Darth Lehnsherr

Well tbh I think Bay box office wise got the most out of the Transformers franchise.

Tight race between Pika and Endgame though both are lower than I expected a week ago. Pika will be fine and have a decent end total though wish it was a breakout hit. Endgame's drop this weekend is disappointing in a vacuum but of course hard to be disappointed in a film that should become No 1 of all time WW. I did expect better legs admittedly but finale factor and some lack of rewatchability from GA is playing a big role. As far as the Infinity War vs Endgame they are two different films trying to accomplish different things. I totally understand how people would like Infinity War more but I definitely think if Endgame was non stop action like Infinity War as a conclusion Endgame would have felt unsatisfying. 3 hour running time is a special case I seriously don't think Disney will be making 3 hour Avengers films as the norm.

And you said that implying that meant the result was "not so great" which it isn't

Yep easily going to be my most overpredicted film of the year

HUSTLE, THE (2019) POMS (2019)

That doesn't necessarily apply to OW since you're counting the Thursday Previews in the Friday Total.

So Endgame may end up close to Ultron's legs. Again doesn't matter that much when your OW is $357M. Makes me think this may have been way more frontloaded (Civil War or worse levels) had reception had been more tepid. Hope Pika gets into the $60M range but can't see how it gets into the $70M range with that Fri number.

Not too sure about that....

Either Pikachu's momentum peaked too early with that first trailer or maybe it was never destined to be a juggernaut in the first place and we overestimated the impact of that first trailer.

Ignore that user

Can't really judge WoM from Thursday Previews

Eh it's alright

Since Ultron's release I assume

No as in there are plenty of examples of "subversion of expectations" waaaay before TLJ. Idk why TLJ is the one you continue to harp on about.

Rian Johnson didn't create subversion of expectations

China and probably the rest of Asia at least

Hey all good I'll do my part to spread the word of Godzilla in Australia.

I wouldn't be surprised if Godzilla has an abnormal high multi due to @Brainbug's contribution to its box office.

Civil War's legs were poor while at worst Endgame's legs will be average.

Hope you will admit when you're wrong

Basically the same drop as Infinity War had Assuming Thursday is $8.2M (-2.4%) giving Infinity War increases/decreases in 3rd Weekend Fri: $18.9M (+131.8%) Sat: $31.8M (+68.5%) Sun: $22.6M (-28.9%) = $73M (-50.4%) Expect it to be closer to $70M though

Hmm will the Cameron fanboys be as gracious as Cameron was just then?

Mate all you've done in this thread is stir the pot. Just stop.

You expect it to make less than $300M after next Sunday?

Rewatched this film a couple of days ago. Still freaking fantastic with some obvious leaps of logic that I've come to expect from JJ Abrams films. But yes such a shame that the series never really took off box office wise afterwards. Giacchino's Star Trek theme is still fantastic too.