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

[spizzer]

https://deadline.com/2016/03/batman-v-superman-opening-weekend-box-office-records-1201726300/

 

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Imax showings of BvS pulled in $18M at 388 hubs, the large format’s best Easter FSS ever, beating last year’s F7‘s $13.3M. That figure reps 11% of the weekend and a per theater of $46K. PLFs made up 10% of BvS FSS with $17M. Cinemark XD’s auditoriums were tops with $3.6M. Forty-percent of the pic’s opening B.O. was repped by 3D equipped screens. RealD 3D accounted for an estimated $47M of BvS‘s $170M.

 

52.0% 2D

27.5% RealD 3D

10.5% IMAX (2D/3D)

10.0% PLF

 

I get ~15.8M tickets sold, which is lower than TDKR's ~19.4M

[grey ghost]

15 minutes ago, department store basement said:

@grey ghost Why do you think Paramount is a middle weight when they put out so few movies a year? Because Transformers and MI are so big?

 

Pretty much.

 

Plus TMNT, Star Trek and World War Z.

 

Much better than Sony but much worse than Disney or Universal.

[M37]

4 minutes ago, department store basement said:

 

Well you're just in the minority for Hangover 2. It's the highest grossing comedy of the decade so far.

 

Hangover Part II made that much because of the good will built up from original, not because of its own merit.  It had less than a 3.0 multiplier, which is pretty bad for a comedy, and made over 40% of its total domestic gross in the first 4 day weekend.  

 

[WrathOfHan]

22 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

The only reason it wasn't my least favorite film of 2015 is because Kingsman exists

 

[department store basement]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

That doesn't make them actual "franchises" though. It just makes them "unnecessary sequels," some of which find more luck than others (Ted was almost as huge as The Hangover and saw its sequel completely sputter in terms of maintaining audience interest).

 

So you consider every single sequel to a movie that wasn't meant to have a sequel an "unnecessary sequel"?

 

If so then there are no original franchises this century other than Avatar.

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, grey ghost said:

 

Pretty much.

 

Plus TMNT, Star Trek and World War Z.

 

Much better than Sony but much worse than Disney or Universal.

WWZ2 is stuck in development hell.

[Lordmandeep]

2 minutes ago, The Dark Alfred said:

Fact is DC going forward and keep improving, growing with exciting potential. MCU is shrinking. How much longer can you milk IM? Take RDJ out and you are left with average grossing movies. No dominance in the future.

 

 

Most fans of marvel would have loved a well made batman vs superman film and everyone would have liked a better Avengers 2.

[department store basement]

1 minute ago, M37 said:

 

Hangover Part II made that much because of the good will built up from original, not because of its own merit.

 

 

Domestically maybe, WW no since it made way more than the first one.

[WrathOfHan]

Paramount and Lionsgate are going to be in a close race for 5th place this year. La La Land is going to be huge and a big profit plus Deepwater Horizon will be a nice sized hit.

[#ED]

19 minutes ago, Water Bottle said:

 

 

The reaction on BOT is pretty mixed actually. There are those who love it and those who hate it. 

 

RTM thread says mostly positive.

[department store basement]

3 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

Plus TMNT, Star Trek and World War Z.

 

We've only had ONE MOVIE from those two franchises and neither was a phenomenal success.

[Lordmandeep]

1 minute ago, #ED said:

 

RTM thread says mostly positive.

Mixed...

[Fancyarcher]

35 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

Fox only has one huge franchise and it might not have a sequel this decade.

 

Other than ID2, Fox can't even come close to a billion. 

 

Universal and Disney are the heavy weights.

 

Paramount and Fox are middle weights.

 

Sony is a lightweight.

 

And Lionsgate is an amateur being forced into retirement.

 

Fox has Apes and X-Men. That's two franchises.

[Water Bottle]

1 minute ago, department store basement said:

 

So you consider every single sequel to a movie that wasn't meant to have a sequel an "unnecessary sequel"?

 

If so then there are no original franchises this century other than Avatar.

 

Well yeah. The point is you told a complete story in the first film.  Making a sequel thus unnecessary. Doesn't mean you can't turn it into a franchise (ala Fast and Furious).

[grey ghost]

2 minutes ago, The Dark Alfred said:

Fact is DC going forward and keep improving, growing with exciting potential. MCU is shrinking. How much longer can you milk IM? Take RDJ out and you are left with average grossing movies. No dominance in the future.

 

There are three more RDJ movies worth over one billion each.

 

A couple GotG that will be near 1 billion.

 

Then 4 or 5 smaller franchises that will be pulling in 500-700 billion.

 

That's just the stuff we know about. 

[Water Bottle]

2 minutes ago, #ED said:

 

RTM thread says mostly positive.

 

Last I checked 34 good grades and 28 bad grades. More positive does not mean mostly positive. Pretty mixed. 

[Blankments]

8 hours ago, James said:

Well, I walked out of the movie theater like that, just like many other people. The fact that you didn't is your problem.

You're ignoring what he's saying. He's commenting that it should be like that for everyone, like when Avengers and TFA came out, a vast majority of people went "Wow, I need to see that again, that was badass." With Batman v Superman, you have a pretty solid split between those who loved it, those who hated it, and those were like "It was okay, glad I saw it."

 

Batman v Superman should be a movie everyone can love and Snyder's visual tendencies could probably deliver a movie like that if he wasn't obsessed with the themes he inexplicably loves.

[department store basement]

Just now, Water Bottle said:

 

Well yeah. The point is you told a complete story in the first film.  Making a sequel thus unnecessary. Doesn't mean you can't turn it into a franchise (ala Fast and Furious).

 

So when did FF become a franchise in your opinion? Fast 4?

[The Dark Alfred]

BvS is an incredible success for DC. The future is bright for DCCU. It didn't need tons of mediocre films to reach out to the GA. JLA has a shot to compete with TA3 and no Marvel film will be sniff at the standalone Batman film.

[grey ghost]

3 minutes ago, department store basement said:

 

We've only had ONE MOVIE from those two franchises and neither was a phenomenal success.

 

But once you include Transformers and Mission Impossible they're in much better shape than Sony.