welcome to this week's movie math where
I say slow your roll haters yes well not
quite the levels of hate directed
towards the DC EU it was surprising to
see both the media and social media
users decline to congratulate the fate
of the Furious 4 the biggest global
debut of all time but instead to plead
with the franchise to still drop out of
the game despite being at the height of
its game also this this other plea to
give the franchise to dwayne johnson i
mean it's just it's so ridiculous and
insulting to Vin Diesel who produces
these movies and he doesn't just produce
them in name only he's actively engaged
in putting them together he he creates
this franchise and he has the one for
instance that really wanted Charlize
Theron to do this movie he goes with
it's only in one area so I understand
it's difficult to believe but when comes
to Fast and Furious movies
Vin Diesel is like a savant right I mean
you just not only shouldn't you get rid
of him but he is the driving force
behind the movies that he produces and
they do incredibly well in China where
it's him it's all him he's the Chinese
movie star and he saw he's not going to
give his defining franchise the one
thing is actually good at and then
everyone agrees that he's good at he
actually gets recognition for to not
only another actor but another actor
that he is feuding with who doesn't do
as well in China it's ridiculous it
really is I think shades of the DC EU
situation but speaking of decent EU
there's another commonality besides the
hate and that's that a franchise that
isn't particularly well regarded by a
number of fans is threatening one that
is right so or am I talking about I'm
talking about the fact that the state is
a serious unseeded the force awakens as
the biggest global debut of all time
that's going to sting a lot of people
who are going to take out the torches
and pitchforks and go after a fate of
the Furious and try to I think undermine
and discredit this accomplishment
the same thing is done with the DCU
movies because a lot of hardcore Marvel
fans don't want to see Marvel lose any
ground to its biggest potential threat
the DC EU but after this weekend
perhaps Disney hardcore fans and Disney
itself should keep a closer eye on
Universal which seems to be developing
into an even bigger threat I mean after
James Cameron only Universal has been
able to poke holes in Disney's monopoly
on the you know the top half of the
billion dollar club after James
Cameron's movies and with half a billion
dollars single weekend fast eight could
also get pretty darn high on that list
and maybe you know knock out a Disney
movie
so also though some of you are probably
typing right now I was just the first
weekend grace bean of the series is
going to run out of gas real quick just
to watch but I don't think so here's the
why the other Studios have gifted
Universal is Vin Diesel the rest of the
month that's two whole weekends to make
a lot of money and I think that it will
and then internationally it has a whole
other weekend as well one weekend until
Garden to the Galaxy begins to roll out
but China where it's making the majority
of its money 192 million opening weekend
it has a whole nother it has the whole
rest of the month there as well that's a
lot of money and there's a lot of money
there's a lot of box office world left
in China it didn't make it all in one
weekend although that's often the case
by the way was Hollywood fare in China
one and done but Vin Diesel not The Fast
and the Furious by the way not that
franchise but Vin Diesel himself has a
tremendous leg so when it comes to China
in fact the most successful Hollywood
film to ever play in the Middle Kingdom
its Furious 7 and let's see if fast
eight can beat it out he's so big in
China look at this in China the Chinese
movie industry that at least the theater
movie theater industry really helps him
out because 75% of Showtime's in China
this past weekend were playing the fate
of the series not other movies 75% can
you imagine what that box-office marquee
looks like when you go to the theater
right they're like you can see the fate
of the Furious and why don't you want to
see the fate of the Furious this is a
National Party
and it was 90 percent of the overall
weekend revenue because of that and it
runs over other movies from Hollywood
ghosts and Michelle went into its second
weekend after a twenty one point four
million debut and fit of the Furious and
also maybe because I don't know how the
film was regarded there but it only
pulled in six hundred eighty thousand
dollars and weekend - not even a million
in its second weekend that's shocking
now in addition to so much box-office
wind the Veda de series is also proving
to signal multiple shifts and patterns
in the industry so all right so number
one trailers trailer views matter with
the rare exception of fifty shades
darker which racked up a whole lot of
views but fail to really materialize at
the box office it's always been stronger
overseas this is another franchise like
transformers it does very well overseas
but it's not fated if area strong
overseas but anyway the fan of furious
was the second most watched trailer in
24 hours of all time behind it imagine
how much money that could make and then
right after the fate of the Furious is
