Amph The 2016 Box Office Bloodshower

You complete me.

Edit: Bringing rich back around to Tom.

 

Meanwhile, everyone seems convinced that Suicide Squad will have the largest opening weekend ever in August. Will Smith is back! Where are the reviews? If this is a hit, Margot Robbie is going to become the next big female superstar in exactly the kind of way that appearing with Will Smith in Focus didn't make her that. Also, we could have told her that The Legend of Tarzan wasn't going to help.

 

I think it'd be awesome if Suicide Squad opened bigger than BvS, although that might not make it there. However, for some reason, I think it'll outgross BvS in North America.

 

Everyone...being those that track pre-sales? I'd say that's a fair metric. And typically reviews come out on the Tuesday before release. If there are none out by tomorrow, FairPlay. But don't knee jerk just yet.

 

unless it's really, really, awful, it's going to be huge. Young moviegoers who aren't all about taking little kids to see cartoons have been waiting all summer for something big big big.

 

We have been waiting for Will Smith. And he is about to arrive.

 

Review embargo is down in 8 minutes.

 

There's really nothing interesting coming out this month besides SS. Pete's Dragon might makes some money, but the trailers weren't interesting. I haven't seen a single trailer or TV spot for Ben Hur.

 

Chicago Tribune: Suicide Squad an incoherent, awful mess not saved by the commanding and welcome presence of Smith, Robbie and Davis.

The Wrap: Suicide Squad an incoherent, awful mess not saved by the commanding and welcome presence of Smith, Robbie and Davis.

RT score = 0%

Note to Jabba-wocky - Will Smith is blameless.

And, obviously, critics won't have the slightest impact on opening weekend.

 

They picked the perfect time to release that film. Everything else has underperformed horribly this month. Especially Ben Hur Derp.

 

I wish I could have been at the studio meeting when they decided that remaking Ben Hur again was a good idea.

 

It's like I said all along: Don't underestimate Will Smith.

 

reading girl on a train right now. Hope the movie is good.

 

Arrival and La La Land getting good reviews at the Venice Film Festival.

Good fall/winter for sci fi:

looking forward to Morgan, Arrival, Rogue One and Passengers.

 

La La Land was originally scheduled to come out, like, last month but it was pushed back (to December! In limited release, probably) because Oscar hype. Which legitimately bothers me 1) I need more Emma Stone now. All she had last year was Irrational Man fer crissakes. 2) how alot of good movies get pushed back because Oscar Hype. Check the scoreboard, people, a best picture winner hasn't been released in December in over 10 years, I believe.

 

Emma's a talent, and I'm glad to see her career bouncing back from the "Aloha" debacle.

Meanwhile, Morgan has landed below 50% on RT, but I'm going to see it anyway, because sci fi, and because Ridley Scott's son and because Anya Taylor-Joy

 

Saw Morgan, I really liked it. Sort of skirts being an Ex Machina remake at times but basically becomes a thriller / horror flick (if of the two horror movies out now, Don't Breathe and Morgan I would recommend Morgan). Nifty revelations in the closing moments. Luke Scott has definitely inherited his dad's sense of slow burn pretty dread that goes all violent-y in the finale.

This clip really sums up the entirety of Paul Giamatti's contributions to the film and it's kind of amazing.

 

Anyway, speaking of Morgan and box office bloodshowers, better hurry up and see it folks it debuted in 17th(!) place making it one of the worst wide openings of all time, ahhhh!!

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4220&p=.htm

The other new wide release of the weekend was Fox's sci-fi thriller Morgan. Directed by Luke Scott, son of Ridley Scott, the R-rated feature finished in 17th position with an estimated $1.96 million opening weekend from 2,020 theaters. This is the seventh worst opening all-time for a film opening in more than 2,000 theaters, just behind last year's box office bust We are Your Friends. Budgeted at just $8 million, expectation heading into the weekend was for a four-day haul around $6 million, right now it's looking to finish around $2.4 million at best. Demographic information was not immediately available, but opening day audiences didn't seem to take to it, scoring the film with a "C+" CinemaScore, which doesn't bode well for its future prospects.