Comments on: What Will Be The Biggest Box Office Blockbuster Of 2017?

By: laurie jane

laurie jane — Wed, 17 May 2017 07:03:00 +0000

How is it so hard to believe that people like Kingsman? How far is that stick up your collective ass?

By: laurie jane

laurie jane — Wed, 17 May 2017 07:03:00 +0000

In reply to Jordan Ruimy. Dude, people are going to be excited for sequels and remakes because they know what they are and they know what to expect from them.

By: Dheep' P

Dheep' P — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 20:17:00 +0000

I like Cruise usually. Most of his recent efforts have redeemed him once again.
But when I saw the trailer start for the Mummy, and then Cruise, and THEN the Politically corrected Mummy with the cheap CGI, it was TOM, what are you (& Universal) thinking ? This will be one MASSIVE bomb.
Too bad.

By: Glorious_Cause

Glorious_Cause — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 02:24:00 +0000

It’s not even debatable – Star Wars 8 will crush everything, though fall just short of Force Awakens. Justice League will stink as much as BvS and seriously under perform. Dunkirk will be a surprise hit. The Great Wall will be a Great Bomb.

By: John DiLillo

John DiLillo — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 22:21:00 +0000

In reply to LA2000. To be fair to Condon, reviews for his Twilight finale universally praised it as the closest that series came to "good."

By: LA2000

LA2000 — Mon, 16 Jan 2017 19:59:00 +0000

In reply to John DiLillo.

I guess the numbers will speak for themselves. “Force Awakens” had a female lead in a story with a strong male following that had fascinated people now in their 50’s, 60’s, and 70’s. That is pretty much the definition of 4 quadrant, billions grossing behemoth. “Beauty and the Beast” is a live action reimagining of an animated musical (two risky propositions right there) that skews decidedly female. It certainly has a curiosity factor (how will they handle those anthropomorphized utensils). But if this project was for real, Rob Marshall would be directing and not Bill Condon, who has to this point lacked Marshall’s panache and visual confidence.

Of course, the sheer momentum of the brand will carry it far, even if the whole thing is done with sock puppets. I just don’t see it carrying it to Marvel Universe territory unless the reviews are insanely positive. And once again, the argument against that can be found in Bill Condon’s “Twilight” cash grab.

By: Sharknado Guy

Sharknado Guy — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 14:36:00 +0000

I think Spider-Man, Wonder Woman and especially Beauty and the Beast are too high. I think Dunkirk is too low – expecting some backlash to saturation of sequels and expanded universe films.

By: John DiLillo

John DiLillo — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 07:34:00 +0000

In reply to LA2000. The trailer views broke Star Wars records. And that's STAR WARS. I agree it seems strange, but it's going to be huge.

By: LA2000

LA2000 — Fri, 13 Jan 2017 05:13:00 +0000

I think your “Beauty and the Beast” number is crazy. After middling to poor reviews, it will land somewhere around “Maleficent” at $800 million ww…tops.

By: Jordan Ruimy

Jordan Ruimy — Thu, 12 Jan 2017 22:45:00 +0000

For fooks sake, 29 of the 30 are sequels, remakes or reboots. The only film that isn’t? “Dunkirk.” If you thought tlast year was filled with unoriginal ideas, then this year might take the cake.