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Wkd BO 0324-2617 - Beasteality reigns, wee Life for "Teenagers" with attitude @ BO
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GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
First 3 Billion dollar movie
I'm not exaggerating here
That movie will hit so many demo groups, it's like the perfect storm
Disney marketing machine will be in full effect
Get the tone right, get DAT Money!
I'll be there for that Thursday showing
Power Rangers was better than it had any right to be imo. I would like to see a sequel with the same cast.
Lucy made 460mil. I wouldn't throw out GITS yet, but definitely in a tight spot with FnF following. That's going eat it's pie WW.
Yup. I already have the Legacy Dinozord and Megazord. Looking into getting the Thunder Megazord which is 200 bucks.
and then I got a preorder in for this sexy beast.
But yea. I don't wanna shit up this thread with toy talk lol.
I will say if you are a fan of Power Rangers or have a slight interest in the movie. Go see it for yourself. I think you'll be surprised. It was much better than I thought it was. It was good to me and I wanted to no like it when it was revealed.
ElBoxyBrown
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GitS could do extremely well overseas. Next week we'll see just how much star power ScarJo has to pull audiences.
That's a lot of PlayStations they're gonna leave behind.
September is next...
andthebeatgoeson
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After avatar.
Obliterator
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Yeah I'm still unsure how to feel about GiTS. Scar Jo has some serious pull like we saw with Lucy but I'm not sure if the movie itself will be any good or not.
Right now I'm leaning towards a situation where it kinda does poorly domestic but plays well overseas. A somewhat reverse Power Rangers situation
Right now I'm leaning towards a situation where it kinda does poorly domestic but plays well overseas. A somewhat reverse Power Rangers situation
I'll go see it each day the weekend it opens. Including Thursday. Showings will be sold out all damn day.
And I bought that Legacy Green Ranger figure for my shelf after watching too many hours of the marathon. I haven't bought a PR figure since I was a kid. Hell I'm even going back to watch In Space on Netflix since I missed all of it during the marathon.
They got me hook, line, and sinker.
In Space was great. Check out Lightspeed Rescue, SPD and RPM if you haven't already.
GraveRobberX
Platinum Trophy: Learned to Shit While Upright Again.
I was going through trailers on YouTube after Justice League dropped, saw a trailer for Valerian City of a Thousand Planets or some shit like that
So Fifth Element redux?
So Fifth Element redux?
clearacell
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I think it's gonna do Titanic numbers, especially since some of the original cast is doing voice work
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
People will cheer in theaters at The Lion King like it's a Star Wars or Marvel movie. The opening song, if it's in the movie, will make people weep.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Pretty much. It's based on a comic that Besson partly ripped off for the Fifth Element. I don't see it doing well and I don't have that much faith in Besson these days but I'm excited for it anyway. It looks like a pretty faithful adaptation.
AmaterasuOni
Banned
Nope. It's based on a really classic sci-fi cartoon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valérian_and_Laureline
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Agreed.
And then we spend the rest of the time shitting on Bronson. He gave us plenty of ammunition this week by saying he hates Arnett as Batman.
Fancyarcher
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The budget is very reasonable (100m), but I think the only way it'll get a sequel if it does well in China. Will see! I think it would have been done a bit better if it hadn't been released a weekend after the Beauty & The Beast, which is crushing everything everywhere, literally.
Only Star Wars and DCEU movies bring the big numbers.
This March is actually pretty insane. Here is a list of months that had bigger domestic box office than what March 2017 will end up with:
1) Jul 2011 - $1.395B
2) Jul 2016 - $1.371B
3) Jul 2013 - $1.371B
4) Jul 2012 - $1.320B
5) Jul 2010 - $1.319B
6) Dec 2015 - $1.305B
7) Jul 2007 - $1.304B
8) Jun 2013 - $1.246B
9) Jul 2008 - $1.245B
10) Jun 2015 - $1.234B
11) Dec 2016 - $1.191B
12) Jul 2015 - $1.184B
13) Jul 2009 - $1.161B
14) Jul 2006 - $1.158B
15) Jul 2004 - $1.152B
16) May 2013 - $1.141B (March 2017 could theoretically top this if next week's openers overperform)
So a top 20 of all time month, and 5th or 6th biggest month ever outside of July.
