Weekly Box Office and Film Discussion Thread

[D'Snowth]

That's pretty much what my cousin is arguing.

 

[LittleJerry92]

But Laura Croft though.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Speaking of Spielberg, he's apparently wanting to reboot Indiana Jones, but gender-swapping the character to female and renaming her Indiana Joan.

Not sure why we need another Indiana Jones movie. But, hey, as long as the movie isn't a re-hash of the old ones then i'm cool with it.

 

[mr3urious]

Rampage, based on the classic arcade game, was at the top this weekend. Also, Isle of Dogs moved up to 7th place from the 10th last year thanks to opening in more theaters. So that's good news.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=15&p=.htm

 

[mr3urious]

Avengers: Infinity War is currently at the top, and has managed to open slightly bigger than the first film.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=17&p=.htm

 

[D'Snowth]

So I see Lionsgate is coming out with a new movie called UNCLE DREW.

Who else besides me, certainly @Drtooth, and possibly @mr3urious would hear the name "Uncle Drew" and immediately think of a Bob Hope-esque Tasmanian devil who likes to golf and go on road trips with his brother and nephew to get orange juice?

 

[mr3urious]

Infinity War continues its reign. Hopefully it and Deadpool 2 will stay up long enough to keep Show Dogs from being a success.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=19&p=.htm

 

[mr3urious]

I'm very happy to report that Show Dogs was worst in show this weekend, coming in at 6th place and being the lowest-grossing of all Raja Gosnell's films. Parents are clearly waiting for Incredibles 2, or have taken them to see Deadpool 2. Either way, that's one less live-action talking animal film thrust upon us.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=20&p=.htm

 

[D'Snowth]

Ah, Raja Gosnell . . . from the Home Alone movies, to talking dog movies. What a downfall.

 

[ConsummateVs]

I kind of, sort of used to like talking dog movies when I was younger (like 7 or 8 years old), but now I hate most of them for several reasons.

1. The writing is usually horrible and extremely cliched, with plots that have already been done a million times before.
2. They tend to be pretty cheap and poorly done, as if they were mass-produced.
3. The "comedy" is usually very juvenile, including poop and fart jokes.
4. The acting is usually pretty half-a$$ed, like the actors (both live and voice actors) just do not want to be there and are only there for a paycheck.
5. The poor dogs seem to look pretty miserable throughout some of these movies.
6. The CGI mouths on the dogs tend to look ugly and disturbing.

I hate that these stupid movies keep getting churned out. But if the kids like them and their grandmas keep buying them from the Walmart discount DVD bin or renting them from Redbox, then I guess they'll just keep on comin'.