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[Gossip_Boy]

With the exception of Avatar and a select few more franchises, China is a nearly dead market for Hollywood movies these days anyway. For Barbie, other markets like Latam will make up for the lack of support in China/SK.

 

I’m interested in seeing how this does in Japan tho. 

 

 

[CroNich]

I really liked it. I wasn’t expecting it to laugh quite as much as I did. Some things:

 
I do kind of feel like the plot takes a back seat in favor of the comedy/absurdity of it all.

 

A bit too much ken, especially towards the end.

 

I think more of the movie should’ve been set in the ‘real’ world. That’s where the comedy shines the most. 

 

other than that it was great

Edited July 19, 2023 by CroNich

[Da Vinci]

On 7/19/2023 at 6:42 PM, Aristotle said:

TLM and Mario were both huge franchises in Japan. TLM was Disney's most popular movie in Japan before Frozen which is helping the modern movie to push 20M-25M dollars gross.  Bigger than the Renaissance Aladdin and BATB.

TLM did not do as good in Japan as in UK but still it did carry on a bit unlike in China and Korea.

 

Disney, now, wants to milk the Avengers again and they better be careful with the budget as China has given up on Western movies and established their own Box Office ecosystem. They should expect a radical drop in numbers from China considering all the possibilities, which was a massive market in 2019 for the movie. 

I think Mario was helped by the fact that it wouldn't be on Disney+ months later  unlike all the other Disney movies post-pandemic.

I think Frozen 3, Zootopia 2 and Toy Story 5 will all decline  Not just in Japan/East Asia but worldwide, again thanks to the "I'll just wait for it on Disney+" conditioning/habit that's still not changed plus the franchise fatigue that's affecting everyone lately.

 

Hmm so Barbie will be a wildcard in Japan as it's only the second (?) most popular doll brand I think after Licca-chan. Kinda like what Bratz would be in the US.

Barbie is also less popular than Mimi in Korea, which explains the numbers there but it's still quite early to tell tbh.

 

Barbie is such a Western/US idea and icon though, that's why Japan and Korea had to come up with their own "Barbie" to fit their culture, more childlike and cute, different proportions, usually not blonde, etc.

It's kind of like how Audrey Hepburn was way more popular in Asia than Marilyn Monroe, especially with Japanese women who could relate more to Audrey's innocent persona and body type.

But still, it's always a wildcard when it comes to Japan's taste in movies so who knows.

[Aethereal]

9 hours ago, Da Vinci said:

I think Mario was helped by the fact that it wouldn't be on Disney+ months later  unlike all the other Disney movies post-pandemic.

I think Frozen 3, Zootopia 2 and Toy Story 5 will all decline  Not just in Japan/East Asia but worldwide, again thanks to the "I'll just wait for it on Disney+" conditioning/habit that's still not changed plus the franchise fatigue that's affecting everyone lately.

Deadpool 3 will undoubtedly be a hit cause of all the nostalgic fanservice and the novelty of the cameos but after that, idk...

 

Hmm so Barbie will be a wildcard in Japan as it's only the second (?) most popular doll brand I think after Licca-chan. Kinda like what Bratz would be in the US.

Barbie is also less popular than Mimi in Korea, which explains the numbers there but it's still quite early to tell tbh.

 

Barbie is such a Western/US idea and icon though, that's why Japan and Korea had to come up with their own "Barbie" to fit their culture, more childlike and cute, different proportions, usually not blonde, etc.

It's kind of like how Audrey Hepburn was way more popular in Asia than Marilyn Monroe, especially with Japanese women who could relate more to Audrey's innocent persona and body type.

But still, it's always a wildcard when it comes to Japan's taste in movies so who knows.

I think Barbie is going to do well in Japan. Just a hunch. 

Aside from streaming which is definitely a factor there is definitely franchise fatigue. I doubt Frozen 3 will pass 1B.

Unrelated but I think that the explosions of remakes and squeals will also affect more than half a century old franchises like James Bond. 

 

Regardless of how the James Bond movie will turn out to be I expect it to underperform because the film market in the past years has a created a bad atmosphere for old IP. 

