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

[KATCH-2D2]

Disney was saying $60-65 m opening this w/e.  Now they usually low ball by about $5-10m but not $20m-30m. 

 

They're probably also making a ton of money from Rocket stuff toys.

Remember when TA was tracking around 150m+.

[darkelf]

So, I don't want to jump the gun to soon, but Disney might have found their new Iron Man?

 

Lets not jump the gun though... until tomorrow at least

[Moviefanatic]

Just woke up to this number   

[Eraserhead]

Fantastic Number for "Guardians".  100 OW though?  I don't know about that.  August record is toast though.  

 

Yep, August record is gonna get murdered. People are getting ahead of themselves with the rest of this talk though.

[BK007]

lol fantastic number but people here just prove themselves to be superhero/Marvel fanboys with $100m OW.

 

If CA:TWS couldn't do it being a sequel and starring an already popular character from the Avengers, why would this go up to $118m? WTF?

 

People ignoring the time and day and month that it's opening? Wouldn't be the first time though.

[Fancyarcher]

Guardians will never break out like The Avengers, they said

 

Too obscure and geek-focused, they said.

 

They were wrong.

[Superdeluxe]

Has there ever been a movie make less than 85 million with 10+ mil sneaks?

[miketheavenger]

Maybe Cap 2 can now grab enough of dat Guardians money to clear $260m.

[Biggestgeekever]

If Guardians can beat Transformers, I will be fucking ecstatic!

[zackzack]

"Wait for Saturday's number and then we talk about August record being broken..OK?"

 

[TalismanRing]

Remember when TA was tracking around 150m+.

 

I think being off that much then was more understandable.  No other movie opened that high before or even near it. With this movie there is far more data on hand for comparisons with previous movies.  Still Fridays number will tell us more than Thur.  I remember when TWS hit $10m Thur there were calls for a $110m w/e

[filmscholar]

It's the best "Preview" # for the 7pm and up films so that's good.  But when some of the other films opened at 10PM or later, I don't think their previews numbers should be compared. 

[Walt Disney]

I have my ticket for 1:15 pm this afternoon. I just need to wait a little bit longer.

[KATCH-2D2]

So, I don't want to jump the gun to soon, but Disney might have found their new Iron Man?

Even better, they still have their Iron Man, they might have just found 'more' Iron Man.

[DMan7]

This just goes to show how strong the Marvel brand is what I've been telling you people for a long long time. Never doubt the Marvel brand. It also goes to show that ALOT of non comic book fans has been transformed into comic book movie fans especially for Marvel movies. This train isn't going to slow down. 

[filmlover]

This number is pretty astonishing. I wasn't expecting the August record to go down this year.

[K1stpierre]

lol fantastic number but people here just prove themselves to be superhero/Marvel fanboys with $100m OW.

 

If CA:TWS couldn't do it being a sequel and starring an already popular character from the Avengers, why would this go up to $118m? WTF?

 

People ignoring the time and day and month that it's opening? Wouldn't be the first time though.

 

Um.

 

 

We just want to have fun.

[BK007]

So, I don't want to jump the gun to soon, but Disney might have found their new Iron Man?

 

The whole board has jumped the gun, as usual.

 

When this doesn't do $100m OW, when it proves to be frontloaded, (hopefully not to the tune of like $60-70m which is still possible), when it gets dubious legs like every other movie so far this summer despite WOM, let us remember that it's not a disappointment.

 

Seriously this could still end up in the low 70s and people are clamouring $100m locks and $90m floors and whatnot.

[Eraserhead]

lol fantastic number but people here just prove themselves to be superhero/Marvel fanboys with $100m OW.

 

If CA:TWS couldn't do it being a sequel and starring an already popular character from the Avengers, why would this go up to $118m? WTF?

 

People ignoring the time and day and month that it's opening? Wouldn't be the first time though.

 

Exactly. Cap 2 did 10 million on a Thursday night in early April! This did 11 million on a Thursday night in late July!

 

Apples and oranges. 

[eddyxx]

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. 

 

Because it is!