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

[John Marston]

Wtf! BOM has a showdown between Pitch Perfect 1 and 2 even though PP2 has outgrossed the firsts entire run. No doubt it was that Simanton guy who thought there could still be a"Showdown"

[grim22]

Wtf! BOM has a showdown between Pitch Perfect 1 and 2 even though PP2 has outgrossed the firsts entire run. No doubt it was that Simanton guy who thought there could still be a"Showdown"

 

That is a pretty ridiculous showdown. Maybe PP2 vs 22JS or PP2 vs Austin Powers 2, or even PP2 vs Great Gatsby could be better showdowns.

[Guy Cohen]

I was thinking PP2 vs TFIOS. The two big chick flicks of the past two summers (and Paper Towns is not going to take that title away from PP2.)

[Chewy]

Y'all have really been tearing into this new BOM writer 

[Mango]

Y'all have really been tearing into this new BOM writer

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFvIdTbaMhA

[DAR]

What's scary is he's been the editor of IMDB for years

[grim22]

Y'all have really been tearing into this new BOM writer

At least Ray knew his showdowns. I once tweeted him to make a GOTG vs MJ vs Sniper showdown and he said that the limited release threw things off so he didn't make it.

[Blankments]

I'm more excited we had a film drop 95.5% this weekend

The previous record was held by Undiscovered, a 2005 musical drama which dropped 86.5%

 

It's a new decade

[TLK]

I don't know why IFC gave it 1000 theaters. They didn't even give this many theaters to Boyhood and then all of a sudden 1000+ theaters for a Jack Black movie that was completely panned.

[Hatebox]

Is anyone surprised at Tomorrowland's inevitable performance? Unless it's a giant monster, 'mystery box' marketing doesn't work. Shame another origianl sci-fi film has to bite the dust.

[keysersoze123]

RTH,

   Any weekend updates. I am hoping sunday was underestimated for some movies as Monday is a holiday in Canada?

[Rthmessiah]

Sun looking like

PP2 16.2, MMFR 12.5, AOU 11.5

[keysersoze123]

Thanks RTH. So PP2 dropped by 1.5m, MMFR increased by million while AOU has stayed flat.

 

45m for MMFR is great.

Edited May 18, 2015 by keysersoze123

[CJohn]

Sun looking like

PP2 16.2, MMFR 12.5, AOU 11.5

That is 1M above WB's estimate. Awesome. It was also obvious PP2 was gonna end with 69M. The same happened last year with Universal's Neighbors. 

[eXtacy]

Sun looking like

PP2 16.2, MMFR 12.5, AOU 11.5

 

I knew PP2 would drop and MMFR would rise. Thats a great 23% drop for Mad Max and is a good sign of strong WOM

[CJohn]

How strong can WOM possibly be on a Cinemascore of B??? Isn't that considered average with a grade like that???

Wolf of Wall Street had a C-, Inception also had a B. Cinemascore means shit. 

[eXtacy]

How strong can WOM possibly be on a Cinemascore of B??? Isn't that considered average with a grade like that???

 

I just looked at the last two years worth of R rated films to see if something has held stronger, the only thing which has is American Hustle which got a 7x multi. Nothing else comes close. So yeah pretty strong hold.

 

EDIT: American Hustles hold was due to Christmas holidays. So I cant find anything close.

Edited May 18, 2015 by eXtacy

[picores]

Superb for Max, under 25% drop on Sunday surely means WOM is kicking in.

[miketheavenger]

Great Sunday hold for MM. Hopefully it at least gets like a 2.8-2.9x for its entire run.

[eXtacy]

BoxOffice ‏@BoxOffice 19m19 minutes ago

Revised weekend estimate for MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is $45.45M. #MadMax #MadMaxFuryRoad