Grace, your pulse isnt on the pop culture KNOW as it once was. THIS ISNT ROCKET SCIENCE, star wars prequels are popular because millions of kids born between 1992-2004 are adults, watched them as kids and loved them. Too young to remember the backlash and its nostalgic
Ryan Gosling was never a real selling point for Barbie, he was a revelation after the fact, and I guess that revelation was very Ken-centric as he can't use that to sell tickets to anything not ken related
I dont think this is complicated Ryan and Zendaya are simply not acting leads or box office draws but wonderful compliments. People are very fond of his performances but not necessarily compelled to go out of there way to see him.
Thats entirely on strikes. Even if Fall Guy did better, it would be $35M - $40M on high end If a Marvel movie opened, weekend would be much higher. But strikes delayed them. No one expected anything remotely over a 50M 3 day on Fall Guy
Whatever star wars movie was rereleased yesterday would've done well. May the 4th fell on a Saturday and nothing audiences were interested in was released that weekend.
@@manantial773 Grace already talked about that. Barbie was a recognizable IP. Same with Mario. With Oppenheimer, Nolan was the recognizable “IP”. Poor Things didn’t do well at the box office, just with awards. Completely unknown IPs aren’t guaranteed to do well in cinemas. Most of them flop in theaters and find an audience later on digital.
@@billcorn2 I think a big reason why is streaming. Why watch stuff in theaters when you can wait until it goes onto digital or a streaming service you're already paying for?
Honestly it's kind of sad that the fall guy can't open the summer season. People love to pretend that they want something new and original, then when something comes along they don't watch it. The truth is audiences don't want new and original. They want an IP that they recognize and like. Unfortunately an original blockbuster is an impossible sell. This isn't Ryan Goslings fault. It's just the way modern audiences are.
Note: "The Fall Guy" was the first non-Marvel movie opening Summer movie season in May since M-I:III (2006) The latter was considered a movie flop despite a $47 Million debut.
I think she’s right in regards to die hard fans. He’s made them more positive/relevant. But I think there’s also just casual fans that remember the hype (Pizza Hut cups and all) that came with those movies.
Saw the Fall Guy today, I had fun with it even though the story was very sloppy, but it’s clear it’s not the right movie to start the summer movie season. I feel bad for Ryan Gosling, he deserves better lol
I wouldn't exactly call Project Hail Mary a "Space Comedy," it's a science-fiction novel by the same author who wrote The Martian. It's an incredibly well-written story about our Sun dying, so high stakes where the only comedic moments emerge organically out of the human moments of dealing with such a dire situation, and Ryan Gosling is perfectly cast as the lead; the same way Matt Damon was for the Martian. It's filled with compelling drama and more than one genuinely surprising twist (that I hope the trailers don't spoil), I highly recommend keeping an eye on out for it
It baffles me that they revived the IP of some 80s show that nobody remembers. So pointless. This could’ve been a nice little film with a mid-tier budget but it’s not a tentpole blockbuster. This thing should’ve cost $60 million.
I disagree. I grew up on the show. I was very excited, at first. But once I saw the trailers, and who was staring, I quickly changed my mind. They changed the fall guy story, and colt. That is what hurt it. Shame.
I remember it. Loved the original show. If they took some of the gimmicks of original show for ad campaign that could have helped. Also the suits need to stop using IP without any sliver of connection to Original IP. Just give it a new title instead.
@@GogoDC "Also the suits need to stop using IP without any sliver of connection to Original IP. Just give it a new title instead" Yet the comment above you points out why they do this. The person was excited because it had a recognisable name attached to it even though none of the original people would be working on it so there is no reason to think the quality would be of any standard. Yet, because of the name alone, their interest was piqued. Hollywood knows this happens and have the data. If you don't want hollywood to do this, support things with original titles and ideas...
Gen X here. I loved the Fall Guy show, but the title was high jacked with no goofy nephew or Heather Thomas charater in the mix, which is why the show worked. Also, Colt Seavers? Why use that name on Ryan Gosling. I feel it's just unbelievable.
Blade Runner 2049 may not have had a big box office but it will still be remembered for decades, unlike so many movies that make more and come and go. That’s the power of great art. Denis V, Roger Deakins and Ryan Gosling were three creatives at the top of their game for that movie. One of the most beautiful and introspective movies ever. General audiences are fickle and unpredictable with their tastes, but it’s the cinephile community who really keeps the legacy and business of cinema alive.
Unfortunately if you keep costing studios money instead of making them money you don't get to work anymore. Dune 2 box office returns have given Denis a big boost.
