Hola Pepe!
Let's start with the franchise...
Night at the Museum: SotT made another 3.8 million this weekend.
Worldwide, it's at $283.2 million. It's still $129.9 million away from second place in the franchise (Battle), but has more than made back its $127 million budget. Now onto Marvel...
Rocket Raccoon's latest (which has several Oscar nominations, despite waiting until mid-January to be released in most places...wtf?) has made almost $119 million worldwide. Great news for Cooper and Baroness Sienna Miller, but it just bugs me when a film gets more attention because of nominations than, you know, quality. I'm sure the film is good, but I want to see movies that I want to see and not because everyone else tells me to.
(ahem)
Doctor Strange's most recent release has made about $91.7 million worldwide, with about $10 million more of that coming from the States than the foreign market. Not sure what that means, if anything, but I think it's safe to say that a lot of Cumberbatch fans live in the U.S.
Thor's newest film made $6.2 million in its opening weekend. Based on the trailers, this is the film I'm most likely to see in the theater. The plot looks interesting, and seeing Hemsworth in an action film (not some spooky flick, racing drama, or fairy tale spin) doesn't hurt. My guess is that a lot of people who saw American Sniper this past weekend will hit this one next.
As for Whiplash...
...all right, fine...
As for Whiplash...
J. Jonah Jameson's latest (despite getting five Oscar nominations...wtf?) has only made $7.5 million worldwide. This makes me wonder what list of criteria is used when deciding what "deserves" a nomination.
It sure has nothing to do with popularity, or profitability.
I get that the Oscars are about acknowledging the craft of movie-making. Making a film is a difficult task involving a lot of hard work, and talented people. But isn't the fact that a lot of moviegoers spend a lot of money to see a given film...repeatedly...at least some indication that it's "good"?
I'm not sating that a given movie is "bad" just because it hasn't made a lot of money, or that all money-making movies are good,
but seeing all these films get all these nominations before the public has a chance to see them makes me mad. It happens every year and it makes no sense.
They're telling us what a "good movie" is,
when a good movie is what makes the popcorn taste better.
Have a good week everyone!
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