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JUMANJI starring Dwayne Johnson (12/20/17)
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davidpg

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9 hours ago, thehumantorch said:

A very enjoyable movie well worth seeing.  

Agreed!  Saw it a couple weekends ago with the family (myself, my 11 year old son, my girlfriend and her daughters 13 and 11)...all had a blast!

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Bosco685

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I knew Jumanji was going to be a hit. But Wow! Amazing numbers.

Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle

- Domestic: $338,057,203 (41.1%)

- International: $484,000,000 (58.9%)

- Worldwide: $822,057,203

Remaining Release Dates:

- Peru: 11 February 2018

- Japan: 6 April 2018

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JUMANJI: It Turns Out That Spidey Is No Match for the People’s Champ!

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Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson laid the smack down on Spider-Man: Homecoming, coming in at a domestic gross of $337.8 million as of this week, as shared by Box Office Mojo. Last year’s Spider-Man reboot tapped out at $334.2 million. The Jumanji reboot has been steadily climbing the ladder to become one of Sony’s top grossing films, and held the title for highest grossing weekend film for four weeks. The recent Maze Runner: The Death Cure, took that title this past weekend but Jumanjj: Welcome to the Jungle continues to bring in the money, even pushing Wonder Woman out of the way.

 

The release date of the Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart tag teamed movie played a big part in the success of the film. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle hit theaters just when the holiday season came around and was able to tap into the nostalgia that fans felt for the original film that starred the late Robin Williams. One could argue that the insertion of Dwayne Johnson into the film was a turning factor that took what could have been lightly received reboot into a theater smashing juggernaut with domestic numbers that continue to add up. But, to assume that The Rock and Hart connection is the sole reason for the films success is to dismiss that it opening among weak competition and receiving positive reviews from movie goers gave it a fighting chance to take the lead. Now entering week 5 we will see if it keeps climbing the charts or eventually comes crashing back down to reality.

 

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In holdover news for the weekend, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle continued to display remarkable staying power, earning another $9.825 million (-10%) over the Fri-Sun frame. So now it’s holding better than Greatest Showman, which will drop a shameful 17% in its eighth weekend. If that estimate holds tomorrow, then Jumanji will have the seventh-biggest eighth weekend gross of all time, behind such lightweights as Forrest Gump ($9.89m), E.T. ($10.4m), Frozen ($11.7m), Home Alone ($12.6m), Avatar ($22.8m) and Titanic ($23m).

 

The Dwayne Johnson/Kevin Hart/Jack Black/Karen Gillan action comedy has now earned $365.5 million in just under two months of domestic release. That means it is now officially leggier than Avatar ($760m/$77m). Yes, Jumanji made $14m on Wednesday and Thursday before its conventional Fri-Sun weekend, but by next week Jumanji will be leggier based on its first five days than Avatar was. But aside from those arbitrary distinctions, the film is now guaranteed to be Sony’s second-biggest domestic hit between Spider-Man 2 ($373m in 2004) and Spider-Man ($403m in 2002).

 

And with $881.7 million worldwide, it has now surpassed Spider-Man: Homecoming ($880m) and Spectre ($881m) to become Sony’s third-biggest global grosser ever. By next weekend (if not sooner), it’ll have surpassed Spider-Man 3 ($891 million in 2007) to sit only behind Skyfall ($1.1 billion in 2012). It should pass Spectre and Spider-Man: Homecoming this weekend (or soon after), and it may just top Secret Life of Pets ($368m) and Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 ($389m) to become the biggest domestic earner for all four of its stars. In terms of worldwide grosses, it’s already number three for Johnson (behind Furious 7 and Fate of the Furious) and the top earner for Hart, Black and Gillen.

 

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‘Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle’ Crossing $900M WW Box Office This Weekend

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When Saturday and Sunday grosses are factored in, Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle will have topped $900M worldwide. The current cume through Friday is $895.37M with $371.57 domestic and $523.8M at the international box office. And the movie still has yet to debut in Japan.

 

There was a moment there where projecting $900M was an iffy proposition, but this surprise holiday season hit and holdover has had some crazy legs. The Jake Kasdan-helmed follow-up to the 1995 classic is now Sony’s 2nd biggest movie ever globally and domestically. It is also the biggest film worldwide for Sony proper (Skyfall is No. 1, but it’s an MGM/Eon title that the Culver City crew distributes). Domestically, the top film is the first Spider-Man.

 

The international estimate for the three-day weekend will bring the int’l cume to $526.9M with domestic at $377.4M. That puts the jungle juggernaut at an estimated $904.3M through Sunday.

 

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I really wanted to love this movie, after watching the fun trailer.

It just felt flat. 

The set pieces were as tired as a 30's serial trying to impossibly stay on budget.

The cast tried with all their might, but I only could see Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gilliam stuck in a jungle.

There really was no mortal stakes until everyone was down to a bar, the villain was bland (maybe another kid should have played that character to round out the character arcs- it would have been a mystery to who it was) and Nick Jonas moped wayyy too much.  The kid sentimentality really rivaled Home Alone.

After a while, it's like, "Oh shut it! You just pushed a friend of a cliff and helicopter!"

I might like it better the second time, but for now...

** 1/2 out of ****.

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