movie Barbie | Margot Robbie & Ryan Gosling | MC 80 - RT 88 | BARBILLION 💖

[fridayteenage]

2 hours ago, Gwendolyn said:

Google really should change its rating system as well, so many shows got review bombed by angry conservatives on there. 

Eh I think that was a one time thing for mermaid only. Review bombed other things are still showing their rock bottom scores

[Cloudy]

58 minutes ago, Arcadius said:

It’s official ladies! 
 

 

A critical AND commercial smash

[Cloudy]

3 hours ago, D_Man3379 said:

 

 

 

 

Hmm

 

 

I swear Korean men have to be some of the most infantile, insecure people out there. Love to see them SUFFER

 

I hope the Korean girlies and gays have the time of their lives at the cinema

[Sweetestsecret]

$158,500,000 https://www.boxofficepro.com/weekend-box-office-forecast-barbie-and-oppenheimer-tracking-to-combine-for-potential-200m-opening-combo-as-barbenheimer-phenom-takes-off/

[Jessie]

I wonder if we will soon be locking in Barbie toppling Harry Potter 8 and its 12 year record as Warner Bros highest grossing opening weekend of all time ($169,189,427 unadjusted). 
 

With the amount it’s gobbling up screens and showtimes heading into the weekend it really is set to explode.

[Cherish]

Just a reminder if you go see lt this weekend and can't get a good seat, you only have yourself to blame. Not the minimum wage paid movie theater worker. I'm going to see it tonight but I work all weekend and I'm so nervous  

[rivers]

10 hours ago, V$. said:

 

Definition of TABS 

Edited July 19, 2023 by rivers

[Aethereal]

Only 100K more than the TLM in South Korea in it's first day.  Seems to be underperforming like Mario in both China and Korea. Probably will end with $10-15M total in both countries each.

The film climate in China and Korea seems so weird. Japan is probably going to eat this though as they responded significantly better to both TLM and Mario in comparison. I can see the same happening with Barbie.  

 

[Da Vinci]

49 minutes ago, Aristotle said:

Only 100K more than the TLM in South Korea in it's first day.  Seems to be underperforming like Mario in both China and Korea. Probably will end with $10-15M total in both countries each.

The film climate in China and Korea seems so weird. Japan is probably going to eat this though as they responded significantly better to both TLM and Mario in comparison. I can see the same happening with Barbie.  

 

There needs to be a case study as to why China and Korea rejected Mario, Mermaid and now Barbie but stanned Avatar 2 while Japan did the complete opposite, giving those 2 a chance but rejected Avatar 2

[Lovett]

 

[V$.]

 

 

[TheBronxGirl]

Barbie and Ken bisexual legends

[Aethereal]

1 hour ago, Da Vinci said:

There needs to be a case study as to why China and Korea rejected Mario, Mermaid and now Barbie but stanned Avatar 2 while Japan did the complete opposite, giving those 2 a chance but rejected Avatar 2

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. 

 

 

 

 

Edited July 19, 2023 by Aristotle

[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