Amph The 2022 Box Office Blood Booster

The results seem pretty... anemic. Perhaps the magic is gone?

 

It's a mediocre franchise with nearly none of the old magic from the Potter movies. The only parts I liked were things that referenced the old movies. I saw the first 2 on DVD and haven't seen the new one. I won't.

 

With WB titles, there's also the (generally correct) assumption that it won't be very long until the title is available to stream on HBOMax.

 

@Thena I agree though with The Batman it seems like it's legs were ending before it dropped on HBOMax so I don't think it effected it much. When it comes to Fantastic Beasts 3, I think it's lack of interest then anything else that is effecting it's box office numbers. So far to me, both the WB and Paramount shorter movie theater release before it comes out on their streaming service (though WB window is shorter then Paramount) does not seem to be effecting their box office total. Both Jackass 4 and Scream 5 did well for Paramount while obviously The Batman has done well for WB.

 

at least some of the lack of interest is due to JK Rowling’s transphobic views

that has contributed to my lack of interest anyways, to the point where I have no interest in seeing this latest film

 

Put a fork in this series. It's done.

 

I think the words we're looking for are Avada Kedavra

 

WB greenlight Dune Part 2 after it hit 300 million, that seems to be the pandemic line at least from WB which FB3 seems it could scrape together another 100 million. No way it reaches 400 million though. Maybe because WB knew that Dune would make it to 400 million total though.

 

I think the funniest part of this franchise collapse was how ****ing predictable it was from the outside. First movie? $815m worldwide. Second movie? $655m worldwide. Gee, who could possibly foresee a continued downward trend?

 

The Secrets of Dumbledore movie certainly feels rather conclusive with barely any cliffhanger-y bits left, almost as if they knew they were only going to get one more shot at it.

 

@BigAl6ft6 One thing to keep in mind? Dune's budget was incredibly about $40 million less then TSOD. I also think given that it was a duel release via theatrical/streaming at the same time, I think WB was willing to give it a smaller hurdle to clear in terms of getting a sequel. And plus for Dune I believe Denis as always stated that it would be a two-part series (with possible spinoffs like the HBO Max series he helping to develop) while there is supposed to be TWO MORE movies in the FB series. If they were to greenlight another movie, I wonder if the WB brass tells them to "wrap it up". They could potentially move it as a HBO Max release only but at $200 million a pop (again cannot get over the production cost for it) I don't see that happening either. It is interesting to have watch the series which was started out for so much fanfare absolutely collapse like @Ramza mention above. My wife and I saw it the first Tuesday out (was one of the first outings I specifically remember it was just the two of us after my daughter was born that previous April) as we were both excited since obviously are HP fans. The second one? Rented it on Redbox. This one? Yeah we will wait to it drops on HBOMax...maybe. Besides the fact they just not been well put together (which honestly is very surprising since how well David Yates did with the last four HP films), it just isn't a interesting time period I think for people.

 

RIP Wizarding World
A 70% second-weekend drop is the final nail on the coffin...

 

Out of all the movies you mentioned, I enjoyed Morbius the most (not joking)

 

Secrets of Dumbledore is probably going to make less than $100 at the US box office, so those next two films likely aren’t happening.

 

I'd wait and see what it does on HBO Max first; it's still pulling in "ok" numbers overseas, and if it does gangbusters on Max (like The Batman) they may greenlight the next one to see how it does on streaming...

 

An interesting take on high-budget arthouse movies

 

The financers must have understood this movie could not turn a profit in its theatrical run. I don't think it would have happened at its original budget, before it ran over by at least half. I'm glad The Northman got made, but it shows how expensive it is to scale up the Eggers drive for authenticity and immersion. As others have pointed out, he is one of the more interesting auteurs of genre cinema like Ari Aster, Alex Garland, or Charlie Kaufman. Like Kaufman, Eggers has carved out a creative space that no one else can compete in or for that matter wants to compete in. It's not highly commercial.

 

The old rules for theatrical
success are out the window with streaming. Fantastic Beasts’ fate won’t be decided in the theater.

 

Things still looking bleak for the Wizarding World

 

This one, OTOH...