Weekend Estimates: The Lego Movie - 31.5M | 3 Days to Kill - 12.3M | Pompeii - 10M

[The Futurist]

That 100m Pompeii budget seems a bit high to me.

From what we see in the tailer, I would have said 75-80m budget max.

[Wadey Wilsoney]

That 100m Pompeii budget seems a bit high to me.

From what we see in the tailer, I would have said 75-80m budget max.

 

And most of that money was spent on the part of the movie that literally blows chunks.

[John Marston]

1 1 The LEGO Movie WB $31,450,000 -36.9% 3,890 +115 $8,085 $183,160,000 $60 32 N 3 Days to Kill Rela. $12,300,000 - 2,872 - $4,283 $12,300,000 $28 13 N Pompeii TriS $10,010,000 - 2,658 - $3,766 $10,010,000 $100 14 3 RoboCop (2014) Sony $9,400,000 -56.6% 3,372 - $2,788 $43,600,000 $100 25 4 The Monuments Men Sony $8,100,000 -47.7% 3,064 -19 $2,644 $58,050,000 $70 36 2 About Last Night (2014) SGem $7,400,000 -71.1% 2,253 - $3,285 $38,150,000 $12.5 27 6 Ride Along Uni. $4,667,000 -46.4% 2,186 -331 $2,135 $123,173,000 $25 68 8 Frozen BV $4,357,000 -30.0% 1,891 -210 $2,304 $384,061,000 $150 149 5 Endless Love (2014) Uni. $4,301,000 -67.7% 2,896 - $1,485 $20,142,000 $20 210 7 Winter's Tale WB $2,130,000 -70.8% 2,965 - $718 $11,224,000 $60 211 9 Lone Survivor Uni. $2,016,000 -50.7% 1,516 -497 $1,330 $121,747,000 $40 912 11 American Hustle Sony $1,750,000 -28.1% 903 -169 $1,938 $144,130,000 $40 1113 10 That Awkward Moment Focus $1,400,000 -59.8% 1,208 -714 $1,159 $24,069,000 $8 414 13 The Wolf of Wall Street Par. $1,281,000 -33.6% 627 -124 $2,043 $112,800,000 $100 915 16 Philomena Wein. $1,181,000 -22.5% 1,004 -221 $1,176 $32,705,000 $12 1416 15 The Nut Job ORF $1,000,000 -45.6% 1,235 -683 $810 $59,840,000 $42 617 12 Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit Par. $840,000 -62.4% 807 -471 $1,041 $49,313,000 $60 618 18 Gravity WB $820,000 -20.9% 348 -7 $2,356 $269,248,000 $100 2119 21 12 Years a Slave FoxS $510,000 -9.4% 349 -37 $1,461 $49,065,000 $20 19- 20 Her (2013) WB $415,000 -31.1% 250 -5 $1,660 $23,986,000 $23 10- 22 Nebraska Par. $400,000 -26.0% 210 -114 $1,905 $16,489,000 $12 15- 19 August: Osage County Wein. $385,000 -56.4% 525 -485 $733 $36,600,000 - 9- 23 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire LGF $320,000 -40.3% 240 -86 $1,333 $423,628,000 $130 1424 N The Wind Rises BV $306,000 - 21 - $14,571 $306,000 - 1- 24 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug WB $300,000 -39.7% 266 -19 $1,128 $256,644,000 - 11- 26 Dallas Buyers Club Focus $276,000 -26.2% 175 -48 $1,577 $24,726,000 $5 17- N In Secret RAtt. $272,000 - 266 - $1,023 $272,000 - 1- 14 Vampire Academy Wein. $265,000 -86.1% 536 -2,140 $494 $7,610,000 - 3- 29 Gloria (2014) RAtt. $235,000 -24.3% 112 +14 $2,098 $1,345,000 - 5- 17 Labor Day Par. $230,000 -81.6% 418 -1,246 $550 $13,110,000 $18 4- 25 I, Frankenstein LGF $130,000 -72.6% 217 -251 $599 $18,642,000 $65 5- 34 Beijing Love Story CL $106,000 -24.3% 12 +3 $8,833 $325,000 - 2- 44 The Legend of Hercules LG/S $103,000 +40.0% 110 +20 $936 $18,649,000 $70 7- 46 Tim's Vermeer SPC $91,300 +58.1% 22 +10 $4,150 $327,400 - 4- 40 The Past SPC $90,500 -9.3% 75 -2 $1,207 $1,144,900 - 10- N Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me IFC $30,000 - 2 - $15,000 $30,000 - 1- 51 The Invisible Woman SPC $27,100 -17.2% 32 -12 $847 $1,092,300 - 9- 59 20 Feet from Stardom RTWC $6,600 -27.6% 12 -4 $550 $4,867,000 - 37- 62 Jimmy P IFC $2,600 -63.8% 3 +2 $867 $15,200 - 2

[Fancyarcher]

Wow, Bombeii had a 100M budget.

 

What a waste of money.

[kitik]

This could touch 60m. With gems like Hercules, Frankenstein and Pompeii around, Robo is an unqualified Avataresque super duper blockbuster. Seriously, not kidding.

 

 

It passed Jack Ryan and Ride Along this weekend and is now the second biggest movie of 2014.

