Alien: Romulus Dethrones Deadpool For Second Biggest Opening In Franchise - The John Campea Show

[@SmallMindEd69]

Favorite single fight scene in MCU is when Winter Soldier fought Cap after trying to take out Black Widow.

[@juanluismendoza8655]

I still don’t know which MCU single fight scene is my favorite. As for my favorite large scale fight scene, it’s the Avengers VS Ultron’s army on the flying city of Sokovia. I have never seen something like it in my life and I still haven’t seen anything that surpasses that for me. 😀

[@felixg.4908]

holy shit thats a good one

[@KingTyla765]

I went and saw Deadpool/Wolverine Friday night and the theatre is still selling out!!! Insane.

[@bobobaggins95]

Damn, even you guys are mentioning Raygun 😂

[@jakenight5147]

what happen to Parris Rose? don't tell me y'all ran off another host.

[@elvistran4595]

Out of 55 billion dollars movies, only 2 are R-rated. 1 word: kids.

[@Jordanmbou88]

The username ‘Lester’s Possum’ is a reference to the 1995 Disney film ‘A Goofy Movie’. ‘Lester’s Possum Park’ 😂😂😂

[@nerdypythonmedia3343]

I'm all for Deadpool and Wolverine being the last one in the series. Banger way to go out!!!

[@Dusty20042008]

With regards to the Captain Marvel debate. I can't say for everyone, but only for me. The reason why I went to the cinema, was that the movie was released on the 8th March 2019, Endgame, was April 26, 2019. The buzz was that Captain Marvel will have an important part in EndGame. In order to better understand who she is, I went to see Captain Marvel, knowing that there is no chance to it being released on Blu-Ray or Disney+ before EndGame. This was not the case with Ant Man and the Wasp, were both characters were allready introduced earlier and the sequal was realeased on July 6th, 2018 (well in advance of EndGames release).

[@anasshahid224]

Alien Romulus was magnificent, a true return to form for the series, happy to see it do well at the box office.

[@Kristofen1]

I sent in a tip comment on Friday but it wasn’t addressed. It was sent close to the start of the show so I thought it would be addressed in today’s show instead. It was not. It was simply about watching Alien Rom and Spider man 3 so no reason for it to be skipped.

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

Did you see it on screen?

[@Kristofen1]

@@Sonicifyouwanit no :( I sent it at about 6pm uk time on Friday which is about 10 am LA time

[@Charlie_lives]

WHO's the biggest youtuber... then says Ryans world?!?!?!?! John that was like in 2016. Mr. beast has been the biggest most known youtuber since like 2017. Ryans world would have made money in 2016. it was 7 years too late.

[@Taliyah263]

I think he just means a really popular youtuber. I mean I doubt markipliers iron lung movie is gonna make that much.

[@Magdalena8008s]

​@Taliyah263 I'm with you on this. I don't think it was that deep. Some people refuse to actually listen and apply nuance and context clues to what is being said. And these people are waiting for the chance to act like they are smarter than.

[@alexp601]

Yeah he was just trying to recall a big KZbinr who had made a film which failed. He wasn’t saying who the biggest KZbinr right now is

[@Charlie_lives]

@@Magdalena8008s No one is trying to be smarter or go that deep. John was just wayyyyy off on who's the biggest youtuber in the world. It wasn't deep enough to comment to.

[@Charlie_lives]

@@alexp601 Thats 100% what he ask... he said who is the most successful youtuber was

[@NeoRetroEntertainment]

For me, the success of Alien Romulus at the Box Office shows that a Metroid film is definitely still viable. I know it's not as well known as other videogame properties to the general audience, but it's still one of the biggest IPs that Nintendo has. The atmosphere is close enough to the Alien series, but different enough to be refreshing to new viewers. I really hope Nintendo considers a live-action film after The Legend of Zelda releases

[@BusterBarnes]

Captain Marvel was teased at the end of Infinity War hence why it made ore than Antman. It was made out to be crucial viewing

[@ferrishayward6818]

Madame Webb is fantastic one of the deepest cuts yet by Marvel

[@factualopinion4275]

Martin Scorsese would love it

[@Daiymian]

Alien vs Predator Needs to be balls to the wall action with just the two creatures fighting in the best way each creature knows how. No humans, no guys armed to the teeth from Weyland Corporation and no words spoken. ZERO SCRIPT. Just the Alien and the Predator for 90 min fighting using their weapons and skill. Then end credits.

