Amph The 2016 Box Office Bloodshower

Decent read, very relevant, because the disparity between the Warcraft opening in North America vs. China is pretty fascinating

http://variety.com/2016/tv/global/t...s-bigger-in-china-than-in-the-u-s-1201794300/

 

there's a reason Furious 7 is the 6th biggest movie of all time

 

Just out of interest I can't find any figures for how London has Fallen did at the box office worldwide.

 

two interesting write-ups re. warcraft and china / international markets

http://www.indiewire.com/2016/06/hollywood-warcraft-china-box-office-jackie-chan-1201688696/

Why North America should still be important, as theatre owners note the film releases should diversify more to have movies that would work better in a North American market and also have films that translate overseas. (Which I'm actually okay with. I loves me some blockbusters but movies that play well in North America could also bring in cash and not have to be overseas crushers)

Also in China

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jackie-chan-warcraft-success-china-901868

The real interesting note is the Chinesse box office is on track to surpass North America by 2017.

 

I rented London Has Fallen - really the perfectly-engineered movie. It's terrible, sure, but it cost $60 million to make, earned more than 3x its budget in global box office, and is likely a strong rental choice for people like me who need something testosterotastic and empty-headed to watch while working out.

It's hard to argue with an action movie comfortable enough in its own limitations to have a modest but still workable budget for its effects.

 

I think it's hard when we are installing DBOX, recliners and VIP seating into theaters. It will get harder and harder to justify that $20+ ticket price on those types of films. I have two auditoriums in my 18 screen building (plus a real IMAX) with DBOX seats and those seats run just under $21 here in the Pittsburgh market. I can't fathom what markets like New York or LA are now. We're not building huge megaplex's anymore. So we now have less room with new buildings. We're building 12 screen complexes with reserved seating and lower seat counts to maximize occupancy. I'm not saying that there are not places for mid budget movies but it is harder and harder for them to compete for space in our buildings especially now with the 12 month release schedule. There used to be times of the year like February and September where those movies excelled but now we have big movies around the year.

 

Studios can only chase that franchise dragon so much. Eventually, cream rises (Lucasfilm, Marvel, Fast & Furious, Pixar) and the continued attempt to build a freakin' movie universe outta "Dracula Untold" ain't exactly gonna play so they'd have to go back to mid-range action-ers, etc. to keep in the black. I'm sure a lot of studios, even Fox itself, is looking at the returns on Deadpool and getting ideas (Highest grossing X-Men movie of all time! Cost, like, 75 million dollars. That's more than half of what Apocalypse cost! Of course, I will think that for Deadpool 2 that budget is going to go to at least 100 million.)

 

Finding Dory made a ton of cake, the 2nd weekend of last week's dropped pretty hard, the most spectacular collapse coming with Warcraft dropping 73%!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4199&p=.htm

After a rather dismal opening weekend for the video game adaptation, Warcraft fell 73% on its second weekend, bringing in just $6.5 million, drawing a close comparison to 2005's Doom, which fell 72.7% after an equally disappointing opening. Warcraft's drop is the third largest second weekend drop for a film playing in over 3,000 theaters behind 2009's Friday the 13th (80.4%) and Fifty Shades of Grey (73.9%). The big difference here, however, is Warcraft only opened with $24.1 million while those two other films opened with $40.5 million and $85.1 million respectively, giving them both much further to fall.
Warcraft did, however, bring in another $41.2 million internationally this weekend as its global cume now climbs to $377.6 million, more than $200 million of which comes from China.

It's domestic / International difference is insane, 10% North America, 90% worldwide! It'll probably clear 400 million at least which seems very doable for a sequel, I'm wondering if it does happen, will the sequel even get a theatrical release in North America?

Looking to next week, even Box Office Mojo is confused about the potential for Independence Day: Resurgence, pegging it anywhere in between 45 to 90 million. That narrows it down!

 

The trailer for The Shallows is outstanding. I think it's going to do very well provided people know it's coming out.

 

I can't imagine a sequel happening for Warcraft, mainly because Terminator Genitalwarts made huge $$ globally, but WB still abandoned plans to make sequels due to bad domestic performance. Then again, different studios.

 

I read this article this morning on World of Warcraft.


There's a Dark Side to the Warcraft Movie's Epic Success in China

 

Not really related, but is Zac Effron desperate for a hit this year? He has three films out this year that I know of. One that tanked (Dirty Grandpa) and one that underperformed (Neighbors 2). Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates looks wrist slittingly awful, and it's opening alongside Secret Life of Pets. Is he the new Ryan Reynolds?

 

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