Ezen Baklattan Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Solid hold for 12 Years A Slave. I was thinking that it would fall short of a $10k PTA, but it should be able to cross that mark. And on a slightly unrelated note, the bottom quote on Shawn's sig reminds me of Monsters University. Heh. Edited November 2, 2013 by Gravetti 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPink Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 FreeBirds opens FRI to soft $4M going to about $14M wknd & near $4k avg. Tough year for toons not on top tier. https://twitter.com/giteshpandya/status/396648196170338304 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted November 2, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted November 2, 2013 Early Weekend Projections / Analysis: http://www.boxoffice.com/statistics/bo_numbers/early_estimate/2013-11-02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forg Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Is the 1.4 mil Thu gross for EG included in the 9.9 mil estimate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) 1 12 Years a Slave $4,400,000 106% 410 287 $10,732 $8,560,324 3 Fox Searchlight Pretty good expansion for 12 YaS and this is when Precious collapsed while I expect 12 years to make money. 75M+ is very likely with award push coming. Edited November 2, 2013 by druv10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Founder / Operator Shawn Robbins Posted November 2, 2013 Founder / Operator Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Solid hold for 12 Years A Slave. I was thinking that it would fall short of a $10k PTA, but it should be able to cross that mark. And on a slightly unrelated note, the bottom quote on Shawn's sig reminds me of Monsters University. Heh. Hah--did they say something similar? I can't recall... Edited November 2, 2013 by ShawnMR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Hah--did they say something similar? I can't recall... It's pretty much what Mike Wasowski goes though. He had always dreamed of being a scarer, and we all know that that's not what eventually happened for him, but his work thoughout the movie didn't go to waste, and he had a successful and fulfilling life as Sulley's sidekick and strategist. Relative to other Pixar films, MU is kind of underrated, IMO. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 A mixed bag of a weekend it seems. Great holds for BG but only average debuts for the new films though - not what we need for a solid November. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 So they were basically able to buy their special effects at cost? Any idea how much this would actually save them? Normally "at cost" means spending half the money, but my understanding is that studios tend to lowball VFX firms horrendously, so the savings could be quite a bit less.Also, what proportion of the budget of a movie like this goes to special effects? I'd assume a pretty big one, but does anyone have any figures?The profit margins for VFX houses is extremely slim. It's nowhere near half... maybe 5-10%, at most? In terms of EG and Digital Domain, I believe they actually contributed capital as well -- they're exploring a new business model where they actually get a percentage from the gross (as opposed to simply being a vender). In terms of what percentage of the budget goes to VFX, it's really hard to say and probably varies significantly from movie to movie. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Craig Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Wanted a better hold for Escape Plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 A mixed bag of a weekend it seems. Great holds for BG but only average debuts for the new films though - not what we need for a solid November. True, but the real box office numbers films start rolling out next week, it'll just matter how well the holdovers (Gravity, Phillips, and Bad Grandpa) do, also if Free Birds and Last Vegas will have decent holds till Thanksgiving. (I'm counting out Ender's Game just because I can't see it holding well, given that its target audience is also the target audience of Thor next week) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Remember when everyone expected Free Birds to win the weekend?Uh, yeah... Edited November 2, 2013 by Fancyarcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babz06 Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Expected number for Ender's Game. Free Birds did horrible, i wonder what went wrong there? It's not like the market has been saturated with animation films for the last two months. Maybe kids still want to see Despicable Me 2......I'm a little worried about Frozen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 Remember when everyone expected Free Birds to win the weekend?Lol! Do you have any box office predictions where we can look at and laugh at when you are wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Panda Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Expected number for Ender's Game. Free Birds did horrible, i wonder what went wrong there? It's not like the market has been saturated with animation films for the last two months. Maybe kids still want to see Despicable Me 2......I'm a little worried about Frozen. Frozen shouldn't have a problem, Free Birds failing to be a hit with the kids means Frozen will just be even bigger, I would have been worried for Frozen IF Free Birds had been a hit. (Which is what stopped rise of the guardians from doing as well as it could last year, because people were still flocking to Ralph) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 Do you have any box office predictions where we can look at and laugh at when you are wrong? I rarely make box office predictions on this site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 I rarely make box office predictions on this site.Then maybe you shouldn't laugh at those that do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 (edited) Then maybe you shouldn't laugh at those that do? I do make predictions on other website, and people have made fun of a few of my own, so I know the experience. Edited November 2, 2013 by Fancyarcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 So I've seen Ender's Game. It's a pretty good movie, worth a watch. If anyone's interested, but still on the fence, you should check it out. I'm glad it's doing quite well. It is doing okay, right? I haven't looked at the numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted November 2, 2013 Share Posted November 2, 2013 So I've seen Ender's Game. It's a pretty good movie, worth a watch. If anyone's interested, but still on the fence, you should check it out. I'm glad it's doing quite well. It is doing okay, right? I haven't looked at the numbers.No it will likely open poorly . Not enough to make any profit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
