Official Weekend Estimates: Straigth Outta Compton - 56.1M; The Man From UNCLE - 13.5M; MI5 - 17.3M; Fantastic Four - 8M

[CJohn]

$5M in Thursday Previews for SOC
http://deadline.com/2015/08/straight-outta-compton-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-weekend-box-office-1201499183/
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Variety and DHD very early updates
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/straight-outta-compton-box-office-1201570463/
http://deadline.com/2015/08/straight-outta-compton-man-from-u-n-c-l-e-weekend-box-office-1201499183/
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Gopher
Uhh let's say 21 is the floor today, ok?
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Rth
Yeah it is hard to tell WC is high already but also lot presales, going for now go with 22-24, MFU 5, MI5 4-5, F4 2, Min 1.5
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Gopher
Compton's even with Fri w/o previews.
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Edited August 16, 2015 by CJohn

[terrestrial]

Box Office: 'Straight Outta Compton' Scores Huge $4.96M Thursday

 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2015/08/14/box-office-straight-outta-compton-scores-huge-4-96m-thursday/

 

 

.....at 8:00 pm in 2,264 theaters. Now usually the time those showings start, be it 7pm or 8pm, is relatively irrelevant. But Straight Outta Compton is a long movie, nearly 2.5 hours in fact, so the fact that Universal made those poor saps wait until 8pm is both very mean and likely a slight pull on their Thursday showings.

[WrathOfHan]

[Filmovie]

At this point, they were given.

 

Good Start.

[mahnamahna]

$5 million in previews, with how many sellouts there have been this weekend, should translate to at least $50-55 million OW, even if it is a little frontloaded towards Friday. 

 

Compton has come to redeem Summer 2015! 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Hell yeah! This weekend is gonna be fun

[terrestrial]

Warner Bros.' The Man From U.N.C.L.E. kicked off with $900,000.

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-straight-outta-compton-814870

[Moviefanatic]

Excellent start. The West coast is going to eat this up. Hoping for 50+ for the weekend

[terrestrial]

$5 million in previews, with how many sellouts there have been this weekend, should translate to at least $50-55 million OW, even if it is a little frontloaded towards Friday. 

 

Compton has come to redeem Summer 2015! 

 

Read the Forbes article, why he thinks deeper and higher than your number suggestion might be missed.

I think it's possible, but better not to get too high hopes just in case?

[FilmBuff]

All aboard! Let's get this to 56 ow so the club can be a success!!

[terrestrial]

Is it true about Straight Outta Compton not getting screenings in St. Petersburg Florida?

Is it's story based (partly?) there, any problems to expect, or why else, if it is true?

Only there?

 

Why gets a e.g. by Warner owned Legendary & New Line produced movie Universal as distributer?

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Everything is set for this to break out. Relevant topic, super popular group that nostalgia has set in for, great marketing, and solid reviews.

[terrestrial]

Straigh Outta Compton's actual (US?) twitter count is rather high

 

Aug 14, 2015 36830 - 33:1 (still counting)

Aug 13, 2015 174143 - 24:1

Aug 12, 2015 59617 - 30:1

 

As comparison AoUs at it's time of release:

May 02, 2015     120859  - 15:1

May 01, 2015     166674  - 14:1

April 30, 2015     138805  - 14:1

Edited August 14, 2015 by terrestrial

[Jonwo]

 

Why gets a e.g. by Warner owned Legendary & New Line produced movie Universal as distributer?

 

WB doesn't own Legendary, they're a financier/producer and I think New Line gets a credit because the film was in development at New Line before it moved to Universal, it's similar to Dumb and Dumber Too which has an association with New Line despite New Line having no involvement in the film aside from making the first Dumb and Dumber

[Avatree]

Wow, that's an impressive number.

[baumer]

Monster....fucking monster number.

[terrestrial]

WB doesn't own Legendary, they're a financier/producer and I think New Line gets a credit because the film was in development at New Line before it moved to Universal, it's similar to Dumb and Dumber Too which has an association with New Line despite New Line having no involvement in the film aside from making the first Dumb and Dumber

Ahh, I first checked New Line and only glanced (too fast) at Legendary, thank you a lot.

I should have known that out of my head, but here it's way too hot to think straight (and I think we get a lightning storm as much as my head hurts)

[Mockingjay Raphael]

This is good for UNCLE? Is $20m possible?

[Jonwo]

Compton only cost $30m so it'll be profitable from just domestic, I imagine Universal isn't expecting it to do big numbers OS but I think it'll do okay

[Mockingjay Raphael]

With the same multiple as Kingsman, UNCLE would open with $23m+