Weekend Numbers: GOTG - 94M (PG 180) [25.5M Sunday (Spatula) Cancel the Godzilla legs!]

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Now I'm extra mad fucking Disney didn't pair Maleficent with GOTG at the drive-ins. Does Cap really need more money?

Disney needs to treat the queen better.

[K1stpierre]

I think this movie and The Lego Movie has made it pretty clear.  This is the year of Chris Pratt.

 

 

Move over JLaw and Dame Jolie, we have a new Queen in town.

Okay okay keep ya panties on

[darkelf]

I think this movie and The Lego Movie has made it pretty clear.  This is the year of Chris Pratt.

 

 

Move over JLaw and Dame Jolie, we have a new Queen in town.

[Superdeluxe]

Exactly. B can be crazy bonkers sometimes. But he's fair and honest in his opinions.

Yup, although I do like when he is wrong at times, I remember back to the LOTR days on BOM

[Orestes]

Yup, although I do like when he is wrong at times, I remember back to the LOTR days on BOM

 

Or The Hangover.

[TalismanRing]

i don't think low 80s is possible. How could it be that front-loaded? It's an unknown marvel property. 

 

Marvel is now like Pixar - it's a brand name that sells a significant part on it's own.

 

Next year Ant-man will open to $125m.   

[eXtacy]

He said very early matinees, I would not take much stock in it!

[The Panda]

HOLY ROCKET RACCOON BATMAN THAT'S HIGHER THAN THE WINTER SOLDIER!

[Superdeluxe]

This is awesome for Guardians! Hope it won't be front-loaded though. The marketing was pretty agressive and there were a lot of people rushing to see it. At this point, there's a 50/50 chance of hitting 100M.

Families with kids are not rushing out on thurs/Friday. This thing will break out over the weekend

[CoolioD1]

guardians winning the summer would totally make up for how this whole summer has been though.

[CJohn]

Marvel is now like Pixar - it's a brand name that sells a significant part on it's own.

 

Next year Ant-man will open to $125m. 

I think it sells when people realize it is the Avengers Universe. If they are trying to sell Spider-Man, it doesn't help because people know it isn't connected. X-Men may be Marvel, but people seem to look at it as a completely different thing. 

Edited August 1, 2014 by CJohn

[Eraserhead]

Hate to point out the obvious but 100 m OW is anything but a lock. It's a lot easier to make $11 million from Thursday showings at the end of July than it is to make $10 million from Thursday showings in early freakin' April and Cap 2 still didn't make it to 100 m OW.

 

That said the number is incredible and I do think that a 80+ m OW is pretty much locked.

[hcolet1031]

Holy shit! I had this pegged as a bomb all summer with how this summer had been going! Happy to see Surprisingly good numbers for once!!

[miketheavenger]

[Mango]

I posted this in the wrong thread...

 

Very early matinee numbers on the East Coast are currently about 20% lower than Winter Soldier at the same ToD and about 15% ahead of Thor 2 at the same ToD.  

 

Hoping it can pull ahead or at least on par with TWS sometime. I can definitely understand the lower start, it seems like GOTG is on a bit less screens than they were, and less screens means less early shows.

[Kvikk Lunsj]

He said very early matinees, I would not take much stock in it!

Agreed most theaters not even open yet.

[eXtacy]

I think a better comparison would be TASM2, I really believe Guardians is more family orientated than Captain America

[Maxmoser3]

Ho lee chit

[Ent]

I really think $90M OW is the floor with the type of wom I am seeing...I mean many people who have watched it are are already projecting watching it again this weekend.

[ban1o]

I think a better comparison would be TASM2, I really believe Guardians is more family orientated than Captain America

what were TASM 2 midnight numbers?