Monday Actuals: Minions 12.9M (-58%)

[peludo]

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Never say never...

[Krissykins]

49% is a good drop for Gallows. But hey, it opened under $10m. Too little too late.

[Boxofficerules]

49% is a good drop for Gallows. But hey, it opened under $10m. Too little too late.

Fuck that movie, that movie pissed me right the fuck off.

[e1828]

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 25

1) Jurassic World – $560,692,030 (Mon - $4,149,050)

2) Marvel’s The Avengers - $523,907,202 (Mon - $10,535,543)

3) The Dark Knight - $445,370,695 (Mon - $3,742,198) 

4) Avatar - $435,957,707 (Mon - $5,111,193)

5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $411,369,385 (Mon - $6,507,209)

6) The Dark Knight Rises - $391,932,219 (Mon - $2,344,003)

7) Iron Man 3 - $372,775,931 (Mon - $5,368,815)

8) Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $361,089,168 (Mon - $2,603,407) 

9) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $359,894,705 (Sat - $5,596,085)

10) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $358,823,252 (Mon - $1,319,589)

11) Shrek 2 - $346,511,753 (Sat - $9,030,317)

12) Harry Potter 7b:  Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $344,890,382 (Mon - $1,804,337)

13) Toy Story 3 - $342,040,500 (Mon - $2,799,643)

14) The Hunger Games - $338,063,318 (Mon - $1,396,955)

15) Spiderman - $333,641,492 (Mon - $7,306,740) 

16) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $332,109,171 (Sun - $4,577,194)

17) Spiderman 2 - $324,088,209 (Sat - $6,165,611) 

18) Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $322,208,872 (Sat - $4,839,708)

19) Furious 7 - $321,241,725 (Mon - $1,160,150)

20) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK -

$308,228,208 (Sat - $6,439,410) 

21) Spiderman 3 - $307,754,583 (Mon - $3,776,825) 

22) Despicable Me 2 - $301,650,860 (Sat - $6,395,840)

23) Alice in Wonderland - $295,513,657 (Mon - $1,978,722)

24) The Passion Of The Christ - $289,004,202 (Sat - $7,970,160)

25) Star Wars 1: TPM - $288,582,722 (Sat - $10,555,346)

26) Inside Out - $286,592,302 (Mon - $2,396,202)

27) Shrek The Third - $283,095,177 (Mon - $1,635,112)

28) American Sniper - $282,979,594 (Mon - $1,590,242)(1)

29) Iron Man 2 - $279,653,149 (Mon - $4,617,249)

30) Lord Of The Rings: TT - $279,199,045 (Sat - $6,637,982)

31) The Hunger Games:  Mockingjay Part 1 - $277,996,824 (Mon - $1,111,833)

32) The Twilight Saga:  Eclipse - $277,753,614 (Sat - $2,760,065)

33) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $276,524,265 (Sun - $5,368,910) 

34) Transformers - $276,334,484 (Fri - $3,300,479)

35) Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End - $275,607,610 (Mon - $1,462,100)

36) Harry Potter 6:  HBP - $270,977,685 (Sat - $3,475,562)

37) Man of Steel - $272,461,943 (Mon - $1,273,493)

38) The Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn Part 2 - $269,403,203 (Mon - $712,174)

39) The Twilight Saga:  New Moon - $268,024,129 (Mon - $703,152)

40) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $265,146,005 (Mon - $1,311,112)

41) The Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn Part 1 - $260,051,891 (Mon - $649,222)

42) Harry Potter 7a:  Deathly Hallows Part 1 - $258,393,849 (Mon - $721,128)

43) Iron Man - $258,278,546 (Mon - $5,663,877)

44) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $257,955,350 (Sat - $3,787,937) 

45) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $255,106,406 (Sun - $4,398,774)

46) Guardians of the Galaxy - $253,118,471 (Mon - $1,662,402)

47) The Matrix: Reloaded - $247,778,753 (Sun - $2,635,597)

