Official Weekend Estimates: Maleficent - 70M, X-Men - 32.6M, A Million Ways - 17.1M, Godzilla - 12.2M

[Dementeleus]

A franchise that might be dead soon as Godzilla 2 is virtually locked to make less.  It has no novelty factor at all. Nobody but fans will care. 

 

Sounds like a grumpy X-Men loonie to me.

[kowhite]

Just got out of the drive-in, probably the least fun I've had there. I enjoyed both movies; Godzilla was about the same in quality, X-Men increased in my liking it Awkwardly, the group I went with had the closest I have to an ex in it, and we didn't talk at all the whole night. She hated both movies too

People actually watch movies at the drive-in?I went to a drive-in once. Safe to say, I did not watch the movie.I might've had a muffin though....

[CaptainJackSparrow]

I'm now asking the neighbors for some milk.

[WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot]

So basically this is a repeat of last year as all the big movies are crowding each other out. If anything the multipliers this year are going to be a lot worse. Godzilla and TASM2 will have < 2.3 multipliers. DOFP will probably crawl to a 2.05 from a 4 day weekend.

 

RRRRRREALLY hoping that Marvel or WB wisens up and movies their 2016 movies to April. Doesn't TWS have 2.7 multi right now?

 

Yeah, these crowded Mays are killing legs…

[Fancyarcher]

I'm now asking the neighbors for some milk.

 

Stay calm and collective.

Edited May 31, 2014 by Fancyarcher

[Blankments]

That must have led to some awkward conversations.

I pretty much didn't talk at all after Godzilla, since the friend I had come with left and I sure wasn't gonna miss X-Men

[Magic]

Hopefully the Maleficent and Godzilla numbers drop more. 

[Rudolf]

It seems we haven't got used to the fact that movies open on Thursday and the studios are reporting inflated Friday numbers. Then all movies drop hard on Saturday. Next Friday the drops week-to-week are higher than they used to be too.

[a2k]

RRRRRREALLY hoping that Marvel or WB wisens up and movies their 2016 movies to April. Doesn't TWS have 2.7 multi right now?

 

Yeah, these crowded Mays are killing legs…

 

also the crowded calendar will have an even worse effect in china where multiple movies are not supported well. it's now too major a market to not schedule around.

[Fancyarcher]

I pretty much didn't talk at all after Godzilla, since the friend I had come with left and I sure wasn't gonna miss X-Men

 

You did the right thing.

[CaptainJackSparrow]

OK, I'm going to rob their milk carton now.

[Blankments]

My brother wants to see Maleficent when he comes home next weekend. Gonna try to convince him to either go Edge of Tomorrow or X-Men instead

[Fancyarcher]

OK, I'm going to rob their milk carton now.

 

Desperate times lead to desperate measures.

[kowhite]

OK, I'm going to rob their milk carton now.

Intervention time?Step...away...from the milk carton!

[a2k]

OK, I'm going to rob their milk carton now.

you should leave your googles behind as a sign.

[Blankments]

Honestly, the impression I get about my ex (and we used to be on good terms until a few weeks ago) is that she's just pissed she heard my recent date from Twitter... Welp

[a2k]

lol million ways getting hate from deadline

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/box-office-disneys-maleficent-spells-success-a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west-side-saddled/

 

"...as the pic is expected to lasso around $7M Friday...which was lower than the low end of the estimate going into the weekend. Probably because a). the advertising looks like a TV mow for a low-end cable network, b ). MacFarlane cast himself as the leading man, and c). the crude, sophomoric comedy is only funny to teenage boys(and those 40 year-old guys who have yet to move out of their parents’ basements)..."

Edited May 31, 2014 by a2k

[Fancyarcher]

lol million ways getting hate from deadline

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/box-office-disneys-maleficent-spells-success-a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west-side-saddled/

 

"...as the pic is expected to lasso around $7M Friday...which was lower than the low end of the estimate going into the weekend. Probably because a). the advertising looks like a TV mow for a low-end cable network, b ). MacFarlane cast himself as the leading man, and c). the crude, sophomoric comedy is only funny to teenage boys(and those 40 year-old guys who have yet to move out of their parents’ basements)..."

 

Film only cost 40m, so I doubt the executives at Universal are panicking. Nice try though, Busch.

Edited May 31, 2014 by Fancyarcher

[a2k]

Film only cost 40m, so I doubt the executives at Universal are panicking. Nice try though, Busch.

this sort of movie will be huge on rental too

[Ozymandias]

lol million ways getting hate from deadline

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/box-office-disneys-maleficent-spells-success-a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west-side-saddled/

 

"...as the pic is expected to lasso around $7M Friday...which was lower than the low end of the estimate going into the weekend. Probably because a). the advertising looks like a TV mow for a low-end cable network, b ). MacFarlane cast himself as the leading man, and c). the crude, sophomoric comedy is only funny to teenage boys(and those 40 year-old guys who have yet to move out of their parents’ basements)..."

 

I love this