CM's domestic gross might be higher than DaP's total gross. Carol won.
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Dark Phoenix Tracking For Record Low X-Men Franchise Opening ( Below The Wolverine)
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Probably a blessing in disguise for Saoirse Ronan to not get in on this franchise in its dying days.
They never made a good X-Men movie, and by that I mean a movie that did justice to the source material. Logan is a Wolverine movie. I'm talking about an ensemble movie about the actual X-Men.
And I'm pretty sure DoFP is the highest grossing in the franchise, is it not?
Lol at best, Logan is Fox's sole accomplishment worth writing home about.
They had the property 20 years, and that's all they got to their name?
It was a shit run, FOH.
You hate to see it.
They had the property 20 years, and that's all they got to their name?
It was a shit run, FOH.
You hate to see it.
Hopefully Marvel succeed in returning the X-Men franchise to commercial and critical success.
Such a shame after Logan being one of the best superhero flicks made.
Not a massive fan of Deadpool, personally, think it's good but don't love it like some seem to.
Such a shame after Logan being one of the best superhero flicks made.
Not a massive fan of Deadpool, personally, think it's good but don't love it like some seem to.
It was bad, but X3 was worse. There were at least some good parts of Apocalypse(well... one or two), X3 was trash from start to finish.
DoFP is an excellent film, as much as it pains me to say such a thing about a Bryan Singer work.
Just because it isn't a faithful translation of the comic panels doesn't mean there hasn't been a good X-Men film.
People literally want an MCU envisioned X-Men film, and they forget that the first couple X-Men and Spider-man films pioneered this shit without needing to be 1:1 adaptations.
People wanted the 90's era cartoon X-Men in a live action film and that shit just wasn't ready for prime time. I appreciate what Singer (*shudder*) was going for with a more grounded, "what if" scenario with strong thematic relevance. It worked for several of these films and there have been more hits than misses, in my view.
Box Office Mojo has the 2000 X-Men opening weekend at $91 million when adjusted for 2019 inflation. But I think Dark Phoenix has a shot to be the first in the X-Men series to not reach $100 million domestic, especially if it ends up being as bad as initial test screenings have said it is.
IMO, X1 > X2 > First Class > Logan > Deadpool > Deadpool 2 > DoFP > The Wolverine > Apocalypse > Origins > X3
They've always been my favorite comic, so it's been really rough seeing how much they keep botching it.
And odd that Deadpool did it so much better. (I'm still bitter about Jubilee constantly getting shafted, especially in Apocalypse, when you had this great actress and everything, then... nada.)
They've always been my favorite comic, so it's been really rough seeing how much they keep botching it.
And odd that Deadpool did it so much better. (I'm still bitter about Jubilee constantly getting shafted, especially in Apocalypse, when you had this great actress and everything, then... nada.)
Even 40-50 million still seems high. Nothing about this movie seems remotely entertaining. I've never seen a worse opening to a trailer than Sansa Stark's hamfisted crying "Wha-wha-why did you m-make m-me do that?"
Simple Jack can deliver a line better than that.
Simple Jack can deliver a line better than that.
Which is precisely why I don't count it.
It's emblematic of their entire run; they're out of touch with what fans wanted. Deadpool only works cause they had fuck all to do with it.
It's like crediting Sony with Homecoming.
On this same note, originally the role of Storm was between Zendaya (now MJ in the MCU Spiderman films) and Alexandra Shipp (the current Fox Storm). At the time i'm sure Zendaya was disappointed but I bet she's not anymore.
Grossing less than the first film. Nice job, Fox.
This is ReleaseTheSnyderCut levels of sad...
This is ReleaseTheSnyderCut levels of sad...
Call it whatever you want, it's not a good X-men movie.
I want one great movie with an actual lineup of X-men that actually respects the characters and source material. Not 100% translation, just basic respect.
A few more years and I'll get one.
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I absolutely loved the X-Men as a kid and would like to see these stories done well but I have absolutely no interest in this (and never saw Apocalypse either).
I used to think you were the cleverest mutant in all of America.
They should really have just put it straight on their streaming service rather than waste time and money on a theatrical run.
You already fucked up from day one when you hire Simon Kinberg to not only write but also direct.
If this is tracking low for the franchise, I can only imagine how low New Mutants is going to be tracking. That's probably going to be around $30 million OW at best.
I still consider these to be side-stories. As for me, Fox's X-men ended with Logan.
I still consider these to be side-stories. As for me, Fox's X-men ended with Logan.
Do you really think hiring whoever else they were going to hire would have made this series better or more profitable ?
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Yeah, she is super selfware in a way that is rare in hollywood and takes charge of her career.
Apparently, she didn't take the role because it wasn't a "big enough" role.
https://www.cbr.com/actors-who-were-almost-x-men/
No. I didn't say that. But Fox was surely betting on her social media presence to make people come out and see the movie.
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Yeah, people forget Dark Pheonix and New Mutants were originally suppose to come out last year. They were way fucked before the deal even became a thing
With how much people were speculating New Mutants to go straight to Hulu or something, seems Disney is doing the opposite. Although that may have been out of their hands due to contracts and whatnot.
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Nobody cares anymore until the XMen are in the MCU. Not to mention all the negative buzz surrounding it.
Of all the things that this movie has going against it, I am in awe that "Dark Phoenix" has the same leather overcoat as X3
Wish I could find the tweet that RT'd that gif, but it was something along the lines of, "You're watching the Disney Channel, up next is Duck Tales!"
As far as I'm concerned, it was.
Definitely not (unless someone resented the Fox universe in its entirety, then wanting that would make more sense to me).
Why is it physically impossible for it to be good? And why doesn't it matter?