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Most of the bad reviews, at least here in the US, have been about the source material and the story not being politically correct enough. Alex is actually getting credit for carrying a movie with that much negative press and it not being a flop. It has now crossed the $200 million mark internationally and should have a huge increase tomorrow as the international numbers update and China is included. Tarzan should pull at least $400 million internationally. It's on track for $120-130 million US.
This report was 2 days ago. The Chinese box office is in a slump and as at 21 July LoT was coming in top place at only $7 million US. That doesn't include this weekend though so let's hope. Other markets may have done better.
http://chinafilminsider.com/tarzan-...ptrace-lull-china-box-office-summer-doldrums/
Oz-centric note: LoT is in 2nd place here at just over $9 million.
http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/boxoffice.asp
It was interesting to read the reviews of Secret Life and Ghostbusters because they got good reviews, but reading them a lot of the reviews were more along the line of 'it's got flaws but overlook them'. Something a lot of the critics were unable to do with LOT.
I think Alex is going do fine regarding the reception from LOT. He did get some bad reviews, but overall I doubt that it's hurt his career. He did not get Taylor Kitsched, as many people where thinking/hoping.
The domestic box office is better than expected, but the overseas box office is less, I don't think it'll make 400 million, even with Germany and Japan opening next week.
Looking at Box Office Mojo's list of foreign countries they're missing a few that it's been released in, like Sweden, so the actual numbers may be a little higher.
Watching some of the trailers being released at ComicCon I've enjoyed some of them very much. But the King Arthur trailer is ... not good. Though someone at Box Office Theory suggested that WB market it like they did LOT, just focus on Hunnam's abs.
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@BuckeyeChicago King Arthur has as mottled a history as Tarzan's. From Sean Connery/Richard Gere's First Knight to the Keira Knightley one a few years ago.
I have to say the two I've most enjoyed were the old film Excalibur and the historically incorrect but fun TV series Merlin.
I'm here for the Wonder Woman film. I saw the SDCC trailer. If I dared I'd post an old photo of me at 10 dressed like her. She's a fave.
Back to Alex. I agree - I doubt it will crack $400 million. He deserves a break though. That was a rigourous and enthusiastic PR junket.
I have to say the two I've most enjoyed were the old film Excalibur and the historically incorrect but fun TV series Merlin.
I'm here for the Wonder Woman film. I saw the SDCC trailer. If I dared I'd post an old photo of me at 10 dressed like her. She's a fave.
Back to Alex. I agree - I doubt it will crack $400 million. He deserves a break though. That was a rigourous and enthusiastic PR junket.
The foreign numbers on Box office mojo are from 7/17/16. They have an entire week to update, plus a number of countries to add. It's still expected to have a 25%domestic/75%foreign split. If you do the math, that takes it over $400 million worldwide.
ETA Box office mojo just updated. China is still not added. It's now at $115 million domestic, $145 million foreign. $261 million worldwide
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=tarzan2016.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=main&id=tarzan2016.htm
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Thanks, Free & Kit.
Excerpts from Alex's interviews while promoting LOT in Argentina:
From Telam.com.ar via ASN:
Telam: There were many versions that we’ve met of Tarzan How did you differentiate your character from the previous ones?
Alexander Skarsgård: I tried not to copy. Once I started working on my idea of the character, I decided to stay away from the old Tarzan movies, I did not want to compare my character with that of the previous players because it is always better to create it from a blank canvas. I started working from the script and from what I was excited about the character, and I automatically felt the duality between man and beast represented Tarzan. On the one hand this sophisticated character, a Victorian aristocrat, and on the other, an animal that was raised by apes.
T: Did you feel any identification with Tarzan?
Alex: The animal is still there and although Tarzan does not want it to appear, it slowly emerges when he returns to the jungle, that is when the beast comes out and becomes Tarzan. I think it has to do with me and any human being on the planet, we all have this dichotomy between civilized man, or trying to be, and the beast that has animal instincts hovering at some point. It is always very interesting to see how and when those instincts emerge.
T: This is the first film for Yates as director after "Harry Potter" How was it working with him?
Alex: I was very happy to hear that Yates was directing the film. It proves that you can make funny movies, adventure and action, and I am personally a fan of his previous work on British television. He is a director who really cares about the characters, approaches the stories and the relationships between them from an intimate perspective and that is very important to me.
T: Is there a search for awareness of the Congolese oppression in history?
