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[OrangeAtlas]

I'm always happy to chime in more in light of our temporarily displaced members. I've always found it interesting how we are able to rationalize and analyze box office results through all sorts of holistic factors. It's less a science and more of an art to figure out why, how, and what these charts would mean over the long run.

Analysis is pretty accurate but sometimes some social or emotional wave just washes over people that explodes some movies in unforseen ways. No stats could have really predicted Deadpool, Get Out, Wonder Woman, Wolf Warrior 2, or hell even Avatar blowing up the way they did. People do that.

 

[WaffleTaco]

It is early October.

Just the posts from the past 48 hours would have made this one of the busiest September box office threads ever prior to this year.

What happened in the last 48 hours?

 

[Shauni]

Damm, that Screen Junkies thread went from zero to 11 quick, huh? I don't post a lot in here as much because I'm in South Korea and fairly busy right now.

 

[jett]

You guys lost some of your premier members. Soon it will just be me, Slayven, and Phoniciple left. We will sit around and talk about pop culture from 25-30 years ago. Robot Jox will get more mentions in these threads than Pacific Rim.

A cleansing every now and then is necessary.

 

[Pharaun]

It's time for the millennials of Box Office GAF to rise up and fill the void left by our dearly departed elders

Who's with me?

You're not going to take over yet.

GetOffMyLawn.gif

 

[PhoncipleBone]

jeez this place feels empty, like the cinemas when avatar 2 comes out.

But not as empty as a showing of Flatliners.

 

[QuantumZebra]

You guys lost some of your premier members. Soon it will just be me, Slayven, and Phoniciple left. We will sit around and talk about pop culture from 25-30 years ago. Robot Jox will get more mentions in these threads than Pacific Rim.

Is it wrong that I'm happy about this?

On the real can anyone explain what happened in that thread?

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Was today The Purge and we just missed it?

Stay locked inside, BO GAF.

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Don't let any homeless people in.

 

[Principate]

It is early October.

Just the posts from the past 48 hours would have made this one of the busiest September box office threads ever prior to this year.

Both box and media create threads are actively during relatively slow periods, that hasn't happened for years

 

[Obliterator]

Both box and media create threads are actively during relatively slow periods, that hasn't happened for years

And NPD threads are totally dead which is a shame. But that's the cost I suppose in getting zero numbers leaked or publicly announced anymore

 

[Starphanluke]

It would be nice if I wasn't just posting charts to myself.

Hats off to our members that have passed into greyness. Geostorm will bomb in your honor.


On topic, September ended up breaking $700M for the first time ever.

Is that $700mil mostly just It doing the heavy lifting, or did any other movie perform beyond the normal September expectations?

 

[kswiston]

Is that $700mil mostly just It doing the heavy lifting, or did any other movie perform beyond the normal September expectations?

Mostly IT. IT made $286M. The next highest film was Kingsman at $62M by Sept 30th.

 

[illmatic22]

It's time for the millennials of Box Office GAF to rise up and fill the void left by our dearly departed elders

Who's with me?

I'll do it but expect terrible lazy posts about Superhero movies and Star Wars.

This thread is like the Avengers team post-Infinity War.

A bunch of newbies led by Spider-Man?

 

[WaffleTaco]

I'll do it but expect terrible lazy posts about Superhero movies and Star Wars.


A bunch of newbies led by Spider-Man?

Ew. I do wonder what’s the end game after Infinity War 2/New Avengers.

 

[vinnygambini]

It's time for the millennials of Box Office GAF to rise up and fill the void left by our dearly departed elders

Who's with me?

I'm with you!

 

[Cheebo]

Someone needs to step up until Bobby is back when people call Lucasfilm Disney.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Stans are only fun after a movie is determined to be a creative and commercial flop, like Trokii did with Ghost in the Shell.

I figure such an outcome is unrealistic for Thor 3 given the positive press it's getting for not being Thor 2::The Darck World.

Oh, I’ve been on the Thor hype train for a bit now. Still waiting for Beta Ray Bill confirmation.

Did Slayven get got too?

I've been staning for Thor: Ragnarok for a while now, it's going to make all the monies, all of them!

I've said it a million times and I'll say it a million and one:

People want to love Thor! Marvel just hasn't given them the opportunity yet. Them finally leaning into it is going to do wonders for this movie.

I wouldn't have paid for it but I have MoviePass. I went to a late afternoon screening on a weekday and there were maybe 15 other people in there. They were all in their teens and early 20s. They all thought that it was great, which surprised me.

Man I would go see so much crap if MoviePass was available up here in the Great Whiter North.

I just have to settle for paying for the occasional slime like The Dark Tower or Inhumans because I hate myself I guess?

It's time for the millennials of Box Office GAF to rise up and fill the void left by our dearly departed elders

Who's with me?

Lez do it!

