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>winning Friday with a $17.1M gross.
http://deadline.com/2016/07/ghostbusters-weekend-box-office-1201787149/
They won. Prepare for the diversity.
>“It’s not a bomb,” said one non-Sony executive today
wew, that's quite the recommendation for it
>>81300770
Paul Fag said it needs to at least make 500 million to break even.
>>81300770
>150M budget
>150M-300M marketing
>wasted money on toys and merch that went on clearance even before the movie aired
>only takes back 50% from domestic ticket sales, similar figure overseas
>BANNED IN CHINA
if they dont make 500M they wont even see a single cent of profit
also for studioes anything less than 2, 3x returns is considered a flop or major disappointment
>>81302887
why was it banned in china?
>>81303348
spooky scary skeletons send shivers down your spine.
>>81303348
China has this weird thing about death.
Warcraft is huge in China and the game was changed so the zombies were golems and the playable zombie race had all their bones hidden. The word "Death" was also removed from different NPCs that had it for names.
I don't really know what that's about, but then again I don't understand Chinese logic.
>>81300770
>$17.1 million
>in the middle of summer
>winning
Wew lad
>>81303348
Ghosts are banned in their media, just like time travel and faggotry.
>>81303601
Just opening day. Likely 40-50 million over weekend
>>81303348
The Party doesn't like spooky stuff.
>>81303348
you cannot show ghosts and skeletons in china due to a multitude of cultural and political reasons
the official reason is they dont want to promote superstition and/or non part thinking, current gov is supposed to be athiest, but chinese traditional culture/ religion is of chock full of ghosts and the afterlife stuff, its really big in the cultural subconscious
but t b h imo its just a old excuse from the communist past for them to reject this SJW feminism nonsense film with no actual value. Theres only a certain number of foreign flims that can air in china every year (i think like 30 ish?)
>pic is some of the taoist deities of the underworld you can find in taiwan or overseas chinese temples
>>81303348
Chinese are generally incredibly superstitious when it comes to death.
Generally, American Horror Movies have a relatively hard time gaining traction in China, and that's even IF they've been allowed to be aired over there.
>>81303712
Only 50 over the weekend. A big name should be making a couple hundred opening weekend
>>81300770
>Spent 300-400M to make the movie
>Made 17M back
>They won
Aight, are you sure you're not Canadian?
>brexit failing
>turkish coup failed
>ghostbusters is great
Has /pol/ ever been more wrong?
>>81303712
40-50 isn't good enough though, can't wait for the MUH SOGGY KNEE butthurt about why it's dying on the vine.
Is it any good?
>>81300770
1.2 hr movie having the budget of GTA5 making 17 mil opening LOLOLOL
>>81303712
That could be right, but as >>81303960 and
>>81304095 write, the film needs to pull in a considerably greater amount given its production and marketing costs.
I did not know that PRC banned it. Pretty good irony that we have to depend on the communist bloc to consistently reject the newer strains of Cultural Marxism.
>>81303588
> no "death" in lexicon > 3 trillion population
> I don't really know what that's about
Then open your fucking eyes.
>gross
So I'm assuming that's not accounting for the theaters' cut? Meaning the net is even lower?
>>81303917
Funny isn`t it? First feminist movie is full of death.
>>81300770
The budget was 144 million dollars.
>>81303348
Too spooky.
>>81304707
I don't know what you're talking about but the Chinese are the ones who need to open their eyes.
>>81304893
fix
> production budget
And there are also advertising budget and cinema royalty.
>>81300770
>>81303601
This, Zootopia made over 19,000,000 on its opening day, and went on to have an opening weekend that made over 75M, as a family/children's movie IN FUCKING MARCH. The fact that another family movie can't even match that in mid summer is telling, especially when its only other competition is a fucking kid's movie with Louis "Cuck" C.K as the lead role.
>>81303348
I recall something about
"Supreme disrespecteru to Mishtah Bill Murru"
>>81302887
>150M-300M marketing
Not to defend this awful film, but this is wrong. Look up Hollywood accounting. It was probably closer to $50m on ACTUAL marketing.
The budget is covered with tax money. Hollywood receives grants from state governments.
>>81303917
more pics of chinese pagan folk worship
its a weird, fascinating mishmash of occultism, folklore, legends, taoism and buddhism. This is handed down from generations. You can even find hindu deities in some chinese temples, there are so many different deities and they all have a origin story and morals behind them. During the cultural revoultion they tried to dampen a lot of this, but you cant really erase thousands of years just like that. My grandma absolutely believes in these stuff (great grandparents escaped civil war in china, went overseas here).
I'm kinda lukewarm, I go to the temples and burn offerings too, but I see it as more of a cultural heritage thingy. There are lots of spooky stories though.
>>81302887
>actual budget of $142 million including marketing
>certified fresh
>already made $50+ million in literally one day
Goobergabbers lost again.
>>81302630
You have sauce? I thought it was $300-400 million, which they won't reach regardless. This will only make the loss sweeter.
>>81304923
>spooky
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0yEuo-cO8Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOECyf3_zTg
>>81305074
That means ghostbusters only made 2 less than zootopia, which was a smash hit.
>>81303348
Because Chinks don't buy into SJW shit.
>>81305226
Was just about to say this.
>>81302630
483 million to go
>>81300770
domestic box office has been shit for a while. they won a long time ago, which is why they need the foreign box office now.
>>81300770
It won't even release in china, which is the country which saves failbusters with expensive CGI
It will be mars needs moms of paul feig
>>81300770
"Ghostbusters cost at $144M after rebates (and before an estimated $100M global P&A)"
What matter is how much money it made the investors, nothing so far it seems.
>>81305011
Kek
>>81302630
>>81305446
What a failure
>>81304586
Nice
>>81305638
How can 6.5/10 be 74%?
>>81300770
Well it is still labeld Ghostbusters; people will want to see it because , it can't be that bad right? Would not count on negative reviews either because its progressive only on that premise will people pretend they like it, just waiting for the first reviews to praise the decision to cast those 4 "insert 2-4 praising adjectives here" women and revive the Ghostbuster series.
