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[excelsiorlef]

I love how long that gif actually goes on.

 

[Exodust]

I love how long that gif actually goes on.

Yep. We've been living in the era of two second loop tumblr gifs for too long.

 

[gamz]

2 billions is really an achievement. It'll be interesting to see how the sequels will be able to reach those numbers too.

I don't think they will. TFA is the perfect storm and it'll be hard to replicate.

They only thing that brings down Avatar WW is a new IP that lights the world on fire. TFA is a perfect example how damn hard it is.

 

[munchie64]

I guess people realised they already owned New Hope so there was no point in going to the theater.

 

[The Maverick]

I guess people realised they already owned New Hope so there was no point in going to the theater.

Lol.

 

[Kagari]

I guess people realised they already owned New Hope so there was no point in going to the theater.

lol, well if that report about repeat viewers taking up a big chunk of the sales are true then it was only a matter of time before things dropped off.

 

[Mimosa97]

Those hateful8 numbers. Ouch.

What's the drop % for The Revenant ?

 

[gamz]

Those hateful8 numbers. Ouch.

What's the drop % for The Revenant ?

22% ish.

Really good.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

They only thing that brings down Avatar WW is a new IP that lights the world on fire.

And favorable international exchange rates in the more populous countries.

 

[BronsonLee]

So say I wanted to watch a couple Best Picture nominations on Monday. Which ones should I pick? I'm leaning towards Brooklyn & Room

 

[gamz]

So say I wanted to watch a couple Best Picture nominations on Monday. Which ones should I pick? I'm leaning towards Brooklyn & Room

I haven't seen Room, but read the book 5-6 years ago and it was amazing. The movie seems like It's a winner. So there's my input. LOL!

 

[generic_username]

So say I wanted to watch a couple Best Picture nominations on Monday. Which ones should I pick? I'm leaning towards Brooklyn & Room

Revenant? The other two can be watched later on the small screen and you will still get the same experience but Revenant is worth experiencing in the theater if you have not watched it yet.

 

[BronsonLee]

I haven't seen Room, but read the book 5-6 years ago and it was amazing. The movie seems like It's a winner. So there's my input. LOL!

It definitely looks like an interesting movie, with some dark ass subject matter

Revenant? The other two can be watched later on the small screen and you will still get the same experience but Revenant is worth experiencing in the theater if you have not watched it yet.

I don't think I can handle 3 hours of Inarritu

 

[kswiston]

So The Revenant would have taken the number 1 spot this weekend even if Ride Along 2 didnt exit. Star Wars fans can pretend that was the movie that took over for The Force Awakens if they want. It was true for the weekly total last week.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

So say I wanted to watch a couple Best Picture nominations on Monday. Which ones should I pick? I'm leaning towards Brooklyn & Room

I'd absolutely vouch for Brooklyn, and just for you: The Big Short

 

[BronsonLee]

So The Revenant would have taken the number 1 spot this weekend even if Ride Along 2 didnt exit. Star Wars fans can pretend that was the movie that took over for The Force Awakens if they want. It was true for the weekly total last week.

Nope, they get hit by that Kevin Hart Special and they like it

I'd absolutely vouch for Brooklyn, and just for you: The Big Short

 

[generic_username]

It definitely looks like an interesting movie, with some dark ass subject matter



I don't think I can handle 3 hours of Inarritu

It is gorgeous! The visuals alone are worth the price! Nowhere close to 21 grams or Babel Inarritu.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

It's a very good movie, though. Pair the tender/sweet romance film with the loud & fast dark comedy about the financial crisis.

 

[Penguin]

Looking at RT doesn't seem like critics are diggin on Ride Along 2... guess will wait until it's on HBO or something

 

[BronsonLee]

It is gorgeous! The visuals alone are worth the price! Nowhere close to 21 grams or Babel Inarritu.

I'll have to mull it over. I'm all about Luzbeki and Leo doing their thing, but it feels a lot like Inarritu went up his own asshole for 3 hours and I'm not down for that. Hateful Eight was Tarantino for that, and at least that had some hooks!

It's a very good movie, though. Pair the tender/sweet romance film with the loud & fast dark comedy about the financial crisis.

*strokes imaginary beard*
Hrmmmmm

 

[Kagari]

Looking at RT doesn't seem like critics are diggin on Ride Along 2... guess will wait until it's on HBO or something

Are you really surprised? Did you see the previews?

 

[Penguin]

Are you really surprised? Did you see the previews?

I thought it looked kind of funny...

 

[kswiston]

I thought it looked kind of funny...

The first film got 18%

If you liked that, I don't think the reviews on this will matter much to you.

 

[kswiston]

The Force Awakens got beat by a local movie called Boonie Bears 3 in China today:

It's second Saturday was $8.5M, down 73% from last Saturday.

Total to date is currently around $90M. TFA is looking at about a $110-115M finish in China.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I don't like the look of that bear.

 

[generic_username]

The Force Awakens got beat by a local movie called Boonie Bears 3 in China today:

It's second Saturday was $8.5M, down 73% from last Saturday.

Total to date is currently around $90M. TFA is looking at about a $110-115M finish in China.

Damn that finish will be much lower than I expected.

 

[Penguin]

The first film got 18%

If you liked that, I don't think the reviews on this will matter much to you.

That's good to hear!

Also I didn't expect Star Wars would come in under Mission Impossible.

Wonder what Disney will do different with Rogue One

 

[kurahador]

That's good to hear!

Also I didn't expect Star Wars would come in under Mission Impossible.

Wonder what Disney will do different with Rogue One

I think they expected this considering they hired 2 of the biggest star in China for Rogue One.

