Geeze, what is this actual tracking post doing here. Way out of theme with the pages I just caught up on 😛
I do kind of see the attraction of JC and FG, but I am also wary. They seem more kid/family oriented vs Lost Coty being more adult aimed, though all are nonsequel light action comedy fare. Not like I have another suggestion though - haven’t had a classic adult aimed action romcom in a looooooong time that I can recall.
You didn’t, but the implication seemed to be that we might find out this weekend that audiences couldn’t handle it. If that wasn’t the intention then consider my response irrelevant 👍
Okay, okay, so — I know I pioneered the Begins OW comp back a few weekend threads ago (and thanks to @PenguinXXR and @Porthos for wayback sleuthing assists). That came out to about 140M.
Another popular comparison I’ve seen for fairly self-evident reasons is SMH, which also translates to about 140M.
But, food for thought — what would Homecoming have opened to if it *wasn’t* MCU? In some ways that is an even better parallel, right? I am thinking maybe like 90-95 translating to… 100-110?
Some bold studio should just have shows from noon on Mon Tues Wed and Th while firmly informing the industry that as these are “special fan advance sneak limited events” they are actually part of the Friday OD gross. Just full UK that shit.
Now at 95% with 250+. I suspect it will settle around 90 — people who love it seem to LOVE it but there are some obvious elements from reviews that aren’t exactly maximized for GA enjoyment/might clash a bit with expectations. Not too surprising considering e.g. War for the Planet of the Apes.