LordOfLore
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Am I wrong or did Disney just sidestep talking about Han Solo while still confirming it's date is still set.
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Wkd BO 0707-0917 - Minions cede dominion over box office, Homecoming KING
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Surely not.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Jeff Goldblum will carry this movie to $2bn.
BronsonLee
Member
Fine, fine, you're right, sorry.
I swam there.
A shovel is just like a big knife!
There absolutely is a Hulk bump. People love that character in the Avengers movies and they will want to see how Hulk gets there, and why he's fighting Thor. It was a fantastic tease in that trailer.
DarkLordMalik
Member
There have been 2 Hulk standalone movies and both bombed. The character alone can't carry a movie and his schticks with Thor are played in every Avenger movie so it is not a new or exciting concept. Ruffalo alone is hardly memorable enough to pull the bump unlike Iron Man and Robert Downney.
What if.... they are the same person.
Been damn near 3 years since we seen the hulk.
We are all made of star dust
BronsonLee
Member
The standalone movies are irrelevant. We're talking about Ruffa-Hulk, the Hulk that got the biggest audience pop I've ever seen in a movie theater in my forty one years when he shook Loki like a rag doll in Avengers.
People love that Hulk. Make no mistake. He's a big reason why that trailer was so well received and he's going to put butts in the seats. Book it.
And he has returned to put butts in the seats for Thor.
MHWilliams
Member
Ron Howard has been on the film for less than a month. What are they going to show? Sure, they got footage, but it's not cut together into anything.
LordOfLore
Banned
They could bring up someone, they could reveal a poster that I know exists etc. It's out in May.
No, Carl Sagan or some other scientist you knucklehead
I KNEW IT!
DarkLordMalik
Member
Disagree. Such short scenes work best for an assemble movie like Avengers and Thor 3 isn't going to be one.
It will have the same impact in box office gross as Winter Soldier so a good bump but not something that puts it above and beyond 300 million.
MHWilliams
Member
Rian Johnson. How y'all be leaving me to call this man "Ree-ann" when his name is pronounced "Ryan"?
Strike that, if the name is something normal, spell it than way goddamn it.
Strike that, if the name is something normal, spell it than way goddamn it.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
I think there's some truth to this.
Doesnt this violate the NeoGAF terms? Bann them booth!
This is about to get way worse in the next two decades. (White) Gen X'ers and Millennials are notorious for choosing their own adventure when it comes to the spelling of their kids' names.
One of my nieces is named Emylie. She's never finding her name on a keychain or pencil.
MHWilliams
Member
To be fair, I do know some black folk that do this too.
Poor girl will never know the joy of finding her name on a Coke Zero.
I mean, teachers will be a bit confused, but they won't have to guess on how it's pronounced!
BronsonLee
Member
I'm gonna name my kid Superbike
DarkLordMalik
Member
I am totally going to name my kid Noctis Strife.
I will allow it because it is his government name. If he changed it or a stage name then he would get the side eye
LordOfLore
Banned
Could SW VIII get a big bump from the death of Carrie as big as F&F7 got from Paul's death? That BTS reel really played with my heart.
I am naming my kid Nitro Zeus male or female
QuantumZebra
Member
My friend named her daughter Korra.
Honestly I might have done so if she didn't beat me to it.
That child will grow up knowing only greatness.
Honestly I might have done so if she didn't beat me to it.
That child will grow up knowing only greatness.
There is no bump when the last movie grossed $936m domestic.
1 billion domestic lets go.
broncobuster
Banned
Split 2: Slayven, BronsonLee, that xxdcmoviefan nut, etc
QuantumZebra
Member
As insane as that would be I just can't see it. The entire country was blueballed for decades with how the prequels went.
I doubt TLJ outdoes it but if it's amazing and trucks it, 1 billion here we come.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
DarkLordMalik
Member
He is gonna make so many kids jealous.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
The question there is... who didn't see TFA that will see TLJ now because of it? I think that number is, relatively speaking, pretty small. I could see it diminishing the likely drop however.
Lion King will be waaaay the fuck up there, quite likely ahead of Avatar's domestic, but I'm not sure it'll beat TFA. I think it's more likely Lion King and TLJ will be dueling for #2.
Worldwide though... TFA may start sweating.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Comparison to Beauty and the Beast isn't even really factoring into it, for me.
It's just that large a cultural juggernaut, I think. Divorced from any placing in the Disney canon for contrast - that's a huge fucking movie that's only gotten huger in the pop-culture landscape since it came out. Decades of kids have been raised on it.
A "live action" remake of The Lion King for an audience that will include the people who saw it as adults, the people who saw it as kids, and the kids of those people.
DarkLordMalik
Member
The Lion King will be HUGE but it will also depend if they nail the REMAKE.
If legendary, 800m and above is definitely possible.
If average, it should still make 600m.
If terrible, it can still make 400m.
If legendary, 800m and above is definitely possible.
If average, it should still make 600m.
If terrible, it can still make 400m.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
I think the 3D re-release destroying all its contemporaries speaks for itself. The musical is also the highest grossing broadway production ever.
I don't see any way The Lion King doesn't smash unless people just suddenly check out on CGI animals.
Bobby Roberts is the Beast
Sgt. Kabukiman
Banned
Lion King will reach James Cameron levels of success.
I'd bet it might even double Piranha 2's worldwide gross.
I'd bet it might even double Piranha 2's worldwide gross.
WhiteRabbitEXE
Member
Yeah, exactly. At the time of release it was third highest grossing film ever, its gross wasn't passed by another animated movie until Nemo 9 years later, and I'm pretty sure ticket sales (ignoring the inflated sales of the really old Disney stuff that had tons of re-runs) still have it at the biggest animated movie ever.
But more than all that, Disney Home Video made it a damn institution. Basically every millennial ever had that movie on VHS and/or DVD.
And speaking of Disney Home Video, Lion King 2 was stupidly popular, selling like a half billion dollars worth of copies.
And you've got the 3D re-release making nearly $100m domestic in 2011.
And then the musical, which is still running, is the longest running and highest grossing musical of all time.
Then you've got two successful TV shows, one of which is currently running, and another spin-off film.
And the characters are all still very popular.
And the songs are still popular and beloved (and returning).
Shit's gonna be huge.
Well, first off I'm assuming it'll be closer to the ceiling than the floor because I trust Favreau. But if that boring-as-fuck-and-kind-of-shitty Beauty and the Beast can make over $500m, I'm thinking Lion King's floor is a good bit higher than $400m anyway.
No doubt it will be big. But I have seen upwards of $2B worldwide and $1B domestic thrown around by people who are typically reasonable. Those are high bars.
Roughly the same size, or a bit bigger than Beauty and the Beast would still be a smash hit.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
I feel Lion King can and will do better than Beauty and the Beast because it has a bigger audience. Basically one appeals to girls and women only and the other appeals to everyone. And it's about talking animals. If the Jungle Book can be that effective, Lion King can do a hell of a lot more.
LordOfLore
Banned
Fuck off Universal