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

[picores]

I am thinking a small drop on Sunday as word of mouth starts to kick in.

 

Mad Max

16.7

16.3

12.4 (-24%)

 

45.4m

 

That would be...lovely!

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Saw mad max today. Such a good film.

[Claire of Themyscira]

Hope PP2 and MM go up and AOU goes down. Nonetheless, bless!

[boxofficeth]

PP2 OW is greater than PP entire run. Truly epic!

 

Expect Austin Powers number for PP2 run if it doesn't collapse totally next wknd, which is highly unlikely.

[keysersoze123]

Deadline is also confirming RTH numbers.

 

PP2 - 23.6-24.5. I am expecting weekend estimate at 70m.

MM-FR - 16-17m. I am expecting 45m weekend estimate.

AOU - 17-17.6m. 40m weekend estimate?

HP - no saturday number but weekend estimate at 5.7m

F7 - 1.6-1.8m saturday estimate !!!. Deadline's extrapolation is crazy. I think range is 3.6-4m.

[Deathlife]

I know everyone has moved on but AOU had a pretty solid hold there.

[dxmatrixdt]

I guess Fault in Our Stars comparison not even close.  However, I doubt Pitch Perfect 2 will be dropping 45% Monday, but it might only increase 67% next Friday.

[TLK]

So I was looking at BOM earlier and I realized that Universal is on track to break the fastest to $1 billion record. Paramount reached $1 billion in 174 days (22nd June 2008 leap year). Universal was at $650 million as of Thursday. As long as Jurassic World doesn't underperform it shouldn't have any problem grossing another $350 million by the June 20-22 weekend.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/fasteststudios.htm

[Thrylos 7]

So I was looking at BOM earlier and I realized that Universal is on track to break the fastest to $1 billion record. Paramount reached $1 billion in 174 days (22nd June 2008 leap year). Universal was at $650 million as of Thursday. As long as Jurassic World doesn't underperform it shouldn't have any problem grossing another $350 million by the June 20-22 weekend.

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/fasteststudios.htm

Good news. Universal is my most beloved studio and they are making a comeback in the blockbuster business .

[kayumanggi]

Like what I said before, Universal could win this summer. The closest competition is, of course, Disney.

[Lordmandeep]

Lol a bot to late but a sub 50 drop this weekend for aou was unexpected.

Should do over 30 million on memorial day.

[kayumanggi]

Lol a bot to late but a sub 50 drop this weekend for aou was unexpected.

Should do over 30 million on memorial day.

 

How many times should we know this?

Plus a sub 50 drop for AOU was totally expected.

Edited May 17, 2015 by kayumanggi

[JohnnyGossamer]

Seems like an excellent Saturday for all three top movies.

Agreed. Great numbers across the board.

[holcs]

Nothing against PP, just not my kind of movie at all, it's absolutely killing it.  I thought the 50m range was for sure in the cards, but dang the teenage girls are out in force.  

 

Overall, I'm happy with the Fury Road numbers but I was deep down hoping it would break out even more - really wanted a 300 type opening.  I just hope it can keep going strong because I want so much more from Miller.  I really loved the movie.  The 3 guys I saw it with (25-35 year old range) really liked it a lot also.  It's def not a hard R, but the craziness, intensity, and bizarre world may keep it from going really huge.  Come on word of mouth...we need more Max in the near future. 

[baumer]

I love seeing a breakout like this. Would love to see PP2 hit 200.

[Krissykins]

God, this Pitch Perfect 2 performance makes me wish I liked Pitch Perfect 1.

Great for Mad Max, was so hard to predict.

[Hatebox]

45m would be very nice for MM. Don't care about PP2 either way but it's harmless enough and clearly killing it. Nice hold for TA2. If there wasn't so much focus on competition some better than expected numbers for that film might have felt novel.

[JohnnyGossamer]

Truly excellent Saturday increase for Ultron and a very, very impressive Saturday hold for Fury Road. Bodes well for word of mouth. So, I'm thinking:

Pitches - $70M

Furiosa - $45M

Ultron - $40M

Edited May 17, 2015 by JohnnyGossamer

[MrPink]

Seems like no basketball for the first time in a while helped, much better than I was expecting for all

[JohnnyGossamer]

Could be, Pink. Furiosa and Ultron definitely increased $1.5M to $2.5M more on Saturday than I initially expected. Next weekend's gonna be huge as well. I wholly expect no less than five movies to gross $30M+ over the extended Memorial Day weekend.