Have been really busy with the hectic schedule of residency. Just saw the numbers and wanna hop in and express my happiness. Always good to see new franchises and theaters thriving well. Thinking TLK19 Dom is going down. What a start!
Iirc the Presidents' Day WE Fri is basically an off day for many schools. Last year NWH had its best Fri jump that friday. That combined with AM3 petering out and football frenzy being finally done with leads to strong holds across the board.
Chimpmunks 2 & 4 were accompanied by the highest grossing films of all time. Maybe the only way to make the highest grossing film of all time is to fund Chimpmunks 5 and 6? Perhaps BOT should start a Gofundme page ...
This made me thinking, which film made the most after falling from #1. A quick glance reveals it's Incredibles 2, though I'm too busy to look at others.
Kinda low on PiB wouldn't you say? Replacing the popcorn day Thursday and using Fri/Wed bump, Puss is outpacing J:WTTJ (+224% vs +196%). Would think close to 12M for that.
A 11.0x isn't that unexpected for A2 anymore. Needs about +150%/+110/-38% for that. Previous trends and logic implies it should have much better Fri/Sat bump compared to MLK week. However needs atleast +180% on Friday for 12.5x. Thinking 11.2-12.2x is where it ends up.
Now that holidays are absolutely not a thing anymore, we can analyze weekdays with more clarity (a bit boring I'd say considering there isn't much room for surprises anymore). Thinking Puss will have enough of a Fri/Sat bump to offset the holiday boosted Sunday advantage of last week and end up with 10.5M+ (<-26%). Avatar, I'd wager 20.5M+ (off of a 1.85M Thursday, give or take).
I presume TFA was also a May release in this scenario (Prolly clears 300M in that case). If TFA were a Dec film and TLJ opened in May and ended up with your totals, it could've triggered some heated arguments regarding summer vs winter legs (among other TLJ discussions).