Predicting the Movie Hits and Bombs of 2015

At least it looks interesting...and it's not a sequel, remake or reboot...so that is almost cause for celebration. Of course if it tanks, then it will make non-sequels/remakes/reboots even harder to get green-lit.

 

Brad Bird can do no wrong in my book. Every movie the guy's ever done has been decent if not extremely good. At least as Progrocker above says, this is something new and different compared to the usual comic book movies, sequels, teen romances, and car chase films out there.

 

Interesting. What is the target audience?

 

I like his stuff, too, but didn't we just see this "you don't know who you really are" premise from the Wachowskis, and the "only you can save us" plot driver is as old as the hills. Still, as they say it's all in the telling.

John K.

 

This looks like an interesting film. The target audience? Preteens and teens and tech friendly people. That's why it's a young teen looking girl instead of a twenty something male. George Clooney instead of anyone else to bring in the moms and dads. It looks like an optimistic geek driven adventure film. I'm going to be disappointed if it is some dystopian futuristic Terminator 3 film.

 

Can't we force the Coen brothers to deliver a movie every six months? I need something to look forward to . . .

 

Of course actress Britt Robertson is really a twenty-something, 25 to be exact.

 

How about this one?

 

Adam Sandler = AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

 

If one could force the Coens to do anything there would have already been several sequels to the Big Lebowski. Since apparently there's a Little Lebowski running around, probably desperate to escape the Boarding school Maude stuck him in, it's time for the Due to set aside the White Russians and conspire with Walter to liberate him....

 

You might be surprised how much money it might make in surpassing your expectations, because Paul Blart has developed a small, but vocal cult following on the internet.

 

I liked the first film, thought it was a fun takeoff of Die Hard.

 

Kingsman: The Secret Service has now crossed $300 million worldwide.

 

Ehhhhhhh....

 

Avengers Ultron is screening tonight in LA for a bunch of people. Disney is allowing tweeted reactions but no real reviews till about the 19th. I'm sure it's going to be mega.

 

Very glad -- I enjoyed this movie quite a bit. Totally over-the-top, nutty film.

They're now predicting that The Avengers: The Age of Ultron is going to hit $200M for its opening weekend in a few weeks. I'm betting right now this will be the movie to beat for 2015 and will handily hit $1B by the end of the year.

http://deadline.com/2015/04/avengers-age-of-ultron-tracking-for-200-million-bow-1201406880/

 

Kingsman is now at $380 million.

I think it's going to be a pretty big year overall.

 

The church scene was totally totally over-the-top.

jerol

 

lol, "this new superhero cluster flick" ...

No question Avengers 2 gets to (or near) $200 million for its opening weekend. There has been nothing with that kind of appeal in the theatres in months. The question is, what kind of legs has it got? I think it's safe to say anything south of $500 million domestic is going to be considered a disappointment, but it's hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and nothing has gotten anywhere near that in two years. Actually, the last $500 million film was the first Avengers, wasn't it?

 

What are the expectations for Ex Machina?

 

It's an independent British film opening in limited release, so they'll use the per-screen-average to help determine whether to expand it wider or not.

 

that's right, there's only 4 in the modern era that cracked $500 million in domestic gross $ (Avatar/Titanic/Avengers and The Dark Knight).

 

The first Avengers defied expectations and made $1.518 billion after all the dust was settled; Iron Man 3 made $1.2 billion; Captain America: The Winter Soldier made $718 million; Thor: The Dark World made $644M. It's fair to say since this movie has all those characters in it again, there's a good chance it'll do at least $700M. But if the estimates are that it'll make $200M domestic the first week (the third-biggest opening in history), then my guess is it'll ultimately get a lot closer to $1B.

 

The word is from the screening Avengers 2 is awesome ( but we knew that). I'm going with 215 million opening.

I still think Star Wars 7 will out gross it after both runs

The Ex Machina movie is supposed to be excellent. This year's Snowpiercer.

 

My expectations are very high (which has nothing at all to do with box office takings).