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Crikey! That's just crazy.
In all honesty....me too :-).
Having read the above arguments, I'm starting to become very confident that "SPECTRE" will also bring in massive box office figures. And not just barely $1.0 Billion globally.
No, I am convinced that these factors will bank a guaranteed + $1.2 Billion or more for "SPECTRE":
01. Popular actors. Bringing in Christoph Waltz (Tarantino fans love this) AND Dave Bautista (Marvel fans love this) was a major coup. These two names will help "SPECTRE"s box office gross tremendously.
02. Popular cast members. Although Sam Mendes isn't Christopher Nolan, fans of "Skyfall" surely want to see his follow-up "SPECTRE".
03. An equally good marketing campaign, as compared to Universal. Releasing trailers much earlier then Bond fans are used to, was a very good promotional decision. And perhaps even necessary in this insane box office year.
04. "SPECTRE" will profit from its own predecessor, "Skyfall". Anticipation for this film is much higher as compared to 2008's "QOS". At that time pundits weren't that convinced that "QOS" could top "CR".
IMO I don't care if its not in the top 5 grossing movies of 2015, I don't care if it doesn't beat Skyfall in the Box office. I just want a great, entertaining Bond film, and for what I said to happen above thats it.
And you can add, that "Jurassic World" was released in EVERY country in the world (but Japan) this weekend.
This kind of monster-start is only possible with this constellation.
If China would get the movie a week or two weeks later, there would be no worldwide $500 million-record.
So these worldwide weekend-figures only make sense if every movies is released at the same time all around the world.
SP in particular needs to do a global launch (including China) to get its gross in before the 800 lbs "Force" kicking Gorilla comes out a few weeks later.
You forget one important thing. Such a super fine global release date also results in in the movie getting out of steam everywhere around the globe around the same moment.
Moreover, a movie like "Avatar" didn't have such a fine global release date. Let alone China. But it still managed to gross more than 2.2 Billion worldwide.
SO will NEVER do that. But I think you shouldn't exacerbate the global release date. The points I mentioned in my previous post are IMO more important.
Dave also has a huge following from WWE. I expect there'll be Spectre TV spots airing during wrestling, showcasing Mr. Hinx.
And let's not forget the most important name of all...Daniel Craig. He's now firmly established as a popular Bond. Look at the teaser poster, it's just him and nothing else. I wonder if EON will give him above-the-title billing on posters this time? They did it for Broz on DAD. I reckon with all these name actors in the cast, we might also get individual character posters which also happened with DAD.
At least it made you laugh and appreciate the brilliant visuals. None of the Jurassic movies can be accused of having a great script. They are about big beasties that are impressive and then try to eat you.
But there's a level of depth to the characters, particularly in the first film. In JW nobody appeared to be intelligent, they all just seem completely dumb. Grant and Malcolm are both intelligent guys in different ways, Grant is lacking in emotional intelligence, where Malcolm is lacking in self awareness, but they're both smart cookies. Pratt isn't all that smart and Dallas-Howard is just a cliched, paint by numbers ball-buster. One of the biggest problems I had with it is the total lack of tension, or any genuine set pieces. It had some decent moments, but nothing that left me gasping. Even the twist,
And the final teeth out [shoot out is just not the word] with the sense we need more teeth is just great.
ANd JW world perhaps better than any of the previous movies has that theme that is similar to the Alien franchise, Who is the real monster??
It was cool in a sense that it was a man riding with Raptors, but it's no Kitchen scene from 1, or trailer scene from 2.
Again, it was ok. The only thing that floated my boat was Pratt's relationship with the Raptors, it was neat and hadn't been done before. I feel like mostly everything else was done better the first time out.
Agreed. This is no #1 or #2 by any means. The tension is nowhere near what we got in those two films which are two of the greats of this genre. This is more along the lines of Godzilla 1998.
However, nostalgia is huge (I, for instance, went to the theatre with memories of the earlier films and how I felt seared into my head) and I think people enjoyed it more as a result.
