BATMAN V SUPERMAN WEEKEND THREAD | 166.01M OW, New March OW Record. 420.4M WW OW.

[CJohn]

6 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Increased from Thursday previews to Sunday

Best. Post. Ever. 

[JonathanLB]

6 minutes ago, theStun said:

I just try to ignore media, this movie could go on to gross a billion and headlines would still read "worst movie ever to gross a billion" or "crosses the billion mark but comes up short of lofty expectations" I loved the film and glad it is doing well in the BO but I think this does spell the end for snyder as far as solo directing they will probably try to figure out a way to push production back a few months and have a new director who I wouldn't be surprised if they keep Zack on to maybe co-direct. Just so they don't have to push it back to far and can still make the release date. 

 

Yeah, not really how it works. There are no "co-directors" in Hollywood unless they are related for the most part. It's exceedingly difficult to get that approved. It's not like having 7 producers. Directors are all represented by the Directors Guild of America, of which I am a member, and they have a strict rule, "One film, one director." You cannot violate union rules or you're out of the union and not being in the DGA makes your entire career a huge pain in the ass since all studios are signatory to the DGA and hire union crews, which means 1st AD, UPM, 2nd AD, 2nd 2nd AD, etc. are all DGA positions. 

[SWXII]

4 minutes ago, mrqe93 said:

I was hoping it could at least beat Iron Man 3, but 166 is still an excellent number. 

 

Question - Will any future DC movies be able to surpass $166 million opening? Personally I hardly see that happening. 

 

WB's DC needs to develop a brand identity. In the manner of TWDC's Marvel films. I believe that can happen. Pleased as punch.

[James]

Just rewatched Spiderman 3. Damn it, I want Venom and and me to be besties He seems fun.

[angeldelmito]

58 minutes ago, lancelot123 said:

WB revised the estimate this morning down to $166

so it made LESS than THG's adjusted OW?

[VGPOP]

Wow. They just released numbers. As expected, WB waits until the end of the world to release those numbers.

 

All things considered, fantastic weekend for the studio. Amazing WW opening. Let's see what the real WOM does this to the movie.

 

Every single person at my work loved or liked the movie. Not a single person told me they hated it or disliked it.

 

So, at least on that part that's that.

 

We'll see how this goes.

[WrathOfHan]