Bullet Train did do well enough in the Cinemas. Near 240 million against a 90 million budget isn’t bad going. Leitch should be alright but Gosling can’t draw flies to shit unfortunately for him. Which is a shame because he is very talented
I disagree, I feel Disney was stupid to not put Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes on this release date but maybe they dodged a bullet of having a low summer opening
There is no need for a romcom to get green lit for over $50-$60M! They could have easily scaled this movie back, and made it just as impactful! This isn’t Dune 2 for Christ sake. Fall Guys budget was $130M and Dune 2 was $190??? Make it make sense!
There's plenty of impressive stunts in the Fall Guy film, which they showed the making of in the credits. That's going to cost money. It's hardly a romcom, more of an action film in my opinion. Has far more of latter elements. Dune 2 was expensive because most of it is VFX. By the way, before Dune 2 was announced it was not guaranteed we would even get it, so how is it a sure thing? First one probably broke even just about.
People can flame me but I actually like BR 2049 🤷🏽♂ Me and my gf at the time saw it and liked it so much that we decided to watch the original BR. I ended up falling asleep like 30 mins in, that movie is boring... and she was like "you didnt miss anything, it was terrible." But maybe we were just in the minority in that feeling, I dunno.
@@j2174 Drake is currently beefing with Kendrick Lamar. They have exchanged a couple of diss tracks over the last couple of weeks so it’s relevant in hip-hop right now.
@@ricogomez4020 yea I dont get it... Why not just watch it at home? Is it to just get out of the house? The theater has a better system than your home? Nostalgia? Im genuinely curious about this.
I can’t be the only person who thinks the fall guy doesn’t look good. It feels like the most corporately created movie I’ve ever seen. I see no real characters or story aside from “it’s Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling”.
As if films that have made a lot of money in recent years are anything but corporately created films. What are Godzilla X Kong, Fast X, several marvel movies, mario movie, Jurassic world dominion, if not corporate garbage?
People do like Ryan Gosling, just not enough to go see a story they have no interest in. The general public doesn't remember that tv show and even when it was popular it wasn't a top show.
Seeing the Phantom Menace in theatres this weekend was such an amazing experience! As a die hard Star Wars fan I'm so glad we got it here in the UK and it wasn't just in the US! I hope they continue to re realise them when it's the 25th anniversary! Revenge of the Sith would go crazyyy!
Another thing is audiences in physical seats acting like they’re at home or at a bar. Talking during the movie, cellphones out, coughing, Crunch a Munch a Bunch, seats like being on a airplane & so on. Im done going to the cinema.
Tbh I don’t see Ryan Gosling as a action movie star. He fits better as romantic comedy drama lead like The Notebook,La La Land and Crazy Stupid Love. He has a much better audience.
I feel like Grace places way too much emphasis on the importance of actors when it comes to box office success. I don't think people are going to the theatre just because an actor they like is in a movie.
I don't know anyone watching it and my entire firmed group are the prime target for returning fans from the 90s. Cartoons are a very hard sell. I struggle personally with them also.
@@ekkovisionlol Yes. I was thinking tear like tear a paper, but tear has 2 pronunciations, so it was a poor choice on my part. Yours is better 👍🏼 I’m going to rewrite it. Thanks.
Hollywood just has to learn their lesson about budgets! Spending 200mil on an untested property is a stupid risk. I don't feel bad for them. It makes the stakes too high and unless RDJ's Ironman comes back to life there's no point spending that kind of $$
Numerous people have pointed this out. Especially with 2023 and how moronic it was for studios to spend between $200-$400 million on literally every franchise movie especially when the economy is this bad. They brought the pain only on themselves here. Also I doubt RDJ Ironman can save the box office. In 2019 everyone had spare money. Now they don't. Simple economics.
@@emptyblank099a whose absence would you have noticed when we are all oversaturated? i get that he can be dull, but he sure didn't seem dull last year.
I think Grace focuses on it a lot as she knows that the box office can really impact an actor's career. However, I agree that a subject sells tickets and not the actor for the most part. I think actors matter less and less. For instance, I know people who get Ryan Reynolds and Gosling confused and all the Chris's mixed up.
Memorial Day weekend isnt a big weekend to open a movie because people are doing things outside. Summer blockbusters have been opening earlier to play through memorial Day and beyond
I doubt Netflix ever really intended Rebel Moon to be a franchise. Seems more like a "Kill Bill" situation where the film was just very long, so they cut it down to 2 parts.
1. Star Wars fans are never happy 2. The people who bullied George Lucas out of SW are now bullying Disney for not listening to GL 3. Took my kid to see Ep I in theaters and they had a blast so it’s safe to say general audiences still like Star Wars 4. Star Wars fans are never happy
Bingo. Most of its "haters" are just OG trilogy fanboys who got butthurt because Lucas dared to make a film that wasn't New Hope or Empire 2.0. Lots of gen z unapologetically digs the prequels and crapping on a series they like nonstop seems kinda stupid especially since they seem to not be interested in most of what Hollywood is putting out recently.
