Wednesday photo finish: Fury Road 3.9M, PP2 3.8M, AoU 2.3M (rth)

[stripe]

Stripe why so high for PP2?

 

I am taking into acount the 69M OW, and I am being a bit generous with my predictions.

 

Even with an inflated 3day weekend with a 50% drop, this would mean 35M. I think something even bigger is possible for the 3day.

 

We could see a 10M - 15M - 13M.

 

Add in around 9-10M for Monday

 

If I had to change a prediction I would raise MMFR to mid 30s

[Rudolf]

Why the fuck would FR do only $1m more than AoU? That makes no sense.

maybe AoU has higher percentage of younger viewers, so MMFR has 2m more per weekday, but only 1m more per weekend?

[grim22]

What a cop out of a press release. No comparison points mentioned at all.

[Wrath]

 

Meanwhile in China...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow.  Any idea what happened?  Was the dubbing/subtitling really that bad?  It even had a giant (well, big) robot.  The Chinese movie-going audience seem to love those.

[kayumanggi]

What a cop out of a press release. No comparison points mentioned at all.

 

Well PP II is close to it. That can at least give you an idea on what to expect.

[Gopher]

Idk if anyone else is getting this sensation, but Mad Max feels like it's playing at a "piquing curiosity of the masses" level that few films a year get to (Guardians, Gone Girl and Sniper are a few of these in the past year, though obviously two of those opened at a much higher level of awareness/interest). This means I think it'll play pretty strongly over the next few weeks, even with more WB guy-oriented films opening. There's nothing else like it playing so I feel like no film can fill its specific niche in the marketplace. 

[miketheavenger]

Wow.  Any idea what happened?  Was the dubbing/subtitling really that bad?  It even had a giant (well, big) robot.  The Chinese movie-going audience seem to love those.

Well, 200m+ in China is still a huge number, but it obviously pales in comparison to F7 or TF4. But it's still gonna end up as the third or fourth-biggest movie ever there, which is a very good result IMO.

[baumer]

What numbers are you expecting?

 

With mines, top 5 grosses 181M over the 4day

 

Tomorrowland 50M

PP2 48M

MMFR 31M

AOU 28M

Poltergeist 24M

 

50

45

38

30

30

 

Close enough to 200

[baumer]

Why the fuck would FR do only $1m more than AoU? That makes no sense.

 

Why are you so abrasive all the time?

[sfran43]

PITCH PERFECT 2 earned $3.87M on Wednesday. 6-day domestic total is $83.58M. #PitchPerfect2

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

May 21, 2015

[#ED]

Really, who gives a a fuck about this at this point when the movie has crossed 1 Billion Dollars???? Does it really matter at this point in trying to kick the movie as though it's down??? Hell Ed, at this rate, it's going to beat TDKR, so embrace it..

 

WW? Of course. Dom? Uh...who knows?

[Avatree]

WW? Of course. Dom? Uh...who knows?

obligatory bane image

 

[Avatree]

BKB you sound a little butthurt by AoU performing below expectations.

[Squaremaster316]

And I'm gonna buy another ticket to MM and sneak into Ultron just to fuck with the tally.

[kayumanggi]

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD earned $3.93M on Wednesday. 6-day domestic total is $59.72M. #MadMaxFuryRoad

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

May 21, 2015

[sfran43]

BKB you sound a little butthurt by AoU performing expectations.

 

Ya think?!   

[sfran43]

SAN ANDREAS will open in an estimated 3,650+ theaters on May 29. #SanAndreas

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

May 21, 2015

[baumer]

 

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Wrong thread.

[Avatree]

I've got the opportunity to see an advanced screening of San Andreas on Monday, but it's in 3D. If it was 2D I would go, kind of annoying really.

[baumer]

Even I have to say that finishing under 450 is a little disappointing.  Still, it should have been expected....but the optics of it make it look disappointing.