 

Edited July 20, 2023 by Aristotle

[Rocket]

Just got back from seeing this.

 

The Barbie Land opening sequence is an absolute slay.

 

[Bhabylon]

Just watched it, really enjoyed it

 

A little heavy handed at times, but it was a really funny, really smart film

[V$.]

The midnight sessions here are PACKED!

 

[Rocket]

Side-note: Dula Peep is NOT an actress.

 

[ALA]

Just got out of the movie. Margot and Gosling fantastic

 

I will say the ads showed so much of Ken's scenes  but still he killed it

 

Overall I thought it was really enjoyable and well done. Idk how to feel about the ending lol 

[Kylizzle]

Just watched. Margot Robbie is such a talent! Ryan Gosling is funny but a little overpraised imo. This is Margot's movie through and through.

Some of the dialogue is REALLY heavy-handed though. They lowkey thought they were being deeper than they were in one scene. This is still a corporate comedy at the end of the day.

[fridayteenage]

$300 mil movies in the US whose title is the female lead:

finding dory $486

captain marvel $427

wonder woman $413

alice $334

[ALA]

So what did y'all think about the ending? Nnn

[Kylizzle]

41 minutes ago, ALA said:

So what did y'all think about the ending? Nnn

Kind of a scream 

Spoiler

I'm not sure how I felt about the montage of women living life near the end? It was kind of awkward

 

[Rocket]

47 minutes ago, ALA said:

So what did y'all think about the ending? Nnn

I screamed. Because

 

Spoiler

of the scene earlier in the movie where she says she doesn't have a ******.

[ALA]

I think

 

Barbie wanting to become human kinda felt random on initial thought but I guess it makes sense in that she felt emotions after entering the real world that simply being in Barbieland wouldn't be enough. Definitely wasn't the ending I was expecting lol but I think having Barbie and Ken not be lovers made sense for this movie

[Flanders]

This was so enjoyable  

 

Watched it at the pre-premiere last night in a packed theatre. I legit BURST out laughing during the depressed barbie joke, and that final punchline right before the credits was so good. Loved it! If anything I think the director could have gone a little further problematizing the impact of Barbies.

 

But whatever. SO good

 

5 hours ago, Kylizzle said:

Just watched. Margot Robbie is such a talent! Ryan Gosling is funny but a little overpraised imo. This is Margot's movie through and through.

Ryan was absolutely brilliant imo! Margot definitely had the best performance of the bunch but that's also because her character is the protagonist. This movie is already a modern classic tbh

[Elliot]

saw it today and it delivered everything i wanted  abit too much Ken tho i was hoping for more if Barbie figuring out who she is which is what i thought the Billie song was suggesting but the sets were perfect and Margot did an amazing job. I WILL SAY after watching i do believe Ryan was the best for the character even if he doesn’t look as young as people think Len should look

[Desire]

Went to the Barbie Blowout Party last night. Wish it was more of a party with at least balloons  but it was cute that they played a few of the songs and videos before the movie. Also the button pin and mini poster is cute. The movie though... so good and worth all the hype. Margot and Ryan are the perfect Barbie and Ken (and he was no overused or overpraised) his portions are what made the plot move further along imo. 

[Dialamba]

Barbie was a collapse. The way the audience was clapping and laughing the entire time. Margot and Ryan will always be famous 

[Memoirs387]

Saw it at the Barbie Blowout party. Absolutely loved it. Seeing it again on Saturday 

[Daddy]

Seeing it in about 3 hours

[Bhabylon]

Spoiler

The Michael Cera role needed to be played by a gay man tbh

 

[Arcadius]

Had a standard showing for tonight but then my local theater added a ton of more showings this morning for the weekend so I’m seeing it in the morning instead but on a RPX screen. I’m so excited! 

[navykesha]

My country banned this movie  what a shame that i could not support my queen  gonna wait 2 month to see this movie in Hd  im pissed 

[ALA]

To go out of your way to review bomb movies made for women is pathetic  waste of time

 

I will laugh if this ends up being WB's biggest opening ever