Jurassic World Weekend Thread | Official Est. 204.6M | 208.8M - Actuals

[Hatebox]

What a year for Universal. Just goes to show a studio is only ever as successful as its last couple of franchises.

[PDC1987]

Jurassic World is gonna do 3x his production budget WW this weekend. Universal executives must be losing their shit.

And then the Minions. That production cost will be well under $100 million.

[Moviedweeb]

Seeing this in IMAX Laser 3D (my first time) in a few hours. Massively excited for this!

[grim22]

So this weekend may become the highest grossing weekend of all time by the looks of it. OW record is definitely a possibility as well.

Unbelievable.

[PDC1987]

Fixed

I called $155.

 

VERY happy to be so wrong lol.

[Chewy]

Chewy is a Cavs fan.

 

Don't you put that evil on me Jandrew

[4815162342]

Chrises Pratt Evans and Hemsworth as the men

 

Who fight Kristen Wiig, Kristen Stewart, and Kristen Bell for guardianship of the baby.

[Hatebox]

Who fight Kristen Wiig, Kristen Stewart, and Kristen Bell for guardianship of the baby.

 

The KKK?

[solaris]

I Don't think it has the same cultural impact. More about the cast of characters rather than the aliens. Will Smith was the main draw, he's been replaced by Liams Hemsworth, nuff said. They will have to depend heavily on the aliens this go round, which is actually a smart decision. The alien nation remained mysterious for the most part in the original film. 

 

Yeah I'm not saying they're equivocal in influence, just that this makes ID2 look a little more like a sure thing than it did before. Will Smith was big draw yeah, but I remember wanting to see it to see cities get destroyed by massive fireballs. If they can match that level of awe in the marketing (not easy) then they may just pull it off. 

[CJohn]

So this weekend may become the highest grossing weekend of all time by the looks of it. OW record is definitely a possibility as well.

Unbelievable.

Avengers 2 is not gonna win the Summer. That is a beautiful thought. 

[GiantCALBears]

Avengers 2 is not gonna win the Summer. That is a beautiful thought.

Doesn't deserve to honestly. Weird to say but true.

[mahnamahna]

So this weekend may become the highest grossing weekend of all time by the looks of it. OW record is definitely a possibility as well.

Unbelievable.

And Day After Tomorrow's record should go down next weekend, too (IO with high 60s-low 80s for its range). Not to mention every weekend from June 26th to August 7th looks red-hot. $175 million+ DOM for the top 10 every weekend for the rest of the summer. July 2015 could go for the record (polar opposite of last July) 

 

If Memorial Day weekend and this last weekend weren't so lackluster, Summer 2015 would be locked to break the record. 

[4815162342]

Don't you put that evil on me Jandrew

 

Yeah, Chewy has enough evil in his life trying to understand what Ruben Amaro Jr., Chip Kelly, and Sam Hinkie are doing.

[Blankments]

I didn't say that. I think it's tracking to open around 70m. My question was whether a 100m and a 70m movie could coexist in the same weekend.

Apologies, I misread your post

 

Just took a power nap and this is still wow. I need to get to the theater early tonight

[PDC1987]

Yeah I'm not saying they're equivocal in influence, just that this makes ID2 look a little more like a sure thing than it did before. Will Smith was big draw yeah, but I remember wanting to see it to see cities get destroyed by massive fireballs. If they can match that level of awe in the marketing (not easy) then they may just pull it off. 

Smith wasn't what he eventually became at that time. One thing against ID2 despite that is that he became more and more associated with that movie, and vice verse, as he kept blowing up and people remembered him in it.

[CJohn]

Doesn't deserve to honestly. Weird to say but true.

To me, IMO, it does, since I thought it was a far superior movie.

[Asyulus]

Thats so dissapointing for Mad Max after all.

[PDC1987]

How is a movie like The AVENGERS that made 207M OW and 623M Domestic considered frontloaded???

Again, nobody said it was frontloaded.

Edited June 13, 2015 by PDC1987

[mahnamahna]

Thats so dissapointing for Mad Max after all.

$145-150 million DOM for an R-rated post-apocalyptic thriller containing S&M elements is disappointing? Mad Max is fine - it'll make a slight profit in the end. 

[Hatebox]

Two things going against ID2: 1) the sentimental attachment isn't in the same league as JP and 2) destruction porn isn't a novelty anymore.