Da Vinci Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 11 hours ago, its_britney_bitch said: Please let this be the beginning of the end of Marvel and Disney’s reign of terror over cinema As someone who has never been a fan of superhero movies the last 10 years have been absolute hell They stopped making the type of movies I love and the only options for the most part became a $200 million budget assembly-line superhero “blockbuster” or some low budget pretentious awards bait while the movies inbetween just ceased to exist. Can you give some examples of these types of movies? Just curious Non-franchise original blockbusters definitely became extinct though
Kylizzle Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Yeah, it's not like a non-franchise original action blockbuster is the leading Best Picture contender or anything
its_britney_bitch Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Action in general isn’t my thing I want the rom-coms, dramas, trashy star vehicles back And just because EEAAO did well doesn’t mean all is right with the world. For every EEAAO there’s a Babylon or A Man Called Otto, great movies that get totally neglected and rushed out of theatres for the latest Marvel The past year these movies have sort of made a comeback (Ticket to Paradise, Marry Me) but it’s nowhere near the volume it used to be and most of them are shunted straight to streaming and instantly forgotten (Disenchanted, Spirited)
its_britney_bitch Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 36 minutes ago, Da Vinci said: Can you give some examples of these types of movies? Just curious Non-franchise original blockbusters definitely became extinct though They’re rare nowadays, See How They Run was my favourite movie of 2022 though and it didn’t do particularly well at the box office and isn’t in the running for awards. Marry Me, The Black Phone and Ticket to Paradise. There used to be new movies like these out every week, not all of them were or had to be great
Kylizzle Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 I don't understand the idea that fun and light movies aren't coming out anymore when we've had 80 for Brady, A Man Called Otto, Cocaine Bear, Magic Mike, M3gan etc. this year and movies like Mafia Mama and Champions on the horizon, plus tons of streaming movies i.e. Shotgun Wedding, Your Place or Mine etc. People act like every movie is some awards bait thing these days but it's just not true.
BNF91 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 Weird cause if anything, this year is proving that those types of movies are coming back. Otto had a very respectable run. M3GAN smashed, 80 for Brady brought in the desired audience, Missing is outgrossing the first film, Cocaine Bear just smashed expectations this weekend. The performance of these mid-range movies is a big reason why total box office is up over 50% from last year so far. The casual audiences are returning. 2023 is looking healthy. In Ant-Man floppage news, $2.5M 2nd Tuesday. Down 64% from last Tuesday. Cocaine Bear keeps nipping at Ant's heels with $2.35M. Creed 3 hype is building fast and stealing all IMAX and other PLFs from Ant-Man this Thursday. Looks like a 57-62% drop is coming this weekend. It likely won't pass Ant-Man 2 domestically. $205-215M finish IMO.
Jessie Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 On 2/26/2023 at 5:30 PM, fridayteenage said: Morbius dropped 74% X Men Dark Phoenix dropped 72% Suicide Squad dropped 72% Hellboy 2 dropped 71% so not #1 #2 #3 or even #4. Change your title None of these movies opened above $100m. As of now Ant-Man 3 is aiming to have the worst legs of any movie that opened to nine figures, beating current record holder BvS.
Baby Judas Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 2 hours ago, its_britney_bitch said: They’re rare nowadays, See How They Run was my favourite movie of 2022 though and it didn’t do particularly well at the box office and isn’t in the running for awards. Marry Me, The Black Phone and Ticket to Paradise. There used to be new movies like these out every week, not all of them were or had to be great Honey there are still tons of romcoms nowadays, just straight to netflix/amazon though.