 

[kswiston]

Ew. I do wonder what’s the end game after Infinity War 2/New Avengers.

Continuing to make money.


Serious answer: I'd guess that Marvel Studios will look at what was successful out of their post 2015 stuff and try to position those properties as Iron Man/Cap replacements. Guardians seems to be the most popular thing that they've had since Iron Man, but even that franchise will be long in the tooth post-Avengers 4/Guardians 3 (which is no doubt one of the 2020 Marvel films).

 

[Schlorgan]

Who's going to be the butt of all the jokes now that Bronson is gone?

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Hopefully this doesn't paint a target on me.

 

[Cross-Section]

Crap I guess I should lurk less

So, uh, that American Made, huh? Spotted an advertising url on a helicopter at one point, which was, uh, weird considering the film is set in the early-to-mid-80s.

 

[kevin1025]

Who's going to be the butt of all the jokes now that Bronson is gone?

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Hopefully this doesn't paint a target on me.

I volunteer!

I volunteer as tribute.

 

[plainr_]

Damn. All those grey names...

Is there a Box Office discord?

 

[Ahasverus]

The good part is that nobody is here to tell me that Disney is not gonna ruin Star Wars.

Sadly, I can't use such gift, as I think rehiring Abrahams was a good choice.

 

[kswiston]

Harvey Weinstein might be forced out from his company permanently:

http://deadline.com/2017/10/harvey-...ssment-allegations-new-york-times-1202183009/

Harvey Weinstein's self-declared indefinite leave of absence from the company he co-founded and co-chairs could become permanent. While not showing him the door yet, The Weinstein Company board announced this evening that they have retained outside lawyers and begun an independent investigation of the co-chairman following yesterday's exhaustive New York Times report detailing decades of alleged sexual harassment and big-bucks settlements.

”The investigating lawyers will be reporting to a special committee of the board composed exclusively of independent directors," the statement signed by Bob Weinstein and three other board members read. The statement also says that it is ”essential to our Company's culture that all women who work for it or have any dealings with it or any of our executives are treated with respect and have no experience of harassment or discrimination."

 

[snap]

Damn. All those grey names...

Is there a Box Office discord?

if there isn't, this would be the time to start one

 

[Infinite Stars]

Damn, that Screenjunkies thread looks like it's straight out of a warzone.

 

[OrangeAtlas]

Damn, that Screenjunkies thread looks like it's straight out of a warzone.

A grey-vyard.

 

[WaffleTaco]

Continuing to make money.


Serious answer: I'd guess that Marvel Studios will look at what was successful out of their post 2015 stuff and try to position those properties as Iron Man/Cap replacements. Guardians seems to be the most popular thing that they've had since Iron Man, but even that franchise will be long in the tooth post-Avengers 4/Guardians 3 (which is no doubt one of the 2020 Marvel films).

I figured they would do something like that. I’m guessing Captain Marvel and Black Panther could be the leafs of the team. Ant Man, Dr. Strange and Spider Man don’t really seem like leader material.

if there isn't, this would be the time to start one

I would love one tbh. Any volunteers to make one? If nobody else does I’ll do it.

 

[Pharaun]

The good part is that nobody is here to tell me that Disney is not gonna ruin Star Wars.

Sadly, I can't use such gift, as I think rehiring Abrahams was a good choice.

JJ Abrams is the safe choice, I'm expecting a beat for beat remake of Return of the Jedi including the reveal that Rey is

Spoiler

Chewie's daughter.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

o, so everyone died

Someone needs to step up until Bobby is back when people call Lucasfilm Disney.

Gotcha covered.

Now I just have to actually bother to show up half the time.

 

[Cross-Section]

JJ Abrams is the safe choice, I'm expecting a beat for beat remake of Return of the Jedi including the reveal that Rey is

Spoiler

Chewie's daughter.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Apparently today was a good day to pass out from pulling an all-nighter.

Anyway, Blade Runner got an A- cinemascore.

 

[hodayathink]

Continuing to make money.


Serious answer: I'd guess that Marvel Studios will look at what was successful out of their post 2015 stuff and try to position those properties as Iron Man/Cap replacements. Guardians seems to be the most popular thing that they've had since Iron Man, but even that franchise will be long in the tooth post-Avengers 4/Guardians 3 (which is no doubt one of the 2020 Marvel films).

One of the things I wonder is when Marvel is going to start announcing the Phase 4 stuff. We know Guardians 3 is one of them and they haven't announced officially announced the timing on that (and technically, they didn't announce Homecoming's sequel, Sony did). Best I can figure is that they're going to do their own press conference like we did for Phase 3 sometime between the next 2 Avengers movies. Also, I wonder where the new characters are going to come from, as even with them introducing 2 new ones at the end of this phase I don't see them going a whole phase without any.

 

[Ahasverus]

Apparently today was a good day to pass out from pulling an all-nighter.

