Krissykins Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 It could be argued that IM3, MU and DM2 count as comedies (in a good way too as I liked all 3). We'll just keep it simple. IM3 is a superhero movie, the others are cartoons/family fare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTF Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Every comedy this summer sans the Internship (which barely counts) has been an R rated raunch comedy. I think a breezy, PG-13 family comedy about summer can certainly find a place in this summer.Yup, GU2 is poised be bigger than most want/think. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 It could be argued that IM3, MU and DM2 count as comedies (in a good way too as I liked all 3). And After Earth too. *Baumer whispers into my ear* Wait, it's not a comedy? But I laughed A LOT during it! Huh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Yup, GU2 is poised be bigger than most want/think. If anything beats DM2 next weekend, its GU2. Sorry, nerds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Just arrived from DM2. Those fucking Minions are still hilarious. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted July 6, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted July 6, 2013 Early Weekend Estimates & Analysis http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/early_estimate/2013-07-06 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted July 6, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted July 6, 2013 Didn't Toy Story III open on a friday though? Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Great Friday number for DM2. Should finish with 140-145 for the 5 day, incredible. 400 is nearly locked with that number. DM2's success also officially makes Illumination the new animation king of the domestic box office over Pixar. Compare their last 3 releases from lowest grossing to highest: Cars 2/The Lorax: 191m/214m Brave/Despicable Me: 237m/251m Monsters U/Despicable Me 2: 300m/400m+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gopher Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) Illumination has a huge franchise and one other successful movie. Great for them, but they're basically where Dreamworks was eight years ago. When Illumination is producing hit after original hit every year for several years, then we'll talk about the Pixar comparison. Edited July 6, 2013 by Gopher 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBinks Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Not sure if anyone else has posted it, but $980,000 is Lionsgate's Friday estimate for Now You See Me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pieman Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) Great Friday number for DM2. Should finish with 140-145 for the 5 day, incredible. 400 is nearly locked with that number. DM2's success also officially makes Illumination the new animation king of the domestic box office over Pixar. Compare their last 3 releases from lowest grossing to highest: Cars 2/The Lorax: 191m/214m Brave/Despicable Me: 237m/251m Monsters U/Despicable Me 2: 300m/400m+ I don't get the comparison, both came out during separate years. Edited July 6, 2013 by pieman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I know i'm late about all these summer openings but still: 1st weekend: huge for IM3! First solo Marvel character to cross 400M since SM in 2002. Want part 4 for 2016. 2nd weekend: very great for Gatsby! Director will make more than his last 3 movies combined (R+J, MoulinRouge and Australia). 3rd weekend: quite good for StarTrek but i get the desillusion of the 100/300 believers. Still better than the SH2 situation. 4th weekend: so big for FF6. A 6th part bigger than the 5th, itself bigger than the 4th, itself bigger than the 3rd? Unheard of! 5th weekend: bad for AE. Can't believe Shyamalan didn't fix his credit with Will Smith. His future is very cloudy, now... 6th weekend: weak for TheInternship. Proof that a momentum won't last forever. WeddingCrasher is SO mid 2000's... 7th weekend: impressive for MoS. In 3 days, does more than half of Returns total. WB can breath after Potter & Batman ends. 8th weekend: very good for MU but also astounding for WWZ. Just the fact that we could have 3 movies over 50M (non-holiday!)... 9th weekend: bad for WHD. Lessen the Tatum/Foxx momentum but no career will stop (except someone at Sony?). And Emmerich will come back big! Now: huge for DM2. A animated in the SummerTop3, for sure. TLR? Can we say Bruckheimer quite lost his touch? *** PacificRim! Elysium! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted July 6, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted July 6, 2013 I don't think Illumination compares to Pixar pre-Cars 2 at all, but in terms of current box office power--that's where I think there's some growing validity to it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Great Friday number for DM2. Should finish with 140-145 for the 5 day, incredible. 400 is nearly locked with that number. DM2's success also officially makes Illumination the new animation king of the domestic box office over Pixar. Compare their last 3 releases from lowest grossing to highest: Cars 2/The Lorax: 191m/214m Brave/Despicable Me: 237m/251m Monsters U/Despicable Me 2: 300m/400m+ oh boy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmnerdjamie Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 I don't think Illumination compares to Pixar pre-Cars 2 at all, but in terms of current box office power--that's where I think there's some growing validity to it. Despicable Me is the closest thing to a great movie they've produced but still not great per say. Illumination is building itself up as a brand-name like Pixar is. Audiences are starting to trust them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gideon Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 This Is The End, The Hangover Part III and The Heat are the only comedies we've had this summer. 3. So many "the" 's in these comedy titles... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 HBO is now running Pitch Perfect? What happened to TDKR? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JarJarBinks Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) I still insist that Universal is using the minions to hypnotize people into seeing their animated films... Edited July 6, 2013 by JarJarBinks 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goffe Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 hopefully WB pulls a Disney and double feature Pacific Rim with Man of Steel 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
