Even of they did, no one (statistically) pays to see a movie for the sake of a record.
Wkd Box Office - 5•17-19•19 - Wick burns bright, The Sun flames out as Avatar passes torch to Endgame
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Even of they did, no one (statistically) pays to see a movie for the sake of a record.
Not to mention running a marketing campaign specifically to attack and overthrow one man and his film is kinda a dick move? Especially one they're about to have a long, fruitful relationship with?
I'm sure they probably care internally but throwing up big posters that say "BURN THE BLUE PEOPLE" only to have Big Jimbo walk into work one day and look at Bob Iger like
I'm sure they probably care internally but throwing up big posters that say "BURN THE BLUE PEOPLE" only to have Big Jimbo walk into work one day and look at Bob Iger like
I think it would.
Especially if Avatar 2 doesn't take the #1 spot back.
It will be below TFA this Tuesday and for the rest of the week, sure. It might even go below IW's Tuesday number, since the drop was way less subdued today because of the Canada holiday this Monday.
But one thing to notice: IW was only able to top TFA dailies after week 7 (it managed to top dailies in the beginning of the run in a similar fashion to Endgame on its first two weeks), ie, start of the June's Summer legs. It looks like a sign that my projection is correct: Endgame will indeed keep performing better than IW due to the very nature of Endgame as the 'end' of the Infinity Saga, with even better drops than IW ahead with the Summer late legs.
It has always been my theory since the start that Infinity War actually had a rougher path ahead than Endgame. When the heavy hitters and actual direct competition comes (Far From Home, The Lion King) the film will be long into its box office Summer late run to be affected. So far, it's shaping up pretty awesomely.
We get people HERE on Era every other day reporting their first Endgame screening, and we are a very hardcore geek / nerd forum. Endgame will top Avatar organically, and yes, people will come for the 'biggest film o all time" tag once it happens. Pretty natural, it happened with both Titanic and Avatar before. The assumption that everyone has already seen the film and aren't waiting for the Summer to actually see it for the first time is because we are living in a bubble. The "biggest film of all time" tag will indeed put butts on the seats. How much, who knows. We are truly in uncharted territory since Endgame started.
As a shareholder I want Disney to allocate all the marketing dollars from TROS, Lion King, Toy Story 4, and Frozen 2 to ensure Endgame beats Avatar for a meaningless statistic.
Avatar was goddamn front and center on the disney website with a Disney tattoo on Jake Sully Navi's forehead the day of the acquisition. Iger gushes over Avatar and probably sees SW/MCU franchise potential for it. They can't claim they were responsible for it but they can claim their movie was number 1. Heck they claimed Titanic on the PPT presentation and they don't own distribution rights in NA for that one.
Bingo. Not a smart move to focus a marketing campaign around dissing a very powerful (non exclusive) director that you work with. Disney gonna be all about keeping him happy.Not to mention running a marketing campaign specifically to attack and overthrow one man and his film is kinda a dick move? Especially one they're about to have a long, fruitful relationship with?
I'm sure they probably care internally but throwing up big posters that say "BURN THE BLUE PEOPLE" only to have Big Jimbo walk into work one day and look at Bob Iger like
If Endgame passes Avatar it passes it. They just aren't going to do a marketing blitz to do it. Because that is fucking stupid fanboy bullshit.
I'll quote what I posted in another thread. It's mostly owned by FOX (now Disney), but Big Jimbo (lol) probably still has some rights, possibly veto rights. We know every time Avatar was licensed Fox was/is involved. We know the property is copyrighted to Fox (not co-owned with Lightstorm for example). However, we know that Disney pays royalties to both Fox and Cameron for Pandora in Animal Kingdom. Iger reiterated that will continue going forward (i.e. they will pay themselves and Cameron). Cameron and Lightstorm helped designed the land, so that could be why he is owed royalties, not because they have any rights to the IP.
It's unknown if Disney could make a movie (or TV show) without Big Jimbo's approval.
I think JKR owns more of Harry Potter and Wizardry World than Cameron owns of Avatar, for example. However, Cameron possibly owns more of Avatar than Lucas owns of Star Wars.
Loose translation:
'We are now more than 18 million of people, making #AvengersEndgame the most viewed film of all time in Brazil. Have you secured your place in history? Buy your tickets now:"
Marvel Brazil's marketing clearly isn't playing shy of calling a spade a spade. Marketing for this will be fun once it tops Avatar.
ZattMurdock I really hope you have taken time away from Endgame viewing to also see the other great films that have been releasing like John Wick or Booksmart.
Wick for example, without question, has better shot action scenes than any film released this year and deserves to be seen on the big screen.
Wick for example, without question, has better shot action scenes than any film released this year and deserves to be seen on the big screen.
Neither are available on my hometown movie theater yet. I never saw Wick in the big screen, I might do it this time when I get the time.
That was from Feiges ama:
"We did a special shoot of Luis recapping the entire 10-year history of the MCU for SDCC when we announced Michelle Pfeiffer playing Janet van Dyne. I'm sure it's around somewhere."
"We did a special shoot of Luis recapping the entire 10-year history of the MCU for SDCC when we announced Michelle Pfeiffer playing Janet van Dyne. I'm sure it's around somewhere."
But the rerelease that will keep it in theaters until December!? How else will they sell it?
You want to stay in theatres for 7 months, you've got to cultivate strong legs. Those huge, front loaded opening weekends make your legs soft. You get soft and...
That's some mighty fine quotin'. Wish I had ten more like you.
You literally just quoted an instance of somebody remembering the quote.
And how do you know that it's a quote at all if YOU don't remember it? The plot thickens!
We all have Avatar deep in our subconscious, some things just trigger memories like for Bucky in The Winter Soldier
They've invented this narrative where all Cameron fans call him Big Jimbo for some reason. It's meant to make Cameron fans seem weird by painting them as a fan base that affectionately names Cameron.
That just says you need to see Wick ASAP. Or if you have already seen it, see it again!
If that means the film getting the giant box office grosses it deserves, so be it.
I did it on my post because I thought it was funny as hell.
Apparently there's someone on BOT that only refers to Cameron as Big Jimbo and unlike people in this thread that dude is serious about it and not doing it in jest.
There's a Cameron stan on BOT named Iron Jimbo
What pet names do the MCU fanatics have for Kevin Feige?
The God that can't even hit #1 on the charts.
I KID! I KID!
He seriously has had a stupid impressive run as a producer.
Kathleen Kennedy's producer run is more impressive
Yeah but she is a woman who forced politics, Rian Johnson, and diversity into my movie series about a space wizard fighting a fascist empire. It does not count. /s
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