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AQUAMAN 2 directed by James Wan (12/16/22)
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For a year where comic book movies are having to really push to prove themselves, these two billion-dollar solo sequels seem to differ with their critic ratings.

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On 1/23/2024 at 2:40 PM, Bosco685 said:

For a year where comic book movies are having to really push to prove themselves, these two billion-dollar solo sequels seem to differ with their critic ratings.

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All the numbers are obviously lies.

LOL like it's a coincidence that the movies the media praises start out high on Rotten Tomatoes...and then go down after 2 weeks of release if the wind blows wrong.

Etc., etc.

I 100% knew ahead of time for an absolute fact that the media would love Blue Beetle, Ezra's Flash, Robbie's Quinn, The Marvels...and hate Aquaman 2.

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Lotta' hype in this thread for the sequel to a film that went from $1.1 bn. worldwide and a # 5 global finish for the year in 2018...

to this one, which will finish outside the top 12 for the year, *maybe* hit $420 million total, and after 34 days has finally managed to surpass the worldwide total of fellow ocean-based film Meg 2: The Trench.

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On 1/25/2024 at 6:28 AM, Gatsby77 said:

Lotta' hype in this thread for the sequel to a film that went from $1.1 bn. worldwide and a # 5 global finish for the year in 2018...

to this one, which will finish outside the top 12 for the year, *maybe* hit $420 million total, and after 34 days has finally managed to surpass the worldwide total of fellow ocean-based film Meg 2: The Trench.

"Lotta hype" for just reporting the actual box office results?

I see. "Only my detracting observations are factual!" :nyah:

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What's the lag for international?

Because Luiz said it would hit $400 million worldwide on Tuesday.

Box Office Mojo is showing EOD Wednesday results as $398.4 million.

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All that box office amazing knowledge and still not aware Box Office Mojo mainly updates international results upon Sunday estimate reporting and TheNumbers always reports Domestic Box Office first in the morning while BPM only posts it late in the afternoon.

"Experts"

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On 1/26/2024 at 4:31 PM, paperheart said:

strong legs lol, this guy butchers the english language and math equally. Here's what happens when there are no new releases the weekend prior.  tied for 7th out of 9 :roflmao:

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English is his second language. Now go for his skin color and really top it off. We all know you have it in you!

:popcorn:

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On 1/26/2024 at 4:31 PM, paperheart said:

strong legs lol, this guy butchers the english language and math equally. Here's what happens when there are no new releases the weekend prior.  tied for 7th out of 9 :roflmao:

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I mean, it's all relative.  All he's saying there is that the week-to-week "hold" for Aquaman 2 on this, the 5th weekend of its wide release, is actually better than the "hold" for the original Aquaman from 2018 (26.3% drop vs. 37% drop.)

It is kind of misleading, of course, in as much as it would suggest that this Aquaman is somehow doing better than the first one in any significant way.  Which it is most definitely not.  

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On 1/26/2024 at 6:14 PM, Axelrod said:

I mean, it's all relative.  All he's saying there is that the week-to-week "hold" for Aquaman 2 on this, the 5th weekend of its wide release, is actually better than the "hold" for the original Aquaman from 2018 (26.3% drop vs. 37% drop.)

It is kind of misleading, of course, in as much as it would suggest that this Aquaman is somehow doing better than the first one in any significant way.  Which it is most definitely not.  

That's not what the statement notes. He's pointing out that Aquaman (2018) was higher at this point in time for the 5th week. But that Aquaman 2 is doing better than the horrible start it experienced which should have gotten worse (hence the +5.3% increase).

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But you have to give Warner Bros. some credit here.

They picked the absolute best release date - immediately pre-Christmas, with an uninterrupted holiday corridor and the only major competition in the first 5 weeks from middling Jason Stratham actioner The Beekeeper...

And it only lasted as # 1 movie for all of three days before being dethroned by

(checks notes)

The Color Purple remake.

:facepalm:

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On 1/26/2024 at 6:26 PM, Bosco685 said:

That's not what the statement notes. He's pointing out that Aquaman (2018) was higher at this point in time for the 5th week. But that Aquaman 2 is doing better than the horrible start it experienced which should have gotten worse (hence the +5.3% increase).

Uh, pretty sure that's exactly what I noted.  Aquaman 2 is "holding" better than the original Aquaman.  Technically.  

It is, of course, easier to "hold" better when you are starting from a significantly lower box office start. 

But it's something!

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