2018 At The Boxoffice (3 Viewers)

[Tucker Witz]

Will Christopher Robin do great at the box office?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Will Christopher Robin do great at the box office?

Define "do great".

I'm going $85 million total in the US.

I've not seen a trailer for the film and know little about it, so this is a pretty uneducated guess - but when did that stop me?

 

[Malcolm R]

$85 million would definitely be "great" for this film, since past Pooh projects have never gone beyond $45 million total (The Tigger Movie in 2000).

 

[Tino]

Define "do great".

I'm going $85 million total in the US.

I've not seen a trailer for the film and know little about it, so this is a pretty uneducated guess - but when did that stop me?

That’s a good guess as early tracking has it opening in the $30 million range.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

That’s a good guess as early tracking has it opening in the $30 million range.

 

[Jake Lipson]

The last Winnie the Pooh film in 2011 (which Disney stupidly opened against Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and somehow didn't realize would be crushed, even though I did) has a $26 million domestic total from its entire run. I don't know what Disney spent on Christopher Robin, but I'm betting they'll be happy with a weekend gross this weekend that exceeds that mark in its first weekend.

 

[Vic Pardo]

Will Christopher Robin do great at the box office?

Is it live-action or animated?

 

[Jake Lipson]

Is it live-action or animated?

It's a live-action film starring Ewan McGroger and featuring the other Pooh characters using CGI.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

It's a live-action film starring Ewan McGroger and featuring the other Pooh characters using CGI.

No - I'm pretty sure the Pooh characters are live-action and Ewan McGregor is CG!

 

[TJPC]

I have rarely had a poo project in the theatre!

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I have rarely had a poo project in the theatre!

This post DEFINES "TMI"!

 

[Jeff Adkins]

The last Winnie the Pooh film in 2011 (which Disney stupidly opened against Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 and somehow didn't realize would be crushed, even though I did) has a $26 million domestic total from its entire run. I don't know what Disney spent on Christopher Robin, but I'm betting they'll be happy with a weekend gross this weekend that exceeds that mark in its first weekend.

They definitely would be happy with that. Disney obviously doesn't have much faith in the film or they wouldn't keep the review embargo going until 10 p.m. Eastern tonight.

 

[Jake Lipson]

What's funny is that the movie will begin preview screenings at 5pm local time, so it will actually be screening for the public before the review embargo lifts. That's extremely unusual.

 

[Jeff Adkins]

What's funny is that the movie will begin preview screenings at 5pm local time, so it will actually be screening for the public before the review embargo lifts. That's extremely unusual.

Very much so.

Michael Phillips of the Chicago Tribune apparently posted a review earlier. He took it down and posted this on Twitter:

After a gracious and cool-headed discussion w @Disney, the Tribune "Christopher Robin" review posted earlier today is taking a nap until 9pm CST, per the studio’s unusually late embargo. No more questions at this time.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I have my ticket for Christopher Robin tomorrow and there is not a single thing that could keep me away. Winnie the Pooh, Ewan McGregor and Hayley Atwell. That's about as good as it gets for me.

 

[Wayne_j]

Extremely late embargos are almost always a sign of a bad movie.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Well, it is a Marc Forster movie... I don't think he's put out a single "big" movie since studios started giving him big budget work that wasn't plagued with some kind of problem or another, whether it was shooting Quantum Of Solace without a script or Brad Pitt refusing to speak with him during World War Z reshoots. I'm amazed he gets this kind of high profile work when the output doesn't really seem to justify it.

Don't get me wrong, I'm still looking forward to seeing it, but I have very low expectations.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

I have my ticket for Christopher Robin tomorrow and there is not a single thing that could keep me away.

Alien invasion?

Nuclear explosion?

Free nachos?

 

[Josh Steinberg]

Ehh, it would take more than nachos. And some time with Pooh would probably be comfortable in the face of alien invasion.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

Ehh, it would take more than nachos. And some time with Pooh would probably be comfortable in the face of alien invasion.

But the nukes will stop you, right???