But seriously did they just cast the 4 ugliest women in hollywood for that movie and thought it would make a good movie? The fat one alone is a sign that a movie a pure garbage, I would not know one movie with her in it that is good and if I missed one it's probably because I forget she was shown on screen.
>>81300770
Is that good for an opening night
>>81300770
Fuck off
Sage
>>81302630
>Paul fag
>>81305874
It means 75% of critics gave it a rating better than 5/10, I think.
So, it is probably possible that a film with average rating of 5.0 while being 100% fresh.
>>81305336
The point I'm making is that Zootopia did all that within arguably one of the worst months for family films, due to there being NO major holidays for almost a month after release. Zootopia took a while to get to its full popularity, its opening weekend was considered very average, because it was only predicted to make 500M tops. It climbed to the top simply because it was a good movie in the end (and furfags). The new Ghostbusters has to deal with the fact that it's a garbage movie, and will likely not bring in any second-time viewers, so popularity will decline in a fucking hurry. Also, no China, so that's a potential 200,000,000 gone right there.
>>81305874
Feminist maths.
Logically, it's 65%, but it 'feels' more like a 75, therefore 74%.
Remember, maths is sexist.
>>81305874
any review above 60% is counted as fresh AFAIK
so, 74% of all critics think this film is above 60%
but if you actually go to RT and click on the 'Top Critics" that only count from more reputable sites, the number is like 50%
>>81306134
The only time I was alone in a cinema in a bigger city was a rerun prob. 15th week of a niche movie. Damn they fucked up
>>81300770
>shitty movie has an even shittier remake
what a story
If you don't like it you're sexist
>>81303712
Thats still shit since foreign box office aside from Europe won't care about this movie. Plus its banned in China because >muh ghosts.
>>81306037
That's just fucking retarded
>>81306362
The only time I can remember anything close to that was that shitty Alien vs Predator movie when I saw it literally the day before the theater stopped showing it, and there were still 2 other people in there with me.
In a town with only like 15000 people living in it.
>>81300770
Who you gonna call?
BallsBusters
>>81303588
What? Bullshit.
China is only allowed a certain amount of foreign movies each year, this is why, retards.
HAIL DIXIE
>>81306737
It's Hurrah for Dixie.
>>81304707
The word death is in the Chinese lexicon. But a lot of Asian cultures have a thing about death and the number 4
>>81306580
I saw Joes Apartment in the theater. I think I am the only person in the US who did.
>>81306828
Fuck off sheep fucker, I'm drunk.
>>81305272
You have a decent english website that kind of gives you the rundown of the gods and their beliefs/rituals?
>>81305284
>lying on the internet
Why would you do this
>>81300770
>US
>white
>>81307073
Like that's an excuse.
I bet you ain't even white.
going to bet it does $35M to $40M opening, followed by a $15M second week, don't see it doing that well against The Secret Life of Pets
>>81307129
Budget according to wikipedia the other two from RTS.
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG83qBuQ_A8
>>81306134
>Whoa
Isn't this a movie feature to make it more spooky? Would shit my pant 2bh lads
>>81307636
It also steals two hours of your life. Very spoopy.
>>81304165
go watch it and tell us
>all women
>diversity
Pick one
>make 1/12 total budget on what should be biggest night
>celebrate
This is like when people cheer that they didn't lose as badly as they thought they would.
>>81305346
desu i dont think there was much of a ghostbusters following in china to begin with
>>81303588
we wuz spirits n shieet
>>81305874
Feminist mathematics, female digits are worth more than mens
>17.1million
>Sony dropped it's estimate of 50mil down to 40mil.
It's still too early to tell. Reviews are coming out now though
>>81307377
>50 million first night
Barely made 20 mill in 2 nights
>>81307377
yeah, I saw that too. not sure what's going on but rottentomatoes is wrong. literally every news article is estimating a 40-50 mil weekend.
Post yfw this wins Best Picture.
Meanwhile, Jurassic World, probably the movie most comparable to this one, made $316 million on its opening weekend.
It's over. Feminists BTFO, (((Paul Feig))) BTFO. I hope he hangs himself with a plasma beam.
>>81303588
I'd prefer hidden bones and not always torn up armour.
>Create new armour
>Its torn to shreds just because you're undead
>>81302168
Dude understands "bomb" differently, as in "the bomb". Being a bomb is a good thing, but "bombing" is the exact opposite. If you read his statement, it's obvious.
>>81307377
>Wikipedia
>RTS
Wew lad.
>>81307849
I might but I don't wanna go if its a turd
>>81304094
How is it failing?
When did /pol/ suggest it was assured to succeed?
Why are you shilling for a movie most reviews are calling shit?
>>81308419
Even Furious 7 made almost $150m in its opening weekend.
>>81306134
>Tfw went to the theater with my brother to see frieza's resurrection f.
> it was filled with other people.
Stay mad you liberals.
What did the original make? Adjusted for inflation.
>>81308651
Buy a ticket for another movie and then sneak in. Don't support this garbage. You can always go back to the other movie.
>>81307002
I saw Joe's Apartment in theaters too, was maybe 6 years old. P fuggin great actually.
>>81308797
$24m adjusted opening weekend using CPI index, bear in mind, ticket prices have risen above inflation for the last two decades.
>>81308667
Crazy that people aren't sick of those fucking movies yet.
>>81305638
God damn, the user rating of this movie.
>>81309137
Also keep in mind that theater traffic in general has risen dramatically since then. Ghostbusters is by no means a niche franchise, and by all means, kids across the country should be begging their parents to see it. But they aren't.
>>81308837
Bridesmaids was alrite though and its got that same chick in it. Why is it bad? SJW shit?
>>81309236
It was popular because Paul Walker died and they added him into scenes with CGI and Wiz Khalifa had a hit song about it.
>>81309236
I think that's when one of the main actors drove their car into a pole and died, got the 'dead actor bump' like The Dark Knight with Heath Ledger.
What's the total budget, marketing included?
What's the total, current grossing?
>>81302887
fuck Sony wasting so much money on this POS
and not a reboot of Starship Troopers
>>81307074
there arent even good chinese websites that I know, but this 1 is quite okay, it cover the more major ones briefly , but it doesnt have much of the underworld, contemporary or more unknown stuff. Each region or profession (like for police) will also has its own local deities and deity preferences.
http://thetempletrail.com/chinese-gods-101/
>>81309426
Just watch the trailer on YouTube. That will explain it better than I can describe here.
