Any way Sunday sees an increase over Saturday? I think a 10 percent bump is within the realms of possibility. Best case scenario of 20-38-42 puts it at even 100.
Still can't believe the business No Way Home has done. Making over 3 times as the pandemics second highest grosser is no joke and Venom 2 and Shang chi didn't have Omicron concerns looming over them. One of the most impressive runs for a film this century and right up there with Black Panther for MCU imho.
We knew I2 was going over $550M even though that was uncharted territories for an animated film because of its A+ Cinemascore. Because the fandom bias was much less. It was basically a confirmation that a film would make at least 3 times its OW. It's not the case with fandom driven movies now. A mix of casuals and fandom is always preferred over fandom alone.
Don't think Cinemascore was overhyped at all. I believe it would have gotten an A+ even on Friday night. But that's not the case for most fandom driven movies. But an A+ on Friday would've been much more of a gauge of wom than an A+ on Thursday night. And I don't know a single casual moviegoer who takes the time to verify their ticket and vote on Rotten Tomatoes.
Calculating the Cinemascore of these franchise fandom driven movies on Thursday is pointless. Casuals are much more likely to come out during Friday night and cinemascore will be much more of a useful gauge of word of mouth then.
Haha, Reddit is already having a meltdown with some people refusing to believe the numbers at all. There's room for disappointment but $700M during a pandemic with concerns of new variants is nothing short of an amazing Hollywood success story.
Aah Deadline. Ridiculously lowball and laughably underpredict during 1st weekend and when the movie overperforms, surprised Pikachu face. Then goes on to overpredict the 2nd weekend like braindead idiots.
I am really looking forward to second weekdays. Hope it beats AIW by next Sunday, day 17. It will still trail AEG by $50mil and hopefully catches up by the end of January.