Wknd Est: DM2 - 44.7M ; GU2 - 42.5M; PR - 38.3M; Heat - 14M; TLR - 11.1M; MU - 10.6M (PG 100)

[CJohn]

Social Media made Sharknado more popular than it should've been.. The NBC Nightly News is on right now reporting on this and showing scenes from the movie itself which looks so absurd beyond all comprehension..

There is nothing absurd. It is perfect. 

[Bishop54]

I thought the 3D for Pacific Rim was really good, terrific depth during night scenes.

[Dementeleus]

[#ED]

[#ED]

FRIDAY 4 PM, 5TH UPDATE WRITETHRU: It’s shaping up as a very strong domestic box office weekend with Summer 2013 continuing to sizzle. My sources say that, based on matinee trends, Universal’s and Illumination Entertainment’s holdover Despicable Me 2 should be #1 again this weekend with high $40sM and only a -51% drop from last weekend. But Pacific Rim (3,275 theaters and 331 IMAX screens) keeps surging and looks right now like mid $40sM. That’s including Thursday late shows and Friday midnights which Warner Bros says the Legendary picture overperformed with $3.6M. I’ve learned the 3D ratio is a strong 52% “and the largest ratio of a wide release for a very long time” according to an exec. And finallySony Pictures/Happy Madison’s Growns-Ups 2 (3,491 theaters)also started with bigger than expected $2.3M late shows even though it’s a PG-13 family, non-fanboy, non-IMAX movie. Now it’s shaping up as low $40sM, which would beat the 2010 first installment’s $40.5M opening weekend. According to the latest Rotten Tomatoes scores, it’s not even a close contest between the mecha anime inspired thriller and the Adam Sandlerensemble sequel: Pacific Rim has 72% positive reviews while Grown-Ups 2 an astoundingly awful 5%. (Ouch!) As of 9:00 AM PT this morning on Fandango, the three top films were selling neck and neck online and through mobile: 31% for Pacific Rim, 30% for Despicable Me 2, and 28% for Grown-Ups 2.

Edited July 12, 2013 by #Despicable ED

[baumer]

 

That's frikkin awesome!!!  Post of the day!

[Jandrew]

Grown Ups 2 currently has a 90% audience rating on RT with 54,000 votes. PR has 88% with 49,000 votes.

[baumer]

FRIDAY 4 PM, 5TH UPDATE WRITETHRU: It’s shaping up as a very strong domestic box office weekend with Summer 2013 continuing to sizzle. My sources say that, based on matinee trends, Universal’s and Illumination Entertainment’s holdover Despicable Me 2 should be #1 again this weekend with high $40sM and only a -51% drop from last weekend. But Pacific Rim (3,275 theaters and 331 IMAX screens) keeps surging and looks right now like mid $40sM. That’s including Thursday late shows and Friday midnights which Warner Bros says the Legendary picture overperformed with $3.6M. I’ve learned the 3D ratio is a strong 52% “and the largest ratio of a wide release for a very long time” according to an exec. And finallySony Pictures/Happy Madison’s Growns-Ups 2 (3,491 theaters)also started with bigger than expected $2.3M late shows even though it’s a PG-13 family, non-fanboy, non-IMAX movie. Now it’s shaping up as low $40sM, which would beat the 2010 first installment’s $40.5M opening weekend. According to the latest Rotten Tomatoes scores, it’s not even a close contest between the mecha anime inspired thriller and the Adam Sandlerensemble sequel: Pacific Rim has 72% positive reviews while Grown-Ups 2 an astoundingly awful 5%. (Ouch!) As of 9:00 AM PT this morning on Fandango, the three top films were selling neck and neck online and through mobile: 31% for Pacific Rim, 30% for Despicable Me 2, and 28% for Grown-Ups 2.

 

 

LOL...DM2 should do high 40's and drop 51% from last weekend.

 

 

 

Oh Nikki, try one of these:  

 

[baumer]

Here is Nikki's math:

 

DM2 weekend 1:  83.5

DM2 weekend 2:  47.5 (high 40's)

Drop:  51%!!!

[CJohn]

Nikki never disappoints.

 

Also, the race of best Special Effects Oscar is over. Sharknado has this one in the bag.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I hope Pacific Rim goes higher.

[MovieMan89]

Nikki still not giving any actual fri numbers though.

[StarSaber]

She still hasn't really given us anything...

[Dementeleus]

A 51% drop from $83m is NOT "high 40s", Nikki!

[baumer]

Nikki-ematics:

 

16X2+4= 71

[#ED]

So an option just came up to watch Pacific Rim in 2D, tomorrow at 7PM... 

 

Should I skip it? Is the 3D really good?

[AdamKendall]

COME ON ... give an actual # ... so Pacific Rim would need a 18-20 million (with the 3.6 m) Friday for 45? 

 

Friday 18

Saturday 15 (even or just slightly above Friday without preview/midnights)

Sunday 12 (-20%)

Edited July 12, 2013 by Adam

[baumer]

So an option just came up to watch Pacific Rim in 2D, tomorrow at 7PM... 

 

Should I skip it? Is the 3D really good?

 

2D + 3D + 8 (this message brought to you by Nikki Finke)

[rockNrollaDIM]

I'd agree. I see these films that everyone says has the best 3D and the highest praise I can give the 3d is "well, it didn't ruin it for me." I don't wanna pay extra for that. Fuck it. I watched Pacific Rim in 2d. Whatever.

Right? Hugo? ZzzzzzzzAvatar? Says a lot about a film when it's only watchable in the third dimension.

[Sam]

Pacific Rim will do fine. I have complete faith in Shay and his "support" for it