THE THREAD OF THE FURIOUS: Friday #s (DHD, Pg 36) F8 45.5M, BB 6.6M, BATB 5.3M, Smurfs 2.9M, GIS 2.1M

[miketheavenger]

I love The Rock's beard in the Furious franchise btw. He should sport it more often. I also kinda wish he grew his hair back, but than @MrPink would probably feel even worse about himself.

[4815162342]

time for me to embrace my F8TE.

[Travod]

Derailments not allowed? 

 

I thought those annoying new rules still had a provision for allowing derailments, but k

[MrPink]

12 minutes ago, miketheavenger said:

I love The Rock's beard in the Furious franchise btw. He should sport it more often. I also kinda wish he grew his hair back, but than @MrPink would probably feel even worse about himself.

 

No fair, bingo inhibiting me from responding!

[grim22]

On 4/11/2017 at 11:03 PM, grim22 said:

 

F8 sellout count

 

6 sellouts/323 showtimes.

 

This is pretty bad compared to F7, the count above by Tele was before the showtime escalation on Tuesday. Final Furious 7 count was FURIOUS 7 had 55 sellouts / 471 showtime

 

I would venture a guess that Furious 7 had 400+ showtimes on Tuesday. Probably looking at a 10-12M previews as things stand.

 

 

Socal Final count

 

12 sellouts / 335 showtimes

[Plain Old Tele]

2 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

Socal Final count

 

12 sellouts / 335 showtimes

 

To be slightly more fair to F8, I think my final count was closer to late afternoon/early evening, and with walkups that probably means another batch of sellouts. Still, it obviously won't get close to what F7 did. 

[robertman2]

No derailing? This is gonna be a boring weekend thread.

[MattW]

I'm feeling a Transformers4-esque run.

 

10 - Thu

35 - Fri

32 - Sat

24 - Sun

101

240

[grim22]

2 minutes ago, Fate of the Robertman2 said:

No derailing? This is gonna be a boring weekend thread.

 

You don't need derailments for a good weekend thread. Especially derailments which have nothing to even do with movies.

[redfirebird2008]

So are we looking at a domestic crash compared to Furious 7?

[Plain Old Tele]

It'll be boring if F8 falls within (boring) expectations. 

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

So are we looking at a domestic crash compared to Furious 7?

 

Seems like we're set for a 20-25% drop from Furious 7 looking at other countries.

[redfirebird2008]

2 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

Seems like we're set for a 20-25% drop from Furious 7 looking at other countries.

 

Sounds about right. Grim's sellout report indicates about 29% drop in showtimes for his area. 

[Plain Old Tele]

3 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

Seems like we're set for a 20-25% drop from Furious 7 looking at other countries.

 

Step it up, China. 

[franfar]

9 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

So are we looking at a domestic crash compared to Furious 7?

Yeah, but it was inevitable.

[MrPink]

5 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said:

 

Step it up, China. 

 

I just need it top BatB for #2 highest grossing film WW for the year and I'll be happy.

[aabattery]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

 

I just need it top BatB for #2 highest grossing film WW for the year and I'll be happy.

 

#3 after Thor Ragnarok, you mean.

 

[Nova]

I think it was obvious F8 was going to make less than F7. F7 will always be the peak of this franchise. Paul Walker's death had a pretty decent impact on the box office of F7. Regardless F8 is going to make bank...it just won't be as big as F7 was which folks should have seen coming imo 

[filmlover]

13 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

So are we looking at a domestic crash compared to Furious 7?

Not a crash so much as coming back down to normal levels (especially after the last movie was sold as if it were the finale). Furious 7's performance was most likely the series reaching its maximum potential.

[MrPink]

1 minute ago, aabattery said:

 

#3 after Thor Ragnarok, you mean.

 

 

Ah yes, forgive me iJack