Comic book nerds are pinching themselves to make sure this isn't all a dream as executives at Fox realized they've stumbled across the gold mine that is Deadpool. Star Ryan Reynolds and director Tim Miller’s decade long fight to get Deadpool made paid off in a big way as the movie opened huge and shattered numerous records. Bringing in $132.7 million in North America for the three-day weekend and an estimated $150 million for the 4-day weekend, Deadpool also scored oversees with a worldwide weekend gross of around $300 million. The film that the studio was so afraid to greenlight, and only gave a budget of around $58 million to, has already set numerous box office records, including biggest February opening, biggest opening weekend for a first time director, biggest Valentine’s Day and President’s Day opening, biggest feature directorial debut opening, and biggest R-rated opening of all-time, beating The Matrix Reloaded’s 13 year record. Deadpool is also the 7th biggest comic book movie opening of all-time behind the final two Dark Knight films, Spider-Man 3, Iron Man 3 and the two Avengers movies, not accounting for inflation. If that wasn’t impressive enough, the film also now stands as the 8th biggest non-summer debut of all-time and the 17th biggest opening in movie history. It’s also the biggest opening ever for 20th Century Fox, making more than all the other previous X-Men movies as well as massive hits like Avatar and Titanic. With positive reviews and an A CinemaScore from all age groups with 92 percent of moviegoers saying they would recommend Deadpool to a friend, we can expect the film to continue to score at the box office for several more weeks. After watching, Senior Paul Mangiaracina said, "I love how Deadpool breaks the meta." Senior Patrick Silver says, "Sounds like a f*cking franchise." As for the future of the character, those that stuck around for the credits already know a sequel is coming, though no official release date has been set. We’ll also likely see Deadpool showing up in other X-Men movies in the coming years and we’ll probably see the studio finally give the long in development X-Force movie an official green light. One thing is for sure, we haven't seen the last of the merk with a mouth.
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One of the most celebrated, most loved, and most intriguing branch of Disney, is Pixar Studios. Pixar began its astounding record with Toy Story, a film children and adults everywhere continue to enjoy.
Throughout the years, Pixar has made hit after hit, but with ever-increasing publicity, fans are beginning to notice strange connections between movies, leading some to believe that each Pixar movie exists in the same timeline. Using little hints, scattered throughout each movie, fans have created a chronological order for each Pixar film, and pieced together the story of the Pixar Universe. In preparation for Finding Dory, this is the Pixar theory. It all begins with the film Brave, set in the 14th or 15th century. Brave discovers magic, the-Will-of-the-Wisps, and the old witch, and accidentally turns her mother into a bear. Brave is both the first and last movie in the Pixar universe, and it contains vast amounts of evidence for the theory. The old witch is a very important character, and appears in another movie. We also see animals and inanimate objects which, when influenced by magic, can behave like humans. Although the magic eventually wear off, it is theorized that this magic caused animal intelligence, as seen in movies such as Ratatouille, to develop over time (The Pixar Theory). Next time you watch Brave, take a close look at the witch's hut. It is littered with references to the other movies, and there's a reason for this. The Pixar timeline is seen as parallel progressions, and eventually conflict. The first is progression of animal intelligence, starting with Brave, and the second is progression of artificial intelligence, or AI (Jon Negroni). The "main stage" of animal progression is seen with the movies Ratatouille, Finding Nemo, and Up. Ratatouille follows the rat Rem as he takes up cooking, a strictly human activity. In the movie Up, one human scientist realized that animals had developed intelligence, and invented a collar which allowed dogs to speak. Finding Nemo shows further development of animal intelligence, as Dory, an unintelligent fish, is now an oddity. Additionally, Finding Nemo shows animal resentment of humans, who pollute waterways and experiment on animals. Meanwhile, a sinister corporation, BNL, has taken over the governments of earth (History of BNL) by the time of Wall-E. BNL is very prominent throughout the Pixar timeline, as it is referenced in Cars, Toy Story 3, Up, and Wall-E. BNL seems to be the catalyst of the A.I takeover of humans (The Pixar Theory). A.I is first seen in The Incredibles, when an Omnidroid goes rogue and attacks a human city. The machines soon learn that it would be best to control humans instead of eliminating them: not only are humans a viable source of labor, but it seems inanimate objects, such as the toys in Toy Story, are powered by human interaction. This energy source is also utilized in Monsters Inc., which will be discussed later on. Artificial intelligence takes over human society after eliminating the Supers, who are all but gone by the 2000's (Pixar Theory). Sometime between the year 2016 (Up) and 2100, (Cars) the humans, along with A.I, engage in a major conflict, possibly full-out war, with the animals, due to incursion and pollution. By the year 2100, there are few animals left on earth, and pollution has forced the remaining humans into space. Cars and other machines are left to run earth. It is obvious there was also an attempt to clean earth in Wall-E. After Wall-E, a major shift occurred on earth. The strength of machines waned, and nature returned to full strength by the time of Bugs Life. Very few humans still exist, and bugs have taken over, although there are references to both birds and snakes. Theorists believe that Bugs Life is post-apocalyptic because not only is it the only Pixar movie which does not include humans in any way, but it also features bugs dominating human activity, whereas before the farthest animals went was dabbling in cooking (Jon Negroni). Monsters Inc. and Monsters University take place roughly 1400 years after Bugs Life. Radiation has turned animals into monsters, and wiped humans off the earth. Monsters develop technology which allows them to travel back in time and gather energy from human children. In Monsters Inc., Sully impacts a girl named Boo, who is a very important character. Boo never forgets Sully, and attempts to travel to his time all of her life. She utilizes wood, the source of magic, and eventually succeeds, in a way. She becomes the witch in Brave, which is evidenced by a carving of Sully in her cabin, and travels throughout the Pixar Universe, planting pieces of evidence throughout the timeline. It is not known whether she ever meets Sully later in life. That's it for the Pixar theory, until Finding Dory. http://www.pixartheory.com/ http://jonnegroni.com/2013/07/11/the-pixar-theory/ |
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