9:35 is this assuming the general public actively follows the news of film festivals? Why would going to a film festival hurt the box office? Unless youre a cinephile or something, you probably dont know what South By Southwest is
Grace, do actors really level up anymore? You always say that and then the next project comes out an that actor is right back in their normal slot. I feel like that's an antiquated notion, but it might make for good content to see a breakdown of actors that have leveled up and the projects that drove that.
I used to like The Fall Guy tv show when I was a kid. I don’t remember it being a comedy but it was a long time ago. They tried to remake Baywatch as a comedy and it flopped, now The Fall Guy. Didn’t watch either movie.
There is a viral clip from the Star Wars making of Mandalorian on Disney+ connecting the Duel of the Fates battle all the way to the end of Return of the Jedi. It changed my view on Episode I and the saga itself
That new Star Wars Phantom Menace poster is a masterpiece! I walked by it in the movie theater and immediately went to see it. Was an amazing experience with many fans dressed as characters.
Movies really need a hook to get us in those theaters, especially now with streaming. And Fall Guy just didn't have that hook to make people want to go see it. When I saw the trailer, it just felt like bland noise on the screen with no catch. It IS getting harder to get un into theaters, so writers need to start getting creative with the writing. And this ain't it.
I'm sorry but you can't tell how good something is from a trailer. It's advertising. And good concept does not matter if the execution is bad. Anything can be made well. The box office doesn't show interesting films make the most money. It shows IP makes the most money. The best 2024 film so far this year that I've seen is Challengers but it's a bland monster fighting movie done a million times that makes $500m. Where's the good writing there?
I was a bit annoyed seeing how much promo Netflix was giving Dead boy detective while doing absolutely NOTHING for Baby reindeer, which is one of their best releases in a very long time, but I feel a bit vindicated now seeing it do so well 😅
Had Disney not screwed up Captain America 4, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. This was its original release date. But if we’re only relying on superhero films to kick off the summer and carry the box office, we’re in trouble
@@Dr.LongMonkeybesides for Spider-Man, every Marvel movie is going to flop going forward. MCU reputation is approaching Star Wars territory. Spidey is just too loved by the public and can endure the bad choices.
WOWSERS!!!! 😮 Thanks for sharing Grace, you are always so entertaining! 🤗 The Fall Guy, eek! I didn't venture out, still getting caught up on streaming content here in Maine. 🤩
"Everybody laughed at" You mean the biggest domestic and worldwide movie of '99 that got an A- Cinemascore? It also had massive VHS and DVD sales (setting a DVD sales record, long after it was released in theaters). And Attack of the Clones opened BIGGER than Phantom Menace, unlike trilogies like Fantastic Beasts, where the movies opened lower with each release.
I predicted this, though actually, I'm surprised Fall Guy made so much. Different actor (Pratt?), story true to the original, smaller story, it could have done well. This version will disappear from memory.
I was considering seeing The Phantom Menace in my local theater until I found out they put it on their smallest screen. I bet now they're wishing they put it on a larger one!
I grew up on the prequels and absolutely love them (thank you George Lucas lol I love triggering boomers). But I went and saw TPM in theaters this weekend only cause I wanted to experience it in the theater. I skipped the preview for the Acolyte at the end. I wanted to leave with an enjoyable viewing experience after all.
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Grace, your pulse isnt on the pop culture KNOW as it once was. THIS ISNT ROCKET SCIENCE, star wars prequels are popular because millions of kids born between 1992-2004 are adults, watched them as kids and loved them. Too young to remember the backlash and its nostalgic
I didn’t even know Winston Duke was in the Fall Guy. I didn’t see him in a single trailer.
He’s in a bit role.
Ryan Gosling was never a real selling point for Barbie, he was a revelation after the fact, and I guess that revelation was very Ken-centric as he can't use that to sell tickets to anything not ken related
I dont think this is complicated Ryan and Zendaya are simply not acting leads or box office draws but wonderful compliments. People are very fond of his performances but not necessarily compelled to go out of there way to see him.
Actors don’t sell movies. THE PLOT DOES! Fall guy looked mid asf from the trailers. This flopping is not surprising at all.
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The entire box office weekend is $73M, last year GOTG Vol. 3 opened with $118M. Yikes!
Thats entirely on strikes. Even if Fall Guy did better, it would be $35M - $40M on high end
If a Marvel movie opened, weekend would be much higher. But strikes delayed them.
No one expected anything remotely over a 50M 3 day on Fall Guy
It’s almost like a huge movie didn’t come out…
@Smspodcast_ the fall guy had a huge movie budget 😅
I love how people keep saying “where are the original movies?!” But people keep not showing up to the original movies released 🤣
Whatever star wars movie was rereleased yesterday would've done well. May the 4th fell on a Saturday and nothing audiences were interested in was released that weekend.
The showed up for Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Things and many others.
