Cedarpoint1111 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Sunday would have been even higher if it didn't have to compete with a new episode of Veep. Yup. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Sunday would have been even higher if it didn't have to compete with a new episode of Veep. Yup. I think you mean a new episode of Silicon Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avatree Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 How much more do the patrons here believe AoU makes if MayPac doesn't happen this past weekend? $15M+? It's weird to think how greatly two very different events impacted the last two superhero mega sequels not named Iron Man Three. I bet TDKR opens to $175M+ sans the ghastly tragedy. I bet AoU opens to $210M+ sans the boxing event. Unlikely given that Friday was significantly down from the first movie, and was more frontloaded. With or without the boxing it would never have matched the first film's OW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) That is key actually that TA2 slightly sold fewer tickets than IM3 adjusted on Saturday AND Sunday. How many people will go see TA2 over the weeks ahead that didn't otherwise from the Saturday events is very important to its overall run. Edited May 4, 2015 by GiantCALBears 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Weekend Actuals (Domestic)FRI, MAY. 1 - SUN, MAY. 3 ← PREVIOUS WIDE (1000+) # TITLE WEEKEND LOCATIONS AVG. TOTAL WKS. DIST. 1 Avengers: Age of Ultron $191,271,109 -- 4,276 -- $44,731 $191,271,109 1 Disney 2 Furious 7 $6,644,140 -63% 3,305 -503 $2,010 $331,068,495 5 Universal 3 The Age of Adaline $6,203,253 -53% 2,991 0 $2,074 $23,377,371 2 Lionsgate 4 Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 $5,880,022 -60% 3,548 -85 $1,657 $51,516,418 3 Sony / Columbia 5 Home (2015) $3,472,177 -57% 2,852 -459 $1,217 $158,304,454 6 Fox / DreamWorks Animation 6 Cinderella (2015) $2,745,090 -1% 1,411 -608 $1,945 $194,038,460 8 Disney 7 Unfriended $2,210,960 -64% 2,221 -554 $995 $28,754,625 3 Universal 8 The Longest Ride $1,704,810 -60% 2,115 -1025 $806 $33,245,253 4 Fox 9 Woman In Gold $1,605,252 -52% 1,126 -855 $1,426 $24,512,725 5 Weinstein Company 10 Monkey Kingdom $1,217,660 -65% 1,732 -280 $703 $12,509,312 3 Disneynature 11 Get Hard $1,189,012 -68% 1,465 -811 $812 $86,207,021 6 Warner Bros. 12 The Divergent Series: Insurgent $914,327 -70% 1,291 -795 $708 $126,481,352 7 Lionsgate / Summit 13 Little Boy $878,415 -68% 1,045 0 $841 $4,248,030 2 Open Road So that partially worked, but why can't I do this in my original post? I think it doesn't parse the data as HTML unless it's a new post. When you edit a post you need to delete the content and uncheck the enable HTML box (and the light switch on the upper left), then paste the new content and finally check the HTML box again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yeah, for all we know without the boxing it ends up a lot higher on Saturday but also with a 25-30% drop on Sunday. I'd say it would have reached $200m without the fight but probably not much more than that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 I think you mean a new episode of Silicon Valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 That is key actually that TA2 slightly sold fewer tickets than IM3 adjusted on Saturday AND Sunday. How many people will go see TA2 over the weeks ahead that didn't otherwise from the Saturday events is very important to its overall run. I don't totally buy this as some people spend their entertainment dollars on the fight and didn't bother to see any film this weekend. I have no doubt, even if Sunday came in at what Disney initially estimated, that AoU sells more tickets Sat/Sun if there's no fight. Maybe not my $210M number. But, almost certainly over $200M+ OW. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dementeleus Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 We all know it was Joan's righteous rage that brought down ULTRON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mockingjay Raphael Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Guys, what's the record of the biggest decrease from a movie to another? Could A2 break this 'record'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayhawk the Hutt Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Great Sunday hold! Now just gotta hope for great weekdays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redfirebird2008 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I don't totally buy this as some people spend their entertainment dollars on the fight and didn't bother to see any film this weekend. I have no doubt, even if Sunday came in at what Disney initially estimated, that AoU sells more tickets Sat/Sun if there's no fight. Maybe not my $210M number. But, almost certainly over $200M+ OW. Before the fight Rth was saying a high end of $67m. That would be a 18% increase from non-preview Friday. Sounds about right for the movie's potential. TA1 increased 12% and IM3 increased 19%. So if you give it a $67m Saturday and 25% Sunday drop it ends up at $201.7m. I think $210m chance was gone as soon as we realized on Saturday morning that it came up pretty far short of TA1's non-preview Friday. