Amph The 2016 Box Office Bloodshower

A lot of it probably has to do with the issues about Benghazi. Especially since the media and or politicians keep bringing it back up often and using it as a political issue, and basically a lot of people are more than likely burnt out and not wanting to see a movie about it. American Sniper was basically a biofilm about a guy who was a sniper, but the film focused on more than that, such as his family life and such.

Plus, you know there's this little movie called The Force Awakens...

 

Revenant, including foreign cash, has made back its budget! Surprising!

 

Long way to go for profitability, but it had a great weekend with a nice Oscar nomination boost.

 

Avatar 2 will blink. Star Wars will own Christmas from this day forward. It's the best way to keep the MCU and Star Wars out of each other's hair. No franchise cannibalizing allowed. February and October are for the ****** MCU titles like Deadpool. May is for the big MCU stuff that ties well into Avengers. November for Dr. Whatever and December for Star Wars. Nothing but Star Wars.

 

Avatar 2 won't blink because Avatar 2 won't be finished. James Cameron here, people, c'mon. I expect Avatar 2 in 2019, 10 years after the original.

 

It's never going to happen. There is almost no Avatar fanbase anymore, if there ever was one. Let it die.

 

I saw the trailer for The Boy. I love Laura Cohan. She's one of the delights of Walking Dead, and she's as beguiling as ever in this trailer...but...the...premise. My sides are aching.



If you take this job, you are a terrible person and you deserve the evil spirit that has it out for you.


Still, it can't be much worse than 5th Wave or Dirty Grandpa, given the RT scores.

 

Really, how big of a fanbase does the Fast/Ampersand/Furious/Arabic Numeral franchise have? Mission Impossible? Star Wars in China-- or anywhere? Even the MCU and what successes DC manages? I really don't think most people who buy overpriced tickets to big-budget spectacles are "fans." People saw Avatar because it was The Thing to See. Maybe Avatar 2 won't have that and will fail dismally, but it won't be because it lacks a fanbase because that's mostly irrelevant. People remember Avatar and that alone may be enough. It's enough for other franchises.

 

I never saw Avatar on the big screen, and have only seen parts of it on the small screen. But I'm not 100% against seeing the next ones, assuming they look interesting. But I'm not sure Cameron can do interesting anymore.

 

Well, I've been interested in Avatar 2 when I heard reports that Cameron's deep sea expeditions were, in part, research and inspiration for the sequel. And the reports that the sequels have been delayed because Cameron was developing technology for the film. So, from a technical and visual stand point, I'm certainly looking forward to Avatar 2. But, story wise, not so much.

I've seen Avatar twice; once in a theater for the 3D experience and once at home.

 

Cameron's pushing a new theater/projection technology where all the audience members put on scuba gear, dive to the bottom of a deep holding tank, and then watch the movie projected onto the insides of their goggles.

 

Finally, the weekend of Hail, Caesar and Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has arrived along with $5 million Super Bowl ad spots.

Considering that P&P&Z was one of the worst books I've ever read, a 45% RT score seems like a huge win.

Similarly, it's a shame about the 77% RT for the highly anticipated (by me) Hail, Caesar.

There was a time when Natalie Portman was supposed to be in P&P&Z but she was probably wise to detach if that was ever the to begin with.

 

Yeah, she took the smart route and stuck with Jane Got A Gun despite all its troubles. It totally paid off.

 

YES
Maybe
Home Viewing
Nope

Jan: The Hateful Eight (wide release), Kung-Fu Panda 3, The Finest Hours, Ride Along 2, Revenant
Feb: Hail Caesar!, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Deadpool, Zoolander 2, Gods of Egypt
March: London Has Fallen, Divergent: Progressively Worse Trailers, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
April: The Jungle Book, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Ratchet & Clank
May: ****Captain America: Civil War****, The Angry Birds Movie, Neighbors 2, Alice: Through the Looking Glass, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Nice Guys
June: TMNT: Half Shell, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, Now You See Me 2, Warcraft, Central Intelligence, Finding Dory, ID4: Resurgence
July: The BFG, The Purge 3, Tarzan, Ghostbusters, Ice Age: Collision Course, Knights of the Round Table: Star Trek Beyond, Bourne 5
August: Suicide Squad, Ben-Hur, Pete's Dragon, Sausage Party
September: The Popeye Movie, The Magnificent Seven
October: Gambit, Inferno, Underworld: Next Generation, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
November: ****Doctor Strange****, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, The Great Wall, Moana
December: ****Rogue One: A Star Wars Story****, Assassin's Creed, Jumanji, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Top 3 are no brainers, with Cap leading the pack namely because I LOVED Winter Soldier. If I'm honest, most of the maybes will end up home viewing mostly because I don't have a lot of time for movies at the cinema anymore ( )

And I've come to the conclusion I just care too much and know too much source to be able to watch BvS or Suicide Squad with an unbiased opinion. About the only thing I've seen so far that I liked is Jeremy Irons, and sadly, he's not enough.

For those interested in ID4: what do you think about Will Smith's character being dead?

 

Our lists are exactly alike, with a few edits:

YES
Maybe
Home Viewing
Nope

Jan: The Hateful Eight (wide release), Kung-Fu Panda 3, The Finest Hours, Ride Along 2, Revenant
Feb: Hail Caesar!, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Deadpool, Zoolander 2, Gods of Egypt
March: London Has Fallen, Divergent: Progressively Worse Trailers, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
April: The Jungle Book, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Ratchet & Clank
May: Captain America: Civil War, The Angry Birds Movie, Neighbors 2, Alice: Through the Looking Glass, X-Men: Apocalypse, The Nice Guys
June: TMNT: Half Shell, The Conjuring 2: The Enfield Poltergeist, Now You See Me 2, Warcraft, Central Intelligence, Finding Dory, ID4: Resurgence
July: The BFG, The Purge 3, Tarzan, Ghostbusters, Ice Age: Collision Course, Knights of the Round Table:, Star Trek Beyond, Bourne 5, The Space Between Us
August: Suicide Squad, Ben-Hur, Pete's Dragon, Sausage Party
September: The Popeye Movie, The Magnificent Seven
October: Gambit, Inferno, Underworld: Next Generation, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
November: Doctor Strange, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Bad Santa 2, The Great Wall, Moana
December: ****Rogue One: A Star Wars Story****, Assassin's Creed, Jumanji,Passengers, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

 

Neat, but you crush my heart Rylo Ken. No CA or Strange?

 

I should ask you whether Dr. Strange is some kind of update of the old Mandrake the Magician comic. I like Mandrake the Magician. If not I'll wait for Mandrake the Motion Picture.

 

Nah, not even the slightest hint of gesturing hypnotically.