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THR: Avengers: Endgame "crushed" Fandango's one-day sales record set by TFA in just six hours
- Thread starter ManaByte
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Something will eventually beat Avatar but it'll take at least another ten years of inflation for it to even be plausible
I think if something really captures the zeitgeist in a big way, it's entirely possible for a contemporary flick to edge out Avatar. It would probably have to be a film no one saw coming though.
Was just able to get some tickets for me and my buddy after hours of maintenance and errors on AMC's site. Had to settle for IMAX 3D which is still good but was hoping to get Dolby.
You'd literally need the biggest perfect storm in movie history to dethrone Avatar.
EVERYTHING would have to go right: marketing, the release date, pre-sales, previews, A-List stars, and the movie being genuinely good and worth rewatching.
I browsed that thread for a minute had a few giggles, but Star Wars lost me years ago, it's just not that good anymore.
My bad if wrong I thought Avatar's record was 1 bil ? and has been beaten for awhile now ? I'm probably wrong
The Gap between Avatar and it's second is the equivalent of Black Panthers entire domestic run.
Do you work with kids? Because I can assure you they don't run around playing stormtroopers and jedi anymore. Not for longer than a few weeks after a new episode drops, anyway. But they do run around playing superheroes.
No one Marvel movie is ever going to change pop culture the way the original Star Wars did, but superheroes have replaced it as the foremost modern mythology of our time. It's what these kids dream about, and what shapes their imaginations. I don't think the MCU is going to leave the kind of lasting mark on the world that Star Wars did, but at this moment in time it's king of the hill.
So considering the movie opens at 8am on a Wednesday (at least here in Australia), what stretch of time constitutes what will be reported as 'Opening Weekend' numbers?
That Tuesday night/Wednesday morning until the end of day Sunday.
Also a quote from Deadline, by way of Regal:
It's just not kids who matter when it comes to these things which is why Jurassic and Star Wars made so much money. Super hero is just a popular genre that sells a lot. That doesn't make it king or whatever you want to call it. There's more factors to this.
Got a ticket for a Saturday night showing. It's more convenient for me, and I'm good with spoilers.
Thanos better watch out for his cornhole, man.
Thanos better watch out for his cornhole, man.
For the same reason other movies have been three hours.
Strange question.
Drafthouse just gave up during the morning, and tickets were unavailable to purchase for a short time until they got Fandango to take over. Never saw that happen, not even for Star Wars.
"There's lots of story to go through" - One of the Russo brothers
Oh yeah I def agree with that, but IW made $35m more OD and $100m more ow than RO so surprised when I saw it was ranked 5th and RO 4th.
People deserve a lot of movie for their money. The more movie you get for your buck the better. Common knowledge.
Except that huge swathes of people obviously rewatched Avatar multiple times in theatres.
Again, I'm gonna call it: When Avatar 2 comes out and makes stupid amounts of money. The new excuse will be to give Disney credit for saving the sequel. That without Disney behind it, it would have failed.
All these 'it could only ever happen once. Avatar was a perfect storm of a release that can never be replicated' ignore that Avatar was the second time in a row that Cameron had a movie release like that.
We're clearly concerned with different metrics for success here, but no matter how you slice it Jurassic isn't in the running.
This was definitely the most difficult time I've ever had purchasing a ticket before, and I've been to plenty of opening nights on big films before. Crazy.
I legit got the shakes watching the post credits scene for Captain Marvel.
My wife and I have seen every single one in theaters together since before we were married.
Iron man we we're just friends.
We were dating by the time Hulk came out.
We were married when we went to go see Avengers 1.
We'll be sneaking out while the kids are at school to see Endgame.
Time flies like an arrow :D
My wife and I have seen every single one in theaters together since before we were married.
Iron man we we're just friends.
We were dating by the time Hulk came out.
We were married when we went to go see Avengers 1.
We'll be sneaking out while the kids are at school to see Endgame.
Time flies like an arrow :D
Nah. This movie does actually have a good chance at taking down Titanic. If it doesn't...then Cameron has a shot of actually managing to take the top three spots in the all-time box office. XD
Also, best seat I was able to snag was on midnight on Friday.
I count the metrics that count. You may as well say anything currently popular is the top when that doesn't really matter to a brand because brands can fade easily. Game of Thrones would be considered top but it will bw quickly forgotten soon after the final season similar to Breaking Bad or other really good and popular shows.
We're in a thread about how this thing is poised to take down the highest grossing Star Wars movie, and you're arguing that Star Wars is superior because it makes more money? It doesn't, and it probably won't ever again.
Yeah but cannot buy the ticket yet. Only 3 reservations allowed. Having three reservations also means he cant go see anything else until then unless he just walks up and buys the ticket.
Had to queue in the vue website for an hour to get mine. First time I've ever seen any midnight showings sold out near me, had to go with nearly midnight on Thursday for a free seat. No Internet for me during the day!
You do realise that if Avatar 2 were to make $1b less than the first film, it would still be in the top 5 highest grossing films of all time worldwide?
Can only have 3 reservations until then though. Will have to see how the Sunday seating is looking after my Thursday showing.
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Yall talking about Avatar I'm still waiting for something to beat Gone with the Wind.
Victor Fleming still the king 80 years running.
Victor Fleming still the king 80 years running.
Everybody liked watching beautiful shit. But there's like absolutely 0 hype for that world anymore, nobody except some people going to disneyland and Cameron's fans care for Avatar.
LOL, tell that to everyone once the relentless marketing kicks in. The Avatar sequels are gonna be huge whether you like them or not.
Oh shit if we're talking in terms of quality, Avatar had its ass run laps around it on its opening weekend alone, not to mention everything this decade
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Ah, the ol' Adjusted numbers mentality. When you were accounting for inflation, did you remember to account for Hitler?
oh man I can 100% see someone saying this with a straight face
I always remember to account for Hitler in every daily task.