Man, Alita is really going to test that to it's absolute limits next year.
That's actually better than predicted. NeatI mean cynically that means you don't expect Spider-verse to make much more than it has now.
Not even open in all major markets and already over 50 million.
Cameron and his fans will disown Alita and that new Terminator film as soo as it flops at the box office. I wonder what they will say if Avatar 2 flops.Man, Alita is really going to test that to it's absolute limits next year.
Cameron will disown Alita and that new Terminator film as soo as it flops at the box office. I wonder what they will say if Avatar 2 flops.
Toxic to be the Aquaman 2 villain confirmed.In China Aquaman is cruising for a nearly identical 2nd Monday drop compared to Venom, but it had a higher weekend so.... we shall see.
Nah, him being a producer on Alita doesn't count. Same as his documentary films.Man, Alita is really going to test that to it's absolute limits next year.
Hunger Games. Twilight.Not surprised about Mortal Engines. With the possible exception of the Harry Potter movies (ymmv whether they really belong to the genre), has any YA novel adaption actually worked?
Man, Alita is really going to test that to it's absolute limits next year.
I tell what I would pay to see, James Cameron explaining to Bob Iger why he needs more money for the Avatar sequels. Cameron has to used to the idea that, at Disney, he's a medium sized fish in a very big pond.
It beat SpidermanJames isn't directing Alita. He did, however, direct Vincent Chase in Aquaman.
Cameron and his fans will disown Alita and that new Terminator film as soo as it flops at the box office. I wonder what they will say if Avatar 2 flops.
If this means that we get Cameron to actually do something interesting other than Avatar, than that will be a good thing. Cameron should have let Avatar go. It came and went, no one cares. It feels like a sequel to a film that no one wanted. Let Avatar be its own thing. I'd very much rather see actual Cameron's Battle Alita or literally any other thing than to rehash Avatar again.
Yeah. I think Avengers 1 might be the floor unless Cameron somehow completely shat the bed...which is doubtful.Avatar 2 is going to be at least $1b film at the very least. I think we all know it has nearly zero chance of "flopping."
I think anyone expecting Avatar's success for all of its sequels is going to be disappointed. But to say, "Cameron should have let Avatar go" makes absolutely no sense. It's literally the biggest movie of all time and Avatar 2 will be massive.
No problem
Got a link?Pascal said she'd like Spider-Man to stay in the MCU. But in a way that made it seem like it's not happening.
Sony should just go with 2099 at this point for live-action
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/sony-spider-man-future-amy-pascal-phil-lord-interview
It's going to be a nail bitter on who can come out on top if Aquaman keeps that 1% currency advantage and makes up ground with slightly bigger weekends and early week days but worse weekday drops where it may then fall behind XDToxic to be the Aquaman 2 villain confirmed.
Nah, him being a producer on Alita doesn't count. Same as his documentary films.
Alita is gonna be Rodriguez's Jupiter Ascending.
Casual reminder that Pascal hasn't been in charge of Sony (or even at Sony) for over 3 years and that any decisions about Marvel isn't hers to make. So reading too much into that interview (and I really do think that suggesting that she is suggesting the deal is coming to an end is reading way too much into it) is probably not advisable.
Casual reminder that Pascal hasn't been in charge of Sony (or even at Sony) for over 3 years and that any decisions about Marvel isn't hers to make. So reading too much into that interview (and I really do think that suggesting that she is suggesting the deal is coming to an end is reading way too much into it) is probably not advisable.
I don't see why they can't just get Andrew Garfield back for the Venom-verse. If DC can have two Flashes, two Supermans, and three Jokers, Sony can have two Peter Parkers.
Yeah, it's largely up to Rothman and Panitch - but she is definitely a part of the conversation and has loose lips so it's somewhat interesting to hear her opinion.Casual reminder that Pascal hasn't been in charge of Sony (or even at Sony) for over 3 years and that any decisions about Marvel isn't hers to make. So reading too much into that interview (and I really do think that suggesting that she is suggesting the deal is coming to an end is reading way too much into it) is probably not advisable.
Ouch at those Mortal Engines numbers! Not terribly surprised though: not great reviews, odd concept for those who haven't read the novels, no hype.
And YA dystopian adaptations were driven into the ground in recent years.
It's been a day or so and I still haven't entirely digested this.
$7 million?!
That's like 1/15th of what Aquaman might open with based on current domestic presales.
Visual aid for Aquaman v Venom in China:
Spider-verse in China
Also, taking a look at the presales for Spider-verse in China. It has a very standard bump today (45-50%) so despite the packed previews and great impressions it doesn't seem like there's a breakout happening yet.
