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Wkd Box Office - 1•12-14•18 - Audiences up for another game of Jumanji. Mixed results for newcomers.
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yep, as bad as Covenant was, Fassbender seemed like the only one on set who realized that he was in a big budget b-movie. his character was like a mad scientist and was the most entertaining thing about it.
dude definitely needs to reconsider his career choices as of late though. 2 years of crap movies isn't that long tbh, but still its time he starred in something good soon.
dude definitely needs to reconsider his career choices as of late though. 2 years of crap movies isn't that long tbh, but still its time he starred in something good soon.
I don't remember Cruise and Ferguson bring romantic in MI5. I think Ethan is only away from his wife for her protection but they're still together. Been a while since watching MI4.
No clue who the 4th actress is or who she's playing. And they should bring back Paula Patton.
That's Vanessa Kirby, I hace seen ir in the movie About Time and the Netflix series The Crown. I don't know her role in the movie.
There was a legit connection between Cruise and Ferguson in MI5 but outside a goodbye kiss that was it. Like they saw each other as equals.
Phantom Thread starts tonight here.
Phantom Thread starts tonight here.
He was too cold, thank god he wasn't chosen as Spider-man, but he would make a great Harry Osborn although he is very tall to fit with Tom in the screen lol
Finally saw The Shape of Water last night and loved every minute of it - did it make some money?
Also, there was an ad beforehand for an app called Fantasy Movie League - I feel like a lot of you guys here would enjoy making a league. Basically a free weekly fantasy box office game. Thoughts?
Also, there was an ad beforehand for an app called Fantasy Movie League - I feel like a lot of you guys here would enjoy making a league. Basically a free weekly fantasy box office game. Thoughts?
It's actually crap. What it is is they give you about 8 screens to fill out a movie theater with a set budget but the prices are so lopsided that there's no reason to pick the higher tiered movies. For example, I tried it the week after Jumanji came out. Star Wars was SO expensive that if you used it then you'd have to fill the other screens with a lesser movie like The Shape of Water or something. The strategy essentially boils down to filling as many screens as possible with mid-tier movies.
Email recap from the week I played.
Pretty sure Ethan and his wife aren't together anymore, but he keeps tabs on her
Ferguson's character straight up offered Ethan a chance to run away with her so nah there's something up
Ferguson's character straight up offered Ethan a chance to run away with her so nah there's something up
Tomb Raider screams catch me on Netflix
Why am I not shocked you are versed in MI lore
They did not, but there was romantic tension and she offered to run away together.
So, question mark on the wife.
But hey, more than one lady in M:I. Been awhile. They've been like ONLY ONE LADY!
I hope Tomb Raider turns out decent and to be an enjoyable enough flick to watch through. And that it does well on the Box Office to amount a sequel, but there's something about the trailers that looks cheap, and the plot is basic and not interesting at all. Although I like the setting and the castings, especially Alicia Vikander as this strong woman who has to survive under hard circumstances. But I really just don't like the premise of "big organization planning genocide at a remote island, so girl goes to stop them and save the world." Hopefully there's more to her father's discoveries, and that the tombs will hide something bigger since there seems to be some mystical objects and puzzles she goes through.
We don't know the budget of this movie? What do we think it'll do on the box office both domestic and international?
We don't know the budget of this movie? What do we think it'll do on the box office both domestic and international?
Simon Pegg needs to gtfo of these movies he's terrible in themThey did not, but there was romantic tension and she offered to run away together.
So, question mark on the wife.
But hey, more than one lady in M:I. Been awhile. They've been like ONLY ONE LADY!
This is almost a parody of the 'guys in normal poses but the girl arching her butt out' cliche.
