What Movies Have You Seen Lately?

Quote: Wizard

Of course. It wasn't that long ago.

You have a trailer from 1998, where the top movie, Saving Private Ryan made $30M in the opening weekend and Domestic: $216.5 million. Basically you counted on word of mouth or favorable reviews

I think there was a radical change in movie marketing about 16 years ago with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and especially Spider man.

Today, opening weekend could more or less make or break a movie, trailers had to become huge productions to draw people in for the first three days.

Opening Weekend in millions
Wd, Jul 18, 2001 Jurassic Park III $51
Fri, Jul 27, 2001 Planet of the Apes $69
Fri, Aug 3, 2001 Rush Hour 2 $67
Fri, Aug 10, 2001 American Pie 2 $45
Fri, Nov 2, 2001 Monsters, Inc. $63
Fri, Nov 16, 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $90
Wd, Dec 19, 2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring $47
Fri, Mar 15, 2002 Ice Age $46
Fri, May 3, 2002 Spider-Man $115

I think it changed when the guy with the killer baritone who did the "In a world of..." voice work passed away. He couldn't be replaced.

Anyone seeing the new Blade Runner in IMAX?

Quote: Pacomartin

Today, opening weekend could more or less make or break a movie, trailers had to become huge productions to draw people in for the first three days.

So with production budgets being sky high, what would be the Opening Weekend Budget for sending tons of ringers in to the theater in key markets? Or atleast having them on 'standby' to purchase any unsold tickets at the last minute.

Quote: Fleastiff

So with production budgets being sky high, what would be the Opening Weekend Budget for sending tons of ringers in to the theater in key markets? Or atleast having them on 'standby' to purchase any unsold tickets at the last minute.

Average movie ticket is $8.89 with the studio getting half. So if you could find a million ringers that would $44.5 million dollars for the half going to the theater chains. And that is presuming the million ringers don't expect any more compensation than just a free movie. That's a pretty expensive way to get some minimal publicity.

"It" is expected to break $300 million this weekend on day 30 or 31 , to be the 5th movie so far this year.

Days to $300 million domestic
10 Beauty and the Beast
17 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
22 Wonder Woman
35 Spider-Man: Homecoming

So "It" has a 4 or 5 day lead on Spider-Man.

Quote: Pacomartin

Average movie ticket is $8.89 with the studio getting half. So if you could find a million ringers that would $44.5 million dollars for the half going to the theater chains. And that is presuming the million ringers don't expect any more compensation than just a free movie. That's a pretty expensive way to get some minimal publicity..

Yeah, it would be cheaper to manipulate the figures rather than fiddle with the actual sales. Oh for the days when studios owned the theaters.

Quote: Fleastiff

Yeah, it would be cheaper to manipulate the figures rather than fiddle with the actual sales.

The easiest way to manipulate the figures is with the overseas market. Tom Cruise movies, for instance, have made more money in the foreign market than the domestic market for 28 out of 35 films. In the case of this years "The Mummy" which was very disappointing for the studio in the domestic return, they release the movie overseas first where it will do better.

The Mummy made $91 million in china where ticket prices are lower than the USA. It only made $80 million in the USA and Canada.

% Foreign Ticket Sales movies with Tom Cruise in some part of the movie (sometimes with a limited role)

80.40% 2017 The Mummy (2017)
76.30% 2007 Lions for Lambs
75.70% 2003 The Last Samurai
73.00% 2014 Edge of Tomorrow
71.40% 2015 Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
70.80% 2010 Knight & Day
69.90% 2011 Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
69.10% 2017 American Made
68.90% 2013 Oblivion
66.30% 2006 Mission: Impossible III
65.60% 1999 Eyes Wide Shut
63.80% 2016 Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
63.30% 2012 Jack Reacher
63.10% 2002 Minority Report
60.60% 2000 Mission: Impossible II
60.50% 1996 Mission: Impossible
60.40% 2005 War of the Worlds
58.50% 2008 Valkyrie
57.30% 1992 Far and Away
56.50% 1989 Born on the Fourth of July
54.40% 1988 Cocktail
53.70% 1999 Magnolia
53.60% 2004 Collateral
52.90% 1994 Interview with the Vampire
51.30% 1988 Rain Man
50.50% 2001 Vanilla Sky
50.00% 1986 Top Gun
47.70% 1990 Days of Thunder
43.70% 1996 Jerry Maguire
41.90% 1992 A Few Good Men
41.40% 1993 The Firm
41.20% 2008 Tropic Thunder
35.20% 2012 Rock of Ages
28.10% 2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember

Is Hollywood starting to eat their own? http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-12/nypd-scotland-yard-open-sex-crime-investigations-harvey-weinstein

Quote: petroglyph

Is Hollywood starting to eat their own?

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-10-14/flashback-barbara-walters-shames-pedo-victim-corey-feldman-national-tv-%E2%80%98damaging-ent A lot of pretty hot topics are coming out lately? Looks like "hollyweird" is getting some black eyes?

Joined HBO for a free week, saw La La Land. Man,
was I not prepared. Absolutely, completely blew
my socks off. I had no idea what it was about,
who was in it, or that it was a musical. I sat
stunned and mesmerized for 2 hours that
seemed like 20 minutes.

It just hits it on every level, the acting, the
story, the music. Emma Stone is a wonder,
she deserved to win the big award. Ryan
Gosling underplayed his role to perfection.
Never once was it silly or corny or pretentious.
It's something I'll get on DVD and see it again
and again over the years.

The last time I was this blown away by a musical
was Moulin Rouge in 2001. I have it on DVD.


La La Land is every bit as good.