Weekend Estimates: Gone Girl - 26.8M | Dracula Untold - 23.5M | Alexander - 19.1M | Annabelle - 16.4M | The Judge - 13.3M

[efialtes76]

Probably only good for $20m max, considering how crap the Italian BO has been this year...

$20m? $10m-12 with luck.

[JJ-8]

And mojo is awake. Just tweeted.

[CJohn]

Yup, they also posted this week's top 5 on facebook. 

[Frozen]

Are they going to give an explanation for what happened or just pretend it never did?

[filmlover]

Dat Gone Girl drop. That's even smaller than The Social Network's second weekend drop four years ago despite opening much higher. $150M total is definitely looking possible now. Insane.

Solid openings for Dracula Untold and Alexander. Kind of mediocre for The Judge considering the starpower but the mediocre reviews limited its potential.

Better than expected drop for Annabelle. The Equalizer saw another okay drop. The Maze Runner continues to hold extremely well, movie's been quite a surprise (in terms of both box office and quality). Alright drop for The BoxTrolls, which I guess got hit by competition.

Addicted successfully tapped into its niche demographic.

Kill the Messengers did mediocre, but with merely good reviews and no awards buzz, it was pretty much left for dead. Excellent start for Whiplash, I imagine it'll expand well considering the really glowing reviews. Seems kind of tepid for St. Vincent, but that's the kind of movie that didn't need a limited release to begin with.

[filmlover]

Also, Men Women & Children is gonna do sooo bad if it actually goes wide next weekend.

[kayumanggi]

Other new releases: 'The Judge' - $13.3 million, 'Addicted' - $7.6 million, 'Meet the Mormons' - $2.7 million

— Box Office Mojo (@boxofficemojo)

October 12, 2014

[kayumanggi]

Lionsgate's ADDICTED had a solid debut of $7.6M at 846 sites--$8,983 per. 72% African-American, 15% Latino. 82% female.

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice)

October 12, 2014

[kayumanggi]

Weekend Box Office: 'Gone Girl' - $26.8 million, 'Dracula Untold' - $23.5 million, 'Alexander' - $19.1 million, 'Annabelle' - $16.4 million

— Box Office Mojo (@boxofficemojo)

October 12, 2014

[DAJK]

Addicted is doing so much better than I thought it would. I think I might have actually had it on my "lowest grossing if the season" in the winter games...

[kayumanggi]

LUCY: $286.2M Overseas Total / $412.3M Global Total #Lucy

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

October 12, 2014

[kayumanggi]

Big $23.5M opening wknd for #DraculaUntold. Bigger than lifetime gross of I Frankenstein.

— Gitesh Pandya (@giteshpandya)

October 12, 2014

[Maxmoser3]

if they can at least post it on twitter why not their site?

[kayumanggi]

DRACULA UNTOLD: $62.6M Overseas Total / $86.1M Global Total #DraculaUntold

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

October 12, 2014

[Ando918]

 

Solid openings for Dracula Untold and Alexander. Kind of mediocre for The Judge considering the starpower but the mediocre reviews limited its potential.

 

 

I thought mediocre reviews didn't hurt movies on opening weekend.  Dracula's reviews are worse than The Judge.  No Good Geed's reviews are way worse than The Judge.  More of the blame should go to RDJ's lack of starpower than to a 48% on RT.  Those reviews would affect its legs starting in the 2nd weekend, but a big star would have been able to get this to 18-19 million OW.

[kayumanggi]

if they can at least post it on twitter why not their site?

 

Probably still updating.

[kayumanggi]

THE BOXTROLLS: $31.8M Overseas Total / $72.8M Global Total #TheBoxtrolls

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

October 12, 2014

[mahnamahna]

I thought mediocre reviews didn't hurt movies on opening weekend.  Dracula's reviews are worse than The Judge.  No Good Geed's reviews are way worse than The Judge.  More of the blame should go to RDJ's lack of starpower than to a 48% on RT.  Those reviews would affect its legs starting in the 2nd weekend, but a big star would have been able to get this to 18-19 million OW.

Dracula Untold - demo is teens and young adults

 

No Good Deed - young urban audiences

 

Neither of those demographics care about reviews for a film. They go based on whether they like the marketing or not. They also go primarily to hang out with friends, so the film's quality doesn't mean much. 

 

The Judge - demo is older adults

 

Older adults actually do some homework before they go to a movie. They want to know the product they're paying $12 to see is actually worth the cost. 

 

Gone Girl also held up nicely so that has quite an impact as well. The Equalizer is also adult competition. 

 

Put RDJ in an action film or a well-made comedy/Oscar contender. I think he could sell it. Just a lot of competition right now. I'm pretty sure even a big star like Denzel wouldn't get The Judge past $20 million. It just looks bleh

Edited October 12, 2014 by mahnamahna

[RichWS]

Ando81 on every page: "We MUST blame RDJ's lack of star power."

We get your opinion, dude.

[filmlover]

I thought mediocre reviews didn't hurt movies on opening weekend.  Dracula's reviews are worse than The Judge.  No Good Geed's reviews are way worse than The Judge.  More of the blame should go to RDJ's lack of starpower than to a 48% on RT.  Those reviews would affect its legs starting in the 2nd weekend, but a big star would have been able to get this to 18-19 million OW.

No actor can sell a movie that doesn't look overly appealing. Such is the case with The Judge. Nice try.