The Greatest Showman (2017) (1 Viewer)

[Wayne_j]

This video is from what I think was the first public performance of music from The Greatest Showman. I was planning to go to this concert but it happened a week after the Vegas shooting so I decided not to go.

 

[Mark Booth]

I wish this film would stop being so popular with theater operators so we can get the 4K Blu-ray already! I can't wait to show it in the Booth Bijou Garage Theater.



Mark

 

[Jake Lipson]

The movie will outgross La La Land this weekend domestically.

I still don't understand the appeal of this film, but as a fan of the musical genre as a whole, its success is obviously a really good thing.

 

[Tino]

The movie will outgross La La Land this weekend domestically.

I still don't understand the appeal of this film, but as a fan of the musical genre as a whole, its success is obviously a really good thing.

Obviously you don’t understand the appeal of the film because you didn’t like it. If you liked it you would get the appeal. Simple really.

 

[benbess]

I like The Greatest Showman! Happy it's been such a huge success.

Since I've got MoviePass, maybe I'll see it again and add a few dollars to the growing total.

Hoping the success of this one will bring more big budget musicals in the future.

 

[Robert Crawford]

The movie will outgross La La Land this weekend domestically.

I still don't understand the appeal of this film, but as a fan of the musical genre as a whole, its success is obviously a really good thing.

I remember similar comments about La La Land last year. For me personally, this film dwarfs La La Land as far as appealing to me and what I like about musicals. Granted, musicals are my least favorite film genre, but, no previously released musical got me to the movie theater three times.

As Tino stated, you don't get it because you didn't like it. It's not like seeking the answer to the proverbial question about the meaning of life.

 

[mattCR]

So as someone who has really had this film grow on me, a few thoughts.

(1) I didn't care for LaLa land as much as others; I found it tedious at points and the story was 'blah' (for me)
(2) One of the great appeals of 'Showman' is that it is a decent date movie; two decent love stories, which focus on the chase
(3) If you're looking for family films, it's a film that could be G rated in most other eras. Think about it.. the "big" love moments are: (A) Dancing with your spouse; (B) holding hands in a theater (C) dancing with someone you want to date, (D) worrying over a partner injured (E) a HUG between a husband/wife reuniting after separation... the big scandal? Someone gets kissed by surprise. In an era where a lot of love stories feature just a bit too much skin/sex for parents to feel really comfortable with teens attending, Showman is as family friendly as it gets

(4) it falls into the window of one of the traditional film metrics: rags to riches; and we've had kind of a shortage of rags to riches films lately that weren't biopics or technology oriented.

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

Keala Settle performed "This Is Me" on tonight's Graham Norton (two weeks ago for those Brits among us).

 

[Tino]

Keala Settle performed "This Is Me" on tonight's Graham Norton (two weeks ago for those Brits among us).

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‘This Is Me’ Catapults ‘Greatest Showman’ Soundtrack Toward One Billion Streams


Atlantic Records, which released “The Greatest Showman” album, a companion of music from the film, announced that the anthemic song “This Is Me” has been streamed more than 160 million times globally, and that the soundtrack is approaching one billion streams worldwide. “This Is Me” is sung by Leala Settle, who plays the bearded lady in “Greatest Showman: and was written by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, who last year won the best song Oscar for writing “City of Stars” from “La La Land



http://variety.com/2018/music/news/...howman-soundtrack-billion-streams-1202709399/

 

[Malcolm R]

"This is Me" is also becoming popular in dance clubs due to some remixed versions.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Fans vs. Critics re: The Greatest Showman

 

[Matt Hough]

Looking at weekly box-office results, this film is one of the few recent movies that could be called a "sleeper hit." It has taken in far more money than its first weekend take would have suggested for it, and it continues to draw patrons many weeks after its premiere. Fox must be thrilled with this response.

 

[Robert Crawford]

Another behind the scenes video:

 

[Tino]

Another behind the scenes video:

So awesome!!

 

[Joel Arndt]

Following Matt's comment above, The Greatest Showman continues to amaze! In its 10th week of release it's still sitting in the top 10 at number 8 and with a North American cume of over $160M it's now passed La La Land's domestic gross.

Who would've thought that in 2018 we'd have two very successful original movie musicals released so close to one another?! I hope that bodes well for more in the future, but only if they are of the same high quality, obviously.

 

[mattCR]

The behind the scenes videos of Greatest Showman are frankly better than most marketing material I've ever seen. I love this one, which also explains in part the Settle one you see above..

 

[Robert Crawford]

The behind the scenes videos of Greatest Showman are frankly better than most marketing material I've ever seen. I love this one, which also explains in part the Settle one you see above..

Did you forget the following post made back in January?

https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/posts/4570565/

 

[mattCR]

GUILTY. But I see it as just a reminder

 

[Jake Lipson]

Now that this has been announced for Blu-ray release in April, I wonder when it will slow down at the box office. It's still at my local AMC and appears to be doing quite well still, which is great. I half-expected them to hold the Blu-ray a little longer than they are. It has certainly had a tremendously leggy run.

 

[Tino]

‘The Greatest Showman’ has almost ‘Titanic’-length legs at the box office: Here’s why:

The Greatest Showman’s multiplier is currently over 18 — and it’s still in theaters. All that is without even mentioning that the film has already grossed more than $200 million internationally, for a global total of $361.2 million. In less than a month, on March 20, it’ll be released on Blu-ray and DVD, and it’ll hit VOD April 10, making its cultural impact even greater.

But here is the strangest thing: Unlike Chicago or Titanic — both of which went on to win the Oscar for Best Picture — The Greatest Showman is a profoundly average film, critically speaking, with its current score on Rotten Tomatoes at a “rotten” 55 percent. Meaning: Explaining its incredible box office legs as a word-of-mouth phenomenon becomes slightly more complicated.

So here’s why it might have managed its death-defying feat:

More here.

http://ew.com/movies/2018/02/27/greatest-showman-box-office-titanic/