Sun#s pg 230...Wknd Est: DOFP: 91M, Godzilla - 31.4M, Blended - 14.2M , NB - 13.9M [NO SPOILERS]

[fmpro]

DOFP opened on par with Cap2 in China. Cap 2 even had a holiday in there

Yeah. A little hard to compare. But 100-120 mill seems likely there IMO

[fmpro]

So people still think TASM ll won't reach 500 M overseas?

Firedeep maybe

[CJohn]

TASM2 is gonna drop under 50% in the weekend 22JS opens 

[cory]

So let me get this straight. When was the last time 3 big openings in May failed to beat a movie opening in April. Has that happened before?

Closest situation would have been Alice beating Iron Man 2 & Shrek 4 in 2010

[lab276]

Thanks for answering Lab. Why aren't you shocked if I may ask?

Let me revise, it happened in 1993 (Indecent Proposal > Cliffhanger), I didn't go further back than 1990.I'm not shocked because that's not the kind of thing that interests me in the box office. It almost feels inevitable, especially now that studios are releasing more tentpole stuff in April (at the expense of August and strangely enough July). Much more shocking to me would be more tickets sold in April than May (which last happened in 1990).

[CJohn]

I told you all on Thursday that this thing was going to explode this weekend. Nothing can perform this good in Portugal and not explode. Dat old cast + new cast effect!!! Even with 3.6 million people watching the Champions finale (around 1/3 of the population here) yesterday night, X-Men was still able to stay flat or have small decreases from Friday night, while Godzilla, Neighbors and other movies got murdered. 

Edited May 25, 2014 by CJohn

[kayumanggi]

THE LEGO MOVIE and CA: TWS benefited a lot from their release dates.

[ecstasy]

I think last sunday was 461

 

Ah ok. Now I remember. Someone said it was 475m up to Thursday. So it made another 14m over the weekend. That's still good.

 

It will pass Cap 2 Worldwide I think. But it will fall short of TASM1. 

 

Domestic:	$262,030,663	34.8%
+ Foreign:	$490,185,894	65.2%
= Worldwide:	$752,216,557

[Fake]

So people still think TASM ll won't reach 500 M overseas?

It will barely go past though. 505m max.

[Jake Gittes]

TASM2 is gonna drop under 50% in the weekend 22JS opens 

It might even *GASP* drop under 40%

[fmpro]

So people still think TASM ll won't reach 500 M overseas?

Final total will be around 520 mill i think

[ecstasy]

THE LEGO MOVIE and CA: TWS benefited a lot from their release dates.

 

I'm not so sure I buy that.

[Biggestgeekever]

$170m is massive. It's opened just about everywhere, so I don't expect more than $450m, but that still puts it extremely close to the worldwide record total for the franchise (X3 with $459m) with just overseas receipts.

[kayumanggi]

 

Ah ok. Now I remember. Someone said it was 475m up to Thursday. So it made another 14m over the weekend. That's still good.

 

It will pass Cap 2 Worldwide I think. But it will fall short of TASM1. 

 

Domestic:  $262,030,663  34.8% + Foreign:  $490,185,894  65.2% = Worldwide:  $752,216,557  

 

 

X-M: DOFP might beat both.

[CJohn]

It might even *GASP* drop under 40%

Dat Tatum effect.

[fmpro]

It will barely go past though. 505m max.

So 16 mill max after a 28 mill week???

[FTF]

More than ever, it will be interresting to watch the race between TTDW and TASM2.Who will come on top ?

TASM2 vs Godzilla domestically is very interesting now too: http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=daily&id=2014openers.htm(Though Godzilla jumps way ahead with tomorrow's #) Edited May 25, 2014 by FTF

[Warhorse]

1. CATWS  $258M

2. LEGO   $255M

3. X-MEN $240M

4. GODZ   $215M

5. TASM2 $205M

All I know is, I'm loving that Captain America is hanging on for the top spot after all of these juggernauts were supposed to kick him out.

 

I'm not surprised with X-Men though, I myself have gotten bored with it. It's been the Wolverine/Xavier/Magneto/Mystique show for too long. I don't know about you, but I myself can't relate to any of them as a character. I always liked the Rogue, Gambit, Pyro and Iceman characters the best, but since X2, they have been sidelined to ridiculous levels.

[kayumanggi]

It will barely go past though. 505m max.

 

But still...

 

I couldn't understand the no to 500 M overseas theories last weekend. lol

[Last Man Standing]

X-Men literally exploded OS. Something went very right.

 

the final trailer went right. it was spectacular in exactly the way os loves. giant robots, stadiums flying, people getting punched, all with a dash of humor. it made me completely change my mind about the movie, which i thought was gonna be a melodramatic flop.