Eric the Clown

Checking back on my old Controversial Predix thread with Han, I put in like 130M for the opening weekend. Probably in like March or April 2020 in normal times I probably would have predicted like 125M, on its way to a Ragnarok/Homecoming-style gross

No it didn't. It opened on July 6. Maybe I'm just missing something here, but I don't see why a movie opening two days after the Fourth would make things more frontloaded.

Following Ant-Man and the Wasp gives it 87M. I guess with a bit more frontloading that puts it at around 85M. Bummer that 90M looks unlikely, but I'll take what I can get.

Space Jam: A New Legacy Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-8 and Counting (Fri) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 43 501 7824 6.40% Total Seats Sold Today: 115 Comp 0.386x of Godzilla vs. Kong's Wed T-8 Before Release (3.75M) 3.093x of Cruella's Thu+Fri T-8 Before Release (23.84M) 0.500x of F9's Thu T-8 Before Release (3.55M)

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You know, at least you're a real one for giving us a GIF of the sexiest Chris. And for that I propose a compromise: I take charge on introducing all epic weekend threads from now until...November 4, 2021, a date I completely pulled at random and was not chosen because you would kill me if I made a weekend thread on that date.

Guardians of the Galaxy - has a cute raccoon The other movies - don't have a cute raccoon

Cross-posting from the Tracking Thread Black Widow Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count (Thu) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 11 151 7593 26072 29.12% Comp 1.958x of Godzilla vs. Kong's Final Count (19.00M) 1.674x of F9's Final Count (11.89M) Adjusted Comp 0.344x of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's Final Count (13.77M) The GvK one is tempting, but I'm leaning on the lower-end comps at this point in time. Hoping for the best of course!

Black Widow Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report Final Count (Thu) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 11 151 7593 26072 29.12% Total Showings Added Today: 6 Total Seats Added Today: 357 Total Sellouts Added Today: 3 Total Seats Sold Today: 2,451 Comp 1.958x of Godzilla vs. Kong's Final Count (19.00M) 1.674x of F9's Final Count (11.89M) Adjusted Comp 0.344x of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker's Final Count (13.77M) The F9 and Star Wars comps feel a bit more right to me at this point, though I haven't really paid attention to how the film is doing with our other trackers here. I should mention with the Star Wars comp that one of the theaters I tracked there was permanently closed during the pandemic. Am I just supposed to exclude that theater from now on with these comps? If so, then that pushes the numbers up to 0.389x, or $15.54M previews.

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Oh man I can't wait to upload my new weekend thread--HOW DARE YOU

Disappointing that Hotel Transylvania 4 got delayed. I would have been the Team Switzerland in the Shyamalan/Schwentke BOT War

One thing I should mention is that Space Jam is probably overindexing on my charts. Philly has a majority-Black population, so Black-led movies do better than average. Spiral sold about the same number of tickets as Cruella in the theaters I tracked for instance. The NBA also skews Black, so that also doesn't help. But I'm the only one tracking the movie (being the guy who tracks movies nobody cares about is a blessing and curse), so that only makes things murkier. Still, it does have the benefits of zero animation/kids movie competition and 90s nostalgia on its side, so we'll see.

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I have...many questions

@WrathOfHan mentioned in the Telegram chat that his university was supposed to have an early screening for Old but it got canceled right after Universal got the final cut from Shyamalan. I'm not expecting incredible things for Snake Eyes (though the recent BoxOfficePro range does have me intrigued a bit), but that little tidbit should tell you everything you need to know about Old's quality

Space Jam: A New Legacy Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-9 and Counting (Fri) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 0 43 386 7824 4.93% Total Seats Sold Today: 119 Comp 3.016x of Cruella's Thu+Fri T-9 Before Release (23.24M)

Black Widow Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-1 and Counting (Thu) Sellouts Showings Seats Sold Total Seats Perct Sold TOTALS 8 145 5142 25715 20.00% Total Showings Added Today: 3 Total Seats Added Today: 336 Total Sellouts Added Today: 3 Total Seats Sold Today: 855 Comp 1.768x of Godzilla vs. Kong 1 Day Before Release (17.16M) 2.036x of F9 T-1 Before Release (14.45M)

https://deadline.com/2021/07/black-widow-box-office-opening-weekend-worldwide-projection-disney-1234787705/

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