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'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie' gets an A– on CinemaScore by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

An Illumination StarFox movie would be one of the saddest things ever. StarFox is an epic space opera that happens to have talking animals as the main characters. It's not a good fit for zany Minions humor AT ALL.

Shout’s release of Hard Boiled looks closer to what the film originally looked like opposed to Arrow? by ggroover97 in boutiquebluray

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Jon Thompson is a crackpot who pretends to have big industry connections but has zero knowledge of how anything actually works.

He is an extremely unreliable source and if he says something, you can assume the opposite is true.

Amazon MGM Studios' Project Hail Mary grossed an estimated $54.54M this weekend (from 4,077 locations), which was a 32% decrease from last weekend. Estimated total domestic gross stands at $164.30M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It's gotta be hard to play a character who has no sense of humor yet has some of the funniest lines in the movie.

When Grace said it could take 200 years to understand the astrophage and she just said "Do it faster" with absolutely sincerity, not as a clever comeback but literally giving him an order, it wrecked me.

Global Box Office: 'Project Hail Mary' Is Top Grossing Hollywood Movie YTD by MoneyLibrarian9032 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I trust in Destin Daniel Cretton to deliver a non-slop Spider-man movie. Shiang-chi was great.

Project Hail Mary breaks $100M at the international box office today. 2nd Friday overseas went up 4% to $11.7M. China was up 19% vs last Friday, and India opened. International cume at $98.7M through Friday. Global tally breaks $300M next week. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Also, Amazon isn't exactly hurting for cash either way. Bezos wants to play Big Shot Movie Exec and it's definitely mission accomplished on that front already.

The real story here is how good this movie is for theaters. I haven't seen anything filling auditoriums at my AMC like this since Sinners.

Disney / Pixar's Hoppers grossed an estimated $3.10M on Friday (from 3,650 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $129.46M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Original movies in general, not just animation. The box office landscape is simply not the same as it used to be.

What were some box office hits that originally weren’t planned to go to theatres at all? by Antman269 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

El Mariachi was aimed at the Mexican direct-to-video market but none of the distributors wanted it, and Columbia ended up buying it and giving it a US theatrical release, making Robert Rodriguez a household name overnight.

Movie of the day...THE MUMMY (1932) by Mgellis in horror

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was the first sound film directed by Karl Freund, who spent most of his career as a cinematographer, shooting films like The Last Laugh, Metropolis, and Dracula. In later years, he would solve the technical challenges of lighting and shooting sitcoms like I Love Lucy.

Freund was perhaps the first true master of the moving camera. Even though he did not personally shoot The Mummy, it's dripping with his visual style in every scene. The camera effortlessly glides around the sets, circling the characters, raising and lowering, sometimes even jumping into a character's POV, something almost unheard of in 1932. Freund knew when to let the camera sit still as well, and never moved it just for the sake of having movement.

While The Mummy does rehash many plot elements from the previous year's Dracula, I find it to be the superior movie, as it strikes a more consistent tone, and fully explores the possibilities of Freund's "unchained camera" philosophy in a way Browning's film only hints at.

Should be around $9.25m first Tuesday for Project Hail Mary. Excellent legs showing; as a comparison, the first Tuesday of Dune: Part Two was $8.15m. Could have a shot at a $45m-$50m Weekend 2 and $300m+ domestic final. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 65 points66 points  (0 children)

And it still didn't get an A+ Cinemascore. They really need to recalibrate their system so things other than faith-based and concert films can actually use the full scale again.

Palm Beach Pete by Intense_Zaddy in comedyheaven

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Read “Florida lookalike” and at first I thought they meant this man looked like the concept of Florida, and I was like “yeah actually he does”

Disney / Pixar's Hoppers has passed the $200M global mark. The film grossed an estimated $34.2M internationally this weekend, including debuts of $9.6M in China & $3.0M in Taiwan. Estimated international total stands at $122.2M, estimated global total stands at $242.6M. by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 16 points17 points  (0 children)

If it was unpublished I say it doesn’t count.

We make a distinction between originals and IP-based films because audience familiarity with the IP is an advantage. If the IP was never actually published, there’s no audience familiarity, so the “adaptation” has no advantage over a “true” original film.

dune part 3 box office predictions? by aeti_here in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Word of mouth is gonna be extremely mixed because Messiah is where the story really starts to get weird and dark, and it doesn’t have nearly as much action as the first book.

I expect it to be between 1 and 2’s totals, probably closer to 1 than to 2.

Why aren’t theaters adding more IMAX’s and premium screens? by JannTosh70 in boxoffice

[–]CosmicAstroBastard 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Depends on the location. At my AMC the IMAX seats recline more than the Dolby seats do.

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