Weekend Actuals | 48.46 M HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA II | 14.27 M TMR: THE SCORCH TRIALS | 13.24 M EVEREST

[CJohn]

Adam Sandler's biggest OW ever.

I have read in Sony leaked emails that Pixels needed 250M WW and it should end with 230M or so, so not a bad year for Sandler at all.

[grim22]

I have read in Sony leaked emails that Pixels needed 250M WW and it should end with 230M or so, so not a bad year for Sandler at all.

 

Pixels really made up ground OS. Not a money maker, but not a money loser either. Sony will get back their investment and then some once it hits VOD and Home Video.

[CJohn]

Pixels really made up ground OS. Not a money maker, but not a money loser either. Sony will get back their investment and then some once it hits VOD and Home Video.

It had great legs after a bad 2nd weekend drop as well.

[Mojoguy]

It's always kinda bothered me when folks say an animated film is (insert actor)'s biggest!

Why? You don't consider animated films to be real films?

[CoolioD1]

Rich, you seem like a racist.

[DAR]

Or an animaist

[RichWS]

Why? You don't consider animated films to be real films?

 

Cause kids don't give a shit about who's voicing the characters.

[CoolioD1]

8 year old me 100% saw Hercules because of DEVITO and WOODS.

[The Futurist]

I blame Jeffrey Katzenberg for this.

[Maxmoser3]

Hotel Transylvania 2 could earn around the original's total unless it sees larger drops but the movie should have nice holding power.

[MrFanaticGuy34]

Well, I have to disagree about not counting animated films for very well known celebrities.

I think they can really count as well. Cause some animated films can be the biggest for certain actors and actresses.

For example:

WW-wise....Ben Stiller's highest grossing film is Madagascar 3. Sandra Bullock's highest grosser is Minions. Eddie Murphy & Mike Myers with Shrek 2. Tom Hanks with TS3....etc.

So it would be more fair if HT2 actually does count as an Adam Sandler.

Like Mojoguy asked..why wouldn't animated films be counted?

[CJohn]

OS the original voices are not used. Every country has their own dubbed version. 

[TalismanRing]

Very rarely is an actor's name and popularity a reason for an animated film's opening weekend.  A great vocal performance  can make a much better film and certainly drive box office. The best example of this would be Robin Williams in Aladdin.  But how many people actually saw Minions for Bullock?

[DAJK]

I have Everest under Visit. 55 vs 65+.

[Mojoguy]

TOP SEPTEMBER OPENING WEEKENDS

 

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening*	% of Total	Theaters	Average	Total Gross^	Date**
1	Hotel Transylvania 2	Sony	$48,464,322	100.0%	3,754	$12,910	$48,464,322	9/25/15
2	Hotel Transylvania	Sony	$42,522,194	28.7%	3,349	$12,697	$148,313,048	9/28/12
3	Insidious Chapter 2	FD	$40,272,103	48.2%	3,049	$13,208	$83,586,447	9/13/13
4	Sweet Home Alabama	BV	$35,648,740	28.0%	3,293	$10,825	$127,223,418	9/27/02
5	The Equalizer	Sony	$34,137,828	33.6%	3,236	$10,549	$101,530,738	9/26/14
6	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2	Sony	$34,017,930	28.4%	4,001	$8,502	$119,793,567	9/27/13
7	Rush Hour	NL	$33,001,803	23.4%	2,638	$12,510	$141,186,864	9/18/98
8	The Maze Runner	Fox	$32,512,804	31.7%	3,604	$9,021	$102,427,862	9/19/14
9	Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials	Fox	$30,316,510	58.3%	3,791	$7,997	$51,957,349	9/18/15
10	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs	Sony	$30,304,648	24.3%	3,119	$9,716	$124,870,275	9/18/09

 

Sony Pictures Animation now has four movies in the top ten September openings

[Jonwo]

Sony has been really successful with late September with SPA and also live action with The Equalizer last year. If Magnificent Seven manages to crack $30m+ it'll be another live action winner for Sony

Edited September 28, 2015 by Jonwo

[babz06]

Sony has been really successful with late September with SPA and also live action with The Equalizer last year. If Magnificent Seven manages to crack $30m+ it'll be another live action winner for Sony

That seems like another 30m+ opener; Washington, Pratt, Hawke + Fuqua is a winning combo.

[The Panda]

That seems like another 30m+ opener; Washington, Pratt, Hawke + Fuqua is a winning combo.

It could possibly give HT2 a run for its money with PRATT and Washington

[DAJK]

We all like to bag on Sony recently (especially cause they've had a bad year overall) but before then, they've done pretty good for themselves. And hopefully HT2 is a bit of a turnaround for them; they have Walk and SPECTRE coming up so...

[Jonwo]

It could possibly give HT2 a run for its money with PRATT and Washington

 

It's currently scheduling against WB/WAG's Storks but I could see either moving forward a week or back a week.