Monday's results GotG$1.66 TMNT$1.29 IIS$1.26

[miketheavenger]

Terrific legs for Guardians.  Top 3 at the U.S. box office for 2014 now have an average RT score of 90%.  Top 11 at the U.S. box office for 2014 have an average RT score of 75%.  Transformers 4 is the mind-boggling outlier at #4 with only an 18%.

Not really mind-boggling because this franchise has always been criticproof. Even though AOE dropped significantly domestically, it's still a juggernaut overseas.

[iceroll]

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[kitik]

It looks like X-Men DOFP, HTTYD2, and Chef are going to get Labor Day expansions this year.

[eXtacy]

Well Summer is completely over it seems

[Thrylos 7]

Not really mind-boggling because this franchise has always been criticproof. Even though AOE dropped significantly domestically, it's still a juggernaut overseas.

But that's because the Chinese went crazy for it . If not for them we would have another amazing spider man 2 and when the Chinese get used to American spectacles they might not be there to save the next transformers movie .

[La Binoche]

It looks like X-Men DOFP, HTTYD2, and Chef are going to get Labor Day expansions this year.

 

So is Begin Again. 

[eddyxx]

Well Summer is completely over it seems

 

School has started here this week. Good bye Summer.

[James]

But that's because the Chinese went crazy for it . If not for them we would have another amazing spider man 2 and when the Chinese get used to American spectacles they might not be there to save the next transformers movie .

China won't stop growing for at least 10 years and in the end it should pass the US. And TF 5 increasing from the 4th is pretty much a safe bet. Even if you take the China gross away from TF4, you still have a 505M grosser (Spidey, and that's with 95m from China) vs 520M. So even without China, TF4 is still bigger than any other movie OS this year (and the second biggest is DOFP with 512M).

[terrestrial]

China won't stop growing for at least 10 years and in the end it should pass the US. And TF 5 increasing from the 4th is pretty much a safe bet. Even if you take the China gross away from TF4, you still have a 505M grosser (Spidey, and that's with 95m from China) vs 520M. So even without China, TF4 is still bigger than any other movie OS this year (and the second biggest is DOFP with 512M).

 Several articles (like screendaily...) see 2020 as the year China will surpass the US They still build ~ 5000 new theaters per year 2013 = $3.60 B2012 = $2.81 B Difference +28.0%  (@Fullbuster has some very nice charts at the international area (in 'Brazil') here in this forum)

[terrestrial]

Box Office Mojo ‏@boxofficemojo 10 mins

'Guardians of the Galaxy' has now earned over $500 million worldwide: http://bit.ly/VNDSuF  pic.twitter.com/IBlUzNwsja

 

 

 

[Walt Disney]

China won't stop growing for at least 10 years and in the end it should pass the US.

 

But, with studios only getting 25% of the movie grosses in China, China still has to surpass the U.S. by a much great percentage for it to be as profitable as the U.S. for studios.

[Heat Vision]

Guardians will probably end around 650-675 million.

[darkelf]

But, with studios only getting 25% of the movie grosses in China, China still has to surpass the U.S. by a much great percentage for it to be as profitable as the U.S. for studios.

 

But they spend almost nothing on marketing in China so the difference isn't that big after all.

Edited August 27, 2014 by darkelf

[wileECoyote]

Box Office Mojo ‏@boxofficemojo 10 mins

'Guardians of the Galaxy' has now earned over $500 million worldwide: http://bit.ly/VNDSuF pic.twitter.com/IBlUzNwsja

Mojo has an estimate of 2.1M +26.3% for Tuesday. Great jump

[miketheavenger]

Mojo has an estimate of 2.1M +26.3% for Tuesday. Great jump

Anything over 2M would be excellent.

[baumer]

But that's because the Chinese went crazy for it . If not for them we would have another amazing spider man 2 and when the Chinese get used to American spectacles they might not be there to save the next transformers movie .

 

Not true, still had a huge run overseas.  If it did what it did last time in China, it still would have done close to 900 mill.

[baumer]

But, with studios only getting 25% of the movie grosses in China, China still has to surpass the U.S. by a much great percentage for it to be as profitable as the U.S. for studios.

 

That's not true anymore either.  It used to be that but it has gone up now.  Paramount is getting 37-40% of the gross from China.

[terrestrial]

BOM - Biggest Opener 2014 comparison

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DAY

Captain America 2

The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Godzilla

X-Men: Days of Future Past

Transformers 4

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Tue	$1,340,240 +25.5% / -39.2% $227,466,993 / 26	$728,078 -66.7% / -46.3% $187,839,909 / 26	$855,132 +13.7% / -37.6% $186,821,483 / 26	$1,242,446 +20.2% / -38.5% $208,532,577 / 26	$1,441,807 +23% / -44.4% $229,616,681 / 26	Est. $2,100,000 +26.3% / -40.2% $255,200,000 / 26
Wed	$1,062,874 -20.7% / -40.1% $228,529,867 / 27	$586,072 -19.5% / -42.7% $188,425,981 / 27	$743,117 -13.1% / -33.5% $187,564,600 / 27	$1,035,371 -16.7% / -39.4% $209,567,948 / 27	$1,185,772 -17.8% / -39.2% $230,802,453 / 27	-

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Total

$259,766,572

$202,853,933

$200,664,806

$232,765,600

$243,853,989

$255,200,000

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Lego actual = $257,749,702

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I guess with Friday's results GotG will be #1 of the year (for now)

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