The Wild Eric

Movie/Date Monday Tuesday Wednesday Spider-Man FFH 3,982 5,105 7,745 8 days 7 days 6 days The Lion King 11,161 3,366 2,581 25 days 24 days 23 days Far From Home Day 15-6 46% of Captain Marvel (71.2M) Day 22-6 46% of Captain Marvel (71.2M) I mentioned this before, but this is close to the 3-Day of Transformers. That's...interesting. Lion King First three days of presales 97% of Fallen Kingdom (143.5M) 98% of Captain Marvel (150.1M) 301% of Toy Story 4 (364.2M) 820% of Aladdin (750.8M 3-Day, 958.4M 4-Day) (Endgame deflation occurred at this time) 435% of Incredibles 2 (795.7M) Day 25-23 78% of Infinity War (200M) 325% of Captain Marvel (498.7M) 820% of Aladdin (750.8M 3-Day, 958.4M 4-Day) (Endgame deflation occurred at this time) 978% of Incredibles 2 (1.8B) This is still following Fallen Kingdom's first few days very closely, which is...interesting. Not much else to report though.

Fandango App Monday Tues Wed Thursday Love, Simon 863 1,256 2,907 I Feel Pretty 871 1,610 4,423 Life Of The Party 587 1,310 3,010 Book Club 836 1,599 3,283 Oceans 8 3,009 4,372 11,114 A Simple Favor 564 2,126 4,410 10,381 Upside 394 1,431 3,669 8,602 Little 673 1,098 2,450 5,760 The Hustle 485 1,012 2,316 3,024 Rocketman 1,158 3,088 6,634 11,522 Yesterday 791 1,420 3,751 Yesterday 85% of A Simple Favor (13.6M) 85% of I Feel Pretty (13.6M) 34% of Ocean's 8 (14M) 56% of Rocketman (14.5M) 129% of Love, Simon (15.2M) 114% of Book Club (15.5M) 102% of The Upside (20.8M) 162% of The Hustle (21.1M) 125% of Life of the Party (22.3M) 153% of Little (23.6M) This was a great day for Yesterday. I don't think this will reach 20M, but these are still solid numbers and it should hold steady the next few weeks in spite of Spidey and Lion King.

He would be perfect as Tommy Pickles, and you know it!

btw Queen Ariana has increased the hype for me tenfold.

You’re right. I had it mixed up with Election Year

That’s pretty good. First Purge did 3.6M, but this one will probably be slightly less frontloaded. Also the DL Annabelle report mentions TS4 at 20.9M (!)

Movie/Date Monday Tuesday Spider-Man FFH 3,982 5,105 8 days 7 days The Lion King 11,161 3,366 25 days 24 days Far From Home Day 15-7 38% of Captain Marvel (58.4M) Day 22-7 40% of Captain Marvel (61M) This was a good increase. Interested to see what the next few days have in store. Lion King First two days of presales 95% of Fallen Kingdom (141M) 103% of Captain Marvel (157.5M) 306% of Toy Story 4 (370.5M) 943% of Aladdin (863.1M 3-Day, 1.1B 4-Day) (Endgame deflation occurred at this time) 498% of Incredibles 2 (909.8M) Day 25-24 103% of Infinity War (265.1M) 391% of Captain Marvel (600.3M) 943% of Aladdin (863.1M 3-Day, 1.1B 4-Day) (Endgame deflation occurred at this time) 1233% of Incredibles 2 (2.2B) Some of you might be a bit concerned over the movie "crashing", but that happens to every movie on the second day. Gotta admit, I do think the movie following Fallen Kindgom so closely is...interesting. I don't know if it means anything at the moment, but it's interesting.

