Box-Office Showdown (8/4 - 8/6) Dreamin' Wild, Meg 2, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

[prkchopexpress]

the success of the meg was a fluke. i don’t know why they could repeat it.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

the success of the meg was a fluke. i don’t know why they could repeat it.

Yet it seems they are. Most of the first movie's success came from overseas and it seems to be doing around the same again, so i'm not sure how it was a fluke. There's a demand for monster movies, most of them are much more popular internationally than in North America, which is why they keep on making more. There's a clear pattern that has been established for close to a decade now for these kind of movies.

[prkchopexpress]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

Yet it seems they are. Most of the first movie's success came from overseas and it seems to be doing around the same again, so i'm not sure how it was a fluke. There's a demand for monster movies, most of them are much more popular internationally than in North America, which is why they keep on making more. There's a clear pattern that has been established for close to a decade now for these kind of movies.

we had this discussion the first time when the first movie came out. the meg is a terrible movie, regardless of how much money it made. the novelty has worn off and that is why is not as successful here for the sequel.

if your standards are low, you should have no problem finding lots of shark movies on tubi. or direct to video garbage on streaming. because they will always keep making them.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

we had this discussion the first time when the first movie came out. the meg is a terrible movie, regardless of how much money it made. the novelty has worn off and that is why is not as successful here for the sequel.

if your standards are low, you should have no problem finding lots of shark movies on tubi. or direct to video garbage on streaming. because they will always keep making them.

You're the one who said the first movie's success was a fluke, all I said was that it can't be a fluke if the second one is literally pulling in the same numbers internationally. If you had the exact same conversation when the first one came out, that means you were literally wrong twice, why would you double down on it?

Also, I found the second movie absolutely terrible but thanks for passing judgement so quickly on others?

Anyway, we're talking about trivial stuff here (the box office of giant shark movies afterall), i'm not quite sure why you are taking this so seriously.

[levcore]

Originally Posted by fred25_Ca

You're the one who said the first movie's success was a fluke, all I said was that it can't be a fluke if the second one is literally pulling in the same numbers internationally. If you had the exact same conversation when the first one came out, that means you were literally wrong twice, why would you double down on it?

Also, I found the second movie absolutely terrible but thanks for passing judgement so quickly on others?

Anyway, we're talking about trivial stuff here (the box office of giant shark movies afterall), i'm not quite sure why you are taking this so seriously.

Posters like that are best ignored imo, they always seem miserable and angry and are very quick to insult others. Not exactly a winning combination for a healthy discussion.

[fred25_Ca]

Originally Posted by levcore

Posters like that are best ignored imo, they always seem miserable and angry and are very quick to insult others. Not exactly a winning combination for a healthy discussion.

Thank you. I'll never understand fellow movie lovers who come here to denigrate others, it really ruins the fun of this place. I try to post less and less these days because of these kind of answers but then I get posts like yours and it reminds me why we come here in the first place!

[RevolverOcelScott]

Going to see The Meg 2 on Thursday. Didn't get around to seeing the first, but with Regal Unlimited, I'll see pretty much anything. I expect to be entertained but I'm also not looking for Oscar caliber filmmaking.

[Invid Ninja]

As a fan of particularly the first two Steve Alten Meg novels and had a good time with the first film as a 3-star cheeseburger adaptation, I also found The Trench to be a brisky, hearty and very, very silly (what is underwater pressure? Oops) chomp romp. I'd go for one more Meg ride in the cinema, why not? I'm sure folk like 'prkchplookatmyFromBeyondAvatar' will seethe at my apparent 'low standards' but bite me.

Slightly off topic but it's a shame here in the UK one other new release Joy Ride is seemingly going to sink without a trace, that's genuinely one of the better films I've seen theatrically this year.

[Deadend45]

The shark was no match for Barbie.

[Bugg]

Interesting that the Top 3 biggest grossing films of the year (Mario, Barbie, Spidey) combined, cost $300M to make.

Meanwhile:

Fast X - $340M
Indy 5 - $300M
MI:7 - $290M

[cheez avenger]

Originally Posted by prkchopexpress

the success of the meg was a fluke. i don’t know why they could repeat it.

Here's your fluke:

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt4779682/


It made a ton of money. was a Chinese co-production featuring popular Chinese actors.

The same with Meg 2 and now Wu Jing is in part 2. Yes, this will make a ton of money overseas, as well.