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Wkd Box Office - 10•20-22•17 - Thursday is the new Sunday this week
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Which movie will have better legs though?
Def Thor 3 I think, the word of mouth will carry it. Unless Justice League gets a 99% on rottentomatoes.
Def Thor 3 I think, the word of mouth will carry it. Unless Justice League gets a 99% on rottentomatoes.
Yeah probably Thor although JL will face less serious competition until Star Wars unless I'm forgetting something.
I'm... not sure what happened to the 2nd half of your post, but from the gist of it, I assume you agree with me?
It's hard to say which will have better legs. Man of Steel and especially Batman v Superman had terrible legs, but Suicide Squad had good legs and Wonder Woman had phenomenal. DCEU films are all over the place in terms of word of mouth. And since Suicide Squad is (IMO) the worst DCEU movie, yet had the 2nd best legs, I don't think it's a foregone conclusion that quality will be a strong indicator of legs.
On the MCU side of things, several recent Marvel movies had weaker legs than anticipated. Spider-Man is a notable exception, opening lower than most people thought but then having good holds through the summer. Thor in particular had decent legs for the first movie, about as good as Doctor Strange and Winter Soldier. The Dark World though ranks among the worst, better than only IM3, Civil War, and Ultron. The legs of MCU films seem to revolve around whether or not the movies meet audience expectations. You see IM3 and Ultron having some of the worst legs and you can probably imagine why - both movies pulled the rug out from under audiences regarding villains and were considered by most to be a big step down in quality (although those who don't like IM3 are categorically wrong, I have proof). Civil War was overly long and far less focused on "war" than people thought it would be. It turned out to be mostly a straightforward Captain America sequel with about a half hour of Avenger vs Avenger action. And it's no wonder Thor 2 had poor legs. Movie so forgettable that people forgot to tell their friends and coworkers to check it out.
Reaction/hype for Thor seems higher than Justice League at this point, but it's also closer to release and the overwhelmingly positive reviews have already hit. I haven't been watching closely, but reaction to Justice League trailers seems good, not great. Guess we'll know more about that when we get the inevitably legendary review thread.
Tl;dr - I dunno lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
On the MCU side of things, several recent Marvel movies had weaker legs than anticipated. Spider-Man is a notable exception, opening lower than most people thought but then having good holds through the summer. Thor in particular had decent legs for the first movie, about as good as Doctor Strange and Winter Soldier. The Dark World though ranks among the worst, better than only IM3, Civil War, and Ultron. The legs of MCU films seem to revolve around whether or not the movies meet audience expectations. You see IM3 and Ultron having some of the worst legs and you can probably imagine why - both movies pulled the rug out from under audiences regarding villains and were considered by most to be a big step down in quality (although those who don't like IM3 are categorically wrong, I have proof). Civil War was overly long and far less focused on "war" than people thought it would be. It turned out to be mostly a straightforward Captain America sequel with about a half hour of Avenger vs Avenger action. And it's no wonder Thor 2 had poor legs. Movie so forgettable that people forgot to tell their friends and coworkers to check it out.
Reaction/hype for Thor seems higher than Justice League at this point, but it's also closer to release and the overwhelmingly positive reviews have already hit. I haven't been watching closely, but reaction to Justice League trailers seems good, not great. Guess we'll know more about that when we get the inevitably legendary review thread.
Tl;dr - I dunno lol ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thor Ragnarok: $172.5M
Justice League: $148M
A Bad Mom's Christmas: $29.5M
Jigsaw: $11M
Just so I can really rub it in when I'm 100% right.
Justice League: $148M
A Bad Mom's Christmas: $29.5M
Jigsaw: $11M
Just so I can really rub it in when I'm 100% right.
Oh sweet, we don't get weird ass thread titles any more? Some of them were fucking logic puzzles
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$28M for Ragnarok through Thursday
http://deadline.com/2017/10/thor-ragnarok-opening-international-box-office-1202195342/
Running a bit ahead of Doc Strange overseas so far.
http://deadline.com/2017/10/thor-ragnarok-opening-international-box-office-1202195342/
Running a bit ahead of Doc Strange overseas so far.
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Strange was quite big in Asia, and Europe is becoming increasingly blase about superhero films. So it's pretty good I think. We'll see how China and the domestic market go next week
I believe the same talent behind the first is behind this one. Just a infectiously happy movie and a pleasure to watch. I can see why these movies get such good reviews.
Haven't seen a Jigsaw thread yet so, it doesn't sound good...
Edit: Early screening in China of 30 minutes of JL.
Edit: Early screening in China of 30 minutes of JL.
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I mean, outside of Goodnight and Good Luck, which he was familiar with considering his father was a news anchor, its more the writing and stories that have been the failings, I think. He either needs a different partner or he needs to stop rewriting scrips given to him.
What's the predictions for Jigsaw?
With a $10 mil budget - I imagine anything will be considered good and there will definitely be a sequel.
I mean, Happy Death Day is at like $50 mil and that's not an established franchise.
Time to revive Friday The 13th with Blumhouse.
With a $10 mil budget - I imagine anything will be considered good and there will definitely be a sequel.
I mean, Happy Death Day is at like $50 mil and that's not an established franchise.
Time to revive Friday The 13th with Blumhouse.
shiiit, I finally got in.
Awesome to see this thread still going strong, though not as awesome as it would be to see Justice League do the same box office as Thor 3.
Awesome to see this thread still going strong, though not as awesome as it would be to see Justice League do the same box office as Thor 3.
Can't tell if cynical about Justice League or optimistic about Thor Ragnarok.
I guess so. I just looked at the reviews, ouch. I do like his directorial style usually but it clearly doesn't connect with audiences.
I don't know which will do better but the Thor ads have been on point and the JL ones have seemed kinda hokey?
Thor 129.2
JL 135.6
As for this week, I'm not surprised that Geostorm tanked. I'm trying to think of the last successful big Disaster Movie and I'm struggling.
I was happy to see Kingsmen have a decent opening in China as well. The overall numbers won't be amazing, but at least it's not awful.
JL 135.6
As for this week, I'm not surprised that Geostorm tanked. I'm trying to think of the last successful big Disaster Movie and I'm struggling.
I was happy to see Kingsmen have a decent opening in China as well. The overall numbers won't be amazing, but at least it's not awful.
Has there been a disaster movie recently that's done well? The last disaster movie I can even remember was San Andreas. I think that did ok.
I have a huge amount of respect for what George Clooney does. He probably has the clout to do whatever he wants and instead decides to make these weird little movies. But I think he still has to grow a lot more, or at the very least get a collaborator who can push him better. He's usually trying to say something meaningful in his movies but it never goes beyond surface level.
I'd never recommend Suburbicon to someone unless they're huge Coen Brothers fans and want to watch one of their old, aborted projects wriggle to life.
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