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

[grim22]

IO taken big hit for now 3.4-4, JP4 3.8-4.5

IO will fall from the Thursday number. It completely crumbled.

[Cmasterclay]

Just giving my opinion, don't care if it s seen as edgy or whatever.

I think you simplify things way too much, choosing films that fit your reasoning, making broad generalizations.

 

Moviemaking is such a collaborative process that, to me, great films are more happy accidents than everything else, even if I don't discount the importance of directors.

 

Let s agree to disagree.

 

I do agree to disagree, and you're right, there is very large variance in movies, but it was the way you sarcastically jumped to a fake extreme to try to make your point I was disagreeing with. No one is saying that every movie where the director has control will be great or that every movie where the producers impose alot will be bad. But the evidence points to the fact that producers have more/stricter creative control due to the franchise synergy jumble than in the past, and that it's driving high-caliber directors away from franchise films. 

[CJohn]

IO will fall from the Thursday number. It completely crumbled.

The power of the Minions.

[Kalderic]

shit... those are some crazy low numbers for IO and JW... yikes indeed.

[scoobysaurus]

IO taken big hit for now 3.4-4, JP4 3.8-4.5

So JW is on track to be #2 this weekend!

[Bishop54]

Thanks Rth.

[BenedictL11]

IO taken big hit for now 3.4-4, JP4 3.8-4.5

:( :(

[JohnnyGossamer]

Bourne franchise never gets enough credit. Definitely had a huge influence on grittier takes of Casino Royale and Batman Begins.

[redfirebird2008]

Brutal for IO and JP

[Chewy]

I think Fantastic Four (they changed the stylization)

 

The studios keep doing this to me

[BenedictL11]

Brutal for IO and JP

Stupid Minions. :(

[JohnnyGossamer]

So... Well under $20M for Jurassic and Pixar this weekend. Is the early Terminator number reported yet?

[Noctis]

Bourne franchise never gets enough credit. Definitely had a huge influence on grittier takes of Casino Royale and Batman Begins.

Lol

[Ozymandias]

I do agree to disagree, and you're right, there is very large variance in movies, but it was the way you sarcastically jumped to a fake extreme to try to make your point I was disagreeing with. No one is saying that every movie where the director has control will be great or that every movie where the producers impose alot will be bad. But the evidence points to the fact that producers have more/stricter creative control due to the franchise synergy jumble than in the past, and that it's driving high-caliber directors away from franchise films. 

 

If anyone needs somebody to direct a franchise film for them, just get Alan Taylor.

[superduperm]

Wait there are people here who don't think Dory is gonna open over TS3... Da fauq

Monsters University opened to $82.5M. Why all of the sudden is a Finding Nemo adaptation guaranteed to open $30M above that?

[Ethan Hunt]

Bourne franchise never gets enough credit. Definitely had a huge influence on grittier takes of Casino Royale and Batman Begins.

I've said it before and I'll say it again; greatest trilogy ever

[Empire]

Were people really expecting well over 100m for Minions? 

I know James was.

[bladels]

Hope IO can recover on Sat, that Fri number is brutal , 68-73% decrease from last Fri

Edited July 10, 2015 by bladels

[JohnnyGossamer]

Lol

The blunt, brute killing machine that Bond is in Casino is very similar to Bourne in Bourne, no? Action's even framed similarly.

[The Dark Alfred]

IO is much closer to JW than I thought, legit change to overtake again next week. Both will bounce back on Saturday.

Edited July 10, 2015 by Alfredstellar