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Predict the Biggest Box Office Bomb of 2016
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Discotheque
Banned
I think blackhat is the best movie he's ever been in but that was always bound to be a bomb. Still he got to work with Mann
Rush was pretty good too. Everything else though I have no idea why he signs onto. Except for the marvel stuff of course. That's big exposure for him and guaranteed work.
Rush was pretty good too. Everything else though I have no idea why he signs onto. Except for the marvel stuff of course. That's big exposure for him and guaranteed work.
Aside from Huntsman sequel he likely returns due to contractual obligation, Chris Hemsworth chose his role well. The dude just has some unfortunate stroke of bad luck.
I mean Blackhat is a freaking Micheal Mann movie and The Heart Of The Sea was based on a book directed by Ron Howard. These 2 movie looks promising as hell on paper.
I mean Blackhat is a freaking Micheal Mann movie and The Heart Of The Sea was based on a book directed by Ron Howard. These 2 movie looks promising as hell on paper.
The Artisan
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I hate to say it but ratchet.
Messofanego
Banned
Is Blackhat worth watching, at least for style? Or has Mann lost also that?
Discotheque
Banned
It's more akin to his loose Miami Vice style so if you think anything good of that you'll like it
The container park shootout scene at least is freaking great
Messofanego
Banned
Actually still haven't seen Miami Vice, so I don't know what to make of that
I'll check it out, at least good to hear there's a great shootout.
It wasn't a joke, and I made no comments about her attractiveness. I meant that he had won at life because he had found someone that he seems to really care about. They both always seems really happy in interviews and stuff. If finding someone and being happy isn't winning at life then I don't know what is.
Liquidsnake
Banned
Actually still haven't seen Miami Vice, so I don't know what to make of that
I'll check it out, at least good to hear there's a great shootout.
Its 2016 my man, what are you waiting for?
He's been in a handful of bombs but most of his "big roles" have been very successful. The Thor movies make bank and shit on it all you want but so did Snow White. Blackhat and In the Heart of the Sea bombed but those weren't really career killers.
Hopefully, he can find some success outside those roles but he's getting good roles. He's been good in everything and the movies haven't delivered more than anything. He had one homerun and one miss with Howard. That's not so bad especially since Howard has been whiffing a lot in his recent productions.
andythinkpad
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I feel bad for Eric Northman, he is not going to find another blockbuster role that doesn't require him speak English well.
Meh, I will be surprised if they last longer than Hugh Grant and Elizabeth Hurley.
Kinda obvious why it costs that much from the trailer ---- CGI animals, forests, etc...
Why WB willing to spend that amount is the biggest mystery.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Like, it'll lose 140mil for the studio, or you think it'll make 140mil domestic?
Because I'm not sure it even crosses 100mil. Hell, I'm not sure it crosses 80.
Dr. Zoidberg
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I'll be curious to see how this Angry Birds movie does. The trailers look completely awful, and the property didn't need a movie anyway.
140 mil just to make...
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Ah, gotcha. No, Tarzan has a reported production budget of 180mil. Which means it probably cost something closer to 210 to actually make.
(I'm not counting marketing, because marketing should really never be counted as part of the production budget. Somewhere along the way people started just rolling that into it, but there's a lot of problems in doing that)
Tarzan has a few problems.
1) The film doesn't look fun.
2) It doesn't look particularly visually interesting.
3) It's set after the Tarzan story everyone knows.
I don't think everything needs an origin story, I just think this film is grossly overestimating how many people want to see a story about Tarzan going back to the jungle after living life on the mainland.
I feel the Angry Birds movie COULD have succeeded had it released a few years ago, or had Angry Birds been able to hold on as a property. But now it seems like it's a little bit past the window they needed. I'm sure at the time they though Angry Birds would last forever (Given the CEO's comments of "I want Angry Birds to be as big as Mickey Mouse", or something to that effect).
You're spot on here, I agree.
CaviarMeths
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Hell Cabin in the Woods is the movie that got him noticed. I was watching the commentary with Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon and they were talking about a certain scene where he absolutely just nailed the performance and they thought "oh my god this guy is going to be a movie star." They had producers come in and look at the dailies. By the end of the week, he had landed leading roles in Red Dawn and Thor.
Drew and Joss were right that he's a good actor with presence, but they didn't foresee that audiences weren't going to be interested.
I don't get the impression Hemsworth wants to make blockbusters to be honest. Compare his acting in Rush to everything else and it's clear what he really wants to do.
DonMigs85
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Yeah the Angry Birds movie should have come out in 2013 or 2014 at the latest, but it might still do decently, maybe at least Ice Age numbers. I don't think it'll have any other animated competition for a while either since Zootopia's winding down, Ratchet & Clank doesn't quite have the same recognition and Finding Dory doesn't come out til June.
Triggerhappytel
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Oof.
