Wknd Est: F7 - 29M, PB:MC2 - 24M, UF - 16M | China: F7 - 93.3M Wknd

[MattW]

~26m for Furious 7, down 56%.  Third week maybe 33-34.  Even being generous after that I don't think it will hit 350 million.

[Blankments]

Just got into a mind-numbing discussion about how "there's no way Star Wars doesn't beat Avatar" according to a friend

 

yay box office discussion in real life *shoots self*

[tonytr87]

Lol at Child 44 that film looks so unappealing no wonder it got dumped.

Tom Hardys box office record is depressing.

Hopefully Mad Max is a hit though.

 

Hardy chooses a lot of small films that never have a chance of catching on. Child 44, Locke, The Drop, etc. 

[grim22]

Just got into a mind-numbing discussion about how "there's no way Star Wars doesn't beat Avatar" according to a friend

 

yay box office discussion in real life *shoots self*

 

Can't find video of this online, but way back when Jake Lloyd was asked about the potential box office performance of Phantom Menace, and he replied "It'll blow Titanic off the map". I remember watching that interview when it aired in 99, google a bit, couldn't find the interview, but found corroboration

 

http://theforce.net/latestnews/story/RealVideo_Jake_Lloyd_Interview_81117.asp

[TalismanRing]

Hardy chooses a lot of small films that never have a chance of catching on. Child 44, Locke, The Drop, etc. 

 

Agree for the most part but Child 44 is not exactly small at a $50m budget.  It cost as much as Will Smith's Focus.

[water]

so FF7 will end up selling about as many tickets as GOTG, MJ1, and AS... north america has been remarkably consistent since the CF+Frozen one-two punch

[grim22]

Agree for the most part but Child 44 is not exactly small at a $50m budget.  It cost as much as Will Smith's Focus.

 

Child 44 will even earn less than its prequel "Movie 43"

[Ozymandias]

Hardy chooses a lot of small films that never have a chance of catching on. Child 44, Locke, The Drop, etc. 

 

Locke and The Drop were indies.  Child 44 appears to be one of those instances where the film just didn't turn out well.  The film cost 40-50m, but Lionsgate clearly knew they had a misfire on their hands from test screenings so they dumped it in only 500 theaters.

[bcf26]

Also, has Ando logged on yet? Better remember who your two senators are, forums.

He'll be here when Hot Pursuit opens over 20M.

[kayumanggi]

China Box Office: FURIOUS 7 earned an estimated $35.13M on Sat. China's total now stands at $219.19M.

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

April 19, 2015

[kayumanggi]

China Box Office: With $219.9M, FURIOUS 7 passes Avatar becoming 2nd highest-grossing film of all time in China. #Furious7 #OneLastRide

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

April 19, 2015

[Chaz]

i mean

[kayumanggi]

Sony is having a CRAP year. Just terrible.

[DAJK]

Sony is having a CRAP year. Just terrible.

Paul Blart seems to be doing just fine...

[BadAtGender]

Sony is having a CRAP year. Just terrible.

 

Sony's only released two films so far this year, right? The Wedding Ringer and Chappie.

 

Actually, it looks like they only have three in the first half of the year. But they've got 12 in the last half. Weird that they'd backload the year so heavily.

[kayumanggi]

Sony's only released two films so far this year, right? The Wedding Ringer and Chappie.

 

Actually, it looks like they only have three in the first half of the year. But they've got 12 in the last half. Weird that they'd backload the year so heavily.

 

Yes, they are actually prolific. They have three from this year and three from 2014.

 

Rank	Movie Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters		Total Gross / % of Total		Open
1	The Wedding Ringer	SGem	$64,460,211	3,003	$64,460,211	100.0%	1/16/15
2	Chappie	Sony	$31,121,710	3,201	$31,121,710	100.0%	3/6/15
3	Annie (2014)	Sony	$28,959,342	3,197	$85,911,262	33.7%	12/19/14
4	The Interview (2014)	Sony	$2,552,397	581	$6,105,175	41.8%	12/25/14
5	Fury (2014)	Sony	$573,567	250	$85,817,906	0.7%	10/17/14
6	The Equalizer	Sony	$245,300	156	$101,530,738	0.2%	9/26/14

[picores]

1).  Furious 7 (UNI), 3,964 theaters (-58%) / $8.3M Fri. / $12.8M Sat. (+52%) / 3-day cume: $28.7M / Total cume: $294M/ Wk 3

2). Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 (SONY), 3,633 theaters / $7.3M Fri. / $9.8M Sat. (+34% to 37%) / 3-day cume: $22.5M to $23.5M / Wk 1

3). Unfriended (UNI), 2,739 theaters / $6.7M to $6.8M Fri. / $5.9M to $6.2M Sat. (-10% to 12%) / 3-day cume: $15.8M to $16.5M / Wk 1

4). Home (FOX/DW), 3,488 theaters (-215) / $2.4M Fri. / $4.8M Sat. (+96%) / 3-day cume: $9.8M to $10M / Total cume: $142M+ / Wk 4

5). The Longest Ride (FOX), 3,371 theaters (+5) / $2.4M Fri. / $2.9M Sat. (+19%) / 3-day cume: $6.8M (-48%) / Total cume: $23.5M / Wk 2

[Dementeleus]

Can't find video of this online, but way back when Jake Lloyd was asked about the potential box office performance of Phantom Menace, and he replied "It'll blow Titanic off the map". I remember watching that interview when it aired in 99, google a bit, couldn't find the interview, but found corroboration

 

http://theforce.net/latestnews/story/RealVideo_Jake_Lloyd_Interview_81117.asp

 

In Jake's defense, he was, what, 10 at the time? And (foolishly or otherwise), he was far from the only person who thought that.

[picores]

Good increase for Furious 7, wknd should be 28.5-29m with an average 40% drop on Sunday.

[BadAtGender]

In Jake's defense, he was, what, 10 at the time? And (foolishly or otherwise), he was far from the only person who thought that.

 

Oh, yeah. Tons of people said that beating Titanic was guaranteed. After a few weeks when it became apparent it wasn't going to get there, people tried to organize repeat viewings a month after release because it was necessary to beat Titanic.

 

Actually, I think people also said that setting an OW record was guaranteed, even with the Wednesday opening. It did manage the biggest OD, I believe, but came up short.

 

Thankfully, I think we've mostly found better things to stan for in the past decade and a half.