Cruddy Weekend Estimates: A-M 24.77m, Pix 24m, Minions 22m, Trainwreck 17.2m, Southpaw 16.5m, PT 12.5m,

[Ethan Hunt]

Two years. 9/11 was in 2001.

Oh.... Wait... Yeah two years is right

I was thinking 9/11 was 2000

Edited July 26, 2015 by John Green is Life

[Ezen Baklattan]

I had a feeling Paper Towns wouldn't come even remotely close to TFIOs, as most people did, but it's not even entering the top 5, and its opening weekend would be roughly half of Fault's opening day. That's kind of pathetic. Not as much as the idea of having a sub-$25m film at #1 in late July, however. The fact that nothing is dropping less than 35% makes the weekend all the more awful. The shooting must have eaten into numbers for sure.

 

Tom Cruise:

 

[Cochofles]

Critics are snobs. Yep i said it. They have a hard time enjoying slap stick movies. Unless you have adult themed problem in a Comedy Critics cannot enjoy it. That's why they hate Adam Sandler movies because they forget why they started liking you in the first place. That's my boy and Jack and Jill are too horrible movies. But most of the other films he released before that we're good fun. Big Daddy Mr deeds grown ups just go with it waterboy and so on are all fun and very funny movies

 

I agree 100%.

Also, Sandler doesn't play the Hollywood game. Even by comedic actors' standards, he is a sloppily-dressed, unkempt-looking schlub, which is truly relateable for the average moviegoer, but wildly unappealing to the glamourpusses that run Tinseltown.  I know that he's made some stinkers, but who has not?

[Ezen Baklattan]

Critics do offer the luxury of you getting to call them snobs when you liked something they don't.

 

Aside from Tele and Gopher, it's hard to get that feeling elsewhere. 

[babz06]

Southpaw was the only thing that opened somewhat above expectations.Marketing seems to have hit the target audiences.This bodes well for Creed which has the better received trailer. 

[WrathOfHan]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4088&p=.htm

"Flix Crix Nix Pix-els?"

Ho. Lee. Fuck.

[miketheavenger]

Southpaw was the only thing that opened somewhat above expectations.Marketing seems to have hit the target audiences.This bodes well for Creed which has the better received trailer. 

Creed also has the better release date. Opening in the Holiday season has proved to be a strong option for adult dramas, unlike late July.

[CoolK]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4088&p=.htm

"Flix Crix Nix Pix-els?"

Ho. Lee. Fuck.

thats a new low for keith 

[Joel M]

SOUTHPAW opened with an estimated $16.5M this weekend. #Southpaw

Jake Gylenhall, master of the modest hit.

[Finnick]

the numbers updates:

 

- (2) Minions Universal $22,058,050 -55% 4,066 $5,425   $261,578,460 17 - (3) Trainwreck Universal $17,281,950 -43% 3,171 $5,450   $61,526,975 10 - (5) Jurassic World Universal $6,850,550 -40% 2,645 $2,590   $623,753,325 45 - (10) Ted 2 Universal $918,720 -65% 696 $1,320   $79,575,210 31 - (12) Self/Less Focus Features $314,000 -86% 608 $516   $11,862,379 17 - (23) Pitch Perfect 2 Universal $193,440 -2% 248 $780   $183,754,365 73 - (36) Insidious Chapter 3 Focus Features $74,000 +34% 118 $627   $52,012,214 52 - (49) Boulevard Starz Digital Media $12,189 -56% 8 $1,524   $55,688 17

Edited July 26, 2015 by leatherjacket

[Deep Wang]

If critics are snobs, then everyone else is easy to please.

[DAR]

So Flix Auds Nix Pix-Els?

[baumer]

You still think it's considered "bold" to say critics are snobs?

There is a certain mob of posters here who get really offended or pissed off when you say critics are snobs.

[DAR]

Actually Keith might have been paying homage(ripping off) an old Variety headline

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticks_nix_hick_pix

[baumer]

Great second week hold for Train wreck. Hoping for at least a 4x

[baumer]

If critics are snobs, then everyone else is easy to please.

I fall into this category. I am very easy to please. I know what I like and if a movie makes an attempt to capitalize on what it is that I like I am easily pleased.

[GumbyandPokey]

Would have seen Paper Towns, but that Carla whatshername seems like such a brat, I just can't. As far as Adam Sandler, I'm not the biggest fan of his movies, but he is one of the nicest guys in the business (in a business filled with a**holes), so I always root for him a little bit.

[kayumanggi]

PAPER TOWNS opened with an estimated $12.5M this weekend. #PaperTowns

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

July 26, 2015

[Finnick]

Paper Towns 12.5M

[kayumanggi]

TERMINATOR: GENISYS: $219.4M Overseas Total / $305.0M Global Total #TerminatorGenisys

— BoxOffice (@BoxOffice)

July 26, 2015