Maybe we will start to see some traction closer to release. Still, the projected 15m opening in China is solid. CoCo opened around there and blew up after, so anything is possible.
While I think that Spider-verse will do fine for itself, I wouldn't be surprised to see think prices about why it didn't 'catch on' if it doesn't break out to match the reviews and audience scores.
Also, Spider-verses opening (DOM) set a new record for an animated film in December!
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Delivers Largest December Animated Opening at $35.4 Million
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4467&p=.htm
People expecting LEGO Batman numbers OS were crazy. Previews and presales did not match that, and it's opening more like LEGO 1 with a better spread per market so far than LEGO Batman
Opening weekend
South Korea
Spider-verse: 3.3m
LEGO Movie 0.7m / 1.4m
LEGO Batman 0.5m / 1m
United Kingdom
LEGO Movie 13.5m / 56.9m
LEGO Batman 9.9m / 34.6m
Spider-verse 2.9m
China
Spider-verse (projected) 15m
LEGO Batman 3.5m / 6.1m
LEGO Movie <did not release>
Russia
LEGO Movie 2.7m / 6.1m
Spider-verse 2.3m
LEGO Batman 2.1m / 4.8m
Australia
LEGO Movie 5.3m / 27.8m
Spider-verse 2.3m
LEGO Batman no data / 8.8m
Keeping in mind that UK, Australia etc were the markets that carried LEGO HARD and China will have a stronger opening than than LEGO 1 did in the UK the king market of carrying LEGO. Hitting the UKs OWx might now happen, but SV in China and the UK should cover a substantial amount of LEGO UKs gross.
So far it looks like Spider-verse will soak the deficits it acrues in European market with better returns in Asia with the added edge that LEGO 1 didn't release in China. So roughly LEGO Movie returns OS seem likely unless it legs or soaks hard here or there. If it pulls a CoCo in China it could somehow manage to hit 600m or take out Antman 2 :p
The only concern is if it doesn't broaden its demos and is stuck in direct competition to Aquaman and Mary Poppins from the other end making it Stillborn with the family crowd.
I'm still waiting for his movie about the porn industry to be announced.
Watching First Man on repeat
https://variety.com/gallery/directo...her-a-star-is-born/#!10/chris-nolan-first-man
I'm still waiting for his movie about the porn industry to be announced.
Goddamn Mortal Engines should have pulled an Alita and postpone. It was a mistake to release on a heavy month like this one.
It's been a day or so and I still haven't entirely digested this.
$7 million?!
The movie was originally pitched in 2013 after Adam Goodman watched his son play with his truck toys. It became a priority project for Paramount animation and the studio dreamed of "a Transformers-like franchise." Most of the movie was filmed by 2014 but it got delayed. The movie got a bunch of reshoots before it's first test screening in 2016.
It was a disaster. How can you make a children's movie that drives kids out of the theater? The children were terrified by the monster which was described as a "cross between Judge Doom, a mentally-handicapped E.T., and a squid".
Early "Monster Trucks" Creech concept art by Luca Nemolato
Children were literally scared to tears. That's a bad sign when you're making a kid's film. More than half the test audience left by the time the movie was over.
That led to almost a year of panicked reshoots to try and save the film. The budget ballooned to $125 million. The movie's marketing didn't help with the first trailer highlighting a belching squid monster.
*Starring Michael Caine
So the Sonic Twitter may have implied that the Movie has been delayed due to the negative reaction to what we have seen of Sonic thus far. So a monster Trucks situation, potentially.
http://www.thegeektwins.com/2018/10/10-movies-ruined-by-reshoots.html
Though it could just be referencing the fact that the movie has always been slated as a next year release.
60% of it was funneled into the NRA
So the Sonic Twitter may have implied that the Movie has been delayed due to the negative reaction to what we have seen of Sonic thus far. So a monster Trucks situation, potentially.
http://www.thegeektwins.com/2018/10/10-movies-ruined-by-reshoots.html
Though it could just be referencing the fact that the movie has always been slated as a next year release.
https://twitter.com/SonicMovie/status/1074853082159243264?s=19
Alita at least looks like it knows what it's doing and has had some decent trailers to follow the bug eye reveal. I think it will do... 'fine', even if that means that it only breaks even.
Wait a minute, I wonder how much it cost to ma--
*googles*
200 million USD
I assume Rodriguez stared at the gigantic pile of money and wondered, after finishing the film, what he was supposed to do with that.