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BO 0923-2516 - It's high noon somewhere in the world as Storks don't deliver
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Ignatz Mouse
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Suicide Squad keeps chugging along.
alfredofroylan
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Saw Storks yesterday and is quite funny, honestly one of the most enjoyable films I've seen in the last two months, IGN review was way off with this one.
The Revenant just made $180M domestic this year.
People like to proclaim westerns dead while ignoring every film in the genre that does well for various reasons.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
True Grit and Django Unchained says hello
Didn't watch it yet, but I didn't know The Revenant is a western based on the posters.
Huh...
Violence Jack
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I'm a little surprised that Storks wasn't number 1, but Magnificent Seven had a very bankable cast.
Then again, I'm not sure kids movies do that well outside of the late spring-summer release schedule.
Then again, I'm not sure kids movies do that well outside of the late spring-summer release schedule.
Undead Fantasy
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Suicide Squad keeps giving GAF the L's to hold in shame.
Sony has had a decent amount of luck in September with their Hotel Transylvania and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs animated films during the past few years. No doubt that is why WB scheduled Storks for the same September slot, but they failed to capture the same size audience (those 4 opened to $30-48M)
Less than $22M is pretty mediocre for a film opening in over 3900 venues, even in September. Storks was the second widest September release of all time, but didn't even open in the September Top 30.
Revenant is more wildlife/survival than western though.
BronsonLee
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That shit is cheating, Revenant was basura anyway
My favorite recent western is 3:10 to Yuma, now that shit was good
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
Civil War remains 2016's #1 film. Chris Evans deserves an Oscar for his stunning work as Cap.
Remember when everyone was tripping over themselves claiming Dory was going to beat Captain America?
I think most of the claims were for it beating Civil War domestically, which it did by $75M
Finding Dory definitely did less than expected overseas though. Germany is going to make or break its chances at $1B, when that seemed to be a lock at release. Zootopia keeps the 2016 worldwide animation crown unless Moana or Sing blow up.
Finding Dory definitely did less than expected overseas though. Germany is going to make or break its chances at $1B, when that seemed to be a lock at release. Zootopia keeps the 2016 worldwide animation crown unless Moana or Sing blow up.
Gentleman Jack
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M7 2016 is a middling superhero movie in chaps and cowboy hats, not much of a western.
clearacell
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Westerns aren't always about Cowboys, sometimes they are just about the Frontier.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
That new Storks commercial ad running got a huge fucking laugh out of me at the:
"Wolfpack form a Wolfplane"
The way it's said and animation is fucking hilarious to me
"Wolfpack form a Wolfplane"
The way it's said and animation is fucking hilarious to me
hodayathink
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Secret Life of Pets cut into the audience more than most people were expecting.
Saucycarpdog
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Looks like Westerns are still a hard sell nowadays. Bummer.
What was the budget for this movie again?
What was the budget for this movie again?
Hero_of_the_Day
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Reported budgets don't include marketing costs, and studios don't get all the money from a sold ticket. Movies generally drop pretty massively after their opening weekend. If it drops 50% next weekend, it's up to about half its reported budget, again that doesn't include marketing. Then the next week it drops more...
So, it's relying on overseas to make a profit.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
This narrative that Westerns are some hard sell
I saw Magnificent Seven yesterday and it was a 6/10 at best, the reviews were spot on. Cowboys Vs. Aliens was utter trash. Django did really well at the box office during it's run and that movie has a "R" rating. The difference? Django had the quality and critical acclaim (and Leo).
If you make a great movie regardless of genre, people will go see it.
I saw Magnificent Seven yesterday and it was a 6/10 at best, the reviews were spot on. Cowboys Vs. Aliens was utter trash. Django did really well at the box office during it's run and that movie has a "R" rating. The difference? Django had the quality and critical acclaim (and Leo).
If you make a great movie regardless of genre, people will go see it.
starchild excalibur
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Storks was surprisingly entertaining IMO. Too bad it didn't do better during its OW. Between this and Popstar Andy Samberg couldn't catch much of a break this summer I guess.
Ninja Scooter
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$35 million seems like a pretty underwhelming number. It's still incredibly surprising to me how low the OW records for Sept and Oct are. The only other month that doesn't have a $100 million opener is Jan but at least that one is American Sniper with $89 million. Wonder what it is about Sept/Oct that makes them such box office wastelands.
djplaeskool
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Expected a bit more from Snowden.
Might struggle to reach budget ($15/40MM)
Might struggle to reach budget ($15/40MM)
Escape Goat
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the only shame lies with the American movie going public.
Calm waterfall
Banned
Surprised that Storks did so low, especially with the funny trailers.
alfredofroylan
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WAG'll be fine. They have the Lego franchise quite established now, but yeah Storks deserve more.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Bridget Jones doing fine business in the UK.
http://www.screendaily.com/news/bri...e?blocktitle=LATEST-FILM-NEWS&contentID=40562
A big one is kids starting to get back into school in that time period, and not having that many breaks until November.
Unless the movie has good hold and chills in the middle of the top 5 it will be unlikely to make its budget back from the domestic box office alone. It has a chance though if it gets decent word of mouth and there isn't much in the way of kids animated movies in the next couple of weeks.
Pretty amazing Dory is going to crawl to $1B (if it even makes it) after nearly hitting $500M domestic.
Pai Pai Master
Banned
Storks looked hilarious and I love the animation. Hope to see it this week.
Hero_of_the_Day
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It's not the first time a shit movie made lots of money. At least this one had Batman and Will Smith in it. So, I'm okay with it.
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
Batman V. Superman is good though, better than Suicide Squad at least, especially if you watch the Extended Cut that fixed a lot of the film's issues.
Ignatz Mouse
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Suicide Squad's problems are big, but they don't particularly get in the way of enjoying it, the way BvS's issues did.
uncelestial
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Can't believe Mag7 even got the 55 on Metacritic. That was the worst movie I've seen in quite awhile.
I was planning on going to see it until I saw the mediocre reviews. I'll wait for BluRay now.
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