>>81309236
Everything after the third is just a vehicle (see what I did there?) for a generic action movie. Dumb as they are, they're a nice antidote to shit like this, something to watch with a stiff drink at the end of a trying week.
>>81303588
>it's about death and ghosts
no it's not you twink. One of the biggest movies in China last year was Mojin.
China banned it because of the PC media controversy they saw over here.
>>81308312
>news article is right
>movie review site is wrong
Stupid leaf
>>81308651
Just pirate it, don't give your money to this sexist bullshit
>>81309575
Hmm OK that looked awful
>le sassy token black woman
I love it when shilled movies bomb. I'm really hoping Disney and Pixar get btfo. Haven't watched Finding Dory yet but their recent movies are complete crap especially the shit dinosaur.
posted this in other thread and on /tv/, might as well post it here too
>>81309842
>the shit dinosaur
It was a shame that they took some of the most beautiful environment rendering I've ever seen in a movie and dumped a big, poorly written cartoony shit over it.
>>81309890
>reviewers get paid to shill movie
>still falling for it
Stop
>>81309890
those "reviews" are painful to read
>>81302630
As a feminist, I'll personally go 3 or 4 times to whatch the movie, so that you bigots will finally get btfo
Me on the left btw
Work in film. It is a fucking bomb. Opening night are all the "hardcore fan base" who bought their tickets weeks in advance.
From here, esp with shit word of mouth, it's all a drop off. the Jap who runs WB pictures is going to get the axe.
Who exactly did they think the market was for this? BTW, anyone else buy the Batman v. Superman BlueRay? The extended version is a million times better and actually makes sense.
That movie got shit reviews bc it was right after the "OscarsSoWhite" bullshit, and the only nigger with any sort of speaking part was Fishbourne.
I was disappointed in the theathrical version (though did not deserve ratings the SJW gave it) but the Blueray (got it yesterday) is bretty fucking good.
Fuck ghostbusters and the SJW trying to destroy movies.
>>81309236
Furious Seven was actually a pretty good movie in its niche and everyone figured it'd be the last since Paul Walker died and he was like co-protagonist with Vin Diesel through most of the series.
Kinda a shame we don't get more car-focused action movies. Cars are rad. But the Gone in Sixty Seconds remake (featuring Nick fucking Cage) kinda killed the ones that weren't stared by a man who got a surgical shinejob for twenty menthol cools.
>>81309890
>film critics
>discuss "haters" instead of the film
Bravo. So passive aggressive and lame.
>>81310296
>As a feminist, I'll personally go 3 or 4 times to whatch the movie, so that you bigots will finally get btfo
Won't do anything to me. The film will still fail and you'll have wasted your money.
>>81310296
I haven't kept up with this one, but anything under a 50 million opening (and that's generous) is disaster.
They still cannot get the message-- SJW do not buy film tickets. The movie review industry needs a shakeup. These SJW give feminist films these great ratings for political reasons and to avoid being bombarded by ANTIFA types on twatter; it's a type of extortion.
And wait for next OScars, when every award goes to a nigger.
>>81308468
I don't think Japanese people misunderstand bombs
>>81309890
Jesus H. Tittyfucking Christ.
'If you happen to dislike this movie you must be muh misogynistic basement dwelling shitlord brobabby trope.'
Why is this still happening? Good way to shield a film from any genuine criticism I suppose but I'd be surpirsed if people didn't just see it for this.
>>81303348
>why was it banned in china?
Actually, the official explanation from the official is that the previous 2 films were not famous in China, so they don't expect this film to make money. And since Chinese companies take 70% share of foreign films aired in China, and there is a yearly quota, China has incentive to block films that might financially fail.
>>81310784
There wasn't one good joke in the trailer screaming about feminism is ridiculous
>>81300770
KEK,
THey were orignally calling for 25 million
Then 20
then 18
Didn't even make 18.
Box Office Mojo is already comparing this to movies that had a healthy OP weekend, but suffered huge dropoffs and failed to see much profit. Sony fucked up marketing to children. Kids don't want to see 40 year old women making dick jokes. They want colors and talking animals. And what movie is coming out next week? Ice Age. What does Ice Age have? Colors and talking animals.
>>81310878
>AH DONT KNOW IF ISSA RACE THANG, O A WOMMUN THANG, O...
>not comedy gold
>>81310342
I'd say the biggest problem with a car focused movie is deciding how focused you want to be. There's a huge sliding scale of car enthusiasts as well as a broad variety of their specific field of interest so it's quite hard to hit a large portion of the demographic with any one attempt.
>>81310968
Well this movie has color and talking animals, in a sense
>>81303917
The actual reason's that their religion finds depictions of the deceased, especially bones and ghosts, as extremely disrespectful to the dead, even fictional.
>>81309890
So much delusion...
>>81311329
This is one of those bitches who claims to be 'possessed by demons' any time they act up but is really just schizo.
>>81305011
>I don't know what you're talking about but the Chinese are the ones who need to open their eyes.
I get the joke, but I don't think the chinese people really feel the same way. I bet their version of the "MPAA" is seated with a bunch of crotchety old folks that are completely out of touch with reality.....HEY, just like ours!
anyway, this is good regardless, because I want this shit to flop.
>>81307311
>I bet you ain't even white
Could that possibly be- I dunno, BECAUSE HE'S TAIWANESE?!
>>81311130
you killed me
>>81310784
I think these people are shooting themselves in the foot. Most people who saw the movie disliked it because it was bad, according to them; when they see the only defense for it being "You must be a sexist," it doesn't give credit to them. It just sounds lame and retarded and ensures that another attempt at a movie like this will bomb even harder.
At the end of the day, if it doesn't make money, it doesn't make sense.
>>81303348
2spoopy4chyna
>>81305074
Something about using photos slathered in watermarks tickles my funny bone. I mean, someone went to the trouble of creating a system that frames and watermarks every photo on a database, hoping it would make the photo unusable enough that you'd pay for a clean version, but you just don't give a fuck.
