Weekend Thread | Weekend Estimates - FD: $136.2M, CI: $34.5M, TC2: $15.56M, NYSM2: $9.65M, Flopcraft: $6.52M

[Ethan Hunt]

Pixar loons are the best kind of people

Edited June 17, 2016 by Ethan Hunt

[The Stingray]

Did not expect Dory to do gangbusters, btw. I was thinking 100m tops.
 

[FilmBuff]

15 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

They were good, but not compared to some other animated films at the time.

HTTYD did a 5x. Tangled, 4.16x. Up, 4.3x. Ice Age, 4.72x. TS3 had better legs than a much-maligned SHREK sequel and MONSTERS V ALIENS.

 

That's what a big OW gives you.... stubbier legs.

 

TS3 out grossed all those movies. So it's pretty dumb to say TS3 didn't have impressive legs.

[Chewy]

Well there ya go. Summer needed this

[FilmBuff]

The dark knight

the avengers

jurassic world 

The force awakens

 

'Those movies didn't have impressive legs, they didn't have a 3.6 multiplier.'

 

RIDICULOUS.

[superweirdo87]

1 minute ago, FilmBuff said:

The dark knight

the avengers

jurassic world 

The force awakens

 

'Those movies didn't have impressive legs, they didn't have a 3.6 multiplier.'

 

RIDICULOUS.

 

Force Awakens did over 3.6

[Finnick]

Anything above x3/400M  is  a HUGE win for Dory.

[FilmBuff]

TFA did, but the others didn't. Plus that movie came out during Christmas time. 

Edited June 17, 2016 by FilmBuff

[grey ghost]

Disney while we argue who will win the summer or the year.

 

 

 

[filmlover]

Finding Nemo has to be Pixar's most beloved movie, even more so than the Toy Story trilogy, so this is not at all surprising to me.

[cannastop]

10 minutes ago, The Stingray said:

Did not expect Dory to do gangbusters, btw. I was thinking 100m tops.
 

Then you really, really weren't paying attention.

[Fancyarcher]

17 minutes ago, RichWS said:

Terrific opening. Pixar loons in full effect. That's about it.

 

I'm a Pixar loon, and Dory's opening weekend numbers make me pleased.

Edited June 17, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[The Stingray]

Watching PREDATOR. Better than everything coming out this summer... combined.
 

