Tuesday Actuals: Jurassic World - 13.13M | Inside Out 13.04M

[Jessie]

 

 

 

Looks like JW will win the BO crown domestically, and FF7 will win internationally for the year...until (maybe) December. A big win for Universal Studio!

 

I wonder what Disney's response will be if that happens:

 

 

 

Star Wars will win domestically.

[goldenstate5]

 

yeah but almost half of that was from domestic for SW prequels.

 

That was the case for most films back then, when OS grosses didn't matter just as much as they do today.

Edited June 24, 2015 by goldenstate5

[PDC1987]

Minions, at this point, may be greater than IO, but Disney still has the combination of TGD along with it. Equality.

 

And c'mon, Star Wars put out three crappy prequels which adjusted each made $1 billion globally.

Globally The Boy Next Door and Unfriended grossed more than the football movie and the nature documentary, 50SOG grossed more than Cinderella, F7 grossed more than AOU, PP2 grossed more than Tomorrowland, JW will gross as much or more than IO and TGD combined, Minions will obliterate Ant-Man and Bridge of Spies and Ted 2 combined with the rest of Universal's 2015 slate will easily surpass 2 weeks of SW play.

[goldenstate5]

I still say Ant Man surprises... but if you're looking at hardcore, cutoff year end money, then yeah Universal will probably come out the victor. In the long run I think it'll be a close one.

[samsha22]

That was the case for most films back then, when OS grosses didn't matter just as much as they do today.

Compare it with Harry Potter movies, King Kong, LOTR movies and spider man movies from same time frame. You will get an idea.

[samsha22]

I still say Ant Man surprises... but if you're looking at hardcore, cutoff year end money, then yeah Universal will probably .

That is how it is ALWAYS calculated. Avatar collection was split between 2009 and 2010 grosses of the studio.

[goldenstate5]

 

Compare it with Harry Potter movies, King Kong, LOTR movies and spider man movies from same time frame. You will get an idea.

 

Well that's because those were actually good movies. 

 

My point is that when Star Wars was bad, it still did great. That reflected in the OS grosses as well.

 

If SW7 is good, and with a decade of trying to mop up the messes and get audiences more acquainted with the OT, as SW7 is clear about, things could be entirely different.

Edited June 24, 2015 by goldenstate5

[KATCH-2D2]

I still say Ant Man surprises... but if you're looking at hardcore, cutoff year end money, then yeah Universal will probably come out the victor. In the long run I think it'll be a close one.

 

We're talking Disney vs. Uni, aren't we? It doesn't matter how well Ant Man is going to do. It still won't out-gross Minions.

[goldenstate5]

We're talking Disney vs. Uni, aren't we? It doesn't matter how well Ant Man is going to do. It still won't out-gross Minions.

 

Well, duh. Minions shouldn't be compared to Ant Man, it should be compared to IO and TGD, Disney's two main animated offerings this year. Ant Man really is just an extra cherry on top of the TA2 gross.

[kitik]

Star Wars will win domestically.

 

 

That is far from a lock, considering the Titanic-sized number JW is likely to end with.

[Jessie]

That is far from a lock, considering the Titanic-sized number JW is likely to end with.

 

Yeah I know its not locked, but im expecting a near 700m finish for Star Wars.

221m OW

 

70m weekdays

 

100m 2nd weekend

 

83m weekdays

 

53m Weekend then its back to normal weekdays and weekend drops and around 690-700m finish.

[RthDeadWov]

That is how it is ALWAYS calculated. Avatar collection was split between 2009 and 2010 grosses of the studio.

Yep exactly

[scoobysaurus]

That was the case for most films back then, when OS grosses didn't matter just as much as they do today.

Sure did matter for other "big" films of the 90's such as JP, TLW and Titanic.

Plus, AOTC and ROTS came out at a time when Harry Potter was making a killing at the international box office. So I wouldn't use that as an excuse for Star Wars.

EDIT: Here in Dubai nobody cares about (or even understands) Star Wars and I'd imagine the situation is very similar in markets like China because they're equally new and both like similar movies such as FF and TF.

Edited June 24, 2015 by Scoobysaurus

[vonGneisenau]

221m OW in december? k..

[sfran43]

Yeah I know its not locked, but im expecting a near 700m finish for Star Wars.

