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IT 2017 had crazy marketing starting off in the spring of 2017. The posters with missing kids, the insane trailers that summer, and crazy tv spots everywhere. The sequel doesn’t have that going for it. It’s just the brand this time around. And that’s not great in marketing land. The rest of September looks to be solid though.I think Hustlers could be JLo’s first hit in years, Rambo 5 could do modest, Ad Astra will tank, Goldfinch could pull in some small cash, and Abdominale should do well considering families haven’t had a big animated film since Toy Story 4. However doing a monthly forecast is too hypothetical. Since August we had only three to four films do profitable. While studios have some major flops like The Kitchen, and Blinded By The Light for example. Then some potential small bombs like Angry Birds 2 which is bombing the states but internationally is making back... but probably not enough to save the film.

I have a feeling IT 2 will fall short of $100 million opening weekend.

IT Chapter 2: $96 million

Wow! I feel like I’m living in 2000 box office. A dead Super Bowl box office, and 1998 when it comes to a dead labor day. I wonder if Dorian will affect the weekend

Whatever

Not a terrible weekend at the box office when you consider the new releases debuted solid,and the holdovers were solid as well! Angel Has Fallen debuted better than expected $21.2 million estimate. That’s well ahead of the debuts of August action bombs such as The Expendables 3 and Mile 22. The debut is on-par with both London Has Fallen and The Hitman’s Bodyguard. Angel should fly alright for a late summer film and perform close to London. Good Boys 2nd weekend hold was quite better than the holds Of Sausage Party and slightly under Blockers. However, with the lack of comedies and late summer holding power Good Boys should make around $60 million. Overcomer’s debut was less than War Room’s debut. However it should play well on Labor Day and so on. Ready Or Not debuted fine but should be unfortunately knocked out by IT Chapter 2 in a week. Holdovers nice to see Once Upon A Time In Hollywood do below 35% drops. $135 million domestic is coming soon. Scary Stories holding up great for a horror film it’s played excellent for a horror film that I figured would debut like Winchester back in February 2018, and should gross a above $60 million. Next weekend looks to be quite dead, so it looks to be Angel Has Fallen could be the winner once again with possibly a mid-teen first place lead, while Don’t Let Go will play typical for Blumhouse’s smaller titles as that would do $2-$3 million.

I’ve seen a shit ton of commercials of that while watching Two And A Half Men. I’ve stopped caring about the VMAs, I only care to see the controversies which we don’t sadly have anymore.

April: Pet Sematary: D May: Long Shot: B- June: Aladdin: D July: Shaft: B Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: B+

Deadline was actually accurate for once! They said $7.9 million OD for Angel yesterday!

Don’t Let Go: $2.2 million($3.9 million 4-day)

Outside of Fast And The Furious, one of Paul Walker’s Best movies! A really good thriller, that even holds up after multiple viewings! Grade: high high B+

Abandon (2002) Never Talk To Strangers (1995) Porn Star: The Legend Of Ron Jeremy(2001)

Wow! This weekend is dead, but Angel doing potentially over $20 million must be a slight sigh of relief maybe. Now this could maybe lead on Labor Day weekend, since next weekend is looking to be even worse.

According to Box Office Mojo, this is in limited release. But it would be nice to see this be a big hit next month! What if this outgrossed Pennywise?

Isn’t Annapurna gone now? The cast is somewhat interesting least to say, I like John Lithgow and Charlize Theron, so this should be something.

Die Another Day is lots of fun! Fitting way to end Pierce Brosnan Bond, lots of fun, action scenes were way better than Spectre or Quantum, and I overall really liked it surprisingly. I thought Halle Berry was a great Bond girl too in it, they gave her something other than a sexy entry

