terrestrial Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Quote Rogue One Walt Disney $6,268,921 -61% 4,157 $1,508 $447,170,302 Moana Walt Disney $2,096,962 -50% 2,775 $756 $216,354,281 Doctor Strange Walt Disney $113,758 -47% 466 $244 $230,436,806 The Queen of Katwe Walt Disney $4,044 -44% 53 $76 $8,868,592 Sing Universal $6,145,400 -57% 4,029 $1,525 $187,037,310 Almost Christmas Universal $14,790 -48% 169 $88 $42,046,020 Passengers Sony Pictures $2,586,313 -47% 3,478 $744 $68,764,116 La La Land Lionsgate $1,631,352 -46% 750 $2,175 $38,922,894 Hacksaw Ridge Lionsgate $61,579 -53% 352 $175 $64,799,870 Patriots Day Lionsgate $24,583 -59% 7 $3,512 $713,831 Fences Paramount $1,378,122 -55% 2,301 $599 $34,192,039 Office Christmas Party Paramount $512,185 -47% 2,441 $210 $52,607,303 Arrival Paramount $232,413 -53% 545 $426 $92,913,722 Allied Paramount $27,945 -43% 163 $171 $39,675,535 Silence Paramount $13,686 -55% 4 $3,422 $355,070 Jack Reacher… Paramount $9,898 -61% 133 $74 $58,609,796 Fantastic Beasts … Warner Bros. $718,497 -52% 1,842 $390 $226,346,236 Collateral Beauty Warner Bros. $672,129 -46% 2,745 $245 $27,734,185 The Accountant Warner Bros. $27,764 -55% 222 $125 $86,020,871 Storks Warner Bros. $22,134 -58% 235 $94 $72,535,881 Live by Night Warner Bros. $5,501 -58% 4 $1,375 $130,001 Sully Warner Bros. $4,594 -65% 94 $49 $125,008,634 Lion Weinstein Co. $352,365 -52% 525 $671 $7,187,095 Nocturnal Animals Focus $34,835 -47% 158 $220 $10,286,142 Loving Focus $12,508 -51% 81 $154 $7,520,477 A Monster Calls Focus $3,362 -63% 4 $841 $84,971 The Edge of Seventeen STX $5,304 -42% 71 $75 $14,421,194 Believe Smith Global $199 -61% 4 $50 $890,043 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misafeco Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Top 5 blockbusters: 1. Zootopia: A- 2. Rogue One: B+ 3. Deadpool: B 4. Civil War: B 5. The Magnificent Seven: B- Overall a shitty year for blockbusters. Let's hope next year will be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Deadline Hollywood @Deadline 49 minutes ago .@netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Kitty Green’s documentary #CastingJonBenet Deadline Hollywood @Deadline 3m3 minutes ago EXCLUSIVE: @netflix and Sierra Pictures have inked a worldwide rights deal for 'How It Ends' Not sure if of interest here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB33 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Thanks for the actuals, terrestrial! Steep drop for R1, but to be expected. I was hoping the drop would be a little smaller - more in line with the 57.4% drop for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows in 2011, but I suppose the steeper drop compensates for the lower Sunday to Monday drop than what SH2 had. As I said before, I would expect the grosses to be pretty steady for today and Thursday. There's a chance R1 passes the $459M domestic gross of Avengers: Age of Ultron heading into Friday. If not, it'll be a hair below. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 27 minutes ago, DAR said: Deadpool I was kind of meh on a first viewing, but I watched it again and it's really grown on me. I enjoyed it the first time, the second time not as much. Went from B to maybe B-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Moana will pass BH6 on... Saturday? probably? And it's going to end up ~30m ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 32 minutes ago, JonathanLB said: I got Hidden Figures the other day, will watch soon but not gonna lie it sounds and looks horribly boring. How is that going to connect with any actual audience besides the navel gazing awards voters?! See to me it looks very interesting. Then I again I'm a sucker for anything that takes place during NASA's early days. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 30 minutes ago, JonathanLB said: I got Hidden Figures the other day, will watch soon but not gonna lie it sounds and looks horribly boring. How is that going to connect with any actual audience besides the navel gazing awards voters?! There's definately an audience for a well-made feelgood dramedy with a good cast. I'm not generally interested in this kind of movie but I'm interested in this particular movie. On paper it sounds boring but the trailer is fun and the cast looks stellar. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyA10 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 That $25m RO WE prediction from deadline seems quite low. I'd say that would the absolute bottom for the following weekend, unless lots of schools are still on holidays and WE bumps are super weak, like 50% or less... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FantasticBeasts Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Fantastic Beasts finishing the 4 day weekend at #8 when noone predicted it to be in the top 10. Who had expected a Potter film turning out to be one of the leggier blockbusters of the year? