filmlover Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Thoughts: That opening for SpongeBob is crazy. I thought it would do well, but $56M? Wow. American Sniper rebounded after getting hit a bit by the Super Bowl last weekend. It's going to blow past $300M next weekend. Incredible. Jupiter Ascending did as well as expected though. The movie is a really horrible crapfest that might even miss the boat as a cult favorite, so it's likely to fade fast in the weeks ahead. Seventh Son also did as well as expected given the poor reviews and how long it sat on the shelf. Paddington has had a very nice little run and should finish with a solid $70-75M. The Imitation Game should reach $90M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Nostalgia for SB? Hey remember that show I can still watch on tv 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Normally I'd say Cinemascores are worthless, but a B for a franchise kids movie is pretty low. Legs might not be so great. Still, it's nice to see a TV property have this much staying power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Nostalgia for SB? Hey remember that show I can still watch on tv Spongebob gets like 3-5 million viewers per new episode, a lot of people have stopped watching it. This OW alone is like 8-9 million admissions. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Normally I'd say Cinemascores are worthless, but a B for a franchise kids movie is pretty low. Legs might not be so great. Still, it's nice to see a TV property have this much staying power. Well it got an A- from those 18 and under (its key demo), so I doubt CinemaScore matters. All of the bad marks are probably from adults who loathed it. But Wolf of Wall Street got a C+ and it managed to develop a leggy run. With zero competition for 4 weeks, SpongeBob 2 should at the very least get a 3x. a 3.5x-3.7x more likely, but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Normally kids movies get As at the outset regardless of their quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 2015 is going to be like 2012. You either do huge numbers or you flop. Not many in-between. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkshop36 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Umm... JA looked worse than After Earth? Definitely not. After Earth looked like ass from the first few seconds of the trailer! Lol JA didn't look terrible it just didn't look really good. It just never connected with the GA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahnamahna Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 2015 is going to be like 2012. You either do huge numbers or you flop. Not many in-between. I could definitely see this. Although there's a couple where I think most everything can do decent enough April June July September October November December So almost half the year will be an even split of hits and bombs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 RoboCop (2014) multiplyer puts Jupiter Ascending at 51.4M Ender's Game multiplyer puts it at 43.4M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Matrix record goes down the same weekend JA flops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mango Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 JA looked better than ALL of those movies. I disagree there. The Lone Ranger, while a mess of a film, was still beautifully shot. JA looked like CGI fuckfest from the start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Amazing that Spongebob 2 will sell more tickets than the first one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK007 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 JA looked better than ALL of those movies. Jupiter looked like John Carter redux level of inept. That's too strong a word. Creative misfire with stilted plot and bland actors trying to skate its way on special effects. Sounds like After Earth too. Maybe even Lone Ranger. Can I honestly say I'm not all that shocked by SpongeBob 2's opening? From about September on, I've been getting some good vibes from this. Zero competition (Paddington's almost done) Nostalgia from teens/young adults Great marketing campaign by Paramount Same release date as LEGO Movie which did $70 million its OW I was expecting over $40 million for a while, although I wouldn't have been bold enough to say $56 million until Feb 4 Hope Kingsman and 50 Shades can keep February on fire. Sometimes unrealistic expectations cannot be a barometer of whether a film is doing well. $56m OW is superb and surprising. Zero competition = How to Train Your Dragon 2 Nostalgia = Princess and the Frog Great marketing campaign, I'll give you that, but to the tune of $56m? Look at what the original managed in its heyday. SpongeBob is not Lego. That's stupid. It's like saying Exodus should have grossed ROTK because same release date. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceroll Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Yea I just realized Spongebob 2 out-opened HTTYD2 by a fairly large margin. Now I'm sad. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 THE WEDDING RINGER took in an estimated $4.80M this weekend. Domestic total stands at $55.08M. #TheWeddingRinger — BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) February 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER: $26.8M Overseas Total / $79.8M Global Total #Spongebob #SpongeOutOfWater — BoxOffice (@BoxOffice) February 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Hunt Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Yea I just realized Spongebob 2 out-opened HTTYD2 by a fairly large margin. Now I'm sad. Wow. Yeah, gotta blamed the marketing to some degree for Dragons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kayumanggi Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I disagree there. The Lone Ranger, while a mess of a film, was still beautifully shot. JA looked like CGI fuckfest from the start. Well I have seen both. JA was better, at least to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJG Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Amazing that Spongebob 2 will sell more tickets than the first one. My kid and her friends didn't even know there was a first movie before I told them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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