Alex: Although it is an action and adventure movie, most people do not know what happened in the Congo, about King Leopold II, about genocide, how it was for people, for animals and nature as well this is an opportunity to shed light on that. I liked that the story is constructed in a specific time and place, and has more to do with the background but through the eyes of Tarzan shows what these people did to the country. I think it's relevant even though it occurred more than 100 years ago.
T: Do you think that these conflicts are still in force?
Alex: I think we keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and torturing ourselves. Although slavery was abolished, the sense of superiority and the prevalence of imperialism, in our society today is a big problem.
http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201607/155681-leyenda-tarzan-skarsgard.html
Translation: Google + Babelfish + Clean-up by ASN
Excerpts from Alex's interviews while promoting LOT in Argentina:
From Telam.com.ar via ASN:
Telam: There were many versions that we’ve met of Tarzan How did you differentiate your character from the previous ones?
Alexander Skarsgård: I tried not to copy. Once I started working on my idea of the character, I decided to stay away from the old Tarzan movies, I did not want to compare my character with that of the previous players because it is always better to create it from a blank canvas. I started working from the script and from what I was excited about the character, and I automatically felt the duality between man and beast represented Tarzan. On the one hand this sophisticated character, a Victorian aristocrat, and on the other, an animal that was raised by apes.
T: Did you feel any identification with Tarzan?
Alex: The animal is still there and although Tarzan does not want it to appear, it slowly emerges when he returns to the jungle, that is when the beast comes out and becomes Tarzan. I think it has to do with me and any human being on the planet, we all have this dichotomy between civilized man, or trying to be, and the beast that has animal instincts hovering at some point. It is always very interesting to see how and when those instincts emerge.
T: This is the first film for Yates as director after "Harry Potter" How was it working with him?
Alex: I was very happy to hear that Yates was directing the film. It proves that you can make funny movies, adventure and action, and I am personally a fan of his previous work on British television. He is a director who really cares about the characters, approaches the stories and the relationships between them from an intimate perspective and that is very important to me.
T: Is there a search for awareness of the Congolese oppression in history?
Alex: Although it is an action and adventure movie, most people do not know what happened in the Congo, about King Leopold II, about genocide, how it was for people, for animals and nature as well this is an opportunity to shed light on that. I liked that the story is constructed in a specific time and place, and has more to do with the background but through the eyes of Tarzan shows what these people did to the country. I think it's relevant even though it occurred more than 100 years ago.
T: Do you think that these conflicts are still in force?
Alex: I think we keep making the same mistakes over and over again, and torturing ourselves. Although slavery was abolished, the sense of superiority and the prevalence of imperialism, in our society today is a big problem.
http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201607/155681-leyenda-tarzan-skarsgard.html
Translation: Google + Babelfish + Clean-up by ASN
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From Gente.com.ar via ASN:
Alex on how he trained for such a challenge [of The Legend of Tarzan]:
"What you see in the film is my body. No photoshop. They were nine months between preparation and filming. I needed to have flexibility, agility and be athletic. I needed to follow a very strict diet: no sugar or wine, gymnastics, movement exercises, yoga, pilates ... Even postures were worked on with a choreographer. I made all the changes necessary to transform into Tarzan. I found interesting the slow transformation of a lord to a Tarzan "he says, describing part of the argument of the film by David Yates, who among others directed four Harry Potter movies.
Regarding his physical worked, he laughs when consulted about his sex symbol status, which even led him to become the face of the Encounter fragrance by Calvin Klein. "Sometimes magazines put a picture, they try to throw a compliment, you get called 'sexy', and so on ... It's nice and fun, but it is important for an actor not to focus on that, because it can become a big problem. You think you're the best and the sexiest, until they forget about you and move onto another.. Vanity is dangerous, it rises you above yourself. The ups and downs can make you sick and even lead you to suicide. So I try to distance myself from those things,” admits the man on whose sentimental and private life little is known (just a couple of alleged romances with colleagues).
Alex on Argentina:
Two of my closest friends were born here and then settled in Sweden. With them, I watched the games of your Seleccionado [Argentina national football team] with [Diego] Maradona and [Gabriel] Batistuta, one of my idols. I also saw The Secret in Their Eyes [El secreto de sus ojos](2009 film), which I found incredible, and Wild Tales [Relatos salvajes](2014 film), that fascinated me. I would like Damian Szifrón [writer-director of Wild Tales] to direct me,” he says, adding that before presenting the film in Buenos Aires, he had lunch at El Sanjuanino, where, “I asked what were the empanadas, and ended up eating a dozen, "he admits. And rounding up the interview: "I am mesmerized with your country. It's exciting. I assure you I would love if Tarzan 2 could be filmed here.”