>>81310784
You've made this world with your subhuman sitting in the dark all day complaining about "involuntary celibacy". You've created this world for all of us. Ruined all entertainment, politics, public discourse with your harebrained opinions, culture of being more extreme than the previous guy. You and the subsequent counter-reactionaries in your mirror image. Fuck you. Sincerely.
>little girls need female heroes
>queef joke opens the movie
BRAVO
>>81303917
>the official reason is they dont want to promote superstition and/or non part thinking, current gov is supposed to be athiest, but chinese traditional culture/ religion is of chock full of ghosts and the afterlife stuff, its really big in the cultural subconscious
China doesn't want people using their imaginations about ghosts and time travel. They want their citizens to be cookie cutter replicas that work in a factory 60 hours a week until they die. Creativity is forbidden unless it's used as propaganda.
>>81300770
45million is borderline. They are just under the trend line and if continue the way they are, would not make their money back. It wouldn't be Fan4stic, but right now they can only hope to break even.
>>81309552
They'd have to rework the entire series to be socially acceptable.
>"Come on you [guys]! Do you want to live forever?"
>>81306045
>no China,
hahahaha
They literally threw that much money away?
>>81311130
Into the diversity camps you go
>>81311666
I think you have a point medkit, it is as if they are trying to demonise what would be the tradional consuming demographic these 'nerd culture' films stemmed from and catered to. When they realise its not as lucrative to be as 'progressive' as they thought, we may see the pendulum swing the other way and a certain amount of pandering may occur.
>>81311857
If I gave you a blank wall and a reel of the film you could watch it for free with all this projection.
>>81300770
How? That's a shitty opening weekend
>>81312463
>movies opening next week(s)
-star trek
-ice age
>movies currently BTFOing them in the kids section which they tried to lure with dumbed down story and bright colours
-secret life of pets
nope, it'll be a slaughter, its doomed
>>81307924
but if theyn don't turn a profit, they win
>>81300770
I guess most people who talk big about equality and feminism are poor
>>81306936
4 can sound the same as death.
>>81312967
Get back across the border Trudeau
>>81312552
>They literally threw that much money away?
It is known that to get your film into China, you need to get the government on your side from the onset. Sony make the mistake in thinking getting approval for screening in China was easy. Disney and MCU work their ass off to negotiate for screening rights before the film was even complete.
>>81311329
GRRM has been very serious about not reading fan forums or theories because he doesn't want his writing to be influenced by fan speculation.
But he can't NOT watch this show. There's no way he can avoid all the feminist praise that the show is getting.
He's going to finish the remaining books with this feminist bullshit and it pisses me off because he's been writing this series for 20 years.
>>81300770
17 million is really low.
>>81313004
source?
>>81310645
It's not only that SJWs don't buy film tickets/comic books/books/music, it's that there's so fucking few of them. They're maybe 10% of the population at most, and that's including all the Jews and faggots.
>>81305638
It's 73% now
(Nate silver) had an article on it saying its bad reviews are because muh evil ment and I typed "why not look at box office receipts" and I have like 20 SJW trying to go crazy on me
It's so fun
>>81310645
This. They might 'spread the word' on social media about how everyone should go and see it but they are very unlikely to go and see it themselves.
>>81309567
Thanks
>>81312851
Ice age & Trek vs other movies R.I.p sony japs that what they get for funding garbage now they have to soduko they have dishonored their country
>>81308666
underrated trips of wisdom
>>81313269
Only hardcore SJW's would see this film. More like 1-2%. Most others just support SJW issues, but aren't actually bothered to see a film they know they otherwise wouldn't enjoy just to support feminism.
>>81313217
>source?
There are multiple times when it is reported.
Ironman 3: Marvel bypassed the yearly quota entirely by inserting an extended scene of Stark getting his heart surgery in China, filmed in China, with a Chinese actress as surgeon. That extended scene granted Marvel the benefit of being treated like a Chinese film. This means they also was allowed more than the 30% profits that was the max in the quota system.
With Star Wars, there was a massive campaign that involved Storm Troopers showing up in large numbers in public places. The film itself wasn't that successful in China, but what matters was that Disney got their approval early.
The 30 film quota is extremely restrictive. But as the Chinese official say, the main issue is that the government think it would be a waste of money for the local cinemas.
Lol they make it so fucking obvious
>>81313688
>R.I.p sony japs that what they get for funding garbage now they have to soduko they have dishonored their countr
Actually Sony Pictures is Western. And the guy running it today is the guy fired from Fox.
>>81313217
its not just film, to do anything in china you need connections, lots of undertable money and friends in high places
you can also look at all the major western retail chains who tried to enter china without any preparation and got slaughtered
>>81314191
Sure, I'm just surprised fox wouldn't know this by now.
I figured they knew China was a no go from that start because they don't allow ghosts in films.
>>81314103
>viewer input is bad when they're not in my favor
>>81314103
Yeah, look at all these bad reviews my male critics.
wait..
>>81303348
China only lets X number of films in the country that are not Chinese made (About 1 a week). Due to how it works, they want these to be blockbusters.
Ghostbusters was viewed as a non-blockbuster.
>>81306134
>Garry Stewart
>so the 9:30 VMax 3D session of ghostbusters at innaloo...
They already started showing it in India?
>>81314103
>It doesn't matter if the movie is bad, the bad reviews show that movie ratings are unfair.
These fuckers are nearing a logic paradox that could destroy us all.
>>81305074
To be fair, secret life of pets was good
>>81314103
Fuck, they are trying to hex the reality. This is like breaking weight scales to make yourself less fat.
>>81305074
zootopia was explicit furbait. they even had a poll on twitter asking why specifically people were excited and one of the answers was "I'm a furry" alongside "I love disney" and "I'm just taking my kids to see it". of course it printed money
>>81306393
I agree, and i even liked the old ghotbusters, but it was mostly marketing hype.
>>81306393
>Ghostbusters
>Shitty
fuck off
>>81315526
>one of the answers was "I'm a furry"
this will be 100% normal in 5 more years
>>81315869
the poll was hastily removed but it totally happened. i'm not gonna prove it tho. it would require opening my laptop and shuffling files by usb key and i just have not had enough coffee today to tolerate that kind of bullshit.