its_britney_bitch Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, Baby Judas said: Honey there are still tons of romcoms nowadays, just straight to netflix/amazon though. Yeah exactly that’s the problem! And the budgets are a fraction of what they used to be, they hardly attract big name stars anymore because they’re too busy with ~prestige~ TV
its_britney_bitch Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 41 minutes ago, BNF91 said: Weird cause if anything, this year is proving that those types of movies are coming back. Otto had a very respectable run. M3GAN smashed, 80 for Brady brought in the desired audience, Missing is outgrossing the first film, Cocaine Bear just smashed expectations this weekend. The performance of these mid-range movies is a big reason why total box office is up over 50% from last year so far. The casual audiences are returning. 2023 is looking healthy. In Ant-Man floppage news, $2.5M 2nd Tuesday. Down 64% from last Tuesday. Cocaine Bear keeps nipping at Ant's heels with $2.35M. Creed 3 hype is building fast and stealing all IMAX and other PLFs from Ant-Man this Thursday. Looks like a 57-62% drop is coming this weekend. It likely won't pass Ant-Man 2 domestically. $205-215M finish IMO. The point is these movies are rare nowadays. Yes it’s getting a little better and hopefully the trend will continue but the landscape is still much worse than it was in the 00s and even early 10s Let’s not get complacent in the war against Marvel
BNF91 Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, its_britney_bitch said: The point is these movies are rare nowadays. Yes it’s getting a little better and hopefully the trend will continue but the landscape is still much worse than it was in the 00s and even early 10s Let’s not get complacent in the war against Marvel But they aren't rare? Like literally these movies have been opening up like almost every week since the start of the year. And we are in the typically dead-er months of box office. This year is absolutely jam-packed. Pandemic delays and reshoots are over now. Streaming will never go away. But there has clearly been a bigger focus on cinema releases this year as opposed to both 2022 and 2021. You could have said this in mid 2022 and it would make sense, but not anymore. Also I dunno what you mean by this war against Marvel, they aren't responsible for mid budget flops from other studios. I want Marvel to succeed but with actual quality blockbusters again. Besides, there were a few times during the panini where Marvel movies were actually saving the cinemas from extinction. Can you imagine the monthly box offices of Sept 2021, Winter 2021/2022 and November 2022 without the grosses of Shang-Chi, No Way Home and Wakanda Forever? Absolute barren wasteland. Anyways we are here to witness (and enjoy) the floppage of trash Ant-Man. Lol Edited March 1, 2023 by BNF91
Da Vinci Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Da Vinci said: Non-franchise original blockbusters definitely became extinct though Ch what i meant was there will be no more E.T.s or Titanics or Independence Days etc. Non-franchise original blockbusters will never top the highest grossing list of the year or even top 5 let alone gross $1B That's only reserved for these superhero sequels, spin offs and other franchises But I guess my standards are higher for what a "blockbuster" would be (top 5 grosser of the year that's also one of the most talked about/culturally relevant) And that's because I rarely care about Hollywood movies now so I wouldn't know all these EEAOs or whatever
BNF91 Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) Well this is just, insane. Early Wednesday numbers.. it's finished. -50% from Tuesday. $1.25M (-68% from last Wednesday) Edited March 2, 2023 by BNF91
bad guy Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 This bomb And MCU fans swore Avatar 2 was gonna flop.
Virgos Groove Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 That drop... this really is the MCU's Bionic era.
Toxicity. Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 Phase 4 had no movie do 1B+ and now Phase 5 is straight up tanking Disney needs to fire Kevin!
GraceRandolph Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 46 minutes ago, Toxicity. said: Phase 4 had no movie do 1B+ and now Phase 5 is straight up tanking Disney needs to fire Kevin! No Way Home? But yeah the overall trend is concerning.
Da Vinci Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 Phase 5 still has Deadpool 3 (feat. Hugh Jackman) but just like No Way Home, the hype won't be because of the story but because of the crossover/nostalgia
GraceRandolph Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 Officially falls behind Cocaine Bear in dailies.
Kylizzle Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 (edited) It's coming for sub-1M days in less than three weeks of release. Edited March 2, 2023 by Kylizzle
Baby Judas Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 Daily Box Office Top 7 For Wednesday, March 1, 2023 1. #CocaineBear - $1.55M 2. #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania - $1.53M 3. #JesusRevolution - $1.35M Even Jesus is coming for hah.
Arcadius Posted March 2, 2023 Posted March 2, 2023 The coming weeks are only gonna get worse because, with every new big movie that's coming the more theatres, it'll lose.
BNF91 Posted March 3, 2023 Posted March 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Baby Judas said: Daily Box Office Top 7 For Wednesday, March 1, 2023 1. #CocaineBear - $1.55M 2. #AntManAndTheWaspQuantumania - $1.53M 3. #JesusRevolution - $1.35M Even Jesus is coming for hah. Outside chance of Ant-Man being #5 this weekend. Demon Slayer could surprise
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