Might as well get this old thread going again considering 2012 is coming mighty fast!
I think between them,
The Hobbit*
The Dark Knight Rises*
Brave* (Pixar always brings in a load of money)
The Amazing Spiderman
Bond 23/Skyfall
The Expendables 2
Ice Age 4
and The Avengers*
Will bring in an insane amount of money. Alot of the, especially the * ones, are already stirring alot of talk on the Internet and are getting hyped up a lot.
The three films I’m hoping to see next year are Brave,The Avengers, and The Dark Knight Rises. I expect Brave to make alot of money overseas due to the Scottish setting. Those films usually catch on over there.
Oh, I didn’t know this! I definitely want to see more. The first trailer was dull, and I have been looking forward to seeing Stanton do live-action stuff.
Takes a deep breath…Goon and War Horse which i’ve already seen, Tatsumi,A Monster In Paris, Women In Black, Man on a Ledge, The Muppets, The Descendants (these films haven’t come out here yet), Beauty and the Beast 3D, Gone, The Lorax, John Carter, Raven, The Hunger Games, Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Avengers, The Men In Black 3, Prometheus, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Brave, The Dark Knight Rises, Paranorman, Finding Nemo 3D, Frankenweenie, Skyfall, Wreck-It Ralph, Lincoln and of course, The Hobbit.
That’s a good question. I haven’t heard anything about it, but the movie is aimed at an older audience than that of Ponyo, Arietty, or the other Ghibli movies released in America with the help of Disney. Some citations on Wikipedia say that the Japanese audience is 87% 16 and older. It also has no elements of fantasy, so I’m guessing it will get a limited release similar to Tales from Earthsea—if anything.
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Oh, but you’re from the UK. That might make things different, but I still think it will get a limited release.
The UK got Arietty last summer but it was limited on release-it was in mainstream cinema for maybe a week-but having said that the DVD seems to be selling well and getting heavily advertised, which is, I am assuming, due to Disney’s help.
Having a look on IMDB, From Up on Poppy Hill got a French release last week, again presumably limited, so I’m hoping we’re not too far behind. No news on US release though . Alas, I can’t see Disney going all out to promote this one.
I’m jealous. The collector in me is ready to purchase a region-free DVD player and the imported DVD from Japan. But I guess that would be an investment since I watch a lot of East Asian films that aren’t available in the US.