Matt Reeves to direct "War for the Planet of the Apes" - Part 1

[Marvolo]

I'm more inclined to agree with Sithborg's reasoning than these other explanations. It was literally sandwiched between the most positively received Spider-Man film in over a decade, that also just so happened to finally be under the Marvel umbrella, and a Nolan film. Nolan doing a WW2 film without really a star in the lead role, sure, but still...

If it had been surrounded by garbage I think it may have fared better, but this just so happened to not be a terrible summer for movies.

I haven't been able to watch it yet. It was one of my most anticipated movies of the summer, but I missed it opening weekend, and last weekend I watched Dunkirk. I'm going to try to go watch WPOTA this weekend.

I really hope this poor box office doesn't kill this current version of the franchise or cause Fox to do something stupid with the next film. If there even is a next film.

 

[Iceman]

Same for me. Watched Spidey first, then watching Dunkirk this Sat (more influenced by what different people happened to want to watch at the time) but still need to see this.

 

[Marvolo]

The international box office is just perplexing. $77 million...wtf? Even accounting for the poor release date, that international box office shouldn't be worse than the domestic box office.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Glad you loved it man.

Thanks man, one of the years best for sure.

I can't believe how poorly this movie is doing at the box office. What the heck happened?

I don't think the marketing helped. It is certainly not the action movie the trailers made it out to be.

Did War shortchange the non-Caesar apes? I love Dawn, but I felt the ape characters were underused outside of Caesar, Blue Eyes, and Koba. Comparatively, Maurice, Rocket, and Luca get a lot more to do in War, and Bad Ape is a solid addition. I'd say it's about 50/50.

I agree, I loved that Dawn carried on the story of Maurice, Rocket and Koba. But War surpassed that for me. We got Maurice's connection with Nova, and Rocket got some really strong moments. I also thought Luca had a couple of good moments and Bad Ape and Donkey were good additions. As well as Lake.

 

[Iceman]

The international box office is just perplexing. $77 million...wtf? Even accounting for the poor release date, that international box office shouldn't be worse than the domestic box office.

Is it out everywhere yet? Dawn did fine overseas so that would be a bit weird.

 

[Marvolo]

Is it out everywhere yet? Dawn did fine overseas so that would be a bit weird.

International Release Dates:

UK 11 July 2017
Ireland 11 July 2017
Belgium 12 July 2017
Spain 12 July 2017
Finland 12 July 2017
Norway 12 July 2017
New Zealand 12 July 2017
Philippines 12 July 2017
Sweden 12 July 2017
Chile 13 July 2017
Czech Republic 13 July 2017
Denmark 13 July 2017
Georgia 13 July 2017
Greece 13 July 2017
Hong Kong 13 July 2017
Croatia 13 July 2017
Hungary 13 July 2017
Israel 13 July 2017
Italy 13 July 2017
Cambodia 13 July 2017
Kuwait 13 July 2017
Netherlands 13 July 2017
Portugal 13 July 2017
Russia 13 July 2017
Singapore 13 July 2017
Ukraine 13 July 2017
Bangladesh 14 July 2017
Bulgaria 14 July 2017
Canada 14 July 2017
Estonia 14 July 2017
Lithuania 14 July 2017
Turkey 14 July 2017
France 17 July 2017 (Paris) (premiere)
Indonesia 25 July 2017

Places it hasn't opened yet:

Australia 27 July 2017
Poland 28 July 2017
France 2 August 2017
Argentina 3 August 2017
Brazil 3 August 2017
Colombia 3 August 2017
Germany 3 August 2017
Paraguay 3 August 2017
Austria 4 August 2017
South Korea 15 August 2017
Japan 13 October 2017

I suppose Europe could save the film.

 

[spiderman2]

The international box office is just perplexing. $77 million...wtf? Even accounting for the poor release date, that international box office shouldn't be worse than the domestic box office.

While movie has not came out in Japan and China yet. There is also 1 place were the movie is coming out today Thursday that is and one place were the movie comes out Friday. 1 Place were it comes out August 2 and 5 places of August 3. One August 4 and one on august 15. So considering 10 places have yet to release the movie including 2 big places its hard to really say how good the OS boxoffice is or isn't yet.

 

[Marvolo]

While movie has not came out in Japan and China yet. There is also 1 place were the movie is coming out today Thursday that is and one place were the movie comes out Friday. 1 Place were it comes out August 2 and 5 places of August 3. One August 4 and one on august 15. So considering 10 places have yet to release the movie including 2 big places its hard to really say how good the OS boxoffice is or isn't yet.

The film has no scheduled release date for China. If it does get a release in China it might be in September, but if the film is still bombing by that time it's not going to be saved by China.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I wonder if they do continue the franchise what the plan would be?

Is a straight up Planet Of The Apes remake what they would do next? It seems that way.

