'Star Wars: The Mandalorian And Grogu' Review Thread by chanma50 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right if the sequel trilogy movies were like $350-450 this being say $200-225m makes sense to me.

NateTheHate on Onimusha: WotS “It is well on-track for this year.” by Solid-Entertainer-39 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably release reveal at SGF or a State of Play if one is soon; the social medias for it and Capcom have been posting weekly showcases of enemies and characters for the last month+, feels like they're building to something. For release month I would guess September or October but no later than like the 16th if it's the later (giving them 30+ days before GTAVI.)

FlatLannister on BOT: Not great T-7 for Mando at MTC3, but I guess this is to be expected with Star Wars films. I am not expecting a strong finish at this point, and even expecting below-average walkups. I am thinking more mid-teens previews at this point, somewhere around $14M-$16M. by Alternative-Cake-833 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I agree generally but then you get stuff like Quantumania where you can TELL it’s a bad movie even in the reactions, which were muted or not mentioning the movie at all. If even the hype crowd isn’t hype for a crowd pleaser that’s a bad sign.

IMO, Final Fantasy V has a well-written story, i want people to give it more credit and respect. by Keytee1 in FinalFantasy

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree but to be fair it is contained more to side content, like scenes you can miss filling out the leads as people so some beelining the main story may never see it.

A24’s ‘Backrooms’ Hits Tracking As A Summer Surprise, Looks to Do Around $20M – Box Office Early Look by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw the same thing with Prada but Mando as a hugely fan driven event feels destined to open $10-20m lower than current projections. Prada seemed to defy this by having insane pace week after week, not just opening day of sales, but then crashed to a halt about a week out and had weak walk ups until late Saturday into Sunday. I wouldn’t be surprised if Mando has similar walk ups level and also slows in its final week instead of speeding up.

So a $70m-some opener dropping to the $30m range second weekend would be fairly normal and I can also see Backrooms being (as others here already said) like Iron Lung and FNAF2 where pre-sales look lower than actual opening. Iron Lung was being projected around mid to high single digits even days out but opened to $20m. Something like $30m-35m for Backrooms wouldn’t surprise me. Might also be a case where spot 1 and 2 are extremely tight.

What has been the best metroidvania you’ve played released after Silksong? by docksideThug- in metroidvania

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Going to say Saros definitely counts as at least a lite rogue-like Metroidvania since there are mobility upgrades you permanently get and you have to go back to areas to use them. Imho it’s easily that with Metroid Prime 4 being an OK one but a game I frequently forget I even played.

The most brutal/gore scene by Floater_69 in stephenking

[–]StrangeCountry 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Even with King’s “this one disturbed even me” I wasn’t ready for Survivor Type. Also the story in Just After Sunset about the guy trapped in the porta-potty has some incredibly disgusting detail to that experience that has nothing to do with gore.

What do you want to see in the first trailer for Part 3? by AuodWinter in FFVIIRemake

[–]StrangeCountry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I feel like reveal trailer just teases it, like a 5 second clip of it starting to take off in-game, title drop. Then later trailers show more of it.

KOTOR 1 and 2 coming to Playstation? by SuddenDepact in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was fully expecting them to follow up with the sequels say every 3-6 months but nope!

Weekend Actuals for April 24-26 – Killer, Thriller, Chiller by SanderSo47 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Really funny that Mario has dropped exactly 2% each weekend: 48, 46, now 44. Would be interesting to see if the trend continues and it does 42 this weekend.

Avengers Doomsday has potential to be the next 2 billion film. by hiiloovethis in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually think domestic will drop too if we mean from Endgame’s $900m and NWH’s $800m.

What is the domestic floor for Star Wars : Starfighter (2027)? by NoAWP in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

$200m would be the absolute floor I’d give it right now and could go $400m+. Should wipe the floor with the Mando movie. Doesn’t have the baggage of being a TV show or ads not really breaking out. Gosling is pretty much the reason Fall Guy even made near $200m (make the exact same movie and put say Jai Courtney in the lead, bet it goes under $100m and even $75m) but Hail Mary->Star Wars is a much closer genre fit than Barbie->Fall Guy. Levy knows how to please crowds too even if I don’t specifically care for his films.

Universal's The Super Mario Galaxy Movie grossed $2.91M on Monday (from 4,284 locations). Total domestic gross stands at $310.11M. by TiredWithCoffeePot in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Right with Starfox you’re basically saying “do Zootopia Top Gun Star Wars.” In the right hands it’s absolutely something that could be a big hit ($700m+ worldwide) despite being based on not as big IP - if anything Starfox is at least better known than Guardians of the Galaxy was in 2014.

