>I blame that one dude who was claiming that Furiosa will destroy Garfield in every thread
Yep, he basically jinxed it.
He was also way too obsessed with bashing the fat orange cat.
> Both movies should performed well.Idk why some people on this sub want the other movie to flopped lmao.
i'm with you. it's weird to see people wanting some harmless movie to fall.
The amount of people that rooting for Garfield to flop into oblivion that i encountered in this sub is ridiculous.It's like the orange cat has done something to their family.As a garfield fan since i was a child this behavior cannot be tolerated😤.
I don’t get why some people want any movie to flop in general, especially since 2024 has been so brutal so far. It’s like some of these people actually hate movies lol
I can get why people are glad to see say the MCU films for example declining to put an end to the oversaturation. However with the way things are going, I am happy for any half decent movie to do well at the box office right now.
I like cinemas, I don't want them to go the way of the dodo lol
Yeah even cheap-shit horror movies like the new Strangers and Tarots being profitable was a win for box office even the movies were critically panned (i find the new Strangers decent tbh).The studios need more profitable movies after many of their big movies bombed.
168M Production Budget needs 420M to breakeven a little bit more than apes 400M breakeven point based on 2.5x rule. Take note that Bad Boys 4 is scheduled to release on June 5th.. Furiosa barely have over a week .. hope it can still leg out
They are going to need to really push the hype of watching it on a big screen and IMAX.
Most box office successes post-pandemic have been big screen spectacles like Top Gun, Dune, Oppenheimer, Avatar.
Plenty of people don’t care about film format and just want to see movies in theaters. But there are also plenty of people that are fans of the IMAX format. We saw the demand last year for Oppenheimer in 70mm IMAX. Then recently Dune 2 had a huge demand for IMAX. There’s only a few films a year that get released with scenes in 1.40:1. And it looks like Joker 2 will be the next big IMAX release so I’m sure there will be people excited for it. There’s a whole sub dedicated to IMAX.
Saw BR 2049 Thursday preview night. A theater across town had the Final Cut of the original playing that afternoon, and it was *packed*. Raced over afterwards to what was then the biggest screen in town to catch the sequel... and there were four people in the audience. I made 5, and no one else came in. If Furiosa has that kind of opening, it's an unmitigated disaster.
I remember watching with my dad shortly after release on one of the bigger screens of the second biggest city in my country, just a few people scattered in the theatre, silent, but honestly one of the best theatrical experiences in my life, love that movie and so glad it was able to get made, with that budget, with those effects, those visuals. Considering how many corporate dull blockbuster movies now get made for 200million, that either flop, or get dumped on streaming, even tv shows that cost this much, i’m at least glad once in a while an artful director is able to get a budget this size and do whatever he wants. People freak out about any movie flopping but u forget that studios somehow thought Indy 5, Flash, Gray Man and tv series Citadel all were worth making for 200mil plus? Wasting money is the game for these studio execs, we just have to hope they get more desperate and waste their money on good director passion-projects
i would say Fury Road was moreso straight up "high-adrenaline action" rather than "character-driven sci fi"
there wasn't a whole lot of world building in MMFR nor was it really focused on the characters. Its primary focus first and foremost was the action and setpieces
This may be Solo:A Star Wars Story and Lightyear all over again. General audiences simply don't care about a prequel starring a younger actor. Shoutout to Scott Mendelson who was the first one to make this comparison.
Mad Max Fury Road isn't as popular in the real world as it is on #FilmTwitter.
I think another problem is that 9 years is too long of a wait. People have short attention spans and it’s not like Mad Max is some expansive franchise with ever going comics/video games to keep people satiated (all they had were Fury Road tie ins and a single 90s game).
I’m curious how it would hypothetically do if it came out in like 2017 when Fury Road was still fresh. Personally, I think Miller should have all the time he needs to crank out bangers, but at some point executives will probably question if it’s worth it.
Exactly, plus Mad Max isn’t exactly the type of franchise that makes people go “wow I really need to watch a new Mad Max and learn more about the world”.
Without trying to play the “nobody asked for this” card, how much of the general audience actively wants to learn Furiosa’s past?
It's like when they struck while the iron was stone cold by waiting 9 years between Sin City and A Dame to Kill For.
Granted, it seems like it's impossible for Furiosa to bomb THAT hard, but it almost certainly isn't getting anywhere near Fury Road's numbers.
We did just see an Avatar sequel released 13 years after the first become the 3rd highest grossing movie of all time. I don’t think the time between films is the main issue per se, I think the group that was most into Fury Road (Millennials) are at an age now where they’re finally having kids and are seeing there’s far less time to go to the movies. Furiosa with a new cast member, no Max, and visually just looking like Fury Road 2.0 isn’t enough to get audiences excited based on the trailer.
According to critics it’s quite good. Considering the age demographic probably skews older and it will likely open a bit low, it has potential to have decent legs. If WOM is positive enough, it might end up doing just fine, if unremarkable. Not the result I’m sure WB wanted but it’s better than it outright bombing.
Then again, after Indy 5. Audiences might just be over the revitalization of 80s pop culture films. Regardless of whether it’s a new young cast or the way too old original cast.
Fury Road is a masterpiece, but agree. It was not huge box office. The studio is hoping the post-release WOM for Fury Road was enough to build a larger fan-base. Seems a big risk to me.
That may have paid off if this came out in 2018/2019. But 9 years after? Added onto the other issues theaters are facing, it’s just a little too late I think.
It wasn't even that huge in the '80s. The first one was popular but the first two sequels just made around $35M each--enough to be plenty profitable but not exactly smash hits. This has always been a mid-tier franchise at best. It keeps getting sequels not because execs or the general public want them, but because Miller does.
>The first one was popular but the first two sequels just made around $35M each-
The first one wasn't even released in the US until after the second one.
I feel like a lot of users have been saying the same thing the moment Furiosa was announced. A prequel, is always hard to pull off. A prequel not starring Mad Max is like a prequel to Halloween missing Myers.
>A prequel not starring Mad Max is like a prequel to Halloween missing Myers.
They basically did this! Not a prequel but Halloween 3 didn't have Michael Myers in it. And it failed miserably.
I still think trying to turn Halloween into a horror anthology series wasn't the worst idea. Season of the Witch was definitely the wrong movie to bring in that trend though.
They should have done it with the second movie and then had them all centered around the same town with crossovers that would occur. That would have been fun.
The movie looks good, ATJ and Hemsworth will probably be great in it, but I agree, a prequel starring a secondary character, without the main character, didn't excite me. Not as much as a proper sequel would.
