Ant-Man: The Movie is official!

[SolidLiquidFox]

Blame the Minions on that box office

 

[jye4ever]

Opening like a phase 1 movie.

Money matches the character size perfectly, I don't see a problem.

 

[meth head]

Seen it twice in the space of 24hrs and I enjoyed it just as much the second time. Right up there with the original IM & GotG for me

 

[Wor-Gar]

I didn't feel anything for that ant.

Can't wait to see if Wor-Gar comes back with an emotional connection to it.

To the ant? What do you think the chances are?

Not seeing this until next weekend at a free screening. I don't expect to love it or hate it -- I'm guessing it will be like GOTG: by the numbers and lightly entertaining.

I'm 100% confident that it will be better than AoU for me -- since AoU was a real stinker to me. A double-flushy.

 

[jye4ever]

I refuse to place AOU in the same category as AOTC.

 

[chewblacca]

I agree Jye AOU was waaaaaaaaaay better than AOTC.

 

[JonWes]

Box office tepid for AM- should be around $60 million opening weekend. Lowest opening for Marvel in years.
Not a surprise- also a wake up call in my opinion for Marvel that anything they churn out isn't going to break records and make tons of money- it breaks an impressive streak like most people predicted.
We'll see AM next on Infinity Wars I guess but no stand alone sequel

It made 1-2mil under the EXPECTED 60mil. So it pretty much did what Disney expected it to do. Not everything needs to break records. Not everything can. For actual business people that is not actually the goal. It's unsustainable. It was still the #1 movie. It will still make plenty of money. Everyone keeps making these predictions that some day a Marvel movie will fail. Of course, one day it will. But you'd have to know almost nothing about the movie industry to say this opening weekend was a failure. Ant-Man had a relatively small budget of $130mil. Even with marketing expenses added on, it's well on the way to making money for the studio. They knew this was a smaller-scope picture in every way. Thats actually not a bad thing for the studio, to diversify their offerings somewhat.

Now, could the movie still do badly with no legs and bad overseas? Sure. But nothing about this opening weekend says it's a disaster or even, really, a disappointment, other than to the people who have a word count to meet and want to get some clicks. After next Friday we'll have a better indication of what it actually looks like.

 

[Wor-Gar]

I refuse to place AOU in the same category as AOTC.

I agree Jye AOU was waaaaaaaaaay better than AOTC.

AOTC is its own brand of stinker. Nothing else comes close. Even when flushed, it peeks back out.

 

[jye4ever]

I agree Jye AOU was waaaaaaaaaay better than AOTC.

It made 1-2mil under the EXPECTED 60mil. So it pretty much did what Disney expected it to do. Not everything needs to break records. Not everything can. For actual business people that is not actually the goal. It's unsustainable. It was still the #1 movie. It will still make plenty of money. Everyone keeps making these predictions that some day a Marvel movie will fail. Of course, one day it will. But you'd have to know almost nothing about the movie industry to say this opening weekend was a failure. Ant-Man had a relatively small budget of $130mil. Even with marketing expenses added on, it's well on the way to making money for the studio. They knew this was a smaller-scope picture in every way. Thats actually not a bad thing for the studio, to diversify their offerings somewhat.

Now, could the movie still do badly with no legs and bad overseas? Sure. But nothing about this opening weekend says it's a disaster or even, really, a disappointment, other than to the people who have a word count to meet and want to get some clicks. After next Friday we'll have a better indication of what it actually looks like.

Well said, I agree.

But more than likely you and I would be instantly removed from a Wall Street board room with that kind of statement.

AOTC is its own brand of stinker. Nothing else comes close. Even when flushed, it peeks back out.

Hi dee ho.

 

[Wor-Gar]

When all is said and done, this has been a pretty great summer for movies.

 

[azurepred]

Blame the Minions on that box office

never doubt a minion........ever

 

[Chapter 2099]

They're everywhere!!! They've even taken over your avi!!!

Going to see Ant-Man tonight....hopefully.

 

[azurepred]

They're everywhere!!! They've even taken over your avi!!!

Going to see Ant-Man tonight....hopefully.

King BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOB!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RIDDICK]

I refuse to place AOU in the same category as AOTC.

I don't, because in terms of moviemaking they're in the same league.
AoU had miles better cast, TEN forerunners, and still felt like an incredibly poorly thought-out project.
If anything, AoU is worse than AotC.

 

[jye4ever]

When all is said and done, this has been a pretty great summer for movies.

December 2015 to June 2016 will be hard to beat.

 

[Chapter 2099]

I don't, because in terms of moviemaking they're in the same league.
AoU had miles better cast, TEN forerunners, and still felt like incredibly poorly thought-out project.

I see what Riddick's going for her jye....and I kind of agree. Not gonna say I agree 100%, but I see what you're getting at here, Riddick.

 

[Chapter 2099]

December 2015 to June 2016 will be hard to beat.

Man, I totally forgot about SW in December....

 

[jye4ever]

Riddick hates lolcats, pizza, sunshine, Japanese school girls and muscle cars, pay him no mind.

 

[Wor-Gar]

December 2015 to June 2016 will be hard to beat.

Agreed, but it feels like an extensiion to me of Summer 2015. I think I'll still count it that way.

 

[RIDDICK]

Riddick hates pizza and Japanese school girls.

You went too far this time.

Watch your back from now on.