Posted on 11/05/2017 9:47:28 AM PST by SMGFan
Disney and Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok got the 2017 holiday movie season started in strong fashion, debuting with over $120 million as the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to fill theaters. Additionally, STX's A Bad Moms Christmas brought in over $20 million for its five-day start, but it's the road ahead that will tell the full story as it hopes to play well into the holiday season. Overall, the top twelve delivered a combined $166 million, which is a massive improvement over last week but still falls short of the $183 million for the same weekend last year, which not only featured the $85 million debut of Doctor Strange, but openings for Trolls and Hacksaw Ridge.
With an estimated $121 million, Disney and Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok delivered the seventh largest opening for a film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, topping the $117 million debut for Spider-Man: Homecoming earlier this year. On average, films in the MCU deliver 2.72x multipliers, which would put Ragnarok's domestic run over $330 million if it merely holds to the average, but we're expecting it to play a bit better thanks in large part to strong reviews and opening weekend audience reception
>>>> Elsewhere in the top ten, Atlas's Let there be Light expanded into 642 theaters (+269) this weekend and brought in an estimated $1.6 million, signaling only a 6% drop from last weekend. The film's cume now stands just over $4 million.
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Idris Elba is a good actor too.
But `Roland Deschain’ in lefty Stephen King’s Dark Tower series wasn’t black either.
The point remains—to fans it is politically correct, diversity bull shit.
So that movie tanked. It is what it is.
Re: “Anthony Hopkins has a funny line in Thor: Ragnarok”
THOR: She’s too strong. Without my hammer I can’t . . .
ODIN: Are you Thor, the god of hammers?
From almost 20 years ago, here’s another great one liner from Hopkins:
Tom Cruise: “[That will be] very [difficult].”
Anthony Hopkins: “Well, this is not Mission Difficult, Mr. Hunt. It’s Mission Impossible.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJGJMi-sUS8
No there is no point. It’s just idiotic whining on both sides. It’s a classic “both sides are bleeding morons” situation, leftists whining about “white washing” and righties bitching about “PC washing” are bothing being just plain stupid racist gits and should STFU and feel embarrassed to even thinking anything that bloody stupid. Really, get over it, if you think the most important thing about an actor, ANY actor, is their skin color you’re just wrong and really need to get your head out. You’ll find the world smells better.
Dark Tower because the movie blew. Didn’t matter who they cast in it, they took a multi-thousand page book series and turned it into an hour and 35 minutes of “even people who memorized this series won’t understand what’s going on”.
Why not just have the Lady Sif, I wonder? Who, from what I understand, is not in the film. That, and a few other things, are why I skipped this one. Everything I liked about the first one is gone.
I did some number-crunching. Here’s a list of the box office take percentage for movies based on either comic books or comic strips for the last 37 years:
1980: 2.1%
1981: 4.6%
1982: 1.9%
1983: 2.2%
1984: 0.0%
1985: 0.0%
1986: 0.0%
1987: 0.0%
1988: 0.0%
1989: 6.0%
1990: 5.2%
1991: 4.4%
1992: 3.5%
1993: 0.0%
1994: 2.3%
1995: 3.4%
1996: 0.0%
1997: 1.5%
1998: 0.0%
1999: 0.0%
2000: 2.0%
2001: 0.0%
2002: 4.3%
2003: 3.8%
2004: 4.0%
2005: 5.7%
2006: 5.7%
2007: 9.2%
2008: 10.1%
2009: 1.6%
2010: 3.0%
2011: 6.3%
2012: 12.5%
2013: 9.4%
2014: 15.3%
2015: 5.7%
2016: 15.7%
2017: 20.4%
Methinks I see a trend....
The problem is that a Marx Brothers film or other comedy will no longer pack a house.
Your typical multiplex has one IMAX screen and a dozen or so much smaller screens. Ticket prices are about $10 each and you can expect to spend at least $20 more if you want popcorn and a drink. That is after you drive there, wait in line, and try to find a seat that isn't sticky from the last showing.
Unless I am going to see something on the IMAX screen I would much rather watch it in the comfort of my own home on my nice 50" flat screen TV (I am hoping to get a 65" for Christmas).
The actress who played Lady Sif was busy with her tv show blindspot and wasn’t available.
Its really good, especially when we find out at the end that Darth Vader rather than Odin is Thor’s real father.
Tsk. Spoiler warning, please!
And I watched Dirty Harry yesterday and one of his bosses made a funny comment too - he said, “San Francisco doesn’t pay criminals to not commit crimes”......gonna have to edit that part if they want realism....
Same here. My granddaughter and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Easily the best Marvel movie yet. Lots of great funny lines, and definitely the best Thor movie of the three.
And for anyone out there grousing about how they depicted a blonde Nordic Valkyarie as a black woman - I don't give a smelly Obama. Tessa Thompson did a great job. Don't see the movie if it means that much to you.
Funny thing about the Marx Brothers in economics.
When they went from Paramount to MGM, the stated goal was to create movies that half as many laughs and made twice as much money. The thought was that the Paramount movies were so packed with jokes that audiences couldn’t keep up and would miss things.
Now, that all the Marx Brothers movies are available to watch at home, it’s the Paramount movies that hold up, because they are packed with laughs and you can hear all the jokes alone in your living room - or you can go back and rewatch.
The MGM movies have great moments, but they freaking drag at times.
For those gripping about it and not going to see it, fine. But you'll be missing out.
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To me, Jeff Goldblum was hilarious. He reminded me of a RINO. What a politician! Loved the part when he got Loki and Valkyrie in a bidding war to find Thor. And then at the very end of the credit scene! (hope you all waited for them--there were two)
Also, the scenes with Thor in Hulk's a bedroom where LOL! Hulk coming out of the hot tub necked... And when the Hulk starting sulking like a big baby and Thor has to cheer him up. And when Thor threw the medicine ball at the window and knocks himself out, funny as #@$#%#$@!!!!
Most of the family went to see it.
Oh and Korg! Snort! “Dead Doug”!
I saw it with my wife yesterday. My impression was that they were trying to do it like "Guardians of the Galaxy", comedy/adventure, but couldn't quite make up their minds what degree of seriousness to have. I liked "Guardians" much better.
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