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[Discotheque]

I'm thinking Tom Cruise has to go for a dramatic movie with some renowned director tbh. Chill on action franchises aside from Mission Impossible.

Mission Impossible and Edge of Tomorrow is cool and all but I kinda stopped giving a shit about Tom Cruise led movies after war of the worlds.

Man was killing it in the 90s/early 00s. Now he's solely a franchise bum.

 

[Magwik]

Cross post of sorts, I originally compiled this for the Sonic thread, and kswis did it first so it's more of an update, but it is still pretty damn amazing:

Everything earned by Paramount in 2017 (domestic box office):
Transformers: The Last Knight		$130,168,683	
Baywatch				$58,060,186
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage		$44,898,413	
Ghost in the Shell			$40,563,557	
Monster Trucks				$33,370,166	
Fences (2016)				$31,351,933	
Rings					$27,793,018	
mother!					$13,459,798	
Arrival	(2016)				$8,870,040	
Silence	(2016)				$6,823,622	
Office Christmas Party (2016)		$4,952,318	
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	$3,496,795	
Allied (2016)				$556,143	
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)	$150,139
---------------------------------------------------
					$404,514,811

vs

Wonder Woman 				$412,080,447

mother! should add another $1.5 million or so from this weekend to the Paramount figure
If you only count films released in 2017 Paramount adds up to $351,810,616 so it will take until Daddy's Home 2 for Paramount to pass Wonder Woman with their 2017 slate.

Jesus Christ

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Cross post of sorts, I originally compiled this for the Sonic thread, and kswis did it first so it's more of an update, but it is still pretty damn amazing:

Everything earned by Paramount in 2017 (domestic box office):
Transformers: The Last Knight		$130,168,683	
Baywatch				$58,060,186
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage		$44,898,413	
Ghost in the Shell			$40,563,557	
Monster Trucks				$33,370,166	
Fences (2016)				$31,351,933	
Rings					$27,793,018	
mother!					$13,459,798	
Arrival	(2016)				$8,870,040	
Silence	(2016)				$6,823,622	
Office Christmas Party (2016)		$4,952,318	
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	$3,496,795	
Allied (2016)				$556,143	
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)	$150,139
---------------------------------------------------
					$404,514,811

vs

Wonder Woman 				$412,080,447

mother! should add another $1.5 million or so from this weekend to the Paramount figure
If you only count films released in 2017 Paramount adds up to $351,810,616 so it will take until Daddy's Home 2 for Paramount to pass Wonder Woman with their 2017 slate.

 

[Penguin]

Heh, still no actuals for IT and Kingsman. WB and Fox must still be trying to figure out who gets to claim #1

Seems like folks are going with Kingsman edging out It

Fox's KINGSMAN: THE GOLDEN CIRCLE is #1 as it swipes the top spot from WB's IT--$16.935M vs $16.902M.

https://twitter.com/ERCboxoffice/status/914995307863171073

 

[Ignatz Mouse]

Cross post of sorts, I originally compiled this for the Sonic thread, and kswis did it first so it's more of an update, but it is still pretty damn amazing:

Everything earned by Paramount in 2017 (domestic box office):
Transformers: The Last Knight		$130,168,683	
Baywatch				$58,060,186
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage		$44,898,413	
Ghost in the Shell			$40,563,557	
Monster Trucks				$33,370,166	
Fences (2016)				$31,351,933	
Rings					$27,793,018	
mother!					$13,459,798	
Arrival	(2016)				$8,870,040	
Silence	(2016)				$6,823,622	
Office Christmas Party (2016)		$4,952,318	
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	$3,496,795	
Allied (2016)				$556,143	
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)	$150,139
---------------------------------------------------
					$404,514,811

vs

Wonder Woman 				$412,080,447

mother! should add another $1.5 million or so from this weekend to the Paramount figure
If you only count films released in 2017 Paramount adds up to $351,810,616 so it will take until Daddy's Home 2 for Paramount to pass Wonder Woman with their 2017 slate.

Puppetboyfacedowninwater.gif

 

[hodayathink]

And for a Sony/Paramount comparison, Homecoming + Baby Driver alone is at $439M, and there's a very slim chance that Sony doubles them before Suburbicon comes out (right now it's $794M vs. $404M, with the race being the legs on mother! vs. the legs of Flatliners + the opening week of Only the Brave).