48) Skyfall - $246,712,819 (Mon - $1,127,736)

49) Harry Potter 4: GOF - $244,763,756 (Mon - $694,451)

50) Harry Potter 1: SS - $240,527,542 (Mon - $868,000)

51) Monsters University - $239,289,059 (Mon - $1,518,056)

52) The Amazing Spider-Man - $237,148,066 (Fri - $1,895,456)

53) The Hobbit:  Battle of the Five Armies - $233,763,132 (Sat - $4,229,048)

54) The Hangover Part II - $233,110,617 (Sun - $2,778,872)

55) The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - $230,360,654 (Mon - $1,301,012)

56) Inception - $230,168,703 (Mon - $2,531,134)

57) I Am Legend - $229,118,908 (Mon - $1,063,246)

 

1)     Includes $3.4 million before wide release

 

·         Marvel’s The Avengers takes in a massive $10.5 million on Memorial Day Monday 2012 and shortens the gap to Jurassic World to less than $40 million for the first time since Day 12.

·         Memorial Day 2015, allows Avengers: Age of Ultron to extend its lead over The Dark Knight Rises to nearly $20 million.

·         On Memorial Day 2002, Spiderman overtakes Revenge of the Sith with a cool $7.3 million Monday.

·         Despicable Me 2 crosses $300 million on Day 25.

·         Furious 7 drops 2 spots while Spiderman 2 gains 2.

·         Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace jumps up 3 spots to #25 and looks to threaten The Passion of the Christ.

[e1828]

Largest DOMESTIC Totals – After Day 32

1) Jurassic World – $592,840,220 (Mon - $2,150,625)

2) Marvel’s The Avengers - $554,992,773 (Mon - $2,042,375)

3) Avatar - $504,868,451 (Mon - $11,615,834)

4) The Dark Knight - $473,194,356 (Mon - $2,112,206) 
5) Avengers: Age of Ultron - $428,633,715 (Mon - $1,082,288)

6) The Dark Knight Rises - $411,161,725 (Mon - $1,374,465)

7) Iron Man 3 - $385,942,966 (Mon - $755,230)

8) Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest - $381,273,783 (Mon - $1,574,139) 

9) Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - $376,792,804 (Sat - $3,212,572)

10) Shrek 2 - $374,235,745 (Sat - $5,398,242)

11) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire - $373,997,033 (Mon - $2,278,758)

12) Toy Story 3 - $364,856,662 (Mon - $1,891,284)

13) Harry Potter 7b:  Deathly Hallows Part 2 - $358,495,410 (Mon - $1,158,055)

14) The Hunger Games - $358,075,670 (Mon - $1,009,203)

15) Spiderman - $355,330,685 (Mon - $1,507,141) 

16) Star Wars 3: ROTS - $348,140,685 (Sun - $3,512,032)

17) Spiderman 2 - $341,772,127 (Sat - $3,507,392) 

18) Transformers: Dark of the Moon - $336,181,865 (Sat - $2,466,784)

19) Furious 7 - $331,562,645 (Mon -$494,150)

20) Lord Of The Rings: ROTK -

$323,583,085 (Sat - $4,614,194) 

21) Despicable Me 2 - $323,525,285 (Sat - $4,153,065)

22) Star Wars 1: TPM - $321,252,062 (Sat - $7,338,491)

23) Spiderman 3 - $319,099,696 (Mon - $757,586) 

24) Alice in Wonderland - $310,965,601 (Mon - $1,231,848)

25) The Passion Of The Christ - $310,860,490 (Sat - $5,186,862)

26) American Sniper - $306,478,136 (Mon - $2,365,038)(1)

27) Shrek The Third - $298,399,656 (Mon - $1,154,556)

28) Lord Of The Rings: TT - $294,814,282 (Sat - $4,521,633)

29) Iron Man 2 - $292,232,099 (Mon - $802,229)

30) Transformers - $292,043,529 (Fri - $1,685,673)