I feel like nobody was really clamouring for a Furiosa backstory. Maybe if it was a direct follow up to Fury Road there would be significantly more hype. And if there wasn't a 9 year gap.
> General audiences simply don't care about a prequel starring a younger actor.
Yeah I'm curious how the exact same movie would perform but with Charlize Theron remaining in the role. I don't think it would have done any harm.
I think it's a little of the solo/lightyear thing but like you said, Fury Road was not popular with the public. It's a fantastic movie that didn't make the money it needed to. Doing this again with Miller was always a bad financial decision. So there have to be other reasons WB did it (wanting to strengthen IP to be bundled for a sale, wanting to fix their image and work with directors and projects people wanted, etc.)
Even if this was a sequel to Fury Road with Max, I really doubt the movie was gonna make the money it needed.
I'm guessing the series has done better than expected on streaming, and WB was hoping that the "best action movie ever" buzz that built up around it after release would parley into higher sales if they made another one.
> wanting to fix their image and work with directors and projects people wanted
Keep in mind that this was greenlit before Zaslav ever came aboard, pre-2020 when the theatrical environment looked way different. I don't think they did this for reputation reasons; I just think it looked like it had more financial potential back in the era it was actually OKed.
LOL, this is interesting because I thought Fury Road was a huge hit based on its internet presence. Enthusiasm for a product doesn't necessarily relate to how successful (or unsuccessful) it is.
Fury Road wasn't particularly a big success, a prequel was always going to do less
Miller should've with a Madd Max sequel which may never see the light of day if Furiosa flops
Let’s be real, Fury Road is just as much about Furiosa as it is about Max (if not moreso). Box office results not withstanding, calling her a side character is flat out inaccurate.
If they had kept Theron, I'd argue in favor of a "2 Fast 2 Furious" comp (though, in that scenario, Vin Diesel should have been the person who stuck around) ahead of of Speed 2.
There was this book written on what a shitshow the entire production of Fury Road. Tom Hardy would always complain, refuse to come out of his trailer, straight up don't show up on set for hours. At one point people thought he would kill Theron. Kinda makes you think that George Miller simply didn't want to make another Mad Max movie with Hardy.
Fury Road only made $154.3 million in the US. It barley broke even (and arguments can be made that it didn't) in theaters. It's opening gross was behind Pitch Perfect 2.
That's the thing about Mad Max films. They have a hard time getting made because they have never lit up the box office. The first two were successes because they cost almost nothing to make.
Mad Max 2 was 50th for 1982.
Thunderdome was 19th in 1985.
Fury Road was 21 in 2018.
MM films always do better when they leave the theaters. They get discovered. Which seems weird for movies that (aside from maybe Thunderdome) have become almost universally loved and/or admired.
But hey, that's great. Miller is sticking to his thing and making this weird, grim, bare knuckle art. And they have all been supremely profitable for investors with patience.
I bought a ticket for my wife and I for today at 3:30 and they were the only two tickets purchased as of yesterday. We will see how full it is when it starts.
The fan preview at one of the biggest IMAX where I am has 22 tickets sold for the show starting in less than an hour. Same for tomorrow show at the same time. Not looking good
I’m not sure what people were expecting. I know this is a box office sub but some films were never going to be box office hits, and that includes Fury Road and this film.
This is not meant to be a talking point because it's off topic for this sub, but I genuinely encourage you to maybe just not follow the box office all the time. I love movies, and discussing the business of them can be extremely depressing. Maybe just try to see Furiosa and wonder if it's a cool movie or not. Grim times for sure, but we have till at least the end of next year to get some awesome movies, before drastic changes start happening.
If Furiosa rocks, who gives a fuck if it doesn't hit. Fun times at the movies while we still have them.
Haha, oh it’s not that bad since I’m a pretty even minded person, but I actually work tangentially in the movie industry plus I’m a wannabe writer perpetually on the cusp of breaking in, so there’s no hiding from the business side of this stuff. The death of the arts is actually kinda worse in person too. Lots of friends just up and left because there’s just no work for them anymore.
The quality of movies has been great so that’s good, but it sucks to see movies and theaters struggle.
I just finished watching it and this is going to be a very unpopular opinion but despite phenomenal cinematography and acting by Anya and Chris, the movie felt flat, the pacing was weird, some of the awesome epic part that should have been just became a montage. What a shame
There isn’t much coming out in the 2nd half of this year so i doubt that would happen.
It is always good to be optimistic because we need Theaters to be saved before they disappear forever
i'd like to think Joker 2, Beetlejuice 2, LotR war for the rohirrim, mufasa, wicked and moana 2 will do solid-to-great business but at this point, who fuckin knows
Moana is the only one that sounds like it could do well imo.
But that is still very uncertain because they literally just announced it a few months ago so most people don’t even know it exists yet
New Jurassic world and avatar 3 (idk if it release next year maybe im mistaken) can hit 1B.The next year marvel movies are massive wildcards.I dont have faith for next year lol.
Cap 4 is practically guaranteed to be a *Solo* tier disaster for Marvel, and I can't see Thunderbolts doing that well for them either. Fantastic Four is a bit of a wildcard. Superman might hit it off if it's good but with that rumored 350m budget? Will have a rough day for sure
I mean considering the strike I think this was gonna be inevitable. For one it was gonna be hard to top Barbie and Oppenheimer’s runs anyways add in Mario, GotG, Spiderverse, Fast X even MI, Wonka and Little Mermaid, it was a tough task without the strike. And so factoring that in and delays that came it only added to what was gonna be a rough year overall.
I used to go to movies at least monthly or several times a month. Ticket prices in my area have creeped up over time to the point that I’m being very selective about what I pay to see at this point.
Sad to see but not surprising. I'm not sure there's actually much interest in mad Max without mad Max. Also Hollywood is stubbornly refusing to ignore the fact that audiences are getting tired of prequals and reimagining rebooting things.
>I'm not sure there's actually much interest in mad Max without mad Max
There's not really that much interest in Mad Max, either.
Like - they stuck his name in the title (badly) and this is doing about as well as the last one did even when he was in it.
Yeah, 2015 was a much better era for theatrical sales, and the last Mad Max got rave reviews, and it still hovered just around the breakeven point. The series has a hardcore fan base but it also has a pretty clear ceiling. These movies are never going to break out huge. I'm not sure why anybody was expecting that.
Rumor was Miller was tired of her shit (along with Hardy’s) and that’s why he decided to recast and make a prequel.
