Feel the schadenfreude!!

From Deadline:

https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

>Feel the schadenfreude!!

>From Deadline:

>https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/

$47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.

On 11/12/23 10:10 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>
>> From Deadline:
>
>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>
> $47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
> movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.

The article says $200 mil. (Wiki says $220 mil.)

What's weird is that, unlike every other MCU movie, this one is only
about 90 mins long. (So, $200 mil is much worse for 90 mins vs. 150 mins!!)

The article also points out that "Five Nights at Freddy's" did *much*
better in its opening weekend than "The Marvels"! "Five Nights at
Freddy's" was made for 1/10 as much as "The Marvels"!! ;)

Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>
>
> From Deadline:
>
> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>
>

The take away?
“Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“

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Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>
>> From Deadline:
>
>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>
> $47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
> movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.
>

$220,000,000 to $270,000,000 depending on who is doing the counting. It has
to gross close to $500 million to break even and $47 million is the lowest
opening for any marvel movie ever.

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
> On 11/12/23 10:10 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>
>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>
>>> From Deadline:
>>
>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>
>> $47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
>> movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.
>
> The article says $200 mil. (Wiki says $220 mil.)
>
> What's weird is that, unlike every other MCU movie, this one is only
> about 90 mins long. (So, $200 mil is much worse for 90 mins vs. 150 mins!!)
>
> The article also points out that "Five Nights at Freddy's" did *much*
> better in its opening weekend than "The Marvels"! "Five Nights at
> Freddy's" was made for 1/10 as much as "The Marvels"!! ;)
>

The actors strike actually saved them a ton of money because they couldn’t
send stinky cheese on a publicity tour.

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On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52 PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:

> > Feel the schadenfreude!!
> >
> > From Deadline:
> > https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>
> The take away?
> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“

In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing any more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this movie flop.

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On 11/12/23 11:27 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:

> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>
>>> From Deadline:
>>
>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>
>> $47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
>> movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.
>>
>
> $220,000,000 to $270,000,000 depending on who is doing the counting. It has
> to gross close to $500 million to break even and $47 million is the lowest
> opening for any marvel movie ever.

Yeah, this. ^

I forgot to mention that this is the lowest opening gross for an MCU
film ever(by far!). I mean, it got blown out by "The Eternals"! *The
Eternals!!*

Considering how bad most of the recent MCU films have been (I am still
stunned how bad "Ant-Man 3" was after how good the first two "Ant-Man"
flicks were!), I would say the MCU is in real danger of collapsing right
now. (Note: For the purposes of this discussion, I don't consider
"Deadpool" to be part of the MCU.)

It's maybe a good thing that Disney apparently doesn't have another MCU
flick coming out until 2025 - this problem is so bad now, they probably
need two years to fix this mess.

On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:

> On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52 PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
>> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>
>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>
>>> From Deadline:
>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>
>> The take away?
>> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
>
> In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing any more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this movie flop.

Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.

On 11/12/2023 12:09 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>> On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52 PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>>
>>>> From Deadline:
>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>
>>> The take away?
>>> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
>>
>> In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing any
>> more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this
>> movie flop.
>
> Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
> another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.
>
The audience for The Marvels heavily skewed male.

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On Nov 12, 2023 at 12:08:22 PM PST, ""Ian J. Ball"" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

> On 11/12/23 11:27 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>
>> Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com> wrote:
>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>
>>>> From Deadline:
>>>
>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>
>>> $47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
>>> movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.
>>>
>>
>> $220,000,000 to $270,000,000 depending on who is doing the counting. It has
>> to gross close to $500 million to break even and $47 million is the lowest
>> opening for any marvel movie ever.
>
> Yeah, this. ^
>
> I forgot to mention that this is the lowest opening gross for an MCU
> film ever(by far!). I mean, it got blown out by "The Eternals"! *The
> Eternals!!*
>
> Considering how bad most of the recent MCU films have been (I am still
> stunned how bad "Ant-Man 3" was after how good the first two "Ant-Man"
> flicks were!), I would say the MCU is in real danger of collapsing right
> now.

As far as I'm concerned, the MCU ended with ENDGAME, which was incredible.

On 11/12/23 1:50 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:

> On 11/12/2023 12:09 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>> On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52 PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>>>
>>>>> From Deadline:
>>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>>
>>>> The take away?
>>>> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
>>>
>>> In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing
>>> any more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this
>>> movie flop.
>>
>> Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
>> another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.
>>
> The audience for The Marvels heavily skewed male.

