Box Office Showdown (7/30-8/1) Jungle Cruise, Green Knight, Stillwater

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

We've seen a lot of derivative sequels this year. The best movies of the year so far are: Green Knight, Limbo, Black Widow, New Order and The Sparks Brothers.

As usual. Those are the ones mainstream audiences pay to see. So can't blame the studios.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

As usual. Those are the ones mainstream audiences pay to see. So can't blame the studios.

It's a vicious circle...

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

It's a vicious circle...

Yep. Why I see all movies (big and Little) to equal it out.

[Underworld54]

Jungle Cruise apparently hit an iceberg and sank.

[BluBonnet]

Yes. There are way too many icebergs in the Amazon

[Underworld54]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Yes. There are way too many icebergs in the Amazon

There in lies the joke...such a failure that it encountered an iceberg in the Amazon. I thought the sarcasm was obvious.

[Zivouhr]

Jungle Cruise 2021 Box Office Mojo Report of opening weekend
Grosses
Domestic (55.3%)
$34,200,000
International (44.7%)
$27,630,000
Worldwide
$61,830,000


View Poll Results: Over or under $35 million for Jungle Cruise?
Over 33.33%
Under 66.67%

I said 35 million or over. Close anyway for the US. It just said in general and didn't specify where.

I saw Green Knight but wish I saw Jungle Cruise that day for a more exciting movie. Green Knight is an acquired taste for those with tremendous patience. I won't bother with Jungle Cruise now though either. Only way was for the 3D and that won't be available probably by next week.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

I thought the sarcasm was obvious.

Same here

[Zivouhr]

The Green Knight Box Office Opening Weekend:
Grosses
Domestic (100%)
$6,784,000
International (–)
–
Worldwide
$6,784,000
2,790 theaters

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by John1701D

Not very good movies fatigue.

Theatres should give out Excedrin Migraine to everyone who decides to watch Snake Eyes.

[MazeRunner]

Old barely ended up beating Green Knight

FINAL WKND #BoxOffice:

#JungleCruise opened higher than estimated with $35M & $8k avg. 4th best opening of 2021.
#Old dropped to 2nd place with $6.8M ($30.7M after 10 days).
#TheGreenKnight debuted at #3 with $6.7M.
#BlackWidow fell 44% to $6.5M ($167.1M cume).

[xbs2034]

Originally Posted by Underworld54

There in lies the joke...such a failure that it encountered an iceberg in the Amazon. I thought the sarcasm was obvious.

I think the general sense is it opened okay, all things considered. Black Widow and F9 didn’t have perfect conditions either, but the pandemic box office challenges have gotten harder since then (look at polls, dramatic return on pandemic anxiety and more believing disruptions will now continue into 2022 than just a month ago).

Now something like Snake Eyes we can easily say just bombed, but we are probably going to need to adjust expectations for a while based on what is going on in the country and world.

[DrWally]

For all the criticism that gets hurled his way over the years (usually in the online fraternity), Shyamalan almost always performs where it counts. There are clearly enough someones somewhere around that like what he does to keep the wheels turning.

He'll get to continue doing his highly singular and idiosyncratic thing for a while yet.

[mwynn]

Originally Posted by DrWally

For all the criticism that gets hurled his way over the years (usually in the online fraternity), Shyamalan almost always performs where it counts. There are clearly enough someones somewhere around that like what he does to keep the wheels turning.

He'll get to continue doing his highly singular and idiosyncratic thing for a while yet.

Agreed, yet what kind of person would want certain movies to end because they do not like them?

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by karimbenz

Especially since none of this movies cost more then 25m and he always takes on the role of producer to mitigate any risks. Think he told himself that he'll never do another 150m production after After Earth.

Not likely anyone would trust him with a $150m production, either

[Bugg]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

Not likely anyone would trust him with a $150m production, either

Universal recently forked out $400 Million for a new Exorcist trilogy. A franchise that has not been successful since the original film in 1973. Never question the entertainment industry's willingness to take foolish risks with lots of money.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Never question the entertainment industry's willingness to take foolish risks with lots of money.

I don't question their willingness to take risks on proven IPs. Talent is another story.

[Bugg]

Originally Posted by BluBonnet

I don't question their willingness to take risks on proven IPs. Talent is another story.

Alex Kurtzman just got a $160M contract to keep ruining Star Trek for another 5 years.

[BluBonnet]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Alex Kurtzman just got a $160M contract to keep ruining Star Trek for another 5 years.

Which, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with what I was saying...

[DrWally]

Originally Posted by Bugg

Alex Kurtzman just got a $160M contract to keep ruining Star Trek for another 5 years.

Paramount have been treating Star Trek fans like something stuck to the bottom of their shoe for decades, and yet the penny never drops with said fans that they're just not part of this equation.