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

[Sam]

weekend intl should end up somewhere around 315m mark

So up to around 480M WW. That's great.

[zackzack]

It had better be good because Phase 2 has been disappointing IMO. IM3 and Thor 2 were mediocre and CA2 was fine, but not particularly exciting. 

 

Ironic because CA2 looked like the worst of the bunch on paper. 

 

On the other hand, IM 3 & THOR 2 are mediocre but CAP2 is a very efficient action thriller, rooted in reality. By the time, the writer of IM3 rolls out villains that breathe fire & glow in the dark, and a seriously lame Mandarin, I was really considering returning my ticket. RDJ, the Iron Man tech, some of the fight scenes are pretty cool & of the same high standard as the best from Marvel Studios. But those other elements I mentioned are just tacked-on, kid-friendly, PC-level BS. I can't stand it.

Edited June 1, 2014 by zackzack

[Rudolf]

Nice Sat increase for DOFP, but hard to be excited with the cruddy Friday number.

 

Terrible Sat jump for Maleficent based on the kind of film it is. Should have had a big Sat increase, even with Thursdays. Poor WOM already kicking in?

25% increase from Friday is not bad (you have to subtract the Thursday money first)

Snow White only increased 10%

[CJohn]

Fine Sat increases all around. 

[darkelf]

So there was Fast Times talk and Cage talk but no mention of Nicception:

 

[darkelf]

Oh, and good numbers but who cares

[Mojoguy]

http://boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=daily&id=futurepastvs.htm

 

Following that page should be fun.

 

At this moment, X3 is 12m ahead, but DOFP has been getting WAY better WOM and reviews. DOFP should have better legs. I hope DOFP can at least match X3's final 234m DOM gross. What DOFP is doing much better at is OS, and it will easily end up being the highest grossing X movie worldwide!

[4815162342]

Silly grim, there are no clouds in LA.

 

Sure there are. It's called smog.

[Mojoguy]

Sure there are. It's called smog.

I prefer to call it toxic clouds.

[Michael Gary Scott]

Best Rumble ever

[baumer]

baumer put more thought into those two sentences than anyone who worked on the movie did about blended.

None of u have seen it. Its really a sweet movie.

[baumer]

It is.It's pretty good jump from Friday's figures.

Isn't it a 49% jump?

[bballman24]

Putting aside my Nolan fandom for a second, I'd say the ferry sequence is probably my least favorite of the trilogy by a wide margin. But it's still more interesting than 90% of scenes in other summer blockbusters.

I honestly thought Nolans were too busy on other parts so they gave that part to Goyer lolIt was bad, but yeah it's better than bunch of stuff out there.

[Hiccup]

Friend of mine is convinced Malficent is locked for 200M.

 

Yeah well given the past trend of this summer big openers, Maleficent could collapse over -60% next weekend and destroy this films chances of even reaching 175M. 

[DoctorWho]

So....numbers in the title are official? Or Rth?

[CJohn]

So....numbers in the title are official? Or Rth?

Rth.

[baumer]

So....numbers in the title are official? Or Rth?

 

Official, because they are RTH.

[bballman24]

Had a guy yell "Yeahhhhhh let's go motherfucker" right when Gordon said it on the opening night.

All of us in the theater felt the same way. Such a great ending.

[bballman24]

Official, because they are RTH.

Truth

[Jawa]

Seth Macfarlane's latest turd tanking is the pleasant surprise of the summer.