The Energon Pub

[Dino-Snarl]

Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Can't be helped. We haven't seen a movie in theatres for 7 years. prefer being at home alone. Introvert thing.

When I saw it on Friday, I had the whole room to myself. No one else had bought tickets to that screening, so I was the only one in the theater room.

Heaven.

[Sabrblade]

Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Can't be helped. We haven't seen a movie in theatres for 7 years. prefer being at home alone. Introvert thing.

When I saw it on Friday, I had the whole room to myself. No one else had bought tickets to that screening, so I was the only one in the theater room.

Heaven.

So basically, check the websites of your local theaters and look to see if there are any screenings on any days that no one has purchased tickets for. The best times for this would likely be morning or early afternoon showings on weekdays, when most people are at work/school. Friday was my day off from work so that enabled me to catch the empty-room screening at 1:15pm.

[-Kanrabat-]

There wasn't much people in my theatre room either. But there was 3 or 4 LOUD toddlers.

[Lore Keeper]

Man, I was really worried about this. There was not one other person in the theater when my family and I went. I couldn't believe it. Even bad movies have a better turn out, and TF One was phenomenal! If this thing fails, we're going to get nothing but Bayverse shlock until the end of time...

[Sabrblade]

In my neck of the woods, while the Friday screening I went to was empty, I looked up the Thursday night screenings the night before and many of those had very few empty seats left. And at multiple theaters on the Saturday before, the Early Access screenings were all packed full (I myself had to drive over to a theater near downtown in order to see it that day, since the Early Access screening at my closest theater was completely sold out). So it looks like more people went to the pre-release screenings instead of the day-of-release ones. That tells me that more people than normal were eager to see the movie sooner than later.

[Rodimus Prime]

I saw it twice. On Friday afternoon there were maybe 10 more people in the theater with me, but it was 1 o'clock so I figure a lot of people were still at work and in school. I went again Saturday night because I wanted to see it with a crowd, and the 9 PM showing had 3 other people besides me. It was very disappointing. Should've seen it at 5 or 7.

I enjoyed the movie just as much as the 1st time, and after the 1st 10 minutes the shock wore off and I immersed myself in the film. I definitely hope it gets a sequel, it's in the top 3 of TF movies for me right now. Once the hype wears off, it'll probably still be top 5.

I think there is product fatigue with the general audience, as I'm sure TF fans did go see it. But as it was with Bumblebee, the better film suffers due to its predecessor being an utter turd. If TLK never happened, Bumblebee would've done better, and if that dumpsterfire RoTB wasn't allowed to become reality, this movie would have done better as well.

[Glyph]

So it looks like more people went to the pre-release screenings instead of the day-of-release ones. That tells me that more people than normal were eager to see the movie sooner than later.

I dunno - that sounds to me like existing TF fans who were anticipating it went to see it as soon as possible, but the general public ignored it? That's worrying. I hope word of mouth picks up quickly, but there's no avoiding that the domestic opening fell well below what we (and presumably Hasbro/Paramount) hoped for - can't believe we were beaten out by the Beetlejuice cash grabsequel!

From what I can see, it should still be profitable - reviews are good and as a family film it hopefully has legs beyond the opening weekend - but not the smash hit we might have hoped for. I don't think it's brand "fatigue" so much as bad reputation from the tail end of the Bayverse, and a general lack of popularity in the kid market (insert rant about the biggest brand efforts of the last 10 years+ all being about chasing older fans, not attracting new ones).

As for me, I'll certainly be going to see it and adding my bit to the numbers... when it finally releases in another 3 weeks.

[ashe5k]

I really hope the word of mouth pays off and it has legs because this was fantastic.

[o.supreme]

I unfortunately had a super busy weekend. My son went with about 5 of his friends, they enjoyed it, I didn't ask about how crowded the theater was on Saturday night. Definitely feels strange; my son is a moderate fan, but he was more into it when he was younger, definitely is more interested in other things, which is fine. But he has already seen the film and I have not. Ill hopefully get to see it this coming weekend.

[DeathReviews]

If the movie had a 'modest budget', as was said in the other article, then a softer opening week shouldn't be a huge concern...

[Glyph]

As I understand it, its opening weekend was slightly higher than Bumblebee's, on roughly half the budget - and UK, Europe, S Korea and China haven't got it yet, so international revenue will definitely go up. I'm expecting it to be reasonably profitable in the end despite the disappointing US opening; the question is really what Hasbro/Paramount make of it, if anything (LdB did say they were planning on a trilogy, for what it's worth).

[Rodimus Prime]

(LdB did say they were planning on a trilogy, for what it's worth).

I hope that's true, there's plenty more story to tell.

[cloudballoon]

I'm optimistic on the overall office box finanicals that it'll be quite profitable for its budget at the end. Turning around the downward spiral on ROI since AOE/TLK. TF:1 will help get rid of the bad taste gen pop got on AOE/TLK and for some, ROTB and BBM. Ultimately, with mostly positive impressions of TF:1, it'll help make TF1's sequel a reality.

