Official Weekend Estimates: Goosebumps - 23.5M; The Martian - 21.5M; Bridge of Spies - 15.4M; Crimson Peak - 12.9M (Page 1)

[moviesRus]

I think they were right to falsely market CP as horror. It can collect it's bigger OW number and then deal with the heavy drop offs later.

[La Binoche]

Has anyone ever built such an impressive resume in such a short time as Jessica Chastain? I mean even the "disappointing" Crimson Peak is well received by the standards of the genre, and it's from a director whose name is cool to have on your cv. 

Edited October 16, 2015 by Boogie Nights

[grim22]

Damn good numbers for Crimson Peak. Good thing Goosebumps managed to get 2M more than Pan, but it's still too early to say where it could land. 18M is probably the floor at least.

 

It's 1:30pm Pacific, all these numbers could significantly change by the end. Pan was also looking at 6-7M in the early update last week.

[WrathOfHan]

It's 1:30pm Pacific, all these numbers could significantly change by the end. Pan was also looking at 6-7M in the early update last week.

Welp.

[Jack Nevada]

To celebrate Crimson Peak's opening day, here's Harry Knowles' Blade II review.

 

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/11793

[Cmasterclay]

Not a bad weekend at all, really, if these numbers were to hold. Sure, no big numbers, but three movies looking to finish high teens/low 20s AND a holdover doing 20+? Pretty damn spiffy for October. Solid month in general.

 

Also, that Steve Jobs number is absolutely bonkers. 

Edited October 16, 2015 by cmasterclay

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Guys, I'm pretty sure those Star Wars times are a misprint. They're just late-night Thursday times that are being read as Thursday AM instead of Friday AM.

That's what I thought too, and that could very well be the case, however, there is a lot of movie theaters having it start right at 12 or 12:01. I know they would have similar showtimes across the board, but every theater having a showing starting at midnight (with it not being the 1st screening) would be a little odd.

[CJohn]

Shitty October is shitty but queen Jessica Chastain shall rise this weekend. Hopefully. If early estimates don't change significantly. 

[MovieMan89]

Pan is probably going to crash hard this weekend. I'm sure WOM is lackluster, and now two direct competitors to deal with.

[La Binoche]

The Tree of Life and The Help are already legit classics. One is a classic for the arthouse crowd/movie lovers, the other is a classic for women everywhere. 20 years from now they will still be watched. The Help will be a perennial on TV. 

[Ethan Hunt]

The Goosebumps number is a little underwhelming, Crimson Peak is expected but good, Bridge of spies seems to be a little more than expected

[RichWS]

The Help will be a perennial on TV. 

 

Aside from Shawshank, there's never been a movie better suited to play Saturday afternoons on TNT.

[Jack Nevada]

Jessica Chastain was great in A Most Violent Year. Excellent movie, too. 

[Cmasterclay]

Shitty October is shitty but queen Jessica Chastain shall rise this weekend. Hopefully. If early estimates don't change significantly. 

"Shitty October" is on pace to be the second biggest October ever, breh. 

[La Binoche]

Jessica Chastain was great in A Most Violent Year. Excellent movie, too. 

 

Sad that it got lost in the shuffle. A24 has no marketing muscle. I hope they do better with Room. 

[grim22]

"Shitty October" is on pace to be the second biggest October ever, breh. 

 

But no OW records, no movies opening to 100M and every movie falling below CJohn's expectations obviously means it is a shitty October.

 

 

In the end, "The Walk" pretty much prevented "The Martian" from getting the October record. Kind of hilarious in hindsight.

[MovieMan89]

The Help probably should've won BP that year. True it likes the cliche and melodramatic tropes, but it's the good "Forrest Gump" kind of sap so to speak. It's a movie that is going to be around for awhile and is probably already a modern classic. I like The Artist more than most probably, but it's long forgotten already. 

[kitik]

That's what I thought too, and that could very well be the case, however, there is a lot of movie theaters having it start right at 12 or 12:01. I know they would have similar showtimes across the board, but every theater having a showing starting at midnight (with it not being the 1st screening) would be a little odd.

 

 

Look at that one theater that has 3D starting at 12:20, 2D starting at 12:50, and then IMAX starting at 1:40.

 

IMAX would not start at 1:40am. Simple as that. That is clearly a case of late-night Thursday shows being read as Thursday AM instead of Friday AM. That 1:40am IMAX showing is clearly the 3rd showing of the night, after earlier 7:00pm and 10:20pm shows.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Man those would be great #'s. Pretty damn solid for CP and GB. Hope BoS gets a little bump. But it is still early and a lot can change.

Edited October 16, 2015 by Jayhawk

[Jack Nevada]

Sad that it got lost in the shuffle. A24 has no marketing muscle. I hope they do better with Room. 

It wouldn't have made money with all the marketing in the world. It's too subtle, depressing and slowly paced.