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Welp, he was wrong about the pandemic being over by the Fall. Wonder if he’s cool delaying release by another year to keep his artistic integrity of cinema in a communal viewing vehicle?The director was not pleased when it was originally announced that Dune would also be released on the HBO Max platform...
‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Blasts HBO Max Deal
‘Dune’ Director Denis Villeneuve Blasts HBO Max Deal (EXCLUSIVE)
I learned in the news that Warner Bros. has decided to release "Dune" on HBO Max at the same time as our theatrical release.variety.com
Directors and theater chains may have to face reality that things are not getting back to normal in the foreseeable future. Not a single movie has come close to breaking 200 million. I have been a couple times and I admit, this guy having a coughing attack in the back of the theater has made me hesitant to return but I will since I am vaccinated. Both times the theater was maybe a third full, if that, to boot. The wife and I have friends that still refuse to go.Welp, he was wrong about the pandemic being over by the Fall. Wonder if he’s cool delaying release by another year to keep his artistic integrity of cinema in a communal viewing vehicle?
Directors and theater chains may have to face reality that things are not getting back to normal in the foreseeable future. Not a single movie has come close to breaking 200 million. I have been a couple times and I admit, this guy having a coughing attack in the back of the theater has made me hesitant to return but I will since I am vaccinated. Both times the theater was maybe a third full, if that, to boot. The wife and I have friends that still refuse to go.
If you are a studio, you will get more people in front of the film simultaneously releasing it in the theater and streaming until things get back to normal. It sucks because I love the theater experience but things are not looking good in terms of getting back to normal in theaters. You can't force people back to them either. It likely won't work.
Directors and theater chains may have to face reality that things are not getting back to normal in the foreseeable future. Not a single movie has come close to breaking 200 million. I have been a couple times and I admit, this guy having a coughing attack in the back of the theater has made me hesitant to return but I will since I am vaccinated. Both times the theater was maybe a third full, if that, to boot. The wife and I have friends that still refuse to go.
If you are a studio, you will get more people in front of the film simultaneously releasing it in the theater and streaming until things get back to normal. It sucks because I love the theater experience but things are not looking good in terms of getting back to normal in theaters. You can't force people back to them either. It likely won't work.
Add Ghostbuster to the list as a possibility too. It was getting good buzz off of its trailer. Those four are probably the only ones with a chance and it'll depend on how covid goes between now and then. The rest of the release lineup for the year is pretty weak.this is true, but they did keep the biggest of the biggies off the schedule. Even F9, you’re looking at a decent haul of 163 million and counting domestic. F8 barely scratched 200 domestic. Without the Rock and Brian (forgot the guy who died’s name), the series was bound to start suffering from the law of diminishing returns.
Widow just felt like yesterday’s news. It probably makes another 40 million than it would have as is, but I would have been STUNNED if it made over 300 domestic.
Quiet Place 2 probably makes a little more too, but not much more than the original.
biggest test will be Holidays time. The final Craig Bond and new Spider-Man and Top Gun 2 will be the better test of if the box office is really going to come back. If none of those break 200 million domestic, that ain’t good.
Add Ghostbuster to the list as a possibility too. It was getting good buzz off of its trailer. Those four are probably the only ones with a chance and it'll depend on how covid goes between now and then. The rest of the release lineup for the year is pretty weak.
After last weekend I don't think BW gets another $40m unless they drag it out in the theaters. It dropped another 55% this weekend and only did $11.6m. It's probably going to end up in the $175-180 range.
I'm looking at Ghostbuster as a wildcard. It might do what you're saying due to how bad 2016 hurt the franchise. I think there might still be enough goodwill from the first 2 though that if it's a good and fun movie then it might over perform. I can really see it going either way.I doubt Ghostbusters breaks 120. I think that brand just doesn’t have a lot of value at this point because of the 2016 reboot and the fact that it’s not going the Force Awakens route making the old guys major characters who are handing off to the younger generation. The old guys are supppsed to make appearances but not to the extent Harrison Ford and Fisher did in Awakens.
And agree on Widow. It ain’t getting to 200. That said, Disney showed it made 60 million opening weekend on streaming. And after all this time, an opening weekend of 140 million combined sounds about right if it were comparable to normal times.
what I think is happening is that 75% of diehard movie fans are going opening weekend to the biggies (F9, Widow) but after that first rush, there’s still a ton of people hesistant to go to the theaters so whatever movies would have legs, pretty much have none at this point, unless they’re really good... like Quiet Place 2 had decent legs before it jumped to Paramount Plus.
An unintended consequence for this might be that we start seeing more independent originals instead of huge tentpole movies because the profit margin is lower than it used to be.I doubt Ghostbusters breaks 120. I think that brand just doesn’t have a lot of value at this point because of the 2016 reboot and the fact that it’s not going the Force Awakens route making the old guys major characters who are handing off to the younger generation. The old guys are supppsed to make appearances but not to the extent Harrison Ford and Fisher did in Awakens.
And agree on Widow. It ain’t getting to 200. That said, Disney showed it made 60 million opening weekend on streaming. And after all this time, an opening weekend of 140 million combined sounds about right if it were comparable to normal times.
what I think is happening is that 75% of diehard movie fans are going opening weekend to the biggies (F9, Widow) but after that first rush, there’s still a ton of people hesistant to go to the theaters so whatever movies would have legs, pretty much have none at this point, unless they’re really good... like Quiet Place 2 had decent legs before it jumped to Paramount Plus.
An unintended consequence for this might be that we start seeing more independent originals instead of huge tentpole movies because the profit margin is lower than it used to be.
This. The diehards are going early and the casuals have not returned. Even Quiet Place 2, which I watched in the theater with the wife, I knew multiple people who were going to wait until it hit streaming. They had no intention of seeing it in the theater. That's the movie I mentioned earlier where we had the guy hacking a lung. I swear I almost stood up and said..."this is supposed to be the Quiet Place".what I think is happening is that 75% of diehard movie fans are going opening weekend to the biggies (F9, Widow) but after that first rush, there’s still a ton of people hesistant to go to the theaters so whatever movies would have legs, pretty much have none at this point, unless they’re really good... like Quiet Place 2 had decent legs before it jumped to Paramount Plus.
I've been hoping that Joker might have helped with this. A $55m R rated moving bringing in over a billion at the box office had to have caught the eye of an executive or two. I'm hoping we see more of that with the big blockbusters starting to struggle.I hope so, but my fear is the little movies make literally next to nothing and are relegated to the streaming platforms of the world forever. but I would love to see a comeback of the mid-budget major... the 20-40 million dollar adult movies that seem to have gone the way of the dodo.
I've been hoping that Joker might have helped with this. A $55m R rated moving bringing in over a billion at the box office had to have caught the eye of an executive or two. I'm hoping we see more of that with the big blockbusters starting to struggle.
The budget for Old was only $18 million. (Self-financed by M. Night) Almost immediately profitable even with reduced theater numbers.I hope so, but my fear is the little movies make literally next to nothing and are relegated to the streaming platforms of the world forever. but I would love to see a comeback of the mid-budget major... the 20-40 million dollar adult movies that seem to have gone the way of the dodo.
The budget for Old was only $18 million. (Self-financed by M. Night) Almost immediately profitable even with reduced theater numbers.