Weekend Estimates: Minions - 115.2M; JW - 18.1M; Inside Out - 17.1M; Gallows - 10M; Self/Less - 5.4M; MMXXL - 9.6M; T5 - 13.7M

[The Dark Alfred]

Minions performing as expected. 115m OW, 350m total, slightly behind IO.

[Gopher]

Oh my god. What ridiculous fudging. Best case scenario projection off of last night still put JW 400k short of that.

[MinaTakla]

If Minions makes 120 million OW, I see it making perhaps 360 or 375 million on a mere 3.0 multiple. But if cinemescore is anything to go by, maybe it hits 380 million? I don't think 400 million is possible due to competition..unless Ant Man flops (unlikely) and Pixels flops (maybe likely).

Thoughts?

[redfirebird2008]

Oh my god. What ridiculous fudging. Best case scenario projection off of last night still put JW 400k short of that.

 

HAHA, great. :lol:

[JohnnyGossamer]

Oh my god. What ridiculous fudging. Best case scenario projection off of last night still put JW 400k short of that.

Welp. I was wrong then. As if Jurassic needs it too? Pathetic.

Edited July 11, 2015 by JohnnyGossamer

[kayumanggi]

THE GALLOWS earned an estimated $4.51M on opening day Friday. #TheGallows

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

July 11, 2015

[MrFanaticGuy34]

If Minions makes 120 million OW, I see it making perhaps 360 or 375 million on a mere 3.0 multiple. But if cinemescore is anything to go by, maybe it hits 380 million? I don't think 400 million is possible due to competition..unless Ant Man flops (unlikely) and Pixels flops (maybe likely).

Thoughts?

 

It has an "A" cinemascore. Minions will be alright.

[Frozen]

THE GALLOWS earned an estimated $4.51M on opening day Friday. #TheGallows

[JohnnyGossamer]

Gallows also way up from the last update.

[redfirebird2008]

Welp. I was wrong then. As if Jurassic needs it too? Pathetic.

 

Did Furious 7 need it when JP4 opened? For that matter, did Pitch Perfect 2? Maybe they want to push it past Titanic's gross.

[Bishop54]

Gotta love that fudging...nice work Universal.

[Krissykins]

Gallows should be safely above $10,000,000 then for the weekend. Still not great for a film in 2,720 locations.

 

But still not bad for a film which originally cost $100k. 

[baumer]

Oh my god. What ridiculous fudging. Best case scenario projection off of last night still put JW 400k short of that.

Lol so you really care that they fudged it by less than 1%? Really Gopher?

[Bishop54]

Gallows also way up from the last update.

Some drive-in theaters had it last night, more fudging?

[baumer]

And you guys act like no one has ever fudged anything in the history of movies before. And plus you guys aren't taking into account the drive ins with double feature is where the gross goes to both movies.

[grim22]

Regarding animated spinoffs, Minions did more on it's OD than what Penguins did on it's OW.

Proving what a lot of people have been saying for quite some time, the Minions are the stars of the franchise - a Gru and the girls spinoff from Despicable Me will perform badly (while still making bank).

[Jonwo]

Yeah, MINIONS 75 M budget is amazing. It looked way better than some of DW's recent films.

It's a slight step up from their other films but unlike Pixar and WDAS, Illumination doesn't invest as much money into the animation.

[CJohn]

I support that fudging.

[Bishop54]

What was the last update from Gopher and Rth for all movies?

[MrPink]

Lol so you really care that they fudged it by less than 1%? Really Gopher?

 

Closer to 8%

Edited July 11, 2015 by MrPink