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

[AdamKendall]

I never got to that part ... did Steve Sanders really just pull a Tommy Lee Jones in Men in Black maneuver

... of course, I expect Steve didn't survive.

[masp]

Deadline:"FRIDAY 4:45 PM, 6TH UPDATE: 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 and early evening trends, the three top films are neck and neck. Universal’s and Illumination Entertainment’s holdover Despicable Me 2 should be #1 again this weekend with $14.3M Friday. The Saturday kiddie bump could add a huge $46M-$47M weekend with only a -46% drop from last Fri-Sat-Sun. aaunless it gets beaten by the two openers. Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures’ Pacific Rim (3,275 theaters and 331 IMAX screens) and Sony Pictures/Happy Madison’s Growns-Ups 2 (3,491 theaters) are too close to call right now with both looking like $14.5M Friday and between $40M-$44M for the weekend. That’s including Thursday late shows and Friday midnights which were an overperforming $3.6M for Pacific Rim with the 3D ratio a strong 52% “and the largest ratio of a wide release for a very long time” according to an exec. Grown-Ups 2 also started with bigger than expected $2.3M late shows even though it’s a PG-13 family, non-fanboy, non-IMAX movie. Right now it’s beating the 2010 first installment’s $40.5M opening weekend thanks to Jeff Blake’s marketing department. 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. According to the latest Rotten Tomatoes scores, it’s not even a close contest between the mecha anime inspired thriller and the Adam Sandler ensemble sequel: Pacific Rim has 72% positive reviews while Grown-Ups 2 an astoundingly awful 5%. (Ouch!)"

[AdamKendall]

Deadline:"FRIDAY 4:45 PM, 6TH UPDATE: 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 and early evening trends, the three top films are neck and neck. Universal’s and Illumination Entertainment’s holdover Despicable Me 2 should be #1 again this weekend with $14.3M Friday. The Saturday kiddie bump could add a huge $46M-$47M weekend with only a -46% drop from last Fri-Sat-Sun. aaunless it gets beaten by the two openers. Warner Bros/Legendary Pictures’ Pacific Rim (3,275 theaters and 331 IMAX screens) and Sony Pictures/Happy Madison’s Growns-Ups 2 (3,491 theaters) are too close to call right now with both looking like $14.5M Friday and between $40M-$44M for the weekend. That’s including Thursday late shows and Friday midnights which were an overperforming $3.6M for Pacific Rim with the 3D ratio a strong 52% “and the largest ratio of a wide release for a very long time” according to an exec. Grown-Ups 2 also started with bigger than expected $2.3M late shows even though it’s a PG-13 family, non-fanboy, non-IMAX movie. Right now it’s beating the 2010 first installment’s $40.5M opening weekend thanks to Jeff Blake’s marketing department. 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. According to the latest Rotten Tomatoes scores, it’s not even a close contest between the mecha anime inspired thriller and the Adam Sandler ensemble sequel: Pacific Rim has 72% positive reviews while Grown-Ups 2 an astoundingly awful 5%. (Ouch!)"

There is NO WAY Pacific Rim gets over 40 million with 14 million (+3.6) 

[Sucker Punch]

Only 43 mil for PR???

Anything over 40 mil is a fantastic success for PR.

[CJohn]

That scene will live forever in my mind. 

[CJohn]

14.5M for PR including the 3.6M P/M? FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

 

I am going to watch Sharknado again. I am depressed.

[Noctis]

$14.5m for PR? Hmmm...I WANT RTH

[The Futurist]

[Krissykins]

Anything over 40 mil is a fantastic success for PR.[/quote

Isn't the budget $190m and marketing $100m+?

[Sam]

There is NO WAY Pacific Rim gets over 40 million with 14 million (+3.6) 

I don't get her wordings, so the projected 14.5 already includes 3.6? 

[StarSaber]

Still early. Only 5:00pm on west coast.

[Bishop54]

Has Nikki been drinking again?

[AdamKendall]

I don't get her wordings, so the projected 14.5 already includes 3.6? 

Yeah, would be projecting 10.4-10.9 million for Friday based on what she said.

 

 

If that's true, my 33 million prediction might not be far off.

Edited July 13, 2013 by Adam

[CJohn]

[AdamKendall]

Just give them the Emmy for Special Effects in a made for television movie.

Edited July 13, 2013 by Adam

[CJohn]

I will stop now.

[MovieMan89]

So around 14m than for PR. If that number ends up going down about a mil it will be right around the 30 percent midnight share I said. And that also means it will have a big drop tomorrow

[AdamKendall]

I will stop now.

So the tornado dies ... and they just tumble to the ground huh?

[Jandrew]

14M is pretty far from the 20-25M+ predicts...thats why I waited for estimates, not midnights.

[Sam]

Yeah, would be projecting 10.4-10.9 million for Friday based on what she said.

 

 

If that's true, my 33 million prediction might not be far off.

How could she get 40M+ for PR with that Friday figure then?  Even PR fudging cannot boost PR's gross by that much