Borobudur

I thought studio are trying to avoid "Part 1" in the title? That could give out the hint that this is skippable entry .Drag it into a trilogy!

Are thing improving before embargo even lifted?

Why seem like everyone in the top 10 in last edition got kicked out from the club?

WB's marketing in TSS is severely lacking. We are only 3 weeks away from opening but I sense no significant hype surround it. The good reviews may push fans to rush out in group but generally public will grow pretty numb without event-like buzz building.

But WB's top opening has been around 30m, depending how high will TSS go, Dune will likely land somewhere between 35m-50m opening. That is a not a satisfyingly number, and I don't know if overseas number will make Dune fare better since corona is refusing to back off.

So excited for the movie yet so hopeless for its prospect...

This even surprise internationally.

25.6m but I don't get why Deadline has it at 26.25m , maybe they think Disney going to harsh for Sunday (-31%) or simply because they haven't update the article

I think they are correct, I got 68%. By the way, the top 10 of this weekend. 1 N Space Jam: A New Legacy Warner Bros. $31,650,000 3,965 $7,982 $31,650,000 1 2 (1) Black Widow Walt Disney $25,612,000 -68% 4,275 +115 $5,991 $131,373,671 2 3 N Escape Room: Tourname… Sony Pict… $8,800,000 2,815 $3,126 $8,800,000 1 4 (2) F9: The Fast Saga Universal $7,620,000 -33% 3,368 -281 $2,262 $154,838,955 4 5 (3) The Boss Baby: Family… Universal $4,720,000 -47% 3,449 -239 $1,369 $44,641,675 3 6 (4) The Forever Purge Universal $4,160,000 -42% 2,735 -323 $1,521 $35,910,710 3 7 (5) A Quiet Place: Part II Paramount… $2,300,000 -27% 1,995 -364 $1,153 $155,027,870 8 8 N Roadrunner: A Film Ab… Focus Fea… $1,900,000 927 $2,050 $1,900,000 1 9 (6) Cruella Walt Disney $1,112,000 -53% 1,175 -700 $946 $83,429,517 8 10 N Pig Neon $945,000 552 $1,712 $945,000 1

I think the real issue here with BW is, not a bad 2nd weekend hold, but the apparent almost non-existent impact from Ontorio's reopening

BW Jul 16, 2021 2 $8,028,000 +60% -80% 4,275 $1,878 $113,789,671 8 Jul 17, 2021 - $10,384,000 +29% -55% 4,275 $2,429 $124,173,671 9 Jul 18, 2021 - $7,200,000 -31% -59% 4,275 $1,684 $131,373,671 10 Date Rank Gross % Change Theaters Per Theater Total Gross Week Jul 9, 2021 1 $80,366,312 4,160 $19,319 $80,366,312 1 Jul 16, 2021 2 $25,612,000 -68% 4,275 $5,991 $131,373,671 2

1 N Space Jam: A New Legacy Warner Bros. $31,650,000 3,965 $7,982 $31,650,000 1 - (2) F9: The Fast Saga Universal $7,620,000 -33% 3,368 -281 $1,847 $154,838,955 4 - (3) The Boss Baby: Family… Universal $4,720,000 -47% 3,449 -239 $1,369 $44,641,675 3 - (4) The Forever Purge Universal $4,160,000 -42% 2,735 -323 $1,521 $35,910,710 3

1 N Space Jam: A New Legacy Warner Bros. $31,650,000 3,965 $7,982 $31,650,000 1

I am still having faith in 100m opening, we just need 7.6x for that threshold.

Shouldn't you have already finish get over when you projected this for F9 opening?

Then get over yourself.