221m OW

 

70m weekdays

 

100m 2nd weekend

 

83m weekdays

 

53m Weekend then its back to normal weekdays and weekend drops and around 690-700m finish.

 

It won't break the OW record. It opens exactly one week before X-mas, and everyone will be too busy buying last minute gifts. I expect a big opening, but not a record setting one.

Edited June 24, 2015 by Queen Shar

[Bender]

Nice numbers, better than i expected 

[JennaJ]

Yeah I know its not locked, but im expecting a near 700m finish for Star Wars.

221m OW

 

70m weekdays

 

100m 2nd weekend

 

83m weekdays

 

53m Weekend then its back to normal weekdays and weekend drops and around 690-700m finish.

 

221m OW seems like a tall order to me.

 

I see some people (not just here, mostly in places where they don't really get how BO works) predict insane OW for SW7.

 

I don't think it's gonna break the OW record.

[Jessie]

It's star wars, those massive amounts of fans aren't going to wait a week to see the film because it's fucking december. It will open huge and will be one of the only upcoming films to challenge DH2's midnight record. Every star wars film has opened massive, this will be no different, we will see who knows how box office works come December

Seriously you people can be very narrow minded, just because a film hasn't opened huge in December, that doesn't mean it can't

How many potential big openers have had the chance of opening in December? None. If I am Legend (an original apocolyptic themed movie) can open to an adjusted 100m in December then I see no reason why Star Wars, one of the biggest franchises of all time with a loyal fanbase and history of big openings can't sell twice as many tickets.

Edited June 24, 2015 by jessie

[sfran43]

It's star wars, those massive amounts of fans aren't going to wait a week to see the film because it's fucking december. It will open huge and will be one of the only upcoming films to challenge DH2's midnight record. Every star wars film has opened massive, this will be no different, we will see who knows how box office works come December

Seriously you people can be very narrow minded, just because a film hasn't opened huge in December, that doesn't mean it can't

How many potential big openers have had the chance of opening in December? None. If I am Legend (an original apocolyptic themed movie) can open to an adjusted 100m in December then I see no reason why Star Wars, one of the biggest franchises of all time with a loyal fanbase and history of big openings can't sell twice as many tickets.

 

Forgive me, I didn't realize that Avatar (the highest grossing movie of all time) wasn't a potential big opener when it opened on 12/18. And you are delusional if you think the holidays doesn't effect December's OW. And Star Wars movies opens big, but not massive:

 

 

 

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Fox	$431,088,295	3,126	$64,820,970	2,970	5/19/99
2	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	Fox	$380,270,577	3,663	$108,435,841	3,661	5/19/05
3	Star Wars	Fox	$307,263,857	1,750	$1,554,475	43	5/25/77
4	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	Fox	$302,191,252	3,161	$80,027,814	3,161	5/16/02
5	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$252,583,617	1,764	$23,019,618	1,002	5/25/83
6	The Empire Strikes Back	Fox	$209,398,025	1,278	$4,910,483	126	5/21/80
7	Star Wars (Special Edition) (Re-release)	Fox	$138,257,865	2,375	$35,906,661	2,104	1/31/97
8	The Empire Strikes Back (Special Edition) (Re-release)	Fox	$67,597,694	2,322	$21,975,993	2,111	2/21/97
9	Return of the Jedi (Special Edition) (Re-release)	Fox	$45,470,437	2,111	$16,293,531	2,111	3/14/97
10	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	WB	$35,161,554	3,452	$14,611,273	3,452	8/15/08
11	Star Wars (Re-issue) (Re-release)	Fox	$15,476,285	1,070	$3,766,803	1,070	8/13/82
12	The Empire Strikes Back (Re-issue) (Re-release)	Fox	$13,276,241	1,006	$3,949,478	992	11/19/82
13	Return of the Jedi (Re-issue) (Re-release)	Fox	$11,252,123	894	$3,209,056	849	3/29/85
14	Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience (IMAX) (Re-release)	Fox	$8,485,488	58	$1,435,259	58	11/1/02
TOTAL:			$2,217,773,310	-	-	-	-
AVERAGE:			$158,412,379	2,002	$27,422,661	1,694	-

[Ozymandias]

Lol if Star Wars opens to 221m in December, then avatar is utterly fucked with holiday legs and virtually no competition for 2 months

Edited June 24, 2015 by Ozymandias