Top Movies of Summer 2019

[PackMan97]

. Even the gawd awful Fantastic Four movie (the gawd awful last one, not the gawd awful one before it) made $170M. (wow, gawd awful first one made 330M, suckers!)

Typically we only reference the US domestic take in this thread...you are talking about worldwide.


154, 132 and 56 million were the domestic takes with the first to the most recent, respectively.

By comparison, all but the first X-Men ($295m) out-grossed even that first Final Four in worldwide boxoffice. Days of Future Past actually topped $750m worldwide! No wonder they keep making more.

[CameronBornAndBred]

Typically we only reference the US domestic take in this thread...you are talking about worldwide.


154, 132 and 56 million were the domestic takes with the first to the most recent, respectively.

By comparison, all but the first X-Men ($295m) out-grossed even that first Final Four in worldwide boxoffice. Days of Future Past actually topped $750m worldwide! No wonder they keep making more.

I saved my $ and didn't watch any of them. Still haven't. But then, I haven't watched any Marvel flick in the theater since Iron Man 1, and no other movie since Guardians 1 & 2 on tv. Those were fun, but I don't like having to keep up with movies to know what's going on when I pay over $10 for a bucket of popcorn.

Now, you kids get your feet off my back rest.

[PackMan97]

I saved my $ and didn't watch any of them. Still haven't. But then, I haven't watched any Marvel flick in the theater since Iron Man 1, and no other movie since Guardians 1 & 2 on tv. Those were fun, but I don't like having to keep up with movies to know what's going on when I pay over $10 for a bucket of popcorn.

Now, you kids get your feet off my back rest.

Dude, rent the video tape and watch from home!

[CameronBornAndBred]

Dude, rent the video tape and watch from home!

Do the what?

[PackMan97]

Do the what?

I apologize. Visit your local blockbuster and rent a laser disc.

[Acymetric]

I apologize. Visit your local blockbuster and rent a laser disc.

Here's a quarter to grab yourself a soda pop on the way home.

[LegoBatman]

Dude, rent the video tape and watch from home!

Just remember to be kind and rewind.

[camion]

Just remember to be kind and rewind.

I couldn’t find the rewind button on my DVD player so I hit reverse at double speed.


It took forever. ☹️

[devildeac]

I couldn’t find the rewind button on my DVD player so I hit reverse at double speed.


It took forever. ☹️

Amen.

[Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15]

Starting to see some really dismal reviews of Dark Phoenix. Amazing how a once great franchise has been laid low.

[JasonEvans]

Starting to see some really dismal reviews of Dark Phoenix. Amazing how a once great franchise has been laid low.

Embargo lifted at 1am. I will have my written 100 words later today, but for now... if you feel like listening, Josh and I rip this piece of !#^!^ right here: https://soundcloud.com/jason-evans-1...t-dark-phoenix

[YmoBeThere]

Typically we only reference the US domestic take in this thread...you are talking about worldwide.

Umm, I thought you weren’t professionally trained?

[CameronBornAndBred]

SLOP2 crossed over in to "Rotten" territory a little bit ago, now with a 59% rating on RT. So in all likelihood, two of our main contenders vying for the #5 spot will both be less than good. (Aladdin being the other one.) Also likely that the top two movies for this weekend will both be bleah, and if Aladdin has enough legs to stay up there, the top three may fill that category. (Hell, I guess Godzilla could make it 4/4 for badness at the top.)

[bundabergdevil]

I didn't vote and now it's too late but if I had or it wasn't, all 5 of my picks would have been Crawl.

[BD80]

I didn't vote and now it's too late but if I had or it wasn't, all 5 of my picks would have been Crawl.

Do we need to see the movie after seeing the trailer?

[PackMan97]

Umm, I thought you weren’t professionally trained?

I'm a professionally trained I'm a real wanker for saying this.

[bundabergdevil]

Do we need to see the movie after seeing the trailer?

I often tell people they confuse wants and needs. This is not one of those cases. Yes, you NEED to see crawl.

[JasonEvans]

Secret Life of Pets 2 made $47.1 mil over the weekend. Unless it has crazy good legs, it is not going to challenge Aladdin for the 5th spot.

Dark Phoenix made $33 mil and is dead on arrival with terrible reviews and lousy word of mouth. It won't even make $100 mil total.

At this point, I would put at least a 75% chance that the top 5 are Avengers, Toy Story 4, Spidey, Lion King, and Aladdin.

-Jason "all of those are Disney films... wow" Evans

[CameronBornAndBred]

all of those are Disney films... wow

And they've got at least Episode 9 and Frozen 2 coming in the Winter. Someone's gonna have a nice bonus this year.

[Nick]

‘Dark Phoenix’ Bound To Lose $100M+ After Worst Domestic Opening In ‘X-Men’ Series: Here’s Why

Even though Dark Phoenix is the No. 1 winner around the globe with $140M –down substantially from the worldwide launches of X-Men: Days of Future Past ($262.9M), Logan ($247.4M) and X-Men: Apocalypse ($166.6M), finance experts tell us that the tale of Jean Grey will burn out with an estimated $100M-$120M loss after ancillaries, off a combined production and P&A estimated cost of $350M+ (which includes reshoots). Final global B.O. is projected at $300M-$325M, with one film finance suit telling us “If it drops like a stone, $285M. Don’t forget it was a holiday in China, and even that was pretty low ($45.7M).”