@@manantial773 Grace already talked about that. Barbie was a recognizable IP. Same with Mario. With Oppenheimer, Nolan was the recognizable “IP”. Poor Things didn’t do well at the box office, just with awards. Completely unknown IPs aren’t guaranteed to do well in cinemas. Most of them flop in theaters and find an audience later on digital.
@@billcorn2 I think a big reason why is streaming. Why watch stuff in theaters when you can wait until it goes onto digital or a streaming service you're already paying for?
This didn’t seem interesting to be because it **is** based off a tv show from the 80s
Honestly it's kind of sad that the fall guy can't open the summer season. People love to pretend that they want something new and original, then when something comes along they don't watch it. The truth is audiences don't want new and original. They want an IP that they recognize and like. Unfortunately an original blockbuster is an impossible sell. This isn't Ryan Goslings fault. It's just the way modern audiences are.
Grace saying Tarot like “Tarrot” (carrot)…made me cackle.
Note: "The Fall Guy" was the first non-Marvel movie opening Summer movie season in May since M-I:III (2006) The latter was considered a movie flop despite a $47 Million debut.
If true, that is interesting
Fast Five in 2011
@@Ne0Nights It was released on April 29th, but I can make an exception.
@@kos500 Endgame released April 26, Infinity War released on April 27
Although, adjusting for inflation, 47M in 2006 would be around 70M today, I believe
I think part of the Star Wars success is also that the gen that grew up on the prequels are nostalgic for them
Exactly I don’t know why grace giving David so much credit
@@marvinj1000
I think he’s somewhat responsible for keeping the prequels relevant for so long after they wrapped up.
I think she’s right in regards to die hard fans. He’s made them more positive/relevant. But I think there’s also just casual fans that remember the hype (Pizza Hut cups and all) that came with those movies.
No truer statement has ever been said of the prequels, lol.
making Star Wars content so bad that people start to think that the prequels are not so bad after all is not an achievement
Yeah I keep seeing people say that the phantom menace is legitimately good. Maybe that was Disney’s plan all along.
All they need is another even worse trilogy and people will start to like the Disney trilogy
@@Dr.LongMonkey Disney: Hold my beer.
I am a star wars agnostic, so to me, they are all generally about the same in quality.
I’ve loved a lot of new Star Wars content
George Lucas wasbullied into selling Disney for $4.5 billion. I wish I was bullied like that.
Indeed by his own fans lol
Saw the Fall Guy today, I had fun with it even though the story was very sloppy, but it’s clear it’s not the right movie to start the summer movie season. I feel bad for Ryan Gosling, he deserves better lol
i deserves better
fine Phantom Menace numbers => "Filoni wins again". Wow, this spin deserves a "Variety" award.
I wouldn't exactly call Project Hail Mary a "Space Comedy," it's a science-fiction novel by the same author who wrote The Martian. It's an incredibly well-written story about our Sun dying, so high stakes where the only comedic moments emerge organically out of the human moments of dealing with such a dire situation, and Ryan Gosling is perfectly cast as the lead; the same way Matt Damon was for the Martian. It's filled with compelling drama and more than one genuinely surprising twist (that I hope the trailers don't spoil), I highly recommend keeping an eye on out for it
A movie About the sun dying like that movie with cillian Murphy Sunshine
@@Danceswithwitchesor Solar Crisis from 1990 (although I think in that one the bomb was supposed to stop a solar flare or something)
Lord and miller will probably make it funny
Let’s hope they do it right. I love the book.
Some still haven't come to the realization of how much trouble Hollywood is in
Some of us have known they have built a house of cards for years
Say that when Deadpool and wolverine has a 185 million plus opening
@@JohnSmith-jh6eyhaha !!!! One or two films a year can’t save Hollywood bud .
@@JohnSmith-jh6ey One movie won't save Marvel or Hollywood.
@@SomeBsMovie i just named several movies that will be successful this year
It baffles me that they revived the IP of some 80s show that nobody remembers. So pointless. This could’ve been a nice little film with a mid-tier budget but it’s not a tentpole blockbuster. This thing should’ve cost $60 million.
Well all those stunts obviously cost a lot.
I disagree. I grew up on the show. I was very excited, at first. But once I saw the trailers, and who was staring, I quickly changed my mind. They changed the fall guy story, and colt. That is what hurt it. Shame.
I remember it. Loved the original show. If they took some of the gimmicks of original show for ad campaign that could have helped. Also the suits need to stop using IP without any sliver of connection to Original IP. Just give it a new title instead.
@@GogoDC "Also the suits need to stop using IP without any sliver of connection to Original IP. Just give it a new title instead" Yet the comment above you points out why they do this. The person was excited because it had a recognisable name attached to it even though none of the original people would be working on it so there is no reason to think the quality would be of any standard. Yet, because of the name alone, their interest was piqued. Hollywood knows this happens and have the data. If you don't want hollywood to do this, support things with original titles and ideas...