Source: gente.com.ar
http://www.gente.com.ar/actualidad/charla-con-alexander-skarsg-rd-el-nuevo-tarzan/22334.html
via genteonline twitter
https://twitter.com/genteonline/status/757091722652418048
Translation: Google + Babelfish + Clean-up by ASN
Trivia: El Sanjuanino already has the article about Alex up on their website.
http://www.elsanjuanino.com.ar/noticias/alexander-skarsgard-en-argentina/
Alex on how he trained for such a challenge [of The Legend of Tarzan]:
"What you see in the film is my body. No photoshop. They were nine months between preparation and filming. I needed to have flexibility, agility and be athletic. I needed to follow a very strict diet: no sugar or wine, gymnastics, movement exercises, yoga, pilates ... Even postures were worked on with a choreographer. I made all the changes necessary to transform into Tarzan. I found interesting the slow transformation of a lord to a Tarzan "he says, describing part of the argument of the film by David Yates, who among others directed four Harry Potter movies.
Regarding his physical worked, he laughs when consulted about his sex symbol status, which even led him to become the face of the Encounter fragrance by Calvin Klein. "Sometimes magazines put a picture, they try to throw a compliment, you get called 'sexy', and so on ... It's nice and fun, but it is important for an actor not to focus on that, because it can become a big problem. You think you're the best and the sexiest, until they forget about you and move onto another.. Vanity is dangerous, it rises you above yourself. The ups and downs can make you sick and even lead you to suicide. So I try to distance myself from those things,” admits the man on whose sentimental and private life little is known (just a couple of alleged romances with colleagues).
Alex on Argentina:
Two of my closest friends were born here and then settled in Sweden. With them, I watched the games of your Seleccionado [Argentina national football team] with [Diego] Maradona and [Gabriel] Batistuta, one of my idols. I also saw The Secret in Their Eyes [El secreto de sus ojos](2009 film), which I found incredible, and Wild Tales [Relatos salvajes](2014 film), that fascinated me. I would like Damian Szifrón [writer-director of Wild Tales] to direct me,” he says, adding that before presenting the film in Buenos Aires, he had lunch at El Sanjuanino, where, “I asked what were the empanadas, and ended up eating a dozen, "he admits. And rounding up the interview: "I am mesmerized with your country. It's exciting. I assure you I would love if Tarzan 2 could be filmed here.”
Source: gente.com.ar
http://www.gente.com.ar/actualidad/charla-con-alexander-skarsg-rd-el-nuevo-tarzan/22334.html
via genteonline twitter
https://twitter.com/genteonline/status/757091722652418048
Translation: Google + Babelfish + Clean-up by ASN
Trivia: El Sanjuanino already has the article about Alex up on their website.
http://www.elsanjuanino.com.ar/noticias/alexander-skarsgard-en-argentina/
More from the LOT Brazil premiere (July 18, 2016):
http://www.imprensadorock.com.br/le...e-branco-na-infancia-diz-alexander-skarsgard/
Teve première de a Lenda do Tarzan e eu fui! Valeu @hugogloss , fazendo corações mais felizes haha! E já adianto que o filme está lindo! #alendadetarzan #premierehugogloss #tbt #filme #caixabelasartes #alexanderskarsgard
We had premiere of Legend of Tarzan and I was! Thanks @hugogloss, making happier hearts haha! And already advance that the film is beautiful! #alendadetarzan #premierehugogloss #tbt #filme #caixabelasartes #alexanderskarsgard
-tamarabueno instagram
Pré estreia filme "a lenda do tarzan" com o ator #alexanderskarsgard em SP #alendadotarzan #alexanderskarsgard #azziagency
Pre debut movie "The Legend of Tarzan" with actor #alexanderskarsgard SP #alendadotarzan #alexanderskarsgard #azziagency
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O dia em que eu dei sorte na vida, ganhei entrada vip na Premier brasileira e vi o Eric de True Blood todo lindo de terninho falando pra gente aproveitar o filme do #Tarzan 18/07/2016 #tarzannobrasil #ALEXANDERskarsgard #EricNorthman #vscosp
