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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:03 pm

I wouldn't be surprised if most movies premieres have at least one person trying to get a camrip.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:10 am

All this euro-bounding makes me sad because people there seem to live closer, despite being in different countries, then the people that live in my country. Eight hour bus ride just to cross the state.
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On the plus side, I did hear the local radio talk about the new pony movie coming up. Because of it having Sia in it. Honestly, I never heard of her until I saw she was going to be in the movie. At some point I have to look up what kind of music she does.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 12:23 am

I didn't have any idea who Sia was either.

Turns out I heard her a few years ago when she did a song on South Park where she sang a fake Lorde song.

:fluttershock: who I also had never heard of.


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Postby VGAddict (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:22 am

By this, I mean how will the movie do at the box office? Do you think it could break box office records? Could it at least be number one on opening weekend?
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:28 am

1.Mediocre to ok

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Postby Kronos (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:34 pm

VGAddict wrote:By this, I mean how will the movie do at the box office?


It'll do okay, realistically. The problem is that ponies is such a niche market with the old stigma still around that I don't know if the all-star cast will entice people to come.

Do you think it could break box office records?


No. It's not a Disney production and advertising behind it has been rather lackluster (the only time I've even even seen commercials for the film off youtube was during the finals of America's Got Talent)

Could it at least be number one on opening weekend?


Not a chance in hell. Blade Runner 2(049) comes out the same weekend and it's looking absolutely baller.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 3:36 pm

#1 would be ridiculously ambitious anyway, but it's opening the same week as Bladerunner.

But more importantly, when has Hasbro cared how this show does in ticket sales? Rainbow Rocks got a theatrical run after the first movie, so they know what kind of numbers they can pull.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 5:44 pm

I'll be surprised if the movie opens in the top 5.

Boxoffice.com just updated their forecast and are still predicting a 7.5m opening. More interesting, it looks like the movie will be in half the theaters opening weekend than LEGO Ninjago (2100 vs. 4000).
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:01 pm

Now that I think about it, I really haven't seen or heard about marketing for the movie at all, like Kronos was saying. I'd think it'd be a good idea for Hasbro to at least advertise it on DF, but maybe that runs afoul of the same rules that keep them from being able to advertise toys during the show.
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Postby Pocket (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:06 pm

They'd have to only advertise during other shows if that's the case, but it would be allowed on the same channel. I distinctly remember commercials for Doug's First Movie and Recess: School's Out during One Saturday Morning, and all of the commercials on the Disney Channel are for their other media properties, for some reason.

The Doctor wrote:I didn't have any idea who Sia was either.

Turns out I heard her a few years ago when she did a song on South Park where she sang a fake Lorde song.

Huh, never thought about Sia and Lourde sounding similar, but I guess they do. It's just that I associate Lourde with a more low-key tone and Sia with bombastic belting.

(If you want an idea of what type music they usually make, listen to "Chandelier" and "Royals", which have become their respective signature songs.)
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:09 pm

I saw a commercial during The Today Show last week. But yeah, marketing has been light.
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Postby Applepie (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 9:41 pm

Could it at least be number one on opening weekend?


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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 10:43 pm

I'm not sure how great the advertising has been but at least three different friends of mine asked if I knew about the new pony movie coming out. One of my friends seen it in the previews of Ninjago and is planning to take his daughter there. So it is reaching more people then I expected, at last locally. Then again, it might just be because they relate it to me and without my interest in it they might not have even registered that they saw it.
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I wanna say it might do as good as The Smurf movie. Both are nostalgic TV shows of the same era. That should draw in some attraction.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Mon Sep 25, 2017 11:21 pm

https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/09/the-making-of-my-little-pony-movie.html?m=0

Disco Fam is doing a special for the movie on the 30th at 7 ET
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:05 am

Ooooh, I hope someone will stream it.
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:21 am

Soft Snow wrote:I'm not sure how great the advertising has been but at least three different friends of mine asked if I knew about the new pony movie coming out. One of my friends seen it in the previews of Ninjago and is planning to take his daughter there. So it is reaching more people then I expected, at last locally. Then again, it might just be because they relate it to me and without my interest in it they might not have even registered that they saw it.
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I wanna say it might do as good as The Smurf movie. Both are nostalgic TV shows of the same era. That should draw in some attraction.
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Doing a quick check on Box Office Mojo, the Smurfs movie opened in 1500 more theaters than MLP is expected to. 2100 theaters is pretty low.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 4:17 am

The Doctor wrote:
Doing a quick check on Box Office Mojo, the Smurfs movie opened in 1500 more theaters than MLP is expected to. 2100 theaters is pretty low.

Well, I mean in relation to the number of actual theaters involved.

DerFurShur wrote:https://www.equestriadaily.com/2017/09/the-making-of-my-little-pony-movie.html?m=0

Disco Fam is doing a special for the movie on the 30th at 7 ET


Why release the behind the scenes of a movie before it is even released? I feel like that will be chucked full of spoilers.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 9:42 am

They released half a dozen tie-in books and the soundtrack already.

