Wknd #s: TF4 - 36.4M | Tam - 21.2M (32.9M) | DUFE - 9.5M (15M) | ETE - 8.3M (13.5M) | pg49 (We love the 90s/70s)

[zackzack]

Remember these stories prior to the movie's release? 

 

Disney Left Worried Angelina Jolie’s New Movie Maleficent Will Flop Because It’s Too Scary?

Reports speculate that retelling of the Sleeping Beauty story will misfire at box office

http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/145882/Disney-Left-Worried-Angelina-Jolies-New-Movie-Maleficent-Will-Flop-Because-Its-Too-Scary#Exb4ykPpeyGe8eST.99

 

Yea, but it is not doing Alice's number. More than my estimate of $170M.

It's a success all around

[Rthmessiah]

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DOFP?

alright 500k

[Tau Ceti]

probably has something to do with another WB movie coming out. 

Happily impressed by EoT holds on Thurs and Fri. Completely don't buy the insinuations of fudging. Seriously, do you think Warner Brothers has decided to suddenly tweek its numbers by a 100k here or there when 90% of its run is complete? To what end? The more logical conclusion is that tended towarded the older quadrents, has great RT numbers and WOM, and is thus holding well of its own accord. Of course, it's holding well off of an extremely low starting point -- no one is calling it a hit. You're really going to need to show some evidence that its numbers are being played with.

[La Binoche]

lol not that much

Is Begin Again starting to pick up some steam? 

[Walt Disney]

Yea, but it is not doing Alice's number. More than my estimate of $170M.

It's a success all around

 

It's not easy to do AIW numbers. Even successful movies have trouble putting up those numbers.

[Rthmessiah]

Is Begin Again starting to pick up some steam? 

yes

[La Binoche]

yes

 

Let's go Keira. 

 

[Dingdong123]

Yea, but it is not doing Alice's number. More than my estimate of $170M.It's a success all around

Well no one is doing Alice numbers this year yet.

[Blackout]

Okay for DOFP I guess considering the almost 50% theater loss.Summer looks like:AOE 250mApes 240m?Maleficent 235mDOFP 231mAll really close to each other it seems.

[Kalderic]

Not too shabby. About as expected. It will be interesting to see if Tammy can get a decent increase today. Seeing as the film burnt off some of the upfront fan push with the early opening.

[RTX]

Fri looking like AOE 10.7-9,Tam 6.4,HTTYD2/ETE 2.8,DUFE/22j 2.5,Malef 2,JB 1.9,TLAM2 1.4,Ame/EOT 1

 

Pretty low jumps on Friday all around. I'm now looking for a 3.85 weekend multiplier.

 

41.5M weekend - here we come!

[superduperm]

This summer is making me sad as I think more about it.Unless Dawn of the Planet of the Apes breaks out, the maximum any film will gross is ~$270 million. Easily the most underwhelming summer season in modern box office history. You would have to go all the way back to 2001 to find a summer with no $300+ million film.Please Apes, you're our only hope...

[La Binoche]

1). Transformers: Age of Extinction (PAR), 4,233 theaters (0) / $7.7M Wed. / $9.6M Thurs. / $11.1M Fri. / 3-day est. cume: $38M to $40M / 5-day cume: $55.5M / Total est. cume: $176M to $178M+ / Wk 2

2). Tammy (WB), 3,465 theaters / $6.2M Wed. / $5.5M Thurs. / $6.6M Fri. / 3-day cume: $21.7M / 5-day cume: $33M+ / Wk 1

3/4/5/6). Earth to Echo (REL), 3,320 theaters / $2.6M Wed. / $2.6M Thurs. / $2.7M Fri. / 3-day cume: $9.8M to $11M / 5-day cume: $14.8M to $16M / Wk 1

22 Jump Street (SONY), 3,324 theaters (-12) / $1.9M Wed. / $2.4M Thurs. / $2.6M Fri. / 3-day cume: $10.5M / 5-day cume: $14.5M / Total cume: $159M to $160M / Wk 4

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (FOX), 3,297 theaters (-453) / $1.9M Wed. / $2.4M Thurs. / $2.75M Fri. / 3-day cume: $9.7M to $10M+ / 5-day cume: $14M+ / Total cume: $141M to $142M / Wk 4

Deliver Us From Evil (SONY), 3,049 theaters / $2.8M Wed. / $2.6M Thurs. / $2.6M Fri. / 3-day cume: $9M to $10M+ / 5-day cume: $14.5M to $15.5M / Wk 1

7). Maleficent (DIS), 2,389 theaters (-684) / $1.2M Wed. / $1.5M Thurs. / $1.9M Fri. / 3-day cume: $6.5M to $7M / 5-day cume: $9.3M / Total expected cume: $214M+ / Wk 6

8). Jersey Boys (WB) 2,630 theaters (-275) / $880K Wed. / $1.1M Thurs. / $1.8M Fri. / 3-day cume: $6.4M to $6.8M / 5-day cume: $8.3M / Total cume: $37M to $38M / Wk 3

9). Think Like A Man Too (SONY), 1,729 theaters (-496) / $825K Wed. / $1M Thurs. / $1.4M Fri. / 3-day cume: $5.2M / 5-day cume: $7.1M / Total cume: $57M to $58M / Wk 3

10). Edge of Tomorrow (WB), 1,538 theaters (-997) / $525K Wed. / $815K Thurs. / $1M Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.7M / 5-day cume: $5.1M / Total cume: $91M+ / Wk 5

[La Binoche]

I noticed that some commenters were wondering about the performance of a couple of other pics this weekend, namely TWC’s Begin Again and Radius’ Snowpiercer. Okay, so, here we go: Begin Again, which stars Mark Ruffalo and Keira Knightley started rolling out on 175 screens Wednesday in the top 45 markets after a solid opening last weekend. It had an A- CinemaScore and was 76% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. This film from writer/director John Carney (Once) is expected to take in around $1.38M for the three-day which gives it an excellent per screen of around $8K. It’s a date movie so counter-programming during the summer.

 

Snowpiercer is the sci-fi, apocalyptic thriller from director Bong Joon-ho and stars Chris Evans in this violent romp. On 250 runs, it should end the 3-day with $1.1M and the five-day with $1.4M for a nice per screen of around $4,520. It’s a bit early but this is how the chart looks now. Will do more calculations as more numbers come in tonight:

[RTX]

So 39-40m weekend. Not bad. Could still reach 250m as long as it doesn't crash next weekend.

 

250M is locked, even if it does crash next weekend.

 

TF2 had 2.6 multiplier from its second weekend (when July 4th fell on Saturday). Using this multiplier yields 270+ final total for TF4.

[BobbyJohn]

Fri looking like

 

AOE 10.7-9,Tam 6.4,HTTYD2/ETE 2.8,DUFE/22j 2.5,Malef 2,JB 1.9,TLAM2 1.4,Ame/EOT 1

[DeeCee]

I love the music reviews in American Psycho.

[Gopher]

100 mil for Edge of Tomorrow would, if I'm not mistaken, give WB the ability to ask for a lot more for pay TV rights. Which is good! I want Edge to mean something for WB. 

 

Yeah, this summer has been so dull that this is what the conversation has come to. 

[kitik]

So I just finished reading Battling Boy by Paul Pope.

 

Damn, that was a good read.

[Claire of Themyscira]

I'm watching America's Next Top Model Cycle 7, and my fave was eliminated.

 

On the night of her high school graduation.