For the
weekend of December 1-3, 2017,
Coco remained on top. Pixar continues to profit on every single movie it makes (even
The Good Dinosaur eventually broke even.)
Justice League had another big drop, and it's in danger of not even making $700 million worldwide. That might not sound like a catastrophic milestone to miss, but considering how
Batman v. Superman and
Suicide Squad managed to get there with worse reviews, it just highlights what has been obvious since
BvJ came out - DC needs to de-Snyder their brand.
The plan had been to have Darkseid be the Big Bad of
Justice League 2, complete with those zombie dragonfly minion guys, but were it me,
JL2 should just be put on hiatus until some more of these stand-alone movies come out and they see how they perform.
Wonder Woman was a hit. See if its sequel does just as well. They should see how
Aquaman does, and how
Man of Steel 2 does with a different director. See what Matt Reeves does with
The Batman.
Wonder is a feel-good make-you-cry word-of-mouth hit.
Thor: Ragnarok has already passed $810 million worldwide.
Murder on the Orient Express had a $55 million production budget and has passed $230 million worldwide. Yes, let's get that next Hercule Poirot movie made (
Death on the Nile has been greenlit).
Oscar hopefuls
Lady Bird and
Three Billboards Outside Ebbings Missouri didn't cause much of a splash in expansion, but after Golden Globe nominations are announced next week, maybe it'll help them stay afloat. General consensus among the Award Gurus is that both will be Best Picture nominees.
Meanwhile,
The Disaster Artist did great in limited release. This should do for Tommy Wiseau's
The Room what 1994's
Ed Wood did for Ed Wood's
Plan 9 from Outer Space. It expands to 800 screens next week, wisely so. Also performing strongly in limited release:
Call Me By Your Name,
The Shape of Water, and to lesser but still successful degrees,
Darkest Hour and
Wonder Wheel.
Opens December 8
JUST GETTING STARTED with Morgan Freeman, Tommy Lee Jones and Rene Russo.
