Amph The 2019 Box Office Blood World

I don't think it's any sort of broad, general level franchise fatigue. MiBI is much like the last Ghostbusters and Independence Day sequels in that there just wasn't a lot of demand for those movies without the stars the originals were built on. Namely Will Smith in two of those cases. The number of actors who can still carry a movie like he did in his heyday just isn't very long. And without someone like that any weaknesses in the writing or directing get amplified and audiences just take a pass on catching them in theaters.

As for Shaft I dunno how much demand there was for another of those anyway. I never saw a single TV spot for it either. Oddly enough it's OW audience skewed female and (predictably) older. Updated versions of older blaxploitation properties are just incredibly niche these days.

 

I didn't even know there was a new Shaft movie coming out until I read about it and MiBI this weekend. Count me as part of the audience that didn't want either.
Now if "Toy Story 4" doesn't break records then I'll listen to stories of fatigue, but I think it's going to kill this weekend.

 

To me, Men in Black International and Shaft are just movies that I can wait for home video release. I just don't have enough interest in leaving my house to see these films.

I think nowadays was drives some of the box office is social media, the modern version of "word of mouth." I mean, so much of social media creates "fomo" (fear of missing out), and none of these movies create fomo. That's what the MCU has created with their films; a sense of fomo. I read comments on this message board that some people have not seen Endgame yet because they have yet to see Captain Marvel. They fear they may miss something that might enhance their viewing experience of Endgame.

I'm not really surprised that Dark Phoenix dropped like 70% in its second week in theaters. It's sad that it only made like $9 million over the weekend.

 

back of an airplane seat for me on both those, if at all.

Also, no reviews for the Child's Play remake. I'm getting single digit RT score vibes. Hope I'm wrong for Mark Hamill's sake. Not that he cares necessarily. I care.

 

while it seems like quirky counterprograming to put it up against Toy Story the problem is Toy Story is a big four quadrant tentpole movie. Like only devout horror fans would see Child's Play and a chunk of that is already ticked that Brad Dourif isn't doing Chucky anyway.

 

Obviously, I do not suffer from movie “Fomo”.

I have some catching up to do rental-wise anyway.

 

Surprised that Endgame will fall so far short of TFA's domestic record, & amazed that it won't match Avatar's WW record. That's despite its huge opening as well as all of its other advantages. 20+ lead-in movies, a massive established fan-base, a decade of ticket price inflation & to top it off a far bigger Chinese market now. AE reaped over $600m from China, Avatar only $200m - yet it retains its crown.

 

Suckers and 3-D. And 3-D suckers.

 

3-D price inflation

 

Something to keep in mind that made Avatar's run even more amazing: there were more film prints than digital film prints. Back then, digital projectors weren't as numerous as they are now, plus movies were still being shown on regular film vs only digital now. That meant, there were restrictions on how many auditoriums could show Avatar and that limited the number of shows per day (projectionists would have to transport the film from one auditorium to another vs simply uploading the film into a central server and then scheduling accordingly).

 

they yanked Endgame from China after a month unlike from what I understand Avatar and the Titanic re-release which were going to play for awhile. 50 million more for Endgame is not impossible, though, probably have to run it until after the home video release date to make that though.

 

I'm looking not bad at all on these so far, though looks like The Lion King is going to hold on to a spot in the top-3, if not 2nd...

EDIT: The Secret Life of Pets 2 was my only huge misfire so far (and that was a tentative)... but man that thing tanked comparatively; 50% of the original's take? Yikes...

 

The only thing that really surprised me this year was that the Lion King didn't make the top 10 all time domestic list. Incredibles 2 is the top performing non Star Wars non Marvel Disney film, with LK second. Not shocking, just mildly surprising. The Lion King seemed like something that couldn't possibly go off the rails in even the mildest way. And it didn't really, but it just seemed like it was poised to make even more money.

Not that it matters. There is not a single original, non sequel non franchise film in the U.S. domestic top 10 list Even Titanic is arguably just a remake of A Night to Remember - a fictionalized account of a historical event based on other fictionalized accounts.

 

This may be the wrong thread, but it certainly seems movie-related, soooo....

I watched a Bad Boys trailer earlier today:



I don't see how Will Smith's character can get indignant about fire hydrant damage, when he, the driver of the car, has parked there. His character normally gets sports cars, so unless he installs ejection seats, or Martin Lawrence' character shoots then kicks the windscreen out, I don't see how else he is supposed to get out of the car without opening that door.

 

Thank you.

 

randomly calling It Chapter Two will make 550 million. Maybe 600. Probably not hit the 700 that It did.

I'm still befuddled by that one. The quality of the movie, madcap zany, was pretty much equal to the 1st. There that many ticked Louis CK fans out there?

 

I don't see how Disney can ever again come close to its 2019 box office record. The year was so dominant that Frozen 2 and Rise of Skywalker can both flop without losing Disney's market share lead. Neither is going to flop. Together they'll bring Disney close to 40% of the domestic box office.

 

Just wait until Disney buys up more IPs and markets them as only Disney can



Although I do think Disney+ might have a negative impact on their box office. Not the large event films. I think people will still go to the theater to see the next Avengers and the such. But the movie about Marvel Character X that I really don't care about, but want to see the movie so I understand the Avengers team up film? I'll just wait and see that on the service I'm already paying for - same for things like the Aladdin remake (which I enjoyed - but wouldn't have budgeted the time or money to go to the theater if I could have just waited like six weeks)

 

I see we’re not talking about the tragedy of Box Office Mojo