>>81303348
China dosen't like death and ghosts in media.
WoW was patched a shit ton with all the undead and bones.
>>81316036
its okay anonkun, i never doubted you
>Talking to mom on weekly check up before stopping by
>Anon, did you see the New Ghostbusters?
>Nope
>Good. I could tell by that shitty music it will fail as a movie, to much hype, and awful trailers
>Yeah, I didn't plan on ev-
>And what's with the dick thing? Blue spot rash std or somthing?
>....
>That music just ruins it. I'll see you later today, bye sweetheart
*Click*
Gonna be fun to hear her rave about being right
>>81316298
thanks homie
>>81316273
it's not "banned" in china, it's just not going to be imported for screening because it sucks. It will likely be okay to import when it gets on DVD, given that the earlier ghostbusters movies were fine and the new one actually has a sanitized title
http://consequenceofsound.net/2016/07/ghostbusters-denied-release-in-china/
>Sony tried to avoid a similar fate for Ghostbusters by actually excluding the Chinese symbol for “ghost” from the film’s title. The 1984 original (which also never saw a movie theater in China, either), was titled 捉鬼敢死队, literally translating to “Ghost Catcher Dare Die Team.” However, the new version switched the first few characters, now reading 超能敢死队, or “Super Power Dare Die Team.”
>Still, THR’s source said none of this really mattered. “It’s been confirmed that Ghostbusters won’t be coming to China,” a Chinese executive told the magazine, “because they think it’s not really that attractive to Chinese audiences. Most of the Chinese audience didn’t see the first and second movies, so they don’t think there’s much market for it here.”
>It looks like the Chinese ain’t afraid of no ghost — they just don’t give a damn.
>>81316917
>because they think it’s not really that attractive to Chinese audiences.
>"The screaming big-eyed black demon gives our women and children much fear"
>>81306532
So gays are misogynist
>>81317151
>Most of the Chinese audience didn’t see the first and second movies,
Ghostbusters just isn't popular there and they limit western releases in general, so they have to pick and choose what they let in for maximum profit out of a limited number of releases
also looks like I misread the article and apparently the first two were also a no go??? I'm sure you can find em in hong kong tho, you can get anything there
>>81312473
SST has no difference between races and genders at all. You either fight or you are a fukken civvie.
The problem is the fact that faggot insurers won't let them use blanks.
>>81316917
>“because they think it’s not really that attractive to Chinese audiences. Most of the Chinese audience didn’t see the first and second movies, so they don’t think there’s much market for it here.”
Translation:
It's not a good movie on its own terms. If the film wasn't called ghostbusters in the west and was just a new concept, it would do way fucking worse here too.
>>81317456
If you don't find 100% of all womyn attractive, you're a misogynist
>>81300770
It's on track to do SLIGHTLY better than Fantastic four
that's a bomb.
Friday sales are often higher than saturday on bombs.
>>81317531
>It's not a good movie on its own terms
yes thank you for re-iterating the point in the most obnoxious way you could muster. i'm sure no one but you could have gathered that what the rep meant was that this ghostbusters movie isn't good and that it isn't good is why they're choosing not to screen it there. bleeding-edge stuff.
>>81303348
It wasn't
the previous films didn't come out in China and the studio doubted the ghosts could get past the censors, so they didn't submit it to be released.
China didn't ban it, Sony didn't try.
>>81307311
Wow... that's a whole other level of retardation.
>>81309890
Gas them all.
>>81317476
Hong kong is special as is Macau
>>81302630
It's on track to make $50 million. The article that mentioned that put it in with such great movies as Green Lantern, The Great Gatsby and the new Independence Day with that kind of take.
Considering how much was put into marketing, shilling, paying off journos, deleting negative comments, etc. that's a massive failure IMO.
>>81300770
>summer "blockbuster"
>$17.1M gross
>no sellout showings
>thinking they won
lad, wew
>>81305075
Criminally under rated post senpai
>>81317841
Thanks.
>>81318601
>$17.1M gross
>>81300770
Lmao 17 million. Pathetic
>>81317312
>that I'm full on licking before busting some ghosts
>>81306134
What version of minesweeper is that?
>>81318554
>It's on track to make $50 million.
Nah it would make 45million this weekend. You got to separate opening weekend numbers with final total numbers.
How much would it make in total? While, similar films that made 40-50million in opening weekend can make more than 150million in total if they are lucky. So right now that is the expected final total the film will get. That would not be enough to cover costs, but at least we have a baseline for what we are expecting.
Keep in mind that they did 3 million on Thursday 7PM-12AM showings, so Friday by itself was actually 14 million. I'm pissed that this is going to outdo Warcraft in the US, but amused that Deadpool still wrecks it with a 132 million opening weekend in February.
>>81318554
Oh yeah they lost massive amounts of money
>>81300770
>17.1M gross
>For a 144M film
>On opening day, where the gross is likelly to be the highest besides maybe the weekend.
>Not even taking into account the advertising, which for big movies can be up to half the budget
>>81305874
They weigh top critics differently
>>81319458
No. the 6.5 comes from the average rating. The 75% is the percentage of critics who said the film was "good".
>>81306548
>That's just fucking retarded
Many critics don't give numeral scores. So the only way they can really count everyone's opinion is asking them to give a yes or no answer for the film. That's the only way the numbers can work.
>>81305874
2 diffrent ratings
The percentage is the % of critics which rate it higher than 50/100
The rating is the average rating
So, if Movie A gets five 10/10 and five 4/10, it's tomatometer will be 50%, and the rating will be 7/10
>>81300770
"It's better than nothing"
- Busters Nr. 9
>>81320102
BLACKED
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>>81319771
Ah, that makes more sense. But still, top kek @ user reviews and IMDB
Flop Flop Flop
>>81309552
I don't trust anybody to make a good starship troopers right now. Sci fi and anything nerdy WILL be influenced by SJWs and feminists.
>>81303348
So what youre saying is that you have a better chance of seeing someone die in china with your eyes in everyday life then on the silver screen.
>and i thought we was wew
>>81305074
To be fair, Zootopia was an insane runaway success and according to Wikipedia (that most reliable of sources) it's actually made a little over a billion dollars at the box office.
