fan base Ariana Grande

[mxoonlight]

I can’t wait until she does this press run and they harass her about AG7 and tour muahahaha

[Gerardo]

The first clip of Wicked is being praised on Twitter and there’s a leak of the audio and she sounds great 

[Gerardo]

2 hours ago, Jjang said:

The Little Mermaid trailer looks pretty bad  I’m so happy that director didn’t direct Wicked (he almost did at one point) 

I thought I was the only one who thought it sucked, the movie is clearly gonna flop, and yeah we dodged a bullet with that director

[Jjang]

3 minutes ago, Gerardo said:

The first clip of Wicked is being praised on Twitter and there’s a leak of the audio and she sounds great 

which one are you referring to? 

[jjmed59]

why is there little mermaid slander in here 

 

anyways, motherlina has so many tricks up her sleeve w this role of glinda i just know it!!!! 

Edited April 27, 2023 by jjmed59

[Gerardo]

23 minutes ago, Jjang said:

which one are you referring to? 

Today/yesterday at CinemaCon they showed a clip with unfinished CGI and some scenes of the film, you can hear defying gravity, some people are saying they heard popular but I’m not sure, you can also listen to that one scene when Elphaba says she has nothing to wear but Glinda points at her hat, and you can also hear Ariana saying the lines “You’re beautiful” and “That’s what makes me so nice”

Check this thread:

 

Spoiler

Check @/portalinfoari on Twitter for the audio before it’s gone 

 

[Gerardo]

Ngl I used not give a **** about Wicked but now I’m hyped as hell 

[Jjang]

12 minutes ago, Gerardo said:

Today/yesterday at CinemaCon they showed a clip with unfinished CGI and some scenes of the film, you can hear defying gravity, some people are saying they heard popular but I’m not sure, you can also listen to that one scene when Elphaba says she has nothing to wear but Glinda points at her hat, and you can also hear Ariana saying the lines “You’re beautiful” and “That’s what makes me so nice”

Check this thread:

 

  Reveal hidden contents

Check @/portalinfoari on Twitter for the audio before it’s gone 

 

thanks 

 

Ari’s glinda talking voice is spot on which is good 

 

I’m actually pretty disappointed that Cynthia does the final DG note with a little variation. I always preferred Idina’s original straight held note than the adlibs all the other Elphabas started doing more recently. 

[Magdalene]

wicked gonna be the defining movie musical of this decade at least  coming for Oscar’s AND a billion dollar gross 

[Gerardo]

26 minutes ago, Magdalene said:

wicked gonna be the defining movie musical of this decade at least  coming for Oscar’s AND a billion dollar gross 

Agree about the first half, not sure about the second tho, Oscars for costume design and hair and makeup are very possible, I can only see it grossing 1B between the two movies not each one individually, and even then that’s a huge stretch, a +300M gross for each movie would be cute 

[Gerardo]

1 hour ago, Jjang said:

thanks 

 

Ari’s glinda talking voice is spot on which is good 

 

I’m actually pretty disappointed that Cynthia does the final DG note with a little variation. I always preferred Idina’s original straight held note than the adlibs all the other Elphabas started doing more recently. 

yw  

I also noticed that DG sounded different but I’m not a fan of the play so I wasn’t sure what was it, hopefully it’s still a good performance of it 

[Magdalene]

1 hour ago, Gerardo said:

Agree about the first half, not sure about the second tho, Oscars for costume design and hair and makeup are very possible, I can only see it grossing 1B between the two movies not each one individually, and even then that’s a huge stretch, a +300M gross for each movie would be cute 

when wicked parts 1 and 2 outgross infinity war and then endgame         i love to dream  

[mxoonlight]

actually in shambles her talking voice as glinda sounds like kristen

 

the drought is finally almost over y’all, i feel her presence near

[Jjang]

1 hour ago, mxoonlight said:

actually in shambles her talking voice as glinda sounds like kristen

 

the drought is finally almost over y’all, i feel her presence near

Yup. she nailed that vapid yet earnest Glinda energy. 

 

The way she says “You’re beautiful” is sooo Kristin  

 

I looooove eveeything we got so far. She really put in the work & I’m so proud of her. 

[raven]

yeah, i'm getting more excited now

 

and all this acclaim that's coming in from critics is starting to wash away my doubts

[Thinking Of You]

11 hours ago, Gerardo said:

I thought I was the only one who thought it sucked, the movie is clearly gonna flop, and yeah we dodged a bullet with that director

Based off of what? Your feelings and emotions? Some of you all need to stop 

[Gerardo]

7 hours ago, Thinking Of You said:

Based off of what? Your feelings and emotions? Some of you all need to stop 

It’s not that deep   I’m gonna be there opening weekend to support cause I love Halle, and I just said that cause the hate campaign for the movie is big, but I still hope it does great

 

anyways back to Ariana and wicked, there’s new pics of Michelle Yeoh and her, they both look great and Ari has a blue dress now 

 

[mxoonlight]

need her really bad actually!!!!
 

 

[mxoonlight]

i'm ngl if she legit makes us wait until 2026 to tour, she needs to abridge the positions contribution to the set significantly. like i'm sorry. there are a few songs i want to hear to live, but i need AG7/the hits at this point babe + all the songs you've been ignoring (*cough* IN MY HEAD *cough*) in the setlist.

