Blackout Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) http://www.deadline.com/2014/08/box-office-preview-audiences-expected-to-shell-it-out-for-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-will-guardians-hold-fast-at-no-1/ In comparison,Guardians of the Galaxy grossed $11.2M last weekend and has been logging a stellar mid-week gross. Last night, it took in approximately $7.6M. -13.6% Edited August 8, 2014 by Sky™ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXtacy Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Ouch, Turtles did hurt a bit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJohn Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecstasy Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Turtle Power! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMan7 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Damn turtles. At least GoTG still made more than it in the end on Thurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
narniadis Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Eek - bit more than the 10% I was expecting. But then again you did have 4(!) movies having previews last night. I would hazard to guess that the rest of the holdovers got bulldozed as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Dem turples. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 First "eh" number of the week for Guardians. Ranks second among 2014's biggest openers, behind T4.http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?view=daily&id=2014openers.htm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitik Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 TASM2 and DOFP both fell 13% on Thursday. Meanwhile, CATWS fell 4% and Godzilla fell 7% (two films that pretty much had opposite legs). TF4 had a huge increase, because it was July 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 I wouldn't fret. Turtles probably stole some attention away from Guardians on Thursday night, considering the previews were at 7 PM. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picores Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Expected number. A drop under 10% was never gonna happen with 4 movies opening. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitik Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 But then again you did have 4(!) movies having previews last night. TMNT and Step Up had both 2D and 3D showings. Add in a premium format, and that could account for 6-8 (or more) screens at many theaters last night. So pretty much half the theater, if not more. I wouldn't be surprised to see a number of films with far worse than 13% drops last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 If it follows Dawn of the Apes, it would make $47.4M this weekend. It still has a shot at making that cause Guardians is more family friendly than Dawn of Apes. I'm still predicting $45M, but Friday needs to perform well. It still looks like it'll be a close race to #1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmscholar Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Turtles is splitting the "Family/Kids" demo. Guardians run will be affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deep Wang Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 You also have to think about Thursday previews. We have all four movies getting shows Thursday night and that's going to make it drop a little more on Thursday. There are times when I can be right in here! But, that might mean we get a higher than usual Friday bump. Maybe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketheavenger Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Ouch, dat drop. No catastrophe since Guardians has been performing darn well so far, but this suggests that TMNT probably will take no.1 this weekend. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 TASM2 and DOFP both fell 13% on Thursday.Meanwhile, CATWS fell 4% and Godzilla fell 7% (two films that pretty much had opposite legs).TF4 had a huge increase, because it was July 3.The thursday drops indicates nothing how long the legs will be in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Flop of the galaxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Turtles is splitting the "Family/Kids" demo. Guardians run will be affected. In the short term, yes. Turtles will likely fade very quickly with Guardians being the long term option for families. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 There are times when I can be right in here!But, that might mean we get a higher than usual Friday bump. Maybe.Also some schools have opened nationwide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
