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That’s the way it is. Nothing anyone can really do about it.
Exactly.
Regarding NTTD we are lucky the film is finished and locked. When the time will come it will be released and that’s it.
I know, we are very lucky. It's just depressed me that much. Reading about other cultural events being delayed / cancelled as well just makes me feel that even if you're not likely to contact the virus, you can't even just distract yourself for a few hours from it.
I think the virus has a larger sway over how things have been running. After all, it’s not the media’s fault that certain world leaders are coming off as totally inept at taking necessary actions.
If the Corona affected the young nobody would care.
Thanks, that's very true. Overall, I had been closely following the news about the virus, but I thought / hoped that Bond (of all things) wouldn't be affected by it - especially after waiting so long for it. That's why it's affected me personally.
With tons of people staying home and presumably watching movies and tv shows,steaming services are going to be very busy.Releasing a brand new Bond movie and charging a premium to watch it, i believe many would gladly pay the price.Lots of people dont like going to the cinema anymore anyway or having to wait up to four months to watch a movie they really want to see at home.
It looks as though bond has a new competitor in Top Gun 2 which is moving to December 2020. It's likely that Top Gun will suck up a lot of the IMAX screens will have to be re-distributed to Top Gun 2 once that comes out....
Having said that, I don't see Top Gun 2 being to big Xmas film and follow the tradition of Star Wars and Aquaman to get to $1billion. I think Paramount are overestimating this film with that date, especially post Covid-19.
Top Gun 2 was better placed in Bad Boys 3 slot and going for a January 2021 release. There's clearly an audience for nostalgic films with ageing action stars in that slot.....
If Tenet moves to either November or December, that'll really cook Bond's thanksgiving turkey.......
It looks as though Bond may need to shift that UK release date.....Black Widow is due to debut in cinemas 5 days prior. Both films are bound to cannibalise each other and currently Marvel are riding a wave that not even Bond to overcome.
I suspect that NTTD may shift its UK release back to the 25 November 2020 globally and go day and date.
The new Black Widow film tonally looks similar to the Bond films. In fact, it looks as though the filmmakers of the Marvel film have deliberately aped the style of Mission Impossible - Fallout (which felt like a rip-off an a Craig-era film anyway).
It'll be curious to see how Bond v Widow plays out, but ideally I want both films to succeed especially in this troubled theatrical market.
Also, Scarlett Johansson is true movie star in the truest use of the term.
Thank you someone agrees with me on Scarjo. Plus, she’s a Woody Allen defender, can’t trust them. Black Widow is also always a boring character. Everyone out acts her. The MCU bubble will burst soon, and speaking as a fan!
The simple thing to do would be to move the international date to 19 November 2020
Also had everything gone according to plan, we would have got NTTD's first final weekend numbers internationally today. Which I'm sure it would have dominated, though the warm weather in the UK would have put a dent in those numbers.
Only in the US and maybe Asia.
There are at least 3 weeks between Marvel and Bond in those markets.
In Europe Marvel will be no problem for Bond.
I wouldn't underestimate Marvel. Bond should really think whether it wants to keep that date. Especially as delaying by one or two weeks in Europe buys them time. There is nothing on the calendar at the moment getting in their way. So they should just push it by a week in Europe.
The only film that they would potentially step on the toes of is Kong v Godzilla. But who wants to even see this film. Nonetheless, November and December are looking very busy.
Over $400 million from Spider-Man came from Asia.
As I said: Marvel is on top in the US and Asia.
But in Europe it will do no harm to Bond.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2020/04/03/james-bond-no-time-to-die-daniel-craig-quiet-place-part-ii-emily-blunt-john-krasinski-positioned-to-shatter-box-office-records/#9c6c3dc6b7f4
I wish I were surprised at this.
Every big movie will underperform after the COVID tsunami. A terrible crisis lies ahead and of course it is still unknown how "normal" life will be as long as there's no vaccine/cure. So NTTD will 100% underperform, but obviously not for the reasons you're bringing to the table. Besides, I'm pretty confident that NTTD would've hit the 1 billion mark this spring, without the COVID fallout.
And I say that as someone who only really enjoys two out of the last four films.
$800-850million is what my gut is telling me. But as long as the film does well, under the current social and economic circumstances, that'll be a big win.
oooooh I do love that banner! :-O @-) :-bd
I can't believe the folks here are still arguing about this. Just be glad if it's a good movie.
To be fair, that's the point of the thread.
Well yes, No Time To Die box office will be affected by real world events. As far as potentially under-performing it will be judged against the takes of the other big budget releases as they play out, I expect.
Stench, huh.