Weekend Thread | The Jungle Book - Early Weekend Estimates 101m - 103m (DHD - Page 59) (Fri 32m, Sat 41.5m-42m) | RTH Saturday Early Est = 40-44M (Page 46) | Barbershop TNC - Est 20.4m (DHD) | Boss -59% | Hardcore Henry epic -71%

[Jack]

6 hours ago, Rth said:

JB Sat looking 40-44

Shut off all those lowballing predictions in 90's.

100m was a lock since Friday numbers kept going up.

The Jungle Book WILL break out almost everywhere and easily cross 1b WW.

 

People always underestimate the power of WOM again and again when it is the most important thing in the movie business.

[zackzack]

7 minutes ago, picores said:

 

It is VERY disappointing, no doubt. Not 'the flop of the ages' as some dudes claim.

 

We live in a  very bizarre time when a movie that made $800M WW is considered an abomination of outsized proportions.

TASM2 cost $250M and it barely did $700M WW and nobody made a pip.

 

[Spidey Freak]

Please let that Sat Jungle Book number not be another cruel mod orchestrated joke.

[The Panda]

5 hours ago, The Futurist said:

 

It s pathetic that Charlize only could ask 10m, same paycheck as Thor because-thanx to the Sony hacks.

 

Man, she could only get a messily paycheck of 10 million dollars.  Whatever will she do to pay her bills?

[MrFanaticGuy34]

10 minutes ago, zackzack said:

 

We live in a  very bizarre time when a movie that made $800M WW is considered an abomination of outsized proportions.

TASM2 cost $250M and it barely did $700M WW and nobody made a pip.

 

 

True.

 

So far.....BvS made $805M WW. And TASM2 did $709M WW. (you forgot the extra 9M)

[AniNate]

The problem with The Lion King is that you'd end up with something similar to Dinosaur which was CG with live action background and I don't think the story lends itself to live action apart from the stage musical which they completely reinvented the film. Bambi is the same situation.

You're assuming a "live action" production design is the only possibility here.

[syntaxerror]

13 minutes ago, zackzack said:

 

We live in a  very bizarre time when a movie that made $800M WW is considered an abomination of outsized proportions.

TASM2 cost $250M and it barely did $700M WW and nobody made a pip.

 

 

Not sure u'd want to use TASM as an example when that movie forced Sony to abandon the franchise and enter the current deal with Marvel.

[La Binoche]

The comments are hilarious

 

 

[druv10]

9 minutes ago, Spidey Freak said:

Please let that Sat Jungle Book number not be another cruel mod orchestrated joke.

It was Rth's verified account.

[MattW]

I remember a lot of discussion about ASM2 and whether it was profitable because they spent so much on marketing on top of the huge production budget.  And on top of that without merchandising rights Sony's calculation for Spiderman is different than WB's calculation for a DC movie.

[Chandlerfan]

Amazing weekend for the jungle book

[a2k]

Using 42 (40-44) Sat,

32.4 + 42 + 28.6 (-32%) = 103

 

[Box Office Freak]

55 minutes ago, DAR said:

I'll just say this if you look just at the surface and see what BvS made it doesn't look that bad.  However once you drill down and find out what was spent to make and market  then it is disappointing .  That's not hate either it's just the unfortunate reality

 

Agreed, there's an article here that really explains how disappointing Batman v Supe's box office is really well http://moviepilot.com/posts/3869897

[movieboner]

I wonder how a live action Little Mermaid would look like..........it probably won't be family friendly

[POTUS 2020]

22 hours ago, Matrix4You said:

DERBY UPDATE:  A Brief Look at the top 15....  I am very upset about this.  It will change all the way until Monday

PanaMovie	91.950
No Prisoners	89.412
8wombi7	86.386
bapi	86.950
Simionski	85.480
TalismanRing	86.196
Jmorphin	86.383
Bates	84.623
RandomJC	83.756
Rolling Thunder	83.443
Matrix4You	84.305
Wildbill	83.403
Johnny	82.524
Exxdee	81.495
Horror Wizard	81.715

 

Thanks for doing this,  it's nice to see how the derby is shaping up as the weekend progresses.

Could you post updates in the derby thread as well. I don't always go through the whole weekend thread.

 

I'm going to be beat by a Balboa. 

Edited April 17, 2016 by No Prisoners

[Chewy]

44 minutes ago, zackzack said:

TASM2 cost $250M and it barely did $700M WW and nobody made a pip.

 

Nobody made a pip?

 

Were... were you not here for its run? 

[Blankments]

2 hours ago, filmlover said:

My audience applauded at the end of my showing tonight. Been a while since I saw that at a movie.

 

WOM is gonna be glowing.

To be fair, it has like the perfect final shot/transition to credits

 

My audience clapped too!

[Fromthegrave]

Why are people still debating BvS profitability? What a joke. This argument was dead and buried a while ago. BvS, will at the end overall, when including home video sales and merchandising profits, be very comfortably profitable. Period.

[Fancyarcher]

2 hours ago, cannastop said:

That tends to happen when you go to a crowded showing.

Americans are such dorks.

 

Amazing, only twice have I ever been to a full showing, and people clapped or cheered during or after the film.

Edited April 17, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[movieboner]

With all that money, I wonder what's the next franchise Disney will prey on. My guess is James Bond, after Sony loses the film rights, they'll probably buy it out with the highest bid.