Weekend Estimates: Annabelle - 37.2M | Gone Girl - 38M | Equalizer - 19M | Maze Runner - 12M | Left Behind - 6.8M

[Fake]

Excellent hold for Maze runner. 100m is certainly within reach.

[kayumanggi]

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	-	Annabelle	WB (NL)	$15,500,000	-	-	3,185	$4,867	$15,500,000	1
2	-	Gone Girl	Fox	$13,200,000	-	-	3,014	$4,380	$13,200,000	1
3	1	The Equalizer	Sony	$5,600,000	+157%	-55%	3,236	$1,731	$51,087,000	8
4	2	The Maze Runner	Fox	$3,435,000	+311%	-34%	3,605	$953	$65,356,000	15
5	3	The Boxtrolls	Focus	$2,741,000	+353%	-44%	3,464	$791	$22,855,000	8
6	-	Left Behind (2014)	Free	$2,360,000	-	-	1,825	$1,293	$2,360,000	1
7	4	This is Where I Leave You	WB	$1,215,000	+125%	-45%	2,735	$444	$26,218,000	15
8	6	Guardians of the Galaxy	BV	$802,000	+211%	-22%	1,894	$423	$321,128,000	64
9	8	Dolphin Tale 2	WB	$800,000	+339%	-38%	2,790	$287	$35,244,000	22
10	7	No Good Deed (2014)	SGem	$740,000	+233%	-46%	1,580	$468	$48,397,000	22
-	5	A Walk Among the Tombstones	Uni.	$601,000	+84%	-54%	2,226	$270	$23,098,000	15
-	-	The Good Lie	WB	$300,000	-	-	461	$651	$300,000	1

 

[James]

That is a superb hold for TMR. 100M DOM and 350M+ WW are as good as locked.

Also good for Boxtrolls. Better than ParaNorman.

[Donald]

You guys I think anita busch is drunk.....has anyone seen her shity boxoffice write up!!

[Krissykins]

I hate that media outlets are already leading with Gone Girl as the headline.

 

Yes it'll win the weekend and gross more in the long run.

 

But let Annabelle have its day. A $6.5M budget horror spin-off with no names getting the same CinemaScore as Gone Girl, costing 10 times less and grossing $2m more opening day.

 

Yes it might fall like a rock, but that's nothing to be sniffed at. It's headline worthy.

[James]

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:  $15,500,000    68.9% + Foreign:  $7,000,000    31.1% = Worldwide:  $22,500,000

 

WOW at the OS opening day. That is really strong for a horror. The only major markets this weekend: SK, Italy and Australia.

Edited October 4, 2014 by James

[Donald]

Ray Subers@raysubers4mGreat start for ANNABELLE ($15.5m) & GONE GIRL ($13.2m) yesterday. Very rough weekend projections: Gone Girl -$37-42m, Annabelle - $30-37mView details·

[James]

Ray Subers@raysubers4mGreat start for ANNABELLE ($15.5m) & GONE GIRL ($13.2m) yesterday. Very rough weekend projections: Gone Girl -$37-42m, Annabelle - $30-37mView details·

 Ah, Subers...

[Krissykins]

 

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:  $15,500,000    68.9% + Foreign:  $7,000,000    31.1% = Worldwide:  $22,500,000

 

WOW at the OS opening day. That is really strong for a horror. The only major markets this weekend: SK, Italy and Australia.

 

 

$2m of that is from it's OW in Russia last weekend, and no doubt the weekdays since aswell. 

 

And another 22 smaller markets the day before the US.

 

As of the 24th October, Annabelle will be opened everywhere worldwide. Should do well. Apparently it's $7m from whatever markets is already higher than The Conjuring in those markets. 

Edited October 4, 2014 by Krissykins

[AdamKendall]

Nice #s, especially glad to see Gone Girl get a great opening.  I'm going to see it in a couple hours, can't wait.

[kayumanggi]

This will be only 2nd time ever that 2 films open to $30M+ on same wknd in OCT. Last was 2008 w/ HSMusical3 & Saw5.

— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya)

October 4, 2014

[kayumanggi]

 

Total Lifetime Grosses

Domestic:  $15,500,000    68.9% + Foreign:  $7,000,000    31.1% = Worldwide:  $22,500,000

 

WOW at the OS opening day. That is really strong for a horror. The only major markets this weekend: SK, Italy and Australia.

 

 

It's beating THE CONJURING overseas so far.

[kayumanggi]

Go October!

[spatulashack]

I hate that media outlets are already leading with Gone Girl as the headline.

 

Yes it'll win the weekend and gross more in the long run.

 

But let Annabelle have its day. A $6.5M budget horror spin-off with no names getting the same CinemaScore as Gone Girl, costing 10 times less and grossing $2m more opening day.

 

Yes it might fall like a rock, but that's nothing to be sniffed at. It's headline worthy.

 

To be fair, a low budget horror film with a 15 million Friday gross isn't really all that newsworthy.  The first Purge grossed 17 million on Friday with no connection to a franchise.  Even The Devil Inside grossed 16 million on Friday.  It's a great first day to be sure and the studio is probably thrilled but an adult drama like Gone Girl opening to what may be a 40 million weekend is pretty incredible.  Hollywood rarely makes movies like this anymore and they are difficult to sell even when based on a known novel.  Walk Among the Tombstones had a similar tone and tanked. 13.2 is a huge Friday number for this genre.  

Edited October 4, 2014 by spatulashack

[kayumanggi]

MEN, WOMEN, & CHILDREN earned an estimated $13,000 from 17 locations on Friday. The per-theater average was $765.... http://t.co/gHhzlnYJWU

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

October 4, 2014

[MrPink]

 

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Wow that's awful.

[eXtacy]

Guardians down only 22% after losing 25% of its theaters o.O

[Hatebox]

I haven't followed the actual box office since mid summer, but that's a fucking impressive total for Guardians. Still haven't seen it, should probably look into that...

[DAR]

It would appear Jason Reitman is in a real rut right now.

[warriors1965]

Gosh, that Men Women Children number is downright awful.