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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 23695 Location: Classified
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Weekend Estimates
$31.5m
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:08 pm |
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zwackerm
Hold the door!
Joined: Sun Jun 01, 2014 10:26 pm Posts: 20301 Location: Where they shot Knock at the Cabin
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Re: Weekend Estimates
October is fucked.
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:17 pm |
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 23695 Location: Classified
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Mountain - $10.1m It - $9.65m My Little Pony - $8.8m Kingsman - $8.1m
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:18 pm |
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mark66
Extraordinary
Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:41 pm Posts: 13041 Location: Augsburg (2,038 years young)
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Re: Weekend Estimates
BR had the 14th biggest opening weekend of 1982 (BOM has 15th which is wrong or at least debatable), BR49 the 25th biggest opening weekend of 2017 and we still have three months to go...
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:21 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21628 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Weekend Estimates
That seems like the most pointless fact anyone has written about anything
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:37 pm |
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mark66
Extraordinary
Joined: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:41 pm Posts: 13041 Location: Augsburg (2,038 years young)
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Re: Weekend Estimates
I disagree, I think yearly positions are more useful than inflation adjustments...
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:43 pm |
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:47 am Posts: 21141 Location: Massachusetts
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Wait. The sequel no one asked for to the cult classic that nobody cared about isn’t shattering box office records?
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:48 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21628 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Weekend Estimates
mark66 wrote: I disagree, I think yearly positions are more useful than inflation adjustments... Gerbils eat spaghetti. Shrug. What’s the point, are you trying to say the original was more high profile to give a better perspective based on its yearly OW rank?
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 12:54 pm |
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Excel
Superfreak
Joined: Sat Aug 20, 2005 12:54 am Posts: 21876 Location: Places
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Jmart wrote: Wait. The sequel no one asked for to the cult classic that nobody cared about isn’t shattering box office records? Exactly. Oddly enough, a more action oriented film/marketing campaign could have easily done $50m+. Like, nobody under 25 who is seeing this has seen the original. But they know it was highly regarded and were willing to give this a shot.
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:00 pm |
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Samweis Gamdschie
Cream of the Crop
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 2:35 pm Posts: 2077 Location: At the edge of reality
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Thegun wrote: mark66 wrote: I disagree, I think yearly positions are more useful than inflation adjustments... Gerbils eat spaghetti. Shrug. What’s the point, are you trying to say the original was more high profile to give a better perspective based on its yearly OW rank? mark66 has a valid point: given the fact that BR wasn't sequel it managed to have a really good opening. BR didn't become a legendary movie over the months, it already was a blockbuster in 1982 (not surprisingly, because Ford was a star with SW4, SW5 and Indiana Jones). BR49 can't even manage to get blockbuster status on it's OW.
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:20 pm |
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1924
Indiana Jones IV
Joined: Tue Mar 26, 2013 4:43 pm Posts: 1079
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Re: Weekend Estimates
this opening is sickening!
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 1:32 pm |
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MGKC
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Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:42 pm Posts: 11808 Location: Kansas City, Kansas
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Re: Weekend Estimates
mark66 wrote: BR had the 14th biggest opening weekend of 1982 (BOM has 15th which is wrong or at least debatable), BR49 the 25th biggest opening weekend of 2017 and we still have three months to go... Actually makes the original Blade Runner look even worse. Way less high profile movies were released in 1982 than 2017, correct?
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:08 pm |
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36915
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Yep so BR2049 didn't do those lofty OW numbers everyone was predicting. I believe Riggs was the lowest at $38m in the predictions thread and this will do well below it.
I think out of the openers The Mountain Between Us did good. Poor for Pony as well.
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 2:55 pm |
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Thegun
On autopilot for the summer
Joined: Thu Oct 21, 2004 10:14 pm Posts: 21628 Location: Walking around somewhere
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Re: Weekend Estimates
MGKC wrote: mark66 wrote: BR had the 14th biggest opening weekend of 1982 (BOM has 15th which is wrong or at least debatable), BR49 the 25th biggest opening weekend of 2017 and we still have three months to go... Actually makes the original Blade Runner look even worse. Way less high profile movies were released in 1982 than 2017, correct? Actually I believe the point he is going for is this: Raiders opened to 8 million, and became the third biggest film of all time. Bladerunner opened to 6 million, and made 27 million, . But you got to remember that's the month of ET, the best Star Trek film, The Thing, Poltergeist, and Tron all released basically in a month of each other. Lol, and Raiders of the Lost Ark's re release almost beat it two weeks later. I can't fathom today that both The Thing and Bladerunner came out the same day. It never had a chance.
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 3:12 pm |
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Thatguy
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Joined: Thu Jul 22, 2010 9:07 pm Posts: 435
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Terrible start for BR2049 indeed on the domestic front. Overseas though it had a decent start. Also we have yet to see how BR2049 will play out in China and Japan. Those two could possibly save the movie financially.