 

[3N16MA]

Paramount will mount a comeback that will blow away Box Office GAF.

They now have Sonic. They can't lose.

 

[BumRush]

Cross post of sorts, I originally compiled this for the Sonic thread, and kswis did it first so it's more of an update, but it is still pretty damn amazing:

Everything earned by Paramount in 2017 (domestic box office):
Transformers: The Last Knight		$130,168,683	
Baywatch				$58,060,186
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage		$44,898,413	
Ghost in the Shell			$40,563,557	
Monster Trucks				$33,370,166	
Fences (2016)				$31,351,933	
Rings					$27,793,018	
mother!					$13,459,798	
Arrival	(2016)				$8,870,040	
Silence	(2016)				$6,823,622	
Office Christmas Party (2016)		$4,952,318	
An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power	$3,496,795	
Allied (2016)				$556,143	
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)	$150,139
---------------------------------------------------
					$404,514,811

vs

Wonder Woman 				$412,080,447

mother! should add another $1.5 million or so from this weekend to the Paramount figure
If you only count films released in 2017 Paramount adds up to $351,810,616 so it will take until Daddy's Home 2 for Paramount to pass Wonder Woman with their 2017 slate.

Wow, thanks for posting this

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Paramount will mount a comeback that will blow away Box Office GAF.

They now have Sonic. They can't lose.

If the movie's ironic it'll do gangbusters.

It won't be.

 

[Pharaun]

I think I figured out why Paramount is doing a live action/CGI hybrid Sonic. We're going to get the movie adaptation of Sonic 06 that we always asked for.

Spoiler

Ineveraskedforthis.gif

 

[Jawmuncher]

What are the bets on the My Little Pony movie? Obviously it comes under Blade Runner. Are people guessing around 20 million? Seems to have missed when it would've hit the biggest which would've been about two years ago.

 

[vinnygambini]

2017 will have been a dreadful year for Paramount, but 2018 is looking "good" schedule wise per se.

Cloverfield
Annihilation
Action Point
Mission Impossible
Overlord
Bumblebee

There's hope..... maybe.

 

[Discotheque]

For such an awful idea Bumblebee sure is stacking some cool variables. Hailee Steinfeld is great. Pairing her opposite John Cena will be fun too. And then having the director behind Kubo and the two strings come into the fold as well.

 

[kevin1025]

2017 will have been a dreadful year for Paramount, but 2018 is looking "good" schedule wise per se.

Cloverfield
Annihilation
Action Point
Mission Impossible
Overlord
Bumblebee

There's hope..... maybe.

I hope we get more World War II scenes with Bumblebee as a stone cold killer, as alluded to in the masterpiece The Last Knight.

For such an awful idea Bumblebee sure is stacking some cool variables. Hailee Steinfeld is great. Pairing her opposite John Cena will be fun too. And then having the director behind Kubo and the two strings come into the fold as well.

But there's also all of this that makes me actually fairly excited for it.

 

[SigmasonicX]

What are the bets on the My Little Pony movie? Obviously it comes under Blade Runner. Are people guessing around 20 million? Seems to have missed when it would've hit the biggest which would've been about two years ago.

Well, probably thanks to Lionsgate, an HD copy has been leaked online, so that won't help much. Though really, I expect people who aren't going to the theater because they watched the leak weren't going to watch it in theaters anyway.

Early responses have been good, including from critics who didn't watch the show, so if it gets a high RT score, I imagine a lot of parents will bring their kids to it.

 

[kswiston]

The top 3 were unbelievably close this weekend.

The gap between #1 and 2 was the 13th smallest in the past 35 years. It's also the smallest since Hollow Man vs Space Cowboys in 2000.

 

[Prompto]

For such an awful idea Bumblebee sure is stacking some cool variables. Hailee Steinfeld is great. Pairing her opposite John Cena will be fun too. And then having the director behind Kubo and the two strings come into the fold as well.

I mean it should easily be the best Transformers film right?

Spoiler

Though I have a soft spot for the first one

 

[Grizzlyjin]

What are the bets on the My Little Pony movie? Obviously it comes under Blade Runner. Are people guessing around 20 million? Seems to have missed when it would've hit the biggest which would've been about two years ago.