>>81320439
The user reviews are a bit cringe because it's clearly angry anti-feminists who flooded the reviews without seeing it. Not surprising. Movie still sucks regardless.
>>81320744
Zootopia is pure kino, though. Quality cinema, no flaws whatsoever.
>>81300770
After this shit getting a sequel I've gave up...marketing make any shit profitable today, people really have too much time
But the "muh womyn" argument is stupid, the actresses are not bad, the problem is that they made like last Star Wars in which they just remade the first movie with modern style jokes (a.k.a. jokes for the chinese)
>>81320989
Shit game
>>81314191
As an example, American cigarette manufacturers were selling to local distributors in Chyna and the distributors would let the cigarettes sit and get stale /moldy so people wouldn't want them
>>81320967
I saw the first ten minutes of it on an airplane and was unimpressed. does it get better?
>>81320989
idk Watch_Dogs had an interesting concept, I'm glad it's getting a sequel. Better that than yet more fucking asscred
>>81321129
>does it get better?
It's fucking fantastic m8.
>>81320967
The fuck is kino.
What is with you /tv/ memers?
>>81321129
>I saw the first ten minutes of it on an airplane and was unimpressed. does it get better?
Yes. It's basically a noir movie with great writing and animation. They manage to have a female main character, a gay character, without being obnoxious about it or even mentioning it even once. It was good all around.
>>81300770
Please keep your cultural marxism in America, we have enough of it already
>>81320965
Actually a lot of them go point by point explaining all the shitty jokes that weren't in the trailers. The early ones were cringy as fuck, but the more recent ones are incredibly damning.
>>81321303
Cinema for you cucks.
>>81321303
>kino
It just means cinema in German. It's used to mean "good movie" on /tv/. No one takes it seriously, unless they're retarded.
The opening scene of The Dark Knight Returns, sometimes known as "Bane on Plane," is generally considered to be a variant of surrealism or Dadaism, usually with existential or postmodern undertones related to collapse of meaning and the visceral absurdity of confusion in a symbolic order. On this reading, the scene is designed to evoke a kind of uncanny valley effect in the viewer by presenting him with what is ostensibly an incredibly conventional narrative and semiotic holism - an American action caper, constructed so prototypically from cliches and familiar devices that even the exciting "reveal" of Bane's identity has its anagnorisis and payoff botched well before its presentation as dramatic climax - but subtly and systemically undermining the possibility of semiotic stability throughout the scene, and thereby sabotaging the possibility of the viewer's fusion with the film's semiotic horizon. The experience of watching Bane on Plane is one of profound unease and even dissociation, as the viewer continually tries to assemble coherent meanings, motives, and purposes from a train of malformed tropes, allegories, and metaphors; narratological intuition continually fails to discover any implicit humanity in the behaviour of the actors. The mind reflexively brackets the scene as likely to admit of little variation in its seemingly familiar, even monolithic tropes, but is continually surprised to find that near every trope is "misbehaving." Where at first a single puzzle piece does not "fit" with its puzzle, it is quickly realised that none of the pieces fit; and that this, perhaps, is not a puzzle at all. When asked whether the work of Foucault and Deleuze on the epistemic experience of schizophrenia influenced his choices in his role as Bane, Tom Hardy declined to comment, but referenced Foucault on the discursive constitution of the author-function.
>>81321452
Hey Spaghetti, I went to Rome in 2009 and saw models in a display window: Mussolini's soldiers and Nazis. I can't imagine this in other European countries. Is Italy still based as fuck?
>>81321218
>>81321433
I DO NOT want to fuck the bun buns though. Is it still worth it in this case
>>81303936
>tfw knew of some Chinese at school who panicked and demanded that hey be moved to a different dormitory when they realized they were down the street from a cemetery and could see it at night from their windows
thought it was fucking retarded at the time but I didn't realize that it's just part of their culture to be fucking retarded
>>81320967
>Zootopia is pure shit, though. QUALITY cinema, no flaws whatsoever.
I see my /tv/ filter is working.
>>81321129
It jams all of the backstory for both the setting and Judy and then her becoming a cop into those first ten minutes so that it can spend the rest of the film dealing with the good stuff.
>>81320967
Oh yeah, Zootopia is definitely an excellent film. But I think it's unfair to compare the new Ghostbusters to it because there was no way it would ever match it - Zootopia had the killer combination of having the broadest appeal possible while also being a genuinely great film.
Most movies will never match that point even without being saddled with all the stupidity that 2016 Ghostbusters has going on.
>>81302887
Welp better double down on calling people sexist
>>81309890
>Andrew o' Hehir
Holy shit, this guy looks like a manifestation of a Counter Meme for fashy goys
>>81321303
generally just something they say to mean "is this tv approved"
"is this anime kino?"
"recommend me some good fantasy kino" etc
>>81303588
It's because it shows evil spirits in a disrespectful light. You must honor the dead, for they are beyond all earthly things.
>>81321659
Yes. I'm not a faggot either. It's actually a pretty redpilled film.
Zoetropolis is actually a multicultural hell hole and they don't hide it.
>>81300770
THIS WASNT A REAL COUP
NOW EVIL ERDOGAN WILL PURGE THE WHOLE FUCKING MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT OF ANYONE HE DONT LIKE AND INSTALL MORE SHARIA LAW
AFTER THATS OVER TURKEY WILL BE A PUPPET STATE OF ISIS.
WE ARE LOSING THIS WAR.....AND OBAMA REAL SUPPORTERS ARE WINNING IT. ISIS.
TERRORIST ISIS IS NOW IN CONTROL OF USA, TURKEY AND MOST OF EU GOVERNMENTS.
RUSSIA IS ALL THAT STANDS BETWEEN THE MUSLIMS CONQUERING THE EARTH
NOW YOU WILL SEE THE FINAL MOVE IN THE PLAN WHEN HILLARY STARTS GOES TO WAR AGAINST RUSSIA BECAUSE OF SOME MADE UP NONSENSE
BEFORE SHE DOES THAT THERE WILL BE A MASSIVE GUN GRAB IN USA TO DECLAW YOU REBEL FUCKS DOWN SOUUUUUTTTTHHHH
THEN ITS OVER.
