My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 | March 25 2016 | Script by Nia Vardalos. John Corbett returning. Kirk Jones directing.

[kowhite]

If it looks okay, it could open >40M

I...really don't think so.

[MovieMan89]

This seems sooo random all these years later. And unnecessary. But I will say I genuinely enjoyed the first. 

[baumer]

The thing about the first is that it obviously appealed to an older crowd.  It also had an incredible run where it hit number 2 in it's 20th week and after that it dropped between 5-10% for something like 4 weeks straight.  I'm not saying this one will come close to those levels.  But, if the trailer is good, the wom is good and it has the same kind of appeal, it could do fairly well.

[RaidensSword]

The thing about the first is that it obviously appealed to an older crowd. It also had an incredible run where it hit number 2 in it's 20th week and after that it dropped between 5-10% for something like 4 weeks straight. I'm not saying this one will come close to those levels. But, if the trailer is good, the wom is good and it has the same kind of appeal, it could do fairly well.

I feel the same way. Those people who enjoyed the first are still around and although there will surely be a significant drop off, I still think it will interest enough people to make good money. Thistype of movie will look qhite original and fresh compared to most other wide released movies nowadays.

[Joel M]

That movie's run wasn't just exceptional it was downright weird. I remember reading a greek cinema magazine at the end os summer '02 which had data from july when the movie had grossed something like 30 mil in limited release in 3 months and the article said that the greek community in US made it such a big success and by the time it opened in Greece in September it had already exploded in America.

Edited May 25, 2015 by Joel M

[TalismanRing]

It's run was crazy.  It had ONE w/e over $11m and that was Labor Day w/e in it's 20th week. It's w/e PTA hit over $6,000 three times (one on LD w/e) and the other the two w/e after. Over 5 months into it's run. It was truly the little engine that could.

 

2002

Date (click to view chart)	Rank	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theaters	Change / Avg.		Gross-to-Date	Week #
Apr 19–21	20	$597,362	-	108	-	$5,531	$597,362	1
Apr 26–28	16	$804,683	+34.7%	141	+33	$5,706	$1,626,751	2
May 3–5	16	$666,304	-17.2%	147	+6	$4,532	$2,567,045	3
May 10–12	11	$1,262,562	+89.5%	247	+100	$5,111	$4,112,413	4
May 17–19	10	$1,135,207	-10.1%	275	+28	$4,128	$5,669,706	5
May 24–26	11	$1,247,000 (Estimate)	+9.8%	260	-15	$4,796	$7,300,000 (Estimate)	6
May 24–27	11	$1,590,085	+40.1%	260	-15	$6,115	$7,642,884	6
May 31–Jun 2	11	$910,901	-	236	-24	$3,859	$8,863,863	7
Jun 7–9	12	$1,688,563	+85.4%	443	+207	$3,811	$11,002,602	8
Jun 14–16	12	$1,755,197	+3.9%	455	+12	$3,857	$13,642,098	9
Jun 21–23	14	$1,776,990	+1.2%	444	-11	$4,002	$16,318,140	10
Jun 28–30	13	$2,002,184	+12.7%	493	+49	$4,061	$19,340,988	11
Jul 5–7	11	$2,508,748	+25.3%	499	+6	$5,027	$23,576,174	12
Jul 12–14	12	$2,230,158	-11.1%	495	-4	$4,505	$27,031,170	13
Jul 19–21	14	$2,497,454	+12.0%	530	+35	$4,712	$30,862,103	14
Jul 26–28	10	$3,004,597	+20.3%	569	+39	$5,280	$35,417,552	15
Aug 2–4	9	$3,002,241	-0.1%	657	+88	$4,569	$40,172,975	16
Aug 9–11	8	$3,133,316	+4.4%	723	+66	$4,333	$45,063,979	17
Aug 16–18	6	$5,700,072	+81.9%	1,064	+341	$5,357	$52,777,170	18
Aug 23–25	4	$7,261,842	+27.4%	1,329	+265	$5,464	$63,690,730	19
Aug 30–Sep 1	2	$11,100,764	+52.9%	1,619	+290	$6,856	$78,848,210	20
Aug 30–Sep 2	2	$14,809,546	+104%	1,619	+290	$9,147	$82,556,992	20
Sep 6–8	2	$10,372,316	-6.6%	1,695	+76	$6,119	$95,824,732	21
Sep 13–15	2	$10,772,146	+3.9%	1,764	+69	$6,106	$110,443,668	22
Sep 20–22	3	$9,748,969	-9.5%	1,853	+89	$5,261	$124,052,987	23
Sep 27–29	4	$9,434,602	-3.2%	1,841	-12	$5,124	$136,628,662	24
Oct 4–6	4	$8,223,801	-12.8%	1,971	+130	$4,172	$147,717,828	25
Oct 11–13	5	$8,453,159	+2.8%	2,016	+45	$4,193	$158,954,054	26
Oct 18–20	4	$7,145,309	-15.5%	2,014	-2	$3,547	$169,292,979	27
Oct 25–27	5	$6,209,500	-13.1%	1,967	-47	$3,156	$177,698,447	28
Nov 1–3	6	$5,623,149	-9.4%	1,977	+10	$2,844	$185,244,976	29
Nov 8–10	6	$5,854,005	+4.1%	1,975	-2	$2,964	$192,857,165	30
Nov 15–17	6	$4,713,464	-19.5%	1,812	-163	$2,601	$199,574,370	31
Nov 22–24	8	$3,657,055	-22.4%	1,585	-227	$2,307	$204,520,221	32
Nov 29–Dec 1	11	$3,985,057	+9.0%	1,257	-328	$3,170	$210,585,352	33
Dec 6–8	13	$2,013,029	-49.5%	1,257	-	$1,601	$213,263,148	34
Dec 13–15	12	$1,704,285	-15.3%	1,230	-27	$1,385	$215,640,319	35
Dec 20–22	13	$1,461,534	-14.2%	973	-257	$1,502	$217,765,974	36
Dec 27–29	12	$2,760,697	+88.9%	951	-22	$2,902	$222,517,469	37

