I mean, I'm pretty sure it's going over 850.
I've learned from my IT foolishness. I'm not backing down on this one.
I mean, I'm pretty sure it's going over 850.
I've learned from my IT foolishness. I'm not backing down on this one.
That and the game somehow being a breakout hit all summer long. Paramount really fucked that one up and I'm still upset about it lol.Between IT and Annabelle 2, I bet Paramount is starting to second think their cancellation of the Friday the 13th reboot.
The only issue is that Get Out wasn't a 'horror' movie.
That and the game somehow being a breakout hit all summer long. Paramount really fucked that one up and I'm still upset about it lol.
I think you brought up the possibility of 1B DOM awhile back. Go all out.
I'll say it then:
Lion King to make 1 Billion WW, baby.
It was a horror movie just like Sixth Sense was one. Since people in this thread don't consider Sixth Sense horror, I guess the same applies to Get Out.Why wasn't Get Out a horror movie? Even though I didn't find it particularly scary it was sold as a horror movie.
It was a horror movie just like Sixth Sense was one. Since people in this thread don't consider Sixth Sense horror, I guess the same applies to Get Out.
I'd say that Sixth Sense had more 'horror' elements while Get Out had more 'thriller' elements.
Disney is going for $4B domestic in 2019 instead.
I count six films that have a good shot at $300M+ domestic. Some way over $300M.
With how horror movies have been doing, studios seem keen on dumping a bunch of stuff that previously would've been DTV.
To me the most shocking aspect is that IT was made on a 35mil budget. I am shocked by that. I'm sure the marketing budget had to be at least another 30mil because they really promoted the he'll out of this movie.
I hope Child's Play also comes back with a well made Remake. Scariest shit for me as a kid but kind of hilarious now.With how horror movies have been doing, studios seem keen on dumping a bunch of stuff that previously would've been DTV.
Great interview.
LOLI ask him what this new Indiana Jones movie will need to be in order to have him fully engaged.
”Funded," he replies.
One key to understanding Harrison Ford, I think, is that the face he often presents to the world, that no-nonsense pragmatism, hides not cynicism but its opposite. When I speak to Villeneuve, he is, of course, full of praise for his star, but he seems genuinely taken aback by the enthusiasm with which Harrison Ford approached each day: ”He told me that there's something that he is still mesmerized and amazed by, which is the fact that if you put a few dozen people together, a camera, a dolly pusher, a makeup artist, everybody working, creating a choreography, and that at one moment in time and space, there will be magic happening in front of the camera because everybody is working together. And that moment of poetry that happens is still a miracle for him. That is something that still brings joy to him. That's what he said to me."
I love the idea that Harrison Ford might ever feel like that—that moment of poetry that happens—even if he is possibly the last person on Earth who would say it to me. When he gets asked directly about acting, he likes to talk about ”problem-solving" and how his job is to make himself useful. There is seemingly no end to the ways Harrison Ford can try to make acting seem mundane, and after a while I point out that most of his peers have a much more mystical view of what they do, in terms of inhabiting other worlds and other characters—
”Well, I do that too," he says, interrupting me. ”I do that too, but"—another laugh—”I don't talk about it."
And then he explains why.
”It's nobody's fucking business!"
Yeah, the race for IT now is to see whether or not it can beat Mel Gibson's Splatterchrist as the #1 all-time R-rated film.
(I *think* that's an AICN reference from back in the day. I remember it stuck with me though)
Someone said TLK's trailer just needs to be the circle of life and it'll hype everybody up and I really agree. That's still a top 5 cinematic opening to a film.
The big question is though: Will Lion King beat Frozen at the BO that year especially with the dates disney put out? I'm sure it's gonna have huge legs too.
Someone said TLK's trailer just needs to be the circle of life and it'll hype everybody up and I really agree. That's still a top 5 cinematic opening to a film.
imagine that trailer in theaters attached to infinity war/ star wars2018. immense hype.I was one of the people saying that should be the trailer. Just do Circle of Life, and end with the title and release date on the screen, and don't show anything else. Hell, keep that the sole trailer and be done with it.
Now I am just imagining the bowel loosening bass from that drum beat as the title appears on screen when the song ends.
Paramount Doom Watch™:
So the trailer for Downsizing has been out for 24h, and it's not setting the world on fire, don't worry I'm only using this as a measure of interest, not as a predictor of box office results. It also had a much chillier reception at Toronto, now I had Downsizing at $60-70m total for my "how fucked is Para" calculation with about ~$20-30m in 2017.
boxoffice.com has the following predictions:
mother! $38,400,000 <- possbile
Suburbicon $45,000,000 <- unlikely
So with Downsizing looking kind of dire, all that is left is Daddy's Home 2.
Basically what I'm saying is that Paramount is fucked.
Glad we are all on the same page about the Lion King trailer being solely Circle of Life.
It should be the easiest teaser cut in history. Have Beyonce take Elton John's English part.
But in the film itself, Elton doesn't sing it. It is just the female vocalist. That's the one I want in the trailer. But would be awesome with Beyonce belting it out.
It's mostly for my own amusement. I also nearly overdosed on the Viacom corporate drama when that went down.I wanted to say that I admire your dedication to this cause. What was the goal of your tracking again? Under a particular past year for Paramount, or under a certain dollar gross? I doubt that Paramount hits $600M this year.
It's mostly for my own amusement. I also nearly overdosed on the Viacom corporate drama when that went down.
Worst year in the 2000s (because that's a neat number and coincidentally mojo only has studio market share going back to 2000). Paramount's worst year so far is 2004 with $628 million, so they need to make $237.3 million this year to beat that. Which is not looking likely. At all.
Didn't realize Aladdin was getting the old SW spot. Four 1B films in the summer is still on.
Some of these are conservative and others are just using the previous films gross.
Captain Marvel - 200M
Dumbo - 150M
Avengers 4 - 460M
Aladdin - 400M
Toy Story 4 - 400M
The Lion King - 500M
Frozen 2 - 400M
Mulan - 300M (Is this still 2019?)
Episode 9 - 800M
That is 3.61B with a couple of films missing.
Let's see if weekend 2 blows away tracking too.Tracking is saying mid 50s for IT this weekend.
Yeah, The Lion King is gonna be huge. Like, close to $1bn domestic huge (yeah, I'm going there).
Frozen 2 is going to blow past 400M. I'm thinking Toy Story 4 will be 350-400M.Didn't realize Aladdin was getting the old SW spot. Four 1B films in the summer is still on.
Some of these are conservative and others are just using the previous films gross.
Captain Marvel - 200M
Dumbo - 150M
Avengers 4 - 460M
Aladdin - 400M
Toy Story 4 - 400M
The Lion King - 500M
Frozen 2 - 400M
Mulan - 300M (Is this still 2019?)
Episode 9 - 800M
That is 3.61B with a couple of films missing.
As long as none of you are making "what went wrong?" posts/threads if we get BatB numbers instead.
Didn't realize Aladdin was getting the old SW spot. Four 1B films in the summer is still on.
Some of these are conservative and others are just using the previous films gross.
Captain Marvel - 200M
Dumbo - 150M
Avengers 4 - 460M
Aladdin - 400M
Toy Story 4 - 400M
The Lion King - 500M
Frozen 2 - 400M
Mulan - 300M (Is this still 2019?)
Episode 9 - 800M
That is 3.61B with a couple of films missing.
Captain Marvel too low, unless they supremely screw up, and possibly Mulan too high. For some reason I don't recall Mulan being super popular, aside from make a man out of you song.