[MEH-MORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE | Abandon all hope, the box office is dead. 3 day weekend #s X-Men 65M, Alice 28.1M, Angry Birds 18.7M, Civil War 15.1M, Neighbors 9.1M. Bad openings, horrible holdovers.]

4 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

 

It'll squeak past 100M if remotely lucky. There's a possibility it won't even, given how its OD was on par w/Tomorrowland's. And for all people shit on Tomorrowland, its WOM was Godlike compared to Alice 2's (at least as of right now).

 

People hated Tomorrowland. I actually think Alice will hold up better in that regard. Families on the weekend might also help more.

[MEH-MORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE | Abandon all hope, the box office is dead. 3 day weekend #s X-Men 65M, Alice 28.1M, Angry Birds 18.7M, Civil War 15.1M, Neighbors 9.1M. Bad openings, horrible holdovers.]

I'm just glad that a superhero movie is failing at the box office.

 

Any guesses on what Alice's total might be?

[MEH-MORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE | Abandon all hope, the box office is dead. 3 day weekend #s X-Men 65M, Alice 28.1M, Angry Birds 18.7M, Civil War 15.1M, Neighbors 9.1M. Bad openings, horrible holdovers.]

14 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Pete's Dragon date is not that good.

 

It's not a superhero movie, it wouldn't do well no matter what date it came out on.

[ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS | 5/27/16 | If anyone cares, there is an RT watch in this thread apparently.]

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It's a lot of fun, fast-paced, and actually less CGI based than the first one. In fact the whole movie is much better than the first one, partially because this one has a discernible plot. It's unfortunate to see the critics ganging up on it but it's probably because there is nothing less hip than Johnny Depp and Tim Burton at the moment, and let's face it, the first one just left a such a bad taste in people's mouths that it's carried over to the sequel. I really think audiences will enjoy it.

[Weekend Actuals (Page 75): X-MEN 103.3M OS OW | Angry Birds 38.15M | Captain America 32.9M (Ahoy Matey!!) | Neighbors 21.7M | The Nice Guys 11.2M | Jungle Book 10.9M]

34 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

 

400M+ is a kick in the nuts? I dunno, looks like a feat that only 22 out of close to millions of films have ever accomplished  Just saying.

Many of you had it positioned for 500-600 million. It's gotta hurt just a bit.

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37 minutes ago, RyneOh1040 said:

yeah a film that is easily going to crack a billion WW will def. get studios to stop making them lmao.

 

It's a pretty big kick in the nuts domestically regardless.

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So glad that Civil War is such a massive disappointment. I hope it's a sign that people are getting sick of this superhero crap; and yes I hated BVS as well. Civil War was crap and it's failure at the box office reflects that.

[What boxoffice runs are unbelievable in retrospect?]

Tootsie - almost 500 million adjusted for a smart New York comedy.

[Weekend Actuals (Page 67): Captain Pirate: Piracy War 72.6M | Jungle Book 17.1M | Money Monster 14.8M | The Darkness 5M | Mother's Day 3.3M]

Civil War floppage continues.

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9 hours ago, BKB IS CAPTAIN AMERICA said:

 

Oh FFS.. And of course, none of this was present in BvsS, right???

 

Why do you assume that I liked that? Both are horrible.

[Weekend Thread | RTH pg 197...Mother's Day not kind to CW but very kind to JB and MD CW 42, JB 9,7, MDD 6.1,Hunts 1.48...puts CW at about 178M]

11 minutes ago, BKB IS CAPTAIN AMERICA said:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some people want more than heartless corporate cash grabs.

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7 minutes ago, movieboner said:

I still think good wom can carry it to $500 million

 

Too bad it's such a tedious bore.

[Weekend Thread | RTH pg 197...Mother's Day not kind to CW but very kind to JB and MD CW 42, JB 9,7, MDD 6.1,Hunts 1.48...puts CW at about 178M]

It's always wonderful when a terrible movie falls short of expectations.

[Weekend Thread (actuals)- Deadpool $56.47m, KFP3 $12.52m, Risen $11.8m, Witch $8.8m, HTBS $8.2m, Race $7.35m (pg 36)]

3 hours ago, No Prisoners said:

Been saying that for 20 years. Time to remake "Terms of Endearment " or "Ordinary people "? Nah, won't gross more than 30m these days. Where on the road to looking at a man's ass for 90 minutes for comic relief. Nothing you can do.

 

Yep, we're all fucked and you guys will look back and realised that you let it happen.

