Weekend Estimates (Page 28): Kung Fu Panda 3 - 41M, The Finest Hours 0- 10.3M, The Revenant - 12.4M...Sunday holds better than expected.....SW over 11 mill and KFP3 over 41 pg 34

[The Panda]

9 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Lol if not for Panda this would be SUCH a typical January weekend. Dumps away, again.

 

You're very welcome.  I'm glad to save the the weekend.  I'm just a humble hero who graciously appreciates praise for my masterwork, box-office smash.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, The Panda said:

 

You're very welcome.  I'm glad to save the the weekend.  I'm just a humble hero who graciously appreciates praise for my masterwork, box-office smash.

I'm seeing your movie tonight. Celebrate, The Panda.

[Jonwo]

5 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

There's Bridge Of Spies even though that was under their deal with Dreamworks. 

 

I think mid budget fair in general is the hardest to make a profit on because the marketing costs are still high and the DVD market that used to really support it isn't there at that degree any more.

 

Bridge of Spies was a co-production with Fox and it did $160m on a $40m budget which is good for its budget and the subject matter. 

 

Mid budget drama has a harder time than comedies, only adaptations of bestselling books have done good business e.g. Gone Girl or biopics like Straight Outta Compton. 

[grim22]

Reminder: Send in your top 25 movies for 2015. PM them to me. One week to go.

 

 

 

 

 

http://deadline.com/2016/01/weekend-box-office-kung-fu-panda-3-finest-hours-fifty-shades-of-black-1201692571/

 

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DreamWorks Animation’s Kung Fu Panda 3 is on its way to a $13M opening day and weekend that’s in the $44M-$45M range. That’s not too far from the opening of Kung Fu Panda 2 which played over Memorial Day weekend 2011. That film also posted a Friday that was $13.1M (if you add in its $5.8M Thursday — then you get $18.9M) and its 3-day take was $47.7M. Again, matinees will determine if this threequel cracks $50M.

 

Among the new titles, Disney’s Finest Hours is looking at a $4.5M Friday and an opening weekend in the low teens. Open Road/IM Global’s Fifty Shades of Black looks to whip $4M today with a $10M three-day. 20th Century Fox/New Regency’s The Revenant is also looking to gross $10M for the weekend, putting its cume through six weekends at $135.8M by Sunday.

Weinstein Co.’s release of Natalie Portman’s western Jane Got a Gun is playing on 1,210 theaters and is looking at a $400K Friday and a FSS of $1.3M per rival distrib sources.  More updates and analysis later this evening.

 

[CJohn]

I hope we get some Friday numbers earlier than last week today.

[department store basement]

KFP3's OW drop is on point with Madagascar 3's OW drop as I expected.

[The Panda]

Lol, why on earth did I change my Finest Hours predict from 11.2m to 21.5m??

[AniNate]

Would not be a very impressive opening for Panda, considering 2 did the same with a Thursday opening

[dxmatrixdt]

how is 4M possible for 50 shades of black????

[CJohn]

What? DHD estimates so soon?

[Rolling Thunder]

Another race to press number toss; at least these seem reasonable.  KFP3 most likely to go up even though the others will play better into the evening.

Edited January 29, 2016 by Rolling Thunder

[dxmatrixdt]

I was looking through reserved seating for 50 Shades and it seemed quite low.  In fact, much lower than Dirty Grandpa.  I just do not understand 4M.  Of course I went lowest in the Derby with 7m OW for it...

[Ethan Hunt]

Tom Hardy is a draw?

 

[The Panda]

So pretty much, I'll hold the record for largest true OW in January?  Sounds like a box office smash to me!

[filmlover]

Jane Got a Gun is looking to be completely DOA, to the surprise of no one. It was an inevitable fate after everything it went through.

[CoolioD1]

that was a really cool script too. kind of a bummer but the result became obvious like 3 years ago.

[cookie]

With a $13m Friday I see $48m weekend. Could crack $50m with a strong Saturday increase.

[AniNate]

So pretty much, I'll hold the record for largest true OW in January?  Sounds like a box office smash to me!

If you break the opening weekend record after a platform release, that ought to count for even more

[TalismanRing]

20 minutes ago, Matrix4You said:

how is 4M possible for 50 shades of black????

 

 

Very early numbers.  Last week I think they had The Boy at $6m Friday early on.

[Ethan Hunt]

 

In case you didn't already expect 50 Shades of Black to suck ass