On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (January 4th, 2016), John Campea, Mark Ellis, and Jon Schnepp discuss the following:
It’s Monday which means it’s time for our weekly Box Office Report brought to you by our friends at AMC Theatres. Coming in at #1 isStar Wars: The Force Awakens, taking in over $88.3 million dollars setting a new record for a movie in its 3rd weekend. Coming in second spot is theWill Ferrell/Mark WahlbergcomedyDaddy’s Homemaking $29 million dollars. In the #3 spot isQuentin TarantinofilmThe Hateful Eightmaking $16.2 million dollars. In the number 4 position is theTina Fey/Amy PoehlercomedySistersmaking $12.6 million dollars. And rounding out the top 5 isAlvin and the Chipmunksmaking $11.8 million dollars.
As many of you know, a brand newxXxmovie is on the way withVin DieselandSamuel L. Jacksonreturning to reprise their roles. Among the new faces is UFC championConor McGregor, and now possibly legendary big screen martial arts starsJet LiandTony Ja. According to a report on TwitchFilm the two would be joining the franchise in hero roles but no further information was given.
As we previously mentioned in the box office report,Star Wars: The Force Awakenscontinues to march on in its box office dominance. How dominant is it? Well, in just its 3rd week of releaseThe Force Awakenshas now overtakenJames Cameron’sTitanicfor the #2 domestic box office position of all time. For some context,Titanictook 8 months to hit its $658 million dollars domestic total… andStar Warshas beat it with $740 million in just 3 weeks.The Force Awakenshas also passedFrozen,Harry Potter an the Deathly Hallow Part 2andAvengers: Age of Ultronin the all time worldwide box office rankings to now sit at #6 all time, still trailing onlyFurious 7,Avengers,Jurassic World,TitanicandAvatar.
The newIndependence Day: Resurgencetrailer recently dropped and while many of us already knewWill Smithwould not be returning for the sequel, many average film fans were left scratching their heads wondering where the former Fresh Prince was. Now, Smith has sat down to discuss the situation with Yahoo to explain his absence saying the following:“I was working onSuicide Squadduring that time. Roland and I had talked about it. The trailer looks really cool. I’m going to be sitting around with tears in my eyes when that one comes out… It was terrible when I found out my character died.”According to a promotional website for the film the movie will explain how Smith’s character died in an accident in 2007 while testing one of the first hybrid fighters the world had developed from Alien technology.
Chris Clark writes: My question is about the box office. I was wondering why they only count the numbers over the weekend and not throughout the week. Where I live in Canada, Tuesday is cheap night so most people go then. Thanks and bring on the filthy!
Emil Johansson writes: When do you think aDoctor Strangetrailer or teaser could come out?
Oran Domingue writes: My question is, what are the chances thatInfinity Wars1 or 2 could become the next contenders againstThe Force Awakens' box office records?
Jed Arain writes: There have been a few articles and videos on this subject and many of them imply thatOscar Isaachimself is hinting to fans that his character is gay. ForStar Wars, an openly gay character is definitely new ground. Personally, I have absolutely no problem with the character being gay, but I’d rather not seeStar Warsbeing used or “forced” into having to deal with this subject simply because of it’s popularity. I want all of the futureStar Warsfilms to be the best they can possibly be and some fans feel that Lucasfilm under Disney might sacrifice the best possible story because of political correctness. Is there such a thing as being “too politically correct” in film?
