The BJMDDS General Discussion Thread......

[Omega]

Wow they moved bourne back a week Is it cause it's not testing good or they really are worried about Total Recall.

Really don't can about Total Recall feel like I've seen it already

[Kristatos]

Here's something for Kris:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PifvRiHVSCY[/video]

Thanks, FBF. I had already seen it, thought it looked quite impressive for a medium-budget movie, visually speaking, but I wonder if it is distinctive enough to bring in people who aren't already Dredd fans.

[katied]

Caught the end of an episode of Flashpoint. def. going to try and watch it again.

[bjmdds]

MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS: Friday:
Buena Vista 2,230 screens $2,055,000
MIB 3: Sony / Columbia 2,462 $1,750,000----- As was predicted here, the Avengers has overtaken MIB 3 now at the box office, even after being released for more weeks and playing at fewer screens.

[bjmdds]

"The Dark Knight Rises: The Dark Knight is the second-highest grossing comic book adaptation ever overseas with $469 million—still, compared to its domestic total of $533 million, that seems like an unremarkable number. In the four years since that movie was released, though, the international marketplace has expanded significantly, and The Dark Knight seems to be highly regarded (two years later, Christopher Nolan's Inception earned $533 million overseas). The promise that this is the end of Nolan's Batman story should also help, and the movie has a very good chance of becoming one of the highest-grossing movies ever on an overseas basis.
Forecast: $850 million" -Boxofficemojo

[bjmdds]

http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=i ... herday.htm FBF, wherefore art thou? Mendes wants Shakespeare so he'll get it. CHINA was not in play for DAD. It was for both of DC's films with $11 million and $21 million respectively done there. How much would China have added to DAD's total? Will Smith seems huge there with MIB 3. Was Pierce popular there? In fact, there were a LOT more countries in play for DC's films over Pierce's so why isn't this being discussed by Eon as a reason Pierce's classic 4 films did not even do better? http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=i ... bond21.htm http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=i ... bond22.htm FBF, we cannot ignore this insult to Pierce's legacy.

[bjmdds]

GREEN VEGETABLE:
O Danny, Danny! wherefore art thou Danny?
Deny thy boss and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Broc-o-lli

[FormerBondFan]

FBF, we cannot ignore this insult to Pierce's legacy.

It would be an insult even more if Bond 23 makes more than both CR and QOS at the box office (even with rising ticket prices to mask the lower attendance), especially here in the US by a tiny bit. If it does, then it's time to send in the weirdo types as Bond as a response of how stupid the general public (especially those in the US) really are.

[bjmdds]

But ticket prices are so high compared to 2008 that $600 million total is no big deal these days. The Bat, Potter, The Hobbit probably, and the Avengers, have established the $1 billion mark as the NEW gold standard and MI:4 has set the bar for spy films. With zero competition it's opening weekend, we are hoping for an UNDER $60 million USA total FBF.

[FormerBondFan]

But ticket prices are so high compared to 2008 that $600 million total is no big deal these days.

But if Bond 23 surpasses CR's $594 million even by a tiny bit, I'm giving up bringing back the traditional Bond. And if it surpasses QOS' $168 million even by a tiny bit, I'm giving up bringing back the traditional Bond.

With zero competition it's opening weekend, we are hoping for an UNDER $60 million USA total FBF.

It has to gross less than $55 million. QOS lost money in the inside since rising ticket prices masked the attendance drop, and what Bond 23 needs is to lose money both inside and outside.

[bjmdds]

$821 million, $783 million, and $890 million are the 3 box office totals for Tobey's Spiderman. In two weeks, we prepare for the embarrassment of Garfield the cat's interpretation of the role in this 'darker' version.

[bjmdds]

But ticket prices are so high compared to 2008 that $600 million total is no big deal these days.

But if Bond 23 surpasses CR's $594 million even by a tiny bit, I'm giving up bringing back the traditional Bond. And if it surpasses QOS' $168 million even by a tiny bit, I'm giving up bringing back the traditional Bond.

With zero competition it's opening weekend, we are hoping for an UNDER $60 million USA total FBF.

It has to gross less than $55 million. QOS lost money in the inside since rising ticket prices masked the attendance drop, and what Bond 23 needs is to lose money both inside and outside.

Sony must realize DC's days are over. The human stalk will never let him go. If a profit is shown, it must be substantial for what's the point if a huge profit is not realized. My own barometer is Bond 23 UNDERperforming by a lot MI:4. THAT will show Sony, not Pascal, but her bosses, that DC is yesterday's news and Ale's Cavill or my Jackman is tomorrow's Bond.

