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

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Again...Turbo is already out of the top ten???!!!

Edited August 10, 2013 by KingKong

[Jack Nevada]

Again...Turbo is already out of the top ten???!!!

Who cares?

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Who cares?

I want to make fun of it!

[A Marvel Fanboy]

You are being harsh.

 

Kids movies are harmless.

[Jack Nevada]

You are being harsh.

 

Kids movies are harmless.

Not always. Well, Turbo is but there are some hateful kids movies out there.

[kitik]

As Rich said yesterday, sci fi fatigue is in full effect. Nobosy (except rainbowtrout, no suprise) is skipping Elyaium because of its message. People are skipping it because its like the hundreth fucking sci fi movie this year.

 

Wrong.

People are skipping Elysium because from Day 1 the trailer and commercials have not had big appeal with the GA. There are no big money shots in the trailers, the action all looks very grounded and real/gritty, and the fate of the universe doesn't appear to be at stake.

[Gopher]

Turbo had a pitiful run for DWA. It may be their lowest attended release since Sinbad ten summers ago. Millers is really the only 'winner' of the weekend. Planes will make Disney money but even that's going to perform under tracking.

[Bishop54]

Pacific Rim

 

9 - (estimate)

$425,000

-4.7% / -66.9%

980 / $434

$95,655,000 / 29

Where are you finding this number?

[John Marston]

Where are you finding this number?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Box Office Mojo

[kitik]

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	-	Elysium	TriS	$11,200,000	-	-	3,284	$3,410	$11,200,000	1
2	1	We're the Millers	WB	$8,510,000	+81%	-	3,260	$2,610	$19,999,000	3
3	-	Planes	BV	$8,105,000	-	-	3,702	$2,189	$8,105,000	1
4	2	Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters	Fox	$4,900,000	+44%	-	3,031	$1,617	$13,757,000	3
5	4	2 Guns	Uni.	$3,400,000	+69%	-66%	3,028	$1,123	$40,789,000	8
6	3	The Smurfs 2	Sony	$3,125,000	+44%	-43%	3,867	$808	$40,269,000	10
7	5	The Wolverine	Fox	$2,425,000	+33%	-63%	2,867	$846	$106,411,000	15
8	7	The Conjuring	WB	$2,125,000	+67%	-51%	2,650	$802	$116,170,000	22
9	6	Despicable Me 2	Uni.	$1,900,000	+38%	-39%	2,395	$793	$334,466,000	38
-	9	Turbo	Fox	$700,000	-1%	-62%	1,771	$395	$73,470,000	24
-	12	The Heat	Fox	$640,000	+45%	-54%	1,351	$474	$152,256,000	43
-	13	The Way, Way Back	FoxS	$485,000	+69%	-40%	780	$622	$15,305,000	36
-	11	Pacific Rim	WB	$425,000	-5%	-67%	980	$434	$95,655,000	29
-	-	Fruitvale Station	Wein.	$421,000	+52%	-44%	828	$508	$12,469,000	29

[grim22]

"Chennai Express" doing very well. May become the first Bollywood movie to cross 2M on OW in the US.

 

taran adarsh ‏@taran_adarsh

3h

#ChennaiExpress creates History in USA-Canada. Collects $ 683,000 on Fri. 11 screens to report. May cross $ 700,000. Biggest Hindi opener.

Edited August 10, 2013 by grim22

[kitik]

We're The Millers had the biggest Thursday to Friday jump. That's interesting.

[mcclaine]

Karl Urban, Olivia Tribble(sp?) and Lena Heady were excellent in Dredd.

 

Olivia Thirlby 

[Fancyarcher]

Wrong.

People are skipping Elysium because from Day 1 the trailer and commercials have not had big appeal with the GA. There are no big money shots in the trailers, the action all looks very grounded and real/gritty, and the fate of the universe doesn't appear to be at stake.

 

So basically not enough people are going to see it because it doesn't look stupid?

[Shawn Robbins]

People are just tired of sci-fi/action after being inundated with it for two months. That's pretty evident considering the string of underwhelming and/or disastrous performers since MoS & WWZ opened in June. Elysium can be added to the list which now includes White House Down, The Lone Ranger, Pacific Rim, RIPD, Red 2, The Wolverine, and 2 Guns. There's a very clear trend here.

Edited August 10, 2013 by ShawnMR

[PDC1987]

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

DM2 is a monster, it's not that complicated.

[Fancyarcher]

People are just tired of sci-fi/action after being inundated with it for two months. That's pretty evident considering the string of underwhelming and/or disastrous performers since MoS & WWZ opened in June. Elysium can be added to the list which now includes White House Down, The Lone Ranger, Pacific Rim, RIPD, Red 2, The Wolverine, and 2 Guns. There's a very clear trend here.

 

2 Guns had a modest opening weekend and a modest budget unlike the others on that list.

 

The Wolverine did nothing spectacular either, but its budget wasn't very high.

 

Also how can people be tired of Sci-Fi movies when there wasn’t a single original Scif Fi this year that actually hit it big (MOS doesn’t count)?

Edited August 10, 2013 by Boxofficefanatic

[John Marston]

too many movies are releasing every week and taking away screens. A lot of these movies have no business releasing in the summer

[ladyevenstar22]

Hmm well the Conjuring got a solid "B" from me... You should check it out!

alas i don't do horror films exception zombie films (i love me a good zombie movie)

 

i got terrible nightmares for days when i was younger, then a few yrs back i felt adventurous and figured i'm old enough now and watched the exorcism of emily rose on tv during the day ,  lo and behold i had nightmares all week 

 

needless to say it refreshed my memory as to why i stayed away from these type of films

[Shawn Robbins]

2 Guns had a modest opening weekend and a modest budget unlike the others on that list.

 

The Wolverine did nothing spectacular either, but its budget wasn't very high.

 

PS: How can people be tired of Sci-Fi movies when there wasn’t a single original Scif Fi this year that actually hit it big (MOS doesn’t count).

 

I'm not talking about profitability, though. Both 2 Guns and Wolverine opened fairly low given their credentials. My main point is that all of these live action movies are failing to break out because of extremely satiated audience demand. It's a good thing the market has been as strong as it has this summer, otherwise these movies would probably be doing even less than they have.