Fandango App Monday Tues Wed Thursday Love, Simon 863 1,256 2,907 I Feel Pretty 871 1,610 4,423 Life Of The Party 587 1,310 3,010 Book Club 836 1,599 3,283 Oceans 8 3,009 4,372 11,114 Purge (Wed) 2,885 8,308 A Simple Favor 564 2,126 4,410 10,381 Creed II (Wed) 6,712 12,083 15,354 15,870 Robin Hood (Wed) 1,602 1,846 2,621 2,632 Upside 394 1,431 3,669 8,602 Happy Death Day 2U (Wed) 1,296 1,843 5,445 5,825 Little 673 1,098 2,450 5,760 The Hustle 485 1,012 2,316 3,024 Rocketman 1,158 3,088 6,634 11,522 Annabelle Comes Home (Wed) 2,390 8,460 Yesterday 791 1,420 Annabelle Tuesday 102% of The First Purge (17.7M 3-Day, 31.8M 5-Day) 70% of Creed II (24.9M 3-Day, 39.2M 5-Day) 458% of Robin Hood (42.1M 3-Day, 65.5M 5-Day) 459% of Happy Death Day 2U (43.6M 3-Day, 60.6M 5-Day) Day 9-1 95% of The First Purge (16.4M 3-Day, 29.6M 5-Day) So yesterday was pretty trash, but this was a great jump, although previews obviously helped a little bit. However, I feel like the Purge comps are the best bet for the time being. Yesterday 67% of A Simple Favor (10.7M) 46% of Rocketman (11.8M) 89% of Book Club (12.1M) 113% of Love, Simon (13.3M) 32% of Ocean's 8 (13.5M) 88% of I Feel Pretty (14.1M) 140% of The Hustle (18.2M) 108% of Life of the Party (19.4M) 129% of Little (19.9M) 99% of The Upside (20.2M) This did...okay. Nothing great, but it did fine enough to still stay above the double digits and would still be an okay number.

Ah yes, because if there's one property that might be a bit too intense for kids without an adult around, it's Dora the Explorer.

For the tracking thread peeps, Far From Home has been a nightmare. At least with Annabelle we can point to Purge or Happy Death Day. The last Tuesday openers were Vice and Holmes and Watson. Then before that was Amazing Spider-Man. We have nothing to go off of.

Counter argument: I don't care, I want him in everything.

I feel like Batman v Superman was a movie that probably had obscenely high presales on its first day. Can't prove that of course, but it just seems like an easy case.

Well excuse me for being lazy.

No, it's above the Disney SW films. Deadline stated TLK was the second biggest first day sale, only behind Endgame. So it beat out TFA, TLJ, RO, IW, etc. I knew somebody was gonna bring up Toy Story, and while Toy Story had other factors that helped it beat out I2, it's important to recognize that Star Wars is arguably the most presales-driven franchise of all time. Solo's first 24 hours beat out fucking Black Panther. Rogue One did more than Infinity War for God's sake. And sure, TFA was four years ago, and presales have grown exponentially, but the fact that the movie held onto the record for that long until Endgame, in spite of films like Batman v Superman, Civil War, Rogue One, Beauty and the Beast, The Last Jedi, Black Panther, Infinity War, Incredibles 2, and Captain Marvel, says a lot about how big the presales for Lion King seem to be at the moment. I'm not gonna say this is going to do like $2B or something, especially because the film could very well lose momentum as the weeks go by, but I feel like people need to understand that being second best still means a lot.

https://deadline.com/2019/06/annette-bening-death-on-the-nile-movie-fox-1202637727/ OH SNAP

By the way, a few theaters have Hobbs and Shaw showtimes popping up, but not for sale. Previews start at 7.

