CoolioD1 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The Proposal opened well because it had a funny trailer. It had great legs because it was a funny movie. I don't really think star power comes into that one. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ent Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Gitesh Pandya @giteshpandya 1m Rocking $17M opening day for #TheConjuring at #1 on FRI. Heading to low to mid 40s wknd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Scott Mendelson @ScottMendelson2m PACIFIC RIM dropped 67% on its second Friday. Me thinks WB got screwed by unusual Comic Con scheduling (it's a week early this year). If it wasn't for all those nerds staying at home constantly refreshing some comic con live blogs Pac Rim probably would've had an Avatarian drop. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poseidon Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Can everyone please remember that Insidious' distributor kept its marketing budget for after opening weekend. Hence why the legs were great. Yeh it had decent WOM, but those legs werent all based on WOM. I can't find confirmation for that. Actually all I can find is that a very good marketing campaign led to a better than expected opening. And really, even if your statement was right, it wouldn't explalain its healthy increase on saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) Poor Jeff Bridges! Edited July 20, 2013 by dilusha117 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatrickvD Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 This idea that Proposal made lots of money only because of Bullock and not because of the Bullock/Reynolds chemistry is incredibly retard. Agreed, Bullock was no longer a big draw at that point in her career (Miss Congeniality 2 four years easier proved this). So it was the combination of the two of them that created a monster hit. And Sandra hit the jackpot a few months later, solidifying her name as A-list Oscar winner. Ryan on the other hand had nothing of quality lined up, so he's still in the same place as he was before The Proposal. A somewhat famous actor that can't be linked to a genre and neither he or Hollywood has a clue what to do with his career. The fact that he starred in one of the most notoriously awful films of recent memory isn't helping him much either. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnY Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Wow, who would expect The Conjuring to open higher than Pacific Rim? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 People will continue giving RR because the role of the actor is now a very diminished. he is there to help facilitate the story but not to sell it because there are no more stars anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 The Proposal opened well because it had a funny trailer. It had great legs because it was a funny movie. I don't really think star power comes into that one. The trailer was funny because the of the Bullock/Reynolds chemistry. So yeah, I agree it was because it was funny and not because either of them was in the movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 If u put Mark Wahlberg in RIPD would it have opened better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Betty White was also a big factor in the success of the proposal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovieMan89 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 (edited) The Proposal opened well because it had a funny trailer. It had great legs because it was a funny movie. I don't really think star power comes into that one.Bingo. Bullock had zero draw power back when that movie opened. Her career was in the gutter of gutters. It's like saying IM1 opened huge because of RDJ's draw. He had no draw back then, that's what gave him his draw power. Edited July 20, 2013 by MovieMan89 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice5m R.I.P.D.: $4.8M Friday (est) / $4.8M Domestic Total / 2,852 Locations / $1,683 Location Avg. #RIPD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice4m DESPICABLE ME 2: $7.5M Friday (est) / $258.60M Domestic Total / 3,820 Locations / $1,963 Location Avg. #DespicableMe2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 TURBO: $6.53M Friday (est) / $16.23M Domestic Total / 3,806 Locations / $1,714 Location Avg. #Turbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 I can't find confirmation for that. Actually all I can find is that a very good marketing campaign led to a better than expected opening. And really, even if your statement was right, it wouldn't explalain its healthy increase on saturday. Don't worry, I found the confirmation for you : http://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3148&p=.htm You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice5m R.I.P.D.: $4.8M Friday (est) / $4.8M Domestic Total / 2,852 Locations / $1,683 Location Avg. #RIPD M. Night Shyamalan, Roland Emmerich and Gore Verbinski all just high fived each other. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ent Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice 1m THE HEAT: $2.84M Friday (est) / $122.81M Domestic Total / 2,689 Locations / $1,056 Location Avg. #TheHeat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ent Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 BoxOffice @BoxOffice 1m THE WAY WAY BACK: $616,000 Friday (est) / $3.01M Domestic Total / 304 Locations / $2,026 Location Avg. #TheWayWayBack 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 20, 2013 Share Posted July 20, 2013 Wow, who would expect The Conjuring to open higher than Pacific Rim? Quite a lot of people. Pacific Rim was tracking at $26m remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
