Official Weekend Estimates: Straigth Outta Compton - 56.1M; The Man From UNCLE - 13.5M; MI5 - 17.3M; Fantastic Four - 8M

[Kvikk Lunsj]

Great OD for Compton.

[MrPink]

There was some discussion amongst the admins and it was seen as a serious oversight that we didn't have an "I'm too sexually conflicted to enjoy this blowjob" emoticon. most forums have one.

 

[4815162342]

What's that purple character?

 

Ivan Ooze

[4815162342]

Hey it's some big purple alien in a comic book movie. How should I know they'd have two of me?

 

Uh you're thinking of Thanos

[Harley]

Sorry but this is about the silliest comment ive read here in about a month.

Teller is on fire right now and his performance in Whiplash has him in good standing.

Try to think a bit Max.

He's had a really bad month. F4, Esquire, Chazelle & LaLa Land stuff. He does have that movie with Jonah Hill coming up. That should help him bounce back. He seems to want to be a leading man. I not convinced he is but that could change.

[druv10]

Do you think there's any chance of a sequel? Reviews were decent and word of mouth is definitely good. Any chance for the audience to grow for another movie?

Definitely there is a chance. It's going to beat both Thor 1/CA1 WW gross. It should finish between 470-500M WW plus legs have been very good. Probably a phase 4 movie.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Great number. 60m is possible although it will be tough to guess how frontloaded OD was.

[CoolioD1]

[sfran43]

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. earned an official estimate of $4.865M on opening day Friday. #

[terrestrial]

Early weekend estimates at BO.com

 

 

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.    $12,900,000    --    3,638    --    $3,546    $12,900,000    1

Vacation (2015)    $5,100,000    -43%    3,088    -342    $1,652    $46,622,065    3

Southpaw    $2,500,000    -47%    1,727    -547    $1,448    $45,707,290    4

[Mockingjay Raphael]

Poor FF, it's not even a bad movie :/

[druv10]

24.2M

19M

15M

58.2 OW for SOC. Epic year for Universal continues.

[mahnamahna]

Great for Straight Outta Compton. With a $24.2 million Fri, it should get between $55-60 million OW. 

 

MI5 is holding decently, considering Compton stole some of the BO thunder and UNCLE took its IMAX. With how meh UNCLE's OW is, MI5 might get IMAX back for 3 weeks until Maze Runner. 

 

UNCLE is meh. F4 is honestly going to have a best case scenario type hold, which shows how bad its legs will be 

 

The Gift could have had a shot at getting a 4x, if it weren't for Sinister 2 next weekend. 

 

Excellent holds for Ant-Man and Minions. Both should get 20-35% drops until Labor Day with minimal competition. Minions on its way to $325-330 million, Ant-Man on its way to $170-175 million. 

 

Vacation is having a best-case run. Should get to $60-65 million DOM with only American Ultra as competition until October. 

 

Ricki and Trainwreck both held solid. Ricki should get to $30-35 million, while Trainwreck should end up around $110 million. 

 

Shaun is holding as well as it possibly can. Anything over $20 million would be an excellent finish considering how muted its OW was. 

 

Overall, a solid mid-August weekend. The next four weekends will be rough, though. Calm before the storm of late September to December. 

[kayumanggi]

24.2M

19M

15M

58.2 OW for SOC. Epic year for Universal continues.

 

Crazy year for them. It's unbelievable. By the way, this is one of the few films that tracking got right.

[MinaTakla]

VACATION earned an estimated $1.52M on Friday. Domestic total is now $43.04M. #Vacation

[terrestrial]

Someone asked in this thread for this:

 

again, early weekend...

 

Ricki and the Flash    $4,400,000    -33%    2,064    461    $2,132    $14,485,717    2

[sfran43]

RICKI AND THE FLASH earned an estimated $1.325M on Friday. Domestic total is now $11.4M.

VACATION earned an estimated $1.52M on Friday. Domestic total is now $43.04M.

[grey ghost]

Can't wait for SOC2: Eminem Rising and SOC3: Are We Done Yet.

[grey ghost]

I don't think there's a problem with spy movie saturation.

 

UNCLE just didn't have mass appeal. It probably looked as fun as calculus homework to most people.

[mahnamahna]

Crazy year for them. It's unbelievable. By the way, this is one of the few films that tracking got right.

What's even crazier is that the rest of 2015 looks solid for them. They've got two mid-level tentpoles, and the rest are lower-budget dramas and comedies (The Visit is by its lonesome) 

 

Everest could be another solid hit for them - $70-80 million DOM and potentially 3x that OS (especially if it gets a China release). Steve Jobs ought to get $50-70 million DOM which is solid for a mid-level biopic. Crimson Peak should get at least $70-75 million as the 'big' horror film of Fall 2015. The Visit, By the Sea, Krampus and Jem should all get $25-45 million. Meanwhile, Sisters ought to be able to get $50-60 mlilion if it's decent enough. 

 

They could legtimately break the DOM/WW admissions record for a single studio in a single year.