What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)

[krtek a houby]

Yeah, it still managed to get the number one box office spot and 36.7 million is a hell of a lot of money for a "flop".
In other news; I watched Tora's Tropical Fever. Tora goes to Okinawa to look after his lady and flirts with other ladies.

 

[rubbershoes]

T2 Trainspotting. It sagged in the middle and had some good lines.

It was enjoyable nostalgia

 

[rubbershoes]

Spooks: the Greater Good
Not bad. Harrington is wooden but gorgeous. Harry is awesome. Pretty short film though.

You wouldn't want it to be any longer though. It was creaky enough as it was

 

[Maltin]

Print costs are included in production costs these days, I think. Ads are on top, with 50% of production being average (as you say), tho big films like this will go even higher. Total cost looks like $250-300 mill, with a take of $80 mill so far. So it’s gong to break even even before the DVD and streaming releases.

But $80 million isn't what goes towards that $300 million. Only about half of that gross figure goes towards it (although a bigger percentage will go to the production company in the first week). The production company reported they need to gross $400 million at the cinema to break even, which given the likely cost seems a bit low. Even if that number is true, they need to multiply the first weekend earnings by 5 and most films only do 3 or 4 times opening weekend.

 

[belboid]

But $80 million isn't what goes towards that $300 million. Only about half of that gross figure goes towards it (although a bigger percentage will go to the production company in the first week). The production company reported they need to gross $400 million at the cinema to break even, which given the likely cost seems a bit low. Even if that number is true, they need to multiply the first weekend earnings by 5 and most films only do 3 or 4 times opening weekend.

True - but it hasn't opened at all in China yet, or much of Asia.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) - Disney film playing on Irish folklore stories (although adapted from a Herminie T Kavanagh book) about Leprechauns & banshees, some great special effects for the time and Sean Connery singing.
Loved it.

 

[belboid]

But $80 million isn't what goes towards that $300 million. Only about half of that gross figure goes towards it (although a bigger percentage will go to the production company in the first week). The production company reported they need to gross $400 million at the cinema to break even, which given the likely cost seems a bit low. Even if that number is true, they need to multiply the first weekend earnings by 5 and most films only do 3 or 4 times opening weekend.

And, further to the preceding post...

It's interesting to compare to Interstellar - similar production budget, similar opening week expectations. Interstellar sold just under $50m in the opening weekend, and ended up taking $190m in the US, and $675m worldwide. Pretty, pretty good. So even if BR only takes two-thirds of that, ie maintains it's opening weekend average, it's still on $450m, which puts it in profit, if a bit disappointing.

 

[Thimble Queen]

I watched Okja last night made by the same person as Snow Piercer very good but quite different. Its on Netflix too.

 

[DexterTCN]

I watched Okja last night made by the same person as Snow Piercer very good but quite different. Its on Netflix too.

Here you go

 

[Orang Utan]

The first ten minutes of Baby Driver - doubt I'll go back to it - made me cringe

 

[krtek a houby]

Game of Thrones; season 6 "The Door".

Wow!

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

24
Season 7.
It's been a bit shit since season 3....but I keep watching..

 

[bubblesmcgrath]

Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) - Disney film playing on Irish folklore stories (although adapted from a Herminie T Kavanagh book) about Leprechauns & banshees, some great special effects for the time and Sean Connery singing.
Loved it.

Lol...that's brought back memories...it used to be on rte every St Patrick's day until some sophisticated persons in Donnybrook decided it was twee...the fuckers....

 

[DotCommunist]

'Now You See Me'

ludicrous hiest/magicians/thing but fun with it. Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman are in it but Mark 'sane' Gruffaloe steals it. 6/10.

on the netflix

 

[Orang Utan]

'Now You Don't'

ludicrous hiest/magicians/thing but fun with it. Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman are in it but Mark 'sane' Gruffaloe steals it. 6/10.

that must be a sequel to 'now you see me'?

 

[DotCommunist]

that must be a sequel to 'now you see me'?

no just me getting the name of the film wrong. will edit.

 

[Orang Utan]

no just me getting the name of the film wrong. will edit.

there is a sequel though, but unimaginatively titled 'now you see me 2' - yours is better

 

[DexterTCN]

'Now You See Me'

ludicrous hiest/magicians/thing but fun with it. Woody Harrelson and Morgan Freeman are in it but Mark 'sane' Gruffaloe steals it. 6/10.

on the netflix

I watched that too...it's as daft as a brush. Decent popcorn movie.

Although it does try to steal from one of the greatest movies ever, but never mind.

 

[cybershot]

The Little Hours (2017) - IMDb
Has Alison Brie (Ruth from GLOW) John C. Reilly and Dave Franco in it, but this comedy is hardly funny in the slightest and tries to throw in as much sex and tits as possible to keep you interested.
3/10

 

[cybershot]

The Dark Tower (2017) - IMDb
How can a film with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey be so poor? No idea, but it is. Maybe because the star of the show, is a kid, and we all know that unless it's a horror film, films centered around a kid are generally shit. This is no exception.
5/10

 

[belboid]

The Godfather

mrs b, my nephew n my sisters boyfriend had somehow never seen it before. It was still bloody great, the nephew just managed to stay awake till the end.

 

[Sue]

The Godfather

mrs b, my nephew n my sisters boyfriend had somehow never seen it before. It was still bloody great, the nephew just managed to stay awake till the end.

When've you GF2 lined up for?

 

[krtek a houby]

War For the Planet of the Apes

Darkest instalment yet and sets it up nicely for the original series. Brilliant score also.

 

[Indeliblelink]

Fiasco In Milan [Audace colpo dei soliti ignoti] (1959) - A sequel to the Italian heist comedy "Big Deal On Madonna Street" (remade decades later in Hollywood as Welcome To Collingwood), not quite as good as that classic but still very entertaining & funny. Here they are stealing money from a bank (a pools prize ??) while it's being delivered by an accountant, they end up with a suitcase of money while the police close in on them.

 

[krtek a houby]

The Dark Tower (2017) - IMDb
How can a film with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey be so poor? No idea, but it is. Maybe because the star of the show, is a kid, and we all know that unless it's a horror film, films centered around a kid are generally shit. This is no exception.
5/10

ET
AI
Stranger Things (tv,I know)
Super 8
Beasts of the Southern Wild

are centred around kid(s) and are kind of brilliant

 

[cybershot]

ET
AI
Stranger Things (tv,I know)
Super 8
Beasts of the Southern Wild

are centred around kid(s) and are kind of brilliant

I did say generally. Not all. There’s certainly very few that are ‘brilliant’

 

[krtek a houby]

I did say generally. Not all. There’s certainly very few that are ‘brilliant’

Possibly. I am disappointed hearing about The Dark Tower, mind. But the series of books is just too much (esp when it gets all meta) to condense into a film. If only it had been turned into a televison series.

 

[belboid]

When've you GF2 lined up for?

Next Friday - as long as I can teach everyone else how to stfu during a film in that time.

 

[Sue]

Next Friday - as long as I can teach everyone else how to stfu during a film in that time.

Good luck with that...

 

[hot air baboon]

The Baader Meinhof Complex - what seems to be a superbly authentic - almost documentary but hugely dramatic depiction of events between 1967-77 - brilliantly staged re-creations of real events often filmed in the exact locations with spookily accurate looking actors . Similar to but greatly superior to the Carlos biopic imo