The Abominable Snowman
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Warcraft movie has massively successful opening in China, bigger than Avengers Ultron
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Dargor
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I would say the other way around would be way easier to happen, expecially if you're a Horde fan lol.
Even if Blizzard has said that the lore from the movie has little to do with the game (apart from the obvious, of course), the things that happen in the movie might really turn the fans off. No joke, I am a fan of The Horde lol.
Spiritwalker
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No matter how shitty this movie is, I actually hope it makes enough money to warrant a sequel or two. I still believe the Warcraft universe has a lot of film potential, they just need to find the right people for it.
A Lich King inspired movie could be amazing.
A Lich King inspired movie could be amazing.
ChaosZeroX
Banned
My fiancee saw it on Tuesday for an early screening and thought it wasn't very good. Shes not a huge gamer, but said that if you know about Warcraft you'll probably like it.
SlickShoes
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It's already in post as he's been making it ever since shooting Warcraft ended so it should be out soon!
Dargor
Member
~40 minutes? thats alot! That explains a great many things.
Gonna have to watch the directors cut then, it sounds like it would be more smooth than what we got right now.
Hibiki Kurosawa
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I wonder if critical reception will affect here at all. Probably not, but I also don't think it will do crazy well here. I know I aint seeing it.
Elven_Star
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Considering the fact that they still have popular Warcraft 3 tournaments with actual prize money there, I'm not surprised. Warcraft franchise is quite big over there.
QuantumZebra
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Oh thank you Jesus
I don't know why I care, but I just did not want this movie to fail
Probably a mix of loving Duncan Jones, hoping for more gaming movies, and seeing how genuinely they wanted to make it
I don't know why I care, but I just did not want this movie to fail
Probably a mix of loving Duncan Jones, hoping for more gaming movies, and seeing how genuinely they wanted to make it
Caffeine
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haha was gonna say this.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
I'm happy for Duncan Jones. Though I doubt he'd want to do the sequels.
Small Mailman
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If you want that go to a cheddar party.
Smokey_Run
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They're lucky Legendary, the production company for the film, is owned by a Chinese company. It allows them to open on more screens, have a longer run, and gets them a bigger cut. Typically, I think most movies only see 20-25% of the money from China.
The US run is looking really, really bad though. I've seen some talk about $50M across it's entire run.
The US run is looking really, really bad though. I've seen some talk about $50M across it's entire run.
styl3s
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Dude is a MASSIVE Warcraft fan so who knows.
It's actually funny looking back at all the people acting like the movie is going to fail when it's already on track to beat films like Furious 7 in the foreign box office which made what? 1.5 billion? People forget that the foreign box office is where most of the mega franchises make their money i would doubt the fast and furious franchise would be where it's at if it wasn't for that market because they always make 3-4x what it makes here and Marvel films crush it.
QuantumZebra
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At the risk of sounding crass - I feel like middling American films with hammy acting but whacky ass action do well overseas because of translation (This, Pacific Rim, Transformers to a degree, etc...)
I.E., when I watch a foreign film, the dialogue may be shit, but I don't really know it because I'm reading subtitles or its dubbed... so unless it is just awfully delivered from a physical acting standpoint - I don't know that it is cheesy/goofy/out of place/poorly written.
So to foreign audiences, they may just see an awesome film and not GAF about the dialogue because its dubbed over or subtitled.
Pretty sure China alone is gonna give this movie a decent profit.
Dargor
Member
When Thrall starts kicking ass and taking names while being a damn good guy, I think that might change.
TimeEffect
Member
China cares.
Thebeardofknowledge
Banned
China continues to save movies from flopping
I already watched it and in the debut, in my city, there was very few people in the room.
At least I heard that in Sao Paulo there were a lot more people interested in the movie.
As someone who knows nothing about Warcraft, it's good fun. One or other scene feels disjointed and some of the acting is poor, but overall, it was a fun movie and worth the ticket.
At least I heard that in Sao Paulo there were a lot more people interested in the movie.
As someone who knows nothing about Warcraft, it's good fun. One or other scene feels disjointed and some of the acting is poor, but overall, it was a fun movie and worth the ticket.
Abilidebob
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Going to watch it this Saturday. My WoW friends that watched it loved it, apparently it's just a full serving of fanservice for the fans, and that's what I'm expecting.
Hah, it truly seems like Brazilians are more supportive of the movie than the Americans online.
But still I think the female audience will move to see a strong female night elf, kicking ass while riding a blue tiger.
Shadow Moses
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Never played any Warcraft game before and I loved the movie. Been waiting for a decent fantasy movie since LOTR. The Hobbit was an abomination. Loved the world they established and the potential for future movies. Glad it's doing well world world and the stupid critics in US won't doom it. Looking forward to more sequels.
I am weraring that t shirt right now lol
Familienoberhauptvogel
Banned
Warcraft 2 to take place in China.
Or just have a bunch of Pandaren, whatever is more realistic.
Or just have a bunch of Pandaren, whatever is more realistic.
SiKotikJ30
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Can confirm in my case. I've played Warcraft games over half my life and I absolutely loved every minute of it, my girlfriend with no knowledge of the Warcraft universe thought it was abysmal. And honestly I can see why. It moves way too fast for an origin type story, explanation of certain things is basically nonexistent.
1st Course
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Blizzard in general. Diablo 3 and recently Overwatch both had record breaking sales there.
Paul_Str337
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Good, I'm glad it's doing well. It's much better than the majority of the reviewes I've seen will have you believe. Though I guess it helps if you can stomach some fantasy-ass fantasy based on a videogame. It's not just China where it's doing well; it's the number 1 film in the UK right now, edging out competition from the Turtles film which came out on the same day. Makes me proud to be British 