Anyone expecting $1B will remain disappointed, but it will likely finish somewhere between Wonder Woman and GotG2 worldwide. Assuming the Chinese gross neither blows up or is a major disappointment.
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Wkd BO 0721-2317 - Slam Dunk' for Nolan, Apes escape, not rough Girl's Trip, Luc
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Anyone expecting $1B will remain disappointed, but it will likely finish somewhere between Wonder Woman and GotG2 worldwide. Assuming the Chinese gross neither blows up or is a major disappointment.
Fancyarcher
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Super for Nolan. For a film with no real big named actors in the leading roles (Hardy aside), and a film featuring no Americans, Dunkirk did remarkably well. Beat industry tracking easily, which had it at 35m opening weekend.
Shame about Apes drop, guess its depressing / not audience friendly tone turned people off.
No, I can't imagine it was an easy film to make, and according to most reports all the money is there on the screen. Shame the two leads aren't better cast, and I say this as someone who actually likes DeHaan.
Besson also already started working on two sequels, so I can only imagine how miserable he must be feeling right now.
Shame about Apes drop, guess its depressing / not audience friendly tone turned people off.
No, I can't imagine it was an easy film to make, and according to most reports all the money is there on the screen. Shame the two leads aren't better cast, and I say this as someone who actually likes DeHaan.
Besson also already started working on two sequels, so I can only imagine how miserable he must be feeling right now.
Roland_Gunner
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This is where we see the limits of speculating about a movie's budget. Its entirely possible that WB was worried about giving a huge budget to a WW2 movie so they signed Nolan and some cast members to back-loaded deals. Now that its a hit those folks could make huge bank. Or Nolan may just be incredibly good a managing a budget. We have no clue.
nhlducks35
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Emma Thomas, one of the producers of Dunkirk (and Nolan's wife) said that Dunkirk was substantially cheaper to make than their previous films.
$100M would make more sense than $150M since their previous films were about $160M.
$100M would make more sense than $150M since their previous films were about $160M.
lightskintwin
Banned
No Star Wars film is gonna bomb. At worst it may have a disappointing return despite still being really profitable.
I think Episode 8 could hit a billion. Rogue One did. It's part of the mainline series, Great cast, Luke in a more prominent role.
Obliterator
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If Dunkirk really somehow only cost $100m this is gonna be a very big success for Nolan
HeartlessNobody213
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Why a billion? No Spidey film has ever made $900 million, let alone a billion.
Not only that, no solo MCU film besides IM3 has made a billion.
I don't think homecoming is under performing at all. It still hasn't come out in China and will most likely hit or come close to $800 million, which is more than both ASM films and close to or above Raimi's Spidey 2.
Homecoming never had a chance at billion with it being another reboot, the competition and lower foreign exchange rates.
Bobby Roberts
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Yeah, if any Star Wars film was in a position to actually lose money, you'd think it woulda been Attack of the Clones. And although it could be said to have underperformed - it certainly didn't get anywhere near "bomb."
Spike Spiegel
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Jason's Ultimatum
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Man Owens deserves a career.
lightskintwin
Banned
Yeah, the brand of Star Wars is just way too strong right now.
You're talking about the domestic total?
I assume he was talking about $1B domestic.
It will probably be a big success if it was closer to $150M as well. I expect it to make a run for $200M domestic. August is pretty dead, and Dunkirk will pull in the 50+ demographic that doesnt care about making it to the theatre opening weekend.
Nah, that's tough in this day and age. You gotta remember that audiences have to build back goodwill for the character after ASM and ASM2 as well.
Sweeney Tom
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No film all year has hit a billion, despite every thread getting people saying "I predict x is hitting a billion"
Year's over half-done now. I have my doubts about anything breaking the trend
Definitely have beyond-doubts about the Han film getting even near a billion, domestic or total
Oh. Fair enough.
I see Homecoming at or near $800m, and that will be a great result.
$900m+ would be mind blowing (and owed to stupendous bo in China and Jp), but $1b would be nothing short of miraculous imo.
