The Blu-ray.com Crystal Ball - Movie Predictions Thread

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

This is basically the thread to make your predictions for anything regarding cinematic releases - critical reviews, audience perception, Box Office, which franchises will still be around in 10 years etc...

Here are a few predictions from me to start things off:

- Wicked Part 1 will be the biggest Box Office hit of the year. It will gross over $1 billion worldwide, with many Wicked and Ariana Grande fans turning out to support the film.

- Deadpool And Wolverine will be heavily praised by both critics and audiences, prompting Kevin Feige to insert Deadpool and Wolverine in a few other MCU projects.

- Mufasa: The Lion King will receive better reviews than the 2019 Lion King.

- Disney will stop making live-action remakes of animated movies after Moana.

- Pirates Of The Caribbean 6 will feature Johnny Depp after all, and this will be announced at D23 2024.

[NARMAK]

The new DCU movies under Gunn will struggle to do huge numbers but may initially get better average scores and the MCU will continue a slight decline in the quality of the majority of the releases over the next 3-4 years.

Avatar might be the only series of movies to nail $1 billion at least for all entries.

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

Originally Posted by NARMAK

The new DCU movies under Gunn will struggle to do huge numbers but may initially get better average scores and the MCU will continue a slight decline in the quality of the majority of the releases over the next 3-4 years.

The DCU is hard to predict, although I do think James Gunn's star power will help.

[Star Lord]

Deadpool 3 will be the only CBM in a long while to have a shot at $1B.

[Atomic Salad]

James Bond will return.

[Cremildo]

Gladiator II will be considered not as great as the original and not win as many Oscars.

[starsteam]

Jurassic World 4 will have mixed reviews
Godzilla vs Kong 3 will have mixed reviews
Ready Player 2 will have mixed reviews and poor box office

I will love all three.

[DR Herbert West]

A sequel to a popular film will be announced. People will complain.

[Benoit Blanc]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

A sequel to a popular film will be announced. People will complain.

A gender-swapped, race-swapped, sexual orientation-swapped remake of a classic film will be announced. People will complain and then cry and then complain some more.

And then they'll cry some more.

And then they'll complain again.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Benoit Blanc

A gender-swapped, race-swapped, sexual orientation-swapped remake of a classic film will be announced. People will complain and then cry and then complain some more.

And then they'll cry some more.

And then they'll complain again.

And they'll still watch it.

[John1701D]

Joker: Folie à Deux will be nominated for several Oscars.

[Mikezilla3k]

Deadpool & Wolverine may start out decent box office wise but will quickly flounder when everyone sees what a shitty made-for-reddit disaster it is and will kill any goodwill that they may have had. Or it will just straight up bomb because of it. Only good thing it will do is having a new run (which will be way better written, thank you Cody Ziegler) on the stands to cash in on it.

As well as Joker 2 tanking hard due to all the artificial controversy surrounding the film being dried up and useless. No one cares about Diet White Knight anymore, especially not with Gunn's DCU on the way.

Gladiator 2 will be one of the biggest box office bombs in history, especially with that bloated 310 million budget. Wicked will also flop badly.

Venom 3 will also be an actual success compared to the two above. May get around 50-60% Tomatometer wise, but it will be a fun film that will make decent money

Nosferatu, Sonic 3, and Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes will all kick ass.

Despite the fans of the original whining about it and calling it "an insult", The Crow remake will also make some decent money for a small action film.

The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohiem will be the Into The Spider-Verse of the year. A licensed animated spinoff that takes everyone by surprise.

(also ib4 the lock)

[s2mikey]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Gladiator II will be considered not as great as the original and not win as many Oscars.

Safest prediciton in the history of predictions. .

I’ll make a safe one myself: any announced Star Wars movies won’t actually come out on time or at all.

[Star Lord]

Dune Part Two will be the next Oppenheimer when it comes to awards next year.

[Gacivory]

Some people will call a movie “woke” for any silly reasons from not liking the camera work, a woman with a job or a person of color walking in the background a mile away, or just about anything!

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Deadpool & Wolverine may start out decent box office wise but will quickly flounder when everyone sees what a shitty made-for-reddit disaster it is and will kill any goodwill that they may have had. Or it will just straight up bomb because of it. Only good thing it will do is having a new run (which will be way better written, thank you Cody Ziegler) on the stands to cash in on it.

This is a heck of a bold prediction. What makes you think it will be bad, out of interest?

Wicked will also flop badly.

It would have to do really bad to flop, considering that we are talking about a film based on one of the most popular musicals in the world (Wicked), starring one of the biggest pop stars right now (Ariana Grande).

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

And they'll still watch it.

Then complain about the things they like do not exist, while ignoring that they do.

[Thebunk]

Here are mine:

Short Term (1 to 3 Years):

- Deadpool and Wolverine will do better than the average Phase 4 \ 5 films from a box office perspective but it will not out gross Guardians 3 which will point to a further decline in revenue and deterioration of goodwill.

- Star Wars (see the above except only Disney Plus viewings will continue to depreciate).

- Disney will invest more in Asian IPs, specifically those with roots in Manga, Anime and Film as it looks to grow its global audience and make up for failures in their other IPs (see above).

- Gunn will score the biggest hit for DC\Warner's since the pre-pandemic.

Long Term:

- Disney will sell off Star Wars and Marvel as it looks to cut costs\debt and increase shareholder confidence and free cash on hand.

[Thebunk]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

And they'll still watch it.

For those that do, will NOT be paying for it, thus driving continued declines in the box office as Hollywood continues to ignore the many recent lessons learned.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Dalekbuster523Bluray

This is a heck of a bold prediction. What makes you think it will be bad, out of interest?



It would have to do really bad to flop, considering that we are talking about a film based on one of the most popular musicals in the world (Wicked), starring one of the biggest pop stars right now (Ariana Grande).

Mainly because the whole "wink at the camera" style of humor that Ryan specializes in has been getting pretty tiring to the ga. Especially with his Netflix films often being mocked and made fun of. Even Free Guys received a lot of eyerolls for it's jokes. Plus the film looks to just be a Memberberries fest for the FoX-Men films which have fallen from grace lately for it being poor adaptations and pushing Wolverine too many times.

And Wicked's 10 minutes of fame has evaporated at this point. It's been basically forgotten before the trailer made people go "oh yeah that was a thing that existed". The whole villain being misunderstood shtick has been overused to where people just pass on it nowadays.