it.

... there is an aquaman movie coming out this year?

FracturedGoat said:

no chance animated Spiderman beats a Mary Poppins film.

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In the US I guess so, I'm thinking globally it might, I'm in Asia and I'm not familiar with Mary Poppins at all :P

Mortal Kombat!

ZeoVGM said:

Disney knows what they have. Mary Poppins Returns is going to be massive.

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And that's a movie that's guaranteed to get that Christmas Day money anyways so it'll be #1 for a good bit.

Damn that is some brutal shit.

Worst part is I'm kinda interested in all those movies, however they are also the kinds I'd prefer to see on a premium format (Dolby/IMAX/RPX/XD in that order) but that's too crowded to get them all in!

Arex said:

In the US I guess so, I'm thinking globally it might, I'm in Asia and I'm not familiar with Mary Poppins at all :P

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Yeah you have a point, US/UK I expect Poppins to do huge numbers.

Wow, 5 big Hollywood releases on one day........and yet not a one of them looks remotely interesting.

I like Jason Momoa so seeing Aquaman get steamrolled might be a little sad. Not sad enough to make me go see it though.

Alita and Bumblebee are in trouble.

Einchy said:

Alita is so fucked.

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Yep, never before have I seen such an obvious "this is going to bomb so hard.. who the hell approved this?" movie. Guy Ritchie's King Arthure movie was the last film that had "instant bomb" written all over it.

Slayven said:

I would not be shocked if Bumble be gets bumped into Jan or Feb. Aquaman should move but it won't.
Not even Feb?

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lol, no. The movie has no appeal what so ever for general audiences. It could launch on its own in every theater in the nation with no other films showing that week and still bomb. Its a job film, solely existing so people have something to do to get paid for.

Disney must be banking on at least half of these to move, and they probably will

Pagusas said:

Yep, never before have I seen such an obvious "this is going to bomb so hard.. who the hell approved this?" movie. Guy Ritchie's King Arthure movie was the last film that had "instant bomb" written all over it.

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You don't say "no" to Cameron, even if it's a couple million sinked in.

Mary Poppins is going to be a treat. Glad to see excitement for it. I'm not familiar with Emily Blunt's vocal work but hope it can compare with Julie Andrews which will be a feat.
The original is a great well constructed philosophical(theosophical) movie and I hope the sequel can keep to that too.

Yondu is going to go on a killing spree that week!

December battle royal

Yeah MP wins that fight.

I actually think Bumblebee will be the movie that stays and opens against Poppins. The others will bolt.

Definitely gonna check out Alita, and maybe Mary Poppins, assuming I can get over Disney's stupid need to reboot all of their franchises.

Aquaman and Bumblebee though...nah, I'm good, you can keep those.

Holy shit...two of those 3 other movies better move. In fact, I'd say a min of one other moves now.

Shit, I forgot there's a mary Poppins movie coming out. I hope she's a secret boss in Kingdom Hearts III.

3 of the 4 (not Bumblebee) had IMAX releases planned as far as I know. Aqua and Alita would have to move if they wanted to keep that.

Although hell Fox may just say fuck it and cancel the Alita in IMAX release if WOM continues to be non-existant.