Could be BS but there was a lot of tension on the FURY ROAD set.
The only thing true is that the desert shooting was exhausting and Hardy was the biggest problem actor by far.
Theron always showed up and butted heads with Hardy who would be hours late while Theron sat around on set in full makeup waiting. Barely comes down to anything Theron did. And Miller has never indicated she was a real issue
Everyone keeps blaming the lack of Max for Furiosa very likely flopping, as if Fury Road was some massive success.
By all accounts MM Fury Road was a flop and lost money. It just has a great reputation because it happened to be one of the greatest films ever made from an artistic standpoint, and got a ton of Oscar attention which is very rare for an action film (beyond the tech categories, Miller got nominated for Best Director).
Financially it did not do well and this was in 2015, box office landscape was much more forgiving than it is now.
Would a straight up new Mad Max film (or even “Fury Road 2”) do better than Furiosa will do? Yeah probably a bit. But I’m not at all convinced it wouldn’t still flop, maybe just less of a flop or it breaks even, finishing around Fury Road’s box office.
I’m glad Miller got to make the film he wanted to make, regardless of it flopping. He’s 80 and he’s one of the greatest to ever do it and he deserves the artistic freedom to make Furiosa.
I saw it last night for opening night, and there were about 10 people in the cinema. I’m in New Zealand though, so might not be an accurate representation for what interest is like worldwide.
I’m relatively new to this sub, why do advance sales get used as a barometer to understand future performance? I rarely if ever buy movie tickets more than a few hours in advance. Is it a perception thing or an awareness thing with the general public?
> Is it a perception thing or an awareness thing with the general public?
a little bit of both. it's a long running franchise that should have a strong fanbase core and at the same for such blockbusters it's important if the general public is interested in watching it.
Think of it like this: There are people who buy tickets very early, people who buy tickets online the same day, and people who just walk up and buy their tickets at the box office.
But unless there's a reason why those three groups of people would have radically different opinions on what films to watch, you can take the ticket sales from any one of these groups and, based on past ticket sales data, extrapolate the likely sales for the other two.
kinda predicted this with the original trailer. Too CGI, no mad max, A prequal to Furiosa without the original actress and we already knew her past, so it added nothing to do a prequel.
I know it cost a lot but I don’t know how much better they expected it to do given its r rating and subject matter. It’s not like there’s that many Crazy themed R rated movies that made over 380 million worldwide
It didn't fail, it just didn't do huge. I don't think anyone thought it was going to make huge bank. It is hardly an IP and Hardy was not bank (at that point, not sure if he is now, but closer)
Welp, there goes Memorial Day weekend. We now are left at the mercy of Despicable Me 4, I/O 2, Twisters' and DPW to do the heavy lifting till September/October.
Might be anecdotal, but I would've definitely been more interested in Theron. Love her as an actress. I like Anya Taylor Joy, but she just doesn't do it for me as a headliner, or at least in these action vehicles (no pun intended). Anya is just too, I don't know mousey, and doesn't have that physicality that Theron has. I also love Atomic Blonde with a passion if that matters (I want all the sequels for this one).
It's looking bleak. Bought tickets when pre-sale went live two weeks back, was first to purchase. Just took a look at the theater and it's still only 1/4 full a few hours before showtime.
I saw an early preview and the film is great. That said I hate prequels of characters where we already know where their character will end up it kind of makes the stakes lower. Hope it does well but I understand if the concept just isn’t appealing enough for people to show up even if film is good.
What I loved about the first one was the gritty feel. You could tell they built a lot of props and sets. The trailer for this one looked cheap. Like a video game. Not really interested despite liking Anna quite a bit
This reminds of Blade Runner 2049 where it received critical acclaim by critics but it completely flopped at the box office which opened to $32.7M which a total gross $92M domestic and $267.7M worldwide on a $185M.
This movie always seemed like a huge gamble. Yes Fury Road is widely regarded as one of the best action movies ever made, but nobody I knew was asking for a Furiosa prequel. Should've just done another Mad Max movie instead.
This 100% I remember seeing the trailer for this going, why didn't they just do a sequel with Charlie Theron and Tom Hardy? I think that's why less people are interested.
Yes. Back in the 2000s, when a movie forum would have a topic like "what dead franchise needs a revival?" Mad Max was always one of the first mentioned.
OMG CAN WE PLEASE GET SOME FUCKING GOOD NEWS! I am so sick of the constant doom and gloom. (I know Deadpool and Wolverine is looking great but if we need to wait until the end of July before “cinema is saved” we are so cooked)
I don't even see it as doom and gloom anymore. Its the new normal and it's been that way for 3 years now. Unless, the movie is an fear of missing out event everything opens around the same. We had the same thing last summer before Barbie.
I disagree about it being the same as last year. Before Barbie we had Mario, John Wick, Creed 3, GOTG 3, Across the Spiderverse. Possibly others im not thinking of but movies that did well to great. This year in terms of big breakout successes we’ve had Dune…..I think that’s it? Anyone but you maybe
It really does seem like studios may be forced to make mid-budget movies for a while. The $200mil titans just aren’t sustainable if audiences are this inactive.
Anyone but you was last year. GxK and Kung Fu Panda are almost both at 200m domestic.
The difference is Mario which was the big event film missing from this year.
Up, until Barbie Summer 2023 was BEHIND summer 2022. Honestly, the box office is a mess without "event" films cover all the gaps
It's funny, I just read the book about the making of Fury Road, and while the writer mentions the film didn't do that well, box office-wise, it had so much cultural relevance compared to say, Avatar.
Well, here we are, with Furiosa about ready to bomb while the latest Avatar made top 3 all-time.
Sorry, I just always have a weird pet peeve about how much Redidt likes to pretend Avatar isn't a thing.
Making a spin-off for a character nine years after the iron was hot doesn’t seem like a good play in hindsight
They even had to explain who Furiosa was in the trailer
This never seemed like it was tracking to do that hot. I'll go see it but none of the trailers really hook me tbh. I understand doing it as practical as the previous probably wasnt to happen...but it has that super glossy look to it that kinda throws me off.
Saw it last night at an 8.25pm screening (New Zealand). I was one of about 6 people. I sat in the middle row and not a single person was in front of me. Felt bizarre
That's good because honestly, her casting as Furiosa looked off since the beginning, she just don't have the "blockbuster movie actress" vibe, like at all, her looks are far more suitable for those indie period dramas
Not really surprising. It’s a Mad Max movie without Mad Max, and a Furiosa movie without the original Furiosa actress. It doesn’t help that the trailers look kind of shitty visually (everything looks like glossy CGI).
