kunonabi
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You can make a ton of money and still miss expectations. They didnt see the kind of growth from the first avengers that they expected if i remember correctly.
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What 'Spider-Man's 73% Fri-to-Fri Fall Means For Sony, Marvel, And other Cape films
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You can make a ton of money and still miss expectations. They didnt see the kind of growth from the first avengers that they expected if i remember correctly.
But DOOM AND GLOOM Clickbait
Three/four straight weeks of movies that people wanna see and average people ain't ballin like that, plus possible Spider-Man fatigue, could have led to this
It shouldn't be a big worry though, like at all
gundamkyoukai
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Transformers unexpectedly underperformed WW but it was easy to see that happening in USA.
The article is a bit sensational.
Spider-Man Homecoming is currently at $208M domestic. Amazing Spider-Man 2 only made $203M total. Amazing Spider-Man 1 made $262M
Homecoming will be around $250M by the end of next weekend, and will pass Amazing Spider-Man 1 shortly after that (potentially before its fourth weekend).
Spider-Man Homecoming is currently at $208M domestic. Amazing Spider-Man 2 only made $203M total. Amazing Spider-Man 1 made $262M
Homecoming will be around $250M by the end of next weekend, and will pass Amazing Spider-Man 1 shortly after that (potentially before its fourth weekend).
This. Apes is a great franchise for sure. But since when did it become some kind of box office eater? Would it have eaten into a new Avengers movie? Doubt it. Even Guardians would have been fine in this time slot
I think it's probably because it's another reboot in the short time span. But it's still going to do well.
Wonder Woman has been amazing all summer. Crazy it's still kicking.
Sony: Our plan worked!
Imagine if Fox got the whole thing.
Sgt. Kabukiman
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50 bucks and three used Playstations should be enough for the Sony Pictures juggernaut to buy Marvel at this point.
MoonsaultSlayer
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You know, I liked it but I don't have an urge to see it again and didn't hype it up to other folks and tell them they need to see it.
And with a week away from it, I guess it really didn't grab me as much as I had hoped. I wanted the PS4 Spider-Man on the big screen. I got a lesser suit that tried being too much created by not Peter Parker.
Not a great Spider-Man origin story but a decent "struggles of Peter Parker" flick.
And with a week away from it, I guess it really didn't grab me as much as I had hoped. I wanted the PS4 Spider-Man on the big screen. I got a lesser suit that tried being too much created by not Peter Parker.
Not a great Spider-Man origin story but a decent "struggles of Peter Parker" flick.
The One and Done
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That's a poor take.
kunonabi
Member
Or maybe, just maybe, high school spidey isnt the magic ticket gaf thinks it is.
MugiwaraCole
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Which feels dumb. The Avengers was the first of its kind, it seems stupid to expect everyone who saw that movie and got it to its historic BO take would return for a sequel, with even more friends who didn't see the first one.
I always figured if AoU could make a billion, even though it'd be less than the first film's, that'd be a pretty damn successful movie. CW's success last year should be more proof that these movies are fine.
ronaldthump
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wow. what a shame! It's such an entertaining movie. How can not word of mouth push ticket sales?!?!
MugiwaraCole
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Lol at the takes flying around in here though
Pop-O-Matic
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Time to Sony to hire Rami and make Spider-Man 4.
HeartlessNobody213
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The last Apes film made $72 million on its opening weekend and $710 million worldwide.
MoonsaultSlayer
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It isn't. What keeps me going to the theater is the swinging and action and visuals/effects.
The effects here were a bit janky early in the film and there wasn't a lot of swinging action to get me back in a seat. It's unfortunate. I hope it doesn't affect a sequel that could correct these issues... unless it's more of the same.
And AI suit was a turn off.
Not to mention the upcoming game,Spider-Man really needed this reboot.
Homecoming is going to be a success regardless of its legs (thanks to a solid OW). Weak legs are a bit more concerning for the sequel. It's possible it opens below 117M if interest doesn't pickup between films.
You could end up with solo Spider-Man films grossing sub 300M (maybe mid 200M) which I doubt Sony and Marvel expected.
You could end up with solo Spider-Man films grossing sub 300M (maybe mid 200M) which I doubt Sony and Marvel expected.
No, he would have added BUT WHAT WILL THIS MEAN FOR THE VENOM MOVIE?
kunonabi
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It is dumb but thus is hollywood.
Lord_Byron28
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They need to stop rebooting the franchise. The first reboot was too soon. When ASM was shown, I recall most people saying that they weren't ready for another spiderman and that Tobey Maguire will always be spiderman to them. A lot of people rolled their eyes and said 'again? Another reboot?' when trailers started airing for this. Although this purely anecdotal from work, friends, family, etc.
chrisPjelly
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That's a shame. Probably has everything to do with Spiderman and Marvel Superhero fatigue. Maybe crowds didn't find the "small stakes" very appealing? Whatever the case, I'm sure Sony will get the wrong idea about it.
Pop-O-Matic
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So this bomba Spider-Man film is also gonna cause the Spider-Man game to bomba, taking the PlayStation division along with it?
The Age of Sony really is over...
hodayathink
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Also, that drop number is including preview numbers from last Thursday, which was around 11-12 million IIRC. So the drop isn't actually 72%.
gundamkyoukai
Member
Nah the game doing some different compare to the movie which already make it better .
Spidey is not is damn high school .
Don't think this movie would have really effect the game either way .
Yo those Apes movies make bank
Making a thread out of this article is silly. It's blatant clickbait.
The 73% fall from Friday to Friday is an unfair comparison as the first Friday includes Thursday night previews. It ended up actually dropping 61% from weekend to weekend (which still includes Thursday night). It's a bit more than Sony would have hoped but it also had big competition from Apes.
It's already passed ASM2's domestic total. The movie is a huge success.
So no, Homecoming's specific 73% fall from Friday to Friday literally means nothing for Sony, Marvel and other cape films.
Edit: The truth is, we should all be happy that good movies are doing well this summer.
The 73% fall from Friday to Friday is an unfair comparison as the first Friday includes Thursday night previews. It ended up actually dropping 61% from weekend to weekend (which still includes Thursday night). It's a bit more than Sony would have hoped but it also had big competition from Apes.
It's already passed ASM2's domestic total. The movie is a huge success.
So no, Homecoming's specific 73% fall from Friday to Friday literally means nothing for Sony, Marvel and other cape films.
Edit: The truth is, we should all be happy that good movies are doing well this summer.
They did for this, nothing was the typical BAD GUY WILL DESTROY THE WORLD in this.
kunonabi
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As much as i love classic Spider-Woman I have zero faith in a mcu or sony film to not screw her up.
To be honest I would have actually gone to the movie if it was a Spiderling flick with Peter and Mary Jane Watson as supporting characters.
Sirpopopop
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Compared to Transformers which already performed poorly with its last entry, a poorly reviewed Mummy reboot, and Pirates - it's easy to see a well reviewed Apes film being bigger competition.
If anything, arguing against that premise in 2017 is the harder argument to make. We've seen enough credence that RT can break your film, or it can make your film (See: Baby Driver).
I mean that good Spider-Man movie and a potently good Spider-Man game its good for the character.
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