[Napoleon Solo]

Sony has had a mixed year so far (at least in the U.S.)

http://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2012/06 ... 012-surge/

[FormerBondFan]

My own barometer is Bond 23 UNDERperforming by a lot MI:4.

BJ, let's not compare Bond 23's numbers with MI4's here. What we need to worry about is Bond 23 doing worse than both CR and QOS at the box office, especially here in the US.

[bjmdds]

Sony has had a mixed year so far (at least in the U.S.)

http://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2012/06 ... 012-surge/

Sony is hoping for Spiderman and Bond 23 to bolster their profits? What kind of crack cocaine is Pascal passing around to believe this?

[bjmdds]

My own barometer is Bond 23 UNDERperforming by a lot MI:4.

BJ, let's not compare Bond 23's numbers with MI4's here. What we need to worry about is Bond 23 doing worse than both CR and QOS at the box office, especially here in the US.

MI 4: Production Budget: $145 million

Summary Daily Weekend Weekly Foreign Similar Movies Images

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $209,397,903 30.2%
+ Foreign: $483,656,168 69.8%
= Worldwide: $693,054,071 These are the figures that count FBF. Jerry and Steven and the Blue Man Group will not be required if MI:4 is not equaled nor surpassed. You are kidding yourself about those CR and QOS numbers. We need lower admissions so less is made at the box office. There is a 50/50 chance Bond 23 will go under the first two 'egg films, but even if it tops them, which hopefully it won't, DC is not a shoe-in to remain IF IF IF the ticket admissions continue to decline.

[FormerBondFan]

You are kidding yourself about those CR and QOS numbers. We need lower admissions so less is made at the box office. There is a 50/50 chance Bond 23 will go under the first two 'egg films, but even if it tops them, which hopefully it won't, DC is not a shoe-in to remain IF IF IF the ticket admissions continue to decline.

First of all, look at Batman Begins. Even though it's a masterpiece, the reboot made $205,343,774 domestically and $372,710,015 worldwide. Surprisingly, it didn't beat Batman 1989's $251,188,924 in US and $411,348,924 worldwide.

Lower admissions is one thing. But losing money in terms of unadjusted numbers is another. My point is that Bond 23 needs to lose it all, both inside and outside. And when I say outside, I MEANT grossing lower than both CR and QOS at the box office (even with an increase in ticket prices to mask lower admissions), especially here in the US. Increase in ticket prices to mask lower admissions sounds like cheating when QOS made more than CR's $167 million in the US with $168 million, but I hope it doesn't happen with Bond 23, which deserves to lose it all....BIG TIME. BJ, let me ask you this again. If you're a rebel like me, wouldn't you want DC's Bond and/or anything associated with DC's Bond to forgotten completely in the face of the planet? I would.

[bjmdds]

DC is a 'never was'. He is a figment in the minds of disgruntled Bond fans and a green vegetable at Eon. You are a rebel WITH a cause FBF, so keep up your good work Look at this weekend's charts: http://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/ Didn't I tell you 2 weeks ago that the Avengers would shortly overtake MIB 3? It did. Trust me. DC, Pascal, Mendes, and http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... n_edit.jpg are GOING DOWN IN FLAMES on this morose flick holiday time, 3 days after the Oh-bama gets sent packing by the good citizens of the USA

[Omega]

Sony has had a mixed year so far (at least in the U.S.)

http://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2012/06 ... 012-surge/

Looks like MIB is stalling out. $577 this week and needed "687.2M" to break even, but as Ale says the real number is bigger to pay for taxes and other stuff.

I kind of think Spyfall will be lucky to do as well as this just with the competition. IMO a month of good BO like MIB 3 will be lucky.

Spiderman will probably do OK they are giving away tickets to this like crazy, I got a Xbox live email with a free ticket offer if I buy one of the spiderman movies from zune.

Total Recall I think will flop cause from the ads this is the same movie I saw years ago. I don't feel Total recall, a rental/download maybe. Wait three months and get the Ultraviolet code on ebay for $4

One thing I forgot about is Sony will do good because they are the distributor, get what 8% (Ale, Mazer?) of the gross. Then any profit split. Hummm.

[FormerBondFan]

I kind of think Spyfall will be lucky to do as well as this just with the competition. IMO a month of good BO like MIB 3 will be lucky.

Screw Bond 23. James Bond is no longer hero worth seeing anymore.