Weekend Estimates: JW: 102 IO 91...RTH: Sun JW 38.3 | IO 25.3 with possible upsides PG 287, possible 107M for JW weekend

[passerby]

Most lines at universal are long. There's always a ton of people at the Indiana Jones rides at Disneyland, but I doubt the kids riding that ride have seen Indiana Jones. I don't doubt minions popularity. But I think we are over predicting it. I see DM2 numbers for it.

[Icicle]

It's Avatar

 

Oh...right...

 

(But it should totally be considered derived from Pocahontas)

[Robot308]

We don't even have sat or sunday numbers.

Anyways we expect JW to have a larger sat increase.

Plus JW will Surge on Sunday because it's Father's Day & The Official First Day Of Summer. Edited June 20, 2015 by Red-Ops 9

[#ED]

It's Avatar

 

EDIT: Beaten by TELE 

Avatar is original?

[AniNate]

Oh...right...

 

(But it should totally be considered derived from Pocahontas)

 

Don't even

[PDC1987]

IO is dropping on Saturday. Even TS3 fell 9.9%.

[Dementeleus]

Avatar is original?

You bet -- it's not based on any prior published work.

[Fancyarcher]

Original as in "100% original, not derived from any pre-existing work"? What's the record for that?

 

Avatar.

 

Edit: Tele's already got me beat. Damn! 

Edited June 20, 2015 by Insidearcher

[Icicle]

IO is dropping on Saturday. Even TS3 fell 9.9%.

 

TS3 was a sequel and therefore more frontloaded. Brave hardly dropped on Saturday. Up increased on Saturday (but it opened in May.)

[John Marston]

Inside Out will hurt Minions, not the other way around. I've been on this train for months and this OW just solidifies my stance.

Prepare to be disappointed

[Mattrek]

IO will make people forget about DM and DM2?

I'm not going to be a broken record, but you know my thoughts on why DM and DM2 did so well. I posted the drop off comparisons from a movie dropping a major character or actor and the corresponding drop. Minions will be the most successful spinoff ever by far, but it won't hit 300m.

[Blankments]

I might see IO, just for Gopher, but I'll pay for JW.

 

Fuck Pixar.

LOL I guarantee you you'd despise Inside Out

[narniadis]

I'm out of likes, must mean my paid in advance account finally ran out lol....

And avatar as original.... let's not go there

[Mango]

TS3 stayed flat when taking out midnights.

[MrPink]

What the fuck.

WHAT THE FUCK!

[picores]

What kind of drops are you expecting on Sunday for the big two?

[Blankments]

You're an animation loonie, makes sense.

Animation Loonies are more fun than Mad Millerites

 

(Willing to bet IO is your #2 of the year so far when you see it)

[Jandrew]

You bet -- it's not based on any prior published work.

But its very very veryyyyy identical to Atlantis The Lost Empire.

[tupek]

IO, awesome!! Great third act! (Tomorrowland could learn a thing or two.) But greatest animated film of the last couple years is a stretch. There's been some great stuff from Japan and Ireland.

 

How can you even compare those animated gems from Japan, Ireland, South Korea, France........

 

 

 

 

.... to the Hollywood animated flicks

[Mattrek]

Ted 2 is doing 60+ next week, and as trash as Terminator looks, it could push past 40 and MM past 30. Then after that, Minions, which at this point is doing 100M, and we will see more 50, 60, and 70M+ openers afterwards with Ant Man, Pixels, MI5, etc. Crazy.

Terminator and Magic Mike will be around 60-70 for the 5-day, Minions will be lower and Pixels will struggle. Other then that I agree with everything else.