hello and welcome to this week's movie
math where surprisingly for an
end-of-summer box-office report like the
Labor Day weekend we have an awful lot
to talk about there were a couple of
last hurrah so of course the biggest
headline is coming from crazy rich
Asians which truly was the Cinderella
story of the summer box office yes while
all the weekend holds over Labor Day
were pretty darn impressive five
pictures posted drops of less than 20% I
guess everybody got out to the movies
one last time before we kind of clear
the deck with them some big contenders
actually this coming weekend but anyway
crazy rich Asians still posted the best
hold of the bunch at a mere 11 percent
drop wowza
and by the end of the holiday weekend it
has amassed 117 million dollars which
might seem you know okay that's nice you
know it's important for movies to get
past the century mark but many do but it
becomes much more impressive when you
realize that it is topped the most
recent successful romantic comedy
trainwreck
and the most recent successful
live-action comedy period girl's trip
not a lot of money in those areas
because you know those are all like not
great considering what other movies are
making now the latter girls trip
launched Tiffany Haddish 'iz career and
I think she's right in the cusp of
really breaking through I think a lot of
it before was hype you know being
created by her team and I think the
media but I think she's right on the
edge of like legitimately being like
hugely successful it's very exciting
actually I think she has some very good
pictures coming up but we have yet to
see any real deals come out of crazy
rich Asians again I feel Aquafina needs
to be Jubilee she is Jubilee as far as
I'm concerned but so far not really
anything oh but I would like you to
remember that there was also delay in
deals for the cast of Black Panther but
they ultimately came out very strong
across the board even amaku got some
great stuff and he deserves it he was
Winston Duke was fantastic
black panther now I'm sure some of you
might have already mentioned one deal
that is percolating is Michelle Yeoh and
Aquafina interestingly those are the two
that were picked I not constants we will
talk about her in a moment but they
there's talk of them reteaming for an
interdimensional action film that sounds
pretty good until you realize it's from
the team behind the total failure and
embarrassment that was twists are me man
remember that remember Daniel Radcliffe
is a farting corpse all right he became
a life raft so that would seem like a
booby prize even if it is produced by
the Russo brothers or the Russo brothers
crazy like a fox
or do they need Kevin Feige guiding hand
we'll see relatively soon as they strike
out on their own with a deal of Fox
which of course is now owned by Disney
hilarious alright so who would you like
to see by the way benefit from crazy
rich Asians if you are a producer who
would you cherry-pick out of the cast
you know that aquafina would be my first
draft draft pick but I suspect that if a
simple favor does well Henry Golding
will be fielding even more offers I
think he's probably pretty high on
Studios wish lists and I can see John
McCain and Michelle Yeoh by the way
picking up some strong supporting roles
as well but the big question mark is
Constance Wu she really spearheaded this
whole thing being very vocal and
aggressive about representation with the
Great Wall as you might recall and it
will be interesting to see what she gets
out of this I'm surprised she hasn't
gotten something already although I can
see her holding out for a lead role
she's talking to maybe one supporting
after this you'll see I think rightfully
so but it's a step back now the question
is will she get offered any lead roles
and how long will it take what will the
quality of the lead roles be now she can
head this off by producing a leading
role herself and she could even retain
with Jon Chu whose wreaths remade his
own image as the poster guide for Asian
representation in Hollywood now I'm sure
he wasn't anyone's first choice but he
deserves a lot of respect for not only
thinking of it but actually making it a
reality no one else thought of it no one
else did it so whatever you might think
of John's ability as a director and a
producer he's still you know he did it
he has ownership of this and that that
isn't
impressive now some fans are hoping that
crazy rich Asians can party all the way
to like near 200 million domestic but it
will be interesting I think they're
basing that on them amazing holes so far
but remember that so far crazier
iterations hasn't only gone up against
any actual competition but well this
coming weekend and in fact one of those
movies is friendly fire from Warner
Brothers they said at the summer but
they're cooking now
now the trades have been comparing crazy
rotations to the help in terms of box
office comparisons well pointing out
that you know both based on popular
books a strong female appeal and some
have also made a comparison to Fifty
Shades franchise as well you know
because that's very lavish and I think
it was more of a phenomenon than the
help but like a movie that even if you
felt you probably weren't gonna like it
you felt you needed to go and see
whereas I think the help was I think
more highly regarded critically I mean
and I know that crazy rich agents has
good reviews but if you look at though
if you actually look at the reviews
closely a lot of them are like we should
support this movie not that it's
actually a good movie but I'm starting
to comparison that I would make with
crazy rich Asians is actually my Big Fat
Greek Wedding that is I think an
excellent comparison now if you don't
recall that film it was a runaway hit in
the summer of 2002 serving as counter
programming to the big blockbusters oh
and by the way with Fifty Shades and My
Big Fat Greek Wedding that's also a
warning sign that it can be tough to
make lightning strike twice and Jon Chu
shouldn't get you know she shouldn't get
too comfortable and not worry about
having to make the sequel and by the way
I don't believe it's actually still
beneficial in greenlight it's just still
something Warner Brothers is pursuing
now My Big Fat Greek Wedding opened in
April and limited release then played
all summer long as that slowly expanded
across the country and then the world
and it did get to over 200 million
domestic but in contrast crazy
irritations opened wide at the end of
the summer and movies burn faster and
brighter these days at the box office
again I think it's gonna get cut off at
the knees with this weekend's new
releases but I do think that crazy
rotations just like a quiet place the
sequel is now suddenly a summer movie
with am a release date 2020 I bet you
