Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
10-02-16, 02:36 PM
#1
DVD Talk Gold Edition
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Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
1 N Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Fox $28,500,000 - 3,522 - $8,092 $28,500,000 $110 1
2 N Deepwater Horizon LG/S $20,600,000 - 3,259 - $6,321 $20,600,000 $110 1
3 1 The Magnificent Seven (2016) Sony $15,700,000 -54.8% 3,674 - $4,273 $61,605,901 $90 2
4 2 Storks WB $13,800,000 -35.2% 3,922 - $3,519 $38,811,274 $70 2
5 3 Sully WB $8,400,000 -37.9% 3,717 -238 $2,260 $105,387,463 $60 4
6 N Masterminds (2016) Rela. $6,600,000 - 3,042 - $2,170 $6,600,000 - 1
7 22 Queen of Katwe BV $2,608,000 +755.3% 1,242 +1,190 $2,100 $3,011,009 $15 2
8 7 Don't Breathe SGem $2,375,000 -37.1% 1,653 -785 $1,437 $84,734,937 $9.9 6
9 4 Bridget Jones's Baby Uni. $2,330,000 -50.0% 2,055 -875 $1,134 $20,981,735 $35 3
10 5 Snowden ORF $2,029,390 -50.0% 1,821 -622 $1,114 $18,729,637 $40 3
2 N Deepwater Horizon LG/S $20,600,000 - 3,259 - $6,321 $20,600,000 $110 1
3 1 The Magnificent Seven (2016) Sony $15,700,000 -54.8% 3,674 - $4,273 $61,605,901 $90 2
4 2 Storks WB $13,800,000 -35.2% 3,922 - $3,519 $38,811,274 $70 2
5 3 Sully WB $8,400,000 -37.9% 3,717 -238 $2,260 $105,387,463 $60 4
6 N Masterminds (2016) Rela. $6,600,000 - 3,042 - $2,170 $6,600,000 - 1
7 22 Queen of Katwe BV $2,608,000 +755.3% 1,242 +1,190 $2,100 $3,011,009 $15 2
8 7 Don't Breathe SGem $2,375,000 -37.1% 1,653 -785 $1,437 $84,734,937 $9.9 6
9 4 Bridget Jones's Baby Uni. $2,330,000 -50.0% 2,055 -875 $1,134 $20,981,735 $35 3
10 5 Snowden ORF $2,029,390 -50.0% 1,821 -622 $1,114 $18,729,637 $40 3
10-02-16, 04:25 PM
#2
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
I've only read the book (which was just ok) not seen the movie but it is definitely not a Harry Potter ripoff.
10-02-16, 04:27 PM
#3
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
Yeah it's a misleading thread title, has a lot in common with X-men, not so much with Potter.
10-02-16, 06:42 PM
#4
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
Nice drops for Storks, Sully and Don't Breath. Although not listed, Suicide Squad only dropped 39% at #11.
10-02-16, 07:01 PM
#5
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
Bad Moms has quietly reached $112m, that's impressive
10-03-16, 07:00 AM
#7
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/mo...ef=todayspaper
Anybody hear of this "prerelease criticism"? Why would that be an issue in a film of this type? Why would anyone even care? Besides, isn't Samuel L. Jackson in it? Isn't that "diverse" enough?
Had they cost half as much to make, their box office debuts would be considered marvelous. But with price tags of more than $100 million (before marketing costs), “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children” and “Deepwater Horizon” will have to fight to avoid going down as disappointments.
Mr. Burton needed the win. His last big-budget movie, “Dark Shadows,” was a box office misfire; his last outing as a producer, “Alice Through the Looking Glass,” was closer to a calamity. Still, “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children,” which drew prerelease criticism for its lack of cast diversity, will need to continue to draw large audiences in the weeks ahead to turn a profit.
10-03-16, 07:03 AM
#8
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
The famed director acknowledged that diversity has become a popular discussion topic, but told editor Rachel Simon that “things either call for things, or they don’t.” He continued:
I remember back when I was a child watching “The Brady Bunch” and they started to get all politically correct, like, OK, let’s have an Asian child and a black — I used to get more offended by that than just — I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that’s great. I didn’t go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies.
I remember back when I was a child watching “The Brady Bunch” and they started to get all politically correct, like, OK, let’s have an Asian child and a black — I used to get more offended by that than just — I grew up watching blaxploitation movies, right? And I said, that’s great. I didn’t go like, OK, there should be more white people in these movies.
10-03-16, 07:26 AM
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DVD Talk Legend & 2021 TOTY Winner
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/03/mo...ef=todayspaper
Anybody hear of this "prerelease criticism"? Why would that be an issue in a film of this type? Why would anyone even care? Besides, isn't Samuel L. Jackson in it? Isn't that "diverse" enough?
Anybody hear of this "prerelease criticism"? Why would that be an issue in a film of this type? Why would anyone even care? Besides, isn't Samuel L. Jackson in it? Isn't that "diverse" enough?
10-03-16, 07:50 AM
#10
DVD Talk Legend
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
I am just glad Deepwater Horizon finally came out so I don't have to watch that damned loud and obnoxious trailer anymore for it. It seems it was before every movie I have seen in the theater since December.
10-03-16, 11:37 AM
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DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
10-03-16, 12:24 PM
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DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
10-03-16, 01:03 PM
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10-03-16, 03:04 PM
#15
DVD Talk God
Re: Weekend BO 9/30 - 10/2: Harry Potter ripoff wins
I believe it was one of several Relativity movies that's been sitting in the can for a long time while they underwent their financial issues.
IIRC, Netflix has the rights to their movies and wanted to release it straight to their service and there was some legal wranglings about it.
IIRC, Netflix has the rights to their movies and wanted to release it straight to their service and there was some legal wranglings about it.