Wrong you are. The Meg weekend number largely align with AQP2 up until now, In fact, Meg's 2nd to 4th weekend came above AQP2 despite lower opening. AQP2 is 1.047x higher than Meg during opening weekend and up until now, AQP2 is racing 1.053x ahead of Meg largely thanks to stronger mid-week since the Meg was no longer in summer after 4th weekend. Also, AQP2 already showing deviation from Aladdin in the memorial weekend itself, not sure how you can think they align and if they do align, AQP2 should be doing 159m thus far. The Meg Aug 10-12 1 $45,402,195 - 4,118 - $11,025 $45,402,195 1 Aug 17-19 2 $21,151,012 -53.4% 4,118 - $5,136 $83,760,074 2 Aug 24-26 2 $12,812,615 -39.4% 4,031 -87 $3,178 $105,083,261 3 Aug 31-Sep 2 2 $10,535,459 -17.8% 3,761 -270 $2,801 $120,521,875 4 Aug 31-Sep 3 Labor Day wknd 2 $13,816,467 - 3,761 - $3,673 $123,802,883 - Sep 7-9 4 $6,094,327 -42.2% 3,511 -250 $1,735 $131,637,101 5 Sep 14-16 7 $3,862,851 -36.6% 2,851 -660 $1,354 $137,145,041 6 AQP2 May 28, 2021 1 $47,547,231 3,726 $12,761 $47,547,231 1 Jun 4, 2021 2 $19,266,977 -59% 3,744 $5,146 $88,377,962 2 Jun 11, 2021 1 $12,033,126 -38% 3,515 $3,423 $109,373,341 3 Jun 18, 2021 2 $9,086,739 -24% 3,401 $2,672 $124,945,917 4 Jun 25, 2021 2 $6,193,494 -32% 3,124 $1,983 $136,381,860 5 Jul 2, 2021 4 $4,225,000 -32% 2,826 $1,495 $144,436,659 6

Didn't expect Boss Baby2 to hit this high and close to Cruella. With decent, this could still within half of the first movie. Still a better holdup than SLOP2. AQP2 continues to run close like The Meg, only with AQP2' midweek numbers are significantly better. Should be able to try 155m.

I am not familiar with ID holiday but 51% 2nd week drop seem optimistic to me especially all the major opener during pandemic still have their 2nd week drop far above 50% like those during pre-pandemic time. Speaking of muted Tuesday, may I know why are they so muted these days? Did theater just cancel them?

By treating new release the same as their old film in library without any hassle and fees.....and speaking of promise, when did WB ever fulfill promise to their consumer diligently? And looking through release schedule of the 2nd half, I don't think WB has risk more than any other studio to earn them the risk premium either.

Maybe Hispanic group isn't that church-going like Caucasian, so smaller sunday drop

Hard to believe that F9 drop only 20% on Sunday and give extra 40k come above 70m. But I remember when TF4 fudged the number to above 100m, the entire town came to smoke Paramount out, this isn't happening now so the number should be accurate this round right? The soft sunday drop was probably due to the fact that F9 wasn't up from True Friday, leaving Saturday number lower and therefore little room to drop.

Sent mine...I can only come up with 50 names

Difficult to challenge AQP1 number since every country is pulling a similar number as AQP1 with domestic front looking at 30m lower than the first.

I think F9 could have some advantage thanks to higher opening. I am not sure if AQP2 can hit 160m since AQP2 is now running very closely to the Meg. Both Meg and AQP2 have $6m in 5th weekend and AQP2 is now less than 5m ahead of the meg at the same point. Meg have final total of 145m, if AQP2 followed the meg from here, the most it can get is around 150m. I don't think summer-midweek number can add another 10m advantage to AQP2 total, unless AQP2 manage to pull some genuine super strong hold like less than 30% drop to make that 160m possible. Date Rank Gross % Change Theaters Per Theater Total Gross Week Aug 10, 2018 1 $45,402,195 4,118 $11,025 $45,402,195 1 Aug 17, 2018 2 $21,151,012 -53% 4,118 $5,136 $83,760,074 2 Aug 24, 2018 2 $12,812,615 -39% 4,031 $3,179 $105,083,261 3 Aug 31, 2018 2 $10,535,459 -18% 3,761 $2,801 $120,521,875 4 Sep 7, 2018 4 $6,094,327 -42% 3,511 $1,736 $131,637,101 5 Sep 14, 2018 7 $3,862,851 -37% 2,851 $1,355 $137,145,041 6 Sep 21, 2018 9 $2,265,438 -41% 2,003 $1,131 $140,438,357 7 Sep 28, 2018 13 $1,032,182 -54% 1,243 $830 $141,980,287 8 Oct 5, 2018 23 $266,049 -74% 533 $499 $142,491,832 9 Oct 12, 2018 32 $75,584 -72% 202 $374 $142,673,948 10 Oct 19, 2018 25 $138,454 +83% 203 $682 $142,839,245 11 Oct 26, 2018 32 $95,916 -31% 168 $571 $142,976,043 12