Yeah, but not the good ones!! ;p

On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 3:09:27 PM UTC-5, Ian J. Ball wrote:
> On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> > On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52 PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:
> >>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
> >>>
> >>> From Deadline:
> >>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
> >>
> >> The take away?
> >> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
> >
> > In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing any more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this movie flop.
>
> Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
> another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.

Rumour has it Marvel agreed to let her claim she quit instead of was fired for being an unlikable bitch whose movies no one wants to watch.

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:33:21 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

>On 11/12/23 1:50 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>
>> On 11/12/2023 12:09 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>> On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52?PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From Deadline:
>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>>>
>>>>> The take away?
>>>>> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
>>>>
>>>> In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing
>>>> any more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this
>>>> movie flop.
>>>
>>> Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
>>> another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.
>>>
>> The audience for The Marvels heavily skewed male.
>
>Yeah, but not the good ones!! ;p
>

Which is somewhat odd as I'm sure the movie was written to be liked by
the female portion of the population. That said the fans of comics and
super heroes skew male so it isn't a surprise the viewers of the film
would also skew male.

On 11/12/2023 4:41 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Nov 2023 14:33:21 -0800, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>> On 11/12/23 1:50 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/12/2023 12:09 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>>>> On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>> On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52?PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From Deadline:
>>>>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The take away?
>>>>>> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
>>>>>
>>>>> In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing
>>>>> any more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this
>>>>> movie flop.
>>>>
>>>> Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
>>>> another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.
>>>>
>>> The audience for The Marvels heavily skewed male.
>>
>> Yeah, but not the good ones!! ;p
>>
>
> Which is somewhat odd as I'm sure the movie was written to be liked by
> the female portion of the population. That said the fans of comics and
> super heroes skew male so it isn't a surprise the viewers of the film
> would also skew male.

By almost 10% more than the first Captain Marvel flick.

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On 11/12/23 1:27 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>> On 11/12/23 10:10 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:
>>
>>> Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>
>>>> From Deadline:
>>>
>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>
>>> $47 million would have been a great opening weekend for some other
>>> movie, but I suppose this crap had a $300 million budget.
>>
>> The article says $200 mil. (Wiki says $220 mil.)
>>
>> What's weird is that, unlike every other MCU movie, this one is only
>> about 90 mins long. (So, $200 mil is much worse for 90 mins vs. 150 mins!!)
>>
>> The article also points out that "Five Nights at Freddy's" did *much*
>> better in its opening weekend than "The Marvels"! "Five Nights at
>> Freddy's" was made for 1/10 as much as "The Marvels"!! ;)
>>
>
> The actors strike actually saved them a ton of money because they couldn’t
> send stinky cheese on a publicity tour.

Can you be more gay please?

Female-Led ‘The Marvels’ Has Worst Ever Opening Weekend In MCU History

https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-the-marvels-has-worst-ever-opening-weekend-in-mcu-history

By Amanda Harding
Nov 13, 2023 DailyWire.com
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The Marvels
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The newest Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) installment, “The Marvels,” had
the lowest opening weekend in franchise history, pulling in just $47
million.
The movie included a female-led cast featuring Brie Larson in the follow-up
to “Captain Marvel” (2019). Compared to the sequel, the original was a
smash hit with $153.4 million at the box office when it debuted, per
Entertainment Weekly.

“The Marvels” was a huge disappointment in comparison to some of Marvel’s
top-performing films, including “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018), which made
$257 million at the opening, and the MCU’s crowning jewel “Avengers:
Endgame” (2019), which had a staggering $357 million debut.

This news comes after prediction websites reduced expectations from $75-$80
million to $60-$65 million. In the end, the 33rd MCU film didn’t even hit
those reduced projections. Before “The Marvels,” the lowest opening for a
Marvel movie was “The Incredible Hulk” (2008), which brought in $55.4
million, not adjusted for inflation.
Poor performance is partly blamed on the actors strike, which ended just
before the film’s premiere on Friday. That meant the film couldn’t be
promoted the same way as others that came before it.