1	N	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	WB	$166,007,347	-	4,242	-	$39,134	$166,007,347	$250	1
2	1	Zootopia	BV	$24,022,288	-35.4%	3,670	-289	$6,546	$241,431,697	-	4
3	N	My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2	Uni.	$17,861,950	-	3,133	-	$5,701	$17,861,950	-	1
4	3	Miracles from Heaven	TriS	$9,694,581	-34.6%	3,047	-	$3,182	$34,304,594	$13	2
5	2	The Divergent Series: Allegiant	LG/S	$9,435,173	-67.5%	3,740	-	$2,523	$46,540,669	-	2
6	4	10 Cloverfield Lane	Par.	$5,940,154	-52.5%	2,802	-625	$2,120	$55,950,951	-	3
7	5	Deadpool	Fox	$4,897,941	-38.9%	2,336	-588	$2,097	$349,371,907	$58	7
8	6	London Has Fallen	Focus	$3,027,568	-55.8%	2,173	-838	$1,393	$55,716,425	$60	4
9	14	Hello, My Name is Doris	RAtt.	$1,668,806	+67.2%	485	+357	$3,441	$3,236,570	-	3
10	11	Risen	Sony	$935,025	-18.3%	634	-571	$1,475	$36,029,172	$20	6
11	21	Eye in the Sky	BST	$932,449	+120.6%	123	+88	$7,581	$1,654,557	-	3
12	7	Whiskey Tango Foxtrot	Par.	$900,104	-67.9%	847	-1,232	$1,063	$21,326,169	$35	4
13	17	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BV	$816,484	-15.5%	552	-16	$1,479	$933,674,012	$200	15
14	8	The Perfect Match	LGF	$682,647	-65.4%	658	-267	$1,037	$8,724,275	-	3
15	15	Kapoor & Sons - Since 1921	FIP	$598,084	-39.4%	153	+10	$3,909	$1,933,634	-	2
16	16	Kung Fu Panda 3	Fox	$561,768	-42.2%	480	-239	$1,170	$139,416,825	-	9
17	10	The Revenant	Fox	$446,912	-63.0%	506	-429	$883	$182,068,746	$135	14
18	13	The Young Messiah	Focus	$274,236	-74.8%	874	-895	$314	$6,257,221	-	3
19	12	Gods of Egypt	LG/S	$273,030	-75.7%	473	-602	$577	$30,219,399	$140	5
20	24	How to Be Single	WB	$250,442	-37.6%	188	-178	$1,332	$46,386,135	$38	7
21	22	The Lady in the Van	SPC	$226,825	-44.1%	216	-85	$1,050	$9,173,325	-	17
22	19	Eddie the Eagle	Fox	$183,948	-69.5%	262	-420	$702	$15,202,112	$23	5
23	26	Daddy's Home	Par.	$173,612	-54.8%	208	-59	$835	$150,098,255	-	14
24	23	The Witch	A24	$162,081	-59.7%	146	-215	$1,110	$24,094,799	-	6
25	20	Spotlight	ORF	$158,087	-62.7%	206	-237	$767	$44,338,925	-	21
26	28	Ride Along 2	Uni.	$114,735	-53.7%	156	-91	$735	$90,697,900	$40	11
27	9	The Brothers Grimsby	Sony	$114,657	-91.9%	198	-2,037	$579	$6,726,328	-	3
28	36	Embrace of the Serpent	Osci.	$106,168	-29.3%	73	-13	$1,454	$944,150	-	6
29	27	Race (2016)	Focus	$105,914	-70.6%	180	-221	$588	$18,816,615	-	6
30	30	Midnight Special	WB	$100,017	-47.4%	5	-	$20,003	$361,197	-	2
31	48	City of Gold	IFC	$90,072	+40.9%	33	+19	$2,729	$272,712	-	3
32	33	The Finest Hours	BV	$86,817	-51.3%	123	-53	$706	$27,452,772	-	9
33	35	Triple 9	ORF	$86,230	-47.0%	86	-111	$1,003	$12,467,928	-	5
34	46	Remember (US Release)	A24	$72,521	+0.9%	49	+22	$1,480	$204,664	-	3
35	42	Where to Invade Next	Drft.	$68,220	-38.5%	68	-42	$1,003	$3,603,340	-	7
36	40	The 5th Wave	Sony	$67,212	-42.3%	92	-46	$731	$34,258,328	$38	10
37	41	Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip	Fox	$62,794	-45.5%	147	-69	$427	$85,581,114	-	15
38	43	Knight of Cups	BG	$61,962	-42.6%	68	-	$911	$451,655	-	4
39	37	Brooklyn	FoxS	$61,397	-58.4%	86	-66	$714	$38,066,303	-	21
40	39	The Boy (2016)	STX	$58,090	-53.9%	78	-54	$745	$35,794,166	$10	10
41	69	El Clan	Fox	$52,478	+319.2%	17	+14	$3,087	$70,854	-	2
42	38	The Big Short	Par.	$47,160	-66.0%	67	-66	$704	$70,154,926	$28	16
43	44	The Good Dinosaur	BV	$46,518	-54.3%	119	-47	$391	$123,006,802	-	18
