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Wkd Box Office - 9•21-23•18 - Bombs. Bombs everywhere. But Eli Roth scores personal best.
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$200m domestic would be fine if the budget is really sub-$100m. $200m worldwide would be a disaster.
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I still think that Venom is being undertracked, but even the current tracking makes sub 150M unlikely.
Going to cross post this here.
Of the 5 movies on that list that had YT trailer views over 100m only 1 opened under $100M and that was JL. Let's give Venom the same multiplier as JL. So that would be 133.516 x 0.874 which would give us 116.692984. Sony would be very very happy with a $117M OW for Venom.
Venom will probably make around that at least for the OW, regardless of reviews I think. Good reviews might push it to 130M OW with a decent second weekend of 70M. I am thinking it could break 300M domestically.
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Depends on whether they check BOM often I guess. They usually have the top 4-5 from the annual chart visible on their home page.
this reminds me of when i edit the mistakes out of my youtube videos
except i do that shit for free in my room, this is a $200m production
To be fair these preview clips are always edited to ribbons.
To be unfair Venom sucks and I hate him.
To be unfair Venom sucks and I hate him.
60 million dollar budget for a movie where they hunt giant fictional monsters seems very low. Also stop putting your wife in fucking everything, but Perlman is amazing, + 1 for that haha.
That's what we said about the Suicide Squad clips.
And then the movie happened
Because there has been a lot of weakly sourced speculation about SPE, here's the most official take we've gotten on its future from the new CEO:
Kenichiro Yoshida To SPE Leaders: Studio Will Remain Big Part Of Sony Portfolio
Kenichiro Yoshida To SPE Leaders: Studio Will Remain Big Part Of Sony Portfolio
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I keep forgetting she is in this. Wonder who will have more screen time her or venom?
Haha! That's it! I was trying to figure out what he was going for
So really really LTTP but I finally got around to watching Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom
I know this is going to be a controversial opinion but.....I really enjoyed it? I thought it was significantly better than the original Jurassic World honestly
I know this is going to be a controversial opinion but.....I really enjoyed it? I thought it was significantly better than the original Jurassic World honestly
Kinda ridiculous that the villains are excited about selling a stolen dinosaur for up to $20m, in a $1.3b movie.
Forget selling them to the highest bidder. Get them on a movie set.
Man, feel like my Corman joke sailed straight over some heads. I mean, it was bad, but obvious joke is obvious.
Zack Snyder. Its a perfect fit for him: Gratuitous sex, violence, and mindless action with a plot like something a kindergartner came up with during recess.
Can't wait. I'm so glad Paul W.S. Anderson gets to keep churning out these $60 million B-movies. They look amazing, and inevitably turn a profit. Hope this turns into his next franchise.
Anyone else going to see Venom for the purpose of marveling at a $100 million disaster?
The fact that this exists at all is amazing to me
The fact that this exists at all is amazing to me
I love Corman's Black Scorpion.
You can in the mod forum.
The board software doesn't like waterfox so reason
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Not too exciting when you realize that Oz is just Bronson.
Yeah I rented it tonight not expecting all that much. I thought the last Jurassic World was ok, not great besides the 3rd act. Would probably give that one a C+
But yeah I watched Fallen Kingdom tonight and thoroughly enjoyed it. There is actually some really nice shots / cinematography in it. The characters are still shallow and the plot isnt exactly anything to write home about but I found the overall action set pieces and dino stuff a good time.
A solid B in my book and I'm actually looking forward to the 3rd one quite a bit now.
Just looked it up, Corman is 92. Is he still doing stuff?
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