Good Boys off to an excellent start! It’s by far the best start for an original R-rated comedy since Girls Trip! Also noteworthy that in the past year we’ve had comedies with familiar faces or branding help out and they bombed. Good Boys should also benefit as the last hurrah for the summer and play well with audiences. While I don’t think it will do $100 million domestic, a total between $60-$70 million would be awesome! Hobbs & Shaw and Lion King holding on strong for late summer. Hobbs should do $170 million easily. Lion King should outgross The Dark Knight before it ends it’s run. Angry Birds 2 is one of the biggest duds of The weekend! It’s debut is by far one of Sony Pictures Animation’s lowest-grossing debuts(although ahead of The Star), it’s 6-day total is even below the 3-day debut of The Smurfs 2. Sony has had some luck this year with Spider-Man(technically Disney but it’s Sony), Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, A Dogs Way Home,Escape Room, and The Intruder. But not for this one, look for Angry Birds 2 to fall short of it’s predecessor’s opening weekend. Scary Stories played normal for a horror film. It’s turnout is quite strong and should perform between $50-$55 million if not close to $60 million domestic. 47 Meters Down Uncaged debuted just below its predecessor. But probably will not play as well as the first film did two years ago, look for Uncaged to finish less than half of its predecessor. Dora got smashed in its second weekend, while it’s average. It will likely play ok for the next few weeks. $60 million maybe a struggle for Dora. Once Upon A Time In Hollywood had one of the best holds in the top 10 this weekend! As other counter programmers have died, Hollywood has proven to be a late summer profit. Look for Hollywood to shine around $130 million or so. Blinded By The Light bombed this weekend as it wasn’t born to run at the box office this weekend. One of the big problems with this one, was that marketing and tv spots weren’t appealing enough to bring people into cinemas. This is the kind of film that people would wait for streaming or cable anymore nowadays. But this also would’ve been a film even in 1999 would’ve underperformed as well, so no need to bring up how people don’t go to the theaters for good movies anymore. Art of racing in the rain had an alright hold out. But should slightly outgross Kevin Costner’s Black & White. Where’d You Go Bernadette will be what people would be saying on these forums in a few days about this film. This was switched around release dates a lot, I remember this was going to be released the same weekend as Halloween last fall. This will probably be one of the top two duds that may put United Artists back in the coffin probably.

Good Boys will be top spot for three weeks. Angel Is Fallen will be another Expendables 3., Lionsgate is saving their $$$ with Scary Stories. For late summer it’s sad to say these underperformers feel like they should’ve been made for cable or streaming purposes not for theaters

Ángel Has Fallen: $15 million Overcomer: $6 million Ready Or Not: $5 million

Good Boys is looking to pull in more cash probably later on in the evening. It’s a night film not a matinee movie. Maybe on a Saturday and Sunday matinee but not a Friday. R-rated comedies haven’t seen anything positive in what feels like a long time. the other new released ouch what happened? Angry Birds 2 is debuting horrible for a sequel. When was the last time a sequel to a $100 million film have a massive decrease? Analyze That? Airplane 2: The Sequel? Porkys II: The Next Day? Basic Instinct 2? Blinded By The Light flopping is no surprise. Warner Bros has been in bad luck for the past few months. Random stuff: Rest In Peace Peter Fonda, and multiple films have ended their runs such as Shaft, Dark Phoenix, and Detective Pikachu Yesterday.

Great for Good Boys! This has been a lackluster time for R-rated comedies. Hopefully around $25 million or so. Not surprised about 47 Meter Cashgrab. It’s unnecessary

August 2019 is ending this summer lumpy

Last weekend people on here complained that Hobbs & Shaw underperformed. Well it’s doing just fine. It’s just like the porn forums I used to go to and they got all hysterical that Glamour Model Melissa Debling got her boobs done. Anyway im not here to talk about Melissa Debling, she’s hot but this is box office talk not hot women talk or classic conversation. Hobbs & Shaw took in a decent cruise for the weekend, should finish in the $170 million or so vicinity, as overseas should help out as well! It was nice to see Once Upon A Time In Hollywood hold strong and pass $100 million this weekend as well. As a fan I Hope late summer legs will help boost the film some momentum. Scary Stories and Dora pulled in decent debuts for moderate budgeted flicks, Scary Stories should pull in $50 million domestic and Dora should pull in close to $60 million. As for the other new releases, they were eh to awful. The Kitchen is proving to be that audiences are tired of Melissa McCarthy as it’s her lowest debut yet! Maybe her lowest since her brief roles In duds like Go or Drowning Mona. The Art Of The Racing In The Rain was expected to do eh. So it’s debut is eh. Brian Banks looked like Brian Blanks more than anything. This box office weekend was interesting but I’m not feeling like doing a gigantic analysis this weekend. Only think I was here for this weekend was to be happy on Once Upon A Time In Hollywood passing $100 million, Hobbs & Shaw doing alright, and that silly comparison that I feel sometimes on these forums.

Good Boys: $19 million Angry Birds 2: $16 million($24 million 5-day) Blinded By The Light: $8 million 47 Meters Down 2: $7.5 million Where’d You Go Bernadette: $6 million

Not bad numbers for early projections. The Kitchen though ouch... Melissa McCarthy is definitely poisonous now. But maybe it’s just that the film wasn’t too appealing for audiences.