44	N	Born to be Blue	IFC	$46,184	-	3	-	$15,395	$46,184	-	1
45	55	Marguerite	Cohen	$45,716	+41.6%	30	+16	$1,524	$127,510	-	3
46	N	I Saw the Light	SPC	$45,471	-	5	-	$9,094	$45,471	-	1
47	29	The Other Side of the Door	Fox	$40,769	-82.4%	53	-174	$769	$2,908,969	-	4
48	52	Spectre	Sony	$39,235	-12.4%	14	+5	$2,803	$200,069,186	$245	21
49	72	Krisha	A24	$38,413	+288.8%	22	+20	$1,746	$52,971	-	2
50	56	The Choice	LGF	$31,458	+5.1%	105	+34	$300	$18,709,066	-	8
51	25	The Bronze	SPC	$28,881	-92.5%	333	-834	$87	$600,954	-	2
52	60	Hubble 3D	WB	$27,984	+15.9%	10	+3	$2,798	$51,467,598	-	307
53	59	My Golden Days	Magn.	$27,891	+3.9%	11	+8	$2,536	$65,743	-	2
54	49	The Mermaid (Mei ren yu)	Sony	$26,354	-55.5%	16	-16	$1,647	$3,211,079	-	6
55	51	45 Years	IFC	$18,946	-60.2%	34	-18	$557	$4,220,373	-	14
56	68	Ktown Cowboys	Free	$18,400	+46.9%	1	-3	$18,400	$18,400	-	2
57	45	Zoolander 2	Par.	$18,284	-78.1%	60	-106	$305	$28,837,115	-	7
58	63	Dough	Men.	$18,139	-4.1%	10	-	$1,814	$304,412	-	7
59	53	Only Yesterday (2016 re-release)	GK	$18,116	-58.5%	27	-14	$671	$415,941	-	13
60	50	Room	A24	$14,149	-73.7%	34	-58	$416	$14,649,618	-	24
61	N	April and the Extraordinary World	GK	$11,413	-	1	-	$11,413	$11,413	-	1
62	31	The Hateful Eight	Wein.	$11,037	-94.1%	38	-446	$290	$54,000,119	$44	14
63	57	Son of Saul	SPC	$10,718	-62.4%	35	-22	$306	$1,748,071	-	15
64	66	Rams (Hrútar)	Cohen	$10,028	-22.8%	10	-	$1,003	$127,336	-	8
65	N	Valley of Love	Strand	$9,849	-	2	-	$4,925	$9,849	-	1
66	64	Under the Sea 3D	WB	$8,519	-48.6%	6	-	$1,420	$34,937,750	-	361
67	102	Aferim!	BWP	$7,687	+670.2%	5	+3	$1,537	$95,228	-	10
68	81	Mountains May Depart	KL	$5,598	+13.2%	7	-3	$800	$53,162	-	7
69	61	Sweet 20	CJ	$5,367	-72.8%	5	-1	$1,073	$65,718	-	3
70	96	Lolo	FR	$4,970	+279.7%	8	+7	$621	$12,270	-	3
71	62	Carol	Wein.	$4,931	-74.9%	23	-30	$214	$12,706,393	-	19
72	80	Cemetery of Splendor	Strand	$4,292	-13.3%	6	-	$715	$35,415	-	4
73	67	The Wave	Magn.	$4,235	-66.7%	8	-6	$529	$162,063	-	4
74	83	Ran (2016 re-issue)	Rialto	$4,220	+8.6%	6	+2	$703	$37,917	-	5
75	71	Mustang	Cohen	$3,988	-60.5%	7	-6	$570	$823,381	-	19
76	92	Take Me to the River (2016)	FM	$3,864	+156.1%	2	+1	$1,932	$6,057	-	2
77	79	Colliding Dreams	ICir	$3,628	-30.7%	5	-5	$726	$67,194	-	4
78	58	Creative Control	Magn.	$3,547	-87.5%	21	-51	$169	$59,005	-	3
79	73	Trapped (2016)	Abr.	$2,905	-68.9%	5	-1	$581	$62,536	-	4
80	-	Eisenstein in Guanajuato	Strand	$2,668	-	1	-	$2,668	$30,855	-	8
81	90	To the Arctic (IMAX)	WB	$2,225	+35.3%	1	-1	$2,225	$14,427,227	-	191
82	86	Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX)	WB	$1,904	-29.0%	6	-1	$317	$10,574,987	-	104
83	87	A War	Magn.	$1,772	-32.0%	3	-4	$591	$112,159	-	7
84	89	Janis: Little Girl Blue	FR	$1,600	-12.0%	1	-	$1,600	$397,934	-	18
85	65	The Peanuts Movie	Fox	$1,260	-92.4%	15	-24	$84	$130,174,897	$99	21
86	82	Sweet Bean	KL	$1,194	-74.2%	1	-	$1,194	$9,002	-	2
87	85	Born to Be Wild (IMAX)	WB	$838	-71.0%	3	-1	$279	$24,541,572	-	249
88	99	Deep Sea 3D (IMAX)	WB	$650	-40.5%	5	+1	$130	$46,179,475	-	492
89	-	Mekong Hotel	Strand	$434	-	3	-	$145	$2,299	-	3
90	98	Mad Tiger	FM	$389	-65.2%	1	-	$389	$1,689	-	2
91	100	Heart of a Dog	Abr.	$385	-64.2%	1	-1	$385	$418,571	-	23
92	-	Songs My Brothers Taught Me	KL	$329	-	1	-	$329	$23,943	-	4
93	95	River of Grass	Osci.	$295	-77.8%	1	-	$295	$6,744	-	3
94	111	Jafar Panahi's Taxi	KL	$204	-16.0%	1	-	$204	$320,813	-	26

