Well that and we finally got a Plesiosaur mecha. Some I am good on that front.
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Wkd Box Office 0712-1413 - many stay true to Gru, less grow up, fewer get rimmed...
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Well that and we finally got a Plesiosaur mecha. Some I am good on that front.
Well the box office results kinda prove the trailer didn't excite the masses.
I actually agree with you, I liked that the action in Pacific Rim was easy to follow and the mechs had a real weight to them.
But 'Gipsy Danger having loud footsteps as it walks down an empty street' doesn't exactly sell movie tickets. Moments like Bumblebee running up the side of a building and catching Shia LaBeouf and transforming back into a car in mid-air before they hit the ground is what gets people into theaters. If people are gonna pay $17.50 for an IMAX 3D ticket they wanna see spectacular sequences like that.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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Basically this. When I saw the trailer for Pacific Rim, I just thought the movie didn't look very enjoyable. After seeing Iron Man 3, Star Trek, World War Z, Man of Steel, and Fast and Furious 6, I'm really burnt out on action movies. I imagine the general market is as well. The trailer didn't look particularly interesting, and it didn't really have any recognizable big name actors to grab anyone's attention. Not sure what people expected.
Nephitamine
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Time to support PR by watching it again!
FUBAR McDangles
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Just a personal anecdote, but I went to PR today at a 1:05 2D standard showing, like I have been doing for almost all movies recently like WWZ, MoS, This is the End, Despicable Me 2, and so on.
PR had, by far, the most people during this showing than any of those other movies. Could just be random, but I would honestly guess that you could put MoS + This if the End + Despicable Me 2 Sunday 1PM showings together and wouldn't get the PR group there today.
Could be a good sign going forward.
PR had, by far, the most people during this showing than any of those other movies. Could just be random, but I would honestly guess that you could put MoS + This if the End + Despicable Me 2 Sunday 1PM showings together and wouldn't get the PR group there today.
Could be a good sign going forward.
freenudemacusers
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they should have thrown verisimilitude out the window and just gone full anime.
DanteGhost
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I just came back from seeing it a 2nd time. Went to see it Thursday aswell. Pretty good movie, but the marketing was god awful. My fiance was expecting an horrible movie based on the trailers, but she ended up liking the movie.
I'm definitely getting the blu-ray when it comes out.
I'm definitely getting the blu-ray when it comes out.
you could tell
Seeing that with the budget of Pacific Rim would be magical, though.
ryutaro's mama
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Nerp.
Fast Six was that and more, just like Fast Five before it.
Awesome, silly fun.
Now those are movies for my inner 12 year old self.
sixteen-bit
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Pacific bomba
dam
Grizzlyjin
Supersonic, idiotic, disconnecting, not respecting, who would really ever wanna go and top that
Damn. I guess it's to be expected with a per theater average like that. Guess I'll be seeing this in the dollar theater very soon.
Whats with all this PR bomba talk? It might not do gangbuster numbers at the moment in the US but wasnt it on par so far with WWZ, which managed to do well after several weeks? Also Asia, one of its target markets, is doing really really well. Way too early to call bomba on it, unless you only read Variety.
It's not good man.
vicissitudes
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No, WWZ did almost double the opening weekend.
he's in it
I did my part for Pacific Rim. Saw it in 3D on Friday night with my brother, bro in law and Dad. We loved it so much that my bro in law and I ended up going back today to see it in 2D along with my nephews and wife. Everyone loved it. My wife thought it was going to be awful and the first thing she said when it was over was "That was awesome." It's just such a fun movie.
That said, cool to see DM2 at number 1. Happy to see a studio other than Pixar and Dreamworks finding great success in the animation market.
Grown Ups 2 success makes me sad, but that really wasn't going to eat up at of the Pacific Rim crowd. If anything, DM2 stopped GU2 from doing even better, so at least there is that way to look at it.
I'm pretty happy about the Lone Ranger collapse. Was a huge Depp fan but I'm tired of his shtick these days.
That said, cool to see DM2 at number 1. Happy to see a studio other than Pixar and Dreamworks finding great success in the animation market.
Grown Ups 2 success makes me sad, but that really wasn't going to eat up at of the Pacific Rim crowd. If anything, DM2 stopped GU2 from doing even better, so at least there is that way to look at it.
I'm pretty happy about the Lone Ranger collapse. Was a huge Depp fan but I'm tired of his shtick these days.
See You Next Wednesday
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Every kid made CGI shitfeat is a guaranteed hit.
They just have to have a semi competent looking cgi & a massive advertising budget.
It's fool proof.
