Captain Craig Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Interesting article that depending on the weekends outcome could be contradictory. Deadline Paramount executives point out that there has never been a 3-day weekend with 3 different movies doing $50+M at the domestic box office. And they claim statistics show that only one original movie a year opens at $50M. ...... Paramount is quick to acknowledge that bad-mouthing has created low expectations and is projecting only mid-$40sM this weekend. But Fandango saw a surge in online ticket sales for World War Z Thursday and as of 1:30 PM it was outselling Superman. ”People are getting excited by the movie now that we have it to show,” a Paramount exec explains. With good early reviews and vastly improved tracking, World War Z just might (emphasis on the word might) overperform despite stiff competition. ..... Warner Bros’ and Legendary Pictures’Man Of Steel, of course, is still #1 in the worldwide marketplace going into today for a probable $50M-$55M on its second weekend. And newcomer Disney/Pixar’s 3D toon prequelMonsters University is tracking even bigger than Cars and outselling Braveonline - and could pull $60M-$75M this weekend. So either this will be the 3 day weekend that has the first ever 3 different movies over $50m. OR MoS performs as they project and Paramount projects OR MoS drops hasher due to mixed WOM and uptick in WWZ leading it to over $50m due to the surge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Do we have any previews/midnight numbers for MU yet?No no, seriously. I was at a 9:45 PM showing last night and it was about 70% full. And there were even earlier showings at 8 and 8:30. It's previews and midnight numbers probably won't be as high as WWZ, but I don't think the NBA Finals affected it as significantly, and I'm still expecting over $2 million. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dipper Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 This weekend is gonna be pretty damn huge, (but it's not like we haven't known that for awhile though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasanahmad Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 If anything WWZ has more mixed WOM than MOS. critics are not WOM, GA IS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 (edited) Interesting article that depending on the weekends outcome could be contradictory. Deadline So either this will be the 3 day weekend that has the first ever 3 different movies over $50m. OR MoS performs as they project and Paramount projects OR MoS drops hasher due to mixed WOM and uptick in WWZ leading it to over $50m due to the surge. OR MoS drops harsher simply due to WWZ. Not sure where this mixed WOM is coming from. Edited June 21, 2013 by #ED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 $2.6M THU night for #MonstersU 8p on. Decent for G-rated toon. A mil behind $3.6M for WWZ, but MU shd top the wknd. https://twitter.com/giteshpandya/status/348106040363081729 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masp Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 3.6 wow I didn't expect that at all. Not bad for a film that doesn't have any real rush factor attached to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 https://twitter.com/giteshpandya/status/348106040363081729 Not too bad. Was hoping for $3 million but happy with anything above $2.5 million Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 WOM is going to absolutely ass-ram World War Z. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Someone make the Friday thread already since this will all go into Friday. Fuck this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted June 21, 2013 Author Share Posted June 21, 2013 Yeah, can someone made the Fri/weekend thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainJackSparrow Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Is that good for MU? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Its OK. Expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I'm rooting for all three movies to do over 50m, that would be amazing 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Is that good for MU? Toy Story 3 made $4 million in midnights, but this isn't too bad. I think MU will be slightly less front-loaded than Toy Story 3 was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdeezy Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 WOM is going to absolutely ass-ram World War Z. WOM will be fine..its doing fine on social media and its audience rating on RT, metacritic and imdb are all over 7. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 I'm rooting for all three movies to do over 50m, that would be amazing Not sure how realistic that is. But it would be quite awesome. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deathlife Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Where is the bad WOM coming for WWZ? The few people (that I know) that have seen it said its fairly decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hasanahmad Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Where is the bad WOM coming for WWZ? The few people (that I know) that have seen it said its fairly decent.Wwz imdb 7.2 vs MOS imdb 8.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted June 21, 2013 Share Posted June 21, 2013 Me and Baumer. Remember the world meets nobody halfway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