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 When you edit a post you need to delete the content and uncheck the enable HTML box (and the light switch on the upper left), then paste the new content and finally check the HTML box again. Got it. Although my heading is way off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiantCALBears Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 I don't totally buy this as some people spend their entertainment dollars on the fight and didn't bother to see any film this weekend. I have no doubt, even if Sunday came in at what Disney initially estimated, that AoU sells more tickets Sat/Sun if there's no fight. Maybe not my $210M number. But, almost certainly over $200M+ OW. The event grossed $400m that came from discretionary income. That's the same category Americans spend on movies. Obviously there is various levels of crossover but it no doubt had a major impact. My point was how much from those people that will come over the coming weeks will probably decide the difference in legs being strong or weak. That's a healthy number of consumers that went to a fight party, watched it that would go see TA imo. Let's see how it plays out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Guys, what's the record of the biggest decrease from a movie to another? Could A2 break this 'record'? Hmm. Great question. I assume it very well could. Probably Phantom Menace to Attack of the Clones. Or, maybe, Shrek 2 to Shrek 3? Before the fight Rth was saying a high end of $67m. That would be a 18% increase from non-preview Friday. Sounds about right for the movie's potential. TA1 increased 12% and IM3 increased 19%. So if you give it a $67m Saturday and 25% Sunday drop it ends up at $201.7m. I think $210m chance was gone as soon as we realized on Saturday morning that it came up pretty far short of TA1's non-preview Friday. I think you're spot on. That's likely why Disney originally estimated just over $200M, red. I got a little carried away. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) Guys, what's the record of the biggest decrease from a movie to another? Could A2 break this 'record'?I don't know what it is, but I don't see it falling as bad as Hangover 2 to Hangover 3 which is a 142M difference. It would have to finish at 480M to do that. Edited May 4, 2015 by Empire Out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) I don't know what it is, but I don't see it falling as bad as Hangover 2 to Hangover 3 which is a 142M difference. It would have to finish at 480M to do that. Phantom Menace $431M/474M Attack of the Clones $$302M/$310M Shrek 2 $441M Shrek The Third $323M I think yours is more valid because the SW example includes an original release/lifetime gross. There's also a huge drop from A New Hope($307M/$461M) to Empire Strikes Back($209M/$290M). Yikes, I mean, given inflation since the late 70s/early 80s, think about the drop in the original run from A New Hope to Empire Strikes Back. The drop in tickets sold is nuts! WOW! I mean, Star Wars pretty much set the precedent a long, long time ago for big drops for sequels. So... Avengers is following in some good footsteps. Edited May 4, 2015 by JohnnyGossamer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadAtGender Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 The Lost World also dropped about 130m from Jurassic Park. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyGossamer Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 (edited) So... Spielberg and Lucas really know how to follow a mega hit at the box office, eh Even though Spielberg wasn't involved, I bet when inflated the drop from Jaws($260M) to Jaws 2($81M) is seismic. And, hell, totally different, but the Exorcist($193M/$233M) to Exorcist II($30M) drop is probably more frightening than the film itself. Edited with numbers. Edited May 4, 2015 by JohnnyGossamer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuart360 Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yes.. If that fight hadn't of occurred, this movie would've passed 200M easily.. Its Friday was lower than the first film (without previews) so its far from certain that it would of grossed 200mil. Plus the fight was on Saturday, not Friday or Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
