Weekend Numbers...pg 29 (Lucy 44M, Herc 29...big drops for most holdovers)

[Ethan Hunt]

Apes2 probably does. Have you seen it?

Apes two and Cap are both so amazing, I wouldn't say one deserves yo out gross the other.No, he hasn't seen Apes yet.

[Heat Vision]

Marvel's biggest Box Office draws1. RDJ2 Scarlett Johansson3. Hemsworth ??Hemsworth should be #3 but his last non-Marvel wide release Rush lost money for the financiers so his drawing power is questionable.

I think Chris Evans is pretty much #2 now. Scar Jo shouldn't be on that list.

[rockNrollaDIM]

I think Chris Evans is pretty much #2 now. Scar Jo shouldn't be on that list.

 

What has Evans done outside of Marvel?

[Hatebox]

RDJ and Scar-Jo are the only draws (and the latter only just recently since Lucy). Evans and Hemsworth couldn't sell a movie on their names alone.

[KATCH-2D2]

Apes two and Cap are both so amazing, I wouldn't say one deserves yo out gross the other.No, he hasn't seen Apes yet.

It's my top 2 movies of the year so if any movies deserve to out gross Cap2 it's Apes2. But we all know B.O. never works that way.

[Ethan Hunt]

RDJ and Scar-Jo are the only draws (and the latter only just recently since Lucy). Evans and Hemsworth couldn't sell a movie on their names alone.

Northern can ScarJo.

[Hatebox]

Northern can ScarJo.

 

Credit where it's due - she was pretty much the only selling point of Lucy (did anyone really go for the concept or Morgan Freeman?). Whether it was a one-off remain to be seen.

[CoolioD1]

I wanna see how rdj sells that crappy looking judge movie.

[Ethan Hunt]

Credit where it's due - she was pretty much the only selling point of Lucy (did anyone really go for the concept or Morgan Freeman?). Whether it was a one-off remain to be seen.

I don't believe she was the main selling point. I think people were interested by the trailers and the concept.

[Ethan Hunt]

It's my top 2 movies of the year so if any movies deserve to out gross Cap2 it's Apes2. But we all know B.O. never works that way.

Apes is my favorite movie for the year but Cap is second

[Hatebox]

I don't believe she was the main selling point. I think people were interested by the trailers and the concept.

 

But I don't want to live in a world where people are dumb enough to be drawn in by the 10% concept.

[baumer]

I don't believe she was the main selling point. I think people were interested by the trailers and the concept.

 

That may be so, but you can't discredit her involvement.  She certainly boosted the awareness of it imo.

[Hilderic]

Marvel's biggest Box Office draws 1. RDJ2 Scarlett Johansson3. Hemsworth ?? Hemsworth should be #3 but his last non-Marvel wide release Rush lost money for the financiers so his drawing power is questionable.

Rush lost money? $90m on a $38m budget doesn't seem too bad, especially for an Oscar film. Jeremy Renner has a much more successful non-Marvel career than Hemsworth (American Hustle, Hansel and Gretel, Bourne, MI, The Town), though I wouldn't say he's the main selling point of these movies.

[John Marston]

Credit where it's due - she was pretty much the only selling point of Lucy (did anyone really go for the concept or Morgan Freeman?). Whether it was a one-off remain to be seen.

In many comments I read people said they found the premise one of the most intriguing looking ones of the year

[ecstasy]

Another underestimated weekend for Purge.

 

The Purge is having a great run for a 9m movie. But TFIOS is still the winner for low budget big returns. Over $250m ww on a $12m budget.

[ecstasy]

 

Hollywood Reporter ‏@THR 4h

Box office analysis: The changing gender gap in moviegoers explains why 'Lucy' conquered 'Hercules' this weekend http://j.mp/WJurgP

  Fifty percent of the audience for the Scarlett Johansson action pic was women, another summer sign that female moviegoers are taking on more power in a season once dominated by men.

Women once again proved their might at the North American box office this weekend, delivering a big win for Lucy, the Scarlett Johansson action movie that easily crushed Dwayne Johnson's Hercules, director Brett Ratner's muscle-bound take on the classic Greek hero.

[Ezen Baklattan]

I Origins really fell apart at the box office. It's only at 76 theaters after a $7k PTA from four screens last weekend, and it's now under a $1k PTA. Damn.

[redfirebird2008]

That Apes 2 number is disappointing.

[Harpospoke]

It's my top 2 movies of the year so if any movies deserve to out gross Cap2 it's Apes2. But we all know B.O. never works that way.

My top 2 as well.   I still lean toward Cap 2, but Apes was fantastic in a different way.

 

It's that "different way" that I think hurts its box office a bit.   I was leaning forward in my seat hanging onto every second of Apes....but I don't think teens will be that affected by it frankly.   Apes is closer to an Oscar-bait type movie than a popcorn film in my mind...not exactly a recipe for box office success.

 

I'm just glad it is doing better business than the first one so Reeves will get a chance to expand upon what he did in the next one.

[Kalel009Shel]

Apes two and Cap are both so amazing, I wouldn't say one deserves yo out gross the other.No, he hasn't seen Apes yet.

Saw Apes may see Lucy today as well.. APes Rockkkkk Captain Ethan ... Yeehaw....

 

. Proably see apes in 3D this or next week for another helping...