Pacific Rim - Part 3

[georgec]

That'd make it a flop, so that'd suck, but whatevs, I'm just concerned with it living up to my wet dreams about it.

That wouldn't make it a flop at all. There are markets outside of the US, after all.

 

[Tron Bonne]

Oh, I thought that was total gross, not just domestic. But it'd still have to make at least that much in foreign markets to be successful, right? I mean, really, I don't care, I'm really more concerned about it living up to potential than them BO returns. I don't have any stock in any of these companies.

 

[DarkKnight88]

Current projections based on tracking. Which of course are just educated guesses.

Opening Weekend: $55,000,000
Total Domestic Gross: $185,000,000

How do we feel about that?

It'd be lucky if it even got that high. At this point, I just hope it makes more than Prometheus's gross at 125 M domestically. Marketing hasn't been so good and tracking is fairly low. They need to get the mainstream interested not just fans who are going no matter what.

 

[redhawk23]

^ Exactly. I'm fairly sure Hunnam is the main character, along with Rinko. Hunnam isn't a complete unknown though he certainly isn't a name. They really need to push him more.

 

[Liam_H]

Hunnam isn't unknown but he also isn't anywhere close to being a name, almost to the same effect as being an unknown.

 

[Autonet]

I'd be happy with 60m OW domestic. I think it'll do pretty well overseas. This genre is way bigger in South America and Asia.

 

[Tim_Riggins]

Charlie + Rinko are the main characters: Raleigh Becket and Mako Mori. The movie should indeed do gangbusters OS, especially in Asia.

 

[redhawk23]

Little known actors or not, they should really play up the relationship between them two more.

 

[DarkKnight88]

True. They played that up in the Avatar trailer with two unknown actors.

 

[georgec]

There's really not much blockbuster competition on either side of Pacific Rim's release other than White House Down and possibly The Wolverine.

In the middle of summer audiences will want big budget escapism, and Pacific Rim will be there waiting with open arms.

 

[kguillou]

I don't see how this movie shouldn't do gangbusters, especially with the kids. It's giant robots fighting monsters, basically a modernized Voltron. How would kids not eat that stuff up?

 

[Liam_H]

There's really not much blockbuster competition on either side of Pacific Rim's release other than White House Down and possibly The Wolverine.

In the middle of summer audiences will want big budget escapism, and Pacific Rim will be there waiting with open arms.

It has to face up against DM2 second weekend. And I guess...it hurts to type this...Grown Ups 2.

 

[Autonet]

Article about extended scenes screening! : http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/06...-pacific-rim-and-want-to-tell-you-about-them/

 

[Mr. VBZ]

There are a large number of people expecting battleship or something. I'm certain that the reviews will be better. Once they hit, it may just swing the pendulum.

 

[Tanin]

There are a large number of people expecting battleship or something. I'm certain that the reviews will be better. Once they hit, it may just swing the pendulum.

After Man of Steel I just don't trust critics.

 

[terry78]

After Man of Steel I just don't trust critics.

Until you agree with them.

 

[Tanin]

Until you agree with them.

Words in my mouth much?

 

[Autonet]

Until you agree with them.

One movie with divisive reviews = all critics suck.

 

[Tanin]

One movie with divisive reviews = all critics suck.

They do all suck. They get stuck on cinematography and storyline and technical detail and usually miss out on the big picture of if it was worth watching.

 

[GENERAL RAAM582]

I have my group of critics who I agree with. Those 7 critics can say a movie is fantastic and the rest of the critics can say it sucks and I'll probably like the movie.

 

[dark_b]

They get stuck on cinematography and storyline and technical detail and usually miss out on the big picture of if it was worth watching.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critique

 

[Marvolo]

It may take good WOM to save Pacific Rim. It should be a big hit with kids, but they still have to hook in the parents to get them to bring their kids. As of n ow the marketing just isn't selling this as a unique enough property imo. Its robots versus monsters, but what makes it special? What makes it stand apart? Does it have heart, depth, something anything beyond pretty colors and rockem sockem death matches? This is the stuff they need to play up. The stuff that makes it special. As it looks now its just what it appears to be robots versus monsters and I'm not sure that's gonna make this film a BO hit.

I really wish Del Toro could get one really big hit with mainstream audiences and break into the stratosphere of the BO. Its like the man can't crack it tho with audiences.

 

[Autonet]

This one variety article is a good example of "any publicity is good publicity" because all I see on Twitter is "Grown Ups 2 > Pacific Rim? WTF!"

 

[Marvolo]

This one variety article is a good example of "any publicity is good publicity" because all I see on Twitter is "Grown Ups 2 > Pacific Rim? WTF!"

Yeah, this could end up helping it. It certainly makes people do a double take and go wtf which gives the film attention.

 

[-JKR-]

They do all suck. They get stuck on cinematography and storyline and technical detail and usually miss out on the big picture of if it was worth watching.

Ah, I get it, so (not referred to Man of Steel, have yet to see it)...

The cinematography sucks, the storyline is a mess, and the director seems to have slept on set instead of thinknig of the technical details - BUT WHO AM I TO CRITIQUE a movie, I fail to see the big picture. How could these faults possibly make a movie anything less than good?