Movie Thread

Legend · May 05, 2018, 02:48 AM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on May 04, 2018, 03:36 PMSo the weird Japanese movie I saw:
Basically there's this couple, who experiences days backwards from each other.

So her last day with him is his first day with her.
She doesn't remember his yesterday, she only knows what to do because he told her what she did.

They get to see each other for a month every 5 years. And they date when they are 20. And he tells her about it when she is 15 and he's 25.

They both saved each other's like when the one was 35, and the other was 5.

I feel like I've seen a western movie with the same premise.

the-pi-guy · May 05, 2018, 03:48 AM

Quote from: Legend on May 05, 2018, 02:48 AMI feel like I've seen a western movie with the same premise.

I wonder what it would have been.
Its kind of an interesting premise, I don't even know of any that are similar. The movie wasn't the best, but it was alright.

The closest one that I can think of is Benjamin Button, but even that's still pretty different from this.

Legend · May 05, 2018, 04:23 AM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on May 05, 2018, 03:48 AMI wonder what it would have been.
Its kind of an interesting premise, I don't even know of any that are similar. The movie wasn't the best, but it was alright.

The closest one that I can think of is Benjamin Button, but even that's still pretty different from this.

Haha I figured it out

Spoiler for Hidden:

Xevross · May 05, 2018, 04:53 PM

Not a very impressive Friday (relatively) for Infinity War, looks like the spillover is ending and the legs aren't going to be anything special. Tomorrow we'll get a better picture but >TFA WW is looking less likely.

Obviously its still looking very good though, that's why we're comparing it to the $2bn+ films and not Avengers 1/ Jurassic World area.

Dr. Pezus · May 05, 2018, 05:49 PM

Quote from: Xevross on May 05, 2018, 04:53 PMNot a very impressive Friday (relatively) for Infinity War, looks like the spillover is ending and the legs aren't going to be anything special. Tomorrow we'll get a better picture but >TFA WW is looking less likely.

Obviously its still looking very good though, that's why we're comparing it to the $2bn+ films and not Avengers 1/ Jurassic World area.

Yeah I think the good but not incredible reviews will bring it down a bit

Xevross · May 06, 2018, 04:30 PM

Weekend is estimated at $112m domestic. That's decent. Looks good for $600m+ domestic for sure but $700m might be slipping away. Speaking of $700m, Black Panther should be getting there soon, it had another fantastic weekend and is now only $7m away, certain to get there as it made over $3m this weekend alone.

BP gobal is now $1.338bn. Infinity War is already at $1.164bn, it made it to $1bn on Saturday, took 11 days. That's a new record, taken from TFA which took 12 days to reach 1 bil. Overseas legs are looking a bit better than domestic as well. $2bn is going to depend on how big China is going to be, but its looking good.

Fun fact, Infinity War has made more money overseas than The Last Jedi already (and Black Panther of course).

Oh and another fun fact (ish), Infinity War has already dropped below BP launch aligned in the US in terms of daily grosses. It might not ever get back in front.

the-pi-guy · May 06, 2018, 04:58 PM

What a shame .

Legend · May 06, 2018, 05:00 PM

Crazy that Black Panther will make more money than Infinity War.

Dr. Pezus · May 06, 2018, 05:38 PM

Quote from: Legend on May 06, 2018, 05:00 PMCrazy that Black Panther will make more money than Infinity War.

How is that even possible

Xevross · May 06, 2018, 06:54 PM

Quote from: Legend on May 06, 2018, 05:00 PMCrazy that Black Panther will make more money than Infinity War.

Well I guess Black Panther just took off in America. I don't think BP is going to be even close to IW's gross in any other country. IW has a very strong chance (in fact I'd say its more likely than now) to more than double BP's overseas take. But its more likely to fall short of even matching BP domestically. Crazy.

Quote from: Dr. Pezus on May 06, 2018, 05:38 PMHow is that even possible

America is just weird in so many ways

The China pre-sales tracking expert on BOT is still projecting a $230-260m opening weekend for IW, and now he says he's being a bit conservative. This is going to destroy the record for sure, but legs will be really key. Normally China is much more frontloaded (for example, about 2/3 of BP's total China gross was in the opening weekend). If IW manages to make double its opening weekend then that's an incredible performance and $2bn will be hit easily.

Xevross · May 07, 2018, 02:18 PM

Lol IW's box office performance is a complete rollercoaster ride. After slightly disappointing friday and saturday jumps, the sunday hold is fantastic and now people don't know what to think

With the releases of DP2 and Solo coming up, and the unknown effects they'll have on IW's legs, this really could go anywhere in the 1.75-2.5b range it seems. Normally people would have a much better idea by now for a film's overall gross.

the-pi-guy · May 07, 2018, 02:46 PM

IW sped up .

Xevross · May 07, 2018, 04:29 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on May 07, 2018, 02:46 PMIW sped up .

Sped up?

the-pi-guy · May 07, 2018, 04:49 PM

Quote from: Xevross on May 07, 2018, 04:29 PMSped up?

Its pretty meaningless.

It saw a bigger day to day increase than TFA, for the second weekend. (Mostly due to being behind over the week).

It was 2 days behind to reach $350m, but only 1 day behind to reach $400m.
(But it'll fall behind again.)

Strong weekend.

Xevross · May 07, 2018, 05:51 PM

Quote from: the-Pi-guy on May 07, 2018, 04:49 PMIts pretty meaningless.

It saw a bigger day to day increase than TFA, for the second weekend. (Mostly due to being behind over the week).

It was 2 days behind to reach $350m, but only 1 day behind to reach $400m.
(But it'll fall behind again.)

Strong weekend.

TFA is a very bad comparison for most films, for quite a few reasons. It would have been absolutely shocking if the friday jump for IW was less than it was for TFA (+80%). TFA had monumentally high weekdays, thanks to Christmas period and other reasons, and still saw an okay jump at the weekend too. That's why it holds the record 2nd weekend by an extremely wide margin at $149m (in fact IW has just gone into 2nd place with $115.5m, ahead of BP).

A general rule of thumb is that you can only compare films with the same school status (open or closed for holidays). And another is that TFA was a weird monster and shouldn't really be used for comparisons anyway

Since its true friday, infinity war has been performing close to The Avengers, so we were looking for a +135% friday, but it only hit +102%. That's comparable to BP, so not so bad but people were hoping for better. Sure its a lot better than TFA, but most films will be for Friday jump.

MCU films are famous for their big Saturday jumps, and IW managed +48%. That's a bit more than Avengers (+46%) but nowhere near enough a jump big enough to make up for Friday. Also, since the friday jump was close to BP we were looking for a weekend more like that, but BP's sat jump was a much bigger +65%.

The Sunday hold was better than Avengers and BP, so overall the weekend was solid. However its now clear its not going to match Avenger's legs and $700m dom is looking less likely.