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Ghostbusters (2016)
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jooka
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I have no idea, I just know secret life of pets is in at least its second week since I saw it on 7/10
DickTrickle
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It's nearly criminal to have a 70 inch TV and watch DVDs on it. So used to HD now I'd think I forgot to put my contacts in watching a DVD on that big a screen.
Abefroman
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I'm pretty sure he means bluray or rips. The same way people still say they are tapeing everything. If not he should be fucking slapped.
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Sony will call it a "resounding success" no matter what, but it will never break even on its production+marketing cost. Hopefully the sequel (if there is one) will be placed into someone else's hands.
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No effing way. Worldwide, perhaps. Next week is F&F in Space, the week after Bourne. I can't see it breaking $100mil, which is one zero too many anyway.
Paul Feg's movies (from boxofficemojo):
...................ww........domestic
Bridesmaids...$288.4...$169.1
The Heat......$229.9...$159.6
Spy.............$235.7...$110.8
Ghostkillers...$65.1.....$46.0
Can you see the pattern?
Now if you excuse me, I'm off to watch Ghostbusters.
EDIT: Formatting is fubar since tabs won't show properly, blame M$.
DickTrickle
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I'm not sure what your point is with those numbers when Ghostbusters isn't open in all markets that it will open it and its run is not over.
190-200 is unrealistic, and BOM actually says so (they were throwing out 190-220 if it performed to the average of other Feig films, but this is more a franchise blockbuster than a Feig comedy in terms of behavior).
190-200 is unrealistic, and BOM actually says so (they were throwing out 190-220 if it performed to the average of other Feig films, but this is more a franchise blockbuster than a Feig comedy in terms of behavior).
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Box-Office Analysis: Why the Reboot May Haunt Sony - Hollywood Reporter
has a good breakdown. Lulz and sonys spin on this shits, they are ecstatic with the numbers. This is the biggest oppening for a live action comedy since 2015 pitch perfect 2
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has a good breakdown. Lulz and sonys spin on this shits, they are ecstatic with the numbers. This is the biggest oppening for a live action comedy since 2015 pitch perfect 2
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khalid
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amigo
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Of course. Lets say 200mil worldwide, 100mil domestic when it closes in a few weeks. That's the pattern I'm seeing.
And when you factor in production budget, it's even 'better' (marketing expenses are probably increasing similarly):
Bridesmaids $32
The Heat $43
Spy $65
Ghostkillers $144
The more $$$ you give him...
So, I am pretty sure there are a few constants, after everything is said and done:
1. It probably won't make back what was put into it. This week was largely inflated due to all the women who went to see it as some sort of fucking hit against the patriarchy. Some are probably crazy enough to go every week, but I bet there were a good amount of people who wanted to see it because of DEM FEELS, and also, like some of the dudes on this board posted, women who wanted to see it because of FEMALE EMPOWERMENT...but then got hugely shut down by the shitshow it was. You're also fucking crazy as shit if you don't think the controversy led to ticket sales. They specifically advertised it as a woman empowerment thing to draw in certain demographics. They knew they'd already screwed the pooch for those of us who remember the original (and even the sequel and cartoons) extremely fondly and have been dying for a ghostbusters 3. (And imo, we got it with the video game a few years back - that was as close as we were going to get.)
2. It will still be called a resounding success by Sony - they'll say some shit like, it wasn't a success financially, but it had women leads and we've proven women leads work! Completely ignoring actual good movies with amazing female leads in them.
@Rengak: You make a good point, but let's be honest: The majority of the controversy started because Feig and Co went bonkers about the misogyny shit. Yea, some people went nuts because it was all women, but far more were angry about the direction it was going in in general, and NORMAL fanboy criticisms were instead painted as misogynistic rants from manboys. Normal movies are going to get panned early and have criticisms against them; long entrenched franchises/major series that come with their own audience are going to blow that up to an extraordinary amount. They had to know that going in, but instead of just taking it like most everyone else has, (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc) they tried to pretend it was something insidious.
And BAM. I think Maddox said it best, that the misogyny shit is a perfect excuse for mediocrity. They knew they had lost a bunch of sales already due to how shitty it looked - a way to garner some interest/more sales was to put it out there like this was a giant leap for women and anyone who doesn't see it is a member of the He Man Woman Hater's Club.
After this fiasco, I'd like to apply for membership.
1. It probably won't make back what was put into it. This week was largely inflated due to all the women who went to see it as some sort of fucking hit against the patriarchy. Some are probably crazy enough to go every week, but I bet there were a good amount of people who wanted to see it because of DEM FEELS, and also, like some of the dudes on this board posted, women who wanted to see it because of FEMALE EMPOWERMENT...but then got hugely shut down by the shitshow it was. You're also fucking crazy as shit if you don't think the controversy led to ticket sales. They specifically advertised it as a woman empowerment thing to draw in certain demographics. They knew they'd already screwed the pooch for those of us who remember the original (and even the sequel and cartoons) extremely fondly and have been dying for a ghostbusters 3. (And imo, we got it with the video game a few years back - that was as close as we were going to get.)
2. It will still be called a resounding success by Sony - they'll say some shit like, it wasn't a success financially, but it had women leads and we've proven women leads work! Completely ignoring actual good movies with amazing female leads in them.
@Rengak: You make a good point, but let's be honest: The majority of the controversy started because Feig and Co went bonkers about the misogyny shit. Yea, some people went nuts because it was all women, but far more were angry about the direction it was going in in general, and NORMAL fanboy criticisms were instead painted as misogynistic rants from manboys. Normal movies are going to get panned early and have criticisms against them; long entrenched franchises/major series that come with their own audience are going to blow that up to an extraordinary amount. They had to know that going in, but instead of just taking it like most everyone else has, (Star Trek, Star Wars, etc) they tried to pretend it was something insidious.
And BAM. I think Maddox said it best, that the misogyny shit is a perfect excuse for mediocrity. They knew they had lost a bunch of sales already due to how shitty it looked - a way to garner some interest/more sales was to put it out there like this was a giant leap for women and anyone who doesn't see it is a member of the He Man Woman Hater's Club.
After this fiasco, I'd like to apply for membership.
Siddar
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My guess is some accountant somewhere in Hollywood had this movie projected at 500 million. Enough to pay for the cost of making it and the cost of the next one as well.
khalid
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Well, this movie seems to have been pushed internally as "wouldn't it be awesome if we rebooted Ghostbusters but with an all-female cast!". That is both stupid and lazy. So yeah, if this movie fails, I think its just a bit less likely that they will take some other franchise and go "wouldn't be awesome if we rebooted Back To The Future but with an all-female cast!".
Hell, I wouldn't even mind a Back To The Future reboot with an a female Marty and Dr. Brown, as long as you have something to add other than that. If that is the only thing you can come up with, go fuck yourself.