Movie/Date Monday Spider-Man FFH 3,982 8 days The Lion King 11,161 25 days Far From Home Day 15-8 33% of Captain Marvel (51.3M) Day 22-8 36% of Captain Marvel (55.8M) I don't have time to do more comps (gotta big one to worry about), but... this might not break out? I dunno. Lion King First day of presales 567% of Incredibles 2 (1B) 96% of Fallen Kingdom (142.4M) 186% of Captain Marvel (286.2M) 372% of Toy Story 4 (450.4M) 567% of Incredibles 2 (1B) 1299% of Aladdin (1.2B 3-Day, 1.5B 4-Day) (Endgame deflation occurred at this time) Day 25 154% of Infinity War (396.3M) 1752% of Incredibles 2 (3.2B) 515% of Captain Marvel (789.9M) 1299% of Aladdin (1.2B 3-Day, 1.5B 4-Day) (Endgame deflation occurred at this time) So like with every other movie, the first day always points to crazy results. We need to wait about a week or so before we have anything definitive, but this is a very strong day. I would have loved for this to beat Fallen Kingdom or Far From Home, but beggars can't be choosers. Of course, the question is whether this can keep up the momentum. We'll have to wait and see for a couple of weeks to see if that's the case.

Fandango App Monday Tues Wed Thursday Love, Simon 863 1,256 2,907 Blockers 504 1,106 2,931 I Feel Pretty 871 1,610 4,423 Life Of The Party 587 1,310 3,010 Book Club 836 1,599 3,283 Oceans 8 3,009 4,372 11,114 Purge (Wed) 2,885 8,308 Mamma Mia 2 4,427 5,099 12,117 17,226 A Simple Favor 564 2,126 4,410 10,381 Night School 1,045 1,756 3,566 A Star Is Born 9,115 11,383 22,641 21,501 Bohemian Rhapsody 7,255 9,026 12,546 26,476 Creed II (Wed) 6,712 12,083 15,354 15,870 Robin Hood (Wed) 1,602 1,846 2,621 2,632 Upside 394 1,431 3,669 8,602 Happy Death Day 2U (Wed) 1,296 1,843 5,445 5,825 Little 673 1,098 2,450 5,760 The Hustle 485 1,012 2,316 3,024 Rocketman 1,158 3,088 6,634 11,522 Annabelle Comes Home (Wed) 2,390 Yesterday 791 Annabelle Monday 36% of Creed II (12.7M 3-Day, 19.9M 5-Day) 149% of Robin Hood (13.7M 3-Day, 21.3M 5-Day) 83% of The First Purge (14.4M 3-Day, 25.9M 5-Day) 184% of Happy Death Day 2U (17.5M 3-Day, 24.3M 5-Day) Day 9-2 83% of The First Purge (14.4M 3-Day, 26M 5-Day) Even if you want to argue Toy Story and Lion King are causing deflation (which I kind of doubt), this seems very poor. I would think that it would at least match Purge's numbers. But hey, anything can happen. Yesterday 92% of Love, Simon (10.8M) 26% of Ocean's 8 (10.9M) 95% of Book Club (12.8M) 91% of I Feel Pretty (14.6M) 68% of Rocketman (17.6M) 117% of Little (18.1M) 163% of The Hustle (21.2M) 140% of A Simple Favor (22.5M) 135% of Life of the Party (24.1M) 201% of The Upside (40.9M) This is not as bad as I thought. Still disappointing, as I thought it would be a breakout hit after the first trailer, but numbers in the teens isn't all that bad.

Also, just to let y'all know, I'm not doing any late-night Pulse reports for the time being. Some new things have popped up in my personal life that's forcing me to get up earlier than I usually do, so I have to go to bed quicker. So if you're waiting until 3 am for me to post stuff, get yo self some sleep. I promise I'll get things up in the early morning.

So I'm finally at a computer and able to look at some numbers. For Lion King, it's already hit about 7,762 after a few hours, with more to come. I don't know how to extrapolate that and come to a final number, but it is already above just about every movie on my list after only a few hours. The only movies it hasn't passed yet are Infinity War, Fallen Kingdom, Endgame, and Far From Home. Again, I don't know the final number, but I think it's safe to say it'll get over Fallen Kingdom's 11K and Far From Home's 13K. Both Avengers movies are probably not gonna be passed, but Disney being upset over Lion King failing to reach the first day of those movies is the equivalent of Nintendo being upset Breath of the Wild didn't beat out Mario Odyssey in copies sold.

I had a dream once Chalamet was cast as Prince Eric, so I’m advocating for that.