Weekend Estimates (4-day): TL 41.7 M | PP II 38.5 M | MM: FR 32.1 M | A:AOU 27.8 M | POLTERGEIST 26.5 M

[Blankments]

Rewatching Birdman makes me want to rewatch Mad Max just to tell Innaritu to fuck off, blockbusters can be fulfilling and deep in today's society

[Travod]

Guess I'll just go to bed, crestfallen. Hopefully there will be something when I wake up.

[tonytr87]

Rewatching Birdman makes me want to rewatch Mad Max just to tell Innaritu to fuck off, blockbusters can be fulfilling and deep in today's society

 

Mad Max is compelling, and it's one of my favorites this year so far, but I wouldn't call it deep. The closest to "deep" I've seen in a blockbuster is The Dark Knight. 

Edited May 23, 2015 by tonytr87

[grim22]

Looks like PP2 may pull off an upset: http://deadline.com/2015/05/tomorrowland-poltergeist-memorial-day-box-office-weekend-1201431715/

 

Tomorrowland has almost similar OD numbers to John Carter and Prince of Persia. Great hold for Mad Max looking likely.

 

1/2). Tomorrowland (DIS), 3,970 theaters / $10M to $10.4M Fri. / 3-day cume: $33.7M to $35.1M / 4-day cume: $42.7M to $44.4M / Wk 1

Pitch Perfect 2 (UNI), 3,560 theaters (+87) / $9.7M to $10M+ / 3-day cume: $32.7M to $34M (-49%) / 4-day cume: $40.8M to $42.5M / Total cume: $130M to $133.6M / Wk 2

 

3). Mad Max: Fury Road (WB), 3,722 theaters (+20) / $7M to $7.5M Fri. / 3-day cume: $26.2M $28M (-39%) / 4-day cume: $33.5M to $35.9M / Total cume: $97.3M to $99.3M / Wk 2

 

4). Poltergeist (Fox/MGM), 3,240 theaters / $9.2M to $10M Fri. / 3-day cume: $23.9M to $26.6M / 4-day cume: $29.1M to $32.3M / Wk 1

 

5). Avengers: Age of Ultron (DIS), 3,727 theaters (-549) / $5.2M to $5.4M Fri. / 3-day cume: $20.5M to $21.9M / 4-day cume: $26.3M to $28M / Total cume: $409M to $411.4M / Wk 4

 

6). Hot Pursuit (WB/MGM/NL), 2,577 theaters (-460) / $900K Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.3M / 4-day cume: $3.9M to $4M+ / Total cume: $29M to $29.5M / Wk 3

 

7). Far From The Madding Crowd (FSL), 865 theaters (+576) / $600K to $620K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.3M to $2.5M / 4-day cume: $3M+ / Total cume: $6.2M to $6.4M / Wk 4

 

8/9/10). Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 (SONY), 1,878 theaters (-754) / $480K to $490K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.25M / 4-day cume: $3M / Total cume: $66.9M / Wk 6

Furious 7 (UNI), 1,653 theaters (-585) / $550K to $600K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.2M to $2.4M / 4-day cume: $2.85M / Total cume: $347.8M/ Wk 8

Home (FOX/DW), 1,444 theaters (-562) / $410K to $450K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2M+ / 4-day cume: $2.8M to $2.9M / Total cume: $169M / Wk 9

Edited May 23, 2015 by grim22

[Empire]

Decent #s for Tomorrowland. Good hold for PP2 & MM.

[Fancyarcher]

Excellent for AOU.. Say Bye Bye to TDKR cause as of now, I'd say AOU is going to pass it, even if barely, but still..

 

You can have your cake and eat it too BKB, if only for a short while.

[grim22]

Excellent for AOU.. Say Bye Bye to TDKR cause as of now, I'd say AOU is going to pass it, even if barely, but still..

A far cry from dominating all of May and the first week of June.

[kowhite]

A far cry from dominating all of May and the first week of June.

Avengers: Age of Floptron?

I'm channeling my best fishnets impression here.

[Wilfred]

Those numbers aren't even decent for Tomorrowland, sorry. They're not bomb level but they're not decent. They're decidely (if not significantly) below tracking and a B Cinemascore for this type of film is mediocre at best (Maleficent scored an A with similar reviews).

[kowhite]

Those numbers aren't even decent for Tomorrowland, sorry. They're not bomb level but they're not decent. They're decidely (if not significantly) below tracking and a B Cinemascore for this type of film is mediocre at best (Maleficent scored an A with similar reviews).

What can you do.

Tomorrowland isn't doing great.

Let's just say...Disney isn't going to give free reign to do whatever to a Pixar director live action movie again anytime soon.

[zackzack]

Excellent for AOU.. Say Bye Bye to TDKR cause as of now, I'd say AOU is going to pass it, even if barely, but still..