Also, industry insiders blame a general sense of superhero fatigue with the
genre overall. But that doesn’t explain why other films are doing well.
“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” another Marvel effort, had a $106 opening
earlier this year and ultimately grossed $845.6 million globally.
“The Marvels” was lauded for having three female leads. The studio also
touted that it’s the first Marvel film with a black female director, Nia
DaCosta, who is also the youngest director in franchise history at just 34
years old.

The film currently has a 62% critics score and 84% audience rating on
Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Times reviewer called it a “trope-ridden
franchise installment” and lamented, “You’ve seen this movie 32 times
before.”
Meanwhile, The Guardian’s reviewer said, “You get the sense that everyone
involved is going through the motions” and referred to it as a “tepid
franchise addition.”

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> anim8rfsk
>
> Poor performance is partly blamed on the actors strike, which ended just
> before the film’s premiere on Friday. That meant the film couldn’t be
> promoted the same way as others that came before it.
>
> Also, industry insiders blame a general sense of superhero fatigue with the
> genre overall.

NPR had some guy on today talking about this and he was bending over backwards
to come up with all kinda bullshit reasons why "The Marvels" is tanking, to avoid
admitting that Disney/MCU is shitting on the overwhelmingly male fanbase, which
doesn't want to be scolded by politically correct womyn who aren't even attractive.

Ed Stasiak <edstasiak1067@gmail.com> wrote:

>>Female-Led 'The Marvels' Has Worst Ever Opening Weekend In MCU History
>>By Amanda Harding
>>The Daily Wire
>>Nov 13, 2023
>>https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-led-the-marvels-has-worst-ever-opening-weekend-in-mcu-history

>>Poor performance is partly blamed on the actors strike, which ended
>>just before the film's premiere on Friday. That meant the film
>>couldn't be promoted the same way as others that came before it.

>>Also, industry insiders blame a general sense of superhero fatigue
>>with the genre overall. But that doesn't explain why other films are
>>doing well. "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3," another Marvel effort,
>>had a $106 opening earlier this year and ultimately grossed $845.6
>>million globally.

>NPR had some guy on today talking about this and he was bending over backwa=
>rds
>to come up with all kinda bullshit reasons why "The Marvels" is tanking, to=
> avoid
>admitting that Disney/MCU is shitting on the overwhelmingly male fanbase, w=
>hich
>doesn't want to be scolded by politically correct womyn who aren't even att=
>ractive.

Are there actual women who enjoy going to movies for entertainment who
want to listen to scolding either? Who is the audience for this movie?

On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 5:53:41 PM UTC-5, Ed Stasiak wrote:
> > anim8rfsk
> > Poor performance is partly blamed on the actors strike, which ended just
> > before the film’s premiere on Friday. That meant the film couldn’t be
> > promoted the same way as others that came before it.
> >
> > Also, industry insiders blame a general sense of superhero fatigue with the
> > genre overall.
>
> NPR had some guy on today talking about this and he was bending over backwards
> to come up with all kinda bullshit reasons why "The Marvels" is tanking, to avoid
> admitting that Disney/MCU is shitting on the overwhelmingly male fanbase, which
> doesn't want to be scolded by politically correct womyn who aren't even attractive.

As AZ pointed out on YouTube, other movies affected by the strike did fine
and in fact would have done _worse_ if they let Brie shoot off her mouth again.

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In article <Can4N.29029$_Oab.10039@fx15.iad>, gmsingh@email.com wrote:

> Can you be more gay please?

Feel free to give us pointers.

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In article <uirhbp$84d6$2@dont-email.me>, dtravel@sonic.net wrote:
> On 11/12/2023 12:09 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote:
>> On 11/12/23 12:04 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> On Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 2:27:52 PM UTC-5, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>> Ian J. Ball <ijb...@mac.invalid> wrote:

>>>>> Feel the schadenfreude!!
>>>>>
>>>>> From Deadline:
>>>>> https://deadline.com/2023/11/box-office-the-marvels-1235599363/
>>>>
>>>> The take away?
>>>> “Freddy Bitch Slaps Stinky Cheese“
>>>
>>> In the near future, Larson is going to announce she won't be doing any
>>> more Marvel movies because of the mean ol' fan boys who made this
>>> movie flop.
>>
>> Oh, I would say the odds are about 100% that Larson will never do
>> another MCU flick again. Regardless of whether it is her choice or not.
>
>The audience for The Marvels heavily skewed male.

That won't stop them from trying to blame "incel white men".

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