Weekend Thread | RTH pg 197...Mother's Day not kind to CW but very kind to JB and MD CW 42, JB 9,7, MDD 6.1,Hunts 1.48...puts CW at about 178M

[SWXII]

18 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Yeah, we're about to head out for our Mother's Day thing. Bye, y'all. Enjoy yelling at each other.

 

BvS is a great Mother's Day film.

[moviesRus]

Shocker, the person who thinks BvS did amazingly also thinks CW is a disappointment. 

[MCKillswitch123]

5 minutes ago, SWXII said:

 

BvS is a great Mother's Day film.

 

Oh yeah, every bit as much as it's like an artistic piece of poetry not made to create a profit.

 

For the record, The Witch must be excellent Children's Day programming too.

Edited May 8, 2016 by MCKillswitch123

[brownies]

5 minutes ago, SWXII said:

 

BvS is a great Mother's Day film.

[75Live]

1 minute ago, brownies said:

 

wow, someone should tell her there is deodorant to help with that  

[grim22]

Mother's Day is the first movie not released on Christmas or Thanksgiving time to increase on its 2nd weekend

 

 

Note: Super Saturated Releases (opening at 3,000+ theaters), all movies tracking.

Rank	Title (click to view)	Opening Weekend	% Change	2nd Weekend	Theaters*	Total Gross^	Release Date**
1	Cheaper by the Dozen 2	$9,309,387	55.6%	$14,486,519	3,211	$82,571,173	12/21/05
2	We Bought a Zoo	$9,360,434	41.4%	$13,238,241	3,163	$75,624,550	12/23/11
3	The Wild Thornberrys	$6,013,847	22.5%	$7,364,432	3,012	$40,108,697	12/20/02
4	Night at the Museum	$30,433,781	20.8%	$36,766,905	3,768	$250,863,268	12/22/06
5	Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	$17,100,520	18.1%	$20,202,008	3,914	$113,746,621	12/19/14
6	The Blind Side	$34,119,372	17.6%	$40,111,364	3,140	$255,959,475	11/20/09
7	The Adventures of Tintin	$9,720,993	17.6%	$11,436,160	3,087	$77,591,831	12/21/11
8	Fun with Dick and Jane	$14,383,515	14.9%	$16,522,532	3,056	$110,332,737	12/21/05
9	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	$13,832,786	8.7%	$15,035,649	3,151	$80,936,232	12/21/01
10	Mother's Day	$8,369,184	7.6%

[jse]

So Disney is projecting a 181.8M OW--a bit above my 181M prediction. I had my doubts it would reach that, and thought it would more likely fall in the 177-178M range from last night's Deadline late Sat number.

 

And Disney is projecting a Sunday drop of -25.6%.

 

Previous Summer opener drops:

2015 - AoU (-11%, muted Sat due to boxing match)

2014 - TASM2 (-29.8%)

2013 - IM3 (-30.9%)

2012 - TA (-18%, spillover effect)

 

So they're projecting a closer drop to IM3 and TASM2 because TA and AoU were outliers, but adjusting it to a softer drop perhaps because of mother's day and/or better WOM.

 

[Sam]

TJB dropped a bit harsher than I expected, but still very good considering the competition and loss of screens. 

 

Except for Mother's Day, none of holdovers made more than 4M. All pretty brutal drops. Yikes. 

[filmlover]

17 minutes ago, SWXII said:

 

BvS is a great Mother's Day film.

And what exactly does that have to do with anything?

[moviesRus]

2 minutes ago, filmlover said:

And what exactly does that have to do with anything?

 

Moms sure love getting killed and/or put in peril for their sons' man pain!

[Empire]

181M is a great OW #! Higher than I thought it would open! 

[Maxmoser3]

All of the other releases besides the top 3.

[Maxmoser3]

Money Monster should have been released in the fall, Sony should have The Ides Of March numbers for their high point. Although that seems unlikely. 

[grey ghost]

22 minutes ago, SWXII said:

 

BvS is a great Mother's Day film.

 

 

BvS is locked for a huge Martha bump.

 

340 m DOM confirmed.

[Maxmoser3]

Just now, grey ghost said:

 

BvS is locked for a huge Martha bump.

 

340 m DOM confirmed.

No

[Truckasaurus]

Wow. ONLY $182M? Oh man, will Marvel be able to get over this flop? I think this is it for the MCU. Kevin Feige is probably cancelling Infinity War as we speak. Only the fifth highest opening of all-time? Man, what ever went wrong??

[Maxmoser3]

Disney and Fox are probably enjoying themselves this year so far, and Fox should have a decent summer along with Disney as well. WB should have some decent success with The Conjuring 2, Central Intelligence, and Suicide Squad. The Nice Guys, and War Dogs are toss-ups. Universal won't be as powerful as last year(which was obvious) Neighbors 2, Jason Bourne, and Secret Life Of Pets should be their hits of the summer. Sony still needs to think about marketing better with their films but on the other hand they have potential with 5 films this summer but nothing like big blockbusters outside of Ghostbusters, and Angry Birds. Sausage Party will be a hit and make more $$$$ than Seth Rogen's last two original films like  The Night Before, and The Interview. 

[WrathOfHan]

14 minutes ago, Sam said:

TJB dropped a bit harsher than I expected, but still very good considering the competition and loss of screens. 

 

Except for Mother's Day, none of holdovers made more than 4M. All pretty brutal drops. Yikes. 

Jungle Book actually gained theaters this weekend.

[Maxmoser3]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Jungle Book actually gained theaters this weekend.

Drive-ins.

[grim22]

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