 

AoU can even hit $470M if it maintains some of its repeat business

[kowhite]

AoU can even hit $470M if it maintains some of its repeat business

It could. 460 seems more likely though.

[fmpro]

Poltergeist looks like the real winner this weekend.

Good for holdovers t

[zackzack]

It could. 460 seems more likely though.

 

Still, a bit disappointing. I know Disney already made boatloads of money but I want AoU to pass $500M 

As much as I find FF franchise entertaining, FF7, with the exception of 1 or 2 action scenes, is a so-so

action movie. MMFR is a near euphoric/religious experience compared to FF7. On that subject, MMFR

drop of 39% is excellent for the genre and rating.

[kowhite]

Still, a bit disappointing. I know Disney already made boatloads of money but I want AoU to pass $500M 

As much as I find FF franchise entertaining, FF7, with the exception of 1 or 2 action scenes, is a so-so

action movie. MMFR is a near euphoric/religious experience compared to FF7. On that subject, MMFR

drop of 39% is excellent for the genre and rating.

In a perfect world, Fury Road would make 4 billion worldwide.

[Spidey Freak]

In a perfect world, Fury Road would make 4 billion worldwide.

 

I'm impressed with the world for the amount FR has already made and is on course to make.

[keysersoze123]

AOU is having decent hold(not great looking at 3-day) bcos its memorial weekend. Next weekend it will be hit by San Andreas and will drop close to 50%. Following weekend should be ok and then Jurassic World will hit it hard. Weekdays should get better but still couple of weeks away from full summer weekdays. So I still dont see 460m. But 450m+ is locked.

[lab276]

Looks like PP2 may pull off an upset: http://deadline.com/2015/05/tomorrowland-poltergeist-memorial-day-box-office-weekend-1201431715/

 

Tomorrowland has almost similar OD numbers to John Carter and Prince of Persia. Great hold for Mad Max looking likely.

 

1/2). Tomorrowland (DIS), 3,970 theaters / $10M to $10.4M Fri. / 3-day cume: $33.7M to $35.1M / 4-day cume: $42.7M to $44.4M / Wk 1

Pitch Perfect 2 (UNI), 3,560 theaters (+87) / $9.7M to $10M+ / 3-day cume: $32.7M to $34M (-49%) / 4-day cume: $40.8M to $42.5M / Total cume: $130M to $133.6M / Wk 2

3). Mad Max: Fury Road (WB), 3,722 theaters (+20) / $7M to $7.5M Fri. / 3-day cume: $26.2M $28M (-39%) / 4-day cume: $33.5M to $35.9M / Total cume: $97.3M to $99.3M / Wk 2

4). Poltergeist (Fox/MGM), 3,240 theaters / $9.2M to $10M Fri. / 3-day cume: $23.9M to $26.6M / 4-day cume: $29.1M to $32.3M / Wk 1

5). Avengers: Age of Ultron (DIS), 3,727 theaters (-549) / $5.2M to $5.4M Fri. / 3-day cume: $20.5M to $21.9M / 4-day cume: $26.3M to $28M / Total cume: $409M to $411.4M / Wk 4

6). Hot Pursuit (WB/MGM/NL), 2,577 theaters (-460) / $900K Fri. / 3-day cume: $3.3M / 4-day cume: $3.9M to $4M+ / Total cume: $29M to $29.5M / Wk 3

7). Far From The Madding Crowd (FSL), 865 theaters (+576) / $600K to $620K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.3M to $2.5M / 4-day cume: $3M+ / Total cume: $6.2M to $6.4M / Wk 4

8/9/10). Paul Blart Mall Cop 2 (SONY), 1,878 theaters (-754) / $480K to $490K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.25M / 4-day cume: $3M / Total cume: $66.9M / Wk 6

Furious 7 (UNI), 1,653 theaters (-585) / $550K to $600K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2.2M to $2.4M / 4-day cume: $2.85M / Total cume: $347.8M/ Wk 8

Home (FOX/DW), 1,444 theaters (-562) / $410K to $450K Fri. / 3-day cume: $2M+ / 4-day cume: $2.8M to $2.9M / Total cume: $169M / Wk 9

Top 10 ~150m 3 day, not that great really.

[Spidey Freak]

Mad Max is compelling, and it's one of my favorites this year so far, but I wouldn't call it deep. The closest to "deep" I've seen in a blockbuster is The Dark Knight. 

 

That's just the Zimmer music. I've slowly begun to realize that TDK is just incredibly well polished and not nearly as deep as everyone thought it was when it came out.

 

Now Fury Road has nuance bleeding out of it.

[kitik]

Top 10 ~150m 3 day, not that great really.

 

Nope, definitely not. Going to have to wait until Apocalypse shows up next year for a good Memorial day.