People are expecting too much. Even leggy run like Elemental had 38% 2nd weekend drop and that movie started at much much lower base as compared to Barbieheimer.
I know some may be disappointed by come on, sub-40% Sun-Mon is simply too much to ask and believe to begin with. The capacity issue over the weekend will only make people pre-book their ticket in advance, and therefore less walk-ups throughout the day.
You mean $100m second weekend? But Barbie doesn't need that, The summer mid-week is the key why Mario failed to reach $600m after all when weekend numbers was so strong. Barbie has at least 3 weeks of summer mid-week bump until it start dying in mid-August.
Most of the upward revision will be from Barbieheimer and I don't think the rest can have contribute any push. If only MI7 can have stronger sales, instead of going sub-20.
I think people forget the way IMAX was this big today largely thanks to JC, his avatar made $250m+ in IMAX format alone back in 2009. That is when he send a shock wave to the industry to this day.
James Cameron have been demanding theater to upgrade their cinema screen to 4k, whether if the hall is PLF or not but cinema is still slow to convert them.