that if they do go ahead with the crazy
Asian sequel which I think they will I
bet you it has a much more competitive
release date as well however I think
that it's very important to see that in
both cases you had a specific culture
with a wedding backdrop that really
struck a chord with audiences so if any
other cultural group is looking for a
hit movie
make sure to consider this formula now I
suspect the crazy rich Asians will end
in about 150 domestic and then make an
obscene amount of money in the ancillary
market it's just getting started
overseas but it still doesn't have a
Chinese release date and might not ever
get one as we've discussed I told you
first that I thought that the the
representation of wealth would be a
problem with China especially since the
government is cracking down on that and
sure enough I started to see that
argument in the trades this this week as
well now speaking of China mission if
they don't have any problem if you want
to do your own stunts apparently over
there the government will allow it and
Mission Impossible fall out hit the
Middle Kingdom with a franchise best
opening of 77 million that's more than
ant-man and the wasp now Mission
Impossible fall out with that debut it
pretty much assured that the Tom Cruise
flick will pass 700 million worldwide
which would also be a franchise best and
while many of us would like to see
Christopher McQuarrie make a comic book
movie I think paramount will likely cut
him the necessary sized check to keep
him with this franchise for at least one
more entry and it's God to sting that
Tom Cruise made sure that Henry Cavill
was cut out for many future installments
right and now as Tom Cruise and
Christopher McQuarrie and probably
Rebecca Ferguson and Simon Pegg and
basically everybody else marjan right
and now cavil finds himself solely on
the small screen with no big picture
deals on the horizon we've been arguing
about this today and I think if Henry
Cavill wants to make this not look so
bad he should get a big picture deal to
balance out his new Netflix series so it
seems like he still is big screen talent
and just like Chris Hemsworth is doing
with his Netflix movie but of course the
new men in black and of course Avengers
for now interestingly China seems to
only be able to focus on one big movie a
weekend at least from Hollywood is
ant-man the wasp which again opened
sixty-eight last weekend fell
eighty-three percent in its second
weekend thanks to Japan its final market
which you just entered the MCU flick is
going to pass six hundred million
globally but it didn't have a happy
ending like spider-man homecoming as
many of you were sure that it was going
to because it's still the lowest
grossing MCU sequel to date worldwide
and its entire globe will take matches
Incredibles 2 incredible twos domestic
take which thanks to one last hurrah
over the holiday weekend they you know
fell off in terms of the feeder count
but they put it back into wide release
from one more weekend and now
domestically is the highest-grossing
animated movie of all time let's hope
all that green green lights The
Incredibles the r8 and we don't have to
wait quite so long this time now at
although Brad Bird of course his
live-action dream is dead so he doesn't
have anything to go off and prove now
and he can just focus on making another
one of these now as for the holiday
weekends new releases two small movies
both with a - cinema scores by the way
found their similar-sized
small audiences searching expanded wide
and like crazy rich Asians prove that
Caucasian audiences are open to movies
with largely asian casts and then asian
moviegoers who usually sit out most
movies will show up oh by the way
interestingly african-american turnout
for both crazy rich Asians and searching
what has been very low then operation
finale skewed much older largely due to
the subject matter the 1960s capture of
SS officer Adolf Eichmann by Israeli
intelligence which many older viewers
likely remember from the resulting
televised trial both looks by the way I
think we'll do healthy business on
streaming and suffer from the fact that
many people these days one you know they
ask themselves is this worth paying to
see in the theatre and unfortunately I
think the answers with both these movies
was no I'm curious do you plan to see
these movies at some point are you just
skipping them entirely or did you see
them like myself and agree that they're
both pretty darn good searching is much
better than operation finale but
operation finales a nice little movie as
for the overall top 10 this is very
interesting happy time murders has a
chalk outline around itself
now at the box office did it only its
second weekend but thankfully it looks
like Melissa McCarthy might have come
back to life already this is why you've
always got to have multiple projects
lined up so if you if you if you miss
with one you have another shot coming
right away you know you don't have to it
lessens the repercussions because sure
enough Melissa McCarthy debuted her new
small film can you ever forgive me a
teller I'd over the weekend and it
became a sudden Oscar contender with
glowing reviews particularly for
McCarthy with many industry pundits
feeling that she might even be a lock
for a Best Actress nomination this movie
also apparently stars the Robert De Niro
of cats I kid you not everyone is saying
this cat is like the new sensation of
the awards season and we might have
another Agee on our hands
so you heard about the cat here first
now as for this coming weekend the
conjuring universe is expected to churn
out yet another hit opening right in
line with all the other entries to date
then it's a good thing that Jennifer
Garner is moving to HBO because it seems
her bid to pull a Liam Neeson is going
to be d.o.a
like like Henry Cavill she's gonna have
to go to the small screen small screen
can sustain a career can salvage a
career it can change it can do it can
pivot a career but rarely when someone's
doing super well do they go to a small
screen it's just the truth of the matter
all right now also faith-based film God
blessed the broken road also hits
theaters and we'll see if it ends up
being one of the faith-based genres rare
surprise hits you know when people are
like wow how did that suddenly make so
much money and why is it why didn't the
other ones not right if you are into
faith-based films I'd be curious it's
God blessed the broken road on your
radar and that's this week's movie math
thank you so much for going over the box
office with me I can't wait to hear your
thoughts about it down below including
what you plan to see this coming weekend
and what you've checked out so far and
what you haven't and of course as always
you can check out some more videos right
now