There was another article out how the extension of Aquaman's run in China was going to hurt Bee.
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Wkd Box Office - 12•28-30•18 - Jan 4th update: Aquaman now the highest grossing DCEU film ever with $888M worldwide.
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There was another article out how the extension of Aquaman's run in China was going to hurt Bee.
You joke but I watched Bumblebee last night and while I was leaving, the family behind me including their kids agreed it was boring and nowhere near as good as the others.
I hope you went over and told them that they are why we can't have nice things.
I prefer the first. That's not to say Bumblebee is a bad movie, but it would have been better without the Transformers part
ContractHolder Spider-Verse will outearn The Emoji Movie!
It will be Sony Pictures Animation 3rd largest hit of the year. After Peter Rabbit and HT3.
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It will be Sony Pictures Animation 3rd largest hit of the year. After Peter Rabbit and HT3.
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Aquaman is definitely not touching TLJ's domestic take, and very likely won't hit its WW number either. To say nothing of TFA!
Yep. They should have struck while the iron (man) was hot and done a Black Widow solo directly after either The Winter Soldier or Age of Ultron.
Well, there you have it: Ms Marvel is "definitely sort of in the works, we have plans for that one" from the President of Marvel Studios himself, which means you shouldn't hold your breath on a Ms Marvel movie being officially announced and in production anytime soon; like I said.
Was calling that over a week ago. :P bumblebee could still continue the trend of eeking our wins on weekends however. Here's hoping that they both end up doing well enough.
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Some school boards are still on winter break, so Poppins and all of the animated films had better holds from Tuesday than the rest.
Looks like Aquaman will pass Ragnarok and Venom worldwide before the weekend. GotG2 goes down Thurs or Friday morning. BvS might be Friday as well. Homecoming, and Spider-Man 3 on Sat/Sun. After that we wait a couple of weeks for it to pass The Dark Knight.
Looks like Aquaman will pass Ragnarok and Venom worldwide before the weekend. GotG2 goes down Thurs or Friday morning. BvS might be Friday as well. Homecoming, and Spider-Man 3 on Sat/Sun. After that we wait a couple of weeks for it to pass The Dark Knight.
And Japan is the only major market left for it to open in, right?
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Yes. But Japan usually isn't that major for superheroes. 20M would be really good there.
If it is a smash hit, I wonder if WB have any plans to try and tie it into their DCEU, contrary to what's been said about its being a standalone?
I think a lot of their plans for future movies are waiting on current success to come to fruition ie Flash, Green lantern and all the others.
Bummed about Welcome to Marwen; not because it's not a good film, but because it's the first film Janelle Monae has starred in that's bombed. She has better projects lined up going forward, thankfully.
I think Shazam will do very well.
A good second trailer (due this month) showcasing cool action and transformations will build hype.
A good second trailer (due this month) showcasing cool action and transformations will build hype.
Mary Poppins seems rather leggy so far. I really need to go see.
Kind of sad to hear that the songs don't live up to the original though.
Kind of sad to hear that the songs don't live up to the original though.
Wow, congrats to Aquaman. Havent seen it yet but heard it was fun. Watched Bumblebee last night and it was a good time.
They'd have to kidnap Jaoquin and force him to sign a multi-film contract
Maybe that's why he's running
We've found out why Aquaman is blowing up in China: https://theplaylist.net/amber-heard-aquaman-wonder-woman-20190103/
It's Amber Heard eating a flower
boxoffice.com weekend predictions:
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Aquaman $28,000,000 $257,000,000 -46%
Mary Poppins Returns $19,000,000 $141,900,000 -33%
Escape Room $14,000,000 $14,000,000 NEW
Into the Spider-Verse $12,800,000 $133,400,000 -32%
Bumblebee $12,700,000 $97,000,000 -39%
The Mule $8,000,000 $80,100,000 -34%
Vice $5,400,000 $29,300,000 -30%
Second Act $4,800,000 $32,800,000 -35%
Ralph Breaks the Internet $4,300,000 $186,800,000 -36%
Holmes and Watson $3,500,000 $28,500,000 -53%
Do studios still only get 25% of the gross in China? I know you mentioned some time back they were trying to negotiate that to a higher percentage. Any thing happened there, or is happening?
Bumblebee gross updated to $190M WW (as of Jan. 1st for foreign markets) - with China on deck this weekend, and good holdovers in already released markets, it'll cruise to about $270-275M by Sunday. I still believe the film can cross $400M WW, but that'll depend entirely on China if it delivers $100M or not by the end of its run.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=transformers6.htm
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=transformers6.htm
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Over 90%. It would have to drop 65% this weekend to put that in doubt.
There was talk on negotiating a better percentage. But then Trump happened.
So it looks like Aquaman will be #1 at the box office all the way until Glass releases. So basically 4 weeks in a row.
I feel like Mary Poppins may steal a weekend before then
But not sure why
Scratch that
Realized only two weekends
Aquaman will def win the next two
It's fun to got back in time at Era and look at all the predictions about Mary Poppins, Spider-Verse, Aquaman and Bumblebee (and Alita, which I guess was originally going to be December). Not calling anyone specific out because we were all pretty wrong. I certainly was. I expected Poppins to steamroll and Aquaman to perform middling but not bomb. And it's the other way around.
Still fits with the overall trend of the performance between the two. It's not like BB didn't also benefit from the boarding schools being off given its demos. Spiderverse overtook bumblebee last Thursday, but then the weekend rush favouring fresher releases etc helped push Bumblebee higher for a bit.
If Bulblebee stays above spiderverse this weekend, it will be barely with the upcoming weekdays having it fall behind. Not that the sum difference will be massive.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2018-12-27&track=animatedspider-man.htm
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Bay can take over Bumblebee 2 after Knight goes off to do Guardians 3
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