thor ragnarok so that could be a
potential box-office juggernaut if it
can keep that momentum going no reports
on the last Jedi's first 24 hours though
which I find very interesting Disney
didn't make it official they didn't
release any you know statements about
the last Jedi 24-hour performance I
think either to protect Thor's record
because thor ragnarok needs the wind
more right I mean this is a Star Wars
movie and they are so far doing quite
well at the box office
ah Thor movies not so much
and then also though they could be
protect protecting the last Jedi because
maybe it couldn't beat Thor's record so
so will actually never see because
Disney alright so after trailers foreign
box-office now transformers Fifty Shades
it's been a way to write off some of
these franchises as you know
okay so moviegoers overseas and you know
their taste isn't is good they are
ruining on you know cinema etc etc you
know for a while everybody was like well
is it because 3d is kind of new over
there you know are they like today
prefer the last year franchises but I
think at this point that's all pretty
condescending because you know there's
been a lot of movies playing
receives at this point and I think that
I think that the freshness the newness
should have worn off by now
so yeah they just enjoyed the movie as
did I by the way this is crazy this is
like the the internet feeling if I don't
like it you can't like it either
instead of hey you know what agree to
disagree I you know I don't like it you
can like it or vice versa I love it but
that isn't in you do you you have to
okay but you know at this literally
where's the fan of furious was the
biggest movie of all time opening on the
planet Earth and no one in the united
states cared right it was really weird
like no one talked about it really
it never trended like no one cared but
if it had been like Star Wars which is
where the Marvel DC you kind of
situation comes in some people were
talked about it a little bit more so I'm
sure Vin Diesel's like all right so so I
think that this means now that if US
audiences don't like a movie okay right
I'm over Simon this balance the patent
up the balance of power has been has
been shifted that no longer does the us
decide what movies get made and that's
an incredible change I mean it didn't
even make 100 million in the United
States but it made four hundred and
thirty three million in one weekend
overseas and China is the driving force
behind that and that way I'm also added
to the negativity over the weekend
because nobody likes to lose control of
something right everybody likes to be
number one and audiences the media and
the industry why make sure the focus
stays stateside they don't want Chinese
audiences dictating what happens in
Hollywood although you know if you know
you might not be able to stop this train
and if this continues perhaps there will
be an influx of Asian talent in front of
and behind the camera to make sure that
even more money is made overseas it
doesn't you know the Great Wall you
might be like well what about the Great
Wall why didn't that work out well that
was largely you know I think directed by
Chinese movie industry right you know
because of course they now own legendary
pictures but if we could get a little
bit more of a commonality and maybe
Hollywood would still be driving but you
would get you know it would be like an
American script
but it would be a Chinese director and
then maybe one actor I think maybe you
know there I think there's a better
balance up ahead and it will be very
interesting to see what that looks like
and how it does but we should still
applaud Vin Diesel for having the left
the foresight to say you know what I
might have tanked my brand stateside
we'll talk about that some more a little
in a little bit too but I'm going to
work really hard to increase my appeal
in China and he did it worked and now
he's the star of the biggest grossing or
the biggest grossing film worldwide in a
single weekend ever
so you know that's that's that's all
have you you don't think Vin Diesel is a
clever sly guy you're mistaken
and then finally diversity in front of
and behind the camera this movie has an
african-american director it has
non-white leads usually the diversity
comes in the supporting roles this is
the lead characters Jason Statham you
know you could factor him him in to kind
of you know signal to audiences there's
someone for everyone but I think the
stars are clearly Vin Diesel Dwayne
Johnson and Michelle Rodriguez right and
you also had Charlize Theron a white
villain but it was a woman so that's
also diversity which is very exciting so
it would proved to be not only enough
but more than enough and this is coming
again hot on the heels of get apps
success we're a strong number of white
moviegoers turned out to see get out and
he did so was the case for the fate of
the Furious stateside stateside the fate
of the Furious is biggest audience was
white at 41% than Hispanics at number
two with 26 african-americans then next
with 21 percent then get this usually
Asians are roles in with other to a
whole like a catch-all category so many
Asians showed up to see the fate of the
Furious 11 percent that they finally got
their own category and these demographic
