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So 6.7m for Pets for a 42-43% Monday-to-Monday drop. For comparison, Minions dropped 55% from it's first Monday. So drops are at the halfway between Minions and IO. Pretty good.

It's because he writes for two sites.

WEEKEND BOX-OFFICE Great weekend, lead by Ice Age's huge debut. - Despite falling in other places, Ice Age remains as popular as ever in Romania. Collision Course, the fifth entry in the franchise, managed the highest opening of the series, with 66.930 adm (and $350k). That is also the 4th highest OW for an animation, behind only Minions (101.889 adm), Frozen (73.854) and Hotel Transylvania 2 (73.103) In comparison, Ice Age 4 made 56.519 adm and $317k, while Ice Age 3 debuted with 65.139 adm and $471k (of course, you have the exchange rate difference). It is important to note that Ice Age is a very leggy franchise. The 3rd movie reached 337.261 adm (5.1x multiplier), while the 4th one sold 361.145 tickets (6.4x multi). Also, Ice Age 3 is currently the highest grossing animation ever, with almost $2.3m, while Ice Age 3 stands on #3 on that list with $1.9m. That being said, I expect Ice Age 5 to reach at least 300.000 adm and $1.5m (exchanage rates). - In second, The Legend of Tarzan had a very nice second weekend hold (-34%) and reached a great $477k. That is coming after it's very good 39.283 adm debut last week. That debut was higher than the one of Cinderella, Oz: The Great and Powerful or Alice 2, but behind Maleficent and the first Alice. But thanks to it's very good hold, Tarzan is now running ahead (in admissions) of Maleficent. If it continues to hold well it might hit $1m. But a safer bet would be somewhere around $800-850k. Either way, it is a hit for WB. - Central Intelligence managed to increase by 9% in it's third outing and now stands at a decent $360k. - Now You See Me 2 registered another excellent hold (+4%) and passed the 200.000 adm milestone. In USD it's at a huge $896k and it is all but locked to reach $1m and even beat it's predecessor. Great performance and legs for it. - The Shallows debuted in 6th, with a weak 7.861 adm (and $36k) - In other news, X-Men: Apocalypse crossed the 150.000 adm milestone for the first time in the franchise's history, but it will finish just under Days of Future Past in USD, thanks to a worse exchange rate. Top 10 Next week's openers: - Star Trek Beyond - Skiptrace - Francofonia Star Trek was never big here (the last 2 movies basically flopped). So I don't expect a huge debut for Beyond. Maybe somewhere around 25.000-30.000 adm. Skiptrace looks weak from presales. With some luck it might go over 10.000 adm, but I doubt it. And Francofonia under 5.000. Also, tickets for Suicide Squad (opening August 5th) just went on sale today. It's too early to say anything, but based on the huge number of showtimes it's getting, plus the very early opening for advanced tickets, I'd say the theaters are expecting a big debut. Also, here is the TOP 20 HIGHEST GROSSING MOVIES OF 2016 so far: ***The bolded titles are still playing And finally, with almost 7 million admissions so far, 2016 is currently running 13% ahead for 2015.

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Hmm... looking at NYSM2's run. With France, Germany, Japan and Spain still left to go and the huge numbers coming from SK it will close with around the same as the first one WW (350M WW). Big hit for Lionsgate. I bet we'll get a third one.

I doubt Warner will green lit a sequel. You can understand why they did it for Godzilla (530m on a 160m budget), but even if Tarzan makes some profit with home video and TV, it would probably be pretty small and they have enough franchises for now. But even so, there's a positive. With the solid WOM it's been getting it consolidates David Yates position with WB. The guy knows how to create spectacle and I hope they give him more movies to direct.

I am seriously thinking it is headed for 400-410 WW. It's OS territories dropped less than 20% this weekend which indicated insane WOM. I'm thinking it can go to about 150m from the current markets + 50m-ish from China + 70m-ish from the rest of the OS markets.