[protozoa]

On 4/27/2023 at 11:41 AM, Thinking Of You said:

Based off of what? Your feelings and emotions? Some of you all need to stop 

they in here saying anything  "dodged a bullet" about the oscar-winning director of chicago and memoirs of a geisha plzzzzzzz

[Essential]

On 4/27/2023 at 2:55 AM, Gerardo said:

Agree about the first half, not sure about the second tho, Oscars for costume design and hair and makeup are very possible, I can only see it grossing 1B between the two movies not each one individually, and even then that’s a huge stretch, a +300M gross for each movie would be cute 

$300 million for each movie would for sure mean a significant loss for Universal, those movies need to make at least $800 million combined to turn ~some profit.

 

Only looking at the set design, the wardrobe and how much time is going to be needed for post production (i.e. VFX), Universal is putting MONEY on this movie, we better secure our tickets for our girlie. Can't wait, personally (although I selfishly want a new album before Thanksgiving 2024).

[Gerardo]

1 hour ago, Essential said:

$300 million for each movie would for sure mean a significant loss for Universal, those movies need to make at least $800 million combined to turn ~some profit.

 

Only looking at the set design, the wardrobe and how much time is going to be needed for post production (i.e. VFX), Universal is putting MONEY on this movie, we better secure our tickets for our girlie. Can't wait, personally (although I selfishly want a new album before Thanksgiving 2024).

Wait youre right, and I was also forgetting that the promo rollout will cost more millions, im gonna have to get multiple tickets to support 

does anyone one what would happen with the 2nd film if the first one is significantly panned and flops?

[protozoa]

15 hours ago, Essential said:

$300 million for each movie would for sure mean a significant loss for Universal, those movies need to make at least $800 million combined to turn ~some profit.

 

Only looking at the set design, the wardrobe and how much time is going to be needed for post production (i.e. VFX), Universal is putting MONEY on this movie, we better secure our tickets for our girlie. Can't wait, personally (although I selfishly want a new album before Thanksgiving 2024).

imdb currently lists the budgets for each at 145m (part 1) and 165m (part 2). high-demand thanksgiving releases (typically comic book/adventure movies e.g. the hunger games, black panther, harry potter, etc) typically bring in between 100-150m opening weekend alone. the movies will also probably have long theatrical runs instead of getting dumped on streaming. they’ll be fine lmao

[Essential]

On 4/29/2023 at 11:26 AM, protozoa said:

imdb currently lists the budgets for each at 145m (part 1) and 165m (part 2). high-demand thanksgiving releases (typically comic book/adventure movies e.g. the hunger games, black panther, harry potter, etc) typically bring in between 100-150m opening weekend alone. the movies will also probably have long theatrical runs instead of getting dumped on streaming. they’ll be fine lmao

Those amounts, plus over $100 million each for advertising would for sure require like $400 million in box office alone for each movie to break even in the theatrical window. Looking at live action musicals that made as much in the past few years: A Star Is Born and The Greatest Showman, while you have major flops like Cats, In The Heights and West Side Story. It's truly a toss up, but they seem to have a lot of faith in it, since they approved that much money and two movies instead of one.

 

To your point, though, Wicked is very much a successful.mp3 property and it's a proven box office smash on stage, so now it just has to prove itself on the big screen, and it doesn't have to go face to face against two family friendly films, one which happens to be part of the biggest saga in the world.

 

On 4/28/2023 at 9:29 PM, Gerardo said:

Wait youre right, and I was also forgetting that the promo rollout will cost more millions, im gonna have to get multiple tickets to support 

does anyone one what would happen with the 2nd film if the first one is significantly panned and flops?

I don't think it's possible for the first one to flop so terriblly that the second won't be released in theaters. Wicked and Ariana have huge fanbases that should avoid that, at least on opening weekend. It's the legs that would be worrisome, but holiday season has been very kind to family friendly movies since Star Wars and Jumanji populated them.

[protozoa]

9 hours ago, Essential said:

Those amounts, plus over $100 million each for advertising would for sure require like $400 million in box office alone for each movie to break even in the theatrical window. Looking at live action musicals that made as much in the past few years: A Star Is Born and The Greatest Showman, while you have major flops like Cats, In The Heights and West Side Story. It's truly a toss up, but they seem to have a lot of faith in it, since they approved that much money and two movies instead of one.

 

To your point, though, Wicked is very much a successful.mp3 property and it's a proven box office smash on stage, so now it just has to prove itself on the big screen, and it doesn't have to go face to face against two family friendly films, one which happens to be part of the biggest saga in the world.

 

I don't think it's possible for the first one to flop so terriblly that the second won't be released in theaters. Wicked and Ariana have huge fanbases that should avoid that, at least on opening weekend. It's the legs that would be worrisome, but holiday season has been very kind to family friendly movies since Star Wars and Jumanji populated them.

cats was an objectively poorly-made adaptation of a property that was already not liked by audiences/a punchline; west side story and in the heights were both the “limited theatrical runs then dumped on streaming” in question; and while greatest showman and ASIB did succeed, they did so without the context of being an established $3b+ IP lol. truthfully there has not been a recent movie musical that stands up as a fair comp to wicked when you consider both cultural context and demand; the closest would be les mis which comfortably pulled over 400 without casting the biggest pop star on the planet. with big release box office numbers already returning to and, in some instances, eclipsing what they were pre-covid, it’s safe to say nobody needs to be panicking about buying multiple tickets to make sure these movies recoup