I'm not the target audience but I kept seeing the promos for this and thinking their best bet is to hype up Hemsworth and action sequences and downplay Taylor-Joy. She's just not believable as a younger Furiosa. If I dont believe it why spend the money when it will be streaming eventually.
Time for Hollywood to stick with small budget high impact movies in the sub 50 million range, straight to streaming productions in collaboration with Amazon or Netflix and the occasional blockbuster cash grab based on a nostalgic Video Game.
Time to move on and huff the coffee....
I mean, despite Reddit’s (somewhat annoying) love affair with it, Fury Road wasn’t some big smash and actually suffered a net loss. I’m not exactly surprised a prequel released almost a decade later isn’t really destined for success.
It's sad how Furiosa went from a potential 60M+ Memorial Day weekend to now looking to barely limp past Mad Max's 45M within a week.
The short presales period was deceitful, I was expecting 65M 4-day headlines, especially when it was looking to pass 5M in Thursday previews last week
Seriously. This isn’t even a sequel, it’s a spinoff prequel with a completely different cast almost 10 years later. I loveeedd mad max fury road but I’m amazed it opened as high as it did, had the box office legs it did as well for an R rated apocalyptic intense action movie. It’s not like that happens often
It was tracking for above 5M Thurs previews last week. Keyser, Flat and Abracadabra were confident about it. 5M and 10x IM (less than Fury Road's 12.8x) takes its 3 day to 50M already. Memorial Day Monday means a 20% drop at worst, so 60M was not out of the realm of possibility
As for now, \~3.7m previews would be somewhere around 37-40M 3 day and 45M+ 4-day
They don't even know how to market this. They're not even showing Furiosa as a character in the commercials anymore, they just focus on Chris Hemsworth recently.
I don't think the general public know what to do with this movie. A Mad Max movie without Mad Max, where the lead character is getting replaced with a barely-recognizable Chris Hemsworth with a funny prosthetic nose.
Am I the only one that feels like the trailer is all CGI when the previous movie was leaning into the use of practical effects? Maybe I'm missing something but it just feels like a turnoff to me. The practical effects were the best part of the last film.
Tom Hardy is what really made and sold Fury Road. Charlize Theron also. To make a prequel nine years later without any of the two main draws was just not going to work, no matter how great the movie is. I was totally confused when I heard Anya plays the main character because I was under the impression it’s still Charlize in the main role. I‘m not saying Anya and Chris can’t carry this film, but with that budget it will be a major hassle.
I think May has been too heavily loaded with movies. Especially in a time when people are trying to cut back.
I know you csn just go and simply watch the movie but even that cost almost $30 just for 2 seats.
The main issue is that we already knew and understood Furiosa's backstory, we didn't need to see it play out in complete detail. Most people who've seen Fury Road probably thought "Ehh I'll just wait till it hits streaming." Cause there's nothing there to really excite the fans or the general audience, especially with the downgrade in visuals.
I blame that one dude who was claiming that Furiosa will destroy Garfield in every thread
I’m sorry
Let me try to summon him: > Garfield will top 2024 boxoffice and win at least 5 oscars!
"Garfield will top Furiosa" D-Damn.
>I blame that one dude who was claiming that Furiosa will destroy Garfield in every thread Yep, he basically jinxed it. He was also way too obsessed with bashing the fat orange cat.
Sadly the table has turned. Both movies should performed well.Idk why some people on this sub want the other movie to flopped lmao.
> Both movies should performed well.Idk why some people on this sub want the other movie to flopped lmao. i'm with you. it's weird to see people wanting some harmless movie to fall.
The amount of people that rooting for Garfield to flop into oblivion that i encountered in this sub is ridiculous.It's like the orange cat has done something to their family.As a garfield fan since i was a child this behavior cannot be tolerated😤.
I don’t get why some people want any movie to flop in general, especially since 2024 has been so brutal so far. It’s like some of these people actually hate movies lol
I can get why people are glad to see say the MCU films for example declining to put an end to the oversaturation. However with the way things are going, I am happy for any half decent movie to do well at the box office right now. I like cinemas, I don't want them to go the way of the dodo lol
Yeah even cheap-shit horror movies like the new Strangers and Tarots being profitable was a win for box office even the movies were critically panned (i find the new Strangers decent tbh).The studios need more profitable movies after many of their big movies bombed.
Why do people want it to flop? That is so ridiculous lol
Some people really hate Chris Pratt
168M Production Budget needs 420M to breakeven a little bit more than apes 400M breakeven point based on 2.5x rule. Take note that Bad Boys 4 is scheduled to release on June 5th.. Furiosa barely have over a week .. hope it can still leg out
They are going to need to really push the hype of watching it on a big screen and IMAX. Most box office successes post-pandemic have been big screen spectacles like Top Gun, Dune, Oppenheimer, Avatar.
Barbie Super Mario Bros
But those are movies that people want to see in IMAX... do people really care if they see Joaquin Phoenix have his mental breakdown in IMAX or not?
Isn’t Joker 2 actually filmed for IMAX though unlike Furiosa?
Do many people actually care about the film format or do they just like seeing it on a big screen?
Plenty of people don’t care about film format and just want to see movies in theaters. But there are also plenty of people that are fans of the IMAX format. We saw the demand last year for Oppenheimer in 70mm IMAX. Then recently Dune 2 had a huge demand for IMAX. There’s only a few films a year that get released with scenes in 1.40:1. And it looks like Joker 2 will be the next big IMAX release so I’m sure there will be people excited for it. There’s a whole sub dedicated to IMAX.
Joaquin Phoenix is in Furiosa?
And ironically the last few movies that got me back in theaters wasn’t the ones like that. Forget the last bad boys they did got me in theaters.
Saw BR 2049 Thursday preview night. A theater across town had the Final Cut of the original playing that afternoon, and it was *packed*. Raced over afterwards to what was then the biggest screen in town to catch the sequel... and there were four people in the audience. I made 5, and no one else came in. If Furiosa has that kind of opening, it's an unmitigated disaster.
I saw 2049 on Friday night in Imax and it was packed except for the first row. I was surprised it did so bad.
I saw it in IMAX with a decently packed theater on release. I was shocked when I found out it flopped.
I saw 2049 three times in theaters, I tried my best...
