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DieRich5:
Worldwide including previews:

Superman (6 days) $220M
Fantastic Four (4 days) $218M


Based on some reviews I think F4 really did well and better than the old

abduleez1:
Where you dey add your 6 days from ? 😅

BlackManta:

DieRich5:
I didn’t see this coming tho, hopefully it’s can hit a billion but I don’t think it can since the movie will be out next month…………..still anything can happen

Xavier5:
Fantastic Four: First Steps has grossed $218M world, with $118M domestically, falling behind Superman's gross... but who gives a shit about that, CBMs are back!!! 😎✊.

BlackManta:
#Gunneddown

DieRich5:
lol, pls let me cook

BlackManta:
#Gunneddown

abduleez1:
You and your box office predictions ehn.....

In what Universe do you think this is still hitting $1bn?

I just dey wait make this film end its box office run so I can come and dance on another prophetic prediction I hit the bullseye 🎯.
I tell Una that time say this is NOT hitting that Billie, but everybody think say I dey smoke.....

The last one did a billion. Na the same market or realities we dey now, or same actors?? 😂😂

DieRich5:
it’s a wish not a prediction

abduleez1:
My gee.....

Just dey cook dey go. 😎

Xavier5:
Leave X and Reddit behaviors for X and Reddit 🌝🌚😏



#Xavier

abduleez1:
For food wey don spoil.

BlackManta:
Why is China rejecting CBMs?

Venom 3 earned $90m+ over there last year and now Supes and F4, far better movies, can't even sniff $20m+

Is this CBM fatigue or something else?

abduleez1:
You say wetin??

In this thread, it's TIT FOR TAT.

With wetin DC fans suffer for here for years of WB mismanagement. Everybody must collect.

For now, MCU fans can sleep fairly well.... The real COOKING na next weekend. Not opening week. 😎😅

BlackManta:
Why is China rejecting CBMs?

Venom 3 earned $90m+ over there last year and now Supes and F4, far better movies, can't even sniff $20m+

Is this CBM fatigue or something else?

Xavier5:
This decade long war wey you wan start, you get the capacity? No go do like Hamas ohhhh 😏😂


#Xavier

abduleez1:
Man, so many factors.

China has already rejected Hollywood movies in general, not just CBM per se. It's very few Hollywood movies that can gross fairly well in that market now.

Chinese love monsters or Kaiju movies or sea creatures that's why Aquaman 2 did $65mn almost two years ago. And explains Venom's phenomenal performance in that market. And Godzilla x Kong making $122mn last year.

CBMs are probably seen as pro American or big representations of America. Also they've been giving less screens to Hollywood films and CBMs.
SUPERMAN wasn't even helped with Trump supporting it. So that was ALWAYS going to hurt it.

Chinese are very anti American these days. Also, this era coincides with Trumps 2nd term bid. The tariffs fight, and ensuing geopolitical tensions. It's also spilled to the movies.

The Chinese Communist Party are also weaning their audiences off Hollywood films. They've become self reliant now in their own local movies. Eg, Ne Zha 2 flexing its might earlier this year. Local Chinese movies have grown more patronage from mainland Chinese moviegoers and the quality can now be compared to Hollywood films and a much better relatable sociocultural themes.

They necessarily don't need Hollywood films to keep their cinemas in business now, as their homegrown industry can now do the job.
Hollywood films are just looked now as additional boost for local cinemas not the shiny new toys they were looked as before.

So movies heavily promoting or seen as pro America will suffer.

There's also the fact that the average Chinese audience are now more selective and have grown better taste in movies. It's unlike before where shitty movies are rejected everywhere else but SAVED in China. That scenario won't work no more.

There's also niche factors peculiar to the market. For example, Fantastic Four— the number "4" serves as a bad omen for average SE Asians (China, Korea, Japan). The number 4 sounds similar to death in their own language.

So these are reasons why even big movies like Avatar and Avengers: Doomsday are going to seriously suffer in China. They aren't touching those bonkers level box office or enthusiasm no more.

Generally, Hollywood films ain't doing too well in Asia recently.

Suicideboy:
https://thecinemaarchives.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/filmgrab-sympathy-for-mr-vengeance-laskdjfkla-e1623688209502.jpg

https://www.notrecinema.com/images/filmsi/sympathy-for-mr.-vengeance_433056_42052.jpg
https://kinolorber.com/media_cache/userFiles/uploads/films/sympathy-for-mr-vengeance/filmgalleryfull/SympathyforMrVengeance_Still_3.jpg

Sympathy for mr venegamce

Bae donna was super badass in this movie

It was quite interesting


The director is not your mate, so many impressive films under his beltu

Baddestguyp:
Seen the entire vengeance trilogy?

abduleez1:
If wishes were horses.....