$5 Million OW is my guess. I think it's too inside baseball for anyone who doesn't already watch the show. Like Ninjago minus some money.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

What are the bets on the My Little Pony movie? Obviously it comes under Blade Runner. Are people guessing around 20 million? Seems to have missed when it would've hit the biggest which would've been about two years ago.

Didn't stop Angry Birds from making bank.

2017 will have been a dreadful year for Paramount, but 2018 is looking "good" schedule wise per se.

Cloverfield
Annihilation
Action Point
Mission Impossible
Overlord
Bumblebee

There's hope..... maybe.

How far is this getting pushed because of his injury?

 

[kevin1025]

Didn't stop Angry Birds from making bank.



How far is this getting pushed because of his injury?

I believe they said they're keeping the date despite the injury!

 

[vinnygambini]

How far is this getting pushed because of his injury?

They are keeping the release date despite the injury, July.

 

[WaffleTaco]

What are the bets on the My Little Pony movie? Obviously it comes under Blade Runner. Are people guessing around 20 million? Seems to have missed when it would've hit the biggest which would've been about two years ago.

I’m hoping it beats out Bladerunner tbh.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

I believe they said they're keeping the date despite the injury!

They are keeping the release date despite the injury, July.

Ooh that's exciting! I hope they don't have to rush through post-production too much, but dammit I need my summer Mission Impossible!

 

[berzeli]

2017 will have been a dreadful year for Paramount, but 2018 is looking "good" schedule wise per se.

Cloverfield
Annihilation
Action Point
Mission Impossible
Overlord
Bumblebee

There's hope..... maybe.

I wouldn't go as far as "good", but better yes.

Not sure of the appeal of Bumblebee after The Last Knight.
Mission Impossible have been a very solid series in both B.O. performance and quality.
Curious to see if Annihilation matches Arrival (or even surpasses).

Those three are the only $100 million films (and the third one only barely) for the year as it looks right now. Who knows if one of their horror films break out, or if they have something more up their sleeve.

Also we need to take about Sherlock Gnomes.
1) Why?
2) Gnomeo and Juliet, (Why?), nearly made $100 million
3) Why?
4) This is the first fully animated feature from Paramount Animation
5) Why?
6) The first film was released by Disney, and Elton John hated how they treated the film (also Elton John is an executive producer, it's like his passion project)
7) Not but like seriously, why?
8) Will this beat the other Sherlock Holmes film we're getting next year? (The John C. Reilly/Will Ferrell one, I'm still not convinced there even will be a third RDJ one)

 

[J_Viper]

Not sure of the appeal of Bumblebee after The Last Knight.

John Cena

Also, Bay has nothing to do with it

 

[vinnygambini]

I wouldn't go as far as "good", but better yes.

Not sure of the appeal of Bumblebee after The Last Knight.
Mission Impossible have been a very solid series in both B.O. performance and quality.
Curious to see if Annihilation matches Arrival (or even surpasses).

Those three are the only $100 million films (and the third one only barely) for the year as it looks right now. Who knows if one of their horror films break out, or if they have something more up their sleeve.

Also we need to take about Sherlock Gnomes.
1) Why?
2) Gnomeo and Juliet, (Why?), nearly made $100 million
3) Why?
4) This is the first fully animated feature from Paramount Animation
5) Why?
6) The first film was released by Disney, and Elton John hated how they treated the film (also Elton John is an executive producer, it's like his passion project)
7) Not but like seriously, why?
8) Will this beat the other Sherlock Holmes film we're getting next year? (The John C. Reilly/Will Ferrell one, I'm still not convinced there even will be a third RDJ one)

Given the talent behind Bumblebee and a "return to basics" with a kid and his car (the Transformers sequels lost that messaging after the 2nd one arguably), I see it as having a chance to be successful - and no Bay. Furthermore, Bumblebee has a net budget of $80M ($100M gross) per Deadline and Jim Gianopulos, not bad.

Annihilation could be a surprise hit, but it all depends on how Paramount sells the film - they did an incredible job with Arrival (despite with me being disappointed with the movie).

Sherlock Gnomes.... man I don't even know what to say about that one. It was greenlit during the previous regime and will most likely be a write-off. Could be successful in the U.K. but I don't think Paramount owns the rights there.

 

[BronsonLee]

I think TF1 was goofy but was a legitimately fun movie

The 2nd one got hit by the strike
The 3rd one had absolute CARNAGE but I didn't give a damn about anybody except Sam

Bring the boy and his car stuff back, that was Spielberg's angle

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Transformers is the worst major blockbuster franchise of all time.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Transformers is the worst major blockbuster franchise of all time.

