discussion Box Office Discussion | Moana 2, Wicked and Gladiator II - who's winning?

[Gorjesspazze9]

Just got out of the theater for Fall Guy. It was Amazing and a fun time. 
Kinda Long. But definitely Peak entertainment. Too bad it's flopping. 

[Life Savers]

Furiosa flopping 

[commander]

Not The Little Mermaid having the ******* last laugh after all the racist and anti-woke backlash  

[fridayteenage]

3 minutes ago, commander said:

Not The Little Mermaid having the ******* last laugh after all the racist and anti-woke backlash  

How is mermaid related to furiosa?

They're both ip movies that'll lose money theatrically but besides that...

[Space Cowboy]

6 minutes ago, fridayteenage said:

How is mermaid related to furiosa?

They're both ip movies that'll lose money theatrically but besides that...

Both films opened at memorial day weekend. Also, Mermaid managed to break even i think.

Edited May 27 by Space Cowboy

[commander]

3 minutes ago, fridayteenage said:

How is mermaid related to furiosa?

They're both ip movies that'll lose money theatrically but besides that...

Both movies were released during Memorial weekend and Furiosa didn't have a hate train attached to it for very.obvious reasons. Plus TLM did turn a profit 

[fridayteenage]

the direct precedent for furiosa was fury road, which also failed to profit and made $380 million

 

the comparison points for mermaid were lion king, aladdin, and beauty & the beast.

 

furiosa dropping a bunch as a dystopian prequel makes a lot of sense, just like ballad of songbirds and snakes.

Edited May 27 by fridayteenage

[politeone]

On 5/26/2024 at 6:33 PM, fridayteenage said:

i mean, it's like the prequel drop from mockingjay two to ballad of songbirds and snakes

 

except with the starting amount being the latter's box office. 

i guess thats true as well, when you put it like that...

I expected it to win based on its quality or so I have heard, only seeing it next week

[ctlp27]

Clearly WB made a mistake in making this movie for that price tag (even though it makes more sense to spend +100M on a Mad Max movie than The Fall Guy), but since they were on a roll with Wonka, Godzilla and Dune, I'm very surprised it didn't at least get an opening in line with predictions. Great reviews and Cinemascore + visual spectacle that justifies the high ticket price.

[Taylor Sniffs]

Anya's last 4/5 movies being flops 

[illia]

1 hour ago, Taylor Sniffs said:

Anya's last 4/5 movies being flops 

Dune 2 was a smash

So 3/5

 

Edited May 28 by illia

[fridayteenage]

23 hours ago, ctlp27 said:

Clearly WB made a mistake in making this movie for that price tag (even though it makes more sense to spend +100M on a Mad Max movie than The Fall Guy), but since they were on a roll with Wonka, Godzilla and Dune, I'm very surprised it didn't at least get an opening in line with predictions. Great reviews and Cinemascore + visual spectacle that justifies the high ticket price.

for an action prequel opening day audience, cinemascore is not great.

Solo A Star Wars Story got A-

Transformers Rise of the Beasts A-

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny B+

 

wonka's predecessor made $476 mil back in 2005

godzilla's predecessor made $470 mil in 2021 when things were still pretty covid-impacted and was released on max at the same time

[NoAngelus]

On 5/27/2024 at 12:29 AM, Gorjesspazze9 said:

Just got out of the theater for Fall Guy. It was Amazing and a fun time. 
Kinda Long. But definitely Peak entertainment. Too bad it's flopping. 

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

 

I have mixed feelings about it bombing, I feel bad for everyone involved but then again I'm glad Ryan flopped because I don't like what Eva turned him into 'I only make movies my wife and my kids would like me to make'

 

Anyway, it has shown great stability in US, not so much outside of US, and honestly I don't get the budget. If it had reasonable budget like 50m it would've seen profit already. 

[NoAngelus]

I'm heartbroken for Furiosa flopping because that means we will never get MM: The Wasteland. 

 

If only it didn't take him a decade to make this one we could've had sequel now...

[supaspaz]

On 5/28/2024 at 10:57 AM, Taylor Sniffs said:

Anya's last 4/5 movies being flops 

She’s not a movie star! She’s firmly B-list. I’m not totally surprised that Furiosa bombed, though I still thought it would do better than that, considering the goodwill to its (overrated!) predecessor. 

[NoAngelus]

Imagine saying Fury Road is overrated 

[NoAngelus]

 

Exactly what I said about budget.

[supaspaz]

On 5/29/2024 at 12:51 PM, NoAngelus said:

Imagine saying Fury Road is overrated 

Guess I’m not the only one who feels that way, given that it did nothing for Furiosa

[Karla Cabello]

action movies are so ******* boring

[NoAngelus]

17 hours ago, supaspaz said:

Guess I'm not the only one who feels that way, given that it did nothing for Furiosa

So you're going by 'flop = bad, success = good' logic?

[NoAngelus]

13 hours ago, Karla Cabello said:

action movies are so ******* boring

Tell me you only watched bad ones without telling me you only watched bad ones. 

[supaspaz]

1 hour ago, NoAngelus said:

So you're going by 'flop = bad, success = good' logic?

No, I’m saying I find the movie overrated and it seems that others may as well since they didn’t show up to the sequel. Can you read?

[NoAngelus]

7 minutes ago, supaspaz said:

No, I'm saying I find the movie overrated and it seems that others may as well since they didn't show up to the sequel. Can you read?

Yes I can and I read nonsense which is why I called you out on it. 

[supaspaz]

1 hour ago, NoAngelus said:

Yes I can and I read nonsense which is why I called you out on it. 

Okay, babe. The movie’s still a flop, whatever explanation suits you.

[NoAngelus]

14 minutes ago, supaspaz said:

Okay, babe. The movie's still a flop, whatever explanation suits you.

As 95% of movies this year so far.

 

Movie is still acclaimed by critics and audience babe. And BO will never be indicator of that.