WEEKEND ESTIMATES: Home 54m , GH 34.6m, Insurgent 22.1m, Cind 17.5m （official）

[DAJK]

canada had spring break a couple weeks ago (called march break here) so that's a no-go.

also yes get hard is for bottom feeders but not for the reason that person was saying, it's because it looks racist and homophobic af..

Wait, I am in Canada... why is my break much later? I have friends that are in different school districts (in Canada) that have break starting next week.

[Cmasterclay]

I like a few of them myself.  Specifically Stranger Than Fiction and Anchorman.  But anything that has a 34 on Metacritic is for the bottom feeders of society. Sorry, but it just is.

 

Quiz the people in line to see this opening weekend and ask if them if they can name one of the U.S. Senators from their own state.  You will get very telling results.

............................................................................................................................................this guy's fucking with us, right?

[4815162342]

Chewy it might be time for you to preemptively write the dumbest post in the weekend thread again to save us.

Edited March 27, 2015 by 4815162342

[Cmasterclay]

That post was so stupid I forgot the names of both of my Senators just from reading it.

Edited March 27, 2015 by cmasterclay

[grim22]

Chewy it might be time for you to preemptively write the dumbest post in the weekend thread again to save us.

 

Too late actually. Nothing will top Ando's post now.

[filmlover]

That post was so stupid I forgot the names of both of my Senators just from reading it.

It's all that Jerry Springer and Snooki exposure getting to your head, man!

[Empire]

Chewy it might be time for you to preemptively write the dumbest post in the weekend thread again to save us.

Last week though, his post wasn't even the dumbest.

[water]

Wait, I am in Canada... why is my break much later? I have friends that are in different school districts (in Canada) that have break starting next week.

 

i was talking about elementary and high schools in response to the discussion of home getting a boost from kids being on break in canada

[4815162342]

Too late actually. Nothing will top Ando's post now.

And now we're guaranteed at least a dozen much worse posts.

[Fancyarcher]

I like a few of them myself.  Specifically Stranger Than Fiction and Anchorman.  But anything that has a 34 on Metacritic is for the bottom feeders of society. Sorry, but it just is.

 

Quiz the people in line to see this opening weekend and ask if them if they can name one of the U.S. Senators from their own state.  You will get very telling results.

 

Classic Ando. You're cracking me up.

Edited March 27, 2015 by Fancyarcher

[TalismanRing]

Theater Counts > 2015 > Week 13

March 27

Updated Thursday afternoons

 