[@deanlewis6109]

The villain in Malignant is absolutely every bit as good as Freddy, Jason or Chucky.

[@MrEclaux]

Have you seen Charts with Dan ? Pretty good.

[@xsvrrx]

shange chi needs to happen asap

[@dannyhl2]

Good news indeed❤

[@ThePlAyBoYpEnGuin]

What happened to April lol she get canned ?

[@alexp601]

You mean Parris?

[@TheCinemaGame]

Who tf is April

[@ThePlAyBoYpEnGuin]

Yeah whatever her name is lmfao

[@Mr.JakeSkywalker]

John I really don't think your argument about inflation makes any sense at all. The literal definition of inflation is "the value of a dollar today is not worth the value of a dollar tomorrow". It's not a variable, it's a quantifiable measure of the difference in the value of money over time. That can be used in both box office AND budgets. Empire Strikes back made lower box office than a movie of that popularity today would make, but it also cost a fraction of the price at a budget of $30 million. That movie used cutting edge technology for that time, that budget today would be well over $100 million if adjusted. Economics 101

[@BlueMilkLover]

That was one of the worst economic analyses I have ever heard. So ignorant. Yes, there are other variables but this is not exclusive to the movie industry historically.

[@Mr.JakeSkywalker]

@@BlueMilkLover clearly you don't know enough to correct me hahaha. Keep talking trash and not backing it up, that's immaturity 101

[@BlueMilkLover]

@@Mr.JakeSkywalker Actually, I was referring to John's comments. Sorry, I didn't mean to make it seem like I was disagreeing with you. I'm in agreement with you.

[@Mr.JakeSkywalker]

@@BlueMilkLover okay my bad lol

[@XLairX]

John, watch Umbrella Academy season 4. Its short (which is why folks are upset) but not bad. it works as a resolution to the story.

[@alexp601]

lol it is pretty bad dude

[@TheCinemaGame]

It’s pretty awful

[@yanaymor]

Apologize for making the comment about Inside Out 2 becoming number 1 box office in animation was misinformed by an article sorry for spreading the misinformation

[@Galactus_1453]

The game it's based on, Alien: Isolation, is so great for scariness/dread.

[@michaelrhea9582]

We need to talk about the significance of Deadpool and wolverine made domestically. It has accomplished something that has only happen 4 times since 1973. Think about it the exorcist became #1 in 1973 then we had to wait til 1984 for Beverly Hills cop. Then we had to wait 20 years for 2004 the passion of the Christ. And now 20 years later for Deadpool and Wolverine. Wow

[@gerardcrabb4556]

They could do prequel to Aliens in gap between Romulus... Or post Aliens with Colonial Marines...

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

Romulus takes place between Alien and Aliens.

[@gerardcrabb4556]

@@Sonicifyouwanit They could continue from Romulus to before Aliens...

[@Q-TV]

Borderlands: Bout to make a name fo myself.

[@davemaxsted4364]

Alien Romulus is now making Disney profit,with a 80 million budget and a 30% rebate for filming the film in Budapest the math is pretty easy 3 days in and it has taken 108.00 million..I imagine Dusney must be very happy with the films responce

[@juanluismendoza8655]

Great thumbnail. Between Deadpool and the Alien, which one would actually win in a fight? 🤔

[@juleswinnfield616]

Deadpool.

[@bryancaswell236]

John's take on (not) adjusting for inflation when talking about box office has bugged me for a while. Classic case of being right in every way but the takeaway. All those variables are indeed in play, and so many of them are absolutely unquantifiable. That means that we should either 1) Just talk about whether movies make money and how they gauge the health of the industry, and ignore comparative "Billion Dollar Club" or "Highest Grossing of All Time" discussions because they are meaningless or 2) Adjust for the one variable we CAN quantify and remove: inflation.