Gen X here. I loved the Fall Guy show, but the title was high jacked with no goofy nephew or Heather Thomas charater in the mix, which is why the show worked.
Also, Colt Seavers? Why use that name on Ryan Gosling. I feel it's just unbelievable.
Summer officially doesn't start for me until Memorial Day weekend. Furiosa is the summer movie I've been looking forward to.
That sounds like a summer opening movie
Me too, that looks great!😊😊😊
THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FLOP
I'm scared for Furiosa, don't think it will do well...
@@crestedargo4663 lol
Blade Runner 2049 may not have had a big box office but it will still be remembered for decades, unlike so many movies that make more and come and go. That’s the power of great art. Denis V, Roger Deakins and Ryan Gosling were three creatives at the top of their game for that movie. One of the most beautiful and introspective movies ever. General audiences are fickle and unpredictable with their tastes, but it’s the cinephile community who really keeps the legacy and business of cinema alive.
Unfortunately if you keep costing studios money instead of making them money you don't get to work anymore. Dune 2 box office returns have given Denis a big boost.
@@robzombie5928 Depends who you are. Gosling and Denis would have worked forever regardless.
Bullet Train did do well enough in the Cinemas.
Near 240 million against a 90 million budget isn’t bad going.
Leitch should be alright but Gosling can’t draw flies to shit unfortunately for him. Which is a shame because he is very talented
Gosling will work forever, the melodrama from some of you is too much.
@@manantial773: I hope he does keep working, still doesn’t change the fact he is not actually a ticket seller
I disagree, I feel Disney was stupid to not put Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes on this release date but maybe they dodged a bullet of having a low summer opening
I mean Apes kinda feels like the official start to the summer lmao
Ryan isn't a box office draw. He got lucky with Barbie that's about it.
Same with Margot
Agreed. The selling point was Barbie IP and not the actor/actress.
I doesn't feel like the summer yet not because the Fall Guy struggled but because IT'S NOT SUMMER YET we're still in spring
Yep, it's still rainy and cold here in oregeon so hearing summer season feels extremely odd
I have a feeling that 2024 won’t be all Mario and Oppenheimer for Universal.
Well they still got despicable me 4, so don't count them out yet
I feel like Warner could take that spot for 2024. Or maybe it'll just go back to Disney I guess
@@jamesbuchananbarnesss Yeah I feel Disney may have a good chance this year mainly because of Deadpool & Wolverine and Inside Out 2.
@@jamesbuchananbarnesssthey already have. Dune part two & Godzilla x kong new empire are the biggest movies of the year so far
There is no need for a romcom to get green lit for over $50-$60M! They could have easily scaled this movie back, and made it just as impactful! This isn’t Dune 2 for Christ sake. Fall Guys budget was $130M and Dune 2 was $190??? Make it make sense!
There's plenty of impressive stunts in the Fall Guy film, which they showed the making of in the credits. That's going to cost money. It's hardly a romcom, more of an action film in my opinion. Has far more of latter elements. Dune 2 was expensive because most of it is VFX. By the way, before Dune 2 was announced it was not guaranteed we would even get it, so how is it a sure thing? First one probably broke even just about.
IP matters more than actors. That's why Barbie did so well, but Blade runner 2049 and the Fail Guy Flooped.
It wasn't just the IP, it was the good reviews.
@@etherealtb6021all those three movies had very good reviews tho’
@@etherealtb6021 Blade Runner 2049 was pretty fantastic, so no. Technically it is part of a franchise though.
Facts
People can flame me but I actually like BR 2049 🤷🏽♂ Me and my gf at the time saw it and liked it so much that we decided to watch the original BR. I ended up falling asleep like 30 mins in, that movie is boring... and she was like "you didnt miss anything, it was terrible."
But maybe we were just in the minority in that feeling, I dunno.
This makes Godzilla x Kong all the more impressive!!!! over 500 million on a budget of 130 million.....lets go you big atomic lizard!!!!
The irony of Grace using a Drake emoji, it's just so funny😭😭
Why is it ironic?
K dot for the win RIP Drake 💀
@@j2174 Drake is currently beefing with Kendrick Lamar. They have exchanged a couple of diss tracks over the last couple of weeks so it’s relevant in hip-hop right now.
That beef felt like its own movie this weekend.
should have used the Irfan Khan version
I chose to watch The Phantom Menace over The Fall Guy this weekend
me too lol
@@brandonsavage6747 smh
For the price of going to see it you could have just bought the 4k movie.
@@ricogomez4020 yea I dont get it... Why not just watch it at home? Is it to just get out of the house? The theater has a better system than your home? Nostalgia? Im genuinely curious about this.
OK...But was it your first time seeing The Phantom Menace?
