Remember when they were going to make six of these movies?Robin Hood is going to be this year's King Arthur: Legend of the Sword and I'm going to have a great time in an empty theater and you're all going to be worse off for it.
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It certainly wasn't a dumpster fire of a film and did have a few entertaining parts to it.
The best thing about King Arthur: Legend of the Sword - the first of six films in Guy Ritchie's Camelot Cinematic Universe - is that the movie never stops. It never breathes, it just keeps growing and growing.
I think 8 of the 10 highest grossing films this year are all superhero films and the other two are A Quiet Place and Jurrasic World.... what makes so many people think Mary Poppins is going to capture some sort of cultural zeitgeist? Like, what is that based on exactly?
I have a hard time seeing any of those live action films stopping Spider-Verse from being the film of the Christmas season... and people think Venom is going to make more money that SV? yeesh
I have a hard time seeing any of those live action films stopping Spider-Verse from being the film of the Christmas season... and people think Venom is going to make more money that SV? yeesh
Is this really how it's cut in the film? This is barely coherent.
Based on Jungle Book and B&tB both making a billion despite being hot trash
that's the best answer anyone has given me so far, honestly. Thanks
Disney shit just go
I do like that Jungle Book a lot though, but I didn't see it in theaters
It has a chance of finishing in the top 10 this year. Its had an incredible run here in Australia.
Ah, the good old fashioned "we have no fucking idea what to do with our runtime" method.
Venom $32.75m Friday
Solo $35.35m Friday
Solo had a weaker than normal Saturday (-30%) and a stronger than normal Sunday (-0.6%) If Venom has a good Saturday it could beat Solo's opening :P
These movies never would have been made if Spidey was 100% MCU, and likewise we never would have gotten like at least a third of the MCU standalones if they'd always had all of their IPs. I'm glad that there has been fragmentation for the sake of exposure, diversity, and experimentation ( even if it doesn't always work out!).
Solo $35.35m Friday
Solo had a weaker than normal Saturday (-30%) and a stronger than normal Sunday (-0.6%) If Venom has a good Saturday it could beat Solo's opening :P
These movies never would have been made if Spidey was 100% MCU, and likewise we never would have gotten like at least a third of the MCU standalones if they'd always had all of their IPs. I'm glad that there has been fragmentation for the sake of exposure, diversity, and experimentation ( even if it doesn't always work out!).
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You paid money to see Peppermint while children starve live your truth.
I wonder for how long Solo will retain it's title as our barometer for total bomba. Something really special would be needed to surpass it.
With Solo it was Star Wars and I don't think anyone really expected to do that bad. Nobody has any expectations for Venom.
By the way I was planning to see Venom twice out of sheer curiosity but both times bullshit happened so lucky me?
I can't think of anything in the near future. Justice League only held that status for half a year. And what both have in common are the director mix up and extensive reshoots driving the budget up to absurd levels.
I guess you can point to Dark Phoenix? but I doubt that'll have a near $300M budget.
Solo has a running head start given the budget inflation driven by massive reshoots on short notice.
If Alita really did have a $175m-$200m budget, it may have a shot.
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Hey Cheebo , remember when you told me that Tom Hardy and Michelle Williams wouldn't choose a stinker of a script?
Good times.
Its such an odd movie. Its like the connective tissue you need to have a movie make sense was cut out and they just left the action scenes and montages in its place. It could have been a ok popcorn film but its just a mess.
Considering the rumours of its tight shooting schedule with Sony offering less upfront but better percentages on the backend, I didn't think for one second that they weren't rolling the dice on getting into a superhero property with a popular character to take in some serious cash with guaranteed payday work if it does well. This is the exact strategy that Sony has been implementing to (from an outside perspective) inexplicably attract top talent over the last few years since Rothman took over. Tighter budhetary control and attracting known talent with strong backends and relatively short time commitments.
Solo and Justice League will remain the posters boys for bombs even if (when?) another films bombs even harder for a couple reasons:
1.) They were part of two powerful franchise that was thought impossible to outright flop. The worst anyone expected was "middling" box office and profits a la BvS.
2.) NO ONE saw it coming. All the box office pundits saw both films well over $100 million at the BO. Watching the box office predictions get lower and lower as Friday turned to Saturday was a hilarious experience that isn't often repeated.
Solo's Sunday was the day before a national holiday (Memorial Day). Venom's Sunday is the day before Columbus day. It's not gonna have anywhere near as good of a Sunday.
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Deadline had some interesting audience breakdown this week: https://deadline.com/2018/10/venom-a-star-is-born-weekend-box-office-lady-gaga-1202476614/
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Deadline is saying $27M Saturday for Venom. Anyone who had hopes of it passing Solo's OW, those dreams are dead unless that estimate goes up by a couple million.
Well, Ruben also had Venom at a 60-65m OW 3 days ago.
If Venom does do 27m on Saturday then it would have a mere 17.6% drop OW F to S.
Better than
Suicide Squad -40.0%
BvS -37.9%
Solo -30.5%
I could see Sunday performing well, but maybe not -0.6% well. Isn't the Monday, Columbus Day, a national holiday in the United States?
"It is generally observed nowadays by banks, the bond market, the U.S. Postal Service, other federal agencies, most state government offices, many businesses, and most school districts. Some businesses and some stock exchanges remain open, and some states and municipalities abstain from observing the holiday."
I'm not all that familiar with how it compares to whatchamecallit that Solo had on its Monday. Here's hoping that Venom DOES bump up from there and has some cushion to barely sustain any ddisparity on Sunday while coming out ahead. XD
I'd like to look at some historical data for other films that opened with this setup during October, but there's not enough time in day...
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I think I dare to narrow this down further; a majority of the top 10 runs were in WeHo or WeHo adjacent places for LA, and Greenwich Village, Chelsea, and Hell's Kitchen (or adjacent) for NY.
Well it's not like Deadline has ever been off by a few million for their guesstimates.
It decides when it wants to work for me. It's working now. In other threads it just doesn't load.
Columbus Day isn't nearly as ubiquitous as Memorial Day is, seems to be more of a Northeast thing. Last year showed 20-30% drops on Sunday during the same timeframe.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/?sortdate=2017-10-08&p=.htm
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