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Variety
I don't know where the supposed hype for 12 Strong is coming from, middle america didn't turn out much in 2017 (see: Thank You for Your Service, Only the Brave). I wouldn't bat an eye at a sub double digits debut
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle $18,000,000 -36%
The Post $12,500,000 -37%
12 Strong $12,000,000 NEW
The Greatest Showman $9,200,000 -26%
Paddington 2 $7,600,000 -31%
The Commuter $6,500,000 -52%
Star Wars: The Last Jedi $6,000,000 -49%
Den of Thieves $5,900,000 NEW
Insidious: The Last Key $5,500,000 -56%
Proud Mary $4,400,000 -56%THR
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Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle "$15 million or more"
12 Strong "$15 million or more"
The Post "around $13 million"
Den of Thieves "it could pull in $7-8 million"
Forever My Girl "modest expectations"Variety
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Jumanji "between $15 million to $20 million"
The Post "in the $14 million range
12 Strong "$14 million to $17 million range"
Den of Thieves "in the $9 million range"I don't know where the supposed hype for 12 Strong is coming from, middle america didn't turn out much in 2017 (see: Thank You for Your Service, Only the Brave). I wouldn't bat an eye at a sub double digits debut
Ferguson is really the breakout of Rogue Nation though, like by miles
If anybody's gonna pick up the franchise if Tom leaves it's her
If anybody's gonna pick up the franchise if Tom leaves it's her
What if they cast Dwayne Johnson in Episode IX? Where would the final box office finish?
I'd watch a M:I starring Rebecca Ferguson and Paula Patton at least twice in the cinema. It'll be about a shadowy terrorist organization planning world domination/getting rich through nefarious means, and the only way they can be stopped is by these two ladies doing hurricanranas, jumping armbars and frankensteiners on them all. And to defeat the main villain they have to Dudley Death Drop him or her through at least two tables.
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He's the only one aside from Tom Cruise obviously that's been in every Mission Impossible movie.
Still a great film and what else is it up against?
Black Panther is the next real competition and that's not until mid-February.
They're the best Tom Cruise Action Man films around. Ethan Hunt has no character - 3 tried to give him one but it didn't stick, but he's a great excuse for Tom to do insane Jackie Chan stunts. Apart from 2 they're all consistently good. M:I 2 is bad but it's hilarious fun.
Wild thing about the series is how each entry is fairly different from the last. There's whiplash going from Brian De Palma's first entry to John Woo's second. MI5 and MI6 are the first to share a director.
I'm glad McQuarrie stayed on to do MI6. He's a great writer (he wrote MI5 but also The Usual Suspects and Edge of Tomorrow) and (as MI5 proved) he's a very capable director as well.
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I've only seen Ghost Protocol (M:I 4) to completion, but it was a super fun time.
I still want to see all of them sometime, but 3 is probably at the top of my list since I like JJ a lot. Makes sense that the character work is good, since that's one of his strengths.
Phantom Thread's not going to break even is it?
I mean I don't know how Hollywood works but that'll be 3 PTA films in a row not making back their budgets, do they keep him on just as charity or will their be more studio intervention in his later works?
I mean I don't know how Hollywood works but that'll be 3 PTA films in a row not making back their budgets, do they keep him on just as charity or will their be more studio intervention in his later works?
Whomever is bankrolling PTA movies is doing them for award consideration, not because they're expecting them to be huge financial successes. As long as he's keeping his budgets below $30-40 million, the studios aren't losing much (if any) money on them after home video and streaming rights and such, and he's not going to have that hard of a time getting his next movie funded.
Greatly enjoyed Phantom Thread. Had that quasi-Kubrick ultra pitch black sense of humor There Will Be Blood had.
(Nah. I unironically love every Mission Impossible film. Own them all on Blu-Ray.)
I only have MI4 and keep wanting to buy the others but with MI6 around the corner I think Paramount's will release them all on 4k this year. So I wait.
The first Mission Impossible is the last watchable movie De Palma made, but it's more mediocore than good. It's a super convoluted movie, and then the second movie doubles down on that.
From 3 onward is when the series hits it's groove. Though I'm not really crazy about the series overall, it's the kind of movies I enjoy watching at the moment and instantly forget what happens a week later.
From 3 onward is when the series hits it's groove. Though I'm not really crazy about the series overall, it's the kind of movies I enjoy watching at the moment and instantly forget what happens a week later.
The best Mission Impossible scene is when Tom Cruise does the break-in completely off-screen in like 1 minute while the people in the car argue over how long a minute is. It's brilliant in conception and execution. So whatever MI movie that had that scene is the best MI movie.
Mission: Impossible is one of my favourite franchises running right now and one of the few that manages to not only be consistent, but arguably better as it goes on.
I'm bailing before anyone dares start harping on my beloved Mission: Impossible III.
I'm bailing before anyone dares start harping on my beloved Mission: Impossible III.
Philistine. MI is always magic.
MI2
Every one is amazing in its own way.
I do not get the MI is convoluted arguments. The only thing I never understood is why they killed off Emilio so early. You don't treat Gordon Bombay like that.
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