ISIS IS HILLARY ROTTEN CLIT, SOROS AND SAUDI ARABIA. ITS THERE MONEY FUNDING THEM
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED FAGGOTS
THE END IS HERE.
p.s what about the 28 pages.....saudi arabia directly connected to 911 attacks. not a whisper.
inb4
>fuckoff ivan
>mems out the poopshoot
>w/e ever else faggot shill shit you got
>>81300770
>top critics 57%
>audience score: 49%
>Certified Fresh
From the Horses own mouth;
>As opening day approaches, Feig can’t help but think about the stakes of making a $150 million movie. “A movie like this has to at least get to like $500 million worldwide, and that’s probably low,” he says. “But the thing I care about most is the industry looking for an excuse to say, ‘See, a tentpole can’t be carried by female leads’” — three of whom are over 40. “I cashed in all my chips,” he says. “I had to use every chip to make this happen. And if this doesn’t work, I will probably have to go back to movie jail.”
http://www.vulture.com/2016/07/paul-feig-ghostbusters-reboot-c-v-r.html
500 MILLION OR BUST
RIP SONY
RIP FEMINISM
RIP SJW'S
RIP ''CRITICS''
RIP PAUL FEIG
>>81321759
>It jams all of the backstory for both the setting and Judy and then her becoming a cop into those first ten minutes so that it can spend the rest of the film dealing with the good stuff.
That must be the problem then. I felt it was extremey slow and heavy-handed
>>81322174
take your ludes dude
>>81309890
>far funnier than the original
Somebody has to gas these kikes
>>81300770
>17.1 Million
that's terrible
t. fa/tv/irgin
>>81304094
>brexit failing
What fantasy weebshit land do you live in?
YOU HAVE BEEN VISITED BY THE ISLAMIC TRUCK OF TOLERANCE
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(@)@)*********(@)(@)**(@)
POST THIS IN ANOTHER THREAD OR YOUR MOTHER WILL DIE TONIGHT
>>81310784
I can't fathom how they can think talking down to people "No no, let me tell you why you REALLY didn't like it" is going to make them suddenly like it
>>81321659
Yes, especially if you like detective stories and such. The characters are great. I enjoyed it a lot and I only watch Disney once in a blue moon. Go ahead without fear.
>>81314103
He is right about movie review aggregators being bad but not for the right reasons.
>>81308666
Reviews don't matter when $ is the proof
>>81302630
Since it's banned in China, it'll never break even.
>>81322380
in their defense ghostbusters isn't that good
>>81304752
Theatres don't get a cut you fucking retard
>>81317930
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ghostbusters-denied-release-china-910563
>>81303711
Don't forget reincarnation whitout autorization
>>81322737
YOU TAKE THAT BACK YOU STU- actually, you are right, it was just pretty decent.
>>81322907
Wut?
>>81305074
>another family movie
This isn't even a family movie. It's a comedy that parents likely won't take their little kids to.
>>81304752
>i-is the net profit lower than the gross revenue
shit man i dunno
>>81321722
Zfiltroj sie w dupe schizofreniku jebany, zootopia to prawdziwe kino ale oczywiscie ze bydlo tego nie doceni, utop sie w bagnie troglodycie.
>>81314103
>a vocal portion of men on the internet go out of their way to make their voices heard
I'll take "Projection" for 400 Alex
>>81321759
>It jams all of the backstory for both the setting and Judy and then her becoming a cop into those first ten minutes so that it can spend the rest of the film dealing with the good stuff.
It's called a first act, yes. The writing is very tight in that film.
>>81321759
>But I think it's unfair to compare the new Ghostbusters
They're both movies, so it's fair.
>>81307073
Is sheep shagger
>>81320965
Think some reddit fag showed the stats on the votes.
Mostly males voting 3-1, mostly young females voting 7-10.
>>81322994
You are literally not allowed to reincarnate without approval of the state.
Its so they can control the Dali Lama.
>>81303917
>>81305272
I cringe just imagining how many art like that got destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. Fuggen gommies.
>>81322994
If you are a monk you need to talk to the governament to become a fish or idk
YOU HAVE BEEN VISITED BY THE ISLAMIC TRUCK OF TOLERANCE
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(@)@)*********(@)(@)**(@)
>>81323190
I've seen this all before.
>>81309890
Aren't reviews supposed to tell you what to expect when watching the movie and what it is going to be about? All I get from this is damage control vibes.
>>81300770
>17m
>not a bomb
nigga 50m+ makes a hit
17m is reserved for shit that disappears the next weekend
17m is a hit for a fucking indie flick
lmao
>>81305638
>top critics is at 57%
>certified fresh
Yeah, ok.
>>81309890
>MaryAnn Johanson
>Flick Filosopher
>>81303348
Chinese are fucking pussies. Afraid of bones and death and ghost
>>81322264
These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase
>>81322264
There are tons of good movies with female leads.
Gone With The Wind and Scarlet were great. Steel Magnolias was adequate.
Fuck one of the best selling series recently, Hunger Games, is the Harry Potter of the 2010s and entirely revolves around a female lead.
What the fuck are these stupid goys smoking?
>>81304752
>So I'm assuming that's not accounting for the theaters' cut? Meaning the net is even lower?
I might as well explain.
Basically, the film studio get 90%+ of ticket sales on opening weekend. And then the cinema slowly get more and more of the cut of the ticket sales until near the end of the screening period, when nearly all the sales go to the local cinema.
This is why cinemas kept airing shows way after it is no longer new. But this is also why the "Opening Weekend" is so important for film studio profits. Basically, most of the tickets sold in the opening weekend go straight to the studio. And after that each new ticket sale becomes less profitable over time.
Hence, having a big opening weekend is important. If no one show up to watch the film until two months later, even if the number of tickets sold was the same in the end, the studio would have earned less money than had the same people show up to the première.
>>81304094
>$17M for a $144M movie with even bigger arketing is "great"
K
>>81316911
How old is your mum?
>>81321603
It still is, the Carabinieri and some other agencies have uniforms that remind of the SS, very stylish. And of course your countrymen in the Holy See, they remain based as always. Trained in halberd fighting and they have an mp5 hidden in their puffy trousers for when the traditional halberd doesn't cut it.
