MovieMan89

But it did over-perform in virtually every country. Not the way it over-performed in China of course, but even taking out China the OS gross would've been seen as very surprising. Take China out of both F6 and F7, and it increased nearly 300m over F6. That's not a "normal" China-less OS sequel jump by any means. It simply way over-performed in 95% of its markets, DOM included.

If Frozen hadn't been such a Japanese juggernaut, Minions likely would've beaten it WW.

Hoping for Crimson Peak to break out. Don't know how the movie will turn out, but the trailers sure make it look like a visual treat at the least. I don't see PA doing more than 60. I think most have officially moved on from that franchise. And they waited too long since PA4 to really capitalize on any remaining momentum to see the conclusion. Has there been any marketing for Rings yet? I'm holding out hope for that to recapture some of the magic of the first, against all odds. Only two months from release though and it doesn't feel like it actually exists.

Yeah, I could see that as well. Definitely in the 90-135 range is where I think it will land. Also, it's surprising few are bringing up TGD with this movie. That one is obviously going to dominate the Thanksgiving to Xmas stretch among animated films, so that means the late Holiday legs for this could be weaker than usual.

We haven't even gotten to the Holidays yet. Plenty of time for anyone really to emerge as the frontrunner. Could be a no-name from an indie few have seen yet. And at this point I half expect Leo will need to die before the Academy actually awards him.

For Snoopy being such a "timeless" character his presence in pop culture has sure felt non-existent to me for as long as I can remember. The holiday special re-runs really are the only thing keeping the relevancy afloat, as far as I can tell. But I don't think those are as popular with kids today either. Even if they're casually tuning in, are they connecting at all? A lot of little kids will watch what you put on. Whether they like it is a different story.

This one has a small chance at outgrossing Divergent DOM too. Impressive for a YA series whose first film came with only a fraction of the hype and book popularity as Divergent did.

That's pretty awesome. All three movies are diverse genres too. MCU could have a mega hit with Black Panther. The leading black superhero is long overdue.

I'm not an expert either, but I think the recent blockbuster openings have gotten 2-2.3x multis or so.

MI5 should finish with a great 750+ haul WW. 800 would really be nice. Is China its last significant market?

Persistent marketing maybe? I didn't see anything for it forever, but then the last two weeks I saw stuff all over for it, especially online. I also wonder how much the reviews intrigued people. Not raves, but MNS' first fresh movie in well over a decade may have piqued a lot of people's interests who had maybe written it off as trash given his track record for so long. Created a curiosity factor perhaps.

Btw, that's an insanely good Sat hold for The Visit. I don't even know what the last horror movie to increase on its first Saturday was? Good chance now that it will outgross all of his post Village movies except Airbender. Really is becoming his comeback.

MI5's holds continue to be a thing of beauty, yet another sub 40% drop and after a Holiday weekend too. If only it had opened just slightly higher so it could've beaten GP. Was holding out hope for it but it looks like it will miss it by a solid 5m or so.

Maybe I'm wrong but I feel like today's kids have zero familiarity with Peanuts, and whats more I don't even think a lot of 20 something parents do either. Meaning a lot of younger parents probably won't care about introducing them to something they're not even that connected to. The marketing just makes it look soo dated in terms of what sells for today's animated hits. A similar run to Princess and the Frog wouldn't surprise me. Or even one like The Muppets '11.

This is hitting 100+ OW, I have no doubt. Its simply been too big of a year for OWs and the momentum from Skyfall makes this franchise a juggernaut again. Legs could go any which way though, so 260-280 is a pretty safe prediction. Will breeze past that though if WOM is good. Btw, BO.com seems to have deeply deluded expectations for Peanuts judging by their predicts for it and the fact that they even list it as a threat to Spectre's OW. 100m DOM isn't even a lock for that one.

God Alexander was bad. Bye bye forever to whatever Colin Farrell's star potential was before then.

Wow, reviews sound like Scott maybe did make a movie the GA will like. Didn't know he could do that anymore.

The Visit could end up not too far behind what AE made DOM. Hopefully Shyamalan will really get it together now and stop making shit. Haven't seen The Visit yet, but it sounds like it proves he doesn't have to be the horrid filmmaker we've known for the last decade+.

Woah! Just a couple weeks ago I wasn't expecting these two to do that on OW let alone OD. Starting to get really excited about the rest of the year. There's so much craziness we could be in for at the BO starting soon.

Hooper is a pretty average director and he got a bit lucky with TKS I think. So I wouldn't be surprised about this being just average. I would be surprised however if it's not a sizable BO hit. Hooper makes Oscar bait movies the GA like and with everything that has gone on this year for LGBT rights/awareness this could be a breakout for sure. Won't rule out 100m+.

I may predict $1b dom for it.

Def gonna play the Winter game for the first time this year. And I'm gonna go batshit nuts on my SW7 prediction because I played it safe with JW in the BSG despite wanting to go 400+ for it.

Reviews aren't nearly as good as I was expecting quite honestly. Looks like BP nom chances are probably slim to none.

Damn, 13th was my previous BSG high. Just can't get past that unlucky number! Congrats to darkelf and the rest of the top ten!

Kutcher was a shockingly good choice in the resemblance department. Now maybe with this one we can get a good choice in the acting department instead...