I hope he takes a long hard look at where his career has been going and try to rectify it.
Discotheque
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i enjoyed lone ranger but i agree with this. it would be so awesome if he just ditched big blockbusters after pirates 5 is done.
same goes for tom cruise after whatever piece of shit he's working on right now.
Yeah. I feel like Jack Sparrow is the worst thing that ever happened to his career, even though at the same time it was probably the best thing to happen to his career. I know he's always played eccentric roles, but I feel like Sparrow was the beginning of him just playing overly absurd roles and in a lot of ways solidifying his place as "the weird guy" actor. Lone Ranger just feels like a time where they thought "How else can we make Depp even more weird? Well, let's just put a bird on his head." Enough is enough. I still want to love him though.
yeah I enjoyed The Lone Ranger too but enough is enough on these type of films.
Damn, that's brutal, but a flop is a flop.
It's not even like Jack Sparrow was particularly absurd in the first pirates movie. It felt like his silliness jumped up several levels in the first sequel, probably because they knew audiences liked Captain Jack Sparrow's sillier moments in the first movie. It's the "If people like ice cream, they should eat ice cream every meal of every day" line of thinking.
InfectedZero
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I work at the Alamo Drafthouse, and I still paid for this just to support it. I hope it does ridiculous numbers over seas.
he will, then he will look at his diamond encrusted golden toilet and just leave it at that
greatestjediever
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Saw it at the Alamo Drafthouse in Loudon, VA. My fave theater btw. Awesome theaters you guys have.
InfectedZero
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I am happy that you got to enjoy yourself and that you guys got a theater up there! Very fortunate since there are so few of them, we are growing though
. Everyone deserves to go to the Drafthouse.
Scarecrow
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He looked goofy in Lone Ranger, but I felt his character was way more subdued than just being a Jack Sparrow pallet swap.
Most people don't know this because the marketing showed his most Jack Sparrow moments. The scene of walking on the train looks just like the moment in the first Pirates where Jack Sparrow is just walking on a beam and bullets are flying past him.
I'm not sure if I really want to watch the Lone Ranger or not. I like westerns, but it looked less like a classical western and more like a Pirates movie in western clothing. The news about Tonto not being just another Jack Sparrow is appealing at least.
Those were my least favorite part of those films.
forgeforsaken
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PhoncipleBone
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The biggest thing about Pacific Rim not doing better is that studios will probably be more hesitant than ever to sink lots of money into original IPs, and Del Toro will not get another huge budget for a long while.
Even if the movie turns out to be a financial success or not, that does not diminish how much enjoyment I, and I am sure many others, derived from it.
Let's be thankful that we had a Pacific Rim in the first place.
As has been said, $180-200m budget, no bankable stars, brand new movie, no previous familiarity with mainstream audience, lesser known director. Whoever greenlit this thing was doing us a favour.
It was never going to do $70m+ in the first weekend. There aren't that many movies (that are not family movies or sequels) that do that these days. The Avengers doesn't count cause that had all the individual characters movies as build up.
And when you don't get that big weekend on the first weekend, there aren't as many people to spread WOM and it just spirals from there. Avatar, Titanic, these movies with massive legs are not of the norm.
Look at Real Steel - i thought that was great, but no one in the mainstream wants robots unless its got a name like Transformers.
Would I have preferred them to trim the budget back to $100m... hell no. We got a great movie and looks like we just have to buy a few more copies on bluray to get a sequel.
Hoping for $150m US and $300m worldwide as best case scenario.
As has been said, $180-200m budget, no bankable stars, brand new movie, no previous familiarity with mainstream audience, lesser known director. Whoever greenlit this thing was doing us a favour.
It was never going to do $70m+ in the first weekend. There aren't that many movies (that are not family movies or sequels) that do that these days. The Avengers doesn't count cause that had all the individual characters movies as build up.
And when you don't get that big weekend on the first weekend, there aren't as many people to spread WOM and it just spirals from there. Avatar, Titanic, these movies with massive legs are not of the norm.
Look at Real Steel - i thought that was great, but no one in the mainstream wants robots unless its got a name like Transformers.
Would I have preferred them to trim the budget back to $100m... hell no. We got a great movie and looks like we just have to buy a few more copies on bluray to get a sequel.
Hoping for $150m US and $300m worldwide as best case scenario.
Discotheque
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i didn't even give a shit about the film when i saw the trailers but after watching it i'll probably end up picking it up on bluray.
PlanetSmasher
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Welp, now I feel really bad about seeing This is the End tonight and not Pacific Rim. Not that I had a choice ('twas date night, and her pick), but still...man. Poor Del Toro.
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