Box Office Thread

The Disney princess bit is what ticks me off the most tbh. Because it’s obnoxious and everyone is OOC. They have Cinderella, whose entire film is about having strength and kindness in the face of abuse and adversity, break a glass slipper to use as a shank when a tiny girl shows up.

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THAT IS NOT HOW YOU DO HUMOR DISNEY.

It's what works with the broader audience, though. Disney has made this kind of semi-self-critical jokes for a while. They annoy me, but a lot of people lap this stuff up.

I mean, they could be like Ralph and not correspond to their actual personalities but instead acting out their roles, since they are in what seems to be a resting room. Though then again they probably shouldn't care about whether or not Vanellope is a princess of that was the case.

"break a glass slipper to use as a shank when a tiny girl shows up."

For me personally, it was THE best scene from the trailer. It had the same effect the Happy Thor moment from Thor: Ragnarok trailer: I wasn't interested in the film, but the scene was so great it made me want to watch it.

My interest in Wreck-it Ralph is based solely on what the story ends up being. I'm not going to hold the marketing against them just yet because they did the same thing with the first movie and the villain meeting.

I'm definitely looking forward to Spider-Verse though. I'm super hyped to see Peni Parker.

Edited by LordVatek on Sep 20th 2018 at 10:48:59 AM

Yeah...I mean, those princesses are not my princesses, but frankly, I am also a big fan of the pocket princesses and the Disney High school. You can reinterpret those characters. I just dislike it when Disney basically disses its own work to satisfy people who often make arguments which makes me wonder if they even watched the movies in question.

I'm looking forward to Wreck-It Ralph 2 myself. :) Though I'm getting the feeling the part with the Princesses is getting a whiff of Trailer Joke Decay. x_x

WIR 2 will absolutely smash at the box office (personally i'm looking forward to it as well). What I wonder is which animated movie will make more, Grinch or Spiderman. Illumination has a way with families (as generic as their movies can be) and Grinch is a popular IP. But Spiderman is massively popular as well along with a very well recieved trailer. It'll be interesting...

The battle for the December box office heats up: Alita was just pushed back to February. Now it's still between Mary Poppins Returns, Bumblebee and Aquaman in the last week of December.

Mary Poppins Returns > Aquaman > Bumblebee. Disney's live action remakes/sequels/whatever do well (Christopher Robin notwithstanding), Aquaman has positive buzz but DC's not in a good spot, and Transformers fatigue isn't doing any favors for Bumblebee.

I had the exact opposite prediction with those two, actually. Between Aquaman and Bumblebee to do better. After all, the fatigue/people being tired of a shitty franchise complaints could just as easily apply to Aquaman.

Honestly, I think that in both cases it depends on how well the movie is reviewed. It is entirely possible that they will both underperform, for pretty much the same reasons.

The Last Knight saw a bigger drop from Age of Extinction’s domestic gross than Justice League saw compared to Batman v Superman.

And I still think Mortal Engines will bomb.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Sep 28th 2018 at 6:37:30 AM

Also Deadpool PG-13 will be tackling in December against Aquaman and Bumblebee. It probably won't matter that much because it is a re-release, but it's going to give the kids overchoice.

And then there is Into the Spider-verse...it will already be out for a while at this point, but it it gets good Wo M, it might take a bite, too.

So, Venom has made almost double its production budget domestically and 5X its production budget globally. (Those are about the same multipliers as Spider-Man Homecoming, for comparison.)

This seems like it's going to send the signal that midbudget superhero flicks are a moneymakers even if they're crappy. (Which, for studios with a poorer track record of critical and box office success, may make them more appealing than big-budget ones.)

Edited by Galadriel on Nov 2nd 2018 at 7:32:17 AM

Well, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms is looking like a major flop ($30 mil in the first week, on a production budget of $120 mil), and Fantastic Beasts 2 is getting poor reviews, so that should give the remaing holiday-season movies a better shot. It should certainly cut down on Wreck-it-Ralph's competition.

Edited by Galadriel on Nov 10th 2018 at 3:34:07 PM

Well considering the overall quality of previous DC movies barring Wonder Woman, I have hope that Aquaman will be a decent enough fun romp.

And that's all it needs to be really.

Nutcracker might pick up viewers once it moves in December, but yeah, looks like Disney will lose money on this one. Not that it will matter much, because Wreck it Ralph and Mary Poppins returns will make up for it.

I didn’t realize Nutcracker was already out; I’m definitely gonna see it after thanksgiving when the Christmas season starts.

Same here. Despite the reviews I am actually interested, but the Nutcracker belong into Advent, not around Sankt Martin.

Eh, now that we know what we know about Morgan Freeman, I'm not eager to support him with my ticket.

You won't support him. He already got his money and he isn't even the star of the movie. Plus, there are so many other people who worked on this movie who don't deserved to flak for having been in the same project like him.

He’s already been paid, yes, but a successful box office result with him in it indicates to studios that he’s still a major draw and to hire him again.

That’s a valid concern, but he’s a minor role. The focus of the film is the girl played by Mackenzie Foy and a young captain played by Jayden Fowora Knight, plus a fairy played by Keira Knightley, and Misty Copeland as a dancer.

It’s a woman led film that barely features Freeman. Skipping it isn’t gonna send a message on Freeman.