How dare they put out movies that resonate with people in a way other studios' movies don't!
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Wkd Box Office - 6•7-6•9•19 - Disney uses third wish to grant X-Men their freedom, families ignore second helping of SLoP to save money for toys
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General audiences suck to be fair it's probably because theater aren't cheap so they save money for the movies that they feel like they feel benefit from big screen hence blockbusters
Godzilla and Dark Phoenix, both VFX spectacle movies, just bombed and bombed hard.
Its more like audiences are refusing to see anything that can't get a decent score on Rotten Tomatoes, which contrary to what some people will tell you is NOT that hard.
That's not even 100% true if you look at Aladdin this year and Bohemian Rhapsody last year.
Barely. It's at 61% now but was in the mid-50's for a long time, iirc.
Venom is also a significant outlier from last year.
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Random Saturday thought: what's the longest it ever took for a numbered sequel? I don't mean something like Blade Runner 2049, I mean like a 2/3/4/etc.
Incredibles 2 was 15 years. I guess we can count Dumb and Dumber To, that was 20 years.
Incredibles 2 was 15 years. I guess we can count Dumb and Dumber To, that was 20 years.
One of the Disney sequels maybe? Some of these are like 60 years apart. If Fantasia 2000 doesn't count, than Bambi II?
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If it was just nostalgia, it would have a higher opening and less legs.
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Ah you're right, I was thinking more theatrically but I guess technically Disney's DTV nonsense would take it. Question still remains what the biggest theatrical one is.
I thought of that but TECHNICALLY if we're going by my arbitrary ruling the Episode numbers aren't in the official titles, just on the title cards.
Why wouldn't Blade Runner 2049 count, but Dumb & Dumber To would?
Basic Instinct 2 came out 14 years after the original. That's not the record or anything, I just wanted to remind everyone that there was a Basic Instinct 2. And it had the subtitle "Risk Addiction".
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I just wished they had budgeted the film better or made it shorter. Maybe we could have gotten a sequel. Blade Runner 2049 was fantastic. The movie flew by for me.
If you are requiring that both the original film and the sequel were theatrically released, the answer would probably be:
The Odd Couple (1968)
The Odd Couple 2 (1998)
The best part about it is that The Odd Couple 2 is a sequel in the truest possible sense (same actors, same writer). It's not like Return to Oz or Mary Poppins Returns where the creative team is completely different. The movie itself is apparently quite bad despite the fact that Neil Simon wrote it.
Then explain audiences not showing up to the movies that are getting good reviews on RT (that isn't a blockbuster).
Sadly, good reviews can't help a movie with limited marketing or limited mass market appeal. People just aren't going to the movies anymore for non-blockbusters unless the movie gets insanely good WoM like Get Out.
Booksmart wasn't in a theater near me for longer than a weekend
Last Black Man In SF wasn't even in one near me, period
I want to see more great films. I just don't live in NY or CHI or a city like that (yet) where limited releases almost always end up
Which is kind of the point. People like to complain about "Hollywood doesn't make these types of movies anymore" about a bunch of different genres, but the truth is that they don't make them anymore because people stopped going to see them and the only way they make sense is for indie companies to do with either lesser known actors or with everyone taking backend deals to keep the production costs down. Streaming has basically saved the mid-budget movie, but who knows how long this boom of everyone needing content is gonna last.
Kinda bummed to see Gozdilla and Dark Phoenix's results...
I wanted to go and watch Ma but it has taken out after like a week or so.
I wanted to go and watch Ma but it has taken out after like a week or so.
Top Gun, 1986
Top Gun: Maverick, 2020
Technically not numbered, but it stars the same fucking guy in the lead role
Top Gun: Maverick, 2020
Technically not numbered, but it stars the same fucking guy in the lead role
I didn't say audiences were off to see every VFX-heavy spectacle.
But they refuse to see movies that aren't, regardless of their RT percentages.
Us benefit from Get out and it's only really profitable because it's cheap movie that's how a lot of horror movies make money even when their box office isn't high.
It's box office isn't even close to blockbusters numbers it's beaten by Godzilla kotm and people are calling that a bomba
Also exceptions exists
How many movies with Us's budget and critical acclaim match its financial success in a year?
Go check, I'll wait.
Are Crazy Rich Asian, A Star is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, Quiet Place, Halloween from last year count?
It goes like this:
1. Am I interested in this movie?
2. Is it good?
3. If yes to both in that order, then it will be seen.
In that order.
If it fails #1, then #2 will not save it.
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