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Wkd Box Office - 1•17-19•20 - Bad Boys brings life to MLK weekend, 3rd time not charm for Dolittle
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BoP is tracking in the high 40s/low 50s. They are close enough where if Sonic reviews substantially better than BoP then Sonic could catch up. I don't think that will happen but it's technically possible.
The last long range tracking I saw had BoP in the 40-50/60 range while Sonic was in the 20-30 range.
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I'm fine with it in that it'd be funny, but at the same time I don't want to think about the implications that 1) it wouldn't have happened if they didn't crunch to alter the poor design that was receiving incredibly negative reception, and 2) the effects that could have if more people in the business see it succeeding after that
Color Out of Space has an 89 RT.
And a 69 Metacritic. Which is actually pretty good for a horror film.
And a 69 Metacritic. Which is actually pretty good for a horror film.
Some more recent tracking is putting Sonic at $40m-$45m
Three day vs four day could be a factor (the 20-30m estimate is three day, 40-45m is four day) but I don't know how big President's Day is for movies.
And Jan isn't even over.
What a wild start.
Been reading some of The Turning's reviews. Very yikes so I looked up details out of curiosity. It's actually kinda interesting.
This was a minor passion project for Spielberg in early 2016 as he wanted to move back into producing horror movies, especially the low-mid budget kind that could reap dividends if successful. He loved a screenwriter's adaptation of Henry James' novella and started putting the pieces together. It was originally supposed to shoot in late 2016, but five weeks before filming (and $5M already spent) Spielberg shut down the project and fired the director and a different screenwriter after their page-1 rewrite was horribly received. A year later in late 2017 the project was back in motion with a new director, screenwriter, and fresh script draft. Filming occurred in early 2018 with Spielberg unofficially on set. Originally set for release in February 2019 Universal pulled the movie from their schedule in September 2018. It was rescheduled in Feb '19 for tomorrow.
This was a minor passion project for Spielberg in early 2016 as he wanted to move back into producing horror movies, especially the low-mid budget kind that could reap dividends if successful. He loved a screenwriter's adaptation of Henry James' novella and started putting the pieces together. It was originally supposed to shoot in late 2016, but five weeks before filming (and $5M already spent) Spielberg shut down the project and fired the director and a different screenwriter after their page-1 rewrite was horribly received. A year later in late 2017 the project was back in motion with a new director, screenwriter, and fresh script draft. Filming occurred in early 2018 with Spielberg unofficially on set. Originally set for release in February 2019 Universal pulled the movie from their schedule in September 2018. It was rescheduled in Feb '19 for tomorrow.
The first 20 minutes of Bad Boys For Life were pretty good.
Shame the projector took a big shit. I was buying what the movie was selling.
Shame the projector took a big shit. I was buying what the movie was selling.
Looks pretty good, yeah. Moss is consistently great and the trailers were properly creepy. I bet that'll be a pretty good hit next month. Didn't even realize the director of Upgrade has been writing since the first Saw, lmao.
It's worth noting that STX only spent $8m (plus whatever they spent on marketing) on Gentlemen.
STX only paid $7M for the rights to Gentlemen. They're going to come out fine.
I'm seeing The Turning tomorrow. After having seen Letterboxd reviews about the film...definitely not surprised lol
Ah well. I got to watch Color Out Of Space on Wednesday, my great movie quota for the week was already met regardless
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Ok, I guess I am confused. So it's been out in the UK for a month and made 18 million off of that? I can't find the production budget anywhere, but STX bought it from somebody for $7~$8 million and they're making money? So they're distributing it worldwide if they're making profit?
STX will make a profit off of it. Maybe not a ton, but something.
More than they'll get from any of their other movies this year.
No Star Horror January continues!
It's starting to look more and more like the rumors of No Time To Die being 3 hours long is true.
I wonder how that affects its box office, if it does at all.
I wonder how that affects its box office, if it does at all.
Uncharted officially moved from December to next March. Sounds like the rumor that Sony was punting Masters of the Universe to Netflix might be true. That movie is going to be dumpster fire, *sigh*
Travis Knight to Ruben Fleischer is so unfortunate for Uncharted.
They should just make He-Man the 2020's version of the 1980 Flash Gordon: all the cheesiness of the era it's from delivered with earnesty and the best production you can get in modern blockbuster cinema.
He-Man hasn't started filming. I doubt it ever does. Doesn't even have a real cast yet, I'm not sure it's a real movie lol.
March 5th is also the release date for another video game movie, the R-rated reboot of Mortal Kombat.
Bad Boys for life was such a fun film and I'm glad it's doing well. Will Smith and Martin Lawrence chemistry is great and the new characters are a nice addition to the franchise. 33 million estimates for BBFL this weekend also points to some potentially nice legs for the film.
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Exactly. People didn't believe me when I said that the second trailer suggested the movie would be bad.
I still don't think Bad Boys gets to $200M but, if Deadlines projection is right, it's going to be quite close.
At this point, it really should just never get off the ground, lol.
I felt like the date was familiar. I just checked and it looks like Mortal Kombat has been prayed up to January and replaced it with a Village Roadshow film.
I'm hoping MK is successful!
I don't agree with some of your criticisms, but what improvements do you want from a sequel?
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I finally saw Knives Out. Holy shit. Holy shit. What a film. The cast was great, Ana de Armas especially, and the script was clever and tight. I'm already fiendish for a rewatch.
And donuts.
And donuts.
Bad Boys was a ton of fun. Seems like the change in directors did wonders since the movie actually feels refreshing. Itching to see it again.
Also saw 1917 for a second time. The ending got me good this time.
With Bad Boys, I've now seen 8 movies in theaters in January, which is the most movies I've seen in theaters in a single month ever. The movies I saw were:
Frozen 2
Jumanji: The Next Level
Spies in Disguise
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women
Pacto de Fuga (chilean movie)
Bad Boys for Life
February is looking much lighter for me in comparison.
Also saw 1917 for a second time. The ending got me good this time.
With Bad Boys, I've now seen 8 movies in theaters in January, which is the most movies I've seen in theaters in a single month ever. The movies I saw were:
Frozen 2
Jumanji: The Next Level
Spies in Disguise
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women
Pacto de Fuga (chilean movie)
Bad Boys for Life
February is looking much lighter for me in comparison.
Sony has held the cinematic rights to MotU for like a decade now and they haven't done anything with it. I won't believe that movie exists until I actually see it.
The fact that Paramount will likely be able to run a "#1 movie in the world" ad campaign for the Sonic movie just tickles me.
8-year-old me would be freaking out right now.
8-year-old me would be freaking out right now.
Yeah. I was surprised how much I enjoyed this schlock. The Michael Bay cameo was appropriate.
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...holy fucking god
For those wondering, the rumors were completely true. The Turning straight up had no ending. Like a book that's final page pauses mid-sente
If it weren't for Murder Of Nicole Brown Simpson (directed by the guy who made Haunting Of Sharon Tate), this would easily be the worst film of the year so far. This was just unacceptable. And yes I saw The Grudge (2020), that was nowhere near this bad
and it had an ending
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