With OS updates: The Conjuring 2 crossed 300m WW. Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $101,111,661 33.6% + Foreign: $200,000,000 66.4% = Worldwide: $301,111,661 Me Before You added another 15-16m, on it's way to 200m WW (still has Italy plus a few smaller markets on the way). Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $55,340,084 32.2% + Foreign: $116,600,000 67.8% = Worldwide: $171,940,084 Central Intelligence reached 180m WW. Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $117,508,303 65.1% + Foreign: $63,000,000 34.9% = Worldwide: $180,508,303 And Tarzan also added some solid OS numbers (it's only new big market this weekend was Italy and it still has China, Germany, Japan, Brazil, Spain and Argentina on the way): Total Lifetime Grosses Domestic: $103,050,257 53.2% + Foreign: $90,600,000 46.8% = Worldwide: $193,650,257 Warner has a good summer and it's about to get a lot better with Suicide Squad and Lights Out on the way (plus a potential small hit in War Dogs).

It was the same last weekend and I was so freakin tense a couple of hours till the actuals arrived. What does make V's run so incredibly entertaining?

Maybe it will have great WOM and reach 50m? Or am I too hopeful?

I'm a dumbass. I calculated looking at Dory's Mojo page and I confused the Sunday week-to-week drops with the Sat-Sun drops

? It's basic calculation using a 25% Sunday drop for Tarzan and a 35% one for Dory. Admittedly, Dory might end up closer to a 30% drop.

One can be hopeful

That would mean an 11.3-11.4m weekend for Tarzan (-48%) and a 10.4-10.5m one for Dory (-50%). And CI might register an under 30% drop. Amazing for it. So 130m for Tarzan and 135-140m for CI in the end. Really Good.

Seeing how boring this weekend thread is can we talk about how @BoxOfficeZ saw Suicide Squad and liked it?

I am ready to accept that Dany might die in a fight with the white walkers. The series name is A Song of Iace and Fire and Dany is clearly the fire, even with the big Jon reveal. But killing her in the invasion is plain stupid. We waited 6 seasons for her to go to Westeros. Yeah, it can be a big setup, but at this point it would feel like a cheap gimmick and I think Martin is above that. Like it or not, she is the most popular character on the show. The Red Wedding worked because exactly because it truly was shocking. And let's say they kill off Dany. That leaves you with what? Dragons that can't be controlled (and if they seriously pull off a Jon is a Targaryen and he can ride dragons shit, then good bye GoT - it took Dany, their freakin mother, a hell lot of time to control them), an army of Dothraki that would never obey a Westerosi, and who will fight the white walkers? Jon? With what army? I mean let's be honest: we all know the white walkers will only be defeated by dragons and that won't be possible without Dany. Also, Jon and Dany married... I really don't want that. John doesn't deserve the freakin throne. He had to be saved every single time. If he listened to Sansa then thousands of his people would still be alive. I really hope he dies at the end.

According to BO PRO Lights Out has bigger Facebook numbers than all horrors this year, excepting Conjuring. It's trailer views are also huge. I mean, the TV spots posted by WB yesterday alone account for more than 4m views. And it will likely get the same or even better reviews than the first Conjuring. 30m might seem much, but's it's perfect counter programming. At the very least I expect 20m and very good legs.

But we only have 2-3 pics right now and a half-assed plot.

I was talking about it's week-to-week Thursday number.

That is bigger than Minions first Thursday. WOM is strong. And Dory has yet another 50%+ drop. 500m is dead. Wonder how was Tarzan.

So... all of you guys have seen the original Ghostbusters? Because I can't muster any excitement for this weekend lol. All I can think about is the SS OW and how I have to wait 2 more weeks.

I just don't get it. I'm a huge fanboy for Potter and LOTR and POTC etc. And I'd defend them to death when in an argument with someone else. But how lifeless must you be to create multiple accounts just to dislike a movie when, in the grand scheme of things, no one cares about your vote. It is mind blowing to me that these people actually don't have anything better to do with their time...

Wow, MBY is so huge in Germany.

So people are agains a LOTR-like gritty adapatation of Arthur's legend, but at the same time they don't want a Disney-like lighter thing? What do you people want?!!

Oh, ffs, he looks good and stylish and king-ish. And it's a perfect contrast to the rough, underdog look of Arthur. Guy Ritchie may have many faults as a director, but his movies are always visually stunning.