2003

Date (click to view chart)	Rank	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theaters	Change / Avg.		Gross-to-Date	Week #
Jan 3–5	13	$2,661,106	-3.6%	1,194	+243	$2,228	$227,898,505	38
Jan 10–12	16	$2,102,547	-21.0%	1,212	+18	$1,734	$230,876,712	39
Jan 17–19	15	$2,173,330	+3.4%	1,171	-41	$1,855	$233,841,212	40
Jan 17–20	15	$2,601,083	+23.7%	1,171	-41	$2,221	$234,268,965	40
Jan 24–26	14	$1,704,430	-21.6%	1,143	-28	$1,491	$236,448,697	41
Jan 31–Feb 2	15	$1,538,527	-9.7%	1,076	-67	$1,429	$238,540,872	42
Feb 7–9	17	$1,003,360	-34.8%	971	-105	$1,033	$239,952,321	43
Feb 14–16	24	$475,282	-52.6%	533	-438	$891	$240,686,319	44
Feb 14–17	25	$531,331	-47.0%	533	-438	$996	$240,742,368	44
Feb 21–23	29	$214,809	-54.8%	353	-180	$608	$241,055,385	45
Feb 28–Mar 2	40	$130,928	-39.0%	260	-93	$503	$241,250,669	46
Mar 7–9	49	$71,321	-45.5%	170	-90	$419	$241,356,536	47
Mar 14–16	70	$20,903	-70.7%	74	-96	$282	$241,406,779	48
Mar 21–23	80	$9,651	-53.8%	36	-38	$268	$241,423,860	49
Mar 28–30	96	$5,587	-42.1%	21	-15	$266	$241,433,282	50
Apr 4–6	133	$1,696	-69.6%	6	-15	$282	$241,437,427	51
Apr 11–13	146	$27	-98.4%	1	-5	$27	$241,438,208	52

Italics indicate four day weekend.

[baumer]

It wasn't the Greek community that made it big, although I'm sure they contributed.  

[Joel M]

It wasn't the Greek community that made it big, although I'm sure they contributed.  

 

Of course it wasn't but back then in the first few months when it was still in limited release and "just" a very big indie hit it was a logical assumption.

[baumer]

Of course it wasn't but back then in the first few months when it was still in limited release and "just" a very big indie hit it was a logical assumption.

 

Not really.  A logical assumption was that it was a hit because WOM spread to all kinds of people who had gone through the same experiences the film depicted.  

[Ali]

 

 

 

[grim22]

10 minutes ago, Ali said:

 

 

 

 

The trailer has every single cliche from a 90s and early 2000s comedy trailer. All that was needed was a record scratch. Looks harmless enough, doubt if it will even earn 10-15% of the first movie's gross domestically.

[bapi]

So the first one would make 350M with inflation.

[babz06]

Huge drop from the first one. I dont know why they even bothered with a sequel, more than a decade later.

 

I doubt the budget was very high, probably less than 20m. So it's not a huge risk for the studio and should be good counter-programming against BvS. 

 

 

[Plain Old Tele]

@babz06, you answered your own question.

[AJG]

I feel this is the pinnacle of unnecessary sequels.

[Cochofles]

It goes without saying that this will not come even close to the box office take of the first, but I can certainly see it being a Mamma Mia!/Devil Wears Prada-sized counterprogramming hit against the Big Bad Superhero blockbuster (MM/TDK, DWP/Superman Returns).

[Cochofles]

On 5/26/2015, 6:52:14, baumer said:

It wasn't the Greek community that made it big, although I'm sure they contributed.  

 True. Back in 2002, it seemed like MBFGW was all that everyone in my family (Caucasians of Welsh/French/Polish descent) could talk about. I also remember a Puerto Rican family who lived across our street and also loved the movie.

[Kalo]

Hmm I actually really enjoyed the first movie.. and while that new trailer isn't terrible.. it doesn't exactly look great either. and after Dumb and Dumber 2 I take prolonged Comedy sequels with a huge grain of salt. this is going to have huge drop from the first. but yeah the budget probably isn't very big so it could really do anywhere from $50-$100m, and be seen as a success. this just really seems like a cash grab to me.

[kowhite]

The first was a box office phenomenon.  Truly impressive performance.  Astounding even.

 

This ain't gonna do shit.  But I'll be in on outgrowing My Life In Ruins.

[The47th]

I'm actually surprised this looks fun. And the cast has aged incredibly well.