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Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 1:28 pm
by BurtReynolds
Why are they called bombs?

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 1:28 pm
by Jorge
The sheer power of their failure causes cinder blocks to explode

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 1:29 pm
by Simple Torture
Jorge wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Is it one of those weird Jesus movies that only gets promoted at mega churches ?
No; I’d say Knock at the Cabin is the closest guess so far, genre-wise.
Please let it be Cocaine Bear...
It's M3GAN, right?
This is correct.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:03 pm
by VinylGuy
makes sense

i mean Jorge saw M3GAN.

You know which movie he still havent seen?

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:08 pm
by Farmer John
Was The Pope's Exorcist profitable?

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:09 pm
by VinylGuy
yes, Jorge went to the cinema to see that one too i think, so sure.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:26 pm
by Farmer John
But no thanks to you and your Stremio!

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:26 pm
by bada
Farmer John wrote:Was The Pope's Exorcist profitable?
It made 4X its budget.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:27 pm
by Farmer John
bada wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Was The Pope's Exorcist profitable?
It made 4X its budget.
So there's hope for humanity yet.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:34 pm
by BurtReynolds
Guardians 3 will eek out a small profit, but Disney probably needed it to make a lot more.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:42 pm
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: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:54 pm
by bada
I'm really curious to see how Little Mermaid does.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 2:59 pm
by VinylGuy
Im guessing its going to be a hit, but not a massive one. Doesnt feel here like something they are really pushing, but the movie is super well known and kids and teens will sure go watch it.

Fast X opened strong

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 3:30 pm
by bada
The reviews seem to follow a similar line to Ant-Man. Effusive praise for one of the actors and then the "its not so great" part.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 4:17 pm
by blueviper
I would call Indiana Jones a success if it's in the top 5 at the end of the year. Will that constitute a financial success for the movie company? Probably not.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 4:26 pm
by BurtReynolds
bada wrote:The reviews seem to follow a similar line to Ant-Man. Effusive praise for one of the actors and then the "its not so great" part.
those movies are pretty much critic-proof.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 4:26 pm
by BurtReynolds
blueviper wrote:I would call Indiana Jones a success if it's in the top 5 at the end of the year. Will that constitute a financial success for the movie company? Probably not.
It might not even break the top 10.

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 4:27 pm
by blueviper
BurtReynolds wrote:
blueviper wrote:I would call Indiana Jones a success if it's in the top 5 at the end of the year. Will that constitute a financial success for the movie company? Probably not.
It might not even break the top 10.
then it won't be a success!

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 4:41 pm
by Farmer John
Which movie has the biggest ratio between lowest critical rating and highest box office success? The live-action Lion King?

Re: Box office talk!

Posted: Mon May 22, 2023 4:57 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
VinylGuy wrote:
Fast X opened strong
I wonder what LV thought of it!?