Considering Twilight exists that is saying something.

 

[Schlorgan]

I only saw the first Transformers movie. I may go see Bumblebee.

 

[kevin1025]

You’re all missing the Last Knight Optimus/Bumblebee fight having the same BvS fight conclusion. I couldn’t believe it happened again.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

I haven't seen any of the live action Transformers movies since the second one.

 

[hodayathink]

I can remember seeing 1 and 4. I think I've seen 2, but I don't remember for sure. I know I haven't seen 3 and 5.

 

[WaffleTaco]

I’ve seen 1, 2, 3 and 4. I saw 3 and 4 in theatres. 3 is the worst movie I have seen in theatres. 4 was pretty awesome tbh. I’ll check out 5 soon.

 

[Toa TAK]

You’re all missing the Last Knight Optimus/Bumblebee fight having the same BvS fight conclusion. I couldn’t believe it happened again.

Yeah but this time people in my theater were genuinely moved by it. Audible “Aww” and the theater had a small applause.

I felt like I was takin crazy pills. I was so bewildered by it all.

 

[kurahador]

I haven't seen any of the live action Transformers movies since the second one.

Seeing robot testicle will do that to you.

 

[Toa TAK]

The Last Knight is worse than the 2nd one.

Somehow.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

Seeing robot testicle will do that to you.

I think Turturro's ass was when my mind started to crack.

 

[kevin1025]

Yeah but this time people in my theater were genuinely moved by it. Audible “Aww” and the theater had a small applause.

I felt like I was takin crazy pills. I was so bewildered by it all.

I was in love with the visuals of that scene, and then that moment broke me away from the spectacle. But the movie had Anthony Hopkins howling with glee as his robot butler sang Move, Bitch, which could be the most baffling scene ever committed to film/digital/IMAX/whatever it was during the infinite aspect ratio nightmare that movie had.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Anthony Hopkins' only role in The Last Knight is to say as much stuff that you wouldn't expect Anthony Hopkins to say as possible.

 

[kswiston]

Since we are sharing our history with Transformers, I have seen 1, 3, and like 2/3rds of 4.

So about 15 hours of Transformers movies.

 

[IndoAssassin]

I can remember seeing 1 and 4. I think I've seen 2, but I don't remember for sure. I know I haven't seen 3 and 5.

If you don't remember robot balls and the blatant racism, or the old guy with oil leaking (I guess it was to represent a diarrhea problem?) then you haven't seen it.

 

[Jeffolation]

Saw 1-4 at least four times each, only 25 minutes into The Last Knight and I started that a week ago. It's bumming me out.

 

[Magwik]

Saw 1-4 at least four times each

 

[Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order]

I'm normally a huge Michael Bay stan and i haven't even seen Transformers 5...

 

[HK-47]

Only saw the first one. Feel pretty great for not having wasted more of my life on the rest of them

 

[Timu]

Transformers is the worst major blockbuster franchise of all time.

Which is a shame as the series had promise when the 1st one came out.

The Last Knight is worse than the 2nd one.

Somehow.

Yep, I hated that movie a lot even more than the 2nd one. Easily one of the worst movies I've seen this year(and in the last 10 years).

 

[kurahador]

1st Transformers movie had such massive buzz back when it was released, as in everyone around me was talking about it even the grown ups. I feel sad I missed it. That's what you get for playing WoW too much.

 

[hodayathink]

If you don't remember robot balls and the blatant racism, or the old guy with oil leaking (I guess it was to represent a diarrhea problem?) then you haven't seen it.

I've blocked worse movies than that out of my head. I've completely forgotten better movies than that, too.

 

[duckroll]

Since we are sharing our history with Transformers, I have seen 1, 3, and like 2/3rds of 4.

So about 15 hours of Transformers movies.

I watched the first one twice in cinemas and maybe 3-4 times on home video. Watched the second one twice in cinemas and maybe 1.5 times on home video. Watched the third one twice in cinemas - once in regular 2D and once in IMAX 3D. Didn't get the blu-ray. Watched the fourth one twice in IMAX 3D. Didn't get the blu-ray. Watched the fifth one once in IMAX 3D.

Not sure how many hours that is. But Bay is the man.