Weekly Box Office and Film Discussion Thread

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Oscar contender Hidden Figures stayed at the top this weekend, while fellow contender La La Land has rocketed up to 2nd place from last week's 5th, and Sing followed closely behind. Meanwhile, Monster Trucks can be considered a rightful flop, winding up in 7th place with about $10 million to its name.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2017&wknd=02&p=.htm

Great to see La La Land finally getting more exposure due to the award season. I'm glad to see Hidden Figures getting so much attention as well, it's actually doing a little better than I originally expected.

 

[D'Snowth]

So PETA is all butthurt over this A DOG'S PURPOSE movie, big shock. But after seeing more trailers for the movie today . . . isn't this basically just HOMEWARD BOUND but with one dog instead two dogs and a cat?

 

[D'Snowth]

So PETA is all butthurt over this A DOG'S PURPOSE movie, big shock. But after seeing more trailers for the movie today . . . isn't this basically just HOMEWARD BOUND but with one dog instead two dogs and a cat?

Seeing a different trailer for this movie makes it even more confusing, because this trailer seems to suggest that someone a man keeps getting reincarnated as a different dog? I think? I don't know, I'm just really confused.

But once again, I think Hollywood is being a little too insensitive right now: first, they come out with that PATRIOT'S DAY just a few years after the Boston Bombing actually happened, and when America's going through a rough stretch . . . now here comes a movie about the Great Wall of China when Trump is talking about building a wall between us and Mexico? Come on, they're doing this crap intentionally.

 

[MikaelaMuppet]

What is everyone's thoughts on The Emoji Movie coming out this summer?

 

[Oscarfan]

So PETA is all butthurt over this A DOG'S PURPOSE movie, big shock. But after seeing more trailers for the movie today . . . isn't this basically just HOMEWARD BOUND but with one dog instead two dogs and a cat?

Haven't seen it, but the gist is that a dog gets re-encarnated as other dogs until he finds his original master, I guess.

 

[D'Snowth]

Like I said in my previous post, that's what I gathers (for the most part) from a different, more recent trailer I saw.

 

[CensoredAlso]

The final Razzie nominations have been announced. ZERO nominations for Ghostbusters. Take THAT, fanboys and girls! Hiiiiyaaa!

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/r...inees-full-list-batman-v-superman-1201966896/

 

[mr3urious]

So M. Night Shyamalan's Split is at the top for the 2nd weekend in a row (and is getting positive reviews, amazingly enough), while A Dog's Purpose sits in a comfy 2nd place. Despite all the controversies over alleged animal abuse, it came out fairly unscathed.

And then there's Resident Evil: The Final Chapter. With a 4th place opening and the lowest of all 6 films (!) in the series, it better the heck be final.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2017&wknd=04&p=.htm

 

[D'Snowth]

So I'm seeing trailers for this JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2. When was there ever a Chapter 1? Who is John Wick anyway?

 

[mr3urious]

So I'm seeing trailers for this JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 2. When was there ever a Chapter 1? Who is John Wick anyway?

The first one came out back in 2014, and performed well enough. And hey, it's also an original film.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wick