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Wkd Box Office - 12•21-23•18 - X-mas 5-day updates: Aquaman $105M, Mary Poppins $41M, Bumblebee $34M, Spider-verse $25M
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Bumblebee is amazing. It's a really good movie with a LOT of heart, so it deserves all the money it can get.
Man, I never expect I'd be saying stuff like that to a Transformer movie.
Man, I never expect I'd be saying stuff like that to a Transformer movie.
I think Spider Verse is a film you got to see at least once, whether in the theater or on you phone. Aquaman, on the other hand, is a film you got to see in theater or you won't enjoy it very much on the small screen. I expect Spider Verse do extremely well on iTunes and streaming.
Spider-Verse is something where a big part of it is lost on a smaller screen. You lose all the texture and detail to the image. I loved seeing that glorious zip tone on the big screen.
Who the fuck cares about Mary Floppins. It's amazing how much out of touch can some execs be.
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Marwen seems like a movie that maybe would've done OK box office circa 1999 or 2000 with Jim Carrey or Tom Hanks starring in it.
Took the kids to see Bumblee yesterday and it was 80's AF! I wasn't expecting that! Loved all the references, music, and what a great heartfelt, fun story. We all really enjoyed it. It's a shame and unwarranted that it's not doing better at the BO.
Poppins will end up with a nice profit over the next few weeks. Educate yourself about Christmas at the box office.
If the budget was $130, it needs to make at least $200 before we can be sure it's in the black.
I'm surprised that Mary Poppins isn't doing better but also thrilled that a sequel to a classic made 60 years later turned out to be a poor business decision.
It's doing fine relative to its budget.
Also, people are decrying the animation bias, but the film also plays into that, it's not just perception. It's a YA family movie, and those aren't foing to draw as big a crowd, animated or not.
I personally loved it, but I can see why it didn't pull numbers like a "grown up" movie even when it's better than most all of them.
I mean it's really hard to say either way right now.
It didn't have the best opening week, and the weekend numbers didn't seem like something that was pulling in audiences from WOM, but it is early still and it could have an impressive run.
I think people just like the instant reactions.
Good reviews, and great WOM and the whole world getting it now I think knee jerk stuff is just silly
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Is it? Is it great to see the mediocre "hey you didn't completely fuck this one up, good for you, WB" movie cleaning up at the BO while two vastly superior and more deserving films (Spider-Man and Bumblebee) get swept under the rug? The whole situation is incredibly disheartening, frankly. Not surprising, of course, but still, two quality films are getting buried.
Aquaman is dumb, earnest fun and I'm glad it's doing well, but it's mildly disheartening that Spider-Verse isn't dominating. Hopefully it has legs from the word of mouth.
I liked Solo and I was surprised by that.
No one was sold on the movie before it came out, that was its biggest problem.
The fact that the general praise for it after its release was along the lines of "Actually it wasn't bad!" was kind of damning. Everyone was expecting it to be a huge dumpster fire and it wasn't, but it also wasn't a hidden masterpiece that demanded everyone go see it immediately.
Those screencaps are a very accurate summation of Aquaman. Such a weird and fun flick.
Uh, okay? I loved both Spiderverse and Aquaman and they both deserve to do well imo, but anyone could've forseen this result.
Also Aquaman was a ton of fun, and I'm excited to see more from DC in the future. So yes, it's great to see it doing well. :)
The irony of cheering Aquaman's success while saying other movies deserve to fail because their studios -- unlike WB/DC, I guess? -- previously released crap.
As someone that enjoyed Aquaman very much and watched the film two times already and will own the blu-ray, I will side with those that are disappointed seeing Bumblebee and Spider-Man: Into Spider-Verse getting lost in the shuffle.
I haven't seen Bumblebee because it will only be released here next Thursday, and Spider-Verse in January 10, I will be watching both films and hope both get sequels and that word of mouth helps both films to gross more and get sequels.
Bumblebee and Spider-Verse should have been released on less crowded dates.
To be clear, I want Spider-Verse and Bumblebee and even Mary Poppins to do well, I don't want any movie/product to do poorly, personally.
I'm just saying I'm happy that Aquaman is doing well because it speaks to an audience so far, we shall see legs.
Movies like Spider-verse and Bumblebee feel like Spring or Summer releases. IDK just feels like they'd do well at that time. Putting all these movies out at the same time. It's no shock sales are being cannibalized.
But this time of year is weird. We'll see how legs look for a lot of these films.
But this time of year is weird. We'll see how legs look for a lot of these films.
By that logic BvS, JL and Suicide Squad mean Aquaman deserved to fail.
Spiderman is doing fine for the budget, with Bumblebee, theyre paying the price for their shitty bayformers films
Both Bumblebee and Spider-Verse clearly deserve better. Aquaman getting a sequel is a sure thing given its OS breakout, the other films less so. Yes people should see Aquaman, but also see Spider-Verse and Bumblebee as well.
Bumblebee and Spider-Verse getting better word of mouth than Aquaman will hopefully make people check out the other two films, and yes that would take part of Aquaman's potential legs, but if that's what it takes for those two films also be profitable and warrant sequels, then so be it.
BOM is reporting $135m, but that's without the marketing.
Also, Aquaman is better than "mediocre." For whatever its faults, the movie is some of the biggest spectacle on screen and that's generally worth a decent BO performance.
Mary Poppins as an existing IP should have more upfront demand than The Greatest Showman did. I wouldn't bet on that type of run but I'm interested in following it's run.
Partially trolling some folks, but I said it's the best Star Wars movie this year
Some of those set pieces wouldn't be out of sorts in the franchise.
i don't think thats controversial - it looks more interesting than the last like... half dozen star wars movies
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