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This is a box office thread. If you are not interested in a box office discussion, you are simply admitting to being a spammer. But we all knew you added nothing to this thread already. So it is quite a bold claim to make that no-one reads my posts given I at least contribute to the topic at hand. You post nothing but endless personal attacks.
For the Studio/Distributor it involves those screenings, of course. Because they get money out of it.
But most studios don't make those numbers public.
But Inception for example made $42 million this summer: https://www.boxofficemojo.com/year/world/
I believe the original Harry Potter film from 2001 finally entered the 1 billion $ club this summer thanks to special re-runs once cinemas started to reopen.
Those new films you mention are already in production and have their alotted budgets according to their scripts.They cant just suddenly cut the budget mid shoot and lets face it,they are proven franchises.Films that are in early pre production however may face budget cuts given the box office outlook for the near future.
Thanks! Will be interesting to see if SP ever makes into the $1B club. And NTTD for that matter.
Harry Potter made it, because it was released for the first time in China this summer. And it was short of 1 billion anyway.
Spectre needs more than $100 million to get to $1 billion. And it's not a classic. So there won't be any screenings, that will do that.
https://deadline.com/2020/09/wonder-woman-1984-release-date-change-2020-november-christmas-1203019735/
I really don't see Tenet being too much of an issue for 007, especially now that it's already been out in a lot of places and there's already mixed vibes about it.
It would be disastrous to move now.
With the way the box office has been dropping for Tenet, I definitely don't see it being a big issue for Bond in two months plus.
If anything, Bond could come forward a week or so to give more room between it and Wonder Woman, maybe.
Christ, it's all a big game of checkers, isn't it?
I agree. The Deadline article states:
I imagine that Bond will take Black Widow's date and the international release will be bumped to the end of October. This feels likely....
It's kinda crazy that Wonder Woman is moving again! But I guess at this current rate, Bond will be the next big blockbuster to come out post-Tenet. Which is wild...I'm surprised Eon are taking the punt, especially wit the disastrous news out of the UK this week.
I'd almost feel sorry for Eon, but they were foolish enough to commit to that 'November' date on the poster and trailer. They should have taken the vaguer 'Only In Cinemas' date that Dune stuck with....oh well.
I think, at the time of writing, Bond will stay in November 2020. Basically, Bond and Tenet will be the only blockbusters this year in cinemas.
It really is, sadly, and everything seems rather up in the air until the last minute.
I'm not sure the BO numbers for Tenet have dropped. We won't know until this weekend. As @DaltonCraig007 has reminded us, traditionally, BO numbers go down after the first week. But the current circumstances are unprecedented. At the same time, Tenet is not the type of film that will see gains based on word of mouth.
Some thoughts about this development with W84:
1. I failed to mention in my earlier posts about seeing Tenet, that ticket prices were 50% off. I think this was the case for all showings in the state. I don't know if this happened elsewhere, but it might be a factor in Tenet's numbers that has not been reported.
2. L.A., NY, and SF are not opening yet and might not be soon, which is what would move WW84, more than anything else.
3. EON and MGM are "hoping" that those cities' theaters are open for business in late November. That is being very optimistic, but NYC is more likely than the other two.
4. The move by WW84 hurts tremendously because it was expected to be another tentpole, creating some momentum for moviegoing during the fall, leading to NTTD. If there are no other major releases between now and NTTD, that could be a huge problem.
https://variety.com/2020/film/news/tenet-opening-weekend-box-office-wonder-woman-1234762206/
Let’s just hope Black Widow won’t move as well. Theaters need some Marvel Studios magic, paving the way to NTTD.
Both WW84 and BW are out before NTTD, and both have been very quiet on the promotional front, which is a telling sign.
I don't, either, @Creasy47. We just don't have any data yet to support that. We'll know for sure on Saturday or Sunday.
Don t you think there will be mixed vibes about NTTD as well?
I think we’re all hoping for Casino Royale / Skyfall-level universal praise aren’t we?
Here in Singapore, each cinema hall depending on the size of the hall is only allowed 25 to 50 people for each screening, 2 or 3 seats together and spread out across the hall with safe distancing in place. So getting tickets for different timings can be tricky as each screening time will quickly be sold out due to the limited numbers of people allowed in the hall at one time. I'm sure this plays a part in affecting box office earnings as well as some people would be put off by the difficulty of getting tickets due to the limitations in place.
Here's an example of how it looks for the IMAX screening of Tenet. Red are the blocked seats. White are the available seats and grey being seats that are already booked.
Anything is possible.
I have the feeling as well.
I think it will keep its date too. With no major releases around that time, pretty much every theater in the country can be used for Bond. The theater that I go to is a 16 screen Regal. You can literally have 10 of those for NTTD. Even with half capacity it'll still be OK. The only thing at this point that will push it back would be another round of mass closings.
“What we won’t do is make the mistake of putting a very, very expensive $200 million movie out in the market unless we’re sure that theaters are open and operating at significant capacity,” Vinciquerra said during Bank of America’s 2020 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference.
His comments came as Hollywood struggles to get its hands around the recent release of Warner Bros. “Tenet,” which grossed $20 million in its opening weekend in the U.S. (without New York or L.A. theaters showing it). Is that good? Is it what the industry should expect right now for a $200 million film that has been touted as the movie to reignite the movie going crowd?
https://www.thewrap.com/sony-wont-make-the-mistake-of-releasing-a-200-million-movie-until-more-theaters-reopen/