 

 

1	The LEGO Movie	WB	$234.4	$183.2	78.2%	$51.2	21.8%
4	RoboCop (2014)	Sony	$143.6	$43.6	30.4%	$100.0	69.6%
3	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Par.	$127.4	$49.3	38.7%	$78.1	61.3%
2	Ride Along	Uni.	$127.2	$123.2	96.8%	$4.0	3.2%

[Gokai Red]

With all of this talk of the action genre dying, I have another question: With recent bombs like Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host, and especially Vampire Academy, why is it so impossible for young adult adaptions to be successful? Since Harry Potter kicked off the YA adaption trend in 2001, there have only been three really successful YAAs: Harry Potter, Twilight, and now Hunger Games. Why is so hard for any of the others to pick up any traction?

 

I think this could also be a topic Shawn could discuss.

[Fancyarcher]

With all of this talk of the action genre dying, I have another question: With recent bombs like Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host, and especially Vampire Academy, why is it so impossible for young adult adaptions to be successful? Since Harry Potter kicked off the YA adaption trend in 2001, there have only been three really successful YAAs: Harry Potter, Twilight, and now Hunger Games. Why is so hard for any of the others to pick up any traction?

 

I think this could also be a topic Shawn could discuss.

 

Quality might have something to do with, that and the fact that books like Mortal Instruments and Vampire Academy weren't best sellers like The Hunger Games or Harry Potter, and studios were just trying to jump on the "young adult" adaption thread before it loses popularity.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Fancyarcher

[Incarnadine]

With all of this talk of the action genre dying, I have another question: With recent bombs like Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host, and especially Vampire Academy, why is it so impossible for young adult adaptions to be successful? Since Harry Potter kicked off the YA adaption trend in 2001, there have only been three really successful YAAs: Harry Potter, Twilight, and now Hunger Games. Why is so hard for any of the others to pick up any traction?

 

I think this could also be a topic Shawn could discuss.

It seems most of them were done on the cheap with mostly unproven casts. THG actually put some $ into it and either did an amazing job with casting or got dumb ass lucky with how good the cast turned out.

Divergent seems to be the first real test since THG since it also has a respectable budget and some serious casting, although the promotion seems pretty weak up to this point.

[Silverice92]

With all of this talk of the action genre dying, I have another question: With recent bombs like Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host, and especially Vampire Academy, why is it so impossible for young adult adaptions to be successful? Since Harry Potter kicked off the YA adaption trend in 2001, there have only been three really successful YAAs: Harry Potter, Twilight, and now Hunger Games. Why is so hard for any of the others to pick up any traction? I think this could also be a topic Shawn could discuss.

All of the successful ones seem to have high RT score with the exception of Twilight.

[Blankments]

I know we talked about Space Jam about 20 pages ago, but I just have to post this

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQKmWjGSXeU&feature=youtu.be

[Mojoguy]

With all of this talk of the action genre dying, I have another question: With recent bombs like Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The Host, and especially Vampire Academy, why is it so impossible for young adult adaptions to be successful? Since Harry Potter kicked off the YA adaption trend in 2001, there have only been three really successful YAAs: Harry Potter, Twilight, and now Hunger Games. Why is so hard for any of the others to pick up any traction?

 

I think this could also be a topic Shawn could discuss.

It's all about those movies finding a fanbase outside of book readers. Bestselling books turned in to movies will always fail if no one besides book readers go see the movie.

[tonicjr]

 

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Non sequel animated film Hitting 1 BILLION before Japan on its first run DAYUM!!!

[a2k]

Non sequel animated film Hitting 1 BILLION before Japan on its first run DAYUM!!!

 

Will eventually over take TS3's 1063m to be #1 animation ww.

Can't wait for a Finding Dory over/under Frozen clubs 

[The Panda]

Non sequel animated film Hitting 1 BILLION before Japan on its first run DAYUM!!!

My box office casino call was good, hallelujah

[forg]

what a drop for Vampire Academy

[Mojoguy]

- 14 Vampire Academy Wein. $265,000 -86.1% 536 -2,140 $494 $7,610,000 - 3 

EPIC DROP!

[forg]

Vampire Academy, Beautiful Creatures and Mortal Instruments would have been all good material for a TV series, they should have considered that first than jumping to feature

[forg]

All the Valentines movies had big drops. Winter's Tale was really bad, good thing WB has LEGO to make up for that loss.

 

What happened to old Meg Ryan-type romcoms? The romantic movies on Valentines have been more on the dramatic side. I think romcom could still sell with appealing actors even if the story is predictable,

[Orestes]

What happened to old Meg Ryan-type romcoms? The romantic movies on Valentines have been more on the dramatic side. I think romcom could still sell with appealing actors even if the story is predictable,

 

 

I think what happened is Meg Ryans don't grow on trees. She had great charisma and could exude such a natural, approachable warmth that is hard to duplicate. I think Jennifer Aniston has been able to pull it off in her own way, but others like Katherine Heigl just couldn't come close. Like not even in the parking lot of the ball park.

[AJG]

I know we talked about Space Jam about 20 pages ago, but I just have to post this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQKmWjGSXeU&feature=youtu.be

Why does this exist?