Support NeoGAF

[ZeoVGM]

Why do people so desperately want to believe Spider-Man is bombing?

They saw a clickbait article headline on a blog a couple weeks ago, took it as fact and ran with it.

 

[DecoReturns]

Happy birthday Mr. Nolan

 

[Chamber]

Why do people so desperately want to believe Spider-Man is bombing?

The precedent was set when Age of Ultron "bombed" with $459m domestic. Expectations are a bitch.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Why do people so desperately want to believe Spider-Man is bombing?

The bubble is bursting...

 

[BronsonLee]

Hey! What the Hell?

Why did Atomic Blonde open at #4?

*holds up unplugged electric cords*

Can't go atomic without any POWER

 

[golem]

The precedent was set when Age of Ultron "bombed" with $459m domestic. Expectations are a bitch.

Gonna get ugly when Last Jedi doesn't surpass 900m dom

 

[Toa TAK]

Guys forget Spidey

I might not get another Atomic Blonde

 

[Messofanego]

Between Sony's marketing for the film and the reception the Emoji movie has been getting online reminds me of this Mitchell and Webb skit.

Haha

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Amazing Spiderman grossed $48,818,164 in China and $39,276,607 in Japan. The sequel made $94,430,000 in China and $30,253,480 in Japan. Of course the current foreign rates are nowhere comparable to 2012 and 2014 but still this shows that the movie, at worst, should easily top $750 million worldwide which was the target set by Sony according to the leaked emails.

 

[Toa TAK]

You mean the crowd of people who came to watch Emoji "ironically" are who I have to blame?

 

[Messofanego]

I intend on going while completely tanked

Just don't complain when Emoji Movie 2 comes around in part thanks to you and other ironic/drunk viewers

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Hey! What the Hell?

Why did Atomic Blonde open at #4?

Because the 75% RT jinx'd any chance it had for the top 3.

 

[vio]

People saying Pacific Rim is terrible... what a bizarro world this is.

 

[Toa TAK]

Because the 75% RT jinx'd any chance it had for the top 3.

People saying Pacific Rim is terrible... what a bizarro world this is.

I'm with you.

 

[BronsonLee]

I bought 2,000 tickets to The Emoji Movie.

 

[Jigorath]

I bought 2,000 tickets to The Emoji Movie.

That's all?

 

[Sgt. Kabukiman]

Guys forget Spidey

I might not get another Atomic Blonde

It had a slightly higher opening than the first John Wick and was made on a budget of 30 million. It will do fine if it has legs.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

I'm with you.

My little girl
Drive anywhere
Do what you want
I don't care

She drove to #4 wkd BO, apparently.

 

[Violence Jack]

So much for Atomic Blonde becoming a new female spy franchise.

I hope Emoji movie has an 80% drop next week.

Good god at WW. I still can't believe people are seeing this multiple times, but different strokes for different folks I guess.

 

[Starphanluke]

TF5 won't hold that distinction for long, Bumblebee is out next year.

I'm gonna throw my chips on the table and bet that Bumblebee makes more than TLK.
I will probably be so, so very wrong, but I'm sticking to it.

 

[Chamber]

Gonna get ugly when Last Jedi doesn't surpass 900m dom

Definitely. BoxOffice.com's initial prediction for TLJ is $250mOW/$820m DOM. When the bar is set the high, disappointment is pretty easy to come by.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

So much for Atomic Blonde becoming a new female spy franchise.

I mean, it's doing better than John Wick (unless I'm wrong, I'm not doing any fact checking). There's a chance for a sequel (unless it's only intended to be a standalone film).

 

[Toa TAK]

I can't believe it.

Emo-gee at #2 and Atomic Blonde at #4



































THIS is what 99 red balloons looks like.

 

[kswiston]

Amazing Spiderman grossed $48,818,164 in China and $39,276,607 in Japan. The sequel made $94,430,000 in China and $30,253,480 in Japan. Of course the current foreign rates are nowhere comparable to 2012 and 2014 but still this shows that the movie, at worst, should easily top $750 million worldwide which was the target set by Sony according to the leaked emails.

The Chinese Yuan is only down 9% from 3 years ago.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

I can't believe it.

Emo-gee at #2 and Atomic Blonde at #4



THIS is what 99 red balloons looks like.

It's the children who are wrong.

 

[Fudgepuppy]

So much for Atomic Blonde becoming a new female spy franchise.

I hope Emoji movie has an 80% drop next week.

Good god at WW. I still can't believe people are seeing this multiple times, but different strokes for different folks I guess.

In comparison, John Wick made $14,415,922 its opening weekend.

It's not a bomba really. It'll make a profit and will definitely open up for more movies like it, sequels or not.

 

[Phamit]

I mean, it's doing better than John Wick (unless I'm wrong, I'm not doing any fact checking). There's a chance for a sequel (unless it's only intended to be a standalone film).

