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Upcoming 2017 films
| December 29th, 2016 at 10:00:03 AM permalink | |
| DRich Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 51 Posts: 4969 | I haven't seen a movie in a theater for about six years but my wife almost has me convinced to join her to see "A Dog's Purpose". She loved the book and it sounds interesting, but I just hate the thought of crying in public. At my age a Life In Prison sentence is not much of a detrrent. |
| December 29th, 2016 at 10:05:53 AM permalink | |
| Ayecarumba Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 89 Posts: 1744 |
I saw the trailer for "Dunkirk" and unless they are holding back the best parts of the film, it doesn't look like it will be very successful. The Lego Batman movie is going to make a lot of money. Just like the original Lego movie, there's alot of jokes that are intended for the adults in the audience, especially about Robin and his costume. The big question for me is if audiences will be able to put up with the gravely voice of the lead for two hours. The trailer for "Despicable Me: 3" that I saw featured a villain with an 80's throwback theme to appeal to the parents and grandparents who will inevitably be buying lots of tickets. The Spiderman reboot trailer I saw had a lot of Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark/Iron Man in it, so much so that it wasn't completely clear that it was a Spiderman film. Sort of how "Captain America: Civil War" wasn't really a Capt. America movie. The two that I am looking forward to seeing are Kong and Guardians 2. Should be fun. |
| December 29th, 2016 at 12:37:18 PM permalink | |
| Fleastiff Member since: Oct 27, 2012 Threads: 62 Posts: 7831 | >I guess I am a traditionalist, so these are the five films I am looking forward to. I'm not looking forward to any of them. Don't know much about them from just the titles but have heard that the Great Wall as being a historical whitewash and so have no interest in it.B Blade Runner Reheated wil be no good. Dunkirk will not show the incredible blundering that created its necessity and will not show the tank that was stopped from advancing by Hitler's personal order. |
| December 29th, 2016 at 12:42:39 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
I never look forward to any movie, there are way too many disappointments. I see movies eventually, as they show up on Nflix or Prime. Going to a theater is such a hassle by comparison, why go thru all that if you don't have to. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 29th, 2016 at 4:21:32 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
My record stands at about 7 years and 5 months :) I reckon that was the elapsed time between The Dark Night and The Force Awakens. Since then I've seen three other movies (Batman v Superman, Arrival and Rogue One, if you must know). I may see Wonder Woman next year, and I'll definitely see Ep. VIII The Force Hits the Snooze Button. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| December 30th, 2016 at 4:16:13 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
A surprising number of adults don't like movies. But equally surprisingly large percentage of the populaion goes to at least one movie per year. The number of tickets sold has been hovering at around 1.3 billion since roughly 1996 while the average price per ticket has doubled in USA and Canada. Candy and popcorn sales keep the huge number of theaters open in Northern America. They are also inordinately dependent on the small subculture that sees at least ten movies per year (mostly teenage boys). But, of course, the real gold mine is foreign box office sales, and in particular China.
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| December 30th, 2016 at 5:07:17 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
And have since the 30's. No theater makes a dime off the movie they rent. Every bit of profit comes from 500-2000% markup on everything the concession sells. It was the same for drive-ins. My wife and her sister go to a movieplex. They have a deal where for $10 you get a big bucket of popcorn, and as many refills as you want for a month. You have to bring the same bucket back each time is the catch. It's a total profit maker, a bucket costs them pennies to make. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 30th, 2016 at 6:07:39 PM permalink | |
| ams288 Member since: Apr 21, 2016 Threads: 29 Posts: 12533 |
I worked at a theater for five years during high school and college. While it is true that the vast majority of a theater's profits come from concessions, to say they never make a dime off of movie tickets is just not true. It depends on a lot of factors, but the longer the movie plays at the theater, the more money the theater will get from it. Theaters have to pay way more to play a movie on its opening weekend than they do on that movie's fourth or fifth weekend. Other things like 3D and IMAX upcharges also help out the theater's profits. Of course, I worked at the theater when they still used film prints. Every week the UPS guy would deliver a bunch of film canisters and we would have to assemble them. Everything is digital now. :( “A straight man will not go for kids.” - AZDuffman |
| December 30th, 2016 at 6:18:53 PM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I knew the guy who was manager for all the theaters in Santa Barbara in the 80's. He said all the profit was from the concessions and none came from ticket sales. They paid the rent, and utilities and employee salaries, but all the owners profit came from popcorn and hot dog and candy sales. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| December 30th, 2016 at 8:00:15 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Before Carmike theaters were sold, they used to state that 800% was there average markup for concessions. It's my understanding that studios are going to try and go back to their plan to sell movies for $50 on pay for view within 2-4 weeks of coming out in boxoffice. But this time they are going to cut the theater circuits in on the profits so they don't fight it tooth and nail like they did a few years ago. Wanda Group by buying AMC corporation may end up controlling all the movies that end up in China.  |