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Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 8:59 am
by dimejinky99
There are real people melting down saying ‘this is Our generations Star Wars!’
Seriously.
Still haven’t seen it.
But the orange catholic bible is gonna annoy all the right people up there road from me.
That’ll be good:)
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 9:32 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 3:20 pm
by dimejinky99
$40 million this weekend in the US.
Doesn’t look good for the sequel on those numbers
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 3:24 pm
by dimejinky99
$200 million globally.
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 4:49 pm
by daft twat
dimejinky99 wrote:There are real people melting down saying ‘this is Our generations Star Wars!’
Seriously.
Still haven’t seen it.
But the orange catholic bible is gonna annoy all the right people up there road from me.
That’ll be good:)
You can see a shitty Star Wars movie and still come out feeling like you got your money’s worth because of John Williams. I don’t remember a single note from this movie. If there was a score, it was as dull as everything else.
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 4:53 pm
by daft twat
dimejinky99 wrote:$40 million this weekend in the US.
Doesn’t look good for the sequel on those numbers
It’s going to get one sequel to finish the story. It’s the kind of movie that fans will buy physical copies of. As much as I didn’t enjoy this movie, I think it promises a much better second half. The world building is done.
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 6:08 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
If daft twat hates John Carter that might be it for our friendship
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 8:15 pm
by Mecca
You’re kidding yourself if you think those numbers would mean no sequel gets made
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 8:17 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I’m sure there’s some metric for determining its effect on hbo subscriptions during its release as well. That has to factor into the decision making for the future of it.
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 8:28 pm
by daft twat
E.H. Ruddock wrote:If daft twat hates John Carter that might be it for our friendship
I did like John Carter.
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 8:56 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Whew
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 9:17 pm
by dimejinky99
Mecca wrote:You’re kidding yourself if you think those numbers would mean no sequel gets made
On this scale a film Has to make twice and a half it’s budget and marketing budget to even break even. Heard that on collider though so who knows
Re: Movie: Dune (2020)
Posted: Sun October 24, 2021 9:34 pm
by Jorge
Mods, please, the thread title
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:06 am
by Malloy
i thought it was 2x the budget?
seems like, from what i have read, the movie hit the financial predictions for opening weekend. has anyone read or heard anything about its opening weekend numbers being disappointing?
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:07 am
by Malloy
also i was totally wrong — thought it was going to flop
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:20 am
by dimejinky99
Putting this on a streaming service while it’s in cinemas suggests they’re just cutting their losses. Fans are loving the film but joe public is finding it a chore. Expect there’ll be a big drop off in admissions at the box office next week sadly.
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:23 am
by Strat
at what point are they gonna start putting advertisements in streaming movies?
I imagine enough people get a free trial of HBO to watch the new hot movie and cancel after 7 days.
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:29 am
by Monkey_Driven
I have no idea what 2021 box office numbers even mean.
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:34 am
by Mecca
dimejinky99 wrote:Putting this on a streaming service while it’s in cinemas suggests they’re just cutting their losses. Fans are loving the film but joe public is finding it a chore. Expect there’ll be a big drop off in admissions at the box office next week sadly.
They’re not throwing in the towel with it being on HBO Max, tho. People just aren’t going to a movie theater as much because covid is still a concern. When they announced the myriad lineup of movies being released same day on HBO max, it was to get subscriptions up; they find a way to win in the end somehow.
Re: Movie: Dune (2021) (It’s alright; you should bother)
Posted: Mon October 25, 2021 1:40 am
by Strat
They showed the new Ghostbusters Trailer before Dune. The trailer said "Coming summer 2021" and I LOL'd.