Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

well now that its been announced that MOS 2 will be a Superman/Batman crossover, it will almost guaranteed do a billion world wide

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

It gets worse. He's the main voice actor in Turbo, and that looks like it won't even beat out Dispicable Me, which has been out for weeks. :lol:

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Mary Louise-Parker is competing with herself as well with R.I.P.D. and Red 2. She might not be too happy about that either, but Ryan Reynolds gets the brunt of it.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Yeah, I think he's just about used up his Hollywood lives. He'll need to co-star with bankable leads (Safe House), take smaller roles (Adventureland, Ted) or do a tv series.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

I agree. He has more than enough to be a star, but something doesn't click for him. Thing is, it feels that Channing Tatum has come and taken what would have been Reynolds' spot. At this point, RR needs to go back to TV, get a show on premium TV and pick up some co-starring film roles here and there.

I would suggest going the Ben Affleck route, but I don't know if the guy can direct.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Box Office Prophets is predicting a $42M opening for The Conjuring based on the $17M it took in Friday night. Good news for Warner.

R.I.P.D. is D.O.A. :D $130M spent for that POS?

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Ryan Reynolds is Dane Cook with a little bit more luck. And that luck has ran out.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Thank God. I think Reynolds sucks. How he ever landed any film role in the first place is a huge mystery to me. His Matthew Perry type smugness belongs on TV only. And even there, in small doses.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

:thumbsup: loving all the ryan reynolds hate - never been a fan. always said he was a poor man's jason lee (well, when jason lee was jason lee). only movie i like that he's been in is ADVENTURELAND and he played a douche in that movie so i imagine he wasn't acting very hard.

oh and BURIED isn't half bad.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

I really want to like Ryan Reynolds. He has a lot of charisma and comes off as very likable, but his filmography is garbage. Van Wilder, Just Friends, and Waiting... are all guilty pleasures of mine, but those are the only films in his career that I can tolerate.

It's interesting when you compare him to another Canadian named Ryan. Gosling and him are nearly the same age, both got their start on children's television, started their film careers in smaller roles, they've fucked the same women, and then the shift occurs. Whereas Reynolds has chosen mostly shit comedies, big budget action films, and the occasional independent flick; Gosling has chosen to do mostly smaller features. While Gosling really hasn't had a hit film (The Notebook and Crazy Stupid Love both did $80M domestically), he has proven to be a great actor whereas Reynolds hasn't really done anything. Even Gosling's worst films tend to be better than Reynolds' best.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

I never had anything against him. Like another member had said: I thought he was the second coming of Jason Lee back in the day. I love "Two Guys, A Girl, and A Pizza Place." He has done some good flicks along with some awful flicks. Granted, he seems to latch on projects that he he thinks will propel his career forward (superstardom) even if they're shit projects. He needs to start picking more wisely.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Ah, the little indie film kicking the ass of all of the big studios movies. And judging from the reviews, it sounds like it actually deserves it this time. Brings a smile to my face.

This scares the hell out of my friend, I wish I could iMessage a GIF.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

I've never seen Ryan Reynolds or Dane Cook in anything!

From what I've seen of Reynolds in trailers, I can only lament the lack of new game shows on TV. He'd have a fine career hosting some of those. Maybe when Sajak retires...?

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

From Variety:


The Conjuring (1): $41.5; 2,903; $14,306; $41.5; –

Despicable Me 2 (3): $25.1; 3,820; $6,560; $276.2; -43%

Turbo (1): $21.5; 3,806; $5,649; $31.2; –

Grown Ups 2 (2): $20.0; 3,491; $5,729; $79.5; -52%

Red 2 (1): $18.5; 3,016; $6,134; $18.5; –

Pacific Rim (2): $16.0; 3,285; $4,857; $68.2; -57%

R.I.P.D. (1): $12.8; 2,852; $4,475; $12.8; –

The Heat (4): $9.3; 2,689; $3,468; $129.3; -33%

World War Z (5): $5.2; 2,006; $2,592; $186.9; -44%

Monsters University (5): $5.0; 2,186; $2,287; $249.0; -53%


http://variety.com/2013/film/box-off...akingnewsalert

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Damn, that is one solid opening for Conjuring.

I can't believe Paramount is moving PA5 to Jan. 2014 when you consider there's only one more haunting flick coming up (Insidious 2) and Oct. is practically wide open. I don't see that Carrie remake doing much business.

Both of Mary Louise Parker's films this weekend combined couldn't match #1. Bummer. Neither looked good, though. And I liked RED, but RED 2 doesn't look like a must-see to me.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Speaking of which Dane Cook is the lead of "Disney's Planes" which comes out in a couple of weeks which although look's terrible and essentially both movies have the exact plot (you can't be a snail that races/you can't be a little plane that races) I think will do better since it's some sort of Cars spinoff already.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

While he does have a very Jason Lee-esque vibe, the question I challenge you with is: what the fuck has Jason Lee done? Outside of Kevin Smith's films, Lee has done more to piss away his career than Reynolds has. It sucks as I really like(d) Lee, but his agent and manager (or scientology) fucked his career.

You can message a GIF using either iOS 6 or Mac OS X 10.8.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

I just posted this in the Only God Forgives thread, but it's relevent to this thread too.

I still need to watch the movie (I have it on iTunes unplayed), but as of its third day of release, Only God Forgives is now the third highest grossing film in Radius-TWC's brief history and their highest opening weekend on record. It's also been jumping back and fourth between #1 and #2 in the top iTunes rentals.

Thanks for the 78-screen roll-out, assholes.

Kirsten Wiig's new flick, Girl Most Likely, gets a 353-screen roll out and gets to play in major chains as it's not available on VOD and yet has half the PSA Refn and Gosling have.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Speaking of which, I have a couple of theatrical options for God Only Forgives and Girl Most Likely. Might see the former tonight.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

At least you have theatrical options for Only God Forgives.

Vegas only has three theaters not owned by major chains, one which has constantly booked Radius-TWC films, but we got shafted this go-around. :(

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

I definitely agree with that. He needs a new professional team stat.

I am not sure how RIPD even got made, least of all got such a large budget. Maybe it read better than it played out?

Glad to see such a solid opening for The Conjuring.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

My Name Earl was on for a few years and that was a solid show.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

... for two, maybe three seasons.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

How?

It's showing theatrically out by where I am, I'm kind of surprised it hasn't gotten a slightly wider release, even temporary, after the success of Drive.

Re: The Weekend of Too Many Flops? Box Office Thread 7/17 - 7/21
 

Re OGF, i noticed the Landmark chain doesn't have a deal w Radius for whatever reason. Could an indie that also has On Demand play also get a say 500 screen booking?