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 (edited) Quote Why Him? 20th Century Fox $1,828,082 -41% 3,008 $608 $39,508,337 Assassin’s Creed 20th Century Fox $1,474,045 -45% 2,996 $492 $43,883,438 Hidden Figures 20th Century Fox $112,386 -66% 25 $4,495 $2,770,464 Trolls 20th Century Fox $112,346 -55% 418 $269 $150,700,538 Miss Peregrine’s… 20th Century Fox $11,094 -60% 121 $92 $87,012,095 Jackie Fox Searchlight $234,278 -54% 359 $653 $7,770,332 Edited January 4, 2017 by terrestrial 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The movie theater was dead today. My showing of Sing had about 8 or 10 other people in it, and the guy at the box office said the morning shows weren't that busy either. The winter holiday is officially over by me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said today that 18 achievements from 34 individual recipients and five organizations will received its 2017 Scientific and Technical Awards. in tags for length Spoiler Quote To Thomson Grass Valley for the design and engineering of the pioneering Viper FilmStream digital camera system. The Viper camera enabled frame-based logarithmic encoding, which provided uncompressed camera output suitable for importing into existing digital intermediate workflows. To Larry Gritz for the design, implementation and dissemination of Open Shading Language (OSL). OSL is a highly optimized runtime architecture and language for programmable shading and texturing that has become a de facto industry standard. It enables artists at all levels of technical proficiency to create physically plausible materials for efficient production rendering. To Carl Ludwig, Eugene Troubetzkoy and Maurice van Swaaij for the pioneering development of the CGI Studio renderer at Blue Sky Studios. CGI Studio’s groundbreaking ray-tracing and adaptive sampling techniques, coupled with streamlined artist controls, demonstrated the feasibility of ray-traced rendering for feature film production. To Brian Whited for the design and development of the Meander drawing system at Walt Disney Animation Studios. Meander’s innovative curve-rendering method faithfully captures the artist’s intent, resulting in a significant improvement in creative communication throughout the production pipeline. To Mark Rappaport for the concept, design and development, to Scott Oshita for the motion analysis and CAD design, to Jeff Cruts for the development of the faux-hair finish techniques, and to Todd Minobe for the character articulation and drive-train mechanisms, of the Creature Effects Animatronic Horse Puppet. The Animatronic Horse Puppet provides increased actor safety, close integration with live action, and improved realism for filmmakers. To Glenn Sanders and Howard Stark for the design and engineering of the Zaxcom Digital Wireless Microphone System. The Zaxcom system has advanced the state of wireless microphone technology by creating a fully digital modulation system with a rich feature set, which includes local recording capability within the belt pack and a wireless control scheme providing real- time transmitter control and time-code distribution. To David Thomas, Lawrence E. Fisher and David Bundy for the design, development and engineering of the Lectrosonics Digital Hybrid Wireless Microphone System. The Lectrosonics system has advanced the state of wireless microphone technology by developing a method to digitally transmit full-range audio over a conventional analog FM radio link, reducing transmitter size, and increasing power efficiency. To Parag Havaldar for the development of expression-based facial performance- capture technology at Sony Pictures Imageworks. This pioneering system enabled large-scale use of animation rig-based facial performance-capture for motion pictures, combining solutions for tracking, stabilization, solving and animator-controllable curve editing. To Nicholas Apostoloff and Geoff Wedig for the design and development of animation rig-based facial performance-capture systems at ImageMovers Digital and Digital Domain. These systems evolved through independent, then combined, efforts at two different studios, resulting in an artist-controllable, editable, scalable solution for the high-fidelity transfer of facial performances to convincing digital characters. To Kiran Bhat, Michael Koperwas, Brian Cantwell and Paige Warner for the design and development of the ILM facial performance-capture solving system. This system enables high-fidelity facial performance transfer from actors to digital characters in large-scale productions while retaining full artistic control, and integrates stable rig-based solving and the resolution of secondary detail in a controllable pipeline. SCIENTIFIC AND ENGINEERING AWARDS (ACADEMY PLAQUES) To ARRI for the pioneering design and engineering of the Super 35 format Alexa digital camera system. With an intuitive design and appealing image reproduction, achieved through close collaboration with filmmakers, ARRI’s Alexa cameras were among the first digital cameras widely adopted by cinematographers. To RED Digital Cinema for the pioneering design and evolution of the RED Epic digital cinema cameras with upgradeable full-frame image sensors. RED’s revolutionary design and innovative manufacturing process have helped facilitate the wide adoption of digital image capture in the motion picture industry. To Sony for the development of the F65 CineAlta camera with its pioneering high- resolution imaging sensor, excellent dynamic range, and full 4K output. Sony’s unique photosite orientation and true RAW recording