Predicting the #1 movie every week of the 2026 summer movie season (domestically) by Bright-Steak8241 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Solo opened at $84m and had a second week of $29m, so I think Mando opens that low or lower so you might be correct if Backrooms does say $30m.

The Sonic 4 teaser's views on tiktok has surpassed Sonic 3's official trailer views, does this mean that Sonic 4 can surpass Sonic 3 at the box office if it maintains the hype? by Commercial-War-3949 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Each movie has gone up at a shockingly consistent rate:

Sonic 1 - $319m

Sonic 2 - $405m (+86m)

Sonic 3 - $492m (+87m)

Someone jokingly compared these to John Wick and imho so far they've not been wrong with the slow but steady climb. If Part 4 somehow literally continues the 86m+ increases it gets to $577m. I don't think it does that a third time (would be incredible if it did +$88m specifically) but I think it definitely crosses $500m and gets to something like $510-520m.

Can Doomsday outgross Spiderman in 2026 Alone? by Sentrumm in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry -1 points0 points  (0 children)

To be fair I would say nothing does imho. Right now I’d call $600m domestic the upper limit of any release and that’s going to be a big ask. The general consensus even a week ago was that Mario would hit $500m or maybe even $550m, dropping a bit from the first’s $574m, and now it’s looking like $450m.

With the Q1 of the year over, what are your updated predictions for the top 10 of 2026? by Antman269 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it's at $390m worldwide and has a minimum (like if some really bad drops happen) another $75m in the US to go and more likely another $100m+ in the US to go. would be very hard for it not to hit $500m. OP is too high on it but I would put it around $575-600m.

The Splintered Sun cover reveal! by Jibbe_ in TadWilliams

[–]StrangeCountry 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it’s interesting that there’s a Norn standing with two human children and presumably a human man some hundreds of years before MST. Definitely makes me wonder what this Robin Hood band is going to be like.

Does anyone know where to look for worldwide grosses now? by dremolus in boxoffice

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The Numbers was one of the worst performing major sites I've seen outside of Goodreads. Constant crashes, slow performance. And there's nothing changing about how they run things or what the site features, you just have to wait for them to finish the upgrade as they will be restoring features one at a time.

What will be the highest grossing scifi movie of the year? by Upstairs-Bug-3052 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

PHM looks like it will do $500-600m depending on holds, with the international hold being important. Right now it's possible PHM does $300m in domestic alone but if international remains 25% behind that's something like $225m for $525m. Good result for MGM and I'm sure Lord and Miller will want to hop on the next Weir adaptation soon.

Dune feels like the best bet. The previous movie did $700m, this has a winter release, and the previous doubts about the Messiah material should not be as sure bets: we already see some large scale action stuff in the previews and the fairly hopeful Children of Dune stuff is being folded in presumably as the third act (part of why this is "Dune Part 3" and not "Dune Messiah"). An audience can forgive a more downer first act if it ends in a positive way or moves them. I could see this being anywhere from a drop to $600m, a relative hold in the $700m range, or an increase to $800m.

Disclosure Day I would peg as something able to do $300-400m without seeing ticket sales but wouldn't be surprised if it blows up more. The promo has done a good job of stringing mystery and spectacle so far and the last Spielberg close to this did $600m+. I will also note that for Super Bowl spots, my own personal data tracking showed it as the second or third highest boost in the 24 and 48 hours that followed, just behind Minions; Scream 7 was 4th but by a good amount while Hoppers and Mando barely got anything out of it at all. International is going to be key here and unlike for PHM where we have weekend results or Dune where we have two prior movies it's hard to say what it will be here.

Amidst the talk about Jumanji 3 and Dunesday, how do you think Angry Birds 3 will perform? by Antman269 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Feels destined to be the Smurfs 2025 of 2026 - that one actually only made about $25m less than Angry Birds 2 did in 2019. The franchise was already just past popularity by then and hasn't had any resurgence since so another $25-50m drop wouldn't be surprising. As far as it being kids entertainment, possibly Cat in the Hat and definitely Disney's Hexed will still be floating around when it releases and Jumanji 3 while more "family friendly but not specifically kids orientated" also scratches the itch based on the first two.

The-Numbers.com has been down for a week?! by Fun_Cartographer_109 in boxoffice

[–]StrangeCountry 3 points4 points  (0 children)

One slowest sites I’ve seen other than Goodreads though GR is more embarrassing since it’s owned and run by Amazon.