Looked like a reverse driving miss daisyGreen Book looks completely terrible. Can't believe the focus of the story is the white racist man
Looked like a reverse driving miss daisyGreen Book looks completely terrible. Can't believe the focus of the story is the white racist man
Looks that way to me. Not enough in the tank to Homecoming I think, but that would be just bizarre.
no chance in hell spideyverse beats venom
stupid colorful kiddy cartoon crap vs DOPE ASS SICK VENOM YO I REMEMBER HIM FROM THE SHOW
I sincerely hope that audiences are getting tired of Nostalgia for Nostalgia's sake. Solo and Grindelwald being rejected bu casual audiences makes me a bit hopeful
Grindelwald and Solo are rejections on a different scale. Grindelwald is a definite disappointment but the world isn't collapsing, by star wars standards Solo was a disaster of epic proportions. Also, Venom is also definitely a nostalgia thing for many people who grew up with the comics. So I wouldn't say it's been rejected
But Venom did not go "Hey member the 90´s?" "Member Black Suit?"
They went in a completely different direction by making Venom the Hero and people liked it
Completely different scenarios. People thought Venom would flop because it's a terrible movie. (Some) people now think Spiderverse will do merely okay (500M) despite being good because (at least imo based just on the trailer and seeing as how animated comicbook superhero films have not matched their live action counterparts or even close to it - Pixar is an exception) it doesn't have enough buzz or hook to lure a large number of audiencesPeople seem mighty sure about Spider-Verse's prospects when people here were crowing about Venom making less than $500m worldwide just a couple of months ago.
Venom can't be a villain if he had no attachment to Spider-Man. Sony can't make him a villain even if they wanted to. Besides, Venom has been an anti-hero longer than a villain. His status as a major Spider-Man villain in still on top but he's also grown beyond that. He was always a "hero" to fans.But Venom did not go "Hey member the 90´s?" "Member Black Suit?"
They went in a completely different direction by making Venom the Hero and people liked it
(Some) people now think Spiderverse will do merely okay (500M)
Completely different scenarios. People thought Venom would flop because it's a terrible movie.
I'm still going to go with 400-450M WW on Spider-Verse. Above Lego Batman but not insane. I'd love to be wrong though.
Yeah, it's very uninspired. It's repeating a lot of stuff from the first movie but it's weaker. It's a fun movie but the shine has worn off.Creed 2 was entirely mpredictable, but should be a good crowd pleaser.
Yeah, it's very uninspired. It's repeating a lot of stuff from the first movie but it's weaker. It's a fun movie but the shine has worn off.
Yeah I see 500M as the good outcome but 400m as the more likely one, in line with it being a bit more popular and successful than Lego Batman.$500m would be fantastic for Spiderverse
It'd be SPA's most successful movie and they generally keep their budgets pretty low
How is that reason relevant to people's scepticism of Spiderverse being a breakout hit?Completely wrong. People thought Venom would flop because DERES NO SPIDERMAN IN IT WHO'S GONNA SEE IT!!111
They thought its very premise was enough to make it bomb.
I have a list of people to blame if Spiderverse doesn't succeed and/or makes less than Venom.
But I'm mostly holding Bronson responsible.
Even though we'll have more preview numbers rolling in soon, MGM's Creed II is off to a fantastic start grossing $3.659M last night, a figure that beats Creed's $1.4M pre-Thanksgiving Tuesday night by 64%. Creed II's cash will be rolled into today's opening number. The first Creed, distributed by Warner Bros, posted a first day of $6M and a five-day of $42.1M. Creed II, rated PG-13, is looking to punch $55M.
Last night was also a strong night for Warner Bros.' Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald which made $7M, +38% over its $5M Monday for a five-day of $74.2M. Grindelwald's Tuesday, though great, was -25% from FB1's $9.3M Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Currently, Grindelwald is pacing behind FB1 by 18%. The first chapter finaled at $234M stateside.
Lionsgate's Robin Hood, which cost just under $100M though funded via the distributor's foreign sales method, earned $800K at 2,100 locations. The pic also held Monday night paid sneaks which grossed $400K, so between the two days the remake counts $1.2M.
It's got John Cena in it, it's gonna do fineI'm going to be mortified when Bumblebee comes out and it's amazing and the first good Trasnformers movie and is genuine and has so much heart and is actually readable and has great Soundwave and nobody sees it and it bombs spectacularly and then they reboot the whole franchise with a backdoor Micronauts spinoff.
Pfft hahaDeadline confirms that almost $100M was spent on the new Robin Hood.
I thought McG did.People keep telling me Guy Ritchie did NOT direct Robin Hood and I refuse to believe that
People keep telling me Guy Ritchie did NOT direct Robin Hood and I refuse to believe that
Disney's Ralph Breaks the Internet smashed $3.8M last night in previews that started at 5PM, a figure that beats the Tuesday pre-Thanksgiving nights of Disney's Coco ($2.3M) and Moana ($2.6M) which both respectively legged out to 5-day openings of $72.9M and $82M. Tracking had Ralph Breaks the Internet in the high $60Ms, but there's a strong feeling around town that this movie is going to surf past $70M+ quite feasibly. Rotten Tomatoes score is high at 93% fresh.
Deadline confirms that almost $100M was spent on the new Robin Hood.
The top end of that is nearly double of what boxoffice.com's long range tracking has it at, and they had it finishing at $90M. So it looks like it's gonna be fine.We're hearing a $30M+ start is reasonable for this movie, but it could jump up as high as $40M. The pic's official trailer from five months ago has clocked 29M views. At this point the pic is strong with males younger and older (25) and young females under 25. As a comp, as animated superhero movies based off comic books typically are released directly into the home entertainment market (i.e. DC pics), Spider-Verse's opening would be higher than Warner Bros./Miramax's toon revival of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, TMNT which bowed to $24.2M.
Universal's sci-fi/fantasy Mortal Engines based on the Philip Reeve book and produced by Peter Jackson, and adapted/produced by his wife Fran Walsh is looking low in the $12M-$15M range. It is currently bes [sic] with younger males under 25.
I think it is a couple years too late, Maze runner got the last of the YA money train
I mean.... Lego Batman opened to $53m.
In February. Holiday season tends to favour lower openings and longer legs, same reason why the $55M Aquaman number isn't a disaster. Even if I think both films are getting lowballed at the moment.
I mean.... Lego Batman opened to $53m.
Spider-Man will probably do fine, but I don't think it'll do as well as people hope.