 

[Greens]

Same for me. Watched Spidey first, then watching Dunkirk this Sat (more influenced by what different people happened to want to watch at the time) but still need to see this.

You're in for a treat. This may be sacrilege but I enjoyed War more than Dunkirk.

 

[Iceman]

You're in for a treat. This may be sacrilege but I enjoyed War more than Dunkirk.

The CBMs this year have been much better than expected, and the summer non CBMs look like they are awesome too (I also need to see Baby Driver). Not used to this much quality all over the place.

 

[scarlet-witch]

You're in for a treat. This may be sacrilege but I enjoyed War more than Dunkirk.

Nah, I did too. Both were excellent, but War gets the edge.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The CBMs this year have been much better than expected, and the summer non CBMs look like they are awesome too (I also need to see Baby Driver). Not used to this much quality all over the place.

Baby Driver was excellent. It, Logan and War are my 3 top movies this year, all 3 are brilliant. I would give War a slight edge over BR though as it had more powerful moments.

 

[Iceman]

Baby Driver was excellent. It, Logan and War are my 3 top movies this year, all 3 are brilliant. I would give War a slight edge over BR though as it had more powerful moments.

Great year and I can't wait to see Dunkirk, War and BD in the next few weeks.

International Release Dates:

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I suppose Europe could save the film.

Thanks. Germany and France might be good and I don't know whether Apes is popular in Korea/Japan. Shame it's not doing more really.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Great year and I can't wait to see Dunkirk, War and BD in the next few weeks.


Thanks. Germany and France might be good and I don't know whether Apes is popular in Korea/Japan. Shame it's not doing more really.

It is indeed a great year. I still need to see Dunkirk myself. But you are in for a treat with War and BD

 

[Broseph44]

I can't believe how poorly this movie is doing at the box office. What the heck happened?

Darth have you seen it yet? Haven't heard your thoughts.

Did War shortchange the non-Caesar apes? I love Dawn, but I felt the ape characters were underused outside of Caesar, Blue Eyes, and Koba. Comparatively, Maurice, Rocket, and Luca get a lot more to do in War, and Bad Ape is a solid addition. I'd say it's about 50/50.

The supporting Apes definitely had more to do and were more developed in War, which makes sense. They progress more as the trilogy goes on, same goes for Caesar. But I really loved Maurice, Rocket and Luca in this film. They were great and added a lot to this story. If they hadn't been given the utilization they got, I'm not sure it would've made the overall story for themselves and Caesar pay off as much as it did.

 

[StormC]

Exchange rates aside, it is kind of crazy that Dawn did half a billion overseas. I think after Dawn did so well Fox was hoping to expand the franchise further, but War just couldn't bring in the audiences it should, whatever the reasons may be.

I'm not sure where the franchise goes from here. These aren't movies you can do on reduced budgets; hell, just look at what happened to the original Apes franchise when they slashed the budget for sequels. Maybe they just quietly let it end after the trilogy and bring it back in a decade or so.

 

[Loden Greatstorm]

Awesome movie!

 

[rayc1971]

I can't believe how poorly this movie is doing at the box office. What the heck happened?

yeah and even worse overseas i think they should have waited until august away from spidey and dunkirk

 

[Lasirius]

I didn't know this was doing poorly at the box office, I loved it and it's a fantastic trilogy. There is an overwhelming amount of reviews on IMDB rating it 1/10; I get it if you don't like it or it wasn't what you're expecting but a 1? Come on! It's almost infuriating.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Darth have you seen it yet? Haven't heard your thoughts.

No, plan on seeing it early next week.

 

[Kane52630]

If they do make a new trilogy I would like for them to go far into the future. Possibly bring the astronauts back into the fold.

What I'm really saying is I want Iain Glen to play Charlton Heston's character.

 

[LoganGambit87]

favorite song on soundtrack!!!

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

Darth have you seen it yet? Haven't heard your thoughts.



The supporting Apes definitely had more to do and were more developed in War, which makes sense. They progress more as the trilogy goes on, same goes for Caesar. But I really loved Maurice, Rocket and Luca in this film. They were great and added a lot to this story. If they hadn't been given the utilization they got, I'm not sure it would've made the overall story for themselves and Caesar pay off as much as it did.

Definitely, BAd Ape and Nova played an important part in Caesars story as well in War. They all had at least one really powerful moment.

 

[Broseph44]

No, plan on seeing it early next week.

Can't wait to hear your thoughts man. Curious what's your thoughts or ratings of Rise and Dawn?

Definitely, BAd Ape and Nova played an important part in Caesars story as well in War. They all had at least one really powerful moment.

Oh for sure, I was talking overall more about the apes that have been with Caesar since the start. But Nova and Bad Ape were wonderful additions, loved them both.