Wafflecakes
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The decline of DW makes me so sad. Their new films have absolutely no ambition.
TBH I think illumination will have the same problem when DM/Minions loses traction, as Shrek did for DW.
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The decline of DW makes me so sad. Their new films have absolutely no ambition.
TBH I think illumination will have the same problem when DM/Minions loses traction, as Shrek did for DW.
With two studios, they can do what Disney and Pixar are doing and alternate between new IP attempts and sequel milking.
Also, Secret Life of Pets was huge, and Sing was Kung Fu Panda sized. That takes some of the strain off of the Minions stuff.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Teenagers do foreplay?
Bronson skipped puberty.
I don't know how GitS is tracking for a worse opening than Power Rangers domestically, but it has a real chance of hitting big overseas.
I'm actually surprised that PR bombed that hard internationally, but then again the theatre was basically a few groups of guys, some parents with kids who probably realised they made a mistake once the film started, and some sad, lonely guys watching it by themselves.
China isn't gonna save it. Japan isn't gonna save it.
GitS, on the other hand, has a good chance of pulling in a decent sum in China - anime and manga properties are big there. Possibly Japan too, depending on how receptive they are of Western remakes. Even if it fails in other territories, they could probably fall back on those and other Asian markets. Aside from the anime and sci-fi crowd, we'll have to see how big Scarjo's selling power is.
TDLink
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I think that's the likeliest possibility, but I also feel like Pirates has the potential to surprise.
Not sure about Spider-Man with Iron Man.
TDLink
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What are you thinking? Star Wars, Fast 8, and?
Beauty and the beast I would assume
I watched it by myself and I can assure you I'm not sad or lonely. Maybe you are, which might explain the downright childish insults.
TDLink
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I suppose that's possible. I think Guardians can beat it though.
The Sum of Zero
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What fucking nonsense.
It went
towards rebuilding Angel Grove from the ruins of a small town into the city we're familiar with.
The Sum of Zero
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Cute
BronsonLee
Member
I demand an apology from both of you or I will be calling the GAF Cops
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
So deserved! The legs are going to be insane too. This is the type of movie a lot of people will see two or three times. Next stop: 1 billion+!
Just joking around.
Kswiss is the authority in this thread. He won't come down on a fellow Canadian.
The Sum of Zero
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Oh okay. My bad, sometimes it's hard to tell heh.
MiamiWesker
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I just got back from beauty and the beast, my god it's perfect. I was blown away at how they captured the animated movie so perfectly. This deserves all the money it's going to make. Remake them all Disney, if they are like this I want all of them.
I also saw power rangers. Good characters, the power rangers part was meh.
I also saw power rangers. Good characters, the power rangers part was meh.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
Box Office to be renamed Disney Office
Yo what was WB's movie Disney Office?, how many Disney dollars it make?
Tricky I Shadow
Banned
Preach it!
Guardians would have to be the higest grossing MCU film outside of avengers and Age of Ultron. So I doubt it.
I'm not convinced that Fate of the Furious passes BatB worldwide at this point, but it at least has a better shot. The Jast Jedi will top the year.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
But on topic: I wonder how much Fast 8 will drop compared to 7. I can't see it coming close to the worldwide gross.
Bring the cops, I have a Bobby Roberts
Sorry, when I see people watching a movie by themselves, that's my automatic reaction, even if they're not sad and lonely. And Power Rangers had a disproportionately high number of viewers who were alone.
I do hope it does well enough to get a sequel, and hearing that Lionsgate probably made their money back is encouraging, but it is what it is!
Minus the Paul Walker effect, I see it hitting $1b tops.
But on topic: I wonder how much Fast 8 will drop compared to 7. I can't see it coming close to the worldwide gross.
Fate or the Furious loses $100M from Furious 7 just in poorer foreign exchange.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
So making Puck into a human shield?
Are you suggesting that Illumination films do have ambition?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
BronsonLee
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Typical Canadians, banding together to hide their misdeeds
I could see it hitting a billy again and they'd be stoked about that
What a handicap
Puck is the national hero of Canada I won't insult Kswis by joking about him
MHWilliams
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BronsonLee
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Ignore MH. It is punishable by d e a t h
PhoncipleBone
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Mod approval!
I reject that challenge, because Bronson is no challenge. But I would be happy to beat on him some more if he would like.
But Illumination sucks and WAG doesn't
Mariah Carey
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Did I miss something? When the hell did the summer movie season start in March? There are FOUR franchise movies in the top 5 and even the one outlier is effects-heavy sci-fi.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Studios wised up that a good movie will make bank anytime of year.
Well, except September.
Hopefully Kingsman 2 does well in September this year. There's no reason to have the second half of August until early November be devoid of anything large.
MHWilliams
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Nah. Studios, like game publishers, realized that people magically have money all year round, not just the 2-3 months you've previously decided were the hot season.
And we are better for it. Although Disney seems to now own December
I can at least see where it came from in gaming, since it used to be aimed squarely at the under 18 market until around 20 years ago. Even after that, the gift giving market remained a large driver for game sales.
It makes less sense with movies.
always makes me laugh that it took them this long to realize this shit
i would have killed to have some big game releases for the summer as a kid
consistent releases of great games/films year round is real cool.
at some point we'll probably have a big disney film every month, between disney animation/disney live action/pixar/marvel/star wars.
lol no.
You should work on that.
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