The New Ghostbusters - Part 10

[Kanon]

Saturday morning update

Ghostbusters is not gonna fall more than 60% as many predicted, but it will come close. The second weekend of the Sony hoped-for new franchise will drop between 55% and 57%. While that is not great, it’s not as scary as it could be either, meaning that audiences are still buying tickets (mid-week numbers weren’t bad). It will hit $100M eventually, but after this three-day will be at $85M after two weekends in release. Kinda says it all, no?

http://deadline.com/2016/07/star-tr...rse-lights-out-box-office-preview-1201790073/

 

[Pfeiffer-Pfan]

Every little helps, right?

Mattel's 'Ghostbusters' toys are selling like gangbusters!

 

[TheCommissioner]

interesting, because they weren't selling at first

usually don't see that

 

[Neno_Kos]

Every little helps, right?

Mattel's 'Ghostbusters' toys are selling like gangbusters!

 

[TheTrekkie]

The so called vintage Ghostbuster toys are selling well. No real surprise there. However, the new toys are only selling because they're all on clearance racks and have pieces for Rowan.

 

[bluejake01]

The so called vintage Ghostbuster toys are selling well, the ones for the new movie are only selling because the prices are so low.

I wouldn't call $15 for a bad sculpt, ****** paint job and and cheap plastic...cheap.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

The so called vintage Ghostbuster toys are selling well. No real surprise there. However, the new toys are only selling because they're all on clearance racks and have pieces for Rowan.

The only official clearance was at target and it was by accident. Could be some on a store by store basis, but it snot an all over thing. Went to Walmart last night and bought a Patty figure, and there was way more classic stuff left on the pegs than reboot stuff. With the film actually out, I think stuff is starting to move.

 

[TheTrekkie]

The only official clearance was at target and it was by accident.

Proof? I just searched and nothing newer than a week ago, nothing about errors. My closet Target only had one hook left and some plushies, all with clearance stickers.

 

[Lord]

ComicbokGirl19 has a fantastic vid on all of this.

This film was bloody awful.

Completely disagree. While i usualy like comicbookgirl19, i think she has a narrow view on cinema that automaticaly equates a film being weak with the people behind it not caring for it. A great example is Warcraft, which she called a passionless product, thinking it was only greenlighted due to it being a valuable property, completely ignoring the fact that for many years, it was not greenlighted by Blizard due to them not feeling like it would be up to the quality of their games. That film was bad, but it's director was incredibly passionate about the whole project.

I'm seeing these same misconceptions happening with what she says about the Ghostbusters remake, it felt like the director realy was trying to do something good, and the end result is honestly much closer to the spirit of "classic ghostbusters" than many are giving it credit for. Better than the second film, just stays behind the original. I think one major factor that drags it down is the third act.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Proof? I just searched and nothing newer than a week ago, nothing about errors. My closet Target only had one hook left and some plushies, all with clearance stickers.

http://pagesix.com/2016/07/07/ghostbusters-toys-are-already-on-the-clearance-rack/

Check middle of the article, amidst all the movie bashing.

 

[JtheDreamer]

Completely disagree. While i usualy like comicbookgirl19, i think she has a narrow view on cinema that automaticaly equates a film being weak with the people behind it not caring for it. A great example is Warcraft, which she called a passionless product, thinking it was only greenlighted due to it being a valuable property, completely ignoring the fact that for many years, it was not greenlighted by Blizard due to them not feeling like it would be up to the quality of their games. That film was bad, but it's director was incredibly passionate about the whole project.

I'm seeing these same misconceptions happening with what she says about the Ghostbusters remake, it felt like the director realy was trying to do something good, and the end result is honestly much closer to the spirit of "classic ghostbusters" than many are giving it credit for. Better than the second film, just stays behind the original. I think one major factor that drags it down is the third act.

Except Warcraft was bad.

 

[TheTrekkie]

http://pagesix.com/2016/07/07/ghostbusters-toys-are-already-on-the-clearance-rack/

Check middle of the article, amidst all the movie bashing.

Well it obviously did not reach many stores or the source is wrong.