$180 million box office on a $180 million budget is a bomb, surely?! Especially if the general rule is that a movie studio needs 2 - 2.5x the budget in box office takings in order to start making profit.
Yeah, I don't think it's going to be a big hit or anything but I think it will do okay. Maybe $250-$300 million WW total, but then according to Wikipedia it only has a budget of $80 million.
andythinkpad
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He is a walking romantic novel cover, what else can he be on?
I can see Angry Birds making a decent profit. But it's a case of not striking when the iron's hot. If this released at least 2 years ago, we would be saying different things. Although it's possible this reinvigorates interest in the IP.
Kind of makes me wonder how a hypothetical Clash of Clans movie would do if it released within the last year.
I think he means that he's turned his opinion around from Tarzan bombing to Tarzan profiting.
I'm curious if Tarzan will be a Pan level bomb.
Kind of makes me wonder how a hypothetical Clash of Clans movie would do if it released within the last year.
I think he means that he's turned his opinion around from Tarzan bombing to Tarzan profiting.
I'm curious if Tarzan will be a Pan level bomb.
DonMigs85
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He meant he did a 180 degree turn on his previous negative opinion
This is a few days old but I didn't see it posted; did anyone bet on Huntsman?
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/t...n-after-chilly-box-office-results-1201760908/
http://variety.com/2016/film/news/t...n-after-chilly-box-office-results-1201760908/
old manatee
Banned
Gods of Egypt is a bigger bomb so far.
Spectral!
I was chatting with some friends about the upcoming summer season and what could hit and what could flop and then..., it dawned on me. We'd completely forgotten about Spectral, which is still scheduled for release in August, is coming this summer. We haven't seen a poster never mind a trailer at this point.
This film is so forgotten that when people write articles about Legendary they name Warcraft etc (as potential problem projects, money losers etc) but never actually name Spectral. IIRC Legendary completely self financed the film and Universal are just the distributor for hire.
They filmed this in August 2014 (according to Wiki admittedly) and they were doing (more?) reshoots as of early January in Budapest (http://teaser-trailer.com/movie/spectral)
At this point I just don't see this film making its release date unless the studio intends to quietly dump it into total anonymity which is entirely possible.
Given all the noise surrounding the new Ghostbusters film does anyone really care about a film that's been described as "Ghostbusters meets Black Hawk Down"????
Gentlemen, there is blood in the water and Gods Of Egypt has competition for the crown of 2016's flop of the year! You heard it here first!
I was chatting with some friends about the upcoming summer season and what could hit and what could flop and then..., it dawned on me. We'd completely forgotten about Spectral, which is still scheduled for release in August, is coming this summer. We haven't seen a poster never mind a trailer at this point.
This film is so forgotten that when people write articles about Legendary they name Warcraft etc (as potential problem projects, money losers etc) but never actually name Spectral. IIRC Legendary completely self financed the film and Universal are just the distributor for hire.
They filmed this in August 2014 (according to Wiki admittedly) and they were doing (more?) reshoots as of early January in Budapest (http://teaser-trailer.com/movie/spectral)
At this point I just don't see this film making its release date unless the studio intends to quietly dump it into total anonymity which is entirely possible.
Given all the noise surrounding the new Ghostbusters film does anyone really care about a film that's been described as "Ghostbusters meets Black Hawk Down"????
Gentlemen, there is blood in the water and Gods Of Egypt has competition for the crown of 2016's flop of the year! You heard it here first!
Cloggerdude
Member
I have totally not even heard of this film. I assumed I would Google it and the results would jolt my memory, but I literally don't think I'd even heard of it before.
It actually sounds like it could be kind of entertaining? But yeah, it's going to bomb hard, most likely.
trikster40
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I'm going Gods of Egypt. It didn't even look as good as a SyFy movie in the trailers. God it looked awful. I may watch it to see the disaster.
ChaosZeroX
Banned
Tarzan or Ghostbusters.
Spectral would be a winner but i think it is coming out in 2017?
Nah, there are enough people who will go see it because it has female only cast and not cause it looks good. Also, Melissa McCarthy has a fan following, I mean how else do you explain all the movies she gets?
Spectral is still scheduled for release, by Universal, on the 12th of August.
The Friday after Suicide Squad, the same Friday as Sausage Party and Pete's Dragon.
They could still shift it but it would be strange for a studio to do so this late in the day.
The more I poke around the more I think that this is literally being dumped by Legendary. I really wouldn't be surprised if this has already been written off by Legendary after their Chinese buy out.
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Never heard of Spectral before, I can't imagine the budget was that big anyway, there are no names attached to that movie.
Anyway, all of my money is on Ben-Hur. Nobody wants to see a remake of that movie in 2016, it will bomb much harder than Tarzan.
Anyway, all of my money is on Ben-Hur. Nobody wants to see a remake of that movie in 2016, it will bomb much harder than Tarzan.
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