[-Kanrabat-]

I'm optimistic on the overall office box finanicals that it'll be quite profitable for its budget at the end. Turning around the downward spiral on ROI since AOE/TLK. TF:1 will help get rid of the bad taste gen pop got on AOE/TLK and for some, ROTB and BBM. Ultimately, with mostly positive impressions of TF:1, it'll help make TF1's sequel a reality.

The fact that the budget of that movie was quite small with no BLOAT nor reshoots festivals give it a good chance to break even despite the relatively low turnout.

Plus, there's one more thing going for the movie. The toy line sell like hot cakes.

These factors together makes the sequels a certainty.

[Sabrblade]

My biggest concern is how much The Wild Robot is probably going to just destroy TF One's chances of success, as people are already predicting that movie as being Oscar-worthy.

[-Kanrabat-]

My biggest concern is how much The Wild Robot is probably going to just destroy TF One's chances of success, as people are already predicting that movie as being Oscar-worthy.

The Oscars has been failing since at least a decade. What's being nominated no longer counts because the nominations are either bought, or they check the DEI boxes. Genuine good movies keep getting ignored while movies no one knows keep winning.

So, eh.

[Glyph]

or they check the DEI boxes

Oh give it a rest.

[-Kanrabat-]

or they check the DEI boxes

Oh give it a rest.

Why hiding the truth?

The boxes are checked, but people ain't buying.

Don't let toxic positivity ruin your things, when stating obvious criticism is forbidden.
That's what they did for the infamous Concord. Sure, that's a game, not a movie. But the comparison is the same. Concord would have sweep the gaming awards if the sales were at a sustainable minimum. Instead, Sony lost almost gulf a billion dollars and the game died after 1 week.

Anyway, these things are pretty over. Proof that there was internal memos to cut the DEI nonsense from Inside-Out 2.
The result: A BILLION at the box office.

[#1 Signal Lancer fan]

I was afraid of this when there were only 8 people besides myself in the 3D showing on Friday. It was 1:00 PM though, and I assumed more families would come to see it once kids were out of school.

I saw it in 4DX opening night and was surprised that my friend and I had the theatre to ourselves.

I had hoped it was just because it was a weekday night and there wasn't a big 4DX crowd for this movie.

That said, word of mouth might be big here. This movie has been very highly praised and is getting a lot of hyping up online. This movie could end up doing better in the long-run than opening weekend.

[Bumblevivisector]

or they check the DEI boxes

Oh give it a rest.

Why hiding the truth?

The boxes are checked, but people ain't buying.

Don't let toxic positivity ruin your things, when stating obvious criticism is forbidden.
That's what they did for the infamous Concord. Sure, that's a game, not a movie. But the comparison is the same. Concord would have sweep the gaming awards if the sales were at a sustainable minimum. Instead, Sony lost almost gulf a billion dollars and the game died after 1 week.

Anyway, these things are pretty over. Proof that there was internal memos to cut the DEI nonsense from Inside-Out 2.
The result: A BILLION at the box office.

As usual, you actually proved that anyone can validate any dumbass worldview by cherry-picking a few isolated statistics and claiming they're the only relevant factors behind some vague overarching trend. It's the same logic underlying the torrent of conspiracy theories influencing global politics today, as evidenced by Time Warner's suppression of the Batgirl and Wile E. Coyote movies, both of which are more relevant to this movie thread than whatever f@%king game you name-dropped.

THAT AM THE TRUTH.

To all the mods, I apologize in advance for derailing this thread, but even at the risk of feeding the trolls, someone had to say it this time.

[-Kanrabat-]

I was just explaining why the Oscars are irrelevant since a few years.

And you threw an overemotional tantrum in response.

Imagine my shock.

[william-james88]

We have more images of the Transformers One cards. Turns out these sre Chinese physical cards, some with holographic effect. While the Primes were the biggest news, since they were not clearly depicted in the film, it is nice to see other chars like Brawn, Sunstreaker and Ironhide. Some are cogless while others are cogged. There are a lot more cards than the ones shown below, as we can see from their indicated numbers. Hopefully the rest of the Primes subset will be found and shared.

[-Kanrabat-]

I wonder if we'll ever get toys from these Primes? In the SS line, of course.

The first step would be to have a decent voyager class Studio Series Alpha Trion.

[Glyph]

There are definitely days where you type out a whole thing and then think better of it.


Anyway, the Primes. Do we know if this will be feeding into the Age of the Primes toyline? Seems like a good opportunity to do some synergy. TBH the 13 have always been a part of TF lore that I find spectacularly uninteresting, but I will still be curious to see how they handle the subline (comparing to the POTP microfigs, at least).

[Sabrblade]

Anyway, the Primes. Do we know if this will be feeding into the Age of the Primes toyline? Seems like a good opportunity to do some synergy.

See here.

TBH the 13 have always been a part of TF lore that I find spectacularly uninteresting, but I will still be curious to see how they handle the subline (comparing to the POTP microfigs, at least).

It isn't a subline. It's the next main line after Legacy United.