I can’t be the only person who thinks the fall guy doesn’t look good. It feels like the most corporately created movie I’ve ever seen. I see no real characters or story aside from “it’s Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling”.
As if films that have made a lot of money in recent years are anything but corporately created films. What are Godzilla X Kong, Fast X, several marvel movies, mario movie, Jurassic world dominion, if not corporate garbage?
For most, entertaining popcorn flick entries of established IP's with a global fanbase. Something The Fall Guy isnt
Yeah it looks like the kind of crap Ryan Reynolds would make
People do like Ryan Gosling, just not enough to go see a story they have no interest in. The general public doesn't remember that tv show and even when it was popular it wasn't a top show.
I 100% agree with this. People like Gosling, but not enough to spend all the $$$ that it costs to go to the theater
Seeing the Phantom Menace in theatres this weekend was such an amazing experience! As a die hard Star Wars fan I'm so glad we got it here in the UK and it wasn't just in the US! I hope they continue to re realise them when it's the 25th anniversary! Revenge of the Sith would go crazyyy!
Another thing is audiences in physical seats acting like they’re at home or at a bar. Talking during the movie, cellphones out, coughing, Crunch a Munch a Bunch, seats like being on a airplane & so on. Im done going to the cinema.
People are the reason I’ve stopped going to the theater. Terrible experience 🚮
Tbh I don’t see Ryan Gosling as a action movie star. He fits better as romantic comedy drama lead like The Notebook,La La Land and Crazy Stupid Love. He has a much better audience.
Agreed. Barbie kinda fits this category in which he proved to thrive
I feel like Grace places way too much emphasis on the importance of actors when it comes to box office success.
I don't think people are going to the theatre just because an actor they like is in a movie.
To be fair, that's how it used to be. Movie stars are long gone.
I agree but to be fair in this case the whole marketing was based on the actors rather than the actual movie
It used to be like that in the past. Burt Reynolds, Charles Bronson, Clint Eastwood would make movies credits hated but were hits.
The idea of the movie star has been dead for a while. The Hollywood bubble still believes in it, but audiences don't care.
@@tico5058 Because of their politics that turns off half of America.
I think it’s too early for “summer movie season” it’s cold and windy where I am. Summer starts in late May for me.
The lack of X-Men 97 on these charts is making me very sad.
I don't know anyone watching it and my entire firmed group are the prime target for returning fans from the 90s.
Cartoons are a very hard sell. I struggle personally with them also.
it's not surprising, they did it too late
Unfortunately it just requires too much homework for average people to get into
All my friends like the X-Men but none of them have Disney plus.
im the only person i know who's watching it ☹️
“Tarot” Lol Tare-roe, not Tare-ret 😂
I think it's more like "TARE-ROE" like the word "Rare."
@@ekkovisionlol Yes. I was thinking tear like tear a paper, but tear has 2 pronunciations, so it was a poor choice on my part. Yours is better 👍🏼 I’m going to rewrite it. Thanks.
@@dafttool You can tell how little Grace cares about a project by how badly she mispronounces it. Tarot and the Chi.
Yeah, I did a double take at that. Did she just pronounce Tarot like Carrot? Made me laugh.
Hollywood just has to learn their lesson about budgets! Spending 200mil on an untested property is a stupid risk. I don't feel bad for them. It makes the stakes too high and unless RDJ's Ironman comes back to life there's no point spending that kind of $$
Numerous people have pointed this out. Especially with 2023 and how moronic it was for studios to spend between $200-$400 million on literally every franchise movie especially when the economy is this bad. They brought the pain only on themselves here.
Also I doubt RDJ Ironman can save the box office. In 2019 everyone had spare money. Now they don't. Simple economics.
Well i dont really notice him, so i really dont feel Ryan Gosling fatigue.
i dont agree with her at all about this. Dude literally took 5 years off before Barbie lol
@@CarSVernon And noone noticed, hes that dull.
Real(literally me)
@@emptyblank099a whose absence would you have noticed when we are all oversaturated? i get that he can be dull, but he sure didn't seem dull last year.
im going to see challengers for the third time this friday! the fanbase is small but we love it!
😂
My small theater was packed second weekend and we were all having a blast!
Why do you still believe people care who’s in the movie. It’s the subject that sells tickets not actors.
I think Grace focuses on it a lot as she knows that the box office can really impact an actor's career. However, I agree that a subject sells tickets and not the actor for the most part. I think actors matter less and less. For instance, I know people who get Ryan Reynolds and Gosling confused and all the Chris's mixed up.
Disagree. I have no interest in tennis movies; Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, and Mike Faist are what drew me to Challengers-twice now!
She loves to pretend otherwise.
@@MWSchoolProjects Tennis is not the subject there, honey.
Sometimes a flop is just a flop, nothing about the Fall Guy screamed “See me in a movie theater!”
