"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
I mean I'm not really sure what is considered a failure anymore. I mean Dune is doing ok numbers but they announced sequel right away. Its production budget is 165 million. Which sounds low for me for a movie like that. But who knows with HBO max numbers and stuff maybe its a big hit. I don't know. I hate debating if movies are making money or not. I think you or someone else on these boards have stated studios never admit movies make money
I mean if I was just looking at raw numbers they would tell me that Shang Chi made a greater profit than Dune. But honestly I don't freaking know.
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There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
Obviously there’s no right answer on what might have been (Black Widow wouldn’t have even been a 2021 movie). The MCU lost a full year of momentum. But since folks are guessing, I think it’s easier to go the other way. I don’t think that Captain Marvel would’ve made 360 million this year (it’s domestic gross less 15%] or that Joker would’ve made 280 million or IT 2 would’ve hit 185 million, etc.
On a different note, I don’t think Eternals will pass F9, so doesn’t look like Marvel will get the top five unless there’s a holiday boost.
Looks like ghostbusters is doing better then they expected. Heading for $40m.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/mo...ay-1235051239/
Possible. But I also think it would have done much better this year if it were released exclusively in theaters.
I doubt that's how it works. If studios don't release movies that catch the interest of the audience then people won't spend their money on movies they aren't interested in, but will rather choose other forms of entertainment like Netflix, TV, and so on. If there is no Avengers and no Star Wars then people won't spend their money on Shang-Chi instead just to watch something in a theater. There are enough alternatives.
I remember at year's end 2019 when nobody thought of a pandemic everybody expected 2020 to be a comparably soft year in terms of box office. The expected top movies were F9, Black Widow, WW1984, No Time To Die, and none of them was a sure bet to hit 1 billion even without covid.
There is no other point in time where Captain Marvel would have made close to what it made 2 months prior to Endgame. CM's box office is an anomaly if there ever was one.
With AQP 2 making 160 million I don't see why the better-known horror franchise shouldn't make 185 million. With an obscure comic book character like Shang-Chi making 224 million I don't see why a popcultural mainstay and wellknown character like Joker shouldn't make 280 million.
Tolstoy will live forever. Some people do. But that's not enough. It's not the length of a life that matters, just the depth of it. The chances we take. The paths we choose. How we go on when our hearts break. Hearts always break and so we bend with our hearts. And we sway. But in the end what matters is that we loved... and lived.
"The story so far: As usual, Ginger and I are engaged in our quest to find out what the hell is going on and save humanity from my nemesis, some bastard who is presumably responsible." - Sir Digby Chicken Caesar.
“ Well hell just froze over. Because CM Punk is back in the WWE.” - Jcogginsa.
“You can take the boy outta the mom’s basement, but you can’t take the mom’s basement outta the boy!” - LA Knight.
"Revel in What You Are." Bray Wyatt.
Eternals overall is not doing poorly so far.
It's doing overall well so far.
My view what the audience thinks is below.
This was posted in another forum below.
B CinemaScore is not bad by the way.
For the rest of my views go here.
THREAD: ETERNALS MCU APPRECIATION 2021
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...90#post5808090
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They were expecting $20m to $30m for ghostbusters. $40m or higher is more then they were expecting. Next week it has to fight the new disney animated film however.
Looks like the hbo max curse strikes again. Will smiths movie starts with a thud in 4th place. Is getting good reviews but everyone watched it on hbo max and not at the theatres.
Eternals hitting $136m in america.
Dune looks like may make it to $100m in america. If it does it will be the only hbo max film other then gvk to do so.
https://variety.com/2021/film/box-of...nd-1235116346/
I'm amused Joker is getting namedropped in a scapegoating discussion about current year underperformance. I remember when Joker was coming out people weren't sold on the Joaquer look (but that always happens with new Jokers) or weren't sure if Maleficent 2 could be the bigger movie for that month (by now we know Disney was unloading as much big product in theaters for that year). And that was before the media fearmongering started. Joker could have been fine doing Shang-Chi numbers at any point in time, especially when we don't know for sure if we're getting a direct sequel soon or if we're looking at the next Gladiator.