[TalismanRing]

6 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

 

Yeah, not really how it works. There are no "co-directors" in Hollywood unless they are related for the most part. It's exceedingly difficult to get that approved. It's not like having 7 producers. Directors are all represented by the Directors Guild of America, of which I am a member, and they have a strict rule, "One film, one director." You cannot violate union rules or you're out of the union and not being in the DGA makes your entire career a huge pain in the ass since all studios are signatory to the DGA and hire union crews, which means 1st AD, UPM, 2nd AD, 2nd 2nd AD, etc. are all DGA positions. 

 

Interesting, the only famous non sibling Directing team that comes to mind were British - Powell & Pressburger

[Kvikk Lunsj]

6 minutes ago, moviesRus said:

A solo Batman film opened to nearly this much 4 years ago. I think WB expected much more from a Batman AND Superman plus Wonder Woman team up.

This has 3D.  Easly sold less tickets thanTDK, TDKR, and DH2. 

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, Darth Dexter of Hoth said:

This has 3D.  Easly sold less tickets thanTDK, TDKR, and DH2. 

It opened below DH2 in money has well so I think nobody had doubts about that  

[Dementeleus]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Interesting, the only famous non sibling Directing team that comes to mind were British - Powell & Pressburger

 

I'm not sure what unions or guilds cover the various filmmaking divisions in the UK (or elsewhere), but the DGA is US-only.

[redfirebird2008]

37 minutes ago, John Marston said:

the worst Friday to Sunday drop article is on the front page of Yahoo lol

 

It's dumb though. No other superhero movie has opened on Good Friday, meaning the comparison is absolutely pointless.

[Dingdong123]

8 minutes ago, JonathanLB said:

 

Yeah, not really how it works. There are no "co-directors" in Hollywood unless they are related for the most part. It's exceedingly difficult to get that approved. It's not like having 7 producers. Directors are all represented by the Directors Guild of America, of which I am a member, and they have a strict rule, "One film, one director." You cannot violate union rules or you're out of the union and not being in the DGA makes your entire career a huge pain in the ass since all studios are signatory to the DGA and hire union crews, which means 1st AD, UPM, 2nd AD, 2nd 2nd AD, etc. are all DGA positions. 

 

But WDAS films have lots of co-directors? Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee), Tangled (Byron Howard, Nathan Greno), Big Hero 6(Don Hall, Chris Williams) and Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore). How is that?

[RandomCat]

2 minutes ago, Dingdong123 said:

 

But WDAS films have lots of co-directors? Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee), Tangled (Byron Howard, Nathan Greno), Big Hero 6(Don Hall, Chris Williams) and Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore). How is that?

 

Someone will correct me, but I had always believed that this was because of directing for voice acting, and directing animation.

Edited March 28, 2016 by RandomJC

[somebody85]

Damn well WB way over estimated that but I know some members called that they would do that after all the bad press from the reviews.
 

Still a great opening considering all the problems. No way the reviews didn't effect it in some way though.

[Lordmandeep]

4 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

 

It's dumb though. No other superhero movie has opened on Good Friday, meaning the comparison is absolutely pointless.

Even for a normal weekend this was destined to be frontloaded. 

[MCKillswitch123]

4 minutes ago, Dingdong123 said:

 

But WDAS films have lots of co-directors? Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee), Tangled (Byron Howard, Nathan Greno), Big Hero 6(Don Hall, Chris Williams) and Zootopia (Byron Howard, Rich Moore). How is that?

 

Not to mention Chris Miller & Phil Lord are arguably two of the most succesful directors in Hollywood right now.

[TalismanRing]

9 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

I'm not sure what unions or guilds cover the various filmmaking divisions in the UK (or elsewhere), but the DGA is US-only.

 

Directors Guild Of America gave me a clue, hence saying they were British.

 

Aha! Phil Lord & Chris Miller!  They come from Animation where it's more common, I wonder if that's a factor.

 

Edit: In the time it took to post this it's been made redundant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 28, 2016 by TalismanRing

[ZattMurdock]

Where is @Noctis? 

[somebody85]

I guessed 178 - 182.
 

I was way off. I do think the reviews hurt it in the end and that it should have easily hit that. And I also think WOM will be very mixed from this point forward. But it doesn't have a ton of competition so next weekend will be interesting.