Since when is the start of the summer NOT Memorial Day? When did this change? 😅
Memorial Day weekend isnt a big weekend to open a movie because people are doing things outside. Summer blockbusters have been opening earlier to play through memorial Day and beyond
The start of the summer movie season has been the first weekend of May for a long time now.
Over a decade
Since Marvel films started opening around these dates, some years ago.
Overseas it wasn't the angry birds that took down Ryan Gosling, it was an angry cat, Garfield whipped the floor with that fall guy.
Garfield isn’t out yet
Yay another shitty IP movie.
@@jacobfleming3926 'Overseas' means not in the US. It opened in 8 countries this week.
‘whipped’? did Garfield get a chain and ‘whip’ ryan gosling?
@@kmphemp yes, it was with Odie’s chain actually
Glad SW acolyte, The Boys, and House of Dragon are on different days.
Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday respectively
This opening weekend is Graduation for a lot of families
It’s always been that way in the past and that’s never hurt the marvel movies
Graduation season never hurt moviegoing. If anything a group trip to the theater over the weekend is often the move
EXCUSES
I mean....he's just Ken, he only has a good BO when he's with Barbie
does anyone else wish that Grace would let us know what kind of revenue digital downloads generate?
She doesn't know.
Im sad Shogun is wrapped. It was the first show that I was really into since Succession ended. Hope HOTD 2 can fill the void in a couple months.
I saw the phantom menace with my dad and we had a great time - he was not a fan when it came out but he ended up enjoying it more
This pretty much confirmed that Barbie got carried by brand name.
Netflix might thrown money around like crazy, but throwing any more money at a Rebel Moon "franchise" would be moronic.
I doubt Netflix ever really intended Rebel Moon to be a franchise. Seems more like a "Kill Bill" situation where the film was just very long, so they cut it down to 2 parts.
Dead Boys Detectives is soo good. 💀
Because "original" movies have been lame lately... They need better scripts!
1. Star Wars fans are never happy
2. The people who bullied George Lucas out of SW are now bullying Disney for not listening to GL
3. Took my kid to see Ep I in theaters and they had a blast so it’s safe to say general audiences still like Star Wars
4. Star Wars fans are never happy
Why should star wars fans be happy with bad movies, and disney movies that shit all over Lucas' movies?
Star Wars fans were plenty happy when it was just 3 movies.
1 and 4 are the truth
More people ALWAYS liked The Phantom Menace than did not. Especially "new" audiences.
Bingo. Most of its "haters" are just OG trilogy fanboys who got butthurt because Lucas dared to make a film that wasn't New Hope or Empire 2.0. Lots of gen z unapologetically digs the prequels and crapping on a series they like nonstop seems kinda stupid especially since they seem to not be interested in most of what Hollywood is putting out recently.
Feloni didn’t do crap for my appreciation of the prequels. I always loved them.
I will be watching Interview With The Vampire season 2 that premiers on May 12. I was hoping that you would mention it 😔 It’s a great show!
I saw Star Wars. It was super fun see it again in the big screen. The music. Fun fun fun
Phantom menace did well because although its crap its miles better than anything Disney can make recently
I feel bad that Bullet Train grossed so little. I watched it recently and it's so freaking good. Like what a Tarantino film thinks it is.
Tarantino is prestige. Not the same lane whatsoever.
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is this assuming the general public actively follows the news of film festivals? Why would going to a film festival hurt the box office? Unless youre a cinephile or something, you probably dont know what South By Southwest is
Grace, do actors really level up anymore? You always say that and then the next project comes out an that actor is right back in their normal slot. I feel like that's an antiquated notion, but it might make for good content to see a breakdown of actors that have leveled up and the projects that drove that.
I think Glen Powell is currently levelling up
I used to like The Fall Guy tv show when I was a kid. I don’t remember it being a comedy but it was a long time ago. They tried to remake Baywatch as a comedy and it flopped, now The Fall Guy. Didn’t watch either movie.
It had comedy elements (mostly from the Doug Barr character) but first and foremost was an action-adventure show.
16:15 Did Grace just pronounce ‘Tarot’ as ‘TaroT’ - ie she pronounced the ‘t’ at the end instead of ‘taroh’
It would be a nightmare to have a normal conversation with this lady. She is all over the place
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Is NOT the Chi 🤦♀️
It is the Chai 😒
Haha, just had to cringe along with it
There is a viral clip from the Star Wars making of Mandalorian on Disney+ connecting the Duel of the Fates battle all the way to the end of Return of the Jedi. It changed my view on Episode I and the saga itself
Whats the title? I would like to look into it also.
@@II_501_IIDave Filoni Explains Duel of the Fates
@@QuasarYGO hey thanks man appreciate it.
I love the Star Wars prequels! Lucas’ SW is the best
We love the prequels now because we understand respect was given to the story and the characters unlike the Disney sequels
Ya'll loved them so much you bullied george lucas into selling to disney, crazy how people are trying to rewrite history..
idk. I've liked the prequels since they came out. they're more fun than the next newest trilogy.
