MovieMan89

If TR does 320-340 I think it could be a real neck and neck horse-race between it an JL DOM. Same for the OS grosses actually.

2.7x+ multi could be in play with that Sunday hold. Looks like the WOM is indeed very good already. Would love to see it have SMH's multi, that would get it to 350. Of course JL makes that extremely hard.

Ragnarok followed Doctor Strange's holds this weekend pretty closely. Bodes extremely well for the multi, given TR's significantly higher preview and OD numbers. I would totally say 2.7x would happen if not for JL. Still think it could hit 2.6x though.

Great opening. A bit disappointed it didn't hit the 135-145 range I really thought it would, but nonetheless there's no way to gripe about a 120m+ opening for a Thor movie released in early November. Disney knocked it out of the park with the movie's marketing from day 1.

1. WW A 2. GotG 2 A- 3. SMH A- 4. Ragnarok B+ 5. Logan B+ 6. LEGO Batman B 7. Valerian D+

The PRU trailer I saw with Ragnarok is a truly abysmal piece of big budget movie marketing. They literally could have just shown a black background with the words "We don't give two shits about making this look appealing to domestic audiences" flashing for 2 minutes and it would not have been any less effective.

Well I guess that includes me, since I'm expecting the Sat hold to be strong regardless of what it does today.

Hoping it can tick up towards 50m by the end of the night.

What's with your jumping to assumptions that I'm hating on it? I just recently said in this thread that hopefully this would breakout. I'm just being realistic that the average rating is poor this early on for Pixar, because it is. Several of the reviews are already very mixed in spite of being fresh. It's also realistic that this will be on the low end of their openings based on buzz and tracking so far. Just hasn't had much of a marketing presence. It really needed top Pixar tier raves if it wanted to overcome that and open higher and/or be something really leggy. It doesn't look like it will have top tier Pixar reception at all from these first reviews. Again, just being realistic. A Finding Dory comparison on the other hand is about as unrealistic as it gets...

All hail the GOAT franchise of critical acclaim. Bow down LOTR, Toy Story, and TDK franchises. Move over The Godfather and Citizen Kane.

The spelling of her name has always aggravated the hell out of me. That is about all I have to say on this.

Where the hell did this movie even come from? I'm not kidding, I had zero clue of its existence up until like a week ago and I saw a tv spot and now it's out. What the actual fuck?

Early reviews look nowhere near as good as they need to be for this to overcome its inevitable underwhelming opening. That 7.4 average this early on is really poor for a Pixar film. Not sure it does much more than 150m.

Lol at it not making 500m dom. By the time this comes out that will be around half of the first's adjusted gross. No way it drops more than that in attendance. It is still Cameron after all, he knows what he's doing.

Cars' unadjusted run might be a good comparison for this if it does get top tier Pixar reviews. That did 60/245. Just can't really see this opening much higher than 60 no matter what.

Snyder will indeed be remembered as one of the great... brands of pretzels

The thing is the concept and everything about it seems like it would inherently have a very niche appeal, especially regarding the family demo. Look at the Book of Life after all, and they marketed the heck out of that movie. Of course Pixar gives it an automatic broader appeal than it would otherwise have, but I still don't know if I can see much more than 60m for opening, which basically puts 250 as the ceiling if it got spectacular WOM.

Would be really nice for this to breakout big considering the piss poor year for animation at the box office. It's the last hope. Though I highly doubt it, since I just don't think the premise has a wide enough appeal even with the Pixar name attached. I think it's definitely going to have to be a WOM movie if it's going to go much above 200.

Why do you doubt it? Why wouldn't Disney kill everyone and end their biggest cinematic universe?

I think the fact that dinos in a big budget blockbuster have never gotten tired or old for me is what makes all the sequels a bit fun when otherwise I'd probably have no use for them.

Coulson.

Yeah, some of the big casting in DCEU has been impeccable. Cavill and Gadot just couldn't be any more perfect. Leto and Affleck being the major exceptions.

I don't think JL has had anywhere near as flashy and blitzy marketing as the typical Snyder films, so that could be a big part of it. His films usually have very memorable trailers/spots.

Don't think I will admit to that, but I'll gladly wear my Snyder hater badge with pride. Though I'm not even talking about my expectations for the film, I'm talking about the hype. Hype was pretty undeniable for BvS/SS. Nowhere near as much so for this.

All the sequels in this franchise are pretty bad when you get down to it objectively. Still, the dinosaur element of the films has always remained relatively fresh, which makes the dumb fun a bit more enjoyable than your typical dumb scifi/action blockbuster. It's not like there's ever been a ton of other dino movies out there.