James Cameron's threequel achieved the milestone Saturday at the New Year weekend box office. Other holiday victors include sleeper hit 'The Housemaid' and Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme.'
I haven’t seen the last two Avatar movies after I found the first one kinda meh. But I’m surprised at how well they do at the box office. I know of nobody that actually saw those (where many people saw the first one). If it comes up, most people will say something like: “Oh they made another? Didn’t know that”.
Am I just so far out of the target audience? Do a lot of kids like these movies?
They’re sci-fi movies for people who aren’t sci-fi nerds. Most people go see it in theaters, have a good time, and then move on with their lives. The kind of people these movies appeal to aren’t the type to get caught up in fandoms and Comic-Con.
This is it. I had this conversation on Bluesky the other day; they make a fortune in theaters because everyone knows you MUST see them on the biggest possible screen and then nobody watches them on home media because it looks like dog shit on most TVs.
Its surprising how quietly some movies will have big success these days. Usually it’d feel like its everywhere prior to even hitting the big milestones, but this just snuck up on me. Like Kpop Demon Hunters had more presence exposing aspects of it like songs or clips to people who hadn’t seen it, so it felt like something that had captured such a huge audience.
The first one made a billion. The second one made two billion. If this snuck up on you, you were not paying attention. It was projects to blast past a billion.
I feel like you are talking from your personal experience and point of view.
I’ve seen zero ads about this movie where I live, no posters, no commercials, no press releases, nothing. It wasn’t even in the movie recommendation list. This is probably because people who like the franchise are going to watch it anyways and people who have no interest based on the first two movies aren’t suddenly going to see the third one based on some ads. I can easily believe this movie snuck up on people.
It appears regional differences are pretty big with this franchise. As another commenter said it’s big in China and also in the US. In the EU it does well in France, but not as well in other countries. So don’t just go off the total revenue.
Edit: I looked at reviews in local newspapers / websites and they were pretty bad. That probably lead to not many people going to see it around here. They stated it was visually impressive, but the run time was way too long and the story was just a repeat almost beat for beat. So a visual spectacle, but as a movie not very good.
I asked a question, you are posting like it’s a fact. It might be like that where you live, I’m telling you it isn’t like that over here. So don’t post like what you are saying is the absolute and only truth.
You are also down voting and reacting negatively on all the posts in this thread. That shouts fanboy behavior and isn’t a good look.
You are posting the same thing people have been saying about avatar 3 for the last three weeks. “No one talks about it” “ np one I know has seen it” “no one has heard about it.”
Alright, I haven’t seen any of that but I can believe it.
So instead of seeing those posts as an indication the marketing on this movie has been pretty bad, you conclude those people must be wrong and it’s your job to correct them? Insert Simpsons kids must be wrong meme.
Like I said, they probably didn’t do a lot of marketing because people who saw the first two will probably see the third and people who didn’t aren’t really interested most likely. Plus the name itself carries a lot.
My personal experience is nobody has talked about it and nobody has seen it. Hence my surprise and my question. I don’t recall any other posts on Lemmy about this movie.
From what I can see if I look it up, the movie didn’t do well around where I live. There was little to none marketing and got poor reviews. It also did kind of meh on sites like rotten tomatoes for a movie that did so well in terms of revenue.
You are obviously a fan and might be in the core target audience so maybe were exposed to focused marketing. And obviously depending on your location and audience group, it was something people were hyped about and did go see the movie. The money the movie made indicates that this is in fact the case.
Please step out of your bubble and realize both experiences can be true and factual at the same time. Don’t go around being negative about it and just explain your point of view without denying the experience of others.
I didn’t need to pay attention to kpop demon hunters to know about it and it become a cultural phenomenon. And it wasn’t even an existing franchise.
I’m speaking of that aspect. Where even if you don’t see something you’ll see references being made so even people who haven’t seen it are made aware of it by regular people. Such as the invincible “think, mark” memes that spread, and the golden song that is everywhere.
I haven’t seen the last two Avatar movies after I found the first one kinda meh. But I’m surprised at how well they do at the box office. I know of nobody that actually saw those (where many people saw the first one). If it comes up, most people will say something like: “Oh they made another? Didn’t know that”.
