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

[a2k]

CF made 296m in 10 days. Let's give MJ1 300m in it it's entire run at least 

150m+ ow and legs like Godzilla's will take it past 300m.

[lab276]

Well, Hobbits & Mockingjay will blast past $300M easily but this summer season is cursed. The curse of the $200M Grossers. $200M over here. $200M over there. $200M everywhere....Over here, over there, everywhere....

I'm pretty sure Hobbit won't.

[CJohn]

Well, Hobbits & Mockingjay will blast past $300M easily but this summer season is cursed. The curse of the $200M Grossers. $200M over here. $200M over there. $200M everywhere....

Over here, over there, everywhere....

The Hobbit will be lucky to get fudged into 300M. I doubt it will blast past the mark.

Edited May 31, 2014 by CJohn

[Blackout]

I wonder if Mockingjay can get to 400m even. The part 1s usually don't perform as well.

[Quigley]

Anita Busch is so retarded. Just look at how vague and dumb her predictions are.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/05/box-office-disneys-maleficent-spells-success-a-million-ways-to-die-in-the-west-side-saddled/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

 

Not to mention DeadlineNow. Don't watch that cuz you'll lose faith in humanity

[Krissykins]

Ah, not a good start for AMETDITW. Comedies are so far the only genre to not do well in wide release this summer. And Baseball movies lol.

[CJohn]

Ah, not a good start for AMETDITW.Comedies are so far the only genre to not do well in wide release this summer. And Baseball movies lol.

Neighbors seems to be doing just fine.

[kayumanggi]

i agree

last time that happened was 2000 and the Grinch's $260m adjust to $384m nowadays

 

edit: THG will surely make it past $400m, but no $1b WW movie this year

 

Both TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION and THE HOBBIT: TBOTFA are candidates for 1 B.

[TalismanRing]

Ah, not a good start for AMETDITW.Comedies are so far the only genre to not do well in wide release this summer. And Baseball movies lol.

 

There was Neighbors

[The Stingray]

Maybe/hopefully superhero fatigue is finally kicking in. International audiences will need a few more years to catch up though.

 

As for Mockingjay, well, I'll never doubt Katniss again, so +400m.

[mahnamahna]

I wonder if Mockingjay can get to 400m even. The part 1s usually don't perform as well.

Hunger Games doesn't really follow trends or patterns so $400 million for Mockingjay is certainly possible considering HTTYD2 may be the only $300 million grosser this summer (Transformers 4 might as well) 

[kayumanggi]

Maybe this is just a down year and people will just go to the movies less for no immediately explicable reason. Every film gets hit. 2005 was like that (but I also think it was a much stronger year than some might give it credit for) and so was 2011 (just weak).

 

The year is ahead of 2013 during the same period.

[kayumanggi]

I'm pretty sure Hobbit won't.

 

Why?

[Goffe]

I'm too sad to admit I was wrong about its legs 

[lab276]

The year is ahead of 2013 during the same period.

And losing ground very quickly. At the end of April it was 9.1% ahead, now 1.9%.

[kayumanggi]

Soft $6.1M opening day for #AMillionWays heading to about $16M wknd. That's down a big 70% from Ted's opening.

— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya)

May 31, 2014

[lab276]

Why?

First one crawled past, second one over $40m away.

[CJohn]

And losing ground very quickly. At the end of April it was 9.1% ahead, now 1.9%.

June should make us go below 2013 and if it somehow keeps above it,  I am almost sure we will be below 2013 at the end of the Summer.

Edited May 31, 2014 by CJohn

[kayumanggi]

The Hobbit will be lucky to get fudged into 300M. I doubt it will blast past the mark.

 

It's the conclusion of the trilogy so fans will be there. It's also the most action-packed among the three. Not saying it's a lock for 300 M, but I see the possibility.

[kayumanggi]

And losing ground very quickly. At the end of April it was 9.1% ahead, now 1.9%.

 

But it's not really a down year, right?