Furious 7 Weekend Numbers: Revised Official Estimate - 146.5M (Sunday underestimated) | Official OS Estimate - 240.4M

[CJohn]

Well his wekeend shattered all time for April, and lands 14th all time. $214M from the top 12.

Second biggest April is $160 something back in 2010. Also Easter I believe. Hail Easter.

Probably the weekend where Clash of the Titans opened.

[DAJK]

Going back to BvS opening, lets just say I would be interested in an o/u FF7 opening club...

[Nutterbutter]

Where do you all expect Insurgent to finish altogether, realistically and best-case scenario? Should it at least squeak by 300M? Will it even pass Divergent's total?

[water]

That seems crazy

 

Spiderman Opening weekend was broken after 4 long years, then TDK kept it for 4 years (2008-2012) 

 

Its been 3 years since TA opening weekend, it will fall soon or latter.

 

none those movies broke the record by 38 million though like ta though...

[babz06]

April looks weak as hell next year

Really? If things stay the same: BvS is essentially going to rule April next year.

The Jungle Book and The Huntsman are big movies for  Disney and Universal as well. It looks like a bigger April than this year atleast.

Edited April 5, 2015 by babz06

[seduh]

$150 was very difficult, it's Easter weekend. I expected $135 after Friday numers so $143 is AMAZING

[Chewy]

I can t believe how weak April is in the us this year.

There s absolutely nothing appealing until Avengers except masterpiece in the making The age of Adaline with global superstar Blake Lively.

Seriously, this could help Fast 7 legs since the last 10 minutes of the movie is such an emotionnal punch..

Fast 7 could go as high as 330-340 maybe ...

 

The schedule is nonsense this year

 

There are like 3 stretches of 3 weeks that each only have a few releases

 

And then there are like 30 releases in 5 weeks in late July/early August

[kitik]

WORLDWIDE OPENINGS:

 

1. DH2: $483.2m ($169m DOM + $314m OS)

2. HBP: $394m ($158m DOM + $236m OS)

3. Avengers: $392.5m ($207.4m DOM + $185.1m OS)

4. FURIOUS 7 $384m ($143.6m DOM + $240.4m OS)

5. TRANSF3: $382.4m

 

That is fucking amaaaaaaaazing

 

I thought Avengers opened on different weekends for dom and OS.

This chart doesn't seem right.

[The Futurist]

WORLDWIDE OPENINGS:

 

1. DH2: $483.2m ($169m DOM + $314m OS)

2. HBP: $394m ($158m DOM + $236m OS)

3. Avengers: $392.5m ($207.4m DOM + $185.1m OS)

4. FURIOUS 7 $384m ($143.6m DOM + $240.4m OS)

5. TRANSF3: $382.4m

 

That is fucking amaaaaaaaazing

I can t take these rankings seriously since ow vary between countries.

Avengers opened one week before in a looooot of markets so its first us ow was its second os ow.

Where do you all expect Insurgent to finish altogether, realistically and best-case scenario? Should it at least squeak by 300M? Will it even pass Divergent's total?

Depends on the China number really.

[Lordmandeep]

none those movies broke the record by 38 million though like ta though...

 

 

% wise they are the same 17-22% or so (apart from TDK and Spiderman 3)

 

Therefore if TA opening weekend record is broken, the new record will be like 240-250 million whichever film that may be. 

Edited April 5, 2015 by Lordmandeep

[grim22]

The schedule is nonsense this year

 

There are like 3 stretches of 3 weeks that each only have a few releases

 

And then there are like 30 releases in 5 weeks in late July/early August

 

Jurassic World, Inside Out and Ted 2 are basically solo releases for some reason. Max opens the same day as Ted 2, but that will probably be a leggy affair than a big opening. Then starting 17 July the release schedule gets bonkers. Movies will be struggling for legs at that point. I think this basically comes down to the lack of a mega huge tentpole in July-August. Even MI5 isn't going to open to 100M OW or so, if there was a BvS equivalent there, the release schedule may have looked more sane.

[Neo]

I can t take these rankings seriously since ow vary between countries.

Avengers opened one week before in a looooot of markets so its first us ow was its second os ow.

Depends on the China number really.

Yes to first point and no to 2nd point.

[grim22]

% wise they are the same 17-22% or so

 

The March OW records are broken by 30-40M each time. There was Ice Age with 46M which was broken by 300's 70M+, then Alice took it to 116M (and it looked like that would last a long time) before THG broke it to 152M. I remember thinking that the THG March record will probably last a very long time, will be interesting to see if it can last next year, the Easter opening is the main reason why it may not fall as Sunday is deflated.

Edited April 5, 2015 by grim22

[kitik]

Really? If things stay the same: BvS is essentially going to rule April next year.

The Jungle Book and The Huntsman are big movies for  Disney and Universal as well. It looks like a bigger April than this year atleast.

 

BvS will indeed rule over April next year, but he's counting it as a March movie since that's when it'll be released.

