REVISED Weekend Estimates 6/14--6/16: Man of Steel OW $116.7M($128.7M including WM)

[The Stingray]

People were willing to pay. Let them decide when they want to see it.

So what, its not even screenings for this weekend?? 

[Neo]

Why are those your comparisons?! Sequels to monster hits

 

But yeah, I guess 50M is possible

Looking at the midnights.

[TheMovieman]

6.5 M FAF Vl

9.0 M MOS

 

This should be kept in mind.

[MovieMan89]

9m is very solid midnight number. However based on other Superhero midnights and the fact that it's June that doesn't bode well for 100m OW imo. That's only a bit over half of IM3's mid take and that was May not June. I'd say that midnight puts it on track for 90m or so. Which would be a very strong OW for it still.

[Alpha]

Currently MOS is on pace to make $91M, with the $12M included. Minus $12M and that's $79M. Ouch.

[kayumanggi]

This should be kept in mind.

 

7.5 M for IM ll. I know different release window, etc... but still, 9 M is huge.

[Jawa]

It's not like the people who bought Wal-Mart tickets wouldn't have gone to see it otherwise...

[Neo]

9m is very solid midnight number. However based on other Superhero midnights and the fact that it's June that doesn't bode well for 100m OW imo. That's only a bit over half of IM3's mid take and that was May not June. I'd say that midnight puts it on track for 90m or so. Which would be a very strong OW for it still.

IM3 made 170M, not barely scratch 100M.

[Chewy]

We can't just completely subtract the 12M Walmarts and say the midnights are 9M, a lot of people who bought those Walmart tickets were fans who would have otherwise bought regular midnight tickets

[#ED]

It’s also the all-time highest superhero late show record, surpassing The Avengers’ remarkable $18.7M and The Dark Knight‘s$18.5M. Of course, any such record must come with an asterisk because recently Hollywood studios have interpreted ‘midnights’ as beginning at 7 PM Thursday and sometimes continuing throughout the night into early dawn. So that stops any movie-to-movie direct comparison of late show grosses.

 

She's clearly trolling right here.

[redfirebird2008]

That number seems huge to me. $100m likely now?

[Lordmandeep]

No no its heading towards 90-100 3 -day and wall mart on top.OMG this wall mart number is going to be a box office controversy

[bballman24]

Someone mentioned how the main focus might be the Walmart tickets.That user might be right.Why all the noise when it makes a great start? Why not before?I think if this didn't open this much, no one will be making a fuss about it.Besides 9m is more than great. It's super

[MovieMan89]

It's not like the people who bought Wal-Mart tickets wouldn't have gone to see it otherwise...

True, but what it does is inflate the Friday number even greater than it otherwise would be. Those Wal-mart buyers likely would have been more spread out over the weekend normally. So expect a huge Sat drop.

[#ED]

We can't just completely subtract the 12M Walmarts and say the midnights are 9M, a lot of people who bought those Walmart tickets were fans who would have otherwise bought regular midnight tickets

 

They count just as much as Regular 7PM - 10PM previews.

[RichWS]

OMG this wall mart number is going to be a box office controversy

 

Yup. It's going to be UNBEARABLE.

[Alpha]

That number seems huge to me. $100m likely now?

 

It's 50-50. MOS needs to hold on really well this weekend to achieve it.

 

Father's Day should give it a better Sunday hold.

[#ED]

No no its heading towards 90-100 3 -day and wall mart on top.OMG this wall mart number is going to be a box office controversy

 

No it's not. Walmart is THIS IS THE MOVIE PREVIEWS.....wtf?

[Lordmandeep]

However you have to be a box office idiot to thinks this means 150+

[Alpha]

That Walmart number is HUGE. There's going to be a lot of controversy surrounding it.

 

It probably helped MOS here a LOT.