Amph The 2016 Box Office Bloodshower

I Saw the last two divergent's but gonna go with 10 Cloverfield Lane instead. I Do like looking at Shaline Woodley, though, and I think she manages to put in decent performances even in something as .... let's go with "unique" as this. And I didn't hate the 2nd movie! Decent scenery chewing by Kate Winslet helps a lot. Still think the 4th movie is going to happen just because of sheer franchise momentum.

Zootopia (Which is awesome) will probably win again this weekend, I'd wager maybe 40ish, unless Cloverfield Lane turns out to have a big opening.

 

I see zero momentum for Divergent continuing; literally no one's talking about watching it except for you.

That's a toughy. I see Cloverfield taking the weekend IF enough people got word of it. The surprise trailer outta nowhere and such a short (comparatively) ad campaign may hurt it. Really interested to see.

 

whoops, my bad, Divergent: More Divergent-ing is out next weekend. It'll do fine. Last one made 52 million opening weekend so franchise fatigue factor, blah blah blah, probably 45 million opening. But I can see it crossing 100 million North America and probably double overseas.

 

You're disgusting.

 

Not Cloverfield 2 is at 92% on RT with 95 reviews. Not bad at all.

Unfortunately, my wife is going out tonight "with her friends" or so she tells me, so I'll have to wait until Sunday to see it (without her). Age Group State swim championship tomorrow.

Guess I'll invite a "friend" too.

 

I'd see it with you, if we didn't have 951 miles between us.

 

who says long distance relationships don't work,


...though it would be great if more of you JCC misfits lived in or around Chicago.

 

You remind me so much of my fraternity brother out in that area, except he's a particle physics guy and I think his wife is not Austrian.

 

I'm almost the exact opposite of a particle physics guy. I have siblings in NYC though, so I'm always up for a Manhattan meetup in the four or five times a year I'm out there.

 

Word of mouth for Cloverfield 2.OrWhatever is pretty good so far from what I've read.

 

I will find out for you tonight. Turns out my wife is going out next Friday, not this Friday. Here's to Alone at the Movies. I'll try to wear a trenchcoat and sit in the back row.

 

Best seats in the house are flying solo. Also you aren't supposed to talk when you're at the movies. I really don't know why people insist upon going with "someone". Just freakin' go already!

Anyway, that aside, here's a fun list of Highest Grossing Movie Franchises (worldwide is the number I'm looking at)

http://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchises/sort/World

top 5 are MCU (9 billion), Potter (7.7 billion), Bond (7.0), Star Wars (6.6) & Jackson's Hobbit/LOTR (5.8). Be interesting to see this list in 3 years or so. Also, in fairness, they should make a DCEU category.

 

Those Star Wars numbers look legit.

 

Midnight Special, one of the most highly anticipated sci fi movies of the year, by me, starts a limited theatrical run on Friday. Don't know when or if it will open wide.

Michael Shannon, one of the Few Good Things about Man of Steel, stars with Kirsten Dunst.

Midnight Special auteur Jeff Nichols wrote/directed Take Shelter, one of my favorite movies of 2011, also starring Michael Shannon about a man desperately prepping for some kind of impending disaster that may or may not be a figment of his own psychosis. Not sure why I identified so completely with this character and movie.

 

Interesting read re. LionsGate coming to terms with Divergent 3: Moar Divergent-ing poor box office performance (and about to be curbstomped by BvS - which is tracking for 160 mil North America, 300+ million worldside). Also YA adaptation drop off, happened to Hunger Games 4 as well but not as considerably a divebomb. Yet they're STILL making that 4th freakin Divergent movie!

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/lionsgate-slash-ascendant-budget-as-877141

 

yeah but I would assume that the 4th flick is probably gonna lose money as well, unless they suddenly somehow make it for 10 million (but that's still like, what, 50 mil at least in advertising?). Are Divergent Box Sets / selling the 4 movie series to digital and cable outlets gonna recoup them taking a bath on the 3rd & 4th flicks? I'd say cut bait now. How would they make that money back?

speaking of franchise-ing, Batman v Superman made 27 mil in Thursday night shows and good ole boxofficemojo is saying a 160 weekend. That's a hellova lot of cake! Maybe not Star Wars or Jurassic World or the first Avengers level cake but certainly a lot! I'd wager 2nd weekend Batman v Superman probably makes .... 90 million, at least? Seeing how much it drops will be interesting (I'ma seeing it tomorrow anyway)

 

Huh, found an interesting note in this article:

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/s...-billion-box-office-international-1201739350/

That Zootopia is the 2nd highest grossing movie of all time in Russia, just behind Avatar. Zootopia is so far my favourite movie of 2016 and it is legitimately great, I'm just wondering why it would catch on so much in Russia?

 

Disney is firing on all cylinders.

Jungle Book: 95% RT
The Force Awakens: 92% RT

 

that figures

 

I was sad that Hardcore Henry wasn't a hit, but after seeing it yesterday, I can understand why.

 

Jungle Book has blown past estimates with a $32 million Friday. Huge weekend ahead. Not Furious 7 numbers, but possibly takes out Captain American Winter Soldier's April opening.