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Wkd BO 0630-070217 - Audiences want the D3, don't put Baby in corner but 2nd,
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Is it good?
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Whoa. That is very good.
I think GITS hurt Scarlett Johannsen more than it did anime movies. I don't see her getting any more big budget solo movies. Even the smaller budget Girls bachelor party movie didn't do that great
Also the naruto thing was only announced 6-7 months ago. Probably wouldn't see it anytime soon
Sibersk Esto
Banned
That seems really good considering 13M was already ahead of a lot of its contemporaries.
Oh nice! Started at $10m, then 13m-ish and now $15.4m. Should make a push for $125m+ ow.
I think so, def. But depends on what your expectations were I guess.
illmatic22
Banned
Yes
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
True story: I saw that damn $10M early estimate right before my showing last night
Obliterator
Member
Yeah that's a very strong preview number
Provided this isn't heavily frontloaded even more than other Marvel films we are looking at a pretty monster opening weekend being likely
Provided this isn't heavily frontloaded even more than other Marvel films we are looking at a pretty monster opening weekend being likely
BronsonLee
Member
Strong numbers early. We'll see how it does after tonight when it receives...
The Bronson Bump
The Bronson Bump
bananafactory
Banned
With Sony Pictures' history lately I think it's reasonable to be a littleeeeee worried about anything they're attached to. Even though we knew Marvel was doing the bulk of the lifting on this.
bananafactory
Banned
Some context for that Thursday preview number
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Sony takes the money from the film. Disney gets the merchandise money and saves Spidey from being rotten on screen.
Sony really lucked out on this one...
It's a win win situation.
Obliterator
Member
They also get the revenue bump from him being featured in other MCU movies. So while they may not reap the box office rewards from this particular movie they do get the money from the boost he provides to Avengers, Civil War, etc. So it seems to work out pretty nicely for everyone
bananafactory
Banned
Honestly really good for both sides. Seems very sustainable, hopefully egos remain in check
PhoncipleBone
Banned
More context on the numbers from Variety:
Lights and Waves
Member
The Wonder Woman comparisons are already annoying me. This is apples to oranges. People need to stop trying to tear down WW's success.
Sounds like a you problem.
bananafactory
Banned
Who's tearing it down? Why wouldn't we compare two superhero movies releasing a month apart in a Box Office thread?
hodayathink
Member
IMO, the only thing that can derail this in the immediate future is Sony getting particularly stupid with the spin-offs (and I mean quality, not the amount of them). Remember that Feige and the Marvel execs more than likely do actually get to read the scripts and pre-production stuff on all the Spider movies (they panned what they read of ASM2 before/during production), so it would behoove Sony to actually listen if they have any input to give on these movies, even though they're in the same "really-not really" MCU territory as Marvel TV is.
Obliterator
Member
Huh? No one is bringing WW down. It's a film in the same genre, looking at it's preview numbers is very helpful when comparing it to Spidey and how it will perform.
Just because Spidey is likely going to outgross it doesn't take anything away from Wonder Woman's run.
ASM3 would have declined like Pirates 5 and Transformers 5.
Bringing in Marvel revitalized the Spidey brand.
Yup, its gonna happen!
Definitely possible, if it gets close enough WB will probably drag it across the finish line.
Technically true, but I'm not sure if adding Spider-Man to an already stacked lineup gives Marvel any type of noticable bump. I mean if you're not already interested in watching the Avengers, the addition of Spider-Man isn't going to push you over the edge to watch.
If he was the costar of a character film I could see it though. Ant Man having Spider-Man as a supporting character for example would probably give Ant Man a noticeable bump.
I have to admit, despite being done with Spider-Man after the super-duper rubbishy ASM films I actually really enjoyed Homecoming.
Wisely it feels like this is a light, high school comedy first and a Spider-Man film second. All the action beats worked and the performances were good too.
I'm still not sure that this is going to break out among the non Marvel core audience but I suppose we'll see how it fares in it's second weekend.
I personally thought it was much better than the wildly overrated Civil War and Dr Strange.
Wisely it feels like this is a light, high school comedy first and a Spider-Man film second. All the action beats worked and the performances were good too.
I'm still not sure that this is going to break out among the non Marvel core audience but I suppose we'll see how it fares in it's second weekend.
I personally thought it was much better than the wildly overrated Civil War and Dr Strange.
About fuckin' time.
That's some hot opening day/knee-jerk hyperbole right there. I saw it last night and it was great, but no, no it does not.
Dang slay. What'd your nephew think?
It's already been adapted as 300: Rise of an Empire.
he liked it
I think Raimi's Spider-Man movies will always be relevant and part of pop culture, but that doesn't mean that newer Spider-Man movies can't be as good or better.
I don't think a Spider-Man movie will ever have the same impact that the first two Raimi ones did (at least not to me).
I don't think a Spider-Man movie will ever have the same impact that the first two Raimi ones did (at least not to me).