[The Panda]

Jurassic World, Inside Out and Ted 2 are basically solo releases for some reason. Max opens the same day as Ted 2, but that will probably be a leggy affair than a big opening. Then starting 17 July the release schedule gets bonkers. Movies will be struggling for legs at that point. I think this basically comes down to the lack of a mega huge tentpole in July-August. Even MI5 isn't going to open to 100M OW or so, if there was a BvS equivalent there, the release schedule may have looked more sane.

Strangely, Minions is probably the biggest tentpoles this summer, not including the avengers.

[kitik]

By the way, it's fun to talk about really big OWs again. It's been a while. Feels like we haven't really been able to do that since May 2013 when IM3 came out.

[grim22]

Strangely, Minions is probably the biggest tentpoles this summer, not including the avengers.

 

I would agree with this. Minions is going be huge, 300M+ domestic gross IMO. It is also the only movie directly targeted to kids and families in that entire logjam of releases starting mid-July, look for long legs on those yellow critters.

[water]

Opening weekend record holders in U.S. and Canada[edit]

These are the films that, when first released, set the opening three-day weekend record after going into wide release.

Year	Title	Opening weekend[6]	Inflation-adjusted[3] (2015 USD)
1975	Jaws[nb 2]	$7,061,513	$30,949,253
1978	Jaws 2	$9,866,023	$35,673,727
1978	Star Wars (re-release)	$10,166,336	$36,759,604
1978	Every Which Way but Loose[nb 3]	$10,272,294	$37,142,728
1979	Star Trek: The Motion Picture	$11,926,421	$38,754,033
1981	Superman II	$14,100,523	$36,577,748
1982	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan	$14,347,221	$35,061,640
1983	Return of the Jedi	$23,019,618	$54,507,194
1984	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	$25,337,110	$57,515,727
1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	$26,348,555	$54,696,019
1989	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	$29,355,021	$55,849,405
1989	Ghostbusters II	$29,472,894	$56,073,664
1989	Batman	$40,505,884	$77,064,483
1992	Batman Returns	$45,687,711	$76,781,790
1993	Jurassic Park	$47,026,828	$76,774,736
1995	Batman Forever	$52,784,433	$81,695,409
1997	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	$72,132,785	$105,971,196
2001	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone	$90,294,621	$120,262,729
2002	Spider-Man	$114,844,116	$150,582,840
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	$135,634,554	$158,673,173
2007	Spider-Man 3	$151,116,516	$171,876,545
2008	The Dark Knight	$158,411,483	$173,518,111
2011	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2	$169,189,427	$177,373,590
2012	Marvel's The Avengers	$207,438,708	$213,091,480

 

if you look at adjusted there have been some big-ish jumps from 1995 to 2002 but since then it's been increases of 8m, 11m, 2m, 4m, and suddenly ta with 36m. it will take many years of inflation to catch up and be able to beat it

[kitik]

Strangely, Minions is probably the biggest tentpoles this summer, not including the avengers.

 

 

why is Minions opening on July 10 instead of July 1?

 

Seems like it could put up bigger numbers on that date.

[Neo]

 

Opening weekend record holders in U.S. and Canada[edit]

These are the films that, when first released, set the opening three-day weekend record after going into wide release.

Year Title Opening weekend^[6] Inflation-adjusted^[3]

(2015 USD) 1975 Jaws^{[nb 2]} $7,061,513 $30,949,253 1978 Jaws 2 $9,866,023 $35,673,727 1978 Star Wars (re-release) $10,166,336 $36,759,604 1978 Every Which Way but Loose^{[nb 3]} $10,272,294 $37,142,728 1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $11,926,421 $38,754,033 1981 Superman II $14,100,523 $36,577,748 1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $14,347,221 $35,061,640 1983 Return of the Jedi $23,019,618 $54,507,194 1984 Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom $25,337,110 $57,515,727 1987 Beverly Hills Cop II $26,348,555 $54,696,019 1989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade $29,355,021 $55,849,405 1989 Ghostbusters II $29,472,894 $56,073,664 1989 Batman $40,505,884 $77,064,483 1992 Batman Returns $45,687,711 $76,781,790 1993 Jurassic Park $47,026,828 $76,774,736 1995 Batman Forever $52,784,433 $81,695,409 1997 The Lost World: Jurassic Park $72,132,785 $105,971,196 2001 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone $90,294,621 $120,262,729 2002 Spider-Man $114,844,116 $150,582,840 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest $135,634,554 $158,673,173 2007 Spider-Man 3 $151,116,516 $171,876,545 2008 The Dark Knight $158,411,483 $173,518,111 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 $169,189,427 $177,373,590 2012 Marvel's The Avengers $207,438,708 $213,091,480

 

if you look at adjusted there have been some big-ish jumps from 1995 to 2002 but since then it's been increases of 8m, 11m, 2m, 4m, and suddenly ta with 36m. it will take many years of inflation to catch up and be able to beat it

 

 2002-2006: 21M 2006-2007: 16M. Are those adjusted numbers right?

Edited April 5, 2015 by Neo