[@alexp601]

It does feel wrong though to just account for one variable and ignore like 10-15 others. I don’t have an answer for this but that does feel wrong

[@bryancaswell236]

@@alexp601 Yeah it's not the best, and I think the optimal solution is to move away from talking about this stuff cause it's meaningless. In the absence of that approach, though, we should account for all we can. 10-15 unquantifiable variables are no excuse to avoid 2-3 quantifiable ones.

[@asorlokirunarsson9864]

Five Nights At Freddy's is immensely popular

[@AutisticAnimator10]

48:48 I’m hearing fantastic things on transformers one even the wild robot excited for both

[@SaltyRaccoon]

John, your pronunciation of "deux" is bad, but your show is good!

[@darianharman9193]

John's pronunciation of many things is terrible, but we love him just the same. Seriously, who the heck is Lupita NuWONG'o?

[@alexp601]

It’s an American/Canadian thing. They don’t pronounce foreign words correctly. But in this instance, I’d say he pronounces it pretty correctly

[@Silentwraith365]

Makes me a lil upset when you keep calling Alien a dead franchise that nobody cared about. Sorta blatantly untrue but okay.

[@juleswinnfield616]

John is wrong quite often.

[@robc.2792]

Exactly Prometheus was the biggest opening of the franchise. I don't have to agree with them on everything but I found this pretty surprising.

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

​@@robc.2792 promethius was not received well. Everyone loved that Ridley was returning to the film but it didn't hold up with the general audience

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

It makes you upset because you were a fan. But it wasn't received well it's not known to have aged well. Covenant was not received well. Alien 3 did not age well, AvP did not either.

[@alexp601]

The Alien franchise only has two GREAT films, and the rest are ok/bad. Alien Romulus is the exception now as it’s a good film. Sure, the Alien franchise will still have its hardcore fans, but it hasn’t had a great film in decades.

[@Fresh4life]

What happened to Mr.Robert Myer Burnett?!

[@Phoenix-ti6tx]

he is working on a project

[@Fresh4life]

@@Phoenix-ti6tx Oh okay. Thank You so much for clarifying. Do you happen to by any chance know; will he be back?

[@Will-DLC]

The idea is that he’s back once the project (an audio drama called True Noir) is finished.

[@khun_le]

1:07:15

[@injusticejames]

I feel bad for everyone assigned with borderlands. And I hope this doesn't f up eli Roth as a horror director

[@Magdalena8008s]

I mean, it's not going to help him. But it's not going to hurt him either. I believe. Could be wrong. And I think most know he's not fully to blame. I know alot of shenanigans happened behind the scenes.

[@everettlloyd3385]

I would Love to see James Camron do one more Alien movie.

[@alexp601]

He’s doing Avatar films till he’s 90

[@allisonstone476]

Hello Ray! Ray! Keep up!

[@mcgrubby_]

If you like Borderlands you're still playing Borderlands. It definitely isnt grabbing the average gamer anymore though. I'd start a new character on Borderlands 2 tomorrow without a 2nd thought.

[@robert_222]

52:34 obviously it was a much smaller point compared to the main ones but I have to agree with this, as someone who reads comics and is familiar with the numbers it felt weird and a little bit disingenuous hearing you state the current F4 run by Ryan North was doing bad by basing that off of one data point, one single issue released in June and attributing that to the entire series. Looking at the chart F4 #1 in 2022 was in fact top 5 and a majority of the series is in top 20 and top 30. I can also confirm that each month the top of the charts are filled with brand new #1-#10 because they sell better. That's why runs don't last as long anymore without being reset to #1, publishers want that boost. So F4 #20 being at 40 or whatever doesn't mean the series is doing bad, I'd guess almost 2 years in its midway through its run and will probably get a new writer and new #1 before the movie next summer so its natural to be in that spot. Also, do you know how many single issues come out in a month? How can top 50 be considered a bad thing?

[@juleswinnfield616]

John often says that comic book readers are a very small percentage of the viewing audience, so him talking about the comics was a moot point. If FF had been in the top 5, John would have just said that comics don't mean anything when it comes to box office.