Anyway, Blade Runner got an A- cinemascore.

Mad Max + performance here we go.

 

[Cross-Section]

The comparisons to Mad Max strike me as odd given that

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(and granted I'm going off of hearsay here since I'm waiting to see BR with friends)

the two films appear to be almost nothing alike, besides some of the visuals.

 

[Ahasverus]

The comparisons to Mad Max strike me as odd given that

Spoiler

(and granted I'm going off of hearsay here since I'm waiting to see BR with friends)

the two films appear to be almost nothing alike, besides some of the visuals.

They're both high budget, R rated, fantastic late sequels to cult hits with wide reaching potential (Mm was a great action movie while. BR is a great thriller).

 

[jett]

Mad Max Fury Road is a lean, tightly edited, straight-forward action movie.

2049 is literally the opposite in every way.

If it has legs, I will be amazed.

 

[Cross-Section]

They're both high budget, R rated, fantastic late sequels to cult hits with wide reaching potential (Mm was a great action movie while. BR is a great thriller).

I get ya, but that still seems a bit... generalized a set of criteria?

also I totally forgot Fury Road was a sequel, damn my millennial lizard brain

 

[Cheebo]

Mad Max Fury Road is a lean, tightly edited, straight-forward action movie.

2049 is literally the opposite in every way.

If it has legs, I will be amazed.

The almost near universal praise would make it make it surprising to not have legs. The great Cinemascore seems to line up audiences with critics on this one.

You see masterpiece thrown around for this more than you did for Fury Road.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Still bummed I didn't get to see Blade Runner yesterday. Been sick as hell since last Friday (first time I've been sick in several years), somehow got pink eye on Wednesday (first time in like... 15 years?), and it spread to my other eye today

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and now I'm pretty sure I have a cavity

. Who knows when I'm gonna feel like going to the movies. :\ Right now I barely feel like leaving bed. Was so excited to see it too.

 

[jett]

The almost near universal praise would make it make it surprising to not have legs.

You see masterpiece thrown around for this more than you did for Fury Road.

What I know is I watched nearly three hours of some of the slowest-moving shit I've ever watched. I do not see this getting traction with mainstream audiences after the first week, critical superlatives or no. Crazier things have happened I guess. I'll be hugely surprised if it's embraced by Joe Murica.

And since you brought on critics, Mad Max is at 97% on RT, BR2049 has dropped to 89%.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Blade Runner doesn't have Jared Leto playing around with a baby corpse and umbilical cord, so that should help the legs.

 

[WaffleTaco]

I still want Tom Cruise to be back in action. I’m so surprised American Made wasn’t bigger

 

[Infinite Stars]

In terms of Avengers team Post 4, I'm totally seeing Captain Marvel as the leader and T'Challa taking on a Stark "Financier" role. They'd form the "parents" of the next generation of Marvel Heroes, with Peter being their eldest kid and Strange the crazy uncle who occasionally summons Dormamu into the universe.

Blade Runner's legs all depend on how well it hits. I can only speak from the theatre I have friends and family who work at, but Dennis Vileneuve's Arrival remained in theatres for way, way longer then it should have. Runner might have the issue of a bigger budget, but if it's as good as it sounds (I'm hopefully seeing it tomorrow) it's going to continue to chug along.

 

[MHWilliams]

This thread is like the Avengers team post-Infinity War.

Does that make me Vision?

 

[duckroll]

I'm Howard the Duck.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Mad Max Fury Road is a lean, tightly edited, straight-forward action movie.

2049 is literally the opposite in every way.

If it has legs, I will be amazed.

My neighbor, his girlfriend, and their friend walked out. Said it was too fucking boring. Plus it's kinda depressing, I wonder if it's the type of film "normal" people go for repeat viewings of.

*hits War for the Planet of the Apes alarm*

 

[Slayven]

Me in a few months

 

[hodayathink]

Also, I'd be willing to bet money we see a Thunderbolts movie in the next 5-6 years, especially since they stopped killing villains in Phase 3, for the most part.

 

[snap]

My neighbor, his girlfriend, and their friend walked out. Said it was too fucking boring. Plus it's kinda depressing, I wonder if it's the type of film "normal" people go for repeat viewings of.

*hits War for the Planet of the Apes alarm*

i feel like it really dedicates itself to the world of blade runner. not that that's necessarily a bad thing, since it does wonders for the style and look of the movie, but it also leaves the movie feeling a little sterile and dry, like it's so focused on making a beautiful-looking world it forgets to make it feel inviting in some way. even the hellscape of Fury Road still had some appeal to it as a world to immerse in, whereas 2049 doesn't really didn't have that for me.

if you don't get drawn in by that then the plot isn't going to do much for you, it's very heavily banking on the viewer knowing the callbacks to the original movie and piecing things together that it didn't explicitly show