Deadline: Furiosa is underperforming at $31-35 million (4-day) - lowest Memorial Day weekend box office in 41 years
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Maybe you're right, but the fight would be a lot damn closer. And that has a knock-on effect. Something like Dune works out because there's so much buzz that even the non-enthusiasts go out of curiosity. If even the enthusiasts don't all show up what hope is there for crossover appeal?
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I never really understood the massive hype for Fury Road online. I found it to be a fun ride, but that's about it. Definitely wouldn't pay to see this in a theater.
Chris Hemsworth doesn't have much box office success with films that aren't linked to Marvel/Thor.
He did "Men In Black: International". That was a commercial flop.
He did "Ghostbusters" (2016). That film did not return a profit for Sony.
Now he does "Furiosa" for Warner Bros. Tracking is looking ugly for that film.
He did "Men In Black: International". That was a commercial flop.
He did "Ghostbusters" (2016). That film did not return a profit for Sony.
Now he does "Furiosa" for Warner Bros. Tracking is looking ugly for that film.
Outside out of Dune, KxG and Apes I don't think there's being a movie worth watching in theaters. There really hasn't being big movies this year so far.
Kinda blows my mind Memorial Day weekend is a huge movie weekend. I always associate it with being outside.
I dunno, I feel like this is the time where I most rarely go to the movies. In winter, you can hang out in a big warm space for a bit and in summer you can escape the heat. Now it's too nice to go to the movies unless it rains.
Also as a Fury Road fan, I wasn't exactly chomping at the bit to see the movie. I was planning on holding back and hearing opinions first.
I dunno, I feel like this is the time where I most rarely go to the movies. In winter, you can hang out in a big warm space for a bit and in summer you can escape the heat. Now it's too nice to go to the movies unless it rains.
Also as a Fury Road fan, I wasn't exactly chomping at the bit to see the movie. I was planning on holding back and hearing opinions first.
I've seen it and it's really not great. It's totally fine, but Fury Road was a landmark achievement in cinema. Furiosa is worse is literally every way - worse action, worse pacing, worse acting, worse story.
In fact, there is literally no point to the movie and it tells us absolutely nothing new.
You know Furiosa, the awesome fucking badass who rescued these women and liberated the Citadel in Fury Road, with the help of a vagabond road warrior? The one who came from the Green Place, taken as a child? The one who had to combat and escape enemies of Gas Town and Bullet Farm? All that information you learned in a tight 2 hours in Fury Road, played by a pitch-perfect Charlize Theron, accompanied by the greatest action sequences ever created.
In Furiosa, you learn nothing new about that story. Except Chris Hemsworth is around as a one-note villain, ranting and being cartoonishly over the top trying to be funny. Anya-Taylor Joy quite literally just stares in silence for the vast majority of the time she is on screen, and very occasionally shoots a gun. She says like five things. And they take 2.5 hours to tell that not-new story.
In fact, there is literally no point to the movie and it tells us absolutely nothing new.
You know Furiosa, the awesome fucking badass who rescued these women and liberated the Citadel in Fury Road, with the help of a vagabond road warrior? The one who came from the Green Place, taken as a child? The one who had to combat and escape enemies of Gas Town and Bullet Farm? All that information you learned in a tight 2 hours in Fury Road, played by a pitch-perfect Charlize Theron, accompanied by the greatest action sequences ever created.
In Furiosa, you learn nothing new about that story. Except Chris Hemsworth is around as a one-note villain, ranting and being cartoonishly over the top trying to be funny. Anya-Taylor Joy quite literally just stares in silence for the vast majority of the time she is on screen, and very occasionally shoots a gun. She says like five things. And they take 2.5 hours to tell that not-new story.
Reviews and audience scores are great so unless you've personally passed this message to every potential movie goer, it was nothing to do with the quality of the film.
That early marketing certainly did not help though…
Yeah, to be clear I don't think the initial box office would be affected by the quality or reviews off the bat, it was just a factor that I don't think will improve its run after opening weekend.
Nothing thrives on streaming. Certainly not to make up for any meaningful losses.
All of these for me and from what it looks like , many many many more audiences…
Theaters in trouble - shoulda let Movie Pass thrive 🤷♂️
Honestly I haven't seen a single ad for it. Because I don't watch ads anymore. Advertisement amongst younger generations is effectively dead if you can't reach them where they are. Where they are is, I don't want ads.
Additionally, everything is too expensive to do anymore for most normal people.
Additionally, everything is too expensive to do anymore for most normal people.
I'm excited to see it, but I'll just grab the 4K disc in a few months and watch on the big OLED.
Far, far cheaper too.
Dangnabbit!
Still want to see it eventually…
Far, far cheaper too.
Dangnabbit!
Still want to see it eventually…
To be fair MiB wasn't crazy or anything but it was a completely "fine" film, not sure why it bombed so hard.