31) The Hunger Games:  Mockingjay Part 1 - $291,072,394 (Mon - $1,716,284)

32) Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - $290,961,044 (Sun - $2,650,456) 

33) Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End - $287,984,700 (Mon - $982,984)

34) The Twilight Saga:  Eclipse - $287,003,133 (Sat - $1,536,393)

35) Harry Potter 6:  HBP - $282,238,071 (Sat - $2,045,072)

36) Man of Steel - $281,481,205 (Mon - $592,243)

37) Guardians of the Galaxy - $281,204,119 (Mon - $5,824,589)

38) The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - $278,869,783 (Mon - $657,165)

39) Iron Man - $277,397,055 (Mon - $1,230,719)

40) The Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn Part 2 - $277,349,871 (Mon - $523,728)

41) The Twilight Saga:  New Moon - $275,569,901 (Mon - $971,582)

42) Star Wars 2: AOTC - $270,752,531 (Sun - $3,308,872)

43) Harry Potter 5: OOTP - $270,279,145 (Sat - $2,089,181)

44) The Twilight Saga:  Breaking Dawn Part 1 - $266,979,401 (Mon - $651,427)

45) Harry Potter 7a:  Deathly Hallows Part 1 - $266,686,635 (Mon - $963,017)

46) Skyfall - $262,288,449 (Mon - $888,168)

47) The Matrix: Reloaded - $257,486,680 (Sun - $1,827,179)

 

1)     Includes $3.4 million before wide release

 

·         On Day 32, boosted by President’s Day 2010, Avatar grosses $11.6 million and crosses the $500 million milestone in the third fastest time.

·         Shrek 2 enters the top10 for the first time where it will not leave, surpassing The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

·         The Lord of the Rings:  Return of the King overtakes Despicable Me 2 by less than $100K to crack into the top 20.

·         Star Wars Episode I:  The Phantom Menace overwhelms a slowing Spiderman 3.

·         The Lord of the Rings:  The Two Towers climbs another 2 spots.

·         Guardians of the Galaxy on Labor Day 2014, jumps up another 3 spots to #37.

[baumer]

RTH responding to everyone who questions his sources (just replace medical theme with box office numbers)

 

[scoobysaurus]

Just got back from Baahubali. Holy shit!! For my first Indian movie, it was quite the experience. It's unlike any film I've ever seen. It has elements of Star Wars, Indy, The Bible, Matrix, 300, Braveheart and LOTR to name a few. I loved the hell out of it and i left the theater with a big grin ion my face. This was only the Beginning. The conclusion comes out next year. If I was to rate it, 9/10.

Glad you liked it! I'll be be watching it in Hindi in a few days so I hope it holds up as well as it does in the original language (Telugu).

IMO they could have released a dubbed version in English to reach a wider audience. It's had the biggest OW for an Indian movie ever and it might become the highest grossing Indian movie of all time which is batshit crazy for a non-Bollywood movie!

[Gopher]

I love Bollywood. I never see enough of it. They don't hold up to our kinds of criticism standards (in that they always meander and the plots are usually irrelevant) but Khan movies like Main Noon Ha are some of the most entertaining things I've seen.  

[grim22]

Glad you liked it! I'll be be watching it in Hindi in a few days so I hope it holds up as well as it does in the original language (Telugu).

IMO they could have released a dubbed version in English to reach a wider audience. It's had the biggest OW for an Indian movie ever and it might become the highest grossing Indian movie of all time which is batshit crazy for a non-Bollywood movie!

I really didn't know that Prabhas had that big a fan base, or Rana for that matter. Sudeep has been promoting it in Karnataka apparently.

[PDC1987]

To be fair, Minions opened in more countries than IO.

And IO has been holding much better than Minions in Australia.

Conveniently ignoring the fact that Minions opened far bigger and will still out gross it.

[baumer]

I think Salman Khan is on my list of guys to see now.

[grim22]

I think Salman Khan is on my list of guys to see now.

Bajrangi Bhaijaan this weekend.

