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re: Alright, predict box office gross for Ghostbusters opening weekend

Posted on 7/11/16 at 11:46 am to
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 11:46 am to
The most telling thing is the marketing. The entire cast booked appearances on late night (not individually) and that was a month ago. Tv spots have been rare. I didn't see a trailer in theaters and I've seen a few movies this summer

All of that tells me Sony didn't spend money advertising because they're already writing it off as a flop. Studios have been wrong before, especially Sony so who knows. Everything points to a bomb though but audiences will decide
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72004 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 11:49 am to
I hope this movie fails hard. I actually think the first trailer that was posted on here is probably the most honest and truthful one.

He wanted this movie to be good and he thought it sucked badly.
This post was edited on 7/11/16 at 11:50 am
Posted by DelU249
Austria
Member since Dec 2010
77625 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 12:00 pm to
I don't often root for failure, but it's really irresponsible to burn cash on something like this. They didn't listen to people, in fact dismissed them as sexist motherfrickers (oh yeah, that's sure to improve your take) and they're about to learn a hard lesson.

People want their commercial diarrhea free of social and political commentary. Save it fr some low budget Oscar bait movie or indie art house flick
Posted by Weagle25
THE Football State.
Member since Oct 2011
46175 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 12:03 pm to
quote:

almost every teenager and college aged people will be there on a date night.

I'm a college-aged kid and I can tell you that no one my age is even really talking about it. The only talk I've heard about this movie from my age group is "Did you hear they're ruining ghostbusters?"
This post was edited on 7/11/16 at 12:04 pm
Posted by mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Member since Nov 2015
35437 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 12:12 pm to
It will make $30 million opening weekend.

But the media will report it as $300 million and nobody will be the wiser.
Posted by GetBackToWork
Member since Dec 2007
6249 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 1:00 pm to
Has anyone been in a theater when the preview appears? No one laughs, and no one reacts. There is little enticing folks to come back and see this.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
79974 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 2:25 pm to
I'm not seeing it. No SJW has the authority nor ability to force me to.
Posted by Freauxzen
Utah
Member since Feb 2006
37241 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 3:52 pm to
There's no such thing as bad press. The negative stuff will get this into $70-80 million territory, which will be a success.
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58035 posts
Posted on 7/11/16 at 4:10 pm to
Industry tracking has had it at $40-$50 million for a while now.

I'll split the difference and go w/$45 million.
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