Weekend Estimates: Elysium 30.5M; Millers 26.55M; Planes 22.53M; Percy Jackson 14.6M Pg 29

[Shawn Robbins]

So Planes is flopping? That's surprising

 

Who said Planes is flopping? It's not.

[CJohn]

So Planes is flopping? That's surprising

It will open with 25M on a 50M budget. And this is not counting the OS money and the insane amount of cash this will make with toys. So explain me, how is Planes flopping?

Edited August 10, 2013 by CJohn

[John Marston]

It will open with 25M on a 50M budget. And this is not counting the OS money and the insane amount of cash this will make with toys.

Fair enough. Though I think a higher opening was expected Edited August 10, 2013 by Robert Muldoon

[John Marston]

How come DM2 is the only movie able to withstand new competition?

[Shawn Robbins]

How come DM2 is the only movie able to withstand new competition?

 

Word of mouth, plus it's been out for a over a month so it stands much less to lose.

[CJohn]

How come DM2 is the only movie able to withstand new competition?

[John Marston]

Word of mouth, plus it's been out for a over a month so it stands much less to lose.

MU dropped hard (and has still been dripping hard for a family film) when DM2 opened yet famiky films like Planes and Smurfs don't seem to faze DM Edited August 10, 2013 by Robert Muldoon

[A Marvel Fanboy]

DM2 is overrated.

[CJohn]

DM2 is overrated.

[kayumanggi]

THE SMURFS 2: $3.13M Friday (est) / $40.27M Domestic Total / 3,867 Locations / $808 Location Avg.

https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/366230306107305984

[Shawn Robbins]

MU dropped hard (and has still been dripping hard for a family film) when DM2 opened yet famiky films like Planes and Smurfs don't seem to faze DM

 

True, but that's because Planes and Smurfs (and Turbo) aren't doing anywhere near the kind of business of DM2 or MU. You know the saying, "the bigger they are, the harder they fall"?

[Jack Nevada]

DM2 is overrated.

Maybe a little but I still liked it.

[Mayhem2x3]

How come DM2 is the only movie able to withstand new competition?

It always helps a family film's staying power if future family films flop (Turbo/Smurfs 2) -- because there is better chance that those films will take the hit from a film like planes rather than DM2.

[John Marston]

Pacific Rim

 

9 - (estimate)

$425,000

-4.7% / -66.9%

980 / $434

$95,655,000 / 29

[Gopher]

Horrific weekend for holdovers. Even The Conjuring blew a tire.

[Jack Nevada]

Horrific weekend for holdovers. Even The Conjuring blew a tire.

The Conjuring doesn't really need to make any more money, tbh

[Ezen Baklattan]

Despicable Me 2 seems to be the only one staying afloat amidst all of this opener chaos.

[Cochofles]

Snatching Brad from Rachel right.

Great carreer move.

 

 

 

It was. They became their generation's Debby Reynolds/Eddie Fisher/Elizabeth Taylor, and everyone in the triangle became even more famous and sought after that they ever were before. In Hollywood, people love to pretend that it's all about talent, but you should never underestimate the power scandal has to make bigger stars out of stars.

[LexJoker]

Wolverine made only 300k more than conjuring. It may get a bigger Sat jump, but looks like it will ultimately finish behind the Conjuring at the end of its run.

[fishstick]

It was. They became their generation's Debby Reynolds/Eddie Fisher/Elizabeth Taylor, and everyone in the triangle became even more famous and sought after that they ever were before. In Hollywood, people love to pretend that it's all about talent, but you should never underestimate the power scandal has to make bigger stars out of stars.

 

Not to mention that it was obvious both sides fed media with whatever they wanted to feed them with.

 

 

Horrific weekend for holdovers.

 

Good cause that means Smurfs 2 are food that even Azrael wouldn't touch.