Weekend Actuals 5/9-5/11 Neigh 49, TASM 35.5, TOW 9.6, HIFR 7.5

[Captain Craig]

Thor : The Dark World did $36,586,016 on its sophomore weekend     

 

Will TASM2 now start losing to Thor2 too ?...Avi gonna have a tantrum of epic proportions...

 

Thor also made $6m less on it's OW and the 2nd Weekend comparison is nearly a wash.

[Mango]

Let's go sub-$200 million!

[mahnamahna]

Heaven is for Real going up nearly half a million is pretty good... $100 million isn't out of reach if it can drop less than 30% next week, then be flat over the Memorial 3 day, with an increase over the 4 day. 

[Captain Craig]

Let's go sub-$200 million!

I'm guessing jobs are on the line at SONY if this falls under $200m domestic

[FTF]

Let's go sub-$200 million!

I doubt it

[Plain Old Tele]

I'm guessing jobs are on the line at SONY if this falls under $200m domestic

 

Nah, with the stabilizing overseas, it's still going to turn a profit for them.

[TalismanRing]

 

 

If ASM2 falls behind TDW again next w/e then I predict there will be blood in the halls of Sony - especially since Godzilla is no Catching Fire.  But I don't see that happening.

Edited May 12, 2014 by TalismanRing

[FTF]

I'm guessing jobs are on the line at SONY if this falls under $200m domestic

No one loses jobs for $750m ww.

[CoolioD1]

EVERYONE is gonna lose their job over this.

Edited May 12, 2014 by CoolioD1

[K1stpierre]

Pretty much the drop I figured for TASM2. I'll pee my pants laughing if it doesn't get to 200M.

[BadAtGender]

It'll be really difficult for it to miss $200m. It could fail to get to $210m, though.

[Plain Old Tele]

No one loses jobs for $750m ww.

This is actually a great explanation for why there are so many sequels, prequels, and reboots nowadays. Suits live in fear, and your bases are (mostly) covered if you make something that's already got a lot of audience awareness.

Edited May 12, 2014 by Telemachos

[redfirebird2008]

So what was the Sunday drop?

[Biggestgeekever]

Spider-Man will certainly fall less that Thor 2 did in its third weekend, but it will hold way worse against X-Men. So I'd say it's 50/50 on whether it can top Thor 2.

[Ent]

 

 

If ASM2 falls behind TDW again next w/e then I predict there will be blood in the halls of Sony - especially since Godzilla is no Catching Fire.  But I don't see that happening.

Well, they are already roughly at $1 million from each other at the same point on the domestic front.  TASM2 has Memorial day, TTDW had Thanksgiving and Christmas hollidays later on its run.

 

So it can really go both way domestically.  They will finish close to each other, that's for sure.

Edited May 12, 2014 by Ent

[Captain Craig]

No one loses jobs for $750m ww.

When you pubically put it out there in the indusrty trades you feel like your films "reasonable" expectations are for a BILLION---then, yeah, jobs are on the line.

 

$750m is not a silver lining fallback

[TalismanRing]

The people responsible for the $250m+ budget with all the filmed scene cuts and changes should probably lose their job even with a $750m WW.  Ditto the people that allocated a reported $180-190m in marketing. 

 

So should the script writers but those guys seem to be teflon coated.

[Plain Old Tele]

When you pubically put it out there in the indusrty trades you feel like your films "reasonable" expectations are for a BILLION---then, yeah, jobs are on the line.

 

$750m is not a silver lining fallback

 

If you're the head of the studio then your job is predicated on more than a single film. And no one else will lose their job over a statement like that.

[samsha22]

Poor Neighbours- Nobody is even discussing about it.

[K1stpierre]

No one loses jobs for $750m ww.

 

When you pubically put it out there in the indusrty trades you feel like your films "reasonable" expectations are for a BILLION---then, yeah, jobs are on the line.

 

$750m is not a silver lining fallback

 

It's not terrible, but the DOM market is a huge market and spiderman movies should be doing way way way better than barely scratching past 200M. So yeah, even though WW they'll make their money somewhat, jobs to me would still be on the line.