MEH-MORIAL DAY WEEKEND BOX OFFICE | Abandon all hope, the box office is dead. 3 day weekend #s X-Men 65M, Alice 28.1M, Angry Birds 18.7M, Civil War 15.1M, Neighbors 9.1M. Bad openings, horrible holdovers.

[cannastop]

6 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Not waiting 6 years to release a sequel would probably be a good idea. I am not saying Alice 2 wouldn't drop hard if it was released in 2012/13 but 6 years is fucking insane. 

Not for animated feature sequels.

 

 

[cannastop]

3 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Don't studio estimates start to come in by now...?

Uh, no? Maybe in an hour.

[SteveJaros]

16 minutes ago, cannastop said:

If Alice 2 was a movie that people wanted to see, those two previous releases, which are months old, wouldn't have affected it.

 

It's not just H2H competition that can affect a film. People get satiated with a particular type of film. In this case, the family film appetite is likely already slaked by Zoo and Jungle.  It's like if you have pizza two nights in a row, you might not be up for pizza a third straight night even if you really like pizza. Call it akin to "Avengers fatigue", LOL. 

Edited May 28, 2016 by SteveJaros

[cannastop]

Just now, SteveJaros said:

 

It's not just H2H competition that can affect a film. People get satiated with a particular type of film. In this case, the family film appetite is likely already slaked by Zoo and Jungle.  It's like if you have pizza two nights in a row, you might not be up for pizza a third straight night even if you really like pizza. You know, "Avengers fatigue".

45 days is enough time to work up an appetite.

[MarvelandDC]

55 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

So lets talk about those Fox release date changes (there's too many for a specific thread): http://deadline.com/2016/05/warner-bros-maze-runner-the-death-cure-dylan-obrien-1201764118/ (Gotta love how Deadline can't get the studio correct in the URL  )

 

Morgan: Sep 2, 2016

Keeping Up with the Jonses: Oct 21, 2016

Rules Don't Apply: Nov 11, 2016

A Cure For Wellness: Feb 17, 2017

Red Sparrow: Nov 10, 2017

Murder on the Orient Express: Nov 22, 2017

Maze Runner: Jan 12, 2018

Predator: Feb 9, 2018

Untitled Marvel: Mar 2, 2018

Untitled Marvel: Jun 29, 2018

Alita: July 20, 2018

 

So it's going to released 2 weeks after Black Panther and 2 weeks before the Flash...

 

Interesting. 3 superhero movies in a span of 1 month.

 

Wonder how that would go down.

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, MarvelandDC said:

 

So it's going to released 2 weeks after Black Panther and 2 weeks before the Flash...

 

Interesting. 3 superhero movies in a span of 1 month.

 

Wonder how that would go down.

 

The Flash is most likely gonna move, and the Fox/Marvel movie is most likely Deadpool 2.

[EmpireCity]

Might only be $26.5m for X-Men and $9.8m for Alice.  

[Lordmandeep]

Remember when X2 and X3 came out, now Xmen Films are non events. 

[filmlover]

Just now, Lordmandeep said:

Remember when X2 and X3 came out, now Xmen Films are non events. 

Well, the franchise is now 16 years old.

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, nilephelan said:

Might only be $26.5m for X-Men and $9.8m for Alice.  

RIP

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, nilephelan said:

Might only be $26.5m for X-Men and $9.8m for Alice.  

That means the actual Friday is 18.3M

 

 

[MarvelandDC]

3 minutes ago, ThatOneGuy said:

 

The Flash is most likely gonna move, and the Fox/Marvel movie is most likely Deadpool 2.

 

Hopefully it's Deadpool 2 and not Gambit. Most people would rather choose to watch a BP or a Flash than a Gambit movie.

 

Btw, why do you think that Flash is going to move?

[CJohn]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

That means the actual Friday is 18.3M

 

 

A 9M drop from DoFP's OD after matching his previews number. Massive lol. Time to reboot this damn thing. His actual Friday number is below the Friday number of First Class (assuming that one had previews under 3M). 

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, MarvelandDC said:

 

Hopefully it's Deadpool 2 and not Gambit. Most people would rather choose to watch a BP or a Flash than a Gambit movie.

 

Btw, why do you think that Flash is going to move?

 

Just a gut feeling.  It's already in a crowded spot.

[Cochofles]

LOL! I see that the "OH, no...because the sequel to Xmovie dropped precipitously, the sequel to Y and Z movie will also do so" talk has started. Overreactions, thy name is BOT.

[Dementeleus]

5 hours ago, The Futurist said:

Star Wars started the tv show thing.

 

So Tele doesn't like Marvel TV show but he likes Lucasfilm TV show.

 

 

IMO, there's a huge difference between what SW does and the approach Marvel takes, but if you wanna equate the two, I guess go for it?

[filmlover]

I'd be fine with this being the last one. The franchise is starting to enter retread territory anyway.

[Cochofles]

450 million domestic is a long-shot for Avatar 2???? 

Are you guys on crack??

[SteveJaros]

19 minutes ago, cannastop said:

45 days is enough time to work up an appetite.

 

I guess here's where we agree to disagree. Or not, LOL. 

[CJohn]

Ok, I just checked, First Class did 3.4M on midnight shows. That means his actual Friday number was 18M. According to Nile, Apocalypse's actual Friday number is 18.3M. Massive LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

First Class was 2D only so it actually sold more tickets than Apocalypse.