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[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I did think the decision to move it to summer was a bit strange. The first movie had very little competition, while the move for the sequel means it is up against the 3rd Avengers movie and a Star Wars movie. No wonder the sequel is making less.

 

[I Am The Knight]

Deadpool is now a billion dollar movie franchise. I could never have imagined that 10 years ago.

You have to make a billion to become a billion dollar franchise

 

[Iceman]

I did think the decision to move it to summer was a bit strange. The first movie had very little competition, while the move for the sequel means it is up against the 3rd Avengers movie and a Star Wars movie. No wonder the sequel is making less.

Both Deadpool and Star Wars should have stuck to what worked for them before. At least one of them should have moved when they realised they were both opening next to each other.

 

[-JKR-]

You have to make a billion to become a billion dollar franchise

The franchise itself has made a billion. So it's a billion dollar franchise.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Both Deadpool and Star Wars should have stuck to what worked for them before. At least one of them should have moved when they realised they were both opening next to each other.

Definitely, I think Solo is also suffering because it’s coming so soon after TLJ.

 

[TheVileOne]

You have to make a billion to become a billion dollar franchise

Collectively it has made a billion. Both Deadpool films.

 

[TheVileOne]

Again, the release date was idiotic.

That being said the film is still doing very well. Deadpool is definitely a cinematic superstar anyway you cut it.

If it was idiotic, where would it have done better?

This might have been the best place for it. Well after Infinity War and before Solo. Heck, Deadpool 2 is showing up Star Wars now.

 

[HBarnill]

If it was idiotic, where would it have done better?

This might have been the best place for it. Well after Infinity War and before Solo. Heck, Deadpool 2 is showing up Star Wars now.

Uhhhhhhhh... August?

 

[Iceman]

Definitely, I think Solo is also suffering because it’s coming so soon after TLJ.

They've also broken that tradition as people were getting used to Star Wars and Xmas together.

 

[Fallen]

Why couldn't this be an August release?

Ask FOX .

 

[HBarnill]

They've also broken that tradition as people were getting used to Star Wars and Xmas together.

Evidently, the geniuses over at Disney think Mary friggin’ Poppins will make a ton of cash, especially next to Bumblebee and Aquaman. Does anyone even remember the original?

 

[Kuwolski]

If it was idiotic, where would it have done better?

This might have been the best place for it. Well after Infinity War and before Solo. Heck, Deadpool 2 is showing up Star Wars now.

Remember it was originally 2 weeks after IW before Marvel moved it up a week. Then on the other side you only have a week before a SW film opens. Now even if Fox anticipated Solo being vulnerable because of the behind the scenes troubles, I doubt they anticipated it would open to well under 100 m for the 3 day weekend. It ended up doing so, yet DP still dropped big. Imagine if Solo actually hit the mark..

The sequel will end up with excellent numbers when the dust settles, but this certainly isn't a textbook example in scheduling on how to maximize the potential of your tentpole at the box office.

Uhhhhhhhh... August?

Yeah, didn't we have a couple of CBM's hit for 700m+ in that month recently. Hmm.

 

[Iceman]

Evidently, the geniuses over at Disney think Mary friggin’ Poppins will make a ton of cash, especially next to Bumblebee and Aquaman. Does anyone even remember the original?

I mean I think there's a lot of potential with MP but it's not going to be an annual billion dollar franchise like Star Wars. They risked moving SW because they thought it was safe but now they are probably more concerned about the future of SW. And don't forget that Yondu made Poppins relevant again. t:

 

[Kuwolski]

I mean I think there's a lot of potential with MP but it's not going to be an annual billion dollar franchise like Star Wars. They risked moving SW because they thought it was safe but now they are probably more concerned about the future of SW. And don't forget that Yondu made Poppins relevant again. t:

Don't be surpised if MP's makes more then Solo. At this point it feels like Solo was DOA wherever they placed it. LF was more interested then anyone for making that film.

