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James Cameron makes alien dinosaurs on Pandora's moons?
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It do mean something if you're going to compare movies released several years apart, and want to to get an idea how they stand against each other in terms of their power of getting people into theaters.
I think Avatar is safe. I don't see how it's going to make over 760mil total.
Right now it's pretty much following Avengers with higher weekdays because of the summer. We'll see if the drops remain consistent, but I'll tentatively say between 600-650 depending on future drop offs. I don't think it gets to 700M.
This is the first big blockbuster that's completely fueled by nostalgia and by Chris Pratt's stardom. There are some great visuals and that's no doubt fueling the 3D revenue, but as a movie it's actually a little weak. If it weren't for Chris Pratt's character, I probably would wait for blu ray for this.
Just goes to show how unpredictable box office is.
It's certainly a movie that harkens back to the big blockbusters of the 70's and 80's. Really Jurrassic World is Jaws in Jurrasic Park clothing, and there hasn't been a "Jaws" type movie for a long time. It draws the nostalgia crowd and the young kids are loving it too.
I hope that we see more Spielberg type movies coming out. I know J.J. Abrams tried this type of thing with Super 8 and it didn't do too well (although I love that movie), but I haven't seem many other serious attempts to try and do a real popcorn film until this one.
You add Pratt to the mix and it's box office gold.
Anyone knows how well this is doing in China? From what i heard it has made over 170 million when adjusted to dollars, is it heading towards Avengers 2 numbers?
I think Avatar is safe. I don't see how it's going to make over 760mil total.
$181 million as of today, should end its run over $200 million but I don't think it beats AoU.
I still think it could potentially make $700 domestically, especially if the numbers for Terminator & Ant-Man turn out to be as low as they're projecting. Even the estimates for Ted 2 are lower than I thought they'd be.
So either those numbers will be very wrong or Jurassic World is beyond safe.
Is Pratt a big reason for this doing so well? I mean I love Pratt but you could replace him here with 100 other actors I like and it wouldn't make much difference to me. I'd actually prefer a character given more of a scientific background (like the originals) or a hunter type (like Muldoon and Roland) rather than an all out action man that we've seen before too many times. The dinos and the park itself did most of the work for me, although I'll certainly be happy to see Pratt in the sequel and am happy to see him raising his profile ever further. Really hope he lands that Indy role, could really nail that IMO.
For me, and my neck of the woods, yes. Pratt for my friends, co-workers, family and I is the primary reason we gone to see this movie. I honestly couldn't see this thing breaking out as big as it did with say, someone like Tom Hardy in the same role, who is a great actor, but he's just not a box office draw.