Weekend Thread | Weekend Estimates: PP2 - $70.3M, MM:FR - $45.5M, TA2 - $38.84M

[CJohn]

Oh, times have changed CJohn.

 

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/7928-monday-numbers-the-hobbit-69m/

I was not a mod back then 

[Ethan Hunt]

I was not a mod back then 

The self restraint is strong (ish) with this one

[Alpha]

I was not a mod back then 

 

[Empire]

Man this thread became a mess the last few pages.

Really good start for both PP2 & MM. Hope both get good legs and aren't front loaded.

[MovieMan89]

Did some of y'all forget about spring cleaning, cuz this thread is a MESS.

[Poseidon]

MAX doing anywhere from 37-45M is awesome for a R-Rated movie of this type..

 

I'm not sure, studios would give a go for a 200m-movie, if they thought an opening in that range would be awesome.

It's an okayish opening, considering what it looked like some weeks ago, but it's nothing to get too excited about.

 

Let's see what legs can do, but after the micro-cosmos hype in the MM-thread in the last week, it seems like it's pretty much gone now the movie is out and the OD is over. I'm not even convinced, that this is getting the hyper-super-duper-legs, critics would point at.

[GiantCALBears]

I was not a mod back then

Heh heh. Heh heh. 5 points lol tsk tsk.

[GiantCALBears]

Oh, times have changed CJohn.

http://forums.boxofficetheory.com/topic/7928-monday-numbers-the-hobbit-69m/

Alpha you made my day on here, thanks a lot.

[MovieMan89]

I'm not sure, studios would give a go for a 200m-movie, if they thought an opening in that range would be awesome.

It's an okayish opening, considering what it looked like some weeks ago, but it's nothing to get too excited about.

 

Let's see what legs can do, but after the micro-cosmos hype in the MM-thread in the last week, it seems like it's pretty much gone now the movie is out and the OD is over. I'm not even convinced, that this is getting the hyper-super-duper-legs, critics would point at.

It's half of the adjusted total of the highest grossing entry in the franchise which happened to be like 3 decades ago. It's a fantastic opening. A MM movie could've pulled like a 10m OW in today's age. Instead MM will end up one of the only 4 movie franchises I'm aware of to increase in admissions with each installment. Are there any others?

Edited May 17, 2015 by MovieMan89

[Poseidon]

It's half of the adjusted total of the highest grossing entry in the franchise which happened to be like 3 decades ago. It's a fantastic opening. A MM movie could've pulled like a 10m OW in today's age.

So studios greenlit a 200m (maybe it was 150m when they started doing it) movie, because they believed, it would be great, if it did $75m in the end and would celebrate the whole summer about it?

 

Mad Max: Fury Road is a big action summer blockbuster with big investment, while the original MM movies had Budgets in the range of $0,35m to $12m.

It's 30 years from there, and MM fans or not, the main goal has to get people interested for the movie itself and not for the franchise and obviously they didn't fail completely, but in the end, it's just not the hit, the studio would have hoped for when going into production.

[eddyxx]

One thing people can't point to is the marketing. The marketing on this movie has been the best I've seen in years. Maybe they should've released this in March?

[John Marston]

Mad Max has a good opening for what it is. They just shouldn't have spent so much on it

[Mattrek]

My predictions were perfect. PP2 60m+ MM mid 30's. My BSG is looking good this week so far.

[Chaz]

You are just so dull it's unbelievable.

I can drive.

[Bishop54]

Mad Max has a good opening for what it is. They just shouldn't have spent so much on it

Kinda hard to do when you have to switch countries.

[GiantCALBears]

I find it interesting how many of the users here two weekends ago do just come for the big comic book openings. People really do love to troll either side.

Edited May 17, 2015 by GiantCALBears

[Bishop54]

By the way, where is RTH to save day?

[Lordmandeep]

I find it interesting how many of the users here two weekends ago do just come for the big comic book openings. People really do love to troll either side.

 

 

lol most came because they thought in 3 years some domestic box office records were going down lol. 

[takerowns]

saw both pp2 and mad max today(only saw pp2 cuz my girlfriend wanted to see it)

pp2= 20 dollars and 2 hrs of my life i will never get back

mad max=amzing and best movie of 2015 that i have seen

[Lordmandeep]

I do not think either film increases today. 

 

AOU likely 50-60% increase imo. 

Edited May 17, 2015 by Lordmandeep