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So has anyone watched Emoji?
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Rossum
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Go anyway, if only to give her support when the movie tries to break her. Make plans to get ice cream or something afterwards to get the taste out of your mouth and soul.
diefreien
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@tankdrop24
When my dad, my sister, and I went to see Inside Out we stopped off to get lunch in the food court afterwards and talked about the movie. Neither of them were particularly fond of it (the whole "So the main character's just controlled by a bunch of little people in her head." part was pretty weird) but we did have fun chatting. My sister and I did a similar thing after seeing The Force Awakens and got to make fun of the weird parts of the movie.
So at the very least, I'd say having lunch or ice cream and making fun of this giant commercial afterwards could make for a nice experience.
Also, it would be irresponsible to leave her alone in the theater with that movie. She might not realize she can leave to escape it.
diefreien
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@tankdrop24
My friend and I were planning to watch The Emoji Movie together, then he went to Busch Gardens for four days on short notice. I guarantee, if he was there with me, it would've be 10x better. Having company after/during seeing a movie is nice in general; at least for me.
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I heard there was one funny part involving the Just Dance app.
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So, a schedule slip up that means that I got out of seeing it yesterday. Sadly, we rescheduled for next monday.
This doesn't really tell me much, all I know is that two people who really hated the movie both genuinely enjoyed a part related to Just Dance.
serra2
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I would not normally advise this, but for this film, I would seriously suggest finding a way to fall down a flight of stairs, or break a limb. These would be far less painful options compared to seeing this film.
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So, did you survived?
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Shanejayell
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So far, I have seen NO positive reviews. So... good luck when it does happen?
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Unfortunately it's still making good money 
tankdrop24
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rub that salt in harder why don't youUnfortunately it's still making good money
CommanderBlade
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So just watched it and I have to say...can I go and watch Pixels again instead of that
Went to see War of the Planet of the Apes tonight and I heard the woman at the ticket booth across from me getting tickets for me so that was a little sad.
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No it doesn't lol.Unfortunately it's still making good money
Production budget was 50 million, and as of now, Emoji earned somewhere about 33 in... what, an opening weekend? They should have hit fifty already, and their box office is doing horribly.
Though I am seeing a number of 'it's not painful-bad, just boring-bad' reviews.
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Oh please. I bet they broke even before it even released on product placement deals alone. By volume half the runtime is ads.
I wonder if it's an improvement or not that Sony just pulled a games-industry and brought the review embargo forward to literally hours before release instead of buying fake reviews for promotional purposes this time
diefreien
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Oh please. I bet they broke even before it even released on product placement deals alone. By volume half the runtime is ads.
I wonder if it's an improvement or not that Sony just pulled a games-industry and brought the review embargo forward to literally hours before release instead of buying fake reviews for promotional purposes this time
I...I don't know how to feel about that.
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Thing is, while studio might profit from the movie before release, theaters don't - and unlike Russia, where many bad movies are also running on product placement, no one can actually force theaters to save their best spots for Emoji 2: Clash of Candy, which leads to ads being useless for their respective companies.
Hence, Emoji is fucked either way.
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diefreien
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Yeah, the studio-theater relationship is rather one sided. The studio makes a huge majority of ticket sales, as they lease the movies to theater chains. There's a reason why snacks are so expensive. I'm assuming this dates back to the Golden Age of Hollywood and the immediate aftermath, in which studios owned every aspect of production and distribution and after the Supreme Court broke up these monopolies in the 40's, I'm guessing that these theaters couldn't really make money without direct distribution from the source, so they had to sign up for these extortionate deals.
Edit: I don't remember where exactly I learned this, but source I found.
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I heard it was a 25 million dollar opening weekend ... which is a solid result for a film that only cost 50 million to make. To put in perspective, 25 million dollars is a quarter of absolute smash hit super film Wonder Woman's opening weekend. Emoji will have to stall immediately for it to be a flop. Just saying.