 

[TheDreamMaster]

Well it obviously did not reach many stores or the source is wrong.

It was on the GB Fans forum, but a few people were talking about their Targets had ripped the clearance stickers off, and others still had them but when ringing up they got flagged as the wrong price and were told they had to sell them at the normal cost, or something like that.

 

[Serpico Jones]

I think this is a pretty big disaster for Sony. Another franchise dead in the water.

 

[Lord]

I now wonder what SONY's going to do with the franchise. Making a direct sequel to this would probably be risky while making a direct sequel to the original 2 might be too late. I would say that the ideal would be to make an interdimensional film that served as a crossover between both casts. Would bring in something new while merging all previous films in the franchise together.

Except Warcraft was bad.

Did my post disagree with that notion?

 

[Zero_Effect]

Saturday morning update

http://deadline.com/2016/07/star-tr...rse-lights-out-box-office-preview-1201790073/

Ended up dropping 53%, not as bad a predicted, but the worst for a Paul Feig directed film.

 

[Steyin]

I now wonder what SONY's going to do with the franchise. Making a direct sequel to this would probably be risky while making a direct sequel to the original 2 might be too late. I would say that the ideal would be to make an interdimensional film that served as a crossover between both casts. Would bring in something new while merging all previous films in the franchise together.

Should have done something like that from the start before Ramis passed away. I have 0 interest in any direct sequel to the original films now that he is gone. Shame that this has been so back and forth over the years, and I blame Murray.

 

[Zero_Effect]

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice

GHOSTBUSTERS is dropping similarly overseas as it did in North America, grossing $10.5M on 3,910 screens, $36M total.

 

[Hunter Rider]

What's the US box office total?

 

[Guts]

What's the US box office total?

According to box office mojo, the domestic total is 86 million and the foreign box office is 36 million.

 

[Rocketman]

I wonder if this kills the MIB/23 Jump Street movie or if it's now going to be the one project Sony goes for broke on.

If I were Sony I'd pull the plug on MIB/23 right now. They'll probably be on the brink of bankruptcy if they keep bombing like this.

 

[MadVillainy]

I think they'll keep pressing forward with MIB 23. Which I still think is a stupid idea beyond belief.

SONY is just running around like a chicken with it's head cut off

 

[Kanon]

Finishing in what is currently a tie for third place with Lights Out was Sony's Ghostbusters reboot, which dropped 53% for an estimated $21.6 million. The drop is just a step above the 51.4% average when you compare to other films that had similar opening weekends and also scored a "B+" CinemaScore, but for director Paul Feig and star Melissa McCarthy this is a much larger drop than they are used to. The duo's three previous films together saw an average 34.4% second weekend drop. Ghostbusters carries a $144 million budget and has grossed $86.8 million so far domestically and just over $120 million worldwide.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4209&p=.htm

 

[Kyle]

I wonder if this kills the MIB/23 Jump Street movie or if it's now going to be the one project Sony goes for broke on.

If I were Sony I'd pull the plug on MIB/23 right now. They'll probably be on the brink of bankruptcy if they keep bombing like this.

It's a weird movie BUT the franchise has consistently brought in big earnings.

Plus it's a GREAT idea. They can make fun of franchises, making film universes that don't make sense, and film sequels that leap the shark - the one that comes the most to mind here is Jason in outer space. If they keep it a meta hilarious commentary that pokes fun of itself I don't see why it can't be and do as good as the others. It's basically a natural progression.

 

[Rocketman]

Should have done something like that from the start before Ramis passed away. I have 0 interest in any direct sequel to the original films now that he is gone. Shame that this has been so back and forth over the years, and I blame Murray.

Please. Murray was open to it if the script was good, and all the script drafts sucked. He wasn't going to do GB3 unless it was worth it and he said that countless times. If they ended up making it just for the sake of making it and it turned out bad, fans would be even angrier than they are about GB2, and even angrier than they are now about the fact that GB3 didn't happen.

Murray was doing everybody a favor. We're better off. Blame the script writers, not Murray. If they had produced a quality product on par with GB1 instead of GB2, Murray would've been interested. Guaranteed.