breakdowns and then Native Americans are
there on the board
Native Americans became the lead as
Nyssa T to represent the other category
and they came in at 3 percent so that
caught the hurdle of getting occasion
moviegoers to see films that are
directed and star you know
talent of color seems to be eroding it
seems to no longer be a hurdle that's
too hard to overcome which is so
exciting and as I've been saying all
weekend F gary Gray should be up for the
next Bond movie because he directed a
very bond likes a fast and furious film
so yes Universal and Vin Diesel should
not only make 9 & 10 as they promised
but they should do so proudly and also
with TV and digital so strong these days
movies should not turn their nose up and
I went especially a win this big
what did be fair let's take a moment to
focus on out of the state of the furious
did underperform domestically going into
the weekend it was projected at 110 to
118 million dollar opening which I said
was too high because I just wasn't
feeling the heat off the trailer the
trailers weren't as good as Furious 7
and sure enough I was correct
no nobody could predict that overseas
debut that was incredible but it did
stateside it not only you know as Friday
starting to take shape people are saying
okay a hundred million it's going to at
least clear the century mark it didn't
even manage to do that and that's you
know not great you know I'm sure they
would have preferred a different
narrative over at Universal but if some
of you pointed out and I agree that is
right in line with the opening for fast
six so the hardcore fans of the
franchise or the ones the fans of the
franchise before the Paul Walker
situation that his tragic passing are
still there also I would be curious if
Vin Diesel might've weakened his brand a
little bit with XXX the return of xander
cage and the last witch hunter the two
films that came out between Furious 7 in
the state of the furious because between
fast six and Furious 7 he just was in
Riddick which is a fans favorite by the
way and also he of course voiced grouped
so that time I think in a little bit
stronger position in terms of image
whereas the other two definitely didn't
help his image and that is for Dwayne
Johnson this is his second weaker debut
after San Andreas and so he might want
to dial down on the bravado a little bit
hey you know what maybe Vin Diesel is
being annoying
maybe Dwayne Johnson is every right to
be upset but I won't be causing problems
for a movie and generating any type of
potentially negative
the city if I couldn't deliver you know
if san andreas turned out to be an
anomaly right I mean say what you will
about Vin Diesel but he delivers every
time he's in a fast and furious movie
dwayne johnson san andreas was so
successful he and his team were able to
sell him to studios as a star a
box-office star but central intelligence
underperformed and let's see how
Baywatch and Jumanji do so I think then
we'll have a better picture of what
Dwayne Johnson actually looks like at
the box office now I asked for the rest
of the top ten boss baby and Beauty and
the Beast continued to duke it out with
boss baby holding onto his edge although
Beauty and the Beast it's pretty much
done with the exception of Japan where a
lot of money could come into play so
right now we're touring the billion
dollar club is you know we discussed
last week but let's see how high it can
get and Japan is going to be the answer
to that question and it opens in Japan
this Friday so we'll know soon get out
again have the smallest drop in the top
ten and it's 8 the week of release
that's amazing
and then gifted expanded nicely and has
the rest of the month get some momentum
before the big summer movies crowded out
now speaking of the specialty market
Plan B Brad Pitt's company which has had
tremendous success with moonlight and 12
years of slave with the award seasons
words you know awards contenders was
able to potentially launch another
awards contender with the lost city of Z
which had a solid Percy her average and
wouldn't be interesting if just like his
ex-girlfriend in movies and real life
our paths could make serious bleep to
being a serious actor justice case du
has done isn't it crazy to think you
know how everyone viewed them at
twilight and now you know they didn't
give up they waited it out and sorry
actually doing it that's amazing and I
you know same with Vin Diesel in China
you gotta respect it and then in New
York and Los Angeles audiences kind of
surprisingly solid interest in Richard
Gere's Norman now as for this coming
weekend the lost city of the expand so
if you're interested in it if you want
to support our pets and Charlie Hunnam
it's going to add additional 500
theaters so it's not going wide but
you'll probably be able to see if you're
in a major city
and it'll have a hard time competing
though in an extremely crowded but weak
frame as you can see that's a weak weak
frame boy who they're just handing that
second lap too fast the fate of the
Furious right so what movie are you
planning to see this coming weekend what
did you see last weekend and how do you
feel about The Fast and the Furious
franchise both what it managed to do
this weekend and its potential future
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