The day I got lucky in life, won VIP entrance into the Brazilian Premier and saw Eric True Blood lovely pantsuit talking to us all enjoy the movie #Tarzan 18/07/2016 #tarzannobrasil #ALEXANDERskarsgard #EricNorthman #vscosp
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Fan photos from July 17, 2016 (Brazil):
one last time #alexanderskarsgård #alexanderskarsgard #legendoftarzan #tarzan #trueblood
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Acho q agora ja ta bom de ft minha com esse amorzinho
#alexanderskarsgard #alexanderskarsgardnobrasil #tarzannobrasil #tarzanmovie2016 #tarzan #ericnorthman #truebloodlove #trueblood #truebloodforever #muitofeliz #melhordiadoano
I q now already okay ft my little love with this
#alexanderskarsgard #alexanderskarsgardnobrasil #tarzannobrasil # tarzanmovie2016 #tarzan #ericnorthman #truebloodlove #trueblood #truebloodforever #muitofeliz #melhordiadoano
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Fan photo from July 15, 2016 (Argentina):
So let's talk about how I'll never ever get over this
#AlexanderSkarsgard #AlexanderSkarsgård
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Fan pic in Tokyo (June 9, 2016):
泰山怎麼可以那麼帥啊 [Taishan how can so handsome ah]
Let me take a welfie with the Tarzan
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http://www.imprensadorock.com.br/le...e-branco-na-infancia-diz-alexander-skarsgard/
Teve première de a Lenda do Tarzan e eu fui! Valeu @hugogloss , fazendo corações mais felizes haha! E já adianto que o filme está lindo! #alendadetarzan #premierehugogloss #tbt #filme #caixabelasartes #alexanderskarsgard
We had premiere of Legend of Tarzan and I was! Thanks @hugogloss, making happier hearts haha! And already advance that the film is beautiful! #alendadetarzan #premierehugogloss #tbt #filme #caixabelasartes #alexanderskarsgard
-tamarabueno instagram
Pré estreia filme "a lenda do tarzan" com o ator #alexanderskarsgard em SP #alendadotarzan #alexanderskarsgard #azziagency
Pre debut movie "The Legend of Tarzan" with actor #alexanderskarsgard SP #alendadotarzan #alexanderskarsgard #azziagency
-duducarioca7 instagram
O dia em que eu dei sorte na vida, ganhei entrada vip na Premier brasileira e vi o Eric de True Blood todo lindo de terninho falando pra gente aproveitar o filme do #Tarzan 18/07/2016 #tarzannobrasil #ALEXANDERskarsgard #EricNorthman #vscosp
The day I got lucky in life, won VIP entrance into the Brazilian Premier and saw Eric True Blood lovely pantsuit talking to us all enjoy the movie #Tarzan 18/07/2016 #tarzannobrasil #ALEXANDERskarsgard #EricNorthman #vscosp
-wint3rs0und instagram
Fan photos from July 17, 2016 (Brazil):
one last time #alexanderskarsgård #alexanderskarsgard #legendoftarzan #tarzan #trueblood
-daviventtura instagram
Acho q agora ja ta bom de ft minha com esse amorzinho
#alexanderskarsgard #alexanderskarsgardnobrasil #tarzannobrasil #tarzanmovie2016 #tarzan #ericnorthman #truebloodlove #trueblood #truebloodforever #muitofeliz #melhordiadoano
I q now already okay ft my little love with this
#alexanderskarsgard #alexanderskarsgardnobrasil #tarzannobrasil # tarzanmovie2016 #tarzan #ericnorthman #truebloodlove #trueblood #truebloodforever #muitofeliz #melhordiadoano
-_gabrielle_veiga instagram
Fan photo from July 15, 2016 (Argentina):
So let's talk about how I'll never ever get over this
#AlexanderSkarsgard #AlexanderSkarsgård
-blueboxgenius instagram
Fan pic in Tokyo (June 9, 2016):
泰山怎麼可以那麼帥啊 [Taishan how can so handsome ah]
Let me take a welfie with the Tarzan
- sylviasayang instagram
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Thak you so much for all this pics and info.
I hope the bad reviews don´t damage his career. I read some Spanish reviews that they show the deep ignorance about Alex
The reviews are bad, however TLoT has been number 1 since 22 July in Spain. Two days: 700.000 €. Maybe the public don´t care their opinions
I hope the bad reviews don´t damage his career. I read some Spanish reviews that they show the deep ignorance about Alex
The reviews are bad, however TLoT has been number 1 since 22 July in Spain. Two days: 700.000 €. Maybe the public don´t care their opinions
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@Henares I think that's the trend for the film worldwide. It's bucking the critics reviews and finding favour with crowds.
