Box Office: 'Megalopolis' vs The Machines

[sandstorm]

Box Office: 'Megalopolis' Crumbles With $4 Million, 'The Wild Robot' Lands at No. 1 With $35 Million https://t.co/QoznHv6zAZ
- Variety (@Variety) September 29, 2024

The wildly popular The Wild Robot did wha the 40-year old Transformers franchise could not, and opens with 35$m*, making it the third best opening for an animated movie in September.

Comments

[la_petite_singe]

Honestly it's what she deserves.gif re: Megalopolis. It's an absolute mess of a movie, and FFC has been completely tone-deaf and clueless about the entire thing through the entire press tour. I was thinking about Fury Road and how that too was delayed for decades and had everyone wondering if this one person's ~vision made any sense at all, except w/ that one it did. And no one got groped on the set, and no one complained about ~woke culture~ or whatever. So it's not an impossible task!!!

I rly wanna check out Lee and Will & Harper soon. But NYFF is this week and I shall be very busy! 🍿

[sandstorm]

Yeah like ooh hope it was worth it casting Lebouf to be in your movie old man! Good luck on even 10% of the ROI!

[januarysix]

megalopolis is a very conservative movie. so much slut shaming.

[nermal_kat]

what in the white devil's haircut? Adam looks A-damn fool

[leia1912]

It's a society heavily influenced by ancient Rome, which is why Adam has the stupid Caesar cut. (His character's name is even Caesar.) The hair is a visual metaphor for this entire film--it's not working, but someone stubbornly decided to go ahead with it.

[better2beloved]

LOL at Megalopolis. Sad that this is more than likely FFC’s last film. What a horrid, incoherent mess.

I’m gonna see The Wild Robot on Tuesday, the reviews have been good so far.

[melispurple]

Meanwhile I rewatched The Return of the Kind in IMAX yesterday. I cried like a baby alsmost from beginning to the end. Those movies almost feel like old friends in a way.

I might go and see The wild robot soon.

[rhagi]

so did I! went to a triple feature at my local cinema. they do this every year and it's become a tradition among my friends and I :)

[nyse]

Really happy that Lupita is seeing box office success with both her projects this year!

[sandstorm]

I was listening to The Town, their like Summer fantasy League episode, and the host said "Whenever she's in a movie, maybe bc she does so so rarely, it's a big deal."

[nyse]

Yeah, but I’m (very pleasantly) surprised that so many folks are willing to wait in between projects and show up to support.

[jojito]

Same! I've been reading TWR reviews and she's a standout. Not just a famous voice hired for animation, but she actually gives a performance. Same with Pedro.

Can't wait to see it next weekend. I really hope the movie has legs.