“IF” box office predictions

Two threads below yours, IF that much, mein Fuhrer.

Redundant...

Ryan Reynolds is an overrated schmuck.

No one at work and none of my friends are talking about this movie

Unless it’s universally praised by the critics, I doubt that I’ll even watching it when it’s streams for free, despite liking Ryan. The entire premise is meh.

Why should I care if a movie grosses 500 million or 5 million? I love movies and I can't think of a more boring fixation than how much money a movie makes for a studio.

Flop.

Well it is a business r5

Do you have the slightest bit of discrimination in your film viewing choice r5, or will just watch crap like Godzilla X Kong and think it’s equal to Past Lives or Aftersun ?

Didn’t you predict the Fall Guy would make $1 billion? Time to check your crystal balls.

Why is it when stars start having brats they have to produce a parade of heartworming kiddie films? You'd think they'd want to get away from the cartoony shit playing in their homes 24/7.

This is the only "If" I recognize.

Why would you think that after reading my comment, r8? I don't think financial success means that a movie is good or interesting. Not sure why that's a controversial take.

Floppity flop flop.

Too bad it probably won't do much to end Reynolds's and Krasinski's (or anyone else doing the voices) respective careers.

She doesn’t look starstruck at all (look at Emily trying to blunt her way into the camera and conversation).

Everything is a business, r7. We can talk about how much revenue Applebee's generates compared to a family-run business but that doesn't mean I want to eat there. Why should I care if some bullshit movie makes a lot of money for the stakeholders?

R15, maybe you should start a Criterion collection review Reddit? Box office makes or breaks stars in Hollywood. We’re here to see them rise and *certainly* watch them fall. If box office it too “low” for you, pick a “high” thread that better suits you.

This is the only If I recognize.

I liked Aftersun, but Past Lives? Godzilla X Kong was better than that bore.

Another flop in the Krasinski/Blunt household

53% on RT and going down

Absolutely terrible title

[bold]IF

No one can remember it. And I have not seen one compelling image from the promotional materials.

I predict a flop

Imaginary Fuckbuddy

Ryan Reynolds has a punchable face and used ungainly tactics to climb the ladder. He dated Alanis Morissette at the height of her popularity. 🙄

I liked the poem.

This was such an obvious branding failure I’m shocked it managed to get released with its title.. You don’t title a movie “if” just like you don’t title a movie “the” or “or.”

This Andrew Niccol movie was greenlit as “Now” but it got changed to “In Time.” You just cannot do something as vague as this and expect traction. “It” only got away with it because it was based on a Stephen King bestseller.

Hoping for $40M but will probably be a flop like The Fall Guy and Challengers.

Krasinski and Blunt are the biggest phony ass kissing, social climbing assholes in Hollywood. They call fellow ass kisser Ryan Reynolds “Krasinski’s pal”. Let’s see if there is any goodwill between them after this DUMB movie flops.

IF is getting terrible reviews. He’s clearly not an auteur.

I can’t wait to see this shit film get clobbered by Garfield next week.

Andrew Garfield, R27?

Hated it!

Ryan Reynolds has trained audiences to stay home for these movies unless it’s Deadpool. He already made a family movie with a similar tone for Netflix called The Adam Project. He’s made four films for Netflix.

The above poster is right, Garfield is going to kick its ass. Even if it turns out to be shit, like Super Mario Bros. It’s cheerful, the IP is ridiculously low-concept, and everyone knows what it is the moment you say its name.

Paramount was so desperate to keep Krasinski on the lot they let him make anything he wanted. This would not have been greenlit at any other studio.

R27 r28

R30

If…. this just could be “The Princess Bride”! 🥺

R33

Why do you keep doing that, r34?🫒🍸

I’m only seeing it if Krasinski & Reynolds tongue each other’s holes.

This is funny

There is an advance preview of Garfield Sunday

Took a typical mid-American market, Dallas Ft Worth

Many of the theaters are almost fully booked

Flop r35 r37

Krasinski wants this to be a cherished classic, like E.T.??

Sorry, John! It’s less than 50% on RT. 💩

Typically millennial, wants to remake Spielberg.

