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    Weekend Actuals (Page 61): Kingsman 39M | It 29.8M | Ninjago 20.4M | AA 6.3M | mother! 3.3M | Friend Request 2M (lol)

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    I think it's just an off year. Disney-Pixar had 3 big movies last year, Universal had 2 smashes with Pets and Sing even DWA had two hits with Panda 3 and Trolls.

     

    And to be fair to DWA, Captain Underpants is sort of a lowkey release for them,  maybe because it's the last FOX distributon. It has a small budget as well so I think it's gross is still pretty solid

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    PHILIPPINES BOX OFFICE thread​

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    NEW LINE CINEMA'S “IT” A MONSTER HIT AT PH BOX-OFFICE
    Acclaimed Chiller Scares up P50.18-M on its Opening Weekend

     

    MANILA, September 11, 2017 – New Line Cinema’s IT, the critically lauded big-screen adaptation of Stephen King’s perennial best seller, floated to the top of the Philippine box office on its opening weekend, earning P50.18-million across 213 cinemas, and still climbing.

     

    Directed by Andy Muschietti (Mama), the much-anticipated horror thriller has surpassed the opening figures of recent horror blockbusters, The Conjuring (P39-M) and Lights Out (P36.7-M).

    In making the announcement, Francis Soliven, General Manager, Warner Bros. Philippines, said, “IT is the film that everyone is talking about, whether fans of the genre or not, driving moviegoers across the country to brave the cinema for their own encounter with Pennywise. We couldn’t be more thrilled with the results, and congratulate New Line Cinema, director Andy Muschietti and his phenomenal cast and crew on this fantastic opening.”

     

    New Line Cinema’s horror thriller IT tells the story of seven young outcasts growing up in the township of Derry, Maine, who call themselves the Losers’ Club. Each of them has been ostracized for one reason or another; each has a target on their back from the local pack of bullies…and all have seen their inner fears come to life in the form of an ancient shapeshifting predator they can only call It.

     

    For as long as their town has existed, Derry has been the entity’s hunting ground, emerging from the sewers every 27 years to feed on the terrors of its chosen prey: Derry’s children. Banding together over one horrifying and exhilarating summer, the Losers form a close bond to help them overcome their own fears and stop a killing cycle that began on a rainy day, with a small boy chasing a paper boat as it swept down a storm drain…and into the hands of Pennywise the Clown.

     

    Directed by Andy Muschietti, IT is based on the Stephen King novel of the same name, which has been terrifying readers for decades. First published in 1986, IT became an instant classic. It continues to be counted among the best and most influential works of the undisputed literary master of horror, inspiring numerous film and television projects in the years that have followed.

    The film stars Bill Skarsgård (Allegiant) as the story’s central villain, Pennywise. An ensemble of young actors also star in the film, including Jaeden Lieberher (Midnight Special), Jeremy Ray Taylor (Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip), Sophia Lillis (37), Finn Wolfhard (Netflix’s Stranger Things), Wyatt Oleff (Guardians of the Galaxy), Chosen Jacobs (upcoming Cops and Robbers), Jack Dylan Grazer (Tales of Halloween), Nicholas Hamilton (Captain Fantastic) and Jackson Robert Scott, making his film debut.

     

    Muschietti directed IT from a screenplay by Chase Palmer & Cary Fukunaga and Gary Dauberman, based on the novel by King. Roy Lee, Dan Lin, Seth Grahame-Smith, David Katzenberg and Barbara Muschietti produced the film, with Dave Neustadter, Walter Hamada, Richard Brener, Toby Emmerich, Marty P. Ewing, Doug Davison, Jon Silk and Niija Kuykendall serving as executive producers.

     

    New Line Cinema presents a Vertigo Entertainment/Lin Pictures/Katzsmith Production, IT. The film is being distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
     

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    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    So The Hitman's Bodyguard 3-day weekend is up from last weekend, nice!

     

    While the overall box office gross is still low, I was really expecting much worst (like the #1 movie 6-7M only) so the past weekend was a pleasant surprise with several movies holding well/increasing

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    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    12 hours ago, Rumpot said:

    You can hardly tell from articles that the weekend estimates have gone up ~25% from where they were Friday...it seems to me this weekend outperformed when accounting for the known-well-in-advance circumstances (no wide release, etc).

     

    I think this matters because of a narrative that people stopped going to the movies in a big way this summer due to Netflix and political reasons (this rationale irks me the most).  And I also can't stand the person that says "this isn't surprising, I can't remember when I last saw a movie."

     

    Are less people going to movies than before, yes.  Is there a catastrophic collapse in moviegoing trends this summer? I'd say definitely not.

    This is so true. I love Netflix but people really put it to the pedestal or their PR hype machine is just too much. 

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    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    6 hours ago, John Marston said:

    still don't get why no major movie was scheduled for August 4. It would have had summer weekdays and Labor Day to give it a boost. Something like Kingsman could have made a killing

    I know right? That is still something that confuses me why they let August die like that. After GOTG and SS made a killing in August, the studios allowed this year just like this. No one tried to take advantage of the past month? 

     

    I hope this weekend's crazy good holds should be remembered by the studios, make the month matter

    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    9 hours ago, WrathOfHan said:

    Home Again feels like another Logan Lucky waiting to happen. Obviously none of us are the target demo, but it feels destined to get overshadowed.

    Yeah although romcoms are no longer a box office force in the US, I do wonder if HOME AGAIN  was released in empty August if it could have benefited from summer weekdays and labor day weekend boost. There had been strong female-appealing movies released in AUgust in the past years. Thanks to Big Little Lies, Reese is back on the pop culture sphere and it would have been nice if she found some low key box office success

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    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    Story wise I like Cars 3 so much better than Cars 2 but visuals I think Cars 2 was more impressive and stunning. Cars 3 still has great animated work but looks low key compared to the previous one.

     

    I get why the movie was made but I think it was a wrong call to put in the June slot, they had to know it was not an anticipated movie plus so close to Despicable Me 3? It could have been 1st quarter or August. They can handle Emoji 

     

    i think it just sucks after Disney had a great animated movie year last year they had this. I hope Coco does better

    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    21 hours ago, DAR said:

    Yeah I agree that original group of kids that asked their parents for Cars merchandise are nowin their late teens early 20's.  They've long outgrown that phase

    My nephew who was so into Cars 2 is now 9 years old and does not care about it anymore

     

    I'm guessing Minions stole their merchandising thunder

    Labor Day Weekend Thread: The Death of Box Office | Posting or Discussing Any Weekend Numbers = Banned | Pokémon or True Detective gifs Are Allowed

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    1 minute ago, a2knet said:

    EMOJI will be ~81 after a 3m 4-day, so should cross 85 dom.

     

    Best animation multi this year is DM3 with 3.6x+ (eventually) followed by 3.485x for BOSS BABY. At 85.5 dom EMOJI will have beaten BOSS BABY's legs.

     

    EMOJI has a smaller total than DM3 and BOSS BABY but shows have useless the RT score (8%) was for a movie like EMOJI.

    I'm guessing if EMOJI had better reception, it could have made a play at 100M+ ala Angry Birds. 

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