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If we don't get early projections this afternoon, probably on Wednesday.
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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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If we don't get early projections this afternoon, probably on Wednesday.
That's one hell of a reach bro
No?
The visuals and choreography were stellar, it was like a fighting game brought to life, like something out of Injustice. It was the complete opposite of that PS2 Black Panther vs Killmonger sequence
There hasn't been a better 1v1 fight in the genre for God knows how long.
I'm at my parents for a few nights and my father immediately asked me if there was a Star Wars movie we could go see. So my anecdotal evidence agrees with you (besides your TLJ take).
They're both shit. But Solo is also forgettable so even worse than TLJ.
Ahh I see we've reached the point where we argue about Star Wars. People just can't let that hurt go away lmaooo
Greatest Showman seems to be something that appeals way more to women. Every woman I know, from 30 to nearly 70, loves Greatest Showman. Probably a half dozen either own the Blu-Ray or are getting it for Christmas. It makes people feel good when they're down.
It felt a bit redudant after better fight scenes earlier in the movie, and with the added burden of "hero fights his opposite" which is done to death lately. But it was quick, and the ending with not killing him and him mother showing love was pretty cool.
That's a stretch even Mr. Fantastic would struggle with.
There are expectations for it? It just seems like it appeared out of nowhere and is destined for being lumped in with the Adam Sandler Netflix stuff.
This is just a ridiculously dumb hot take, you are talking about billion dollar films here
I don't know man, maybe it's just me but I don't see any one excited about SW any more
Everything with Luke in TLJ>Solo>The rest of TLJ
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Calling out as sexist when someone says that no one cares about Rey other than people "on this forum" (and whatever this implies) is a stretch?
Nah, it isn't.
Source: https://www.themarysue.com/the-importance-of-rey/
It's not a stretch at all.
The trailers look so horrible. I feel bad about Bee and Poppins not performing that well, but I can't say the same for that movie.
What ? A stupid back and forth concluded by some cheesy Asian inspired trident moves is good now ?
I wonder if everyone just takes crazy pills around this time of year.
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Aquaman gathering strength again in China will unfortunately put a cap on how big Spider-verse can get (since showings are going to start flowing back to Aquaman). But if it can leg out to at least 2x its opening, that would still be a solid result. Superhero films often miss that mark.
This looks like it was only made for the trailer.If that snippet of Shazam flossing ends up in the actual theatrical trailer, $500 mil domestic is confirmed
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It would be pretty funny if every Justice League member got a DCEU solo film that grossed more than Justice League. We are going to be 3 for 3 with Man of Steel, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman.
It would be an amazing moment to see, that's for sure.
Do you have any predictions where Aquaman will end up, K?
Edit: Also, do you think that MIB:I will not have the same success that MIB trilogy had?
The biggest MCU fanboy on this board who thinks Civil War is the Empire Strikes Back of our generation unironically calling out DC fanboys is something else.
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It looks like Aquaman has a shot at topping BvS. Depends on domestic and overseas holds during the holiday.
International without China should pass 300M. Hard to say by how much yet. China will be 275M+. I would be shocked if domestic is under JL. So that's already 800M at worst.
No clue about MiB. How much of that franchise is the property, and how much was Will Smith? Hemsworth and Thompson don't carry much in the way of a box office draw on their own, but if the film is good and people like the concept, I guess that it could make decent money. I assume it is a lot cheaper than MiB3.
I think Cyborg has a lot more potential than people give the character credit for. DC just needs to get away from making him a morose sadsack always crying about "muh humanity" and just make the cartoon version his default personality.
People would eat up a buddy action comedy about Cyborg and either The Flash or Beast Boy getting into fuckery.
Near to 800M? Talent wins!!!
Thank you for your support.
In Britain, the BBC clowned Mary Poppins Returns by airing the first one lol.
Also, I'm a bit worried about MIB. It's not a high earner and since the second movie, the budget has ballooned.
Great idea - The Flash / Cyborg multiversal buddy action comedy has huge potential
Or even something smaller key like Flash and Cy vs The Rogues. Anything.
If people aren't digging Cyborg by himself just yet, then give him a heavy hitter like The Flash to play off of. The main thing should be to just give Cyborg a personality that gets audiences into him. If all he does is sit around and moping about how much being half robot sucks, of course no one is going to think he's cool. He's literally telling us he's not. lol
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