How much is there left unspoiled?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:16 pm

I kind of assumed that the thing that's going to air on Saturday would be spoiler-free, like perhaps they'd only go into detail on stuff that we've already seen in trailers and ads and such.
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Postby Pocket (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 3:35 pm

I think some of the vintage behind-the-scenes specials that got included in DVD releases, for movies like Back to the Future and Raiders of the Lost Ark, were originally released before or during the theatrical runs of the films themselves, because they clearly play out like promos. Haven't seen them in a while so I might be misremembering.
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Postby SlateSlabrock (?) » Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:42 pm

Video game "behind the scenes" videos are like that often nowadays. Lots of, "Hey actor, what's your character like in one sentence?" segments you can cut up into 2-minute Youtube videos or string together into 30-minute extras.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:40 pm

Just bought my tickets in advance. Going to go see it on Thursday at 9:45p. You jelly?
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I bought I'll run into has many bronies at the Thursday showing as if I went to a showing later into the week. I did notice at least two other seats were taken before I made my purchase tho.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:01 am

Ill be working even if i was willing to see it in public. My work schedule has been variable and evil this year. :(
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:25 pm

Alright, place your bets, folks!
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Everyone guess how much they think opening weekend is going to make and the closet person to get it right wins!
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I'm going to aim high and say $50 million.
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That is because when I pre-purchased the tickets two of them were already taken for ponies and nine were taken for Blade Runner. So I'm assuming pony will make at least 1/5 of that of blade Runner.
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Postby PonyHag714 (?) » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:27 pm

I'll say 6.5 million. Image
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:39 pm

Box Office Pro has it at $7.5 million
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Postby Octavia (?) » Thu Sep 28, 2017 10:45 pm

Guessing $4.5 million
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Thu Sep 28, 2017 11:25 pm

Im going to predict a little higher than I did months ago. I think the adult fans might push it to a $10m opening.
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Postby Captain Rufus (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 9:25 am

The Doctor wrote:Im going to predict a little higher than I did months ago. I think the adult fans might push it to a $10m opening.

4-5 years ago sure. Now? 10 million seems about right. Kids ip primarily for girls, eff all promotion, School is back in session.

Like this forum it's not really THE thing any more. Plus lots of us who are too old for this but still watch it seem to be waiting for the DVD because duh.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:19 pm

So assuming my plans don't change I'll be seeing this next Thursday. So what's the word on discussing the movie after it's already out?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:20 pm

DerFurShur wrote:So assuming my plans don't change I'll be seeing this next Thursday. So what's the word on discussing the movie after it's already out?

I posted a thread in DPC about the moratorium for this movie, if you'd like to add your thoughts down there.
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Postby DerFurShur (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 12:47 pm

Nah I just need to know if we're just going to post on the spoiler thread or not
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Postby Just Scuds (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 2:23 pm

The Doctor wrote:
Doing a quick check on Box Office Mojo, the Smurfs movie opened in 1500 more theaters than MLP is expected to. 2100 theaters is pretty low.


Box office mojo says 2500 now, so it’s on par with Jem’s release

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id ... ograms.htm
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 8:32 pm

Boxoffice.com had their weekly long range forecasts.

They now also say 2500 theaters like with BoxOfficeMojo. But they lowered weekend take estimates from $7.5 to $7 million.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:31 pm

DerFurShur wrote:Nah I just need to know if we're just going to post on the spoiler thread or not

That is what I want to know as well. Because there is a few of us that will see this movie on Thursday. I mean we post topics about shows right after they air, why not movies as well?
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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:59 pm

The idea is that, like with new episodes, once the movie is out I or someone else would post a thread and we'd post our discussion of the movie there, and we'd keep our movie discussion in that thread until the moratorium was up (which for episodes is until midnight PST the day it airs). The point of the DPC thread is to decide how long it should be for the movie.
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Postby Mr. Big (?) » Sat Sep 30, 2017 12:24 am

I think the question we should be asking re: box office is, will it at least do better than how "Jem" did?
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Postby The Doctor (?) » Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:16 am

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Postby Fizzbuzz (?) » Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:19 am

Mr. Big wrote:I think the question we should be asking re: box office is, will it at least do better than how "Jem" did?
Jem was a colossal bomb, grossing only about $2.33 million worldwide. Even on a low budget of $5 million, that was a terrible loss. The MLP Movie doesn't exactly have a high bar to clear in that regard.
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Postby Soft Snow (?) » Sat Sep 30, 2017 3:44 am

Jem felt more like a cheesy, made for TV, kids movie you would see in the 90s. The only thing it resembled about the original cartoon was the characters names and it involved singing. I didn't even know it was in theaters until I seen a poster for after it was released. And it was only in theaters for two weeks.

Even though it had a low budget, I still think most of it was embezzled by the director and half of it was filmed on his phone.
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