deliver exceptional image quality. To Panavision and Sony for the conception and development of the groundbreaking Genesis digital motion picture camera. Features of the Genesis allowed it to become one of the first digital cameras to be adopted by cinematographers. To Marcos Fajardo for the creative vision and original implementation of the Arnold Renderer, and to Chris Kulla, Alan King, Thiago Ize and Clifford Stein for their highly optimized geometry engine and novel ray-tracing algorithms which unify the rendering of curves, surfaces, volumetrics and subsurface scattering as developed at Sony Pictures Imageworks and Solid Angle SL. Arnold’s scalable and memory-efficient single-pass architecture for path tracing, its authors’ publication of the underlying techniques, and its broad industry acceptance were instrumental in leading a widespread adoption of fully ray-traced rendering for motion pictures. To Vladimir Koylazov for the original concept, design and implementation of V-Ray from Chaos Group. V-Ray’s efficient production-ready approach to ray-tracing and global illumination, its support for a wide variety of workflows, and its broad industry acceptance were instrumental in the widespread adoption of fully ray-traced rendering for motion pictures. To Luca Fascione, J.P. Lewis and Iain Matthews for the design, engineering, and development of the FACETS facial performance capture and solving system at Weta Digital. FACETS was one of the first reliable systems to demonstrate accurate facial tracking from an actor-mounted camera, combined with rig-based solving, in large-scale productions. This system enables animators to bring the nuance of the original live performances to a new level of fidelity for animated characters. To Steven Rosenbluth, Joshua Barratt, Robert Nolty and Archie Te for the engineering and development of the Concept Overdrive motion control system. This user-friendly hardware and software system creates and controls complex interactions of real and virtual motion in hard real-time, while safely adapting to the needs of on-set filmmakers. http://deadline.com/2017/01/oscars-sci-tech-winners-2017-full-list-1201878821/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrestrial Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Quote Tuesday, January 3, 2017 <<Prev Day <Wk <Mo <Yr Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 >Yr >Mo >Wk >>Next Day TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day 1 1 Rogue One BV $6,268,921 -61% -72% 4,157 $1,508 $447,170,302 19 2 2 Sing Uni. $6,145,400 -57% -65% 4,029 $1,525 $187,037,310 14 3 3 Passengers (2016) Sony $2,586,313 -47% -56% 3,478 $744 $68,764,116 14 4 4 Moana BV $2,096,962 -50% -57% 2,775 $756 $216,354,281 42 5 5 Why Him? Fox $1,828,082 -41% -47% 3,008 $608 $39,508,337 12 6 7 La La Land LG/S $1,631,352 -46% -37% 750 $2,175 $38,922,894 26 7 8 Assassin's Creed Fox $1,474,045 -45% -58% 2,996 $492 $43,883,438 14 8 6 Fences Par. $1,378,122 -55% -56% 2,301 $599 $34,192,039 19 9 9 Fantastic Beasts and ..... WB $718,497 -52% -50% 1,842 $390 $226,346,236 47 10 10 Collateral Beauty WB (NL) $672,129 -46% -59% 2,745 $245 $27,734,185 19 11 11 Manchester by the Sea RAtt. $612,000 -50% -45% 1,206 $507 $30,308,167 47 12 12 Office Christmas Party Par. $512,185 -47% -61% 2,347 $218 $52,607,303 26 - - Lion Wein. $352,365 -52% -27% 525 $671 $7,187,095 40 - - Jackie FoxS $234,278 -54% -46% 359 $653 $7,770,332 33 - - Arrival Par. $232,413 -53% -32% 545 $426 $92,913,722 54 - - Doctor Strange BV $113,758 -47% -62% 466 $244 $230,436,806 61 - - Hidden Figures Fox $112,386 -66% -47% 25 $4,495 $2,770,464 10 - - Trolls Fox $112,346 -55% -57% 418 $269 $150,700,537 61 - - Hacksaw Ridge LGF $61,579 -53% -49% 352 $175 $64,799,870 61 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkshop36 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 2 hours ago, La La Panda said: 1.Deadpool 2.Zootopia 3.Rogue One 4.Moana 5.Finding Dory I haven't seen Dory or Moana ☹️ 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A District 3 Engineer Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 That Passengers' drop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 3.5 more m after a 250 000 tuesday and arrival is a 4x multiplier -- come award season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlashMaster659 Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 Does anyone think that Episode 8 could receive a slight bump due to this year being the 40th anniversary of Star Wars? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted January 4, 2017 Share Posted January 4, 2017 1 hour ago, A District 3 Engineer said: That Passengers' drop does not raise many eyebrows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porthos Posted January 4, 2017 Author Share Posted January 4, 2017 21 minutes ago, FlashMaster659 said: Does anyone think that Episode 8 could receive a slight bump due to this year being the 40th anniversary of Star Wars? I think teasing out what boosts Ep 8 and what doesn't is going to be fairly difficult given the balls to the walls marketing that's going to be done. But, sure, 40th Anniversary promotions keeping SW in the public eye ain't gonna hurt it, that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
