I'd say most of the country has spring break in the middle/late portion of March. I'd imagine the only April spring breaks are in the cold portions of the country.
Massively good hold compared to Batman on Thursday. Increased to 71.3% of Batmans total already. If it can drop closer to 40% this weekend, rather than 46%, things are looking bright.
Over the last 4 days Dune has gone from 70.3% of Batmans gross, to 70.5%, to 70.8%, to 71.06%.
Should be at 71.8% by Sunday with the exact same Batman drops. It's been dropping better overall. I'd say $285 mil is locked up. $290 mil is very likely. $295 mil has more than a 50/50 chance. $300 mil if it can get some IMAX back before Fall Guy?
It's the most acclaimed because that's what they set out to do, and accomplished it.
King Kong is wearing a power glove. I don't think they were setting out to make Godzilla Minus One. And I think both are valid forms of movies.
I don't think we should always want "something more" to be delivered. There is nothing wrong with big dumb spectacle if that's what they're trying to make.
That was easy to do with Toy Story because it was just a decent movie.
Would be much harder to do with Inside Out because it's one of the greatest films of all time.
I think he did a good job building a good world in Maze Runner, let down a bit by the writing in the sequels. He's got good writers for this one, so I'm hoping for success.
I think Dune 2 can avoid a 46% drop this weekend. Also Batman then faced a huge opener right after Morbius. So Dune 2 will hopefully rebound better too.
For those curious, if it drops the same today as Batman dropped on the same day, it would increase the percent from 70.8% to 71.2%, just under half a percent. So this is certainly possible.
Dune 2 has, as of Monday, started outgrossing Batman 2 daily. Which has obviously started to increase it's percentage of total gross.
After last Tuesday, it sat at 68.8% of Batman's total gross. It's now up to 70.8%. If it starts increasing at about half a percent a day, we can get this up to 80% and a potential $300 mil finish.