[Weekend Thread (actuals)- Deadpool $56.47m, KFP3 $12.52m, Risen $11.8m, Witch $8.8m, HTBS $8.2m, Race $7.35m (pg 36)]

Deadpool is a juvenile, idiotic piece of junk. The success of this film is incredibly depressing and will only lead to bigger pieces of brain-dead immature crap being made.

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14 minutes ago, movieboner said:

That Ridley Scott snub for best director doesn't make any sense, when The Martian is nominated for Best Picture, Actor, and Adapted Screenplay.

It just means that the directors branch didn't respond to it as well or liked other movies more. The branches don't always line up perfectly, so that would probably explain it.

[2015 100M Films - 29 down, 7 to go (Leo Bears the Blockbuster Burden!)]

Can Sisters reach 100M?

[2015 Best Picture predictions!]

LOL Star Wars missed PGA. Should have been an easy nomination.

[Gone With the Wind (1939) Box Office:20 million Tickets Sold in the First Year.]

3 hours ago, DeeCee said:

Various articles from the New York Times at the time of release suggest the advanced screenings at the higher prices were from January 1940 to early October 1940 (It was at the Astor Theater on Broadway for 43 weeks up to Oct. 13).  There was an anniversary screening in Atlanta on Dec. 12 1940 and then it went into general release in January 1941.  So there was a gap of around 3 months between the first release and the second release unless it was being shown elsewhere in the US.

 

I think these 2 releases should be separated due to the huge difference in prices charged.

 

Well that proves my point. It was shown in New York and then went into general release in January 1941, why would that not be included in the first run. I also doubt that ticket prices changed astronomically between 1939 and 1941. I feel like you just want to make the argument that Star Wars TFA run is better than Gone with the Wind.

[Gone With the Wind (1939) Box Office:20 million Tickets Sold in the First Year.]

5 hours ago, Juby said:

 

Yes, but av. ticket price were diffrent in each year.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/about/adjuster.htm

 

Probably quite minor, also dramatically different from 2015 prices.

[Gone With the Wind (1939) Box Office:20 million Tickets Sold in the First Year.]

5 hours ago, DeeCee said:

Not necessarily.  It does seem like there were gaps of several months when it was not in any theatres.  

 

It's essentially fact. The film was in general release for about 5 years. Not sure where you are getting these gaps from. Perhaps during the transport of the film reels across the country.

[Gone With the Wind (1939) Box Office:20 million Tickets Sold in the First Year.]

19 hours ago, Juby said:

GONE WITH THE WIND (Budget $3.977 mln) ......... /ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION/ (ATP $8.34, Dec. 2015)

1939 .......... $20,000,000 ...................................... /$695 mln/

1941 .......... $11,000,000 ........... $31,000,000 ..... /$366.96 mln/

1942 .......... $4,000,000 ............. $35,000,000 ..... /$123.56 mln/

1947 .......... $???

1954 .......... $???

1961 .......... $???

1967 .......... $???

1974 .......... $???            ............ $189,523,031

1989 .......... $2,403,316 ............ $191,926,347 .... /$5.05 mln/

1998 .......... $6,750,112 ............ $198,676,459 .... /$12 mln/

ALL  ........... $198,676,459 .................................... /$??/

 

Over $1.2 mld DOM adjusted only from 6 of 10 releases! Mojo has wrong data, adjusted number for Gone with the Wind should be more than $1.7 mld, and today average ticket price is $8,61 not $8,34 when I calculate this!

 

1941 and 1942 are still part of the first run release. It was just released in new areas i.e. outside of New York and Los Angeles.

[Gone With the Wind (1939) Box Office:20 million Tickets Sold in the First Year.]

23 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

....with only a small percentage of available screens in comparison.

 

And that's only 1 out of a lot of details to take into consideration too

 

 

 

And about half the population of America at the time. It also didn't have 10+ re-releases because you're counting it's expansion out of the large movie houses in New York and Los Angeles as a re-releases. Not to mention that adjusted for inflation that it's going to gross about twice as much as TFA.

[Gone With the Wind (1939) Box Office:20 million Tickets Sold in the First Year.]

2 hours ago, Jessie said:

GWTW's run is no way near as special as films like Titanic, Avatar or TFA

 

Totally untrue. If anything it is way more significant.

[2015 Best Picture predictions!]

You can forget about Star Wars getting nominated for Best Picture. It isn't going to happen and I'm afraid that you may be setting yourselves up for disappointment.