Predicting the Movie Hits and Bombs of 2019

I don't need to watch the original episodes of CA I've seen them multiple times, I watched them last night for crying out loud.

I don't think the "joke" aspect is that pronounced during the first season, or even there at all, especially not on the Barney Rosenzweig episodes. Campy and humorous? Sure, but there's enough dead bodies and unsettling plots for it to be a regular crime show.

The new movie succeeded, it was made...but it did horribly at the box office. No chance of a sequel, unless they want to lose even more money.

 

Noted director Tim Miller reflects on his hopes for the recent Terminator: Dark Fate film and why it was a bomb. Hint: his producer didn't help.

Why 'Terminator: Dark Fate' Director Won't Work With James Cameron Again

Here's a very telling line about why he didn't go back to Deadpool:

For Miller, part of the challenge with Dark Fate was being in a position where he did not have ultimate control as a director. That was part of the reason he opted not to return for Deadpool 2 after having creative differences with star Ryan Reynolds. "It became clear that Ryan wanted to be in control of the franchise. You can work that way as a director, quite successfully, but I can't," Miller said.

 

Sure. In 1976, I was 9 and those women looked elderly. Now I'm 52 and women in their late 20s look like kids to me.

It's not the women that changed - it's the old fogies who ogle them!

 

That’s a great point.

 

It can't be easy with Cameron looking over your shoulder. If found this quote a little odd, "[I suggested] Legion is so powerful, the only way to beat it is going back in time and strangle it in the crib," recalls Miller. "Jim says, 'What's dramatic about the humans losing?' And I say, 'Well, What's dramatic about the humans winning and they just need to keep on winning?' I like a last stand. It's not his thing."

The response from Cameron doesn't make any sense, Avatar was a perfect example of making the audiences empathic towards the aliens (native to their planet, humans were the actual aliens in this case) and their plight. The humans certainly did not win and were sent home. Anyhow that story will resume soon enough. As for Dark Fate, the movie wasn't good enough if I'm being honest as a fan.

 

The first one made a ton of dough $1.274 B - $400.7 m domestic and $873.4 m foreign on a $150 million budget. We are not the target demographic obviously and the timing is good for a high quality animated feature. 75% critics / 94% fans on RT. Early estimates indicate it has a good chance of beating the first one. High fives all around at Disney.

 

I've heard that one before, but we'll see...

 

Hard at work in New Zealand.

 

Box Office: 'Frozen 2' Opens to Fiery $127M in U.S., Record $350M Globally


Walt Disney Animation Studios' Frozen 2 opened to a record $127 million in the U.S. and a fiery $223.3 million overseas for a massive global launch of $350.2 million, the No. 1 worldwide launch ever for an animated title, not adjusted for inflation (many family films have a staggered rollout offshore). Frozen 2 opened well ahead of expectations — particularly overseas.

 

Saw an "early access" screening of Knives Out last night (not a typical free pre-screening, but an normal price public screening that just happened to be half a week early - I suppose designed to get some word-of-mouth going?). Sold-out theater and a very entertaining and crowd-pleasing movie, and I think it occupies a unique yet wide-enough niche (a non-franchise film made for adults that is neither explicit enough to alienate senior/conservative crowds nor stuffy or pretentious) to not get buried by any of the immediate competition.
Combine with a reasonable budget ($40 million), considerable star power, day before Thanksgiving release, and great reviews I would be shocked to see it do poorly, despite Lionsgate having been infamous in recent years for not promoting many of their movies properly outside of a few exceptions like John Wick.
I think $20mil 5 day opening is a sure bet but $30mil+ would be very nice, I think final tally will depend on how well the word-of-mouth spreads and motivates people to turn up over the coming weeks.

 

Agree. This film could have very wide appeal. I mentioned in the Knives thread how positive the audience reaction was at my screening. I noticed a large family group come in; everyone from teens and 20-somethings to mom and dad. They all LOVED it. I could see my 79 year old stepmother enjoying this one.

 

Looks like one of the repurposed smokestacks from the old Titanic set.

 

I said the same thing!

 

That's a shame. I much prefer the first Deadpool to it's sequel.

 

I saw it with my granddaughters and was surprised to see a recurringly sad, somewhat mature film for young adults - and with amazing effects!

 

It looks like Frozen 2 is on its way to making a billion dollars...

‘Frozen 2’ To Near $284M By End Of Thanksgiving Stretch

The last one made over $1.2 billion, so it's not impossible that the sequel could do the same. I'm very surprised: I figured it would do well, but not this well.

 

Crass, 1979, I Ain't Thick It's Just A Trick

Tried to get me with a T.V. show
But I wouldn't have none of it, no, no, no
Standards and values on a black and white screen
Sarah Farah Fawcett acting mean
She's got the lot, that's what
They want you to think
Read between the lines
You'll see the missing link
She's just a ****ing puppet
In their indoctrination plan
"Be like me girls and become a real man,"
Live to the full, always act flash
Don't use your brains when
Your body makes the splash

 

Here's another shot, the most detailed I've seen yet from one of the New Zealand live action sets.

 

One thing that you can really give Cameron credit for is his elaborate sets.

Even with so much CGI in his movies, he still makes use of extensive practical sets.

 

She's never been a bankable star. Her biggest hit films were successful because of the other actors and actresses in them.

 

I think Banks has added to the films she's been in, so that synopsis seems a bit unfair, but I agree that she's not and never has been a box office draw.

"Hunger Games", "Pitch Perfect", "Spider-Man" - all big franchises, but none are what anyone would call "Elizabeth Banks vehicles"!

 

Last Christmas bombed .. as I predicted..it would..
A pointless movie that should of never been made.

 

$67 million worldwide box office take versus a budget of $30 million

 

I don't think that it was a bad Christmas movie, by any means.

It may yet bring in some more dollars at the box office.

Thirty million is not an excessive amount to spend of a movie production. I thought that Last Christmas had a very good production quality. The use of color really made the visuals pop and the music was nicely done.

If they could have brought it it for 2/3 of the production cost, it would have been a success.

Most of the modern production movies that I have seen lately have excellent production values, it is just that they cost too much to make.

At least, it wasn't the Thanksgiving turkeys that Terminator: Dark Fate or Charlie's Angles were!

Gobble, Gobble...

 

Your definition of $$ bomb is different from mine, it already recovered it's production budget ($25-30 million).