[@robert_222]

@@juleswinnfield616 it is 100% a small segment of the audience and I agree with him in regards to the unlikelihood of it hitting $1 billion but it was weird of him to misrepresent the series as doing poorly based off of one monthly sales number. Taking the movie out of the conversation for a second, it just seems like a poor reporting decision to prove a point that he himself knows, doesn't matter because it's such a small percentage of the audience.

[@Sonicifyouwanit]

​@juleswinnfield616 on top of that how many comicbook readers of FF will see the movie? You know CB readers will avoid movies because the movies didn't do the comic justice or the movie isn't comic accurate.

[@juleswinnfield616]

@robert_222 his whole attempt at making a point seemed misguided and without purpose. Guardians was not a top selling comic before the movie, and look how that turned out. Even Iron Man wasn't a top selling book before the movie, but Justice League certainly was and look at those results.

[@mikedehart6927]

Option for Bond, I used to chant Idris... but now I think a younger would be better. John Boyega, in my book, would make a perfect fit!

[@alexp601]

Aldis Hodge is a good pick for me (but he’s American)

[@SaltyRaccoon]

Barbapapa !!! 😄

[@samkostos4520]

You can't easily "write-off" a movie. If the IRS or their representative view the work and find ANY redeemable quality, they can consider your action fraudulent. However, because this movie was released in the correct way, they WILL be able to use this loss to reduce their tax obligation.

[@akuma63]

Borderlands is an M rated Game, everything that makes the games great, is not in this movie. The games is not targeted for 13 year olds, this film is.

[@babayaga5502]

Let's suppose, john's points are right about captain marvel then wtf sequel didn't even make half of it.

[@StarvinMartian-l6t]

Do the prey and alien crossover like the turok video games

[@danielpeckham5520]

Haven't heard the Turok games mentioned in ages, what crossover did they do?

[@StarvinMartian-l6t]

@danielpeckham5520 no, it just came to mind when they mentioned a potential crossover between prey and alien romulus. As a reference for story or style to get Naru to hunt xenomorphs. I don't think Turok crossed over with any other franchise

[@ThePiggiestOne]

How is it that Madam Web did better?

[@alexp601]

Because it’s part of an established big franchise at least

[@ThePiggiestOne]

@@alexp601 very fair

[@aaronepstein1289]

No ones favorite mcu movie is captain marvel 🤣🤣😝

[@BlueMilkLover]

Respectfully, that was one of the worst economic analyses I have ever heard. No, it's not about "being smart" or ignoring other variables (which there are others). This is not just about the movie industry. Study monetary supply and general prices of goods, etc. throughout history! duh.

[@ironkoenigman3258]

Still not as good as Deadpool and Wolverine

[@domhill3994]

What? The best MCU fight scene is Cap vs Bucky.

[@jackyshin3045]

Lol. It's not...

[@fh6034]

My favorite is still Ironman versus Cap and Bucky

[@EdwardNygma1980]

Saw Alien yesterday. Loved the first hour...lost me a bit near the end. I get what they went for, just didn't quite work for me. Still had a good time! Prey is still the better movie for me. But one thing Alien got a 100% right was the Dolby Atmos mix, been a while since a soundmix blew me away...this one hit it out of the park! Can't wait to fire it up at home when it comes out, I'd watch it again for the audio alone. If Fo...uhm 20th Century Studios can do it on this budget, why can't Disney get their audio **it together. Deadpool, again, sounded like a dull mix. Like most of the recent Marvel movies.

[@vandeleonxto2097]

Let's face it. TBH, nobody gives a FUCK about comedy, joke and goofy movies))

[@djstevie69]

Congratulations to the Alien: Romulous team. Still doesn't stop it being one of the worst movies I've witnessed in quite a while. Act 1 fine. Act 2 pee on history. Act 3 "deadpool" the landing. I predict a fairly steep drop off next week. But that's just my take. And the line you quoted.... made me really cringe bad. Aliens Alien Alien: Resurrection Alien 3 Alien: Romulous Is my top 5.