Krasinski should have only made this if it was done for under $20 million and used simple practical effects. It would be postmodern. Or turned the concept into a horror me à la The Babadook (fun fact: ET began as a horror movie. The horror movie concept was incorporated into the Spielberg-produced Gremlins.)

r39 r40

$31 million opening, exactly like Fall Guy, $10 million lower than projected

And advance screenings of Garfield will eat away its audience tomorrow

Flop r42

Why do people take such pleasure in someone else's failure? Why do they actively root for something to fail?

The only hit has been Apes? Challengers, Fall Guy, IF have all been flops.

I think Garfield will over perform. I believe it’s opening at same time with the new Mad Max? I’m guessing the fat cat will beat it.

Chalamet is the box office king with Wonka and Dune

Don’t you mean Timmy was lucky to appear in two box office hits?

Chalamet, Powell, Sweeney, Zendaya, Butler, and possibly Taylor-Joy are the new stars Hollywood should be investing in. Gen Z is now critical at the box office. Other than that, if you ain’t DiCaprio, Pitt, Bullock, Tatum, Robbie, Stone, Lawrence, Cruise, or Roberts, you don’t matter anymore in Hollywood.

Shidney Shweeney

Most of those are not box office. Ryan Reynolds, The Rock or Kevin Hart are more popular than that group.

I always celebrate when Ryan Reynolds flops.

Outside of Deadpool and Free Guy, name a Ryan Reynolds hit movie.

***Sandra Bullock made The Proposal a hit!

Garfield will do very well because they made a very prudent decision when animating the movie

They made it look exactly like an Illumination film (Minions, Grinch, Mario). It is virtually indistinguishable.

People already associate Illumination with a kind of upbeat cheerful product, not too deep like Pixar or thematically complex as Walt Disney Animation. Bright, colorful and cheerful. The equivalent of a Chuck Jones Warner Bros. cartoon. Bugs Bunny in drag.

The Mario Bros. movie was terrible but people loved it because it was bright and colorful, nothing to think about. A big sugary drink from Starbucks that you order at the start of summer.

R51, Kevin Hart😆😆

The Rock is no longer a box office titan. Jungle Cruise and Black Adam flopped. Plus, he’s unprofessional.

My takeaway is that Hollywood is way out of touch with reality. Spending millions of dollars on movies that no one wants to see.

Yes it is absolutely ludicrous that this cost $110 million, not including P&A.

This is what’s wrong with Hollywood, they don’t want to make movies for the sake of telling a story, they make it because someone they deem to be “a name” shows interest in making it. Within Hollywood, John Krasinski directing a movie means a huge deal to many people. Outside of Hollywood, it means nothing.

“Here’s a new John Krasinski movie.” What does this mean? To the public, it only means something if they actually see John Krasinski on the poster or in the trailers. “But he directed it!” Soooo…. 90% of the public only has a vague idea of what a director does. They usually associate director with a degree of quality. A Steven Spielberg film, a Quentin Tarantino film, a Jordan Peele film. John Krasinski has not reached this point yet. Nobody knows what kind of quality to expect from him. He should not have been granted a budget this big when he is still unproven as a “guarantee of quality.”

I think it will do well in its first week but then fall off a cliff because it’s an unrelenting pile of shit.

R40, Krasinski isn't a millenial. He's late Gen X

IF rises to $34 million. Kids and adults love poorly reviewed film.

I’m not sure why this isn’t getting more traction

But apparently Krasinski wholesale ripped off the much loved Cartoon Network show “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” which Krasinski would probably be familiar with from having two young children. He copied it down to the name of the main Imaginary Friend, who is called “Blue” (the big purple monster). The character from Fosters in a blue blob named “Bloo.” The fact that the purple character is name “Blue” should clearly point to signs of outright intellectual property theft.

Krasinski could have probably gotten the rights to adapt Fosters which is almost 20 years old now; the fact that he just ripped it off shows a really despicable level of celebrity shamelessness.

How many vases in the Blunts Krasinski’s household have been shattered this morning?

Emily failed with The Fall Guy.

John failed with IF.

Why aren’t they writing about this?

I just got back from a showing of IF. The theater was about 2/3 full, mostly families. It's a sweet movie. Is it the BEST MOVIE EVER!!?! No, but I didn't go in expecting it to be. It was good for what it was. But I have watched way worse movies than this.