Yeah it did a bit better than John Wick, but also had a bigger budget according to box office mojo

 

[Ahasverus]

Emoji will tank and I'm so, so glad for it.

Atomic Blonde had the guts to ape Debbie Harry's style, her band's name and her song's name too, and didn't feature Atomic on its soundtrack.

 

[Violence Jack]

I mean, it's doing better than John Wick (unless I'm wrong, I'm not doing any fact checking). There's a chance for a sequel (unless it's only intended to be a standalone film).

Better opening than John Wick 1, but $12 million less than JW2's opening. It was cheap to make, so it'll probably make a very small profit or break even at best. It should've been held back for a fall release. I'm not rooting for it to fail or anything like that.

 

[BronsonLee]

I think this thread is about to go

atomic

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Emoji will tank and I'm so, so glad for it.

Atomic Blonde had the guts to ape Debbie Harry's style, her band's name and her song's name too, and didn't feature Atomic on its soundtrack.

Yet it includes both the original and cover version of 99 Luftballons and Blue Monday.

 

[Toa TAK]

I think this thread is about to go

atomic

I'm gonna cry in a corner.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

#4 isn't that bad considering it still came pretty close to the studio expectations of $20mil, and was made for around $10mil more. It's definitely going to make a profit

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

I'm gonna cry in a corner.

This song helped selling the despair they were going for in that moment. I still feel that the film could use some more despair.

 

[BronsonLee]

Yo that cover is sick

 

[LordOfLore]

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer Gets Big Raise to $35.3M in Fiscal 2017

 

[Toa TAK]

I feel dispair now.

But I just wanna know...

When's the blu-ray?

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

I feel dispair now.

But I just wanna know...

When's the blu-ray?

3 months is my guess.

 

[Albino_Yeti]

Keep rowing that boat Dunkirk!!

 

[wesleyshark]

Dunkirk deservers every dollar. So good.

 

[Bronx-Man]

I bought 2,000 tickets to The Emoji Movie.

What a mark.

 

[Toa TAK]

3 months is my guess.

Sweet.

Also James McAvoy doesn't get enough love for Atomic Blonde.

 

[And_Gignac]

Better opening than John Wick 1, but $12 million less than JW2's opening. It was cheap to make, so it'll probably make a very small profit or break even at best. It should've been held back for a fall release. I'm not rooting for it to fail or anything like that.

Atomic Blonde 2 will open bigger than JW2 😜

How about we wait for the international performance before making uninformed guesses?

And damn I was rooting for Emoji's to be #1 😩🙄😒

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Sweet.

Also James McAvoy doesn't get enough love for Atomic Blonde.

Dude reminds me (somewhat) of Brad Pitt in Fight Club.

 

[EGM1966]

Definitely. BoxOffice.com's initial prediction for TLJ is $250mOW/$820m DOM. When the bar is set the high, disappointment is pretty easy to come by.

As with Empire I'm expecting a better film that makes less money.

So long as film delivers I'm fine - well except I'm then expecting Trevorrow to deliver a weaker follow up that might make more money.

EDIT: meant to add on topic good to see strong holds for Dunkirk and Girls. I'm not expecting Dunkirk to quite match normally long tail Nolan films have in US - it just seems to much a stretch for such a completely British film content wise - but I guess you never know it is an amazing experience in IMAX so it might get boost in that factor

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Atomic Blonde's opening is not important in the grand scheme of things. What matters more is will it have legs? 2nd weekend drop and John Wick legs will boost the chance of a sequel way more than a good opening but harsh drop afterwards.

Atomic Blonde 2 will open bigger than JW2 ��

How about we wait for the international performance before making uninformed guesses?

And damn I was rooting for Emoji's to be #1 ������

Keanu Reeves is a bigger draw as action movie star overseas (Thanks Matrix) than Charlie or Sofia so I wouldn't bet on it even in the least.

Domestic performance with good legs is what matters more for a sequel.

 

[Sweeney Tom]

Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer Gets Big Raise to $35.3M in Fiscal 2017

Next 5 Saw films gonna be lit *pops champagne*

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

Atomic Blonde's opening is not important in the grand scheme of things. What matters more is will it have legs? 2nd weekend drop and John Wick legs will boost the chance of a sequel way more than a good opening but harsh drop afterwards.

I think the WoM is pretty good, should help.

 

[mreddie]

Sanity Wins but it's likely The Two-ji Movie will come.

Also, having seen Atomic Blonde...yeah, I don't think it deserves the #4 spot but not #1 either.

It got too ridiculous, especially compared to John Wick.

 

[Fudgepuppy]

I'm still pissed off they didn't have Atomic by Blondie in the trailers.

Also, why didn't they pay HEALTH to cover it, instead of Blue Monday.