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Rank LW Title Distributor Theater Count Change % Change Est. Screens Change Est. Shows Change Week # > NEW RELEASES 3 - Home (2015) Fox 3,708 - - - - - - 1 4 - Get Hard Warner Bros. 3,175 - - - - - - 1 30 - Serena Magnolia 58 - - - - - - 1 39 - The Salt of the Earth Sony Classics 4 - - - - - - 1 41 - The Riot Club IFC 1 - - - - - - 1 43 - Welcome to New York IFC 1 - - - - - - 1 > EXPANDING 9 13 Do You Believe? Pure Flix 1,356 +36 +2.7% - - - - 2 12 49 It Follows Radius-TWC 1,218 +1,186 +3,706.3% - - - - 3 23 31 '71 Roadside Attractions 121 +6 +5.2% - - - - 5 24 37 Wild Tales Sony Classics 116 +35 +43.2% - - - - 6 35 54 Merchants of Doubt Sony Classics 27 +6 +28.6% - - - - 4 38 68 Maps to the Stars Focus Features 8 +2 +33.3% - - - - 5 > NO CHANGE 1 1 The Divergent Series: Insurgent Lionsgate/Summit 3,875 - - - - - - 2 5 4 The Gunman Open Road Films 2,816 - - - - - - 2 34 48 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) Warner Bros. 35 - - - - - - 52 37 59 The Hunting Ground Radius-TWC 12 - - - - - - 5 > DECLINING 2 2 Cinderella (2015) Buena Vista 3,815 -33 -0.9% - - - - 3 6 3 Run All Night Warner Bros. 2,377 -794 -25.0% - - - - 3 7 6 Kingsman: The Secret Service Fox 1,785 -438 -19.7% - - - - 7 8 8 The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Fox Searchlight 1,498 -518 -25.7% - - - - 4 10 9 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Paramount 1,354 -626 -31.6% - - - - 8 11 7 Focus (2015) Warner Bros. 1,260 -795 -38.7% - - - - 5 13 10 McFarland, USA Buena Vista 1,126 -690 -38.0% - - - - 6 14 5 Chappie Sony / Columbia 1,002 -1,427 -58.7% - - - - 4 15 11 American Sniper Warner Bros. 970 -486 -33.4% - - - - 14 16 14 The Lazarus Effect Relativity 672 -634 -48.5% - - - - 5 17 12 The DUFF Lionsgate 651 -786 -54.7% - - - - 6 18 15 Fifty Shades of Grey Universal 554 -617 -52.7% - - - - 7 19 18 Paddington Weinstein / Dimension 454 -48 -9.6% - - - - 11 20 19 Still Alice Sony Classics 401 -39 -8.9% - - - - 11 21 20 The Imitation Game Weinstein Company 271 -66 -19.6% - - - - 18 22 21 Jupiter Ascending Warner Bros. 251 -1 -0.4% - - - - 8 25 27 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Warner Bros. 85 -59 -41.0% - - - - 15 26 38 Mr. Turner Sony Classics 71 -8 -10.1% - - - - 15 27 35 Red Army Sony Classics 71 -13 -15.5% - - - - 10 28 30 A La Mala Lionsgate 68 -55 -44.7% - - - - 5 29 16 Selma Paramount 64 -638 -90.9% - - - - 14 31 34 Black or White Relativity 45 -43 -48.9% - - - - 9 32 39 Whiplash Sony Classics 42 -31 -42.5% - - - - 25 33 41 The Theory of Everything Focus Features 39 -31 -44.3% - - - - 21 36 47 Leviathan (2014) Sony Classics 24 -12 -33.3% - - - - 14 40 62 Zombeavers Freestyle Releasing 2 -9 -81.8% - - - - 2 42 79 The Tales of Hoffmann (2015 re-issue) Rialto 1 -2 -66.7% - - - - 3
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[ecstasy]

Well Chappie died a quick death.

[TalismanRing]

Well Chappie died a quick death.

 

It'll probably do around $80-85m ww so not bad for it's budget (it won't be a huge write-off like JA, Mortdecai, Black Hat)) but I'm sure Sony expected it to do far better with the talent involved.

[grim22]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-home-takes-friday-784869

 

Animated offering Home is taking off at the Friday box office, putting it on course to beat R-rated comedy Get Hard, starring Will Ferrell and Kevin Hart.

It's still early, but first returns show the music-infused family title grossing north of $40 million for the weekend in a needed win for Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation. Some even believe Home, benefiting from some kids being on spring break, could do in the mid-$40 million range, possible marking the best showing for an original DWA title since Megamind in 2010 ($46 million).

Get Hard is looking to open in the mid-30 million range, a pleasing start considering the film cost $40 million to make.

 

[Avatree]

Huh. If Home can really open to above $40M then it's finally a solid original hit for DW, 140M+.

[ironrobertman]

I will admit that even if Home flopped, they would survive because of KFP 3 and Katzenberg putting more creative talent into Trolls. 

[CaptainJackSparrow]

Suprised Home turns out to be the hit and not Penguins.

Edited March 27, 2015 by 50 Shades of Sponge

[filmlover]

Suprised Home turns out to be the hit and not Penguins.

The TV show diluted a lot of the potential that Penguins of Madagascar might've had without it.

[Cmasterclay]

[mod edit]

Yep, I'm sure a movie starring Kevin Hart, a beloved black comedian who has become a modern icon in the African American community, is going to only attract racist white people. Good argument. 

Edited March 28, 2015 by Telemachos

[TalismanRing]

Yep, I'm sure a movie starring Kevin Hart, a beloved black comedian who has become a modern icon in the African American community, is going to only attract racist white people. Good argument. 

 

No that's racist white people, homophobic black people and really dumb people. It's a three quadrant break out.