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Post by Hamatron on Feb 13, 2015 12:36:02 GMT -4
If it bombs after first-week ticket sales can it be an actual bomb? Or does a strong opening weekend guarantee it's success? Because once it gets out that the movie is boring as hell and the sex is less scandalous than what you see on Girls, True Blood, or Game of Thrones, I think people will stop being intrigued/interested.
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Post by scarlet on Feb 13, 2015 12:42:21 GMT -4
They're projecting upward of $60M this weekend, just in the US, so I think even if it tanks immediately (I expect a massive drop-off in week 2) it'll be deemed successful.
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Post by Hamatron on Feb 13, 2015 13:01:32 GMT -4
I looked it up, and the budget was $40 million (cheap!). But I doubt that includes the advertising budget, so at $60 million opening, that might just be breaking even...?
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Post by scarlet on Feb 13, 2015 13:08:30 GMT -4
I looked it up, and the budget was $40 million (cheap!). But I doubt that includes the advertising budget, so at $60 million opening, that might just be breaking even...? If it makes $60M this weekend (and that's the low-end/ETA: I forgot it's a 3-day weekend; EW is predicting $90M), it'll end up well over $100M even if it drops off hugely in the coming weeks. It's gonna be a hit; the only question is just how big. |
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Post by Freelance Exorcist on Feb 13, 2015 13:38:47 GMT -4
I wonder if the bad reviews will have any impact. I also wonder if the box office predictions are accounting for people going to see it just so they can hate watch. I would hope that the people going for that reason would buy a ticket to a different movie and sneak into FSoG instead of contributing to the success of something they know going in that they'll hate.
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Post by dragonflie on Feb 13, 2015 14:34:24 GMT -4
It will be very successful. The numbers on sales aren't even counting foreign theatres. It will more than break even, I think with the advanced sales it already has, and beyond.
My impression (and this is from someone who hasn't read the books, watched the film, or seen either actor in anything before) is that Jamie is the miserable one in this. The reviews say his acting is bad, in interviews with Dakota he comes across as bored or petulant. I wonder if it has to do with the timing, his feelings of awkwardness and regret. He just had a baby, when he signed on for this his wife was pregnant (had she had the child while filming? not sure). I think (maybe) filming scenes like this with another woman, then going home to wife and child maybe messed with him. I've seen a few comments (in interviews/snippets) that his wife won't want to see the film, no big shocker. It still feels as though he comes across as feeling guilty/regretful... more than he should for someone who signed on for this role. I watched an interview and I remember feeling like he came across as someone busted, and doing a tour of shame...
(that's my armchair analysis, of a situation I don't know ;p... just my impression)
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Post by Ladybug on Feb 13, 2015 15:26:50 GMT -4
Ito the people who have seen it, does he say "laters, baby" in the movie? That was just as annoying to me as the Inner Goddess.
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Post by Baby Fish Mouth on Feb 13, 2015 16:06:39 GMT -4
The AV Club gave it a C, which is pretty generous seeing as how the best things they can say are that Dakota Johnson was okay and the movie doesn't suck as much as the book. Low bars, people.
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Post by Mutagen on Feb 13, 2015 16:15:35 GMT -4
My impression (and this is from someone who hasn't read the books, watched the film, or seen either actor in anything before) is that Jamie is the miserable one in this. The reviews say his acting is bad, in interviews with Dakota he comes across as bored or petulant. I wonder if it has to do with the timing, his feelings of awkwardness and regret. He just had a baby, when he signed on for this his wife was pregnant (had she had the child while filming? not sure). I think (maybe) filming scenes like this with another woman, then going home to wife and child maybe messed with him. I've seen a few comments (in interviews/snippets) that his wife won't want to see the film, no big shocker. It still feels as though he comes across as feeling guilty/regretful... more than he should for someone who signed on for this role. I watched an interview and I remember feeling like he came across as someone busted, and doing a tour of shame... It's definitely a shame about Jamie Dornan. 50SoG/Christian Grey seems like the kind of thing where you need to go full ham-and-cheese or go home. |
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Post by discoprincess on Feb 13, 2015 17:01:49 GMT -4
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