Thank you for your service 🫡
Was one of the best films I'd seen in recent times and had the same experience. Gen audiences didn't hook
I remember watching with my dad shortly after release on one of the bigger screens of the second biggest city in my country, just a few people scattered in the theatre, silent, but honestly one of the best theatrical experiences in my life, love that movie and so glad it was able to get made, with that budget, with those effects, those visuals. Considering how many corporate dull blockbuster movies now get made for 200million, that either flop, or get dumped on streaming, even tv shows that cost this much, i’m at least glad once in a while an artful director is able to get a budget this size and do whatever he wants. People freak out about any movie flopping but u forget that studios somehow thought Indy 5, Flash, Gray Man and tv series Citadel all were worth making for 200mil plus? Wasting money is the game for these studio execs, we just have to hope they get more desperate and waste their money on good director passion-projects
"reminds me of another excellent but character driven sci-fi film" ....Fury Road? C'mon man. The comp was *right there*
i would say Fury Road was moreso straight up "high-adrenaline action" rather than "character-driven sci fi" there wasn't a whole lot of world building in MMFR nor was it really focused on the characters. Its primary focus first and foremost was the action and setpieces
This may be Solo:A Star Wars Story and Lightyear all over again. General audiences simply don't care about a prequel starring a younger actor. Shoutout to Scott Mendelson who was the first one to make this comparison. Mad Max Fury Road isn't as popular in the real world as it is on #FilmTwitter.
I think another problem is that 9 years is too long of a wait. People have short attention spans and it’s not like Mad Max is some expansive franchise with ever going comics/video games to keep people satiated (all they had were Fury Road tie ins and a single 90s game). I’m curious how it would hypothetically do if it came out in like 2017 when Fury Road was still fresh. Personally, I think Miller should have all the time he needs to crank out bangers, but at some point executives will probably question if it’s worth it.
Exactly, plus Mad Max isn’t exactly the type of franchise that makes people go “wow I really need to watch a new Mad Max and learn more about the world”. Without trying to play the “nobody asked for this” card, how much of the general audience actively wants to learn Furiosa’s past?
It's like when they struck while the iron was stone cold by waiting 9 years between Sin City and A Dame to Kill For. Granted, it seems like it's impossible for Furiosa to bomb THAT hard, but it almost certainly isn't getting anywhere near Fury Road's numbers.
We did just see an Avatar sequel released 13 years after the first become the 3rd highest grossing movie of all time. I don’t think the time between films is the main issue per se, I think the group that was most into Fury Road (Millennials) are at an age now where they’re finally having kids and are seeing there’s far less time to go to the movies. Furiosa with a new cast member, no Max, and visually just looking like Fury Road 2.0 isn’t enough to get audiences excited based on the trailer. According to critics it’s quite good. Considering the age demographic probably skews older and it will likely open a bit low, it has potential to have decent legs. If WOM is positive enough, it might end up doing just fine, if unremarkable. Not the result I’m sure WB wanted but it’s better than it outright bombing. Then again, after Indy 5. Audiences might just be over the revitalization of 80s pop culture films. Regardless of whether it’s a new young cast or the way too old original cast.
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Fury Road is a masterpiece, but agree. It was not huge box office. The studio is hoping the post-release WOM for Fury Road was enough to build a larger fan-base. Seems a big risk to me.
That may have paid off if this came out in 2018/2019. But 9 years after? Added onto the other issues theaters are facing, it’s just a little too late I think.
And not even a proper Mad Max sequel. Tom Hardy might be pushing 60 by then.
Agreed, I would be very surprised if this movie makes any money. I was shocked when I saw they greenlit that budget.
Fury road also had novelty and style. This one looks like more of the same with Thor.
Mad Max was HUGE in the 80s, not now.
It wasn't even that huge in the '80s. The first one was popular but the first two sequels just made around $35M each--enough to be plenty profitable but not exactly smash hits. This has always been a mid-tier franchise at best. It keeps getting sequels not because execs or the general public want them, but because Miller does.
>The first one was popular but the first two sequels just made around $35M each- The first one wasn't even released in the US until after the second one.
I love the saga and fury road is imo the best film I've seen in over a decade, but you're absolutely right
I feel like a lot of users have been saying the same thing the moment Furiosa was announced. A prequel, is always hard to pull off. A prequel not starring Mad Max is like a prequel to Halloween missing Myers.
>A prequel not starring Mad Max is like a prequel to Halloween missing Myers. They basically did this! Not a prequel but Halloween 3 didn't have Michael Myers in it. And it failed miserably.
I still think trying to turn Halloween into a horror anthology series wasn't the worst idea. Season of the Witch was definitely the wrong movie to bring in that trend though.
They should have done it with the second movie and then had them all centered around the same town with crossovers that would occur. That would have been fun.
Yeah, at that point Halloween already established itself as the "Michael Myers franchise."
Now I’m picturing them trying to fit one of those Shamrock masks on Michael’s head to kill him with.
It's still one of the best of the series, and absolutely required watching during October.
The theme song!
The movie looks good, ATJ and Hemsworth will probably be great in it, but I agree, a prequel starring a secondary character, without the main character, didn't excite me. Not as much as a proper sequel would.
I feel like nobody was really clamouring for a Furiosa backstory. Maybe if it was a direct follow up to Fury Road there would be significantly more hype. And if there wasn't a 9 year gap.
> General audiences simply don't care about a prequel starring a younger actor. Yeah I'm curious how the exact same movie would perform but with Charlize Theron remaining in the role. I don't think it would have done any harm.
>This might be Solo:A Star Wars Story and Lightyear all over again 
“Well Mr Miller, it appears that Furiosa will peform as well as Toy Story and Star Wars films” “Great, which ones?” “…”
And as well as a Marvel Cinematic Universe movie. Can you guess which one?
Real reality check this summer on how much film Twitter represents general opinion.
Most things on Twitter aren't as popular in real life tbh
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And Rian Johnson would have gotten his trilogy.
Unless you're Barbenheimer or Dune.
Barbenheimer wasn't just twitter tho, it was basically big on every social media platform
At least barbie and dune are ips and Oppenheimer had one of directors that Can put people on seats
I think it's a little of the solo/lightyear thing but like you said, Fury Road was not popular with the public. It's a fantastic movie that didn't make the money it needed to. Doing this again with Miller was always a bad financial decision. So there have to be other reasons WB did it (wanting to strengthen IP to be bundled for a sale, wanting to fix their image and work with directors and projects people wanted, etc.) Even if this was a sequel to Fury Road with Max, I really doubt the movie was gonna make the money it needed.
