The Box Office

[thwhtGuardian]

All I’m saying is I think Holland is not the reason why Uncharted is successful, as some in the media have claimed. Don’t make this into something I didn’t say.

When the reasons you're citing for why it can't possibly be Holland are categorically and objectively false perhaps you should rethink your point of view.

[80sbaby]

All I’m saying is I think Holland is not the reason why Uncharted is successful, as some in the media have claimed. Don’t make this into something I didn’t say.

Well then just so we're clear, what exactly are the reasons you think it's been so successful? It appears you're claiming that it's doing well because of the amount of video game enthusiasts but, as has been pointed out, that doesn't actually track. You then made up some stats that, again, aren't correct.

[HollowSage]

All I’m saying is I think Holland is not the reason why Uncharted is successful, as some in the media have claimed. Don’t make this into something I didn’t say.

Why are you so intent on disputing that claim? Sure you can say that any actor could replace him and the movie would be the same. Maybe, maybe not. He has had his share of flops so why not just let him have this win?

[chicago_bastard]

The notion of him having box office flops is a flawed one in the first place as he hasn't starred in any potential blockbuster outside of the Spidey films until now. Cherry was an AppleTV+ release, The Devil All The Time a Netflix release, Chaos Walking was released at a time when due to the pandemic still half of the theaters were closed. His other live action movies as leading actor were independent films that nobody expected to make huge money. So what flops am I missing that show that he never was a box office draw?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Mark Walhberg has done more big box office films than Holland and has more busts in that span. In fact this could be considered a Walhberg comeback film for him given the last few years where he hasn't done a box office big film since ...well 2018 and Instant Family. His last films went to direct streaming basically with Spenser : Confiditionial and Infinite.

So its more of a film where people saw 2 actors they liked and thought them doing playful ads together helped. They sold a buddy thief film and it clicked.

[Immortal Weapon]

There are more people in the general audience for movies than either there are people who are comic book fans or avid video gamers...and although gaming has definitely become more mainstream it still doesn't top movie goers.

150 million people in the US saw at least one movie in a theater in 2019, conversely even if you add up the total number of owners of a PS4 and PS5 (and those numbers are hardly likely to be unique with likely everyone who owns as ps5 having been included in the sales for ps4) you only have 126 million...and as I said that's juicing the numbers to try and get the best possible comparison number wise. And again, in actuality the number of fans of Uncharted is going to be less than that number as not everyone who owns a playstation owns or has played Uncharted as the whole series tops out at about a million copies sold.

As for comic books? Comparing comics sales to movie tickets isn't even worth crunching the numbers, it isn't even close to being competitive.

The number of console owners can't be compared to a movie goer. A single console can be shared among multiple people. It's like saying Netflix only got 200 million users but we all know how common account sharing is. I'm sure that number will be far larger if those people could be counted.

[Kirby101]

I thought Specer was always meant for Netfilx.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

I thought Specer was always meant for Netfilx.

It was ...it was like Infinite. Walhberg hadn't done a major box office film since 2018. That is a long 4 years in time for him. So the general audience saw 2 guys they liked....and decided to go see at theaters. Uncharted should have a good 2 weeks before Batman arrives.

[thwhtGuardian]

The number of console owners can't be compared to a movie goer. A single console can be shared among multiple people. It's like saying Netflix only got 200 million users but we all know how common account sharing is. I'm sure that number will be far larger if those people could be counted.

They really aren't anymore, the days when consoles were almost exclusively used by kids and families and thus shared is long past. The average age of people who own a playstation or xbox in the us is is 35...and at that age you're not likely sharing your games or system anymore. Are there still a lot of kids and families who own play stations? Sure...but are they playing Uncharted? Probably not in large numbers. So the numbers I posted remain accurate.

[skyvolt2000]

I wouldn’t brag about paying to see Corvette Summer. But seriously, how has Mark Hamill’s career gone since Star Wars? Not that great.
Mark Hamill really prove what I been saying.

No he doesn't.

Unless you think voice acting is nothing.

Cree Summer while most folks know her from A Different World has been doing voice work since she played Penny on Inspector Gadget with her Dad.

Arthur just ended-Sonja Ball (Arthur's Mom) has never did a live action show or movie. She started at age 13. She is 65 this year.

She has worked nonstop since 1989. Cree and Phil Lamarr and the casts of The Simpsons, Family Guy, Arthur & American Dad can boast that type of work load. Maybe Tyler Perry can too.

Folks would love to have that long of steady work.

[Gaastra]

Batman will stay "R" in uk. No kids under 14 can see it even with a adult so they have lego sets and toys for a film uk kids can't even watch!

Sorry uk kids. No batman for you. They will affect batmans uk box office.

[SpiderTBliss]

Batman will stay "R" in uk. No kids under 14 can see it even with a adult so they have lego sets and toys for a film uk kids can't even watch!

Sorry uk kids. No batman for you. They will affect batmans uk box office.

That will be a 15 in the UK then, I guarantee plenty of kids will see it.

[Gaastra]

From the video uk will not allow any kid under 15 to even go into the showings at all. Not even with a adult so they have to wait for home release.

[thwhtGuardian]

From the video uk will not allow any kid under 15 to even go into the showings at all. Not even with a adult so they have to wait for home release.

It's the same as an R rating here and plenty of kids see R rated movies

[Gaastra]

Again

KIds in the uk CAN'T see R rated films in theatres EVEN with adults unlike america! NO kids allowed period.

So no kids AT ALL in theatres in the uk. They will have to sneak in or wait for video release. That's why uk theatre chains were so upset. KIDS CAN'T GET IN TO SEE IT PERIOD. No even with a adult.