Ghostbusters 3 comes out next summer, July 2020. FYI.
Ghostbusters 3 comes out next summer, July 2020. FYI.
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Yes, a lot of 2017's Summer schedule underperformed, but that's my point -- at least the studios were swinging for the fences with potential blockbusters.
This year, the studios aren't even trying.
No non-Disney/Marvel movie except for Hobbs & Shaw even has a prayer of going above $200 million domestic. A couple might hit in the $150 million range. Most of the others won't even get to $100 million. But the Summer season is when audience attendance is at its highest. This is the time when there should be a plethora of big blockbusters to choose from.
2019 box office is already tracking behind 2018, and I think it will fall further behind unless all the Disney stuff really performs spectacularly, which it might, but one studio can't and shouldn't carry the entire movie industry.
To me, this Summer's schedule feels like the fall doldrums in between Summer blockbuster season and Winter Oscarbait season where they just throw their second-rate crap out there.
Only curious in 'Dora' and 'Yesterday'
But I'm waiting for more reactions to see if they are worth it. I have loved Shazam and especially Aladdin this year.
There hasn't really been a summer movie season since at least Winter Soldier when studios demonstrated they could release blockbusters in April, February, early November....basically whenever they want to.
If Endgame counts, it's hard for this summer to disappoint overall. If you're talking quantity? Then we have to let the next few weeks play out.
Sounds like an ok summer to me. I'll get to do more stuff other than watch movies!
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Will go see Dark Phoenix this weekend. Looking at the upcoming movies it may well be the last movie I see til fall or later. I'll eventually see Spider Man but will probably wait for Redbox just like I did with Homecoming as I can't stand Tom Holland and the way Spidey is being portrayed in the MCU.
Detective Pikachu did better outside the North American box office for sure. But in terms of a film that seemingly did the best of all those listed...its likely Shazam which did $363+ million worldwide on a cheaper $50 million less budget and earned $39+ million more in North America . I'm sure if you told a Warners executives during 2018 while filming these that Shazam would turn more of a profit in North America than the others listed they would have laughed and said no way.
Because Pokemon , Lego and even Godzilla had more "name" value as properties. Its amazing really.
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