Weekend Estimates: The Purge 28.3M | Apes 36M | Sex Tape 15M | Planes 18M | Godzilla 470k +91% 198.9m!!! | More Numbers on Page 1

[Dementeleus]

GODZILLA was a success.

[Rthmessiah]

sun looking like

Apes 11,Pu2 7.2,Pla2 4.5,ST 3.6,AOE 2.9,Tam 2,22j 1.3,HTTYD 1.2,Malef/ete 1

[kitik]

[Claire of Themyscira]

sun looking like

Apes 11,Pu2 7.2,Pla2 4.5,ST 3.6,AOE 2.9,Tam 2,22j 1.3,HTTYD 1.2,Malef/ete 1

Thanks, babe. 

[CloneWars]

GODZILLA was a success.

Godzilla is a financial success. But, it is not a success with audiences which is what matters when it comes to sequels, HV sales, etc. To have the multiplier it did, opening the week prior to MD weekend during a very weak summer is beyond embarrassing.

Edited July 21, 2014 by CloneWars

[Claire of Themyscira]

Godzilla is a financial success. But, it is not a success with audiences which is what matters when it comes to sequels, HV sales, etc. To have the multiplier it did, opening the week prior to MD weekend during a very weak summer is beyond embarrassing.

Bitch, it hasn't even come out on DVD.

 

Let's just wait and see.

 

You know what's beyond embarrassing? This summer and that fact Maleficent is probably gonna beat DOFP.

 

Bye.

Edited July 21, 2014 by Claire Nolan Holt

[Blackout]

There's also overseas. Films like DOFP and TWS do much better overseas than Fault or Neighbors.

That doesn't matter because to him, DOFP is a flop and all superhero movies are too

[Deathlife]

Didn't Godzilla make back its production budget and then some?

 

I think it did well.

 

It's legs were disastrous though

[Clef Ment]

The last part of Godzilla, in an IMAX theater, was just incredible.

 

Never been so impressed.

[baumer]

Holy Shit! If Fri and Sat estimates hold then Purge might hit 30 mill

[stripe]

sun looking like

Apes 11,Pu2 7.2,Pla2 4.5,ST 3.6,AOE 2.9,Tam 2,22j 1.3,HTTYD 1.2,Malef/ete 1

 

Actuals going to be better for Apes and Dragon! Very impressed by Purge 2!

[Jay Beezy]

Looks like Purge 2 is on its way to having better legs than its predecessor. That Sunday number is higher than Purge 1's first Sunday number.

[narniadis]

That Sunday estimate for purge was really harsh in comparison to everything else so in not totally surprised. Good for it if it can cross the 30 mark.

[pepsa]

Godzilla did good at the box office. It more than tripled it's production budget and it did really well in NA. This isn't another Pacific Rim people. This movie needed to make $380M to break even, it did that and more. A lot of the reasons for the movie's bad legs was that a huge Blockbuster like X-Men:DOFP opened the very next week, I don't care if you guys keep saying that had nothing to do with, it clearly had a lot to do with it. DOFP opened to $90M+ DOM and $170M OS. Plus the fact that when it was released in China, it has just 2 weeks before the monstrous TF4 came. It would have done easily 90+ in China if it had a normal release like any movie. The movie faced HUGE competition and the WOM clearly didn't help. But I'm 100% confident if the movie was given a better release date without too much competition it woukd have crossed $230M DOM and $600M WW.I had to get that off my chest. I hope the sequel is even better and performs stronger. I think the sequel should get the weekend before the 4th of July just like the Transformers films.

 

The fact is, if you need no competition to get 230M, your movie isn't doing that well. It was just overratted in

previeuws...

 

Btw: The production cost and marketing cost total was 225M so It didn't tripple it's budget....

Edited July 21, 2014 by pepsa

[Caboose]

The last part of Godzilla, in an IMAX theater, was just incredible.

 

Never been so impressed.

 

Shame about all the parts before that, huh.

[KushAboveAll]

Shame about all the parts before that, huh.

I felt like the MUTO reveal was well done

[Clef Ment]

Shame about all the parts before that, huh.

 

The human parts are clearly less enjoyable than the monsters / Godzilla ones, but even before the last part you get to see the monsters quite often, which was still nice.

 

And actually I thought that the human scenes were not as bad as I feared.

 

Overall I really liked it, but clearly when I will watch it again at home on a "small" screen the experience will be totally different. 

[75Live]

 

Overall I really liked it, but clearly when I will watch it again at home on a "small" screen the experience will be totally different. 

 

It felt different for me just going to a normal movie screen after seeing it in IMAX.  I will still buy it but I think that got me prepared to see it on a smaller screen

[miketheavenger]

While I would agree Godzilla's legs weren't good, there's no way a movie making $500M+ worldwide on a $160M budget is not a success.

 

Also, wow at Apes and especially Purge 2 increasing from estimates.

[Ezen Baklattan]

Godzilla had an amazing final act and fairly mediocre buildup. The focus on Aaron Taylor-Johnson almost kills the movie.

 

Still glad it had a good dollar theater boost.

Edited July 21, 2014 by Spaghetti