Lionsgate "Power Rangers" - - - - - - - - - Part 18

[harryoscop]

If the movie looked good enough to audiences, that wouldn't matter nearly as much.

I tried to make this argument with MoS a few years back and that was loads of movies in terms of competition. But the truth is, if the audience love it, they will show up. So while there is a dent, it isn't the full story at all.

The movie did look good

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The movie did look good

See, I never thought it did. Plenty here thought BatB looked blah, even my wife SPIDEY, and yet audiences are in love. Can't predict wide audiences off your own opinion. Though SPIDEY did think BatB would do big money no matter her own thoughts on the trailers.

 

[harryoscop]

See, I never thought it did. Plenty here thought BatB looked blah, even my wife SPIDEY, and yet audiences are in love. Can't predict wide audiences off your own opinion. Though SPIDEY did think BatB would do big money no matter her own thoughts on the trailers.

True. Maybe this entire movie should have been approached differently.

 

[Primal Slayer]

It basically looked like your bleak Vancouver movie. Angelgrove looked straight up like Storybrook from ONCE, we had our average shipping dock and Zordon was blah.

When I first saw Alphas design I was not impressed but it actually wasnt that bad in the movie, but the ships design left a lot to be desired and the Putties werent Putties.

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

The putties design is horrible, just horrible. I liked the pathos given to the characters but I would have went for a less gloomy looking shaky cam affair. I think a film can be serious without those things. Alpha does look good in the movie but I still have issues with the Ranger costumes.

 

[kj2005dawn]

guess it's back to kiddie nick super mega awesome power rangers

so, sad it was gonna be a great ride, i hate foreigners

 

[Primal Slayer]

For a movie that wanted to make things more "alien" I didnt understand what went into designing them.

Yeah overall the real putties are nothing to write home about but I feel like their faces give a good jumping off point to do a real interesting design with.

to something like this

 

[DarthSkywalker]

guess it's back to kiddie nick super mega awesome power rangers

so, sad it was gonna be a great ride, i hate foreigners

What the hell?

 

[kj2005dawn]

was a joke

 

[harryoscop]

Those still look like dudes in spandex...

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Those still look like dudes in spandex...

Dudes in spandex can easily look better then CGI blah. Aliens can wear pants too you know. t:

 

[harryoscop]

Dudes in spandex can easily look better then CGI blah. Aliens can wear pants too you know. t:

Those don't look better than what we got imo. They look exactly like the show versions just with better materials. The Putties could have looked legitimately terrifying & alien, what we got was admittedly underwhelming but yeah.. Idk, dude.

 

[Primal Slayer]

To me they look better then just a big chunk of rock. But it also a decent jumping off point to designing something better.

 

[kj2005dawn]

let me put this in perspective:


Power Rangers has to be the highest grossing movie in Japanese history to get a sequel

beating anime movies that gross: $200,000,000 in japan

 

[2kt09]

guess it's back to kiddie nick super mega awesome power rangers

so, sad it was gonna be a great ride, i hate foreigners

lol. Yeah...stick to older super sentai stuff if anyone's into that, cuz they're currently not really trying with those either.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Finishing in second place is Lionsgate's release of Saban's Power Rangers, which brought in an estimated $40.5 million from 3,693 locations. This result finds the film delivering in the high end of pre-release tracking and opening day audiences showed they enjoyed what they saw, scoring it with an "A" CinemaScore. Of that audience 30% were under the age of 18 and gave the film an "A+" CinemaScore. Further demographic breakdown saw the audience made up of 60% male moviegoers vs. 40% female, of which 50% of the audience was over the age of 25.

Looking ahead it will be interesting to see just how high the domestic total can climb for the $100 million production as last year saw Independence Day: Resurgence open with $41 million and only go on to gross just over $100 million. However, The Legend of Tarzan debuted with $38.5 million and finished its domestic run over $125 million. A performance closer to Tarzan's seems more likely, but next weekend will be the tell-tale sign as to just how front-loaded this film was, but with an "A" CinemaScore and a strong performance with audiences under the age of 18 it could prove to have strong legs over the coming weeks.

Internationally, Power Rangers debuted in 62 markets and delivered an estimated $18.7 million for a $59.2 million worldwide debut. Of the territories in which the film was released, Mexico led the way with an estimated $3 million followed by a $2.1 million opening in Brazil, the film finished second in both markets. Power Rangers also finished second in the UK with an estimated $2.1 million. The film has yet to open in plenty of major markets including upcoming early April releases in France, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Finland and Sweden followed by a late April release in South Korea and a mid-July release in Japan.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4278&p=.htm

let me put this in perspective:


Power Rangers has to be the highest grossing movie in Japanese history to get a sequel

beating anime movies that gross: $200,000,000 in japan

....if it can do 100mill in Japan, Lionsgate would probably be happy.

 

[Drizzle]

See, I never thought it did. Plenty here thought BatB looked blah, even my wife SPIDEY, and yet audiences are in love. Can't predict wide audiences off your own opinion. Though SPIDEY did think BatB would do big money no matter her own thoughts on the trailers.

The trailers for Power Rangers didn't do it any favors. While it wasn't a Rise of the Planet of the Apes "Holy ****, this movie is way more amazing than it looked!" type of situation, it was better than the trailers made it out to be. Yeah, the CGI was subpar and Angel Grove would have been better if it wasn't just a fishing village, but the kids' performances really elevated the movie as a whole. It also didn't help that, much like BvS, they gave away every action setpiece in the trailers.

Beauty and the Beast, on the other hand....you could have just had a guy holding up a sign that said "Emma Watson is Belle in Beauty and the Beast, coming March 2017" as the trailer and people still would have gone to see it in droves.

 

[kj2005dawn]

lionsgate might wanna reshoot the movie with japanese actors, and add the american action scenes

 

[I SEE SPIDEY]

There is no guarantee that Power Rangers does great in Japan.

 

[harryoscop]

To me they look better then just a big chunk of rock. But it also a decent jumping off point to designing something better.

I would have made them be formed/made from anything in the blast radius of Rita staff when pounds the ground with it to make them. Concrete, grass, metal, water, even human tissue (anybody unlucky enough t o be next to Rita's radius would be turned into a Putty)

 

[fancyarcher]

Seems like an okay number for PR, don't think it'll be enough for a sequel, though, it's not doing so well overseas.

 

[kj2005dawn]

we Power Rangers in the U.S. did our job and supported this movie and we are gonna be punished because people in other countries didn't, that is so F*c*ed up

 

[2kt09]

I would have made them be formed/made from anything in the blast radius of Rita staff when pounds the ground with it to make them. Concrete, grass, metal, water, even human tissue (anybody unlucky enough t o be next to Rita's radius would be turned into a Putty)

Now that's terrifying. Zombies mixed with rubble.

 

[TheVileOne]

A lot of doom and gloom in here. I get it, but maybe wait and see how the movie does next weekend. It seems audiences generally liked it. Might be too much panicking here. Also remember these are only the Sunday estimates, not the actuals.

 

[momotaros]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4278&p=.htm



....if it can do 100mill in Japan, Lionsgate would probably be happy.

100M in Japan? Are we praying to Gods now?