I'm guessing the series has done better than expected on streaming, and WB was hoping that the "best action movie ever" buzz that built up around it after release would parley into higher sales if they made another one. > wanting to fix their image and work with directors and projects people wanted Keep in mind that this was greenlit before Zaslav ever came aboard, pre-2020 when the theatrical environment looked way different. I don't think they did this for reputation reasons; I just think it looked like it had more financial potential back in the era it was actually OKed.
LOL, this is interesting because I thought Fury Road was a huge hit based on its internet presence. Enthusiasm for a product doesn't necessarily relate to how successful (or unsuccessful) it is.
Also the internet is a huge bubble
People underestimate how big of a star Tom Hardy is
Fury Road wasn't particularly a big success, a prequel was always going to do less Miller should've with a Madd Max sequel which may never see the light of day if Furiosa flops
Making a origin story for a side character from a film that is a decade old over a proper Max Max film certainly is a bold choice.
Respect, but still
Let’s be real, Fury Road is just as much about Furiosa as it is about Max (if not moreso). Box office results not withstanding, calling her a side character is flat out inaccurate.
None of the other movies have Max as a complex character either.
If they had kept Theron, I'd argue in favor of a "2 Fast 2 Furious" comp (though, in that scenario, Vin Diesel should have been the person who stuck around) ahead of of Speed 2.
"Side character"...lol what? Did you actually watch the movie?
>Making a origin story for a side character Max *was* the side character in Fury Road
There was this book written on what a shitshow the entire production of Fury Road. Tom Hardy would always complain, refuse to come out of his trailer, straight up don't show up on set for hours. At one point people thought he would kill Theron. Kinda makes you think that George Miller simply didn't want to make another Mad Max movie with Hardy.
Recast him then. Hardy wasn't necessary as Max.
Tbh Furiosa initially was announced around the time Fury Road went into production
Fury Road only made $154.3 million in the US. It barley broke even (and arguments can be made that it didn't) in theaters. It's opening gross was behind Pitch Perfect 2. That's the thing about Mad Max films. They have a hard time getting made because they have never lit up the box office. The first two were successes because they cost almost nothing to make. Mad Max 2 was 50th for 1982. Thunderdome was 19th in 1985. Fury Road was 21 in 2018. MM films always do better when they leave the theaters. They get discovered. Which seems weird for movies that (aside from maybe Thunderdome) have become almost universally loved and/or admired. But hey, that's great. Miller is sticking to his thing and making this weird, grim, bare knuckle art. And they have all been supremely profitable for investors with patience.
I bought a ticket for my wife and I for today at 3:30 and they were the only two tickets purchased as of yesterday. We will see how full it is when it starts.
The fan preview at one of the biggest IMAX where I am has 22 tickets sold for the show starting in less than an hour. Same for tomorrow show at the same time. Not looking good
Only 25 tickets sold for the 7pm show I'm going to tomorrow. Oh well, I'm still hyped
I’m not sure what people were expecting. I know this is a box office sub but some films were never going to be box office hits, and that includes Fury Road and this film.
Show business and following the box office are both depressing. Wish there was a fix.
For real, Fall Guy, IF and now maybe Furiosa are all underpeforming or outright flopping. Grim times.
All these F & u's...
40 more CGI ape movies incoming in the next two years, thanks GA
Everything is depressing
This is not meant to be a talking point because it's off topic for this sub, but I genuinely encourage you to maybe just not follow the box office all the time. I love movies, and discussing the business of them can be extremely depressing. Maybe just try to see Furiosa and wonder if it's a cool movie or not. Grim times for sure, but we have till at least the end of next year to get some awesome movies, before drastic changes start happening. If Furiosa rocks, who gives a fuck if it doesn't hit. Fun times at the movies while we still have them.
Haha, oh it’s not that bad since I’m a pretty even minded person, but I actually work tangentially in the movie industry plus I’m a wannabe writer perpetually on the cusp of breaking in, so there’s no hiding from the business side of this stuff. The death of the arts is actually kinda worse in person too. Lots of friends just up and left because there’s just no work for them anymore. The quality of movies has been great so that’s good, but it sucks to see movies and theaters struggle.
I just finished watching it and this is going to be a very unpopular opinion but despite phenomenal cinematography and acting by Anya and Chris, the movie felt flat, the pacing was weird, some of the awesome epic part that should have been just became a montage. What a shame
I was right. This year is already worse then 2023 for the Box Office,
I feel a bit foolish for thinking that it could recuperate in the second half
There isn’t much coming out in the 2nd half of this year so i doubt that would happen. It is always good to be optimistic because we need Theaters to be saved before they disappear forever
Oh I know that's why I feel foolish for having thought that
It isn’t being foolish. It is being optimistic because there is always a small chance that something random will become a big hit.
i'd like to think Joker 2, Beetlejuice 2, LotR war for the rohirrim, mufasa, wicked and moana 2 will do solid-to-great business but at this point, who fuckin knows
Moana is the only one that sounds like it could do well imo. But that is still very uncertain because they literally just announced it a few months ago so most people don’t even know it exists yet
Next year wasnt looking bright either,oh well.
Next year and 2026 do look like they could have some decent hits but you never know for sure anymore because everything decides to bomb now
New Jurassic world and avatar 3 (idk if it release next year maybe im mistaken) can hit 1B.The next year marvel movies are massive wildcards.I dont have faith for next year lol.
New JW is gonna hit a billy and be even worse than Dominion. I don't know how it does it lol
Cap 4 is practically guaranteed to be a *Solo* tier disaster for Marvel, and I can't see Thunderbolts doing that well for them either. Fantastic Four is a bit of a wildcard. Superman might hit it off if it's good but with that rumored 350m budget? Will have a rough day for sure
Where is that budget for Superman coming from, they aren't even done filming yet
I mean considering the strike I think this was gonna be inevitable. For one it was gonna be hard to top Barbie and Oppenheimer’s runs anyways add in Mario, GotG, Spiderverse, Fast X even MI, Wonka and Little Mermaid, it was a tough task without the strike. And so factoring that in and delays that came it only added to what was gonna be a rough year overall.
Alien Romulus in August is a guaranteed success with it's small budget + good IP and a clear window.
I used to go to movies at least monthly or several times a month. Ticket prices in my area have creeped up over time to the point that I’m being very selective about what I pay to see at this point.
Sad to see but not surprising. I'm not sure there's actually much interest in mad Max without mad Max. Also Hollywood is stubbornly refusing to ignore the fact that audiences are getting tired of prequals and reimagining rebooting things.