Am I just so far out of the target audience? Do a lot of kids like these movies?
They’re sci-fi movies for people who aren’t sci-fi nerds. Most people go see it in theaters, have a good time, and then move on with their lives. The kind of people these movies appeal to aren’t the type to get caught up in fandoms and Comic-Con.
And apparently, Avatar is REALLY huge in China.
This is it. I had this conversation on Bluesky the other day; they make a fortune in theaters because everyone knows you MUST see them on the biggest possible screen and then nobody watches them on home media because it looks like dog shit on most TVs.
That is not true. You must have a shit TV. The movies look incredible on my tv.
Its surprising how quietly some movies will have big success these days. Usually it’d feel like its everywhere prior to even hitting the big milestones, but this just snuck up on me. Like Kpop Demon Hunters had more presence exposing aspects of it like songs or clips to people who hadn’t seen it, so it felt like something that had captured such a huge audience.
The first one made a billion. The second one made two billion. If this snuck up on you, you were not paying attention. It was projects to blast past a billion.
I feel like you are talking from your personal experience and point of view.
I’ve seen zero ads about this movie where I live, no posters, no commercials, no press releases, nothing. It wasn’t even in the movie recommendation list. This is probably because people who like the franchise are going to watch it anyways and people who have no interest based on the first two movies aren’t suddenly going to see the third one based on some ads. I can easily believe this movie snuck up on people.
It appears regional differences are pretty big with this franchise. As another commenter said it’s big in China and also in the US. In the EU it does well in France, but not as well in other countries. So don’t just go off the total revenue.
Edit: I looked at reviews in local newspapers / websites and they were pretty bad. That probably lead to not many people going to see it around here. They stated it was visually impressive, but the run time was way too long and the story was just a repeat almost beat for beat. So a visual spectacle, but as a movie not very good.
Of course I am… I am countering your post that is about your personal experience and view….
You did not see any adds. Millions of people did. The only way you could not have awareness of Avatar 3 is too not be paying attention.
I asked a question, you are posting like it’s a fact. It might be like that where you live, I’m telling you it isn’t like that over here. So don’t post like what you are saying is the absolute and only truth.
You are also down voting and reacting negatively on all the posts in this thread. That shouts fanboy behavior and isn’t a good look.
You are posting the same thing people have been saying about avatar 3 for the last three weeks. “No one talks about it” “ np one I know has seen it” “no one has heard about it.”
Alright, I haven’t seen any of that but I can believe it.
So instead of seeing those posts as an indication the marketing on this movie has been pretty bad, you conclude those people must be wrong and it’s your job to correct them? Insert Simpsons kids must be wrong meme.
Like I said, they probably didn’t do a lot of marketing because people who saw the first two will probably see the third and people who didn’t aren’t really interested most likely. Plus the name itself carries a lot.
My personal experience is nobody has talked about it and nobody has seen it. Hence my surprise and my question. I don’t recall any other posts on Lemmy about this movie.
From what I can see if I look it up, the movie didn’t do well around where I live. There was little to none marketing and got poor reviews. It also did kind of meh on sites like rotten tomatoes for a movie that did so well in terms of revenue.
You are obviously a fan and might be in the core target audience so maybe were exposed to focused marketing. And obviously depending on your location and audience group, it was something people were hyped about and did go see the movie. The money the movie made indicates that this is in fact the case.
Please step out of your bubble and realize both experiences can be true and factual at the same time. Don’t go around being negative about it and just explain your point of view without denying the experience of others.
I didn’t need to pay attention to kpop demon hunters to know about it and it become a cultural phenomenon. And it wasn’t even an existing franchise.
I’m speaking of that aspect. Where even if you don’t see something you’ll see references being made so even people who haven’t seen it are made aware of it by regular people. Such as the invincible “think, mark” memes that spread, and the golden song that is everywhere.
I enjoyed the first two well enough. The biggest draw for me is not the story telling, but how visually gorgeous I find them.
My SO watched and liked the second Avatar movie.
I haven’t even seen the first one. I win!
Yes.
Yes and a lot of adults too. The avatar movies are beloved.