Somehow Italy got off very well after ww2. We even started making heroic ww2 movies just years after the war, not to mention the nazi fetish porn movies we churned out in the 70s. (look up Ilsa: She-wolf of the SS). Everyone thinks ww2 was about the evil japs and nazis, no one even notices Italy's role in it. Entire city quarters are still named after battles in which Italy conquered and slaughtered natives and we refuse to call Ethiopia by its current name. Abessinia is Italian clay, as is Eritrea and Somalia. Mogadiscio has certainly gone downhill after we left.
>>81323147
Where did I said anything about this movie you paranoid furfag? I filtered /tv/ memes because you cancerous shitheads can't even praise any movie without them and your reaction prove it's working as intended.
>>81324013
With the exception of Gone with the Wind, all the movies you mentioned are shit.
I can smell your unwashed vag from you, fat feminist cat lady. Go douche that shit before it attracts flies.
>>81304094
>$17M for a $144M movie with even bigger marketing is "great"
K
>mfw all the critic fag lefties give it positive scores just to counteract muh soggy knee
>>81324443
>1 day
It's estimated to do $50M over the weekend. Prepare to cry, white man.
>>81324427
Scarlet was good fuck you.
I also wasn't trying to imply Hunger Games was good, it just makes a ton of money. He's implying the industry wants an excuse saying female leads can't make successful films when there's literally an entire generation of movies proving every single facet of that comment wrong.
>>81306737
>>81309706
these people are objectively wrong
>>81321947
oh god its spiritism!
>>81324357
Nice. That's what I thought. My biological father was Italian, though I've never met him. Italy considers me a citizen because it sends me voting material, though I have no passport.
I don't speak the language though.
>>81324586
lies
>>81324377
Relax, my fiancée is Polish, so I asked her to respond to you in your language. I have no idea what she told you. Kek.
>>81318957
That movie was fucking awful and slow.
Slow movies aren't bad, but this movie didn't find any shred of proper editing or screen-writing to justify it's slow pace. It was genuinely bad because the director thought it was perfect.
>>81324586
Do you think movies make the same amount of money on other days as opening day? Genuinely curious. Also I'm not a man.
>>81300770
>They won. Prepare for the diversity.
>a chick flick can change the world
I lmao at you
>>81305638
kek, users reviews were at 48% just 12 hours ago.
>>81324586
>It's estimated to do $50M over the weekend. Prepare to cry, white man.
A mediocore film would make 3 times its opening weekend total in its lifetime. A big hit can make 6 times its weekend total. That means a projection of either 150million to 300million. Even at 300 million, it would either just break even or lose money.
I work at a movie theater and anytime someone asks me about this movie I tell them to save their money and don't bother. Don't care if I get fired for it, I'm not shilling for this piece of shit at minimum wage.
>>81325242
Kek bless you anon.
>>81311130
Back to the shed Sven!
>>81325242
Say it in a way that makes them unable to call you sexist.
>I really wanted this film to be great! I love all those actresses! But it was really disappointing :(. I'd see something else if I were you
This way you can keep your job and continue your good work.
>>81312998
That's Japanese, it's why they don't have 4th floors in building. Similar to how you don't have 13th floors in America
>>81322264
>“I had to use every chip to make this happen. And if this doesn’t work, I will probably have to go back to movie jail.”
Will his higschool colleagues shove him into a locker and beat him up for his magnum opus?
>>81325583
>This way you can keep your job and continue your good work.
Or he can make sure to promote a different film instead. As long as the customer buys a ticket, it doesn't matter much which one he bought anyway.
>>81314103
>inherently a problem
she wanted to say problematic so fucking bard
>>81325583
good idea my potato friend
>>81322264
That's fucking amazing
>>81325757
>Will his higschool colleagues shove him into a locker and beat him up for his magnum opus?
Movie Jail is just when directors don't get phonecalls about new job offers.
For people who aren't superstars, there is normally no reason why any director is considered irreplaceable. So if a director fucks up then that person would get black listed and not be considered at all.
Josh Trank is basically in that Movie Jail now.
>>81324586
>white man
Because if there's one thing we know about black men, it's how much they love and respect women.
>>81324877
BUT IT TOOK 12 YEARS TO MAKE ANON
>>81326177
You're lying.
>>81326151
Black guys don't get their panties in a bunch over a comedy flick.
>>81309890
I'd spontaneously erupt my hellfire all over Kate McKinnon desu
>>81326177
Did it? I never heard them mentioning that in any of the marketing or interviews... are you sure they said that?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzhpbXQDl6g
>>81326323
I'm sure if they remade Friday or Barber Shop to have an all female cast they would.
>>81303348
>>81303431
>>81303886
>>81304923
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzrLzqL3A44
>>81325757
they don't care about women, they don't like a reboot of ghostbusters 1 with shitty humor
>>81325242
God bless you anon.
>>81325583
Good advice.
>>81326316
Watch
>>81326451
>>81306134
SPOOKY
If it's a flop, femminists win because "See society is sexist and racist so we still need sjw".
If it's a success, feminists win because : "See ? People love diversity ! We should make more !"
>>81327060
If it's a flop feminists need to accept women are sexist too. That will be fun.
For the same reason people like car crashes and burning buildings
>>81325242
I'll probably do the same thing
>>81327256
This. There are billions of women and 99.9999% dont want to watch this shit.
>>81327256
Woman aren't sexist. They are "oppressed by the patriarchy".
>>81322791
yup, that's the article I was quoting.
It mentions that they haven't submitted it to china at all
>>81303348
No niggers allowed in glorious people's republic.
>>81325735
They actually do have 4th floors here, but they often skip room 104 or 204 etc.
>>81327890
If this film flops they will be oppressing themselves by choosing not to see it.
>>81300770
They also produced a game.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgblhWIDeDI
Looks like a dumbed down Diablo POV arcade game.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CVS3424/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_ft_VGHPFT1_2_i?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-4&pf_rd_r=3SM4JWSFGP4C3PT0XW5J&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=2554576182&pf_rd_i=468642
First review starts with:
>I rented this today... and beat it today.
