Brian Fowler Posted August 12, 2019 Author Share Posted August 12, 2019 (edited) 24 minutes ago, piranesi said: Surely we've cycled through to a time far enough away where whether or not SCREAM was new or significant revision doesn't matter anymore and now it's just a really good old slasher movie. Like, at some point the historical debate of the moment is lost to history right because it, and everything before it and everything after it is all just "old." I think the meta "isn't this stupid, but now that we pointed it out, it's not stupid" humor aged really fucking poorly. This is a very on-brand response from me, but Behind the Mask gets to a lot of the same points Scream did, without being nearly so snotty and insufferable. And, when it finally gets down to business, it holds it's own as a slasher as well. That said, the opening sequence of Scream is masterpiece level work. As good as Craven ever did. Edited August 12, 2019 by Brian Fowler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted August 13, 2019 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Agreed on all of that, including that last bit. It went over gangbusters in a theater full of high school kids on opening night. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 20, 2019 Author Share Posted September 20, 2019 On Monday, despite only being on 667 screens and only having one showing per screen, 3 From Hell finished in third place and, just to underscore how big a bomb this is, it more than tripled the daily gross of The Goldfinch, which was on 2,542 screens with full lineups of showing. 3 From Hell is making a one day return to theaters next month on the 14th, the day before it hits home video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) So it had a single-screen showing, tripled the gross of Goldfinch (which admittedly has piss poor reviews) and it's only getting a single day return? I don't get it. Edited September 21, 2019 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 Well, partially I assume it takes some time to schedule it for Fathom. Also, I mean, the Blu-ray is out the next day, so it's a short window. And, who knows how much demand is really left? It already out grossed both of Rob's last two flicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Sounds like they should have went wider with it but underestimated its potential appeal, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 Or that Goldfinch should've been a Fathom Event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 (edited) Okay, didn't know what Fathom Events were but had to look them up. How are they different from, well, just going to the theater and watching a showing of something? I mean in my town we've been doing special showings of shit for years and it seems like they're doing the same thing, just marketing them as "but everyone across the country is seeing them at the same time! Woo hoo!" Thinking about it, I guess anything getting people into the cinema is a good thing Edited September 21, 2019 by Curt McGirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 21, 2019 Author Share Posted September 21, 2019 It's basically a streaming service for theaters. One thing to keep in mind: by doing a limited Fathom release for 3FH, they didn't spend millions advertising it. I'm not sure they did any TV spots, the only theatrical advertising was through Fathom itself, etc etc. If they'd put this out on 1,500 screens with multiple showings a day, etc, they would've spent at least a few million on advertising. Which means it would've needed to gross something like $10 million to break even. Instead, it sounds like they are at least close to if not into profit on the $1.9 million they did last week. For me, most limited release movies never play closer than an hour drive each way, so I'm really glad it was a Fathom Event, and one my local theater decided to participate in (sadly, most of the classic films, including Ghibli Fest, doesn't come here) Hell, I might go again on the 14th. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted September 30, 2019 Author Share Posted September 30, 2019 Abominable joins Us and Good Boys as the only "original concept" movies to top the domestic box office this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 (edited) Amazing numbers. Edited October 26, 2019 by The Natural Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 I remember a time when all Will Smith did was star in monster hits. That seems so long ago. Since Gemini Man is estimated to bring in about $60 million in loses (Its at $148 million worldwide right now which is a little more than its report budget. However, industry INSIDERS~! say it needs to hit $275 million to break even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt McGirt Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 The rental industry is completely dead now, right? I mean there is exactly one (1) Family Video chain store, also currently selling CBD products to try and make their nut, in my moderately sized college town. We used to have at least 4-5... a decade ago. Just asking because movies like Gemini Man used to be able to recoup off that money... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted October 28, 2019 Author Share Posted October 28, 2019 2 hours ago, Curt McGirt said: The rental industry is completely dead now, right? I mean there is exactly one (1) Family Video chain store, also currently selling CBD products to try and make their nut, in my moderately sized college town. We used to have at least 4-5... a decade ago. Just asking because movies like Gemini Man used to be able to recoup off that money... They tend to recoup some off selling streaming rights, but, yeah, the twin massive revenue streams of rental stores and DVD sales have dried up considerably. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John from Cincinnati Posted November 4, 2019 Share Posted November 4, 2019 29 million domestic opening weekend for Dark Fate. Is it finally time to stop making Terminator movies? Please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 4, 2019 Author Share Posted November 4, 2019 4 hours ago, West Newbury Bad Boy said: 29 million domestic opening weekend for Dark Fate. Is it finally time to stop making Terminator movies? Please? About $20 min less than Genesis (however the fuck they spelled it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 5, 2019 Author Share Posted November 5, 2019 On 11/3/2019 at 11:25 PM, Brian Fowler said: About $20 min less than Genesis (however the fuck they spelled it) Correcting myself, that was Salvation's numbers. Gensys did pretty similar to DF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 15, 2019 Share Posted November 15, 2019 (edited) On 8/8/2019 at 11:08 AM, The Natural said: Three new entrants in the comic book movies making billion dollars club. Members in chronological order: 1. The Dark Knight (2008) 2. Avengers Assemble (2012) 3. The Dark Knight Rises (2012) 4. Iron Man 3 (2013) 5. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 6. Captain America: Civil War (2016) 7. Black Panther (2018) 8. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 9. Aquaman (2018) 10. Captain Marvel (2019) 11. Avengers: Endgame (2019) 12. Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019) 9 are from Marvel Studios' Marvel Cinematic Universe. 3 by DC. You can now add Joker (2019) to the list. Amazing performance considering Joker is a Rated-R, 2D only origin movie about the greatest comic book villain of all time without a release in China. Edited November 15, 2019 by The Natural 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 https://deadline.com/2019/11/charlies-angels-bombs-at-box-office-reasons-why-1202787938/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The Charlie's Angels reboot took a bath It only made $8.6 million its opening weekend. I had missed that the studio apparently saw this coming and slashed the advertising budget in the lead up to the movie. Oh and since I am talking under-performing movies - it appears that Doctor Sleep won't even make as much as the original Shining did Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 Charlie's Angels made $27M worldwide on a $45M budget its opening weekend. It isn't an action movie, so it's harder to adapt to non-English speaking countries. It is by no means a bomb, and the almost concerted effort to treat it as such by the press seems to confirm Banks' theory of male bias by the film industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The choice of bomb was mine based on just domestic so you can argue with me on that regarding word choice. The story I saw the numbers from acknowledged it should have no effect on Banks' standing (and this is splitting hairs but it puts the budget at $50 million) Quote Opening in third place with a thud was Sony’s reboot of Charlie’s Angels, which despite Kristen Stewart in the lead, Elizabeth Banks behind the camera and a known IP from film and TV took in a crushing $8.6 million. The studio reportedly cut their ad budget in half in anticipation of a non-starter, which has earned poor reviews critical of a lack of action compared to the two previous McG-helmed films. With a budget in the $50 million range it shouldn’t be a huge loser for the studio, and Pitch Perfect‘s Banks will more than likely recover on her next directing project. The film earned $19.3 million internationally for a $27.9 million worldwide total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I've never seen a Charlie's Angels ad on TV. They had to have cut the advertising budget on it. I see ads for Terminator all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 I'm in the tank for the movie, and even I had no idea it opened last week until yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 I saw the trailer before a couple movies, and I know I saw a couple tv spots, but not much. It's probably not going to turn a profit theatrically, but it has a decent chance to at least break even at the end of everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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