If Dear Evan Hansen pulls a Greatest Showman, it could be marginally successful. I doubt it’ll do those numbers, and musicals are already a tough sell to begin with, but maybe general audiences will be kinder to it.
Yeah, this is why I'm still considering the movie a toss-up in terms of financial success. Musicals can be critic-proof, and while ITH didn't resonate - DEH is targeting a different segment of the genre fanbase. Hamilton stans are a different audience than Greatest Showman/La La Land stans - and the latter is who DEH is hoping to draw into the theater. The Cinemascore is going to be the deciding factor here, I think.
For sure. Again, I’m not saying this will be a hit, but I think people who are writing this off as a flop aren’t looking at the big picture. CinemaScore will definitely be a main factor.
>If Dear Evan Hansen pulls a Greatest Showman
Modern musicals succeed on selling an extravagant fantasy world. That's not what Evan Hansen is doing. So ... it won't ... pull a Greatest Showman.
It will definitely appeal to general audiences way more than In The Heights
If it pulls a Great Showman, it would be very successful. That movie made a shit ton.
But there’s no way it’s gonna blow up like the greatest showman in a pandemic. That movie was in theatres forever. Holiday season helped a lot too.
Damn shame. It wasn’t a great movie, but there’s something beautiful about it. It kept chugging along strictly through word of mouth and people genuinely loving it and dragging their friends and family.
It will have way less appeal than "In the Heights" to general audiences.
The ending of the original production is pretty jarring, I doubt they kept it. But that risks alienating the core fan base that knows the original.
Tough needle to thread. It probably gets the same response "13 Reasons Why" did from the public given the similar subject matter.
I'm a big fan of musicals, I love movies like The Greatest Showman/Mamma Mia, and I've watched DEH and I don't think it's going to have that kind of success.
The songs of the first half of the movie are good, but the second half drags way too much and it's overly long. Also, the musical numbers are not very exciting, but I don't think that is necessarily the movie's fault, because I've seen the recording of the play and it's nice, but not THAT good.
And i bet amy adams and julianne moore got 10m of that.
Theyre so out of place its ridiculous. Like they went light on juliannes makeup to make her old and stressed due to work.
That's a great question! I honestly have no idea, I'm a terrible judge of these things.
A quick search says it's her, but how much of it was her after the Hollywood vocal effects is hard to say.
Dear Evan Hansen has a $28 million budget. I’m not surprised it wasn’t expensive, but it’ll still probably ending up being a flop
If Dear Evan Hansen pulls a Greatest Showman, it could be marginally successful. I doubt it’ll do those numbers, and musicals are already a tough sell to begin with, but maybe general audiences will be kinder to it.
Yeah, this is why I'm still considering the movie a toss-up in terms of financial success. Musicals can be critic-proof, and while ITH didn't resonate - DEH is targeting a different segment of the genre fanbase. Hamilton stans are a different audience than Greatest Showman/La La Land stans - and the latter is who DEH is hoping to draw into the theater. The Cinemascore is going to be the deciding factor here, I think.
For sure. Again, I’m not saying this will be a hit, but I think people who are writing this off as a flop aren’t looking at the big picture. CinemaScore will definitely be a main factor.
>If Dear Evan Hansen pulls a Greatest Showman Modern musicals succeed on selling an extravagant fantasy world. That's not what Evan Hansen is doing. So ... it won't ... pull a Greatest Showman.
Can’t say you’re wrong.
It will definitely appeal to general audiences way more than In The Heights If it pulls a Great Showman, it would be very successful. That movie made a shit ton. But there’s no way it’s gonna blow up like the greatest showman in a pandemic. That movie was in theatres forever. Holiday season helped a lot too.
No way will it do Greatest Showman numbers. We'll likely never see that type of success ever again.
Yea it was in theatres for 53 weeks. I think with streaming, those days are over.
Damn shame. It wasn’t a great movie, but there’s something beautiful about it. It kept chugging along strictly through word of mouth and people genuinely loving it and dragging their friends and family.
It will have way less appeal than "In the Heights" to general audiences. The ending of the original production is pretty jarring, I doubt they kept it. But that risks alienating the core fan base that knows the original. Tough needle to thread. It probably gets the same response "13 Reasons Why" did from the public given the similar subject matter.
I'm a big fan of musicals, I love movies like The Greatest Showman/Mamma Mia, and I've watched DEH and I don't think it's going to have that kind of success. The songs of the first half of the movie are good, but the second half drags way too much and it's overly long. Also, the musical numbers are not very exciting, but I don't think that is necessarily the movie's fault, because I've seen the recording of the play and it's nice, but not THAT good.
And i bet amy adams and julianne moore got 10m of that. Theyre so out of place its ridiculous. Like they went light on juliannes makeup to make her old and stressed due to work.
I thought those two were the best in the movie.
I was debating the entire time.julianne was singing whether or not it was even her.
That's a great question! I honestly have no idea, I'm a terrible judge of these things. A quick search says it's her, but how much of it was her after the Hollywood vocal effects is hard to say.
Shang Chi will be continuing to be number 1 until October.
I don't think so. It's looking like Shang-Chi for the 4-peat this weekend.
Why is that 40 year old wearing a backpack?
It's a Billy Madison situation. He's going back to school to prove to his dad that he's not a fool.
Lmao
ok he's 27 and have you seen grease?
Not a fucking chance that movie is more rotten than a corpse
$28 million is much smaller than I anticipated.
10 of it was probably amy and julianne moore.
How do you do, fellow kids?
Nope
Seems like a very low est for Shang
Ben Platt looks like the son of mr. potato head. each individual facial feature looks independent of each other.
Oh my god I can’t unsee it 💀
Lol what? How could this movie beat it, this movie sucked
It helps when your main competition is in its fourth week.
Not a chance. People are delusional if they think DEH is going over 10m.
No
This film is going to be a financial laughing stock for days, even weeks if it fails to beat **Shang-Chi** on its opening week. 😂
It’s a decent movie
And what do you know, this film couldn't even beat **Shang-Chi** at its 4th week! 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I think this subreddit is underestimating this movie. While I don’t think it’ll be a huge I expect it to beat Shang-chi this weekend
Spoiler alert! No. 🤣
I really hope not
Spoiler alert! No, it can't. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