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Wkd Box Office - 1•4-6•19 - Aquaman threepeats. $260M Dom/$941M WW. Biggest DCEU film to date. Escape Room passes Poppins for 2nd.
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Aquaman was so fucking. I loved how much of the movie was underwater. it looked really expensive.
Mamoa was great. Amber Heard was not but my god she was hot. Nicole Kidman killed it in her little cameo. She probably had the best fighting scene of the movie. James Wan has become one of my favorite director now. So many great one shot takes that dont overstay their welcome like they do in most movies. Fantastic camera movement and cinematography. The scene where they descend while being chased by piranhas people looked incredible.
Mamoa was great. Amber Heard was not but my god she was hot. Nicole Kidman killed it in her little cameo. She probably had the best fighting scene of the movie. James Wan has become one of my favorite director now. So many great one shot takes that dont overstay their welcome like they do in most movies. Fantastic camera movement and cinematography. The scene where they descend while being chased by piranhas people looked incredible.
Oh hold was much better internationally and domestically.
Countdown to Wan Billion!
A billy is definitely happening this weekend, should add another $30 million throughout this week from North America alone.
For added context on the prior discussion, Aquaman is a bonafide sensation worldwide and would "only" make about $800m without China.
Yeah, I'm just calling it Atlantis for lack of a better term. I'm mainly comparing the effects of Amber Heard's air bubble in JL vs. Aquaman.
For added context on the prior discussion, Aquaman is a bonafide sensation worldwide and would "only" make about $800m without China.
Yeah, I'm just calling it Atlantis for lack of a better term. I'm mainly comparing the effects of Amber Heard's air bubble in JL vs. Aquaman.
That's quite different from what we said a year ago (including myself).
I was the first one to say December 2018 was a great release date and not crowded at all and no film would bomb!
I had a blast. It was a fun adventure film! And I felt a little emotional in each one of Nicole Kidman's scenes. I'd watch again!
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What sticks out most is how desaturated and lifeless it all looks. Wan really brought so much color and vibrancy to the whole thing. What a difference.
That Mother Box must have been really important to the Atlanteans what with the four guards protecting it out in the open 😂
Even though she had few scenes she was very much the emotional punch for me.
When Aquaman said that his father \ her husband still walks the pier every morning looking for her killed me. Esp the look on her face. It was such a touching scene and she sold the pain.
I still think The Dark Knight's box office run is the craziest and most fun to follow that I've seen among comic book movies. That thing ended its run as the #2 all-time movie in North America and I think #6 worldwide. This was when $1B was about as rare as $2B is today.
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It was 4th worldwide.
Titanic
Return of the King
Dead Man's Chest
The Dark Knight
Aquaman is one of those movies that actually looks more expensive than it is.
Production budget is supposedly around $160m so it certainly isn't cheap by any means but man they made good use of the cash on this one. The whole film looks expensive in pretty much every scene
Production budget is supposedly around $160m so it certainly isn't cheap by any means but man they made good use of the cash on this one. The whole film looks expensive in pretty much every scene
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I think that newer estimates were 200M. But it looks like that much, if not more.
I mean the final undersea war is just fucking INSANE. I can't get over how good this movie looks.
It makes it more viable imo,
Successful stuff like Harley, Aquaman and Wonder Woman can remain entirely untouched while the ruined Batman, Superman, Justice League, Joker, etc get changed (hopefully fixed or at least better)
I'm really curious about Shazam. Am I crazy for thinking this might actually do really REALLY well?
Why is universe altering looked at as a more logical approach than... recasting?
Because these iterations of the characters are pretty much busted from inception.
I don't see why
And I thought most of them were in better place at the end of Justice League.
China is here for spectacle films. If Shazam has that, then we should be good. I'm not sure it will though. Looks more grounded than some of the more fantastical films.
Granted we really haven't seen much other than an unfinished kinda teaser trailer. The next trailer we get should be more indicative on the spectacle. Although do think this movie will be more "grounded"
That said. I'm not even expecting a billion from Shazam. He's not a character the masses are knowledgeable about. Top priority is that this movie is good and audiences click with it. I feel it can do 600 million and be fine. The sequel is where you can go crazy with some the spectacle.
Not at all, the trailer and marketing seems like it's fairly well-received. I think it will do well! Though not Aquaman level.
Yeah, people said they needed a reboot after BvS then Wonder Woman did big business. Said it again after JL, now Aquaman is doing big business. Seems obvious at this point that folks will show up to DC movies if the quality is there.
If nearly $5B in box office receipts after 6 movies, with the latest movie being the biggest, means you need a reboot, a lot of franchises out there need a damn reboot.
WB thinks people are stupid, as shown with the BatEmbargo where they block Ra's, Talia, Two-Face and Scarecrow from a freaking kids cartoon because their upcoming use in Begins and TDK
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They seem to be getting over that with the live action tv stuff.
WW also looked pretty darn good for its budget of like 150m. I love me some MCU movies but they tend to look pretty cheap in comparison. Maybe they actually pay their VFX people :P
Congrats to both. Bumblebee had more screens this weekend so it makes sense. Still expecting SV to overtake it Monday onward unless the screen crunch becomes an issue.
Luthor and Jimmy Olsen are pretty damn ruined. Old creaky Batman is inconvenient too.
I'm glad both movies have found some moderate success. As much as I love Bee (after being a massive Transformers fan yet hating the Bay films), I finally saw Spidey the other day and... wow. I don't even like superhero movies, but Spiderverse was transcendent.
Luthor is fine as he ended up.
And there's no reason that had to actually be Jimmy.
Golden Globes: 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Wins Best Animated Feature
"Anyone can wear the mask; everyone is powerful and everyone is necessary, and that is the spirit of the movie."
Seems like an Oscar Nom is in the bag but I wouldn't be surprised to see something like Incredibles 2 take the win due to sheer exposure.
What can you really do with old as fuck Batman once retired Batman who has already had all of his stories told? (With all those references in the cave to stuff like JasonTodd etc). With the Joker... you're still using the weird low level mobster foundation from Suicide Squad who logically wouldn't exist with the BvS murder machine Batman and the insulting version of killer croc etc. Short of a crisis deal, their best bet (imo) is to retcon the current Joker as a mind broken Robin (explaining why no fucks given Batman didn't ever kill him) and... either do mostly prequel stories (like they're doing with WW) or... do some Batman Beyond type thing in the present?
I wonder if WWs third movie will still skirt away from the DCEU by doing another period peice or what.
Wait, that guy who is obviously the Joker in those YouTube thumbnails isn't actually the Joker?
I just want them nail old as fuck joker so we can Batman Beyond dammit. Bring back Christian Bale to be old batman, sells everyone on it instantly
Most Batman stories? Like his age isn't gonna be an issue unless keep pushing it as an issue. Most versions of Batman are "seasoned" TAS, Arkham games, comic books.
Could do Under the Red Hood, could do Son of Batman, could do Court of Owls, could do Arkham Asylum, War Games, Hush, the options are limitless.
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