Also It is holding extremely well for a horror film, and also given the massive OW it had. I think in a twisted sense, the massive success of It has hurt BR2049 domestically. Not to a massive degree, but I think if It was not in theaters right now, BR2049's domestic OW would have been a bit higher.
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 4:37 pm |
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Darth Indiana Bond
007
Joined: Wed Jul 20, 2005 11:43 pm Posts: 10985 Location: Wouldn't you like to know
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Re: Weekend Estimates
I guess the budget was high, but I am not surprised. Seems decent considering the material
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Sun Oct 08, 2017 5:11 pm |
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Barrabás
llegó a la casa vía marítima
Joined: Sun Aug 05, 2007 4:53 pm Posts: 6129 Location: la gran casa de la esquina
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Tragic. Marketing really failed by assuming the original was a lot more iconic and well-known than it actually is. Film buffs = / = the general public.
Is the modern sci-fi golden age over then? Arrival was a success but it wasn't huge. Passengers did meh last year. Life bombed. Now this is flopping.
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Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:01 am |
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Jmart
Superman: The Movie
Joined: Fri Oct 22, 2004 8:47 am Posts: 21141 Location: Massachusetts
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Barrabás wrote: Is the modern sci-fi golden age over then? Arrival was a success but it wasn't huge. Passengers did meh last year. Life bombed. Now this is flopping. No, but I also wouldn't exactly call this a golden age for modern sci-fi. Arrival is a damn good movie, but I wouldn't call it a generally accessible film. Passengers was okay. There's a reason why they hid certain plot elements from the public in the marketing though. And when those certain elements were revealed before the film came out, audiences mostly ignored it. Life sucked. The movies just have to be better (haven't seen 2049 yet).
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Flava'd vs The World
The Kramer
Joined: Sat Oct 23, 2004 11:36 am Posts: 23695 Location: Classified
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Re: Weekend Estimates
It has been adjusted to $32.75m. I guess thats a good sign for its legs, but it is still a flop.
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Mon Oct 09, 2017 12:59 pm |
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El Maskado
Arrrrrrrrrrgggghhhhhhhhhh!
Joined: Tue Oct 12, 2004 8:17 pm Posts: 21572
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Ryan Gosling is box office poison. He picks good roles but he is just BO poison. Lalaland had more to do with Emma Stone's draw than his
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Mon Oct 09, 2017 2:42 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 66998
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Re: Weekend Estimates
El Maskado wrote: Ryan Gosling is box office poison. He picks good roles but he is just BO poison. Lalaland had more to do with Emma Stone's draw than his Interesting perspective. Looking at Gosling's filmography, I am surprised to see such a string of low-grossing films. But I disagree that he is poison. He is just building his star image. Clooney also doesn't make high-grossing hits, but they both have respect.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:34 pm |
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Jack Sparrow
KJ's Leading Idiot
Joined: Thu Dec 31, 2009 8:15 pm Posts: 36915
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Yeah I wouldn't call him BO poison as he has some good hits with Notebook, Crazy Stupid Love,The Big Short and La La Land so he can be in mid-tier hits. I do agree though that he has never been in BIG blockbusters or they didn't do big numbers (The Nice Guys and BR2049) but a lot of it has to do with him being picky in his movie choices.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:43 pm |
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Magic Mike
Wallflower
Joined: Mon Oct 25, 2004 4:53 am Posts: 34875 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Weekend Estimates
When will people understand there are very few actual draws anymore? Gosling isn't poison. Like anyone he can open the right film. People don't show up just for the actor anymore.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:48 pm |
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Algren
now we know
Joined: Tue Oct 19, 2004 9:31 pm Posts: 66998
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Re: Weekend Estimates
Magic Mike wrote: When will people understand there are very few actual draws anymore? Gosling isn't poison. Like anyone he can open the right film. People don't show up just for the actor anymore. Well, unless the actor is Leo or Denzel or Cruise. There are some draws still around. But obviously it's not the 80s and 90s anymore when a big star could carry a stinker.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:50 pm |
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stuffp
Keeping it Light
Joined: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:06 am Posts: 11185 Location: Bright Falls
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Re: Weekend Estimates
With the reviews BR2049 is getting, it's hard to even call it a stinker. It just follows a similar pattern like Scorcese's Silence.
But sure, in the 80's especially there were less films and film generally carried longer legs. A mediocre film could have turned huge profits just on the back of its star, no matter what the film was.
In some way, competition in film has gone up, which should lead to better quality. It's hard to say that's the case, especially at the top end. But we have a lot more, it's alright/ not bad films nowadays.
And imagine Leo would have been the lead in BR2049. I have little doubt it would have opened twice as big.
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Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:58 pm |
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