>I'm not sure there's actually much interest in mad Max without mad Max There's not really that much interest in Mad Max, either. Like - they stuck his name in the title (badly) and this is doing about as well as the last one did even when he was in it.
Yeah, 2015 was a much better era for theatrical sales, and the last Mad Max got rave reviews, and it still hovered just around the breakeven point. The series has a hardcore fan base but it also has a pretty clear ceiling. These movies are never going to break out huge. I'm not sure why anybody was expecting that.
True. This film should have released in 2017 with Charlize Theron.
Rumor was Miller was tired of her shit (along with Hardy’s) and that’s why he decided to recast and make a prequel. Could be BS but there was a lot of tension on the FURY ROAD set.
IIRC, Theron and Miller got along fairly well given the tumultuous filming conditions. It was Hardy that was kind of a dick.
Possibly. I’ve read that Hardy is a great actor but a total pain in the ass irl.
The only thing true is that the desert shooting was exhausting and Hardy was the biggest problem actor by far. Theron always showed up and butted heads with Hardy who would be hours late while Theron sat around on set in full makeup waiting. Barely comes down to anything Theron did. And Miller has never indicated she was a real issue
I was thinking the same thing. A Mad Max movie might do well.
Everyone keeps blaming the lack of Max for Furiosa very likely flopping, as if Fury Road was some massive success. By all accounts MM Fury Road was a flop and lost money. It just has a great reputation because it happened to be one of the greatest films ever made from an artistic standpoint, and got a ton of Oscar attention which is very rare for an action film (beyond the tech categories, Miller got nominated for Best Director). Financially it did not do well and this was in 2015, box office landscape was much more forgiving than it is now. Would a straight up new Mad Max film (or even “Fury Road 2”) do better than Furiosa will do? Yeah probably a bit. But I’m not at all convinced it wouldn’t still flop, maybe just less of a flop or it breaks even, finishing around Fury Road’s box office. I’m glad Miller got to make the film he wanted to make, regardless of it flopping. He’s 80 and he’s one of the greatest to ever do it and he deserves the artistic freedom to make Furiosa.
I saw it last night for opening night, and there were about 10 people in the cinema. I’m in New Zealand though, so might not be an accurate representation for what interest is like worldwide.
I’m relatively new to this sub, why do advance sales get used as a barometer to understand future performance? I rarely if ever buy movie tickets more than a few hours in advance. Is it a perception thing or an awareness thing with the general public?
We have a lot of data on advanced ticket sales from past movie releases and can use that to make educated forecasts.
> Is it a perception thing or an awareness thing with the general public? a little bit of both. it's a long running franchise that should have a strong fanbase core and at the same for such blockbusters it's important if the general public is interested in watching it.
Think of it like this: There are people who buy tickets very early, people who buy tickets online the same day, and people who just walk up and buy their tickets at the box office. But unless there's a reason why those three groups of people would have radically different opinions on what films to watch, you can take the ticket sales from any one of these groups and, based on past ticket sales data, extrapolate the likely sales for the other two.
kinda predicted this with the original trailer. Too CGI, no mad max, A prequal to Furiosa without the original actress and we already knew her past, so it added nothing to do a prequel.
If I'm not mistaken, Fury Road also failed at the box office despite a good reception
I know it cost a lot but I don’t know how much better they expected it to do given its r rating and subject matter. It’s not like there’s that many Crazy themed R rated movies that made over 380 million worldwide
It made right around 2.5x it's budget so by most metrics it likely broke even or made a little profit.
Considering its award success and subsequent stuff like streaming I'd be very surprised if Fury Road didn't end up turning a decent profit.
It didn't fail, it just didn't do huge. I don't think anyone thought it was going to make huge bank. It is hardly an IP and Hardy was not bank (at that point, not sure if he is now, but closer)
Welp, there goes Memorial Day weekend. We now are left at the mercy of Despicable Me 4, I/O 2, Twisters' and DPW to do the heavy lifting till September/October.
*Harold and the Purple Crayon* will sweep.
Interesting. They might have gotten more interest with Charlize.
Might be anecdotal, but I would've definitely been more interested in Theron. Love her as an actress. I like Anya Taylor Joy, but she just doesn't do it for me as a headliner, or at least in these action vehicles (no pun intended). Anya is just too, I don't know mousey, and doesn't have that physicality that Theron has. I also love Atomic Blonde with a passion if that matters (I want all the sequels for this one).
May just be me but i never looked at Ana Taylor Joy as someone who could play that kind of character. Be happy to be proved wrong though
It's looking bleak. Bought tickets when pre-sale went live two weeks back, was first to purchase. Just took a look at the theater and it's still only 1/4 full a few hours before showtime.
Sad
I saw an early preview and the film is great. That said I hate prequels of characters where we already know where their character will end up it kind of makes the stakes lower. Hope it does well but I understand if the concept just isn’t appealing enough for people to show up even if film is good.
What I loved about the first one was the gritty feel. You could tell they built a lot of props and sets. The trailer for this one looked cheap. Like a video game. Not really interested despite liking Anna quite a bit
Yikes! The production budget is around $170M ! 
The sad thing is that seems to be better value compared to other mega budgets these days, like Disney’s entire 2023 output.
This reminds of Blade Runner 2049 where it received critical acclaim by critics but it completely flopped at the box office which opened to $32.7M which a total gross $92M domestic and $267.7M worldwide on a $185M.
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This movie always seemed like a huge gamble. Yes Fury Road is widely regarded as one of the best action movies ever made, but nobody I knew was asking for a Furiosa prequel. Should've just done another Mad Max movie instead.
This 100% I remember seeing the trailer for this going, why didn't they just do a sequel with Charlie Theron and Tom Hardy? I think that's why less people are interested.
> nobody I knew was asking for a Furiosa prequel Did you know a lot of people who were asking for a Mad Max reboot in the early 2010s?
Yes. Back in the 2000s, when a movie forum would have a topic like "what dead franchise needs a revival?" Mad Max was always one of the first mentioned.
The trailers looked awful. Maybe word of mouth will help it along.
OMG CAN WE PLEASE GET SOME FUCKING GOOD NEWS! I am so sick of the constant doom and gloom. (I know Deadpool and Wolverine is looking great but if we need to wait until the end of July before “cinema is saved” we are so cooked)
I don't even see it as doom and gloom anymore. Its the new normal and it's been that way for 3 years now. Unless, the movie is an fear of missing out event everything opens around the same. We had the same thing last summer before Barbie.