@Kitkath70 That's great news. I'm happy to be wrong about that.
@Kitkath70 That's great news. I'm happy to be wrong about that.
It does.
I really liked WW, and Justice League's trailers. Kong and KA, not so much.
He really did well on this one. And considering that WOE probably won't have much of a rollout, he won't have to worry about doing promotion until Big Little Lies.
I'm still not entirely convinced that it'll hit 400 million world wide. However, the final BO tally, combined with dvd/cable, etc may get it to the point where it either breaks even or doesn't lose that much. Meaning it'll still do better than those who predicted it'll be a total flop.
And the reality is this spring/summer live action movies, even those with good reviews and word of mouth, aren't doing super box office. Basically, after Deadpool, the biggest earnings have been movies with animated/cgi animals as the main focus.
I don't think it should. For one, the criticism of his performance in particular weren't 100% negative, even in those reviews that didn't like the movie.
Also, while the final box office tally isn't what WB had hoped, it's not the disaster predicted either.
And some of that can be credited to Alex. The question going in was 'can a non-A list actor lead a big studio move'? I think the answer is yes. I don't know what this will mean in terms of what scripts he might be offered now, but I don't think LOT has damaged his career.
I can't keep up - has this been posted? It was posted to YT on 22 July. This might be one of my favourite interviews. Especially towards the end. The interviewer tells Alex about the Broadway version of True Blood, and she gets Margot to choose between Tarzan and The Joker. Margot is....refreshingly honest in her answer - it made me laugh. (and also, these two really like each other, you can't fake that)
There's a whole series on Tarzan
There's a whole series on Tarzan
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I think we're jumping the gun with box office dollars. China weekend box office hasn't been accounted for (they come out on Mondays and it's only 8am there on Monday now) and I'm seeing wildly different numbers depending on which box office site you go to. Anywhere between $200 million and $400 million.
For example:
From Box Office Mojo - dated July 24
Then this from Variety, also on 24 July, calling it a fail with a worldwide box office of $260.5 million
http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/legend-of-tarzan-foreign-box-office-1201821861/
And the Wikipedia entry for the film is also using the same numbers as Variety
That's a huge disparity. Unless sites are extending that out to include DVD sales etc. There's been a minimal amount of Tarzan merch that I've seen, so that will be a pittance, if anything.
For example:
From Box Office Mojo - dated July 24
Then this from Variety, also on 24 July, calling it a fail with a worldwide box office of $260.5 million
http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/legend-of-tarzan-foreign-box-office-1201821861/
And the Wikipedia entry for the film is also using the same numbers as Variety
That's a huge disparity. Unless sites are extending that out to include DVD sales etc. There's been a minimal amount of Tarzan merch that I've seen, so that will be a pittance, if anything.
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The sites are using Box Office numbers only. But it's the foreign box office numbers that are murky, at least in terms of trying to determine what's really been counted and when.I think we're jumping the gun with box office dollars. China weekend box office hasn't been accounted for (they come out on Mondays and it's only 8am there on Monday now) and I'm seeing wildly different numbers depending on which box office site you go to. Anywhere between $200 million and $400 million.
For example:
From Box Office Mojo - dated July 24
Then this from Variety, also on 24 July, calling it a fail with a worldwide box office of $260.5 million
http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/legend-of-tarzan-foreign-box-office-1201821861/
And the Wikipedia entry for the film is also using the same numbers as Variety
That's a huge disparity. Unless sites are extending that out to include DVD sales etc. There's been a minimal amount of Tarzan merch that I've seen, so that will be a pittance, if anything.
Michael Sellers over at The Tarzan Files has been trying to lock it down and points out that BOM does this:
"Box Office Mojo frequently has a different foreign total than what you get when you add up everything in foreign. That’s ecause they don’t like to provide a country by country breakdown when they don’ tyet have good info for a country …. but then the include their estimate of that country in the aggregate total."
Which is confusing as heck.
http://thetarzanfiles.com/2016/07/2...end-115-8m-domestic-cume-261-5m-global-total/
http://thetarzanfiles.com/2016/07/1...udget-is-not-yet-profitable-sorry-be-patient/