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Not entirely sold on 50M for ABY yet. Impressive run, yes, especially given expectations. But looking at the JLo movie Second Act, ABY is only running a few % ahead of that film's run, which ended at 39M. Thinking closer to 45M total, which is still pretty good. It's only a few million away from No Hard Feelings this summer, which had JLaw and a big marketing campaign.

Love the controversial Deadpool prediction. Respectfully disagree but hey, this thread is living up to its title.

Jason Momoa and Patrick Wilson had legit Chrmistry, which honestly was almost enough to save this movie. The second act was by far the most entertaining. Otherwise, it’s messy and incoherent. Wan is pretty good at shooting hand to hand combat, but I found the CGI battles to be major overload.

Aquaman was bad, but better than the first.

Iron Claw is some good stuff. Hoping Efron can sneak into that 5th spot Best Actor nomination, even though I wouldn’t bet on it happening. Hope more people turn out for it. Would love to see 30M+ for it.

Wonka is clearly going to be the #1 movie of the holidays.

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It’s CJohn we’re talking about so my hunch is that this is a DOM/WW prediction.

15M increase from estimates? That’s pretty good.

Not in Canada.

Boys in the Boat is basically doing here what some of the trackers have been saying Colour Purple has been doing in some US markets. Local theater in Victoria BC, Boys in the Boat 11:50 AM show is single seats away from being sold out. Colour Purple 11:40 AM show has a single seat sold.

Boys in the Boat, Ferrari, and TCP are all increasing it total ticket sales today from yesterday. That being said, Tuesday discounts means that ATP is much much lower. If I had to extrapolate from very early numbers, I’d guess 9-10 for TCP, 3.5 for Boat, and 1.5 for Ferrari.

Wait TCP is doing that SoF thing from earlier this summer? Weird. Anyways, if OD is around 16, I’m expecting a final total around Unbroken. Similar run, since I’m expecting some level of frontloading due to high anticipation and large pre sales. Curious what Ferrari’s day looks like. Boys in the Boat could make a run for 40M which is 4x what I thought it would gross. Nice to see that there are still some surprises at the box office even with the tracking team firmly on target 99% of the time.

Looking at presales around me for today, things are actually looking really dang great. This will only be the second Christmas since 2015 I haven’t worked at a movie theater (other being 2020) and from my anecdotal experience, Christmas Day isn’t as strong of a box office day in Canada as it is in the US. Most theaters aren’t even open the entire day. So without further ado, here is how the presales for today have shaped up in Vancouver/Van Island (sample) the top 5 strongest: 1. Wonka - no surprise. 2. Aquaman - only a hair or two behind Wonka. If I had to guess, this will likely come out on top for the day gross wise since it’s ATP is higher and it’s only slightly behind in ticket sales. 3. Boys in the Boat - yea you heard that right. 4. Ferrari - strong contender that shocked even me. 5. Colour Purple - definitely won’t be a sensation in Canada. Not bad numbers overall though. Next up you have Boy and Heron pulling stronger numbers than Anyone But You and Iron Claw. Edit: Oh! And Merry Xmas/Happy Holidays to everyone!

Merry Christmas to the entire tracking team, whether you are one of the main contributors, an occasional contributor, or a reader. Today will be exciting, but I hope everyone takes the time to spend with family/friends/loved ones. You all deserve it ❤️

It couldn’t possibly be, since it opened to 4-6x as big as either of those movies. It’s going to out-gross both of them, if that’s what you’re saying.

Pixar did this for years in the 2000s.

Out for dinner right now, can check later tonight but not great. About on par with the other Xmas day openers.

Yea... Migration was higher than Trolls 3 for true Thursday previews pretty much everywhere I tracked tonight. Wouldn't be surprised with 1.2-1.3 tomorrow morning.

Too early in the afternoon on the WC for me to say anything definitive but Aquaman’s walkups are pretty solid so far. Migration I’ll have a bit of an idea in a half hour or so.

Much love to you and your family. Take care!

Hidden Figures is probably the best this movie could hope for.

Reminiscing on the DCEU, it’s got a ton of misses but also some pretty solid entries. Man of Steel I will defend forever I think it’s great. Wonder Woman is awesome, as is Shazam 1. Birds of Prey is fun, as is TSS. I even argue that, VFX aside, The Flash is a great movie (mostly due to its script). Although Flash feels like it would have been a much better “end” to the DCEU since it sorta ended where it began. Batfleck was a good choice, Cavill was born to play Superman, Gadot is a great Wonder Woman and Momoa killed it as Aquaman. And Robbie as Harley obviously.

Glad to see TCP getting good reviews! Sky’s really the limit. I’m not able to see any numbers yet in Canada, but I’m not expecting it to be as strong as USA.

Fair. What I meant was that Revenant is able to play/market itself as an action or adventure movie, whereas Killers is more of a historical drama. Both are seeped in uniquely American history, but since Revenant is more of an “action” film, Killers would be perceived as less accessible to OS audiences.