[RthDeadWov]

Just got back from Baahubali.  Holy shit!!  For my first Indian movie, it was quite the experience.  It's unlike any film I've ever seen.  It has elements of Star Wars, Indy, The Bible, Matrix, 300, Braveheart and LOTR to name a few.  I loved the hell out of it and i left the theater with a big grin ion my face.  This was only the Beginning.  The conclusion comes out next year.  If I was to rate it, 9/10.

Great, may see it weekend was going to go last week, haven't seen a Bollywood, Tollywood, Kollywood, Lollywood....something wood....ok an Indian movie in a while

[Blankments]

What? Maybe it is plain boring to you, you ever think of that?As for well received by the audience, are you kiddin me? Minions already made more than IO WW, it had incredible drops or openings everywhere. You are the only blind person here. And yeah, it will beat IO DOM. Get over it. The better movie wins. 

I'll fully admit the hypocrisy and ask if you've seen Inside Out. Don't think you have so how can you say the better movie wins?

 

(I'll just say here that I think Inside Out's trailers were more appealing to me than Minions so I don't get people asking "How do you know, Blank, that Inside Out is a better movie than Minions? Huh?" ) 

[Blankments]

Tele and Blank's hopes and dreams:

Where's the cream filling?

[Blankments]

I almost went to see Genisys or Minions tonight but plans fell through. Hopefully will catch Minions at the drive-in with Pixels next week to kill two birds with one stone

 

Doubt I'll ever get around to Genisys though...

[MovieMan89]

Just got back from Baahubali.  Holy shit!!  For my first Indian movie, it was quite the experience.  It's unlike any film I've ever seen.  It has elements of Star Wars, Indy, The Bible, Matrix, 300, Braveheart and LOTR to name a few.  I loved the hell out of it and i left the theater with a big grin ion my face.  This was only the Beginning.  The conclusion comes out next year.  If I was to rate it, 9/10.

Awesome! I have very little experience with Indian film viewing myself, but this one really caught my interest. Definitely want to check it out.

[catlover]

The thing about the film is, it's like watching a 1930's pulp film (if that makes sense ) or a grand epic from 80's.  It's one of the most visual films I've ever seen, in fact, I can't think of a film that is visually more impressive than this.  And the director uses every single Hollywood trick in the book, and it works, every single time.  There are several slow motion shots of the hero coming out of the water or the rain and shaking off the wet from his hair.  Mouth agape while the rain or the water flies off in slo mo.  It sounds like it would be cheesy and I guess it is, but it just works here.  Then there's actually shots of muscles bulging and breaking beads and there are feats of strength reserved for a God and so on.  And then at the end of the film (don't worry, there are no spoilers here) there is a speech given by a Queen that explains why she made the decision she did and what separates a soldier from a king.  It might as well have been written by Nolan or Randal Wallace on Tolkien.  It made me want to stand up and cheer.  This is a grand spectacle and it's a film Hollywood used to make and doesn't anymore.  I can't wait for the conclusion.

 

I've seen a lot of Indian films. Most of them, especially the big ones are like that, old school with cheesy slo mo and sometimes ridiculous scenes, but very entertaining. I guess this one is the same but in more epic scale. I agree, I think you would enjoy Dhoom series and Salman Khan films. They do often ignore script and logic. That's why personally, I'm more of an Aamir Khan fan, since his films usually have great scripts, but still commercial with mass appeals. Aamir Khan's last 3 big movies all broke the all time box office record in India. I hope they release Baahubali here too. You made me want to see it.

[ClaudeManhattan]

MMXXL still have a good rebound, drop only 47% Sunday to Monday. The smallest drop in the top ten.

[MovieMan89]

MMXXL still have a good rebound, drop only 47% Sunday to Monday. The smallest drop in the top ten.

Such a perplexing run for that one. The first was an original film that opened huge but had no longevity. This one is a sequel that opened small and is apparently having fantastic legs. Doesn't make sense quite honestly.