That new Star Wars Phantom Menace poster is a masterpiece! I walked by it in the movie theater and immediately went to see it. Was an amazing experience with many fans dressed as characters.
Movies really need a hook to get us in those theaters, especially now with streaming. And Fall Guy just didn't have that hook to make people want to go see it. When I saw the trailer, it just felt like bland noise on the screen with no catch. It IS getting harder to get un into theaters, so writers need to start getting creative with the writing. And this ain't it.
I'm sorry but you can't tell how good something is from a trailer. It's advertising. And good concept does not matter if the execution is bad. Anything can be made well. The box office doesn't show interesting films make the most money. It shows IP makes the most money. The best 2024 film so far this year that I've seen is Challengers but it's a bland monster fighting movie done a million times that makes $500m. Where's the good writing there?
Hollywood is determined to make certain people a star or tell the public, we are supposed to see a star, Ryan isn’t it.
Another excellent weekly breakdown grace
Filoni needs to stay on top! We need more ahsoka and filoniverse
Gross
Your movie math raises the bar consistently. Your work, insight, and delivery into every stream are beyond amazing!
Thank you so much for giving Godzilla a mention! 💘
I thought fall guy was a video game adaptation. I was disappointed to find out it wasn’t
I just came out of seeing Mars Express, incredible animation! What a treat to see in theaters.
Everyone’s watching baby reindeer? Never even heard of it! 😂
The chi is pronounced SHY like chi-town not chee 😭
I was a bit annoyed seeing how much promo Netflix was giving Dead boy detective while doing absolutely NOTHING for Baby reindeer, which is one of their best releases in a very long time, but I feel a bit vindicated now seeing it do so well 😅
Had Disney not screwed up Captain America 4, we wouldn’t be having this conversation. This was its original release date.
But if we’re only relying on superhero films to kick off the summer and carry the box office, we’re in trouble
Cap 4 is going to flop. The writing has been on the wall for years
@@Dr.LongMonkeybesides for Spider-Man, every Marvel movie is going to flop going forward. MCU reputation is approaching Star Wars territory. Spidey is just too loved by the public and can endure the bad choices.
@@Dr.LongMonkeytoo early to tell where cap 4 stands
@@Ray03595deadpool and wolverine is literally their next movie and has got a lot of hype
@@luismedrano6680 the test screenings do not bode well for that movie.
Maybe if they have a movie called The Summer Guy come out in September it'll make more
I see what you did there
WOWSERS!!!! 😮 Thanks for sharing Grace, you are always so entertaining! 🤗
The Fall Guy, eek! I didn't venture out, still getting caught up on streaming content here in Maine. 🤩
I would love to support more movies but I just can’t afford it. Same is probably true for the majority of people 🤷🏼♀️
Yes most of us don't have unlimited budgets, movies are a treat
It doesn’t help when concession prices get ridiculous
"Everybody laughed at"
You mean the biggest domestic and worldwide movie of '99 that got an A- Cinemascore? It also had massive VHS and DVD sales (setting a DVD sales record, long after it was released in theaters). And Attack of the Clones opened BIGGER than Phantom Menace, unlike trilogies like Fantastic Beasts, where the movies opened lower with each release.
I hope they re release the original trilogy for the 50th anaaversy of Star Wars in 2027.
Bodkin wasn’t mentioned that week as part of upcoming series’s on Netflix. Turned out to be pretty good.
Hopefully word of mouth helps The Fall Guy. Those reactions at the theatre weren't payed for. The silliness was infectious in the theatre.
I really hope this movie has longevity over the summer and undoes some the things you are saying. I think you’re be too hard on the fall guy.
I predicted this, though actually, I'm surprised Fall Guy made so much. Different actor (Pratt?), story true to the original, smaller story, it could have done well. This version will disappear from memory.
It is a shame the the bad batch did not interest more people. I think it was very good. Looking forward to see more Omega - since she is an adult now.
I was considering seeing The Phantom Menace in my local theater until I found out they put it on their smallest screen. I bet now they're wishing they put it on a larger one!
I didn't even know Winston Duke was in The Fall Guy.
Did anyone see dead boy detectives? Is it good. I liked doom patrol and the sandman.
It is good 😌
I grew up on the prequels and absolutely love them (thank you George Lucas lol I love triggering boomers). But I went and saw TPM in theaters this weekend only cause I wanted to experience it in the theater. I skipped the preview for the Acolyte at the end. I wanted to leave with an enjoyable viewing experience after all.
Why was the review embargo for the fall guy so late? I felt i only saw reviews emerging after the filn was already out.
If we are still in Spring why is it looked as Summer opening weekend?
Because August rarely contributes to the summer holiday release so it starts in May.