Looks okay but I get the feeling Optimus won't stay evil for long, I would bet the true villain is Anthony Hopkins' character, was neat to see Cade and Lennox together though
I suspect Han Solo will remain a summer release due to Avatar 2, Episode IX I expect will be a December release but other SW films will alternate between summer and December.
I've alway wondered how Bond would fare if it was released in summer, License to Kill was the last summer Bond film in 1989 and since Goldeneye they've been November releases with the exception of Tomorrow never Dies which was December. I suspect whoever gets the Bond distribution rights will stick to November rather than risk a summer release.
Moana doing $600-650m WW would still be great, to have two successful animated films both critically and commercially in the same year is brilliant, BH6 wasn't considered a disappointment box office wise so Moana shouldn't be either.
I wouldn't be surprised if it's number 1 next week. I think we shouldn't count it out just yet, some films like MIB3 started low but ended having fantastic legs
Disney have been pushing Pixar to do two films every other year whereas WDAS is essentially doing one film a year production wise but because they skipped 2015 due to The Good Dinosaur being delayed and skipping 2017 so they have two films in 2018 although they're back to one film a year from 2019
i do think it's a bit daft for Disney to make Pixar create another film every other year, I think one film a year works well for both studios, we've seen with DWA how multiple films in a year can dilute the quality of the films
Sully will pull in the old crowd, Moana has a clear run in terms of family competition so I wouldn't be surprised if it has low drops for the next few weeks before making most of its business during Christmas.
I noticed Sing already has presales, Universal really want it to be another SLOP
style hit,
Interesting how A United Kingdom which debuted at number 6 jumped three places, must be the older audience seeing it plus Trolls having little to no weekday business due to school.
I suppose in the case of CWLS and AMC Empire 25, they have IMAX and IMAX is popular.
The reason Aladdin took so long to come to the stage was because they couldn't figure how to do the Genie and also had other shows which were further in development such as Aida and Mary Poppins.
The Purge's budgets are low so if they spent $10m on the budget and $40m on marketing then it's still only $50m combined so the break even would only be $100m WW so it still made a profit and will have other revenue streams but it's not super profitable as many would think
The week before Thanksgiving tends to be the key November slot as well as the first weekend.
DWA and Pixar have had flops in that slot so it's clearly not a bulletproof slot by any means
Zemeckis has a strong track record that he'll continue to be hired, its a shame Spielberg is directing Ready Player One as Zemeckis would have been a solid choice but I'm sure it'll be a hit