Jurassic World - Part 10

[Wildcard]

I'm surprised no one has brought up this exchange:

Kids: "Can we stay with you?"
Claire: "I am never leaving---"
Kids: "No no no, him. Definitely him."

Got a big reception at my screening. Pretty damn funny.

Oh yeah, both times everyone laughed at that scene. It was great. t:

 

[spiderman2]

Would have liked to see some kind of action sequence on the monorail.

That would have been interesting.

 

[titansupes]

We were all expecting the Mesosaur to mess that monorail up after the teaser.

 

[spiderman2]

We were all expecting the Mesosaur to mess that monorail up after the teaser.

While he was only in the movie for like 3 seens but it was still cool.

 

[MrMaooz]

 

[Wildcard]

That dance couldn't be more appropriate considering Jurassic World is now officially a billion dollar beast.

 

[CaptainWagner]

My thoughts:

1. I-Rex was okay, but I thought it was a little unbelievable how they conveniently bred it with animals that just happened to give it qualities such as heat control (to avoid the sensors) and camouflage capabilities. I understand they were building a predator, but it still seemed awfully coincidental and a stupid decision on the part of the scientists.

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I felt it was being heavily implied that the I-Rex was actually designed for military use, with the initial contract to "build a better dinosaur" used as cover.

 

[Prison Mike]

I'm surprised no one has brought up this exchange:

Kids: "Can we stay with you?"
Claire: "I am never leaving---"
Kids: "No no no, him. Definitely him."

Got a big reception at my screening. Pretty damn funny.

That scene got a big laugh at my theater along with the "I have a boyfriend" scene. Jake Johnson was great in that scene IMO.

 

[SuperBatman]

I felt it was being heavily implied that the I-Rex was actually designed for military use, with the initial contract to "build a better dinosaur" used as cover.

I agree with this before

Spoiler

Vic Hoskins got eaten and killed by a Raptor, Vic was talking about how the Dinosaur can camaflauge itself and how that would be something awesome to use in War. Also it was revealed Dr. Wu was working for Hoskins and was probably ordered by him to make this dinosaur.

 

[Schlosser85]

Pratt's got rhythm in them hips. And Simpkins looks confused.

 

[lukebrodyg]

I felt it was being heavily implied that the I-Rex was actually designed for military use, with the initial contract to "build a better dinosaur" used as cover.

Indeed.

 

[Iceman]

I liked the Spino and was excited for a new threat when JP3 came out. I just think now I prefer Indominus over Spino.

The I Rex is supported by a much more popular film but would probably win out for most anyway over the Spino. Just think the dinos in TLD and JP3 aren't to blame for the reception of those films. The human characters brought them down.

 

[redfirebird2008]

102million is fantastic and is just under Avengers record second weekend gross. Just under 400mil after two weeks is amazing and I believe they are overestimating Sunday's Father's Day aided drop.

Based on RTH's reporting at the box office forums, it is going to jump by $4-5m from the estimate. So looking at $106-107m weekend and $402m-$403m after 10 days. STUNNING performance. t:

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Based on RTH's reporting at the box office forums, it is going to jump by $4-5m from the estimate. So looking at $106-107m weekend and $402m-$403m after 10 days. STUNNING performance. t:

I knew they underestimating the film yet again. Does Universal just not want the Monday headlines that it's film is breaking records? I don't get it?

 

[redfirebird2008]

I knew they underestimating the film yet again. Does Universal just not want the Monday headlines that it's film is breaking records? I don't get it?

Maybe they are just afraid of egg on the face, but what's funny this weekend is on Saturday morning they were projecting $103.3m for a new record. That was after "only" $29.2m on Friday, which meant it was going to need a good Saturday increase and epic Father's Day to get to their projection. It exceeded those expectations by quite a bit. Amazing.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

Maybe they are just afraid of egg on the face, but what's funny this weekend is on Saturday morning they were projecting $103.3m for a new record. That was after "only" $29.2m on Friday, which meant it was going to need a good Saturday increase and epic Father's Day to get to their projection. It exceeded those expectations by quite a bit. Amazing.

I was following the box office very closely this weekend so I know exactly what you are talking about and I get their caution but I think that they are being a little too cautious.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I'm just very glad to see $400m in 10 days. That is an incredible milestone. I'm thinking this particular release date is underrated by the studios. JP1 opened the same weekend and killed it obviously.

With Father's Day in the second weekend it really helps the second weekend hold and with the fact it's mid-June you have enough kids out of school to rack up enormous weekday numbers. We will probably see more mega tentpoles in this spot in the future.

 

[Serpico Jones]

Do you guys think it has a chance of beating Avatar?

 

[redfirebird2008]

Do you guys think it has a chance of beating Avatar?

Very slim, but the chances are pretty strong of beating Titanic's $658m. It needs a 3.35 multiplier (slightly worse than TDK's 3.36) to reach $700m. That seems like a stretch but possible. $760m seems like a really tough one to reach though.

 

[Wildcard]

I was following the box office very closely this weekend so I know exactly what you are talking about and I get their caution but I think that they are being a little too cautious.

Absolutely agree, they're being too modest. This movie is a straight up phenomenon that doesn't seem to really be slowing down. If I were in charge at Universal I'd be making sure I'm the top story every hour because of the records we're breaking.

 

[terry78]

Hoskins knew what the I-Rex was, **** he probably helped create it on the down low. And as far as killing it, he figured it was just a prototype anyway, and could use it as an excuse to get raptors overseas to fight.

Though to be honest I think it would be morbidly hilarious to have seen that scenario play out where you just let a bunch of raptors loose over in Afghanistan or something and just have them start eating the **** out of everyone regardless of what side they're on.

 

[redfirebird2008]

Maybe Universal is in a bit of shell shock about it and can't imagine that it could do these kind of numbers, so they just play it safe on all the estimates. Franchise was basically left for dead after JP3.

Deadline is now reporting a 10-day estimate of $403-404m, which puts the weekend at $106.8-107.8m. Phenomenal stuff.

 

[Iceman]

Oh another significant upgrade. Thought Father's Day would lead to underestimates, plus this film has good Saturdays and Sundays. It's beating Avengers on weekends which is crazy for June and obviously smashing it on weekdays. Could finish above Titanic's $658.67m domestic at this rate.

 

[Iceman]

I'm just very glad to see $400m in 10 days. That is an incredible milestone. I'm thinking this particular release date is underrated by the studios. JP1 opened the same weekend and killed it obviously.

With Father's Day in the second weekend it really helps the second weekend hold and with the fact it's mid-June you have enough kids out of school to rack up enormous weekday numbers. We will probably see more mega tentpoles in this spot in the future.

I really think any release date is good as long as there is low competition. Every time a new non-traditional month is chosen to release a blockbuster it murders the previous record. Those records have been used to show that those months can't do big numbers but till recently the biggest films have never released in those months to test the theory.

 

[redfirebird2008]

I really think any release date is good as long as there is low competition. Every time a new non-traditional month is chosen to release a blockbuster it murders the previous record. Those records have been used to show that those months can't do big numbers but till recently the biggest films have never released in those months to test the theory.

Yeah, it's a self-fulfilling prophecy when you say March is a bad month and never put out movies like Batman or Avengers or whatever in that kind of month. I would like to see them spread the tentpoles out across more months. February needs to have mega release. Same with September/October.