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That’s not the reason.
Oppenheimer - a 3 hours arty biopic about a scientist with no action - did more in 3 days than what Dead Reckoning did in its first 5 days.
Fast is a damaged brand that bombed domestically.
Have a safe trip (by train?)
Yeah they were shooting it for about three years: that must've had huge cost implications. Usually MI films cost much less than the Bonds do.
Sure but it will still making less than 9 that came out during the pandemic and Universal will only keep 25% of the $130M it made in China.
The times of Fast being a billion dollars hit are gone.
The last two M:I films collected a huge amount of money in China, but Dead Reckoning will only make $40-50M there.
Without China Fallout gross is $610M.
The big problem here is that the release date was just wrong and the budget ballooned because of Covid.
Exactly @Creasy47 , and I think after these punishing strikes finally conclude, studios are really going to tighten belts, including 007 (which, I imagine, was in the plans anyways , with a new actor).
And I’d watch an M:I film with you starring, 😘.
Too right, @peter - couple a new era and actor with all these hugely bloated bombs and I hope we end up with a much tighter and cheaper installment with this next one. Consider me interested.
I think if there is absolutely no shooting which can be done at all then they can claim insurance on that. I think that's why Indy 5 shot for so long when Harrison Ford was out of action, doing all of those scenes in Glasgow without him.
I do think with some of the recent Bonds the huge amount of cost more than the recent M:Is has been a bit hard to reconcile when something like Rogue Nation or Fallout were just much better and more thrilling films; but then the Bonds did also make more money so what do I know :)
Don't see how you can say this with Oppenheimer and Barbie performing as they have this week. It's not a blanket-wash "young people" problem. Not even the Marvel projects are successful anymore. Find a new argument.
Where did you get that from? MI7 is currently tracking fast towards FAST X. It’s only less than $30m away from surpassing it. It probably will by the third weekend.
How can it be a bigger hit than something like M:I or The Sound of Freedom?????
The simplest answer is that YOU are outside the demographic.
Correct.
It can’t be worse than TRANSFORMERS.
I've forgotten much about the play since then but the story is still interesting enough for me to want to watch the movie. I like biopics. But generally considering Christopher Nolan movies being "hit and miss" for myself (I just watched Dunkirk a few nights ago, which I'd put in the "hit" category, at least - but hated Interstellar and skipped Tenet), I'll rather wait until there is a cheap Blu-ray available. There is no Imax cinema within 300 kms anyway, so I'll be satisfied with my own screen until then and when it comes out.
That being said, may I remind everyone that this thread is about M:I 7, which I haven't cared to watch and will continue to do so, and not about "Barbenheimer".
Well, this film is the lesson learnt from The Lego Movie, isn't it?
For me, the answer is that it's written and directed by Greta Gerwig, who also wrote and directed Little Women (2019) and Lady Bird, two absolutely phenomenal films. I'll follow her anywhere, and to see her take on such an iconic character has me very excited. That's just me, though. I realize that the vast majority of filmgoers are seeing the movie with no idea who Greta Gerwig is.
How? There is a certain demographic, 30 to 50 something year old , mainly white, females. In large numbers this group has a rabid interest in this film; they are making seeing it a girls out event, much like going to a Taylor Swift concert.
My daughter has connections in the Vintage clothing community; trust, I know what I’m talking about.
Hey more power to them, it’s not my cup of tea but there’s nothing wrong with it.
;)
I feel like these days, everything is totally unpredictable until a few weeks before the movie release, and then just based on bookings for the premiere showing, you can determine the success of a movie. Strange world!
It is no longer about the power of a star (what it used to be in the 80s(90s), it is not even about the power of a franchise any more.
My feeling is, it is all about getting the right viral campaign going few weeks before the movie starts.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY 3, however, ended up having very strong legs and has $844m, which is only $19m below the second film. And that’s James Gunn’s farewell to Marvel, as he is moving to DC to do SUPERMAN.
We’ll see how THE MARVELS turns up, as that’s the follow up to CAPTAIN MARVEL which made $1.13b. A major drop from that would certainly put Disney on high alert.