And I think the demos for MP's and the other two films can co-exist fine. Much less crossover then if Solo was there.

 

[Iceman]

Don't be surpised if MP's makes more then Solo. At this point it feels like Solo was DOA wherever they placed it. LF was more interested then anyone for making that film.

And I think the demos for MP's and the other two films can co-exist fine.

That's what I was saying. I'm not going to underestimate it as it has a chance of breaking out if they recreate the magic of what made the first film a classic. But even if it failed it wouldn't have serious consequences for Disney unlike Star Wars failing which will be a possible billion dollars a year gone. So IMO they should have prioritised Star Wars above all, regardless of whether they thought it was safe.

 

[HBarnill]

I mean I think there's a lot of potential with MP but it's not going to be an annual billion dollar franchise like Star Wars. They risked moving SW because they thought it was safe but now they are probably more concerned about the future of SW. And don't forget that Yondu made Poppins relevant again. t:

Man, it’d be great if Emily Blunt was cast as Outlaw, just for Deadpool to call her Yondu, at least once.

 

[psylockolussus]

They should release Deadpool 3 in January to avoid competition.

 

[Iceman]

Man, it’d be great if Emily Blunt was cast as Outlaw, just for Deadpool to call her Yondu, at least once.

Yes! Love that idea t:

 

[psylockolussus]

Evidently, the geniuses over at Disney think Mary friggin’ Poppins will make a ton of cash, especially next to Bumblebee and Aquaman. Does anyone even remember the original?

Yes people remember the original. I haven't even seen it but Ive heard about it. And really Bumblebee, didn't the lastTransformers film underperformed? Bumblebee is hardly a big competition.

 

[HBarnill]

Yes people remember the original. I haven't even seen it but Ive heard about it. And really Bumblebee, didn't the lastTransformers film underperformed? Bumblebee is hardly a big competition.

Mary Poppins is childhood nostalgia but that doesn’t usually translate to BO success. Heck, nowadays, you see people making fun of the movie than really remember it fondly.

And I don’t think Bumblebee is gonna be that big of a hit but it’s still competition. So is Aquaman, the follow up to the despised Justice League. There’s still gonna be an audience for them and these properties are more in the public conscious than Mary Poppins is.

 

[psylockolussus]

How many childhood nostalgia worked for Disney films? A lot. I'm not saying its gonna be an instant huge success as Disney don't have a perfect track record, I don't hàve plans to watch Mary Poppins, but seriously, Mary Poppins versus films that are part of troubled film franchises?I don't think you should underestimate it when dceu/transformers aren't exactly winning especially with their most recent film released.

 

[HBarnill]

Hey, I could be wrong. Maybe Mary Poppins becomes the breakout hit of the season. Perhaps I have some faith in Aquaman since everything I’ve heard about it sounds positive and it’s not like the DCEU isn’t capable of making a good movie. Bumblebee has some flicker of hope given the Director is the head of Laika, the best American animation studio right now and it has the lowest budget of the series.

 

[Flemm]

Maybe Mary Poppins becomes the breakout hit of the season.

It definitely has a chance. It's hard for me to say what they might do with the movie, and I certainly haven't been following it.

But it could really dominate the family demographic over the holidays, theoretically. They must think that they have something to place it in that slot. That's a very lucrative release date for a family-friendly movie.

 

[TheVileOne]

Honestly, I'm not sure an August release would've really changed that much for Deadpool's numbers.

 

[ironman_rick]

When its all set and done......DP2 is gonna gross more than logan with > 80% RT rating.

I would say thats a pretty good sequel.

DP3 ( has to be released in less crowded months) will gross at least $750M. And if they can get china on board.....expect $850M.
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Movie studio who pay their incompetant execs millions of dollars have to realise that movie biz is a zero sum game. You can't schedule so many many in a tiny window period and expect all of them to make money.

If DP2 was release in 1st week of april.... BP would not have made almost $700M domestic no matter how good it is was (and how highly it was rated).