 

[Abounder]

$110m, China don't care about no space movies...unless it's Avatar.

Gravity - $70m
The Martian - $90m
Guardians of the Galaxy - $96m
Star Wars
Avatar - $224m

 

[BronsonLee]

The whole point of Rogue One is for Disney to introduce Star Wars to a new international audience

AKA China

 

[Kagari]

Poor Disney. They really did try hard in China but the market still said no.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

The whole point of Rogue One is for Disney to introduce Star Wars to a new international audience

AKA China

I think TFA is paving the road for Rogue One, actually.

I'm still expecting that film to make way more than TFA did in China.

 

[kswiston]

$110m, China don't care about no space movies...unless it's Avatar.

Gravity - $70m
The Martian - $90m
Guardians of the Galaxy - $96m
Star Wars
Avatar - $224m

Gravity is already too old to be all that relevant. $70M in early 2014 is equivalent to what Star Wars is doing currently. Interstellar made $122M back in 2014, which would be well over $160M in today's Chinese market.

People in the Chinese BO forums were debating what Avatar's $200M in 2010 would be equivalent to today for a hollywood film. I think most estimated it at roughly the same as something making $800M in China today.

 

[poppabk]

That's good to hear!

Also I didn't expect Star Wars would come in under Mission Impossible.

Wonder what Disney will do different with Rogue One

China only segment where popular stars in China explain how the Chinese were the first to make midichlorians. Cut back to space battle.

 

[BronsonLee]

Poor Disney. They really did try hard in China but the market still said no.

I never tell lies.

I think TFA is paving the road for Rogue One, actually.

I'm still expecting that film to make way more than TFA did in China.

I'd agree to that. TFA really did set the table for Rogue One to just clean up

 

[wachie]

Titanic #2 spot safe.

 

[jett]

With its Chinese prospects dwindling, is two bill still a lock for TFA?

Gravity is already too old to be all that relevant. $70M in early 2014 is equivalent to what Star Wars is doing currently. Interstellar made $122M back in 2014, which would be well over $160M in today's Chinese market.

People in the Chinese BO forums were debating what Avatar's $200M in 2010 would be equivalent to today for a hollywood film. I think most estimated it at roughly the same as something making $800M in China today.

Dat Abadar. To this day it's still the only movie where the Chinese government had to renege on their plan to remove it from theaters due to fan outcry, right?

 

[kswiston]

With its Chinese prospects dwindling, is two bill still a lock for TFA?

Yes.

However, Overseas minus China will have to hold well for The Force Awakens to beat Furious 7's $1.162B overseas. It's looking like it will need roughly $1.05B outside of China overseas to hit that mark.

 

[Kagari]

Titanic #2 spot safe.

Unless something crazy happens, yes.

 

[Surfinn]

Unless something crazy happens, yes.

Like China realizes TFA is a good movie that is worth their time and money? Probably not.

 

[Abounder]

Gravity is already too old to be all that relevant. $70M in early 2014 is equivalent to what Star Wars is doing currently. Interstellar made $122M back in 2014, which would be well over $160M in today's Chinese market.

People in the Chinese BO forums were debating what Avatar's $200M in 2010 would be equivalent to today for a hollywood film. I think most estimated it at roughly the same as something making $800M in China today.

Forgot all about Interstellar, sorry Murph. These 'space movies' seem to make ho-hum box office numbers in China compared to the summer super hits. Unless it's Avatar. Then again, none of them really featured Chinese talent....c'mon Donnie Yen vs Darth Vader.

And for the hell of it here's After Earth and Jupiter Ascending, non-adjusted list of space movies @ China:

After Earth - $34m
Jupiter Ascending - $44m
Gravity - $70m
The Martian - $90m
Guardians of the Galaxy - $96m
Star Wars - $110m
Interstellar - $122m
Avatar - $224m

 

[gamz]

Titanic #2 spot safe.

Really? You don't think they can squeeze out another 300M

It depends what it does internationally this weekend.

 

[BronsonLee]

Like China realizes TFA is a good movie that is worth their time and money? Probably not.

What if I told you that China doesn't care about the quality of a movie at all

 

[gamz]

Forgot all about Interstellar, sorry Murph. These 'space movies' seem to make ho-hum box office numbers in China compared to the summer super hits. Unless it's Avatar. Then again, none of them really featured Chinese talent....c'mon Donnie Yen vs Darth Vader.

And for the hell of it, Jupiter Ascending made $44m

Reason 119291201 why Avatar 2 will do 2B overseas. It's going to be freaking huge.

 

[Surfinn]

What if I told you that China doesn't care about the quality of a movie at all

Then I'd say that's silly of them.

 

[Ridley327]

I don't like the look of that bear.

Yeah, that wouldn't fly over here. Somebody better put a bra on that gorilla, too.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Then I'd say that's silly of them.

China is a silly place.

 

[kswiston]

Really? You don't think they can squeeze out another 300M

It depends what it does internationally this weekend.

It will be approximately another $300m after ths weekend. Titanic is at $2.181b.


In other news, Deadpool failed to pass the Chinese censor board. Given that a cut up version of Kingsmen passed, it must really take advantage of that R rating.

 

[Kagari]

What if I told you that China doesn't care about the quality of a movie at all

See: Furious 7.

 

[BronsonLee]

Then I'd say that's silly of them.

Well...

China is a silly place.

Yup. They love them some Transformers over there. TFA is ok, but it doesn't really appeal to them. It does set the table for Rogue One to just blow the fuck up over there, though.

See: Furious 7.

Everyone loves fast cars, Kagari!