By Dan Pua Got so many videos, better post this now before I get any more! Prepare yourself for another installment of Dan posts silly videos cos he's bored Boob Toob Supplemental! You can thank that sicko Bobgar for the gif above.
Understanding Art House: Snowpiercer Major spoilers if you haven't seen Snowpiercer so please watch that movie first before watching this video. There's a lot to take in during and after the movie and this analysis helps frame things although someone out there has probably done an even more in depth analysis. Watch out for a Snowpiercer review in an upcoming episode of the Boob Toob.
Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist This is a fan made web series based on a hugely popular video game by Capcom. It apparently got approval from Capcom. At first I wasn't digging it and didn't feel as though the actors were fit to play Ryu and Ken but it ended up being pretty interesting. Although I admit it may not be all that interesting to non-fans. There's a surprise cameo from another Capcom property that I greatly enjoyed. The link below is episode 00 or 'Alpha' which acts as a prelude but is actually set some time in the future (sorry for the confusion!) when Ryu and Ken are fighting. Episode 1 shows us how it all started and takes it from there. It's a Ryu and Ken story ut also goes into the history of their master, Goken. There's 12 mini episodes, each being 12 mins or so in length. We found a version where it's just one big movie so that might've helped with our enjoyment. But who knows, maybe others would rather watch it in bite sized chunks. Check it out if you liked the game from back in the day but maybe not if you didn't care for the game. They're apparently doing a season 2.
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno trailer
Rebecca is losing her mind right about now.
Walt & Jesse's new gig Wait... no more drugs? *sad face* Hi Elaine!
Brain loses his %#*! and swears at Pinky Gotta love Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche but poor Pinky!
Every Sam Jackson MF-er ever I think I used up my lifetime quota for hearing that word.
Michael Bay's 'UP' More like 'Blowed UP' am I rite?
Spidey being a jerk while dancing to Psy Thanks LA Rabbit!
Magic tricks you can do with everyday objects The ghost of Harry Houdini making Youtube videos now?
All the Ultra Street Fighter IV combos Or "watch Dan get beat up for 14 mins".
By Dan Pua Some months ago, I don't even remember when, Bobgar and I made a bet over which movie was going to make more money: the movie with the talking apes or the movie with the talking raccoon and tree? Or rather...
Bobgar went with Apes and the Marvel Zombie that I am, I went with GotG. Be sure to listen to our upcoming Boob Toob episode where we discuss these movies with our good friend and fellow Earth 2 Network bro Lawrence Rosales. Thanks by the way to Box Office Mojo since I'll be referring to them for all the figures. As of Friday, 8 August 2014, 11am Australian Eastern Standard time (some time Thursday evening/night for US peeps) GotG has made $126,759,442 and there's still one day to go in its first week. Apes made $102,952,844 in its first week. GotG also made more monies during the first weekend by ooga chaka-ing itself to $94.3m vs the $72.6m that Apes in its opening weekend. So talking raccoon and tree wins the first weekend and the first week. But there was another component to the bet. Bobgar predicted that GotG will open big and have a huge drop in its second week. Fair enough, GotG is a bit of an unknown quantity and who wants to watch a superhero sci-fi movie, right? Even I couldn't be sure that this wasn't going to happen. Apes made $52.7m in its second week, a 48.8% drop from the first week. Not bad. Assuming GotG passes the $130m mark, it will have to drop by about 60% in its second week to match the $52.7m second week haul of Apes. Or 80% (i.e. make about $25m) if it is to match the week 1 and 2 total of Apes ($155.7m).
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Production budget - $170,000,000 Opening weekend - $72,611,427 Week 1 - $102,952,844 Week 2 - $52,735,785 Guardians of the Galaxy Production budget - $170,000,000 Opening weekend - $94,320,883 Week 1 - Over $126,759,442 (one day left in the week) Week 2 - ? If I remember, I'll update this write up next week with 2nd week figures. In the meantime, check out Bobgar's Koba!
UPDATE: August 18, 2014 GotG has beaten Apes' total domestic haul. GotG has $222.3m while Apes is at $201.8m. GotG earned $63.2m in its second week, a 53% drop but still higher than Apes' $52.7m. So if we're only talking US numbers, looks like I won the bet. Here's the thing though: Apes is doing really well in foreign markets, having earned $334.8m so far. At the moment, GotG is at $196.4m. So if we're taking those figures into account, Bobgar may have me beat (for now). While I'm here, check out these failed Apes sequel names. Also Groot and his new shirt! Fun stuff! Gotta do this again next year. Perhaps we'll bet on...