Also, I think Marvel fatigue has set in with the public. People are going to see Marvel movies but I don't think they're coming out of the theatre feeling really pumped like they were a few yrs ago. So JW is new again. It is the event movie of the summer - not Avengers.
This is similar to the James Bond films in a way. People know what to expect, know it has been done better before, but don't care, because they love the genre and ultimately, no one does it better......still.......after all these yrs.
I saw JP on opening night when I was 9. It was the first mega block-buster I ever saw in the theatre and I remember every moment of it. It's in my top 3 cinema experiences ever. Perhaps I was hoping for history to repeat itself, which is unfair.
I'll have to take your word for it. I went with 12 other people. One thought it was unbelievably terrible, three thought it was awful, six (including myself) thought it OK and two really enjoyed it. I reckon if I was nine again it would be pretty incredible.
Spot-on @BondJames ;-) : http://www.mi6community.com/index.php?p=/discussion/11920/when-will-the-superhero-saturation-kick-in#latest
Although let's not forget "Avengers 2" did huge huge box office figures as well. Currently $1,354,977,275 globally as we speak. But the story of that film is "it could not beat the first Avengers film".
So I agree. It's quite a similar fatigue that Bond was confronted with after "Thunderball". "You Only Live Twice" just...didn't worked as its predecessors, but it still grossed huge numbers and was still 3rd behind "Jungle Book" and "The Graduate".
Will "SPECTRE" face the same kind of fate? No, I don't think so. I do think there's enough space for "SPECTRE" to improve a lot of "Skyfall".
The funny thing is, the body count was so much less in JW than it was in Avengers, and yet I was on the seat of my pants much more in JW. I don't know if that's nostalgia or execution, but it was very telling. I think Marvel have to dial it back...
RE: JW, I think the key requirement is to leave your thinking cap at home. Just come for the thrills (and no doubt, Spielberg did it better.....this is no JP but it's not all bad).
IMDB MovieMeter (TV-Series excluded, fall and winter premieres italic):
http://www.imdb.com/search/title?at=0&sort=moviemeter,asc&title_type=feature&year=2015,2015
#12: "The Hunger Games 4: Mockingjay Part 2" (Premiere: November 20th)
#16: "James Bond 24: SPECTRE" (Premiere: November 6th)
#17: "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice" (Premiere: March 25th 2016)
#18: "Survivor"
#19: "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" (Premiere: December 18th)
#27: "Bridge Of Spies" (Premiere: October 16th)
#36: "Minions"
#43: "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation"
#44: "The Man From UNCLE"
#83: "Hitman 2: Agent 47"
#85: "London Has Fallen"
#91: "The Hateful Eight" (Premiere: January 8th 2016)
#124: "Snowden" (Premiere: December 25th)
#148: "Transporter 4: Refueled"
IMDB MovieMeter (TV-Series included, fall and winter premieres italic):
http://www.imdb.com/chart/?ref_=ft_cht
#18: "The Hunger Games 4: Mockingjay Part 2" (was #145, Premiere: November 20th)
#25: "James Bond 24: SPECTRE" (was #110, Premiere: November 6th)
#28: "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn Of Justice" (was #36, Premiere: March 25th 2016)
#32: "Survivor" (was #16)
#33: "Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens" (was #41, Premiere: December 18th)
#50: "Bridge Of Spies" (was #100, Premiere: October 16th)
#81: "Minions" (was #149)
#94: "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" (was #64)
Don't worry. This poll is also directly related to promotional events for a movie, like the release of trailers, blogs or posters. Hence why also "Hunger Games" went higher.
Furious 7
Avengers: Age Of Ultron
Jurassic World
Spectre (?)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (?)
And the Pierce Brosnan direct-to-VOD movie Survivor is listed higher than Star Wars, lol. So this list is pretty meaningless.
It does give you an idea on how popular upcoming movies are.