Sweeney Tom
Banned
I see you constantly say this. Is there a rationale behind this as to why you think it is a bomb? Or is this some sort of running joke I am not aware of.
Poor GRIMES
Banned
Wait are we talking domestic or something? Beauty and the Beast and F&F8 all hit a billion worldwide.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Beauty and the Beast and Fate of the Furious both made over $1.2B.
Star Wars is easily doing so.
BronsonLee
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Gameproff ruined everything
That's my bad. For some reason I assume you meant WW.
Then I agree. Episode 8 doesn't have the perfect storm surrounding it like Episode 7 did.
Furious 8 and Beauty and the Beast are both over $1.2B. The Force Awakens beat Furious 7 by over $500M worldwide.
Edit: if you are talking about Han Solo, that could miss $1B. Rogue One squeaked by.
Sweeney Tom
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Everyone under 50 will go see Valerian, Besson says, and everyone above 50 will go see Dunkirk.
boy did this backfire
boy did this backfire
Vault Dweller 111
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God damn talk about delusional.
If Nolan really made Dunkirk for about $100 million... god damn, no wonder studios love him.
The Maverick
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I would not bet against The Last Jedi hitting 1B. Rogue One hit that.
Did he forget who Dunkirk had?
DarkJediKnight
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I'm not. Rough Night looked like it was marketed to white women too soon after movies like Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, etc....
Obliterator
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I expect a drop for Episode VIII but Yeah it's easily gonna cross a Billy still
True Savior
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http://variety.com/2017/film/news/box-office-dunkirk-girls-trip-valerian-2-1202503892/
Wow. I suppose this was his way to sort of mitigate a possible lesser boxoffice run but it seems he has another big fat check coming to his pockets.
Wow. I suppose this was his way to sort of mitigate a possible lesser boxoffice run but it seems he has another big fat check coming to his pockets.
People were generally talking a billion domestic, but there's only been a couple so far this year that cleared that internationally like you said.
Bobby Roberts
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I think people are talking about Last Jedi hitting 1 billion DOMESTIC.
This happened in one of the other bo threads recently, which led to me saying I don't think Star Wars is cracking 1bil domestic this time out - but I think the Lion King remake might have a shot at it. I don't know that it's much of a shot, but if I had to put chips down on which of the two might actually cross that line first, I'd bet on Simba.
DarkLordMalik
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They are talking about Domestic number. I highly doubt TLJ can do $1 billion in DOM but The Lion King though, if it manages to hit all the right note.
Rough Night looked like a trash heap full of unlikeable leads.
If Lion King doesn't do it, Aladdin probably will.
lol. I just realised something.
Someone entered 179 million to $, which works out to ~209 million $.
The reported budget for Valerian is 197 million , which is ~230 million $.
That number is incorrect.
Someone entered 179 million to $, which works out to ~209 million $.
The reported budget for Valerian is 197 million , which is ~230 million $.
DarkLordMalik
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So an even bigger bomb.
Bobby Roberts
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lightskintwin
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Already has a big fat check due to him having the richest pay day for a filmmaker since Peter Jackson and "King Kong".
Just think, if the budget was $100 million, 1/5th of that went to Nolan.
Vault Dweller 111
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Wait something hit $1 billion domestic? I thought TFA was like $950 million or something?
And everyone latched onto that guy saying TLJ could do a billion because RO did. But RO didn't do a billion domestic. So why is that what we're talking about now? Pretty sure that guy was talking WW.
Fake edit: TFA $936 million domestic. What are we talking about here? Am I going crazy?
And everyone latched onto that guy saying TLJ could do a billion because RO did. But RO didn't do a billion domestic. So why is that what we're talking about now? Pretty sure that guy was talking WW.
Fake edit: TFA $936 million domestic. What are we talking about here? Am I going crazy?
kunonabi
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yep, as annoying as Queen Latifah can be I'd still rather see a movie with her than one about a bunch of coke snorting assholes.