Aristocrat Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago It's currently tracking for around $110M domestic opening. It's made around $82.5M in its first two days. The smashery. Considering the very first predictions weren't even tracking to do $80M, this is so massive 8
Donquizote Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago If you told me at the beginning of award season that Saoirse will get snubbed to make way for Ari, I would have laughed. But here we are........ 8
Nashe Posted 3 hours ago Posted 3 hours ago Watched it last night at the cinema and I'm still on a high. A future classic, I'm sure of it. Like many Ari fans, I wasn't coping with her slowly transitioning away from the full-time popstar gig, but mannn, after watching her in this movie you realize how she's able to give so much more artistry & depth in a versatile role like this. Awards season can come. Ari kinda overshadows Cynthia in the beginning, but then Cynthia completely takes over. She's amazing. Jeff Goldblum is such a warm & heartfelt personality. I loved him I'm back at the cinema on Monday, I gotta rewatch this lol 2
TaylorNation Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago (edited) I managed to catch it on friday and I really enjoyed it, it's a great adaption. I will preface by saying that, like many, I had been extremely skeptical regarding the movie, with every new production/casting announcement sounding worst than the last, and trailers that showed and spoiled almost the entire movie. but all the positive reactions from the last couple of weeks really started to hype me up like many a theater gay, I have been obsessed with Wicked ever since I first saw it in 2008 and it has been a huge part of my life. overall I think they pulled it off, especially the two-part gimmick. it felt extremely surreal to see it at the cinema after all these years I really cannot stand Cynthia (the Azealia Banks of theater iykyk) but there's no denying that she's great in this and Defying Gravity was insane. Ariana was also great, but I had a bit of a problem with her Glinda characterization. I am aware that performing Glinda exactly as it is on stage wouldn't translate well to film, but I found her Glinda way too muted which kinda threw me off. what I really didn't like however was all that horrible CGI . I love that they went for an Golden Age Era Hollywood with the vintage studio/title cards and big production feel, but all of that was thrown out the window with 90% of the movie looking like a lifeless video game. and also I'm super happy that Jon M Chu is getting all this success and that people love the movie so much, but he's such a TACKY director with zero subtlety and the movie suffers a bit from it in my opinion. the Original Broadway Cast recording is completely ingrained into my brain so at first it was a bit weird to listen to the new soundtrack, but here I think they also pulled it off in creating their own versions for a new audience. I just find the soundtrack album to be a tad overproduced. but yeah, overall I thought it was good and can't wait for part two Edited 2 hours ago by TaylorNation 1 1 2
zzmyth Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 3 hours ago, Aristocrat said: It's currently tracking for around $110M domestic opening. It's made around $82.5M in its first two days. The smashery. Considering the very first predictions weren't even tracking to do $80M, this is so massive I know you guys are hyped and the film is amazing. But the estimates even put it at 200M opening in the US alone. Then it was 150M. And this same Friday's estimates were 144M. https://www.the-numbers.com/news/258130830-Weekend-predictions-Glicked-could-earn-a-combined-200-million-this-weekend So 110M is NOT a smash result. They are amazing numbers and for a musical they are great. But everyone expected much more.
genio Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago (edited) 1 minute ago, zzmyth said: I know you guys are hyped and the film is amazing. But the estimates even put it at 200M opening in the US alone. Then it was 150M. And this same Friday's estimates were 144M. https://www.the-numbers.com/news/258130830-Weekend-predictions-Glicked-could-earn-a-combined-200-million-this-weekend So 110M is NOT a smash result. They are amazing numbers and for a musical they are great. But everyone expected much more. No one in their right mind ever believed or predicted 200m domestic. The highest predictions were at 150m. Edited 2 hours ago by genio 3
zzmyth Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 4 minutes ago, genio said: No one in their right mind ever believed or predicted 200m domestic. The highest predictions were at 150m. Still. From 150M to 110M goes almost 40% less than predictions.
genio Posted 1 hour ago Posted 1 hour ago 1 minute ago, zzmyth said: Still. From 150M to 110M goes almost 40% less than predictions. Well, for now it's impossible to have official numbers out though since it's Sunday morning and we still have a day to go to have a better overview of the numbers. Also, maybe you were talking about the most recent predictions, but if you take every prediction into account from earlier on as well, you'll see that anything over 100m opening is something no one has even imagined for this musical film. So, a 100m domestic opening weekend is more than fantastic. Any number higher is just the cherry on top, in my opinion. 5
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