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Mary Poppins Returns is set to be the family film of Christmas 2018, much like Sing was the holiday film of 2017. It doesn't hurt that the original Mary Poppins is Disney's most iconic and beloved live action film of all time.

Films that open on Christmas when it is on a Tuesday average a 5-5.5X multiple. With its family friendly nature, Mary Poppins can probably end up on the upper end of that range. With a 45 million opening weekend, it can hit 250m total.

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It's a tough one. I've only seen one image. I think I'd need to see a trailer before I commit. And I'm not sure about Emily Blunt in the role. This could easily be another [though higher-grossing] version of Nanny McPhee. $250 is quite high to commit to so early.

I'll wait for a trailer.

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I'm in. Hoping Dick Van Dyke will make a cameo.

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Rolling Thunder wrote:
I'm in. Hoping Dick Van Dyke will make a cameo.

He is! He's playing Mr. Dawes Jr.


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Ugh. I hate these crappy, cutesy cameos from the original performers.

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46m/148m.


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NO!!! $150m yes.


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Is anyone ready to join this after Jumanji and The Greatest Showman showed what big family movies and big musicals can do at Christmas?


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It's doing 300m+

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Yeah I now believe this will breakout specially with no biggie in December this month. IN.


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If TGS can do $150M+ than I see no reason why this can't do $200M+ or even $300M+. This actually has an iconic brand behind it and a Star Wars free December on top of that. I'm IN.


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MadGez wrote:
It's doing 300m+


This.


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Dil wrote:
If TGS can do $150M+ than I see no reason why this can't do $200M+ or even $300M+. This actually has an iconic brand behind it and a Star Wars free December on top of that. I'm IN.


Those two points also apply to Annie, and that only made $85m in 2014. And The Muppets (though it was released in November), and that only made $88m in 2011. I don't wish to argue which is more iconic as I believe the differences won't amount to which makes more at the box office anyway. It'll be down to the nature of the film and how it is marketed. But I did just want to point out that "iconic brand" + "no Star Wars" isn't always a ticket to a hundreds of millions holiday release.

Two-hundred and fifty million is a lot. I think it can do well, but a quarter of a billion is just too high for me.


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Yes I agree that those points are applicable to two-three movies every December and shouldn't be considered here. TGS or Jumanji are not norm they are definitely exceptions. But I also see the recent performance of BatB for comparison and compared to that this isn't increasing (actually less than half of BatB) with a more favorable release date (December is still more lucrative holiday than March). I believe these live action Disney adaptations have a great will among general audience and even the very serious drama "Saving Mr. Banks" about bringing the character of Mary Poppins to life brought in $83m so I think it can easily do MUCH more than that.

While I hate to bring those but the original Mary Poppins adjusts to $306m from its original run with re-releases it comes to $700m+ (as per BoM) so there is a big potential for this to connect with audience.


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It's possible. But does rely on a trailer. I'm not convinced Poppins has transcended the ages.

I like the 45-60 million opening. But the marketing will be key here.

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I agree with thegun that I'm not sure how many millennials have seen Mary Poppins, although everyone knows who she is. The Disney animated films felt a lot more relevant to me growing up.

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I've not seen Mary Poppins. It has no special place in my heart, nor any of my family members. Not even the animated ones (to be honest, I did not even know there were animated ones until Shack just said it). Though, of course I know what the film is all about, and I've seen clips for it and stuff in "AFI's Top 100..." etc. That is precisely why I can't join this club. While I know it was a big film once upon a time, I have no first-hand experience of anyone loving it and holding it in high regard as a classic. But America has surprised me before, and I imagine the Bible Belt watching it at least once a year. But that's a part of America that I have no clue about.


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Not even the animated ones (to be honest, I did not even know there were animated ones until Shack just said it).


I meant the other Disney animated films like Lion King, Aladdin, etc.

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I'm not excited about it, bit I'm still... in.


(Saving Mr. Banks, which is a great movie about the making of the original Mary Poppins, did surprisingly well at the BO - $83m DOM.)


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Shack wrote:
Algren wrote:
Not even the animated ones (to be honest, I did not even know there were animated ones until Shack just said it).


I meant the other Disney animated films like Lion King, Aladdin, etc.


Ah ok. I wasn't sure, because Sparrow also mentioned "live action Disney adaptations", and I thought that to be a "live action Disney adaptation", you first would have to be an animated film.


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Yep. I was wrong. I somehow thought there was an animation version as well.


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The original Mary Poppins was a mix of live action and animation.

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I, too, question how the current generation will receive Poppins. Disney will market the heck out if it, though. I'm definitely in for $250m+.

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tree and a half wrote:
The original Mary Poppins was a mix of live action and animation.

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Nice try, but no. :P


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Mary Poppins is nowhere near as big among millenials as the Renaissance films like BATB and The Lion King. But its certainly on a level with older ones like Snow White, Cinderella and 101 Dalmatians in terms of how many kids have probably seen it. Not to mention just how iconic the soundtrack is. "A Spoonful of Sugar", "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious", "Feed the Birds", "Let's Go Fly a Kite", and "Chim Chim Cheree" are all standards.

I agree that adjusted numbers aren't always the best for films like this, but the original Mary Poppins sold twice the amount of tickets in its initial run than Annie, and that's not even counting the re releases. It's on a completely different level than Annie.

The lowest I can fathom it doing is 150m.


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