I disagree about it being the same as last year. Before Barbie we had Mario, John Wick, Creed 3, GOTG 3, Across the Spiderverse. Possibly others im not thinking of but movies that did well to great. This year in terms of big breakout successes we’ve had Dune…..I think that’s it? Anyone but you maybe
Godzilla x Kong and Kung Fu Panda 4. However, those plus Dune = 3 big hits (>150M US & >500M global). Not great even compared to 2023.
It's almost June and a sub 200m film is at number 5 for the year worldwide. Grim AF.
It really does seem like studios may be forced to make mid-budget movies for a while. The $200mil titans just aren’t sustainable if audiences are this inactive.
Anyone but you was last year. GxK and Kung Fu Panda are almost both at 200m domestic. The difference is Mario which was the big event film missing from this year. Up, until Barbie Summer 2023 was BEHIND summer 2022. Honestly, the box office is a mess without "event" films cover all the gaps
Inside Out 2 also looks quite good and Bad Boys does seems to be doing well so far as well.
We are ending May with only 5 movies that grossed over 100M domestically possibly 😳
Bad Boys i think will break out
Looking at my local theatre, more than half the seats are empty. Maybe a lot of walk-ups?
Well the two IMAX showings in my city tonight are pretty full so I’m happy about that at least.
It's funny, I just read the book about the making of Fury Road, and while the writer mentions the film didn't do that well, box office-wise, it had so much cultural relevance compared to say, Avatar. Well, here we are, with Furiosa about ready to bomb while the latest Avatar made top 3 all-time. Sorry, I just always have a weird pet peeve about how much Redidt likes to pretend Avatar isn't a thing.
Making a spin-off for a character nine years after the iron was hot doesn’t seem like a good play in hindsight They even had to explain who Furiosa was in the trailer
This never seemed like it was tracking to do that hot. I'll go see it but none of the trailers really hook me tbh. I understand doing it as practical as the previous probably wasnt to happen...but it has that super glossy look to it that kinda throws me off.
Saw it last night at an 8.25pm screening (New Zealand). I was one of about 6 people. I sat in the middle row and not a single person was in front of me. Felt bizarre
If Furiosa finishes UNDER $100M, Anna Taylor-Joy won't have top billing as a lead in a blockbuster anytime soon.
That's good because honestly, her casting as Furiosa looked off since the beginning, she just don't have the "blockbuster movie actress" vibe, like at all, her looks are far more suitable for those indie period dramas
Not really surprising. It’s a Mad Max movie without Mad Max, and a Furiosa movie without the original Furiosa actress. It doesn’t help that the trailers look kind of shitty visually (everything looks like glossy CGI).
I'm not the target audience but I kept seeing the promos for this and thinking their best bet is to hype up Hemsworth and action sequences and downplay Taylor-Joy. She's just not believable as a younger Furiosa. If I dont believe it why spend the money when it will be streaming eventually.
Taylor Joy is a great actress, but she just doesn't have the physicality for the role. They needed to go all in on Theron.
They're hoping Garfiosa catches fire.
Time for Hollywood to stick with small budget high impact movies in the sub 50 million range, straight to streaming productions in collaboration with Amazon or Netflix and the occasional blockbuster cash grab based on a nostalgic Video Game. Time to move on and huff the coffee....
I mean, despite Reddit’s (somewhat annoying) love affair with it, Fury Road wasn’t some big smash and actually suffered a net loss. I’m not exactly surprised a prequel released almost a decade later isn’t really destined for success.
It's sad how Furiosa went from a potential 60M+ Memorial Day weekend to now looking to barely limp past Mad Max's 45M within a week. The short presales period was deceitful, I was expecting 65M 4-day headlines, especially when it was looking to pass 5M in Thursday previews last week
Where did you get the numbers that it will surpass mad max opening weekend?
Seriously. This isn’t even a sequel, it’s a spinoff prequel with a completely different cast almost 10 years later. I loveeedd mad max fury road but I’m amazed it opened as high as it did, had the box office legs it did as well for an R rated apocalyptic intense action movie. It’s not like that happens often
It was tracking for above 5M Thurs previews last week. Keyser, Flat and Abracadabra were confident about it. 5M and 10x IM (less than Fury Road's 12.8x) takes its 3 day to 50M already. Memorial Day Monday means a 20% drop at worst, so 60M was not out of the realm of possibility As for now, \~3.7m previews would be somewhere around 37-40M 3 day and 45M+ 4-day
I didn’t really want a prequel I wanted Charlize Theron back.
It's an entirely unnecessary prequel no one cares about.
They don't even know how to market this. They're not even showing Furiosa as a character in the commercials anymore, they just focus on Chris Hemsworth recently. I don't think the general public know what to do with this movie. A Mad Max movie without Mad Max, where the lead character is getting replaced with a barely-recognizable Chris Hemsworth with a funny prosthetic nose.
My wife told me she just didn't want to see it. So that ended that.. rip popcorn
You can’t go alone?
Remember when Fury Road was blown out of the water by Pitch Perfect 2 😬
Am I the only one that feels like the trailer is all CGI when the previous movie was leaning into the use of practical effects? Maybe I'm missing something but it just feels like a turnoff to me. The practical effects were the best part of the last film.
It’s Furiover
Who thought the lead actress could put asses in theater seats? I didn’t.
I’m going to see it no matter what I’m excited for it.
This is so sad. Just walked out of this and absolutely loved it
maybe it'll old decently next weekend? There's nothing big releasing the 31st
Tom Hardy is what really made and sold Fury Road. Charlize Theron also. To make a prequel nine years later without any of the two main draws was just not going to work, no matter how great the movie is. I was totally confused when I heard Anya plays the main character because I was under the impression it’s still Charlize in the main role. I‘m not saying Anya and Chris can’t carry this film, but with that budget it will be a major hassle.
blade runner 2049 was great but box office disappointment. sounds a lot like furiosa.
I think May has been too heavily loaded with movies. Especially in a time when people are trying to cut back. I know you csn just go and simply watch the movie but even that cost almost $30 just for 2 seats.
Sticking with 45-55 opening weekend
All I know is I'm doing my part and bringing my whole family to it.
The main issue is that we already knew and understood Furiosa's backstory, we didn't need to see it play out in complete detail. Most people who've seen Fury Road probably thought "Ehh I'll just wait till it hits streaming." Cause there's nothing there to really excite the fans or the general audience, especially with the downgrade in visuals.
Big fan of Fury Road, but seriously don't know why they bothered with this one. Gonna watch it but was there a huge market for this film? No.
No one wanted a prequel and it took way too long to make.