Wknd Est: MU - 46.1M; The Heat - 40M; WWZ - 29.8M; WHD - 25.7M; MoS - 20.8M; (pg 104)

[Olive]

Have just checked. MONSTERS UNIVERSITY opened in just two new markets, Hungary and Taiwan. Those aren't majors and the movie only dropped by 18.9%! Crazy!

 

54.5 M last weekend

44.2 M this weekend

Firedeep, where are ya?

[baumer]

55% drop for WWZ...very good.  Wanted had a 60% drop second weekend.

[VGPOP]

It's a shame. People still saw Armageddon in droves after Depp Impact was a hit.

Different eras. We're talking 15 years ago.

 

Movie tickets were not that expensive. People had more money. Economy was great. Bill Gates was worth $100 billion....lol

[#ED]

Thx for update Baumer.I'm watching Inception

[wileECoyote]

Exhibitor Relations ‏@ERCboxoffice1m

Sony's WHITE HOUSE DOWN fizzled in 4th place w/ a Dud On Arrival debut of $25.7M

 

 

lol, bombs away. Not good at all for WHD. 

Not happy with that number

[baumer]

Not happy with that number

 

Yep, it's a shame.  WHD is a very fun summer film.  The Heat was about as good as IT.  But people seem to love MM, so what can you do?

[John Marston]

Armageddon had a 5 day weekend and it only fell 12% on its first Thursday. I don't think the opening was weak at all.

It was considered underwhelming considering the budget and marketing. Deep Impact definitely hindered it. Strong legs however saved it This is boxofficeguru's article on Armageddon's opening http://www.boxofficeguru.com/070698.htm

[kayumanggi]

Firedeep, where are ya?

 

He just posted "Great for DM2" in the MU overseas thread. lol 

[druv10]

France too. Latin America and a bunch of European countries. Will it be released in China? I'll take even 5 M. lol 

Olive said it'll be released in China but I'm not expecting much. Maybe 10M but amazing start OS for it.   

[Olive]

Uni bragging that Despicable 2 earned $15.7M in UK this wknd.

 

So $23M with previews!

[Godzilla]

4th of July weekend is a make it or break it for WHD.

[baumer]

4th of July weekend is a make it or break it for WHD.

 

Well, it has basically a week of holidays coming up, starting with Canada Day tomorrow, so it is possible that it has decent legs.

[Olive]

Olive said it'll be released in China but I'm not expecting much. Maybe 10M but amazing start OS for it.   

Yea, in August!

I'm hoping for 15M if it's not released with DM2 closely.

[Emma1420]

Different eras. We're talking 15 years ago.Movie tickets were not that expensive. People had more money. Economy was great. Bill Gates was worth $100 billion....lol

I also think that the studios marketed the differences pretty well, because the asteroid was the only thing they had in common. They also both had really strong casts. The few people I know who have seen it basically said WHD was a fun movie, but was trying way too hard to be like Die Hard.I also think that there is a probably some action movie fatigue with GA. Afterall, action movies of one sort or another have dominated the BO since May. So that probably contributed as well. Edited June 30, 2013 by Emma1420

[Godzilla]

Well, it has basically a week of holidays coming up, starting with Canada Day tomorrow, so it is possible that it has decent legs.

I hope decent enough for a 100M+ Dom total..... I'm currently predicting 85M........

[Gopher]

This Is the End needs less than a 4x multiplier from this weekend to hit 100. Unless it loses a ton of theaters this week and falls off a cliff, I think it'll get there. Hurrah for Rogen and company!

[baumer]

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	Monsters University	BV	$46,180,000	-44.0%	4,004	-	$11,533	$171,006,000	-	2
2	N	The Heat	Fox	$40,000,000	-	3,181	-	$12,575	$40,000,000	$43	1
3	2	World War Z	Par.	$29,800,000	-55.1%	3,607	-	$8,262	$123,722,000	$190	2
4	N	White House Down	Sony	$25,700,000	-	3,222	-	$7,976	$25,700,000	$150	1
5	3	Man of Steel	WB	$20,820,000	-49.6%	4,131	-76	$5,040	$248,660,000	$225	3
6	4	This is the End	Sony	$8,700,000	-34.5%	2,710	-345	$3,210	$74,681,000	$32	3
7	5	Now You See Me	LG/S	$5,500,000	-30.2%	2,564	-259	$2,145	$104,681,000	$75	5
8	6	Fast & Furious 6	Uni.	$2,410,000	-51.1%	1,550	-867	$1,555	$233,313,000	$160	6
9	9	Star Trek Into Darkness	Par.	$2,040,000	-35.6%	1,035	-530	$1,971	$220,501,000	$190	7
10	8	The Internship	Fox	$1,425,000	-58.1%	1,008	-908	$1,414	$41,705,000	$58	4
11	10	Iron Man 3	BV	$1,403,000	-36.6%	540	-384	$2,598	$405,435,000	$200	9
12	7	The Purge	Uni.	$1,229,000	-65.7%	1,122	-1,079	$1,095	$62,791,000	$3	4
13	11	The Bling Ring	A24	$850,000	-57.5%	630	-20	$1,349	$4,363,000	-	3
14	12	Epic	Fox	$820,000	-54.3%	774	-1,220	$1,059	$103,010,000	$100	6
15	14	Before Midnight	SPC	$666,000	-26.1%	290	-151	$2,297	$5,743,000	-	6
16	15	Much Ado About Nothing (2013)	RAtt.	$590,000	-20.3%	217	+11	$2,719	$2,186,000	-	4
-	18	The Croods	Fox	$460,000	-8.7%	307	-17	$1,498	$184,412,000	$135	15
-	20	The East	FoxS	$255,000	-30.2%	185	-10	$1,378	$1,640,000	-	5
-	33	20 Feet from Stardom	RTWC	$233,000	+261.4%	44	+38	$5,295	$415,000	-	3
-	21	Mud	RAtt.	$196,000	-36.3%	160	-53	$1,225	$20,488,000	-	10
-	23	Fill the Void	SPC	$185,000	-0.9%	61	+15	$3,033	$913,000	-	6
-	25	Frances Ha	IFC	$160,000	-8.8%	90	-45	$1,778	$3,483,000	-	7
-	44	The Attack	Cohen	$140,000	+411.3%	36	+33	$3,889	$181,000	-	2
-	29	Olympus Has Fallen	FD	$104,000	-17.6%	165	-12	$630	$98,772,000	$70	15
-	N	I'm So Excited	SPC	$103,000	-	5	-	$20,600	$103,000	-	1

 

[kayumanggi]

NEW wknd BO chart: #MonstersU still #1, Heat scores big, 10th place tie, loads of blockbusters. http://bit.ly/w1WuEF

https://twitter.com/giteshpandya/status/351367527592501248

[baumer]

This Is the End needs less than a 4x multiplier from this weekend to hit 100. Unless it loses a ton of theaters this week and falls off a cliff, I think it'll get there. Hurrah for Rogen and company!

 

I think there is enough interest in it that it will get very close to 100 mill, probably exceed it.

[wileECoyote]

Yep, it's a shame.  WHD is a very fun summer film.  The Heat was about as good as IT.  But people seem to love MM, so what can you do?

Nothing much but complain. At least as you said, it's a fun summer movie.I guess OHF took too much away from WHD and Sony marketing stunk in trying to differentiate between the two. The only thing to hope for is that it has good legs and of the course OS market...