Weekend Estimates: GotG 17.6m | TMNT 16.8m | If I Stay 16.4m | WGST 9.0m | Sin City 6.5m

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Woah, really bad for Sin City!

[grim22]

Isn't Forrest Gump getting an IMAX release over Labor Day or the week after?

[RichWS]

Isn't Forrest Gump getting an IMAX release over Labor Day or the week after?

For some bizarre reason, yes.

[Ryan Reynolds]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sin-city-2-misfires-at-friday-box-office-for-estimated-10-million-weekend-1201288515/

 

Box office estimates for the weekend:

1. “If I Stay” – $17 million2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” – $16.5 million3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – $14.5 million4. “When the Game Stands” – $12 million5. TIED: “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “Let’s Be Cops” – $10 million

[terrestrial]

Isn't Forrest Gump getting an IMAX release over Labor Day or the week after?

 

As listed a few posts earlier:

 

5 September

[terrestrial]

 BO.com weekend prediction (rather early given)

 

 

Variety:

 

 

BOM (rather early given - as in 1 day earlier as usual)

 

The Wrap

 

 

LA Times

 

 BO.com weekend prediction (rather early given)

If I Stay OW $19,500,000 = $19,500,000

Guardians of the Galaxy $16,000,000 = $250,000,000

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) $15,500,000 = $144,400,000

Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame To Kill For OW $15,000,000 = $15,000,000

When the Game Stands Tall OW $11,000,000 = $11,000,000

Let's Be Cops $10,800,000 = $45,000,000

The Expendables 3 $6,500,000 = $27,500,000

The Giver $6,200,000 = $23,500,000

The Hundred-Foot Journey $4,800,000 = $31,900,000

Into the Storm $3,900,000 = $38,400,000

 

 

 

Variety:

 

“If I Stay” is the latest attempt to capture this coveted demographic, and while the low-budget weepy won’t hit the lofty numbers of “The Fault in Our Stars,” it’s shaping up to sell a lot of tickets along with Kleenex.

“It looks like it could be a breakout based on the reactions on Facebook and Twitter,” said Phil Contrino, vice president and chief analyst of BoxOffice.com. “It seems to be connecting with the same crowds that lined up for ‘Fault in Our Stars.’ This month has had a lot of male-skewing action pictures, so the timing is good.”

 

Look for “If I Stay,” which is being backed by Warner Bros./New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and is based on a best-seller by Gayle Forman, to make $18 million to $20 million when it debuts in 2,902 locations this weekend. If tracking holds, that would represent a nice return for the $11 million production. The film centers on a young girl (Chloë Grace Moretz) who finds herself in a coma after a car accident kills her parents and brother — in that state, she’s forced to choose between living or dying. It’s a premise tailor made to send viewers into paroxysms of grief.

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Sin City.....

It is on pace to make $15 million when it debuts.

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“When the Game Stands Tall” should make between $8 million and $10 million when it debuts in 2,670 locations in North America.

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The biggest challenge to “If I Stay’s” supremacy will be the continued strength of “Guardians and the Galaxy” and “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” which should bring in between $14 million and $15 million in their fourth and third weeks in theaters.

 

 

BOM (rather early given - as in 1 day earlier as usual)

 

Forecast (August 22-24)

1. If I Stay - $21.5 million

2. Sin City - $16.5 million

3. Guardians of the Galaxy - $15.1 million (-40%)

4. Ninja Turtles - $14.8 million (-48%)

5. When the Game Stands Tall - $9 million

 

The Wrap

 

Teen drama projected to knock off “Ninja Turtles” and top “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and football tale “When the Game Stands Tall”

 

“If I Stay” feels a lot like the early summer box-office hit “The Fault in Our Stars.”

That's going to be a good thing this weekend, when the teary teen drama starring Chloe Grace Moretz is expected to open north of $20 million and halt the two-week reign of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.”

 

Also in the mix will be the R-rated, graphic novel-based crime drama “Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For,” which is looking at low- to mid-teen millions in its opening.

 

The weekend's other wide opener, the high school football saga “When the Game Stands Tall,” is pointing toward $10 million.

 

 

 

LA Times

 

If I Stay...

The PG-13 tearjerker is expected to gross a solid $25 million in its opening weekend, according to those who have seen pre-release audience surveys.