Furiosa will be a cult classic I guess.
Totally understand that sentiment. I used to say the same but have caved in recently.
Totally understand and if it wasn't for this forum I wouldn't have known about it either.
I thought the film was good.
That's like saying no SW film reaches Empire or ROTS, like sure, doesn't mean you can't enjoy them.
I'm sorry, that's just me and I know a lot of people loved it, so please judge for yourself. I still support this type of project, and it was by no means bad, but there's about 50 other stories I would want to be told in this universe, and they chose to just rehash one we already knew.
what's a bummer is that, according to wikiped, Fury Road made like $55 million in DVD sales alone. it's crazy how much the media landscape has changed since then, the home video long tail is completely dead, all that's left is streaming views which is utterly meaningless and will never be able to sway a studio to greenlight a theatrical sequel
It's considered the official start of the Summer movie season.
I mean really, the summer season starts at the beginning of May.
Once upon a time it was. But then Twister I believe was the one that opened big in first weekend of May and it's mostly been there. Marvel will even push that up a week in some cases.
If I am going to spend money, time and effort to go to the cinema, it has to be something that really appeals when I have so many other forms of entertainment available to me in my limited free time.
An unappealing looking prequel to a film I hadn't watched because it looked completely unappealing to me, based on a franchise from the 80s that I've never seen? Why would I ever care?
An unappealing looking prequel to a film I hadn't watched because it looked completely unappealing to me, based on a franchise from the 80s that I've never seen? Why would I ever care?
I mean if you couldn't be bothered to even try "at home" the other ones then ... What ? Should they just not make films that don't appeal to your tastes ... ?
Of course not. But it's baffling to me that the lack of success for this film and a lot of films generally in 2024 seems to surprise so many people on Era when what's true for me will be true for loads like me.
Why even share this?
You literally just posted, "why should this thing that doesn't appeal to me exist?". Like....ok?
It's a well reviewed prequel to a critically acclaimed movie that was literally hailed as being an action movie work of art and touchstone for the genre.
If Fury Road looked unappealing to you then I can't possibly imagine what does look appealing to you lol
I can't speak for this person but as someone who finds Fury Road unappealing (but has seen it three times), I find many things appealing. What's unappealing about FR to me is that it's an action movie, and I find action scenes in movies to be really boring. Two of my favorite genres that I will go out of my way to see in theaters (horror and Oscar bait) have little to no action in them and the third favorite genre has action scenes to its detriment (superhero stuff).
There are many movies without action scenes! Specifically car chases which imo are the worst kind of action scenes.
Yeah, I get it. I think it's a shame that Challengers had such odd marketing, because that was the best theater experience I've had in years watching it in Imax. Absolutely electrifying - and the trailers would not have you think that.
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Separate from all the hubbub here, I've found going back to the movies to be more pleasurable from a purely nostalgic viewpoint - so I'm not surprised that people who are younger than 30 are pretty content not going and box office numbers for anything not super widely focused aren't jumping up anymore. I am excited to see Furiosa, if only because it'll be 2 1/2 hours in a cozy recliner seat with some nice snacks and in a place where I can watch a movie without my partner watching distracting Tiktoks next to me - we have very different viewing habits and I love to get immersed in the movie experience.
I'll chime in and say that I was never a Mad Max fan, and the trailers 2015 for Fury Road were like meh, this probably won't be good.
I have never been so happy to be proven wrong. It's a cinematic masterpiece and deserves every ounce of praise it gets and more. Just watch it.
Furiosa is a totally different thing and perfectly mid and unnecessary. That should not put you off from watching Fury Road.
I wanna go see it but I need to get some ear protection first. I sense this is a particularly loud and boisterous movie and IMAX is way too loud in my local cinema (I get that that's mostly the point but there have been some screenings I've attended where the audio's been so loud it's clipping.)
Had this come out even just 5 years ago I think it would be doing a lot better (and no, not just because it was pre-covid).
Yeah, it's crazy how fast things get released on streaming now, and the 4K discs are coming out a lot earlier than they used to as well. I used to always make it a point to see a film that I really wanted to see at the theater, and usually within the first week or two of release.
Now? With OLED, and how much larger screens we can get at home coupled with HDR, since around 2016 I'll go see a movie, and typically think "I can't wait until this hits 4K" simply because it will look better on my TV than it does on our local theater screens. I went from seeing maybe six to eight films a year at the theater to maybe two or three at most.
If you happen to live in a bigger city that has multiple theaters, and one might house a more modern projector and screen YMMV (I've been to a few that look fantastic, but our local looks mediocre).
This is another problem I have with theaters. Especially if it's a big opening. Somehow, since 2015 I always get the person that brings a twelve course meal of candy, nachos and popcorn right next to me every time now, and it fucking sucks. It's non stop CRUNCH CRUNCH, and the crinkling of bags for the entire run time.