Ignatz Mouse
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God damn the legs on the Martian.
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Wkd Box Office 1106-0815 - Bond shaken not stirred by deez peanuts, phresh top 5
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Violence Jack
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I was just going to ask about this. 2 weeks, and dropped everywhere. Didn't even make half of its $5 million budget.
We'll be seeing this on ABC Family by Thanksgiving.
And the reviews for Spectre don't seem all that glowing. Is it that big of a drop off from Skyfall?
Bobby Roberts
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Heh. Spectre's not even waiting til next weekend to start in with the drops. Looks like Sony overestimated Spectre's OW by 3 mil.
CadetMahoney
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cot damn.
Bobby Roberts
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That might be a conservative estimate, actually.
Likely is.
Likely is.
NealMcCauley
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Sony's opening predictions last week were in the mid-60s while everyone else was in the upper-70s and low-80s (scroll down to the bottom). Guess they suspected legs weren't going to be amazing.
I don't know that they actually expected it. Studios almost always lowball estimates, even for films where a big opening is a sure thing.
SchrodingerC
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Del Toro had literally said in an interview the movie was a gothic romance. By now Del Toro fans should expect the supernatural elements are rarely the horror of his films.
Last Hearth
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I hope Spectre has terrible legs, what an awful, awful movie.
NealMcCauley
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True, but I think there was some surprise that Sony'd be that lowball with estimates.
HoodWinked
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saw spectre in imax what a garbage movie hope it does poorly. 1st half is serviceable 2nd half insults your intelligence
Aaron Strife
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When I see a movie like Jem bomb on a 5 million dollar budget I'm just thinking I want a studio to give me that much money to produce a piece of shit that would probably make more.
I mean The Room had a bigger budget so I guess that's not guaranteed.
I mean The Room had a bigger budget so I guess that's not guaranteed.
near
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I've managed to catch the last few Bond films at the cinema, not had the opportunity for this yet but isn't garbage a stretch? What did you think of Skyfall? For comparisons sake.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Even though Lions Gate pre-sells international rights to limit their exposure in North America, Witch Hunter underperformance still required them to do a write-down.
Sorry Vin.
Edit: Usually their exposure is usually around $10 million, excluding P&A.
http://deadline.com/2015/11/lionsgate-stock-fall-earnings-1201615696/
HoodWinked
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skyfall i thought was decent but really all these bond films have been significantly inferior to rogue nation and even ghost protcol
Never was into James BOnd, but the movie critics I been listening too HATE Spectre.
Ignatz Mouse
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Room has barely played anywhere though. Jem opened everywhere.
ViewtifulJC
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He meant The Room, legendarily bad movie
not to be confused with this year's Room, which by most accounts is actually quite good with two incredible lead performances
Ignatz Mouse
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He meant The Room, legendarily bad movie
not to be confused with this year's Room, which by most accounts is actually quite good with two incredible lead performances
Gotcha.
And yeah, I saw it and it was great.
CadetMahoney
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Daniel Craig was already not sounding too enthusiastic about being Bond anymore.
Daniel Craig would rather commit suicide than make Bond 25
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1121524
If his legacy of bond is "all shit except casino", I don't think he will look back at his career too fondly.
Bobby Roberts
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The idea that "Skyfall is Shit" is an idea that isn't very large at all.. Nobody's going to look at his legacy, such as it is, and say "It was all shit except Casino."
Agreed. Not the biggest fan of Skyfall but it was a good movie and the general consensus of it that I've seen is some thinking it's the best bond movie in a long time.
Quantum of Solace will always be remembered poorly, and for good reason.
Discotheque
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quantum's about equal with skyfall for me.
I liked james bond and the way they handled the females a lot more in quantum of solace. plus it's action and the way bond dealt with violence and death was better too.
skyfall is a nicer looking film, more tightly plotted (though not a better one) and a far better theme (like honestly a top 3 bond theme, shirley bassey-esque classy as fuck)
i would even go as far as saying it's the best looking spy-action movie of all time. good lord the stuff in shanghai especially. that shot of berenice marlohe in the opposite building. Deakins is gonna kill it with the blade runner sequel. wallpaper-folder tier.
I liked james bond and the way they handled the females a lot more in quantum of solace. plus it's action and the way bond dealt with violence and death was better too.
skyfall is a nicer looking film, more tightly plotted (though not a better one) and a far better theme (like honestly a top 3 bond theme, shirley bassey-esque classy as fuck)
i would even go as far as saying it's the best looking spy-action movie of all time. good lord the stuff in shanghai especially. that shot of berenice marlohe in the opposite building. Deakins is gonna kill it with the blade runner sequel. wallpaper-folder tier.
PhoncipleBone
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Jesus, that is ice cold.
tiggerkiddo
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My local theater still has posters for Jem but they don't even show it anymore.
Jem scored the third largest theatre drop of all time if dropping 100% of your venues at the same time counts.
Skyfall is generally adored by the critics and the public. There is a percentage of people who don't like it, but that's to be expected.
Honestly, 2/4 is pretty good. Its usually only one good film per Bond run.
PhoncipleBone
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So, if Jem were faithful to the source material, perhaps it would have lasted six weeks.
DiscoJer
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It's truly outrageous.
EatinOlives
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What estimate pegged if at 90? Because I'm reading it was estimated at 80.
Mr. Pointy
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I had a weird thought that Spectre could under-perform so hard that Hotel Transylvania 2 could beat it in the US.
First official Star Wars tracking numbers for opening weekend:
http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/t...uzz-tracking-thread/?page=566#comment-2265295
http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/t...uzz-tracking-thread/?page=566#comment-2265295
Mr. Pointy
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Well I guess December is going to be snatching Summer's opening record.
Mix Master
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Bruh that shanghai shot of bond on the boat, with the flames in the background.
Whooooo boy.
Eh. Everyone talks a good game about Star Wars but I have a feeling that the final weekend number will be record breaking for December but ultimately no where near the three day record held by Jurassic World.
Fixed.
Fixed.
I think Star Wars is about to shatter December box office logic.
I think this is about a month before it opened.
I think this is about a month before it opened.
I think Star Wars is about to shatter December box office logic.
I think this is about a month before it opened.
The Fact that almost all of those were way off the mark in both directions should point out the accuracy of early tracking.
xaosslug is moving this week, so I will be doing the new thread on Sunday. If it's late, then you can blame me
ViewtifulJC
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Bond is in good shape for $200m unless Hunger Games finale just demolishes everything
Yeah. This weekend's drop is in the right range to hit $200M, considering that Thanksgiving is coming up soon.
The Martian is still going to finish ahead of Spectre domestically though.
Speaking of Hunger Games, tracking is not pointing to that lost Catching Fire audience returning for the finale.
Shouldn't have split the movies
ViewtifulJC
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Yeah, I'm not feeling the mega hype for the next Hunger Games. I mean I'm sure its still a lock for $300m-$350m, but its no Deathly Hollows part 2 size jump
General consensus of Skyfall is strong, don't know many that didn't like it. I felt Spectre was decent but nothing really happens after the initial opening. Opening was fantastic though, was always going to be hard to top. The way James unbuttons his suit with an assault rifle hanging from his arm was the icing on the cake, Bond swagger always gets me. Lots of it in here
Opening weekend for Mockingjay Pt 2 is currently tracking about the same as the last film ($120-125M). I also think that Star Wars is going to kill Hunger Games' late legs this year. Mockingjay Pt1 was sitting at $277M going into the same weekend that Star Wars will launch in, so it made a decent amount of its gross in late December and January, despite being a month+ old.
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