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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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vinnygambini

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I'm genuinely happy for Bumblebee. It should finish as follows:

China - $115M
Domestically - $120M
Foreign - $190m

Total: $425m

The above should be enough for Paramount and Hasbro, as the latter are also co-financiers, to greenlight Prime solo film.
 

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ReiGun said:
Even though it's based on a (very, very popular) existing property, there's nothing quite like Detective Pikachu coming out. The trailer completely floored just about everyone in both how weird it looks (even for Pokemon) and how good it looks. It went from most people not even knowing what it was to one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
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it went from "who the fuck greenlight this movie" to "wtf, it (the trailer) looks.. good?"
 
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kswiston said:
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Bumblebee is beating those 40M opening projections for China. It might hit 55M if Saturday is strong.

Bumblebee murdered Spider-verse in the process though. Down 82% from last Friday, and the full weekend will be even worse, since Sunday was hugely inflated last week. This weekend will be a bit over 1M. Last weekend was over 8M I believe.
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Spider-Verse :(
 

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2019 is looking to be a great year for movies. The kid that would be king, any word early word of mouth from that? From screenings of what have you
 
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Hmm, there's tons of films coming out this year I want to see. I'd probably need a top 10 as opposed to a top 3.

Overall if I could only pick three, and be a bit unorthodox in the process:

1. The Lion King remake
2. Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie
3. Avengers: Endgame

Also cool to see vinny's now on era. :)
 
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iamsgod said:
it went from "who the fuck greenlight this movie" to "wtf, it (the trailer) looks.. good?"
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I refused to believe it was actually coming out till I saw the trailer. Even when I saw people on Twitter talking about it, I was like, "They actually went through with it?"

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Man I couldn't give two shits about Toy Story 4
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Same. I just don't care anymore. The first three gave me everything I need from those characters.
 
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ReiGun said:
Even though it's based on a (very, very popular) existing property, there's nothing quite like Detective Pikachu coming out. The trailer completely floored just about everyone in both how weird it looks (even for Pokemon) and how good it looks. It went from most people not even knowing what it was to one of the most anticipated movies of the year.
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I went in fully expecting Detective Pikachu to look like a total trainwreck and had zero interest in it. The trailer was so unexpectedly good it blew me away

No joke given how huge Pokemon is WW, the fact it looks so good, and is something that will appeal to everyone from children to adults that grew up on Pokemon, 700m+ seems fully doable imo. I won't be surprised if its significantly higher honestly
 
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Should give honorable mentions to John Wick 3, HTTYD3 and Glass. Can't wait to see how those series wrap up.
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I'm very surprised how much Detective Pikachu appears on Movie-Era's lists. 😮
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That trailer blew everyone away. Everyone was expecting a trainwreck. Instead we got a movie that actually looks charming and that pays respect to the entire Pokemon franchise. For me, Detective Pikachu went from 0 to over9000 hype just from that trailer alone.
 
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Black Panther got nominations from both the PGA and SAG now. DGA noms are announced next Tuesday, but I think that a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards is nearly locked now. It has hit all of the milestone indicators.
 
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I'll throw a fit if Spiderverse doesn't get nominated for Best Animated Picture and Aquaman for Best Special Effects.
 
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kswiston said:
Black Panther got nominations from both the PGA and SAG now. DGA noms are announced next Tuesday, but I think that a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards is nearly locked now. It has hit all of the milestone indicators.
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It won't get the win though, which means its still a lesser film than "The Academy Award Winnimg Film Suicide Squad"
 
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I am not keen on using JL as a barometer, but just realized that Aquaman's international take will be more than the film's total

 
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Penguin said:
I am not keen on using JL as a barometer, but just realized that Aquaman's international take will be more than the film's total

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It's time to let JL go as a barometer. All that ever amounted to was a snide joke, and bringing it up now seems very fanboyish.

People don't do the same thing with Solo, or Ghost in the Shell, or any other movies that bombed.
 
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I love BP, but the CGI in that movie sucks ass. I honestly don't know why it's being nominated for Best Special Effects. It totally deserves a nom for Costume Design tho.
 
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Pretty sure the deal with Black Panther was that they essentially rewrote the third act and ended up crunching the VFX.
 
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Probably a fuck up on WB's part, either pushing the film too late or not at all for consideration. Meanwhile, Marvel is doing full court press for Black Panther, for weeks if not months.
 
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Black Panther getting a VFX nod over Aquaman is insane. I really enjoyed BP but the CGI was really rough for a huge blockbuster and Aquaman looked amazing.

Panther for sure deserves a nod for costume and makeup though
 
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The CGI is only like the 18th most important part of a movie. Some shoddy CGI doesn't effect my enjoyment of BP at all and shouldn't make it any lesser of a movie. IMO it shouldn't be nominated for Best Picture for other reasons.
 
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Sibersk Esto said:
Pretty sure the deal with Black Panther was that they essentially rewrote the third act and ended up crunching the VFX.
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I wonder what the original plan was, because that entire battle was a mess. Coogler gave the SW prequels a run for their money with that entire sequence.

Folks love to pile on the last act of WW, but nothing there was as hard to watch as Bilbo flying VR ships around.
 
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kswiston said:
Black Panther got nominations from both the PGA and SAG now. DGA noms are announced next Tuesday, but I think that a best picture nomination at the Academy Awards is nearly locked now. It has hit all of the milestone indicators.
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Is there a way to pre-subscribe to a thread that doesn't even exist yet?

The salt in that one will stop hearts.
 
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I wonder what the original plan was, because that entire battle was a mess. Coogler gave the SW prequels a run for their money with that entire sequence.

Folks love to pile on the last act of WW, but nothing there was as hard to watch as Bilbo flying VR ships around.
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Black Panther really didn't need a big third act, kinda like Wonder Woman.
 
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