 

Warner Bros., the studio releasing the film, does not believe the film will open with more than $20 million - but either way, "If I Stay" should end up ahead of the weekend's two other debuts, graphic novel adaptation sequel “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and inspirational sports film “When the Game Stands Tall."

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Sin City 2......... analysts predict the film will gross about $20 million--substantially less than the $29 million the original opened with in 2005.

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“When the Game Stands Tall,” which cost Sony Pictures’ TriStar label about $15 million to make, is likely going to be the biggest disappointment of the weekend with an opening of under $10 million.

[terrestrial]

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sin-city-2-misfires-at-friday-box-office-for-estimated-10-million-weekend-1201288515/

 

Box office estimates for the weekend:

1. “If I Stay” – $17 million2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” – $16.5 million3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – $14.5 million4. “When the Game Stands” – $12 million5. TIED: “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “Let’s Be Cops” – $10 million

 

Interesting, they changed their prediction a bit.

 

I reposted above the earlier ones to have a simpler comparison.

[CJohn]

‘Sin City 2′ Misfires at Friday Box Office for Estimated $10 Million Weekend

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sin-city-2-misfires-at-friday-box-office-for-estimated-10-million-weekend-1201288515/

 

Box office estimates for the weekend:

1. “If I Stay” – $17 million
2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” – $16.5 million
3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – $14.5 million
4. “When the Game Stands” – $12 million
5. TIED: “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “Let’s Be Cops” – $10 million

 

Friday estimates in the article: Sin City 2 - 3.6M | If I Stay - 7M | GotG - 4.6M

Edited August 22, 2014 by CJohn

[alisson23]

No.

Terrible person²

[Alpha]

‘Sin City 2′ Misfires at Friday Box Office for Estimated $10 Million Weekend

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sin-city-2-misfires-at-friday-box-office-for-estimated-10-million-weekend-1201288515/

Box office estimates for the weekend:

1. “If I Stay” – $17 million

2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” – $16.5 million

3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – $14.5 million

4. “When the Game Stands” – $12 million

5. TIED: “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “Let’s Be Cops” – $10 million

Friday estimates in the article: Sin City 2 - 3.6M | If I Stay - 7M | GotG - 4.6M

This is going to be a battle for first place.

[Moviefanatic]

That would be an awesome number for GOTG. Not sure why turtles should fall 50 percent again tho. Luckily it's only 3 pm here

[roymust10984115]

Flop City

 

yissssss 

[Johnny Wiseau]

Flop City

 

yissssss 

open the champagne!

[Orestes]

Wonder what happened to Robert Rodriguez. El Mariachi, Desperado, and From Dusk Till Dawn were all pretty good. Then he did a bunch of kids films and he's been kinda rubbish ever since.

[Empire]

Wow, these #s for Sin City 2 are really bad.

[terrestrial]

‘Sin City 2′ Misfires at Friday Box Office for Estimated $10 Million Weekend

http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sin-city-2-misfires-at-friday-box-office-for-estimated-10-million-weekend-1201288515/

 

Friday estimates in the article: Sin City 2 - 3.6M | If I Stay - 7M | GotG - 4.6M

 

 

Marvel/Disney’s “Guardians and the Galaxy” appeared to be the closest competitor with a projected $4.6 million on Friday, putting the goofy franchise starter on track for a $16.5 million weekend — enough to become the third 2014 title to top $250 million after “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” at $259 million and “The Lego Movie” at $257 million.

 

Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” should see a 50% decline and  bring in between $14 million and $15 million during the weekend, boosting its U.S. total to about $144 million.

 

Who tells that to top $250 million to @druv10 ?

 

[miketheavenger]

Flop City

 

yissssss 

But that piece of trash TMNT is still making money. Dumb GA never learns.

[Ryan Reynolds]

long delay and unnecessary sequel hurt Sin City, Avatar 2 could see a steep decline too, 2 films with unique looks the first time out

[Clef Ment]

A Flop to Kill For. 

[RySenkari]

long delay and unnecessary sequel hurt Sin City, Avatar 2 could see a steep decline too, 2 films with unique looks the first time out

 

Avatar 2 is going to open to $200 million+. There's no comparison.