YouTube seems almost like trash for trailers now.

Solid weekend overall, good to see Dune do at least reasonable numbers.

Rick and Michone would have done 100 million+ last weekend if anyone is tracking. Biggest AMC numbers since he left the series. Would have been interesting if they wen the Chosen route, could have had a SW Special Edition trilogy type run.

I have you on ignore btw, but I couldn’t help but see that you posted, as I figured it probably would be another troll.

Are you intentionally trolling at this point? Is it drugs? Or are you man, emotionally triggered at the thought of Gladiator and the walking dead? Or perhaps you lost it all on AMC (theaters)? Or maybe you’re still long, and pleading that somehow it will go back up with indirect publicity? lol

Anyway, I don’t know how you figured 100m. Idk what comparisons you could use, but I’m doubtful it would adjust to 100m+. Sure you could sell more tickets in theaters, but the price difference for watching the episodes on AMC (not the theater chain) only really counts for some new subscribers. Yeah, many, if not most, fans would pay to see it in theaters anyway, but why would non-fans do so, if they didn’t decide to become new subscribers? You could argue about marketing budgets, but I’m unconvinced and doubtful.

Anyway, I don’t expect a reply any more coherent than your decision to post that topic in this thread.

And if you’re trolling me for personal reasons, thegun, I will politely tell you, if you can’t take a hint, that you do not fuck with my species, this is reality, not a troll, and if you don’t believe me and still want to fuck with me, my species, and troll me, will politely tell you that:

You stupid, pathetic fucks need to learn to be silent and never again say another word. You have no right or ability to think, believe, or feel that what I’m telling you is wrong. You have no right or ability to recognize the difference between right and wrong in any objective sense whatsoever or to take responsibility for your actions or decisions. What you think is irrelevant. You comply or you ultimately will be punished more severely than you expect or anticipate as possible.

But I don’t expect you to admit that you are trolling. Do you?

Accept my pity and patience, or I will not be so polite and kind again.

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Very strong positive reactions coming from CinemaCon where 5 minutes of footage was shown of the film.

Footage description:

"I remember that day. I never forgot it. That a slave could take revenge against an emperor," says Paul Mescal's character. A boat battle is seen taking place in the Colosseum. Paul Mescal and other Gladiators fight vicious monkeys. "Rage is your gift," Denzel Washington tells Paul Mescal. Washington and Pedro Pascal watch on as Mescal fights a rhinoceros. The song "No Church in the Wild" plays. The footage ends with a brutal fight between Pedro Pascal and Paul Mescal.

I'm feeling very bullish on this and feel this is making a run for $250M+ even without Crowe. Thanksgiving, all star cast, it's going to play into the Christmas holidays as a multi-generational film and if quality is there play into awards season. Mini TGM is going to be happening here. 24 years of inflation too.

Also plays in well with wrestling/MMA crowds which I feel has only gotten more popular since.

Apparently this is nuts with savage animals and killer sharks lol

I still don’t buy this doing more than like crawling to 100m.

Gladiator adjusts to $72.4M/$390.4M. $60M in sales on DVD/VHS first week of release.

Even without Crowe, Denzel is a big enough star to bring folks to give this a floor. Nostalgia will help.

Tough one to call. A sword and sandal pic could feel fresh after so many years without a big one. Mescal won't help for my generation but may for youngers. Scott is disappointing in his older years so I expect the film to disappoint.

Without Crowe, this will look more like a ripoff not a sequel, Denzel or not.

Without Crowe, this will look more like a ripoff not a sequel, Denzel or not.

Gladiator is beloved. I think the over 35 crowd is locked in so $200m+ is in play. Anything beyond that will depend on the quality of the film and marketing.

Is it? Don’t most always prefer braveheart to it. Seemed like a time capsule film that reinvigorated the swords and sandals epic, which has since faded to flopping horribly. I’m sure it’ll make more than crouching tiger 2 though. Anything above 90 should get it to near 400 WW. Maybe the Moses film is the best comparison.

Will need to see a trailer though.

Apparently the budget for this ballooned after reshoots from 165 mil to 250-300. Napoleon's actually made more sense because it was a good film to market AppleTV to other countries, this one though... I mean maybe don't give 160 mil+ projects to directors 5 years older than Biden.

Ridley has missed more often than not in the past 2 decades. I think this will lose tons of money. Who is financing this one. Is Apple involved here as well.

4-500m we would be amazing for this. Clearly this wasn’t made to make money

My only hope on this on being different is Denzel's involvement as a quality control check. He's got an uncanny ability to avoid flops outside of his small indies.

I took a look at Denzel's films over the past 20 years and adjusted for inflation (taking out the arthouse award films and Little Things which came out during Covid in 2021). He's 15/15 with $90M+ films. Even if Scott doesn't deliver, feels like the floor at least here is $100M+ though I'm expecting significantly more Denzel is reliable and his audience shows up consistently.

Also he's 13/15 on having films in the $90-150M range.

Sep 1, 2023 The Equalizer 3 $96,068,701
Jul 20, 2018 The Equalizer 2 $124,681,118
Sep 23, 2016 The Magnificent Seven $118,664,214
Sep 26, 2014 The Equalizer $140,042,553
Aug 2, 2013 2 Guns $102,033,045
Nov 2, 2012 Flight $129,661,098
Feb 10, 2012 Safe House $174,474,078
Nov 12, 2010 Unstoppable $117,527,610
Jan 15, 2010 The Book of Eli $136,651,984
Jun 12, 2009 The Taking of Pelham 123 $90,936,977
Nov 2, 2007 American Gangster $212,107,881
Nov 22, 2006 Déjà Vu $109,610,700
Mar 24, 2006 Inside Man $151,709,412
Jul 30, 2004 The Manchurian Candidate $119,060,213
Apr 23, 2004 Man on Fire $140,648,725

$300M budget is hilariously insane but that does indicate there will be some crazy big battle scenes and such. It could help it stand out as more of an 'event' movie. We shall see if there is still an appetite for sword and sandal epics. Lack of Crowe is a big issue but the 'Gladiator' name might be worth something.

First look at Gladiator cast. Mescal/Pascal, Nielson and Denzel: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/st ... first-look

Official trailer finally is out July 9th!!!

The photos look great. I think everything I've seen so far and read from this article is very encouraging.

It will probably be a borefest because, well, Ridley. He will be so afraid to actually do something interesting because he won't want to hurt his baby/legacy, so expect a carbon copy of the first.

This looks AMAZING. It's going to be huge. I figured it would be before the trailer, but now I'm sure of it.