Calm waterfall
Banned
Wow beastly legs.
Fifty Shades Darker is having huge drop from Grey.
I think that's still the old trailer from last year. Shouldn't we get a new trailer soon?
Edit:
Next week. Yay.
It's still more than enough for them to go ahead with the end of their series. I doubt we see a huge budget jump for the last film though.
Anyone want to make last minute predictions for Ghost in the Shell? It is more or less getting a full worldwide release outside of China and Japan next weekend.
Razgriz-Specter
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Yup.
BlackNMild2k1
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I was never really a fan of PR as I didnt' watch it regularly when I was younger, but once they became power rangers, was kinda the turning point for me. That's kinda when it set in that I was watching a movie based on taht super cheesy TV show from the 90's/00's.
But having saying that, once i accepted it for what I already knew it was, it wasn't bad.
but I still wonder
where did all the gold go!? that should have been the richest town in America the moment the final battle ended.
Gentleman Jack
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The Disney/Marvel hype train has long coattails.
GAF prefers to talk about the DCEU. The first three weekends of BvS were over 1k posts a piece. The first weekend was just shy of 3k posts before the thread was locked. Beauty and the Beast opened higher and got a bit more than 500 posts last week. The first two weeks of Suicide Squad were over 800 posts as well.
Wonder Woman will save Box Office GAF.
Moreso if it disappoints. GAF wants to see its superheroes bleed.
BronsonLee
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Misery loves company
Disney is remaking this?
Razgriz-Specter
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This
youngplaya21
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if you made that bet, you'd be collecting some cash
Obliterator
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I'll go with a final Box Office of $350 with Domestic Opening at $35 million
I'm guessing overseas will be where the movie performs better
We also get a lot of debate about​ the quality of Rocky movies during slow weeks.
Kaneda Shotaro
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Power Rangers did not cost $100 million by the way. It's budget was around $30 million I believe so for once they're including a somewhat estimated amount of marketing budget with the films budget on BOM.
Violence Jack
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Are comedies just DOA at the box office now? I saw ads for Chips everywhere, and it still tanked.
Any predictions on the drop for Power Rangers next week? I was wrong about it bombing, but something tells me that GitS might come in even lower.
Any predictions on the drop for Power Rangers next week? I was wrong about it bombing, but something tells me that GitS might come in even lower.
No, the budget was $100M. However, Lionsgate funds the majority of their films by selling off the foreign distribution rights, so their share of the budget for Power Rangers was probably in that $30M range.
http://deadline.com/2017/03/power-rangers-lionsgate-return-to-big-screen-box-office-1202052445/
Lionsgate is going to make money on Power Rangers. Some foreign distributors are going to get screwed. We'll see if the balance between the two groups is enough to pay for a sequel.
Kaneda Shotaro
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PR has good word of mouth so it should help it out but I'd expect the average drop, maybe less. Between 50% to as low as 40%. GitS might do well overseas because China has no taste but it might just make it over $120-$150 million domestic total.
Kaneda Shotaro
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Yup, just checked. Interesting business model that works on the bigger summer films, wonder how this will do overseas.
Bobby Roberts
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The Force Awakens threads were fairly entertaining. And huge.
We'll see how The Last Jedi plays.
Magic Mushroom
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It's at almost 400 million WW. Not too bad. Are there countries it still has to open in?
I saw it tonight and thought it was a lot of fun.
whyamihere
Banned
Really good opening for Power Rangers, especially considering the financing model that Lionsgate used.
BronsonLee
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Yo be nice mofucka
I got a taste for droppin' you~
I think it's doing pretty good
GET YOUR BOYS IN CHECK
I got zero patience for jobbers
The Force Awakens was one of the top 5 most impressive box office runs in the 40 years since the original Star Wars, so it makes sense.
Rogue One was surprisingly quite in contrast.
We'll see how the Last Jedi does. It will likely be our first $200M+ opening in 2 years. I expect Episode 9 to have a better shot at a new weekend record though.
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