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Pokémon Detective Pikachu Achieves Record-Breaking $54.5M Weekend for a Videogame Based Film
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Remember when there were supposed to be multiple spin offs from Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the set ups they did in the film? Good times.
There have been a lot of Spiderman movies. Just saw the animated one. Pretty good honestly. I was pleasantly surprised
I am saying that you have people arguing literally every concievable position for this movie.
You won't have to look too hard for "relax it's a kids movie!" takes.
Yep
You seem to be getting defensive over people making basic observations. You REALLY don't like this movie huh?
Remember the Green Lantern sequel? Good times.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/warner-bros-pursue-green-lantern-205703
Instead of pretending to be above the fray, you could weigh in. I was just giving my opinion based on my (limited) observations. I have zero emotional investment about how the movie does beyond a general Hoping good movies do well and bad movies don't.
Oh so you're salty that Endgame stomped pikachu without even trying. Gotcha.
Damn my exact same line I used for fantastic four nearly worked here too. Okay, I'll tweak it.
Not a good example. Pikachu is about to out gross the TOTAL ww box office for green lantern before its second weekend.
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Let's remember guys, this is a pokemon endeavor. And we know that most pokemon fans consume anything with the brand, so that's why mediocre, uninspired games like the output Gamefreak has been releasing since XY are still as successful as they can be, so GF continues with the same, old, tried formula but with just a new fad every new entry. Oh and lack of post-game content if you're not into grinding for IV perfect pokemon to play in online matches.
The heated defense force is nothing new.
The heated defense force is nothing new.
Holy crap, 170 mil!!! Well deserved, the movie was very enjoyable.
Where do we think this lands? I say $500m global.
Where do we think this lands? I say $500m global.
I think it's clearly a kids movie, but with references in there for milenials who bring their kids to see it.
Not at all. I've said this before.
I love pokemon, but a lot of fans' ridiculous defense it's the cause GF keeps churning out games as bland as the 3d entries. They don't even try to adjust difficulty or have post game content, because they know they are selling regardless.
So the heated defense of this mediocre movie keeps the tradition with the IP.
I thought the movie was really cute personally. Flawed, sure, but it felt like they at least somewhat knew the source material and were trying to honor it imo. Reynolds' pikachu was obviously the best part.
The numbers don't sound super amazing at first glance, but it looks like they're happy about it, so I'm glad it's doing well.
The numbers don't sound super amazing at first glance, but it looks like they're happy about it, so I'm glad it's doing well.
How can it still be an acceptable take "All the fans are stupid except me, the true fan"
What if they came up with a new region, named a movie after it and the two games after it, and released them simultaneously?
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Numbers don't exist in a vaccuum
Math is the one universal constant, that's why we love it.
Alright, try this: Detective Pikachu also outgrossed Resident Evil in its opening weekend. Why did it get 5 sequels? And why did Warcraft, which made $433 million worldwide, not get any?
Just saw the movie, the start had me a little worried but once Pikachu appears it gets fun, plot is simple but full of charm. As for negatives I guess none of the actors stand out, they all seem ok, the protagonist does have a couple good moments though. Overall I enjoyed it and would like a sequel
Why did Pacific Rim get a sequel? Tomb Raider (2018) sequel has been greenlit as of April of this year. Why? If the experts here are suggesting that a film needs to make 3x to break even, surely these films shouldn't have proceeded.
Except this isn't true at all, because this film will make absolutely loads for years to come on streaming services, where the studio gets a much larger cut of the profit anyway.
Ignoring the fact that streaming licensing deals aren't that lucrative or that simple, most studios (including Warner Bros) are looking to start their own streaming services and not license stuff like this out to Netflix and the like.
That's not how this works. That's not how any of this works.
I'll tell you what "isn't how it works"- first week box office takings being reflective at all of whether a movie will turn a profit in the long term, or how you even judge exactly what counts as studio profit when you're talking about a sprawling multimedia franchise like Pokemon, without knowing the details of the very specific deals that WB will have with Nintendo and the Pokemon Company. Or even whether turning a profit is important or expected of this film.
Are you suggesting neither WB or TPC care about turning a profit on their $150 million dollar film?
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That's kinda the point though is a movie's success needs to be relative to itself. So mocking Fant4stic for making a third of what Detective Pikachu did is irrelevant since it also cost a third as much to make it, especially since there are so many other fun ways to mock it. And there are always multiple factors in play beyond just an easy formula, that's why the 2/2.5X profit rule of thumb is just that: an easy estimate for conversation. Tomb Raider did pretty well worldwide all things considered, just not enough to be an obvious runaway hit. Clearly WB felt it did well enough for them. And has been said in this thread before, Pacific Rim was more of a case of the new Chinese owners thinking it was worthwhile to take a chance on it doing well in China again (same company that's doing Detective Pikachu so hey things might be looking good).
And your examples also paint exactly how a sequel being greenlit could ultimately mean diddly squat. Nothing's really been done so far for Tomb Raider 2 beyond signing the star and underpaying a writer to do the script, they could just as easily say next week "Oh yeah nevermind". And Pacific Rim 2 got cancelled like 3 times before John Boyega had to come in to get it off the streets and back to the block.
The movie's in such a grey area regarding its' performance right now, that I think it's too early to call if this kills Pokemon's future in Hollywood. I do anticipate a lower budget and a different pitch for the movie rather than a straight up sequel to this, if WB has enough confidence in the IP to try again.
A big factor is going to be streaming/home video/licensed product sales. Those are generally higher for kids movies, so strong figures there are relevant. The other question is if the studios think future films will grow, hold, or shrink. It's why the fairly successful ASM2 didn't get a sequel - Sony knew the box office would absolutely collapse for a theoretical ASM3. But if they feel they can maintain or grow these numbers, then it's worth moving ahead.
I never once said I was mad about it lmao. Just that I prefered it over endgame. Endgame had it's fun moments but it had it's problems too. It's 3 fucking hours for one thing... I don't have 3 hours to commit to a damn movie multiple times. I also found it dragged its ass a lot. I personally don't care what movie does what financially - I find it stupid when people argue this kind of shit if I'm honest because it doesn't effect me at all. Detective Pikachu exists and I'm happy enough with that. Chill buddy.
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Ah you have no interest in engaging, thanks for clearing that up for me.
If posts were measured in real estate then yours would remain a massive undeveloped plot of land.
I definitely expected a lot more from this movie but I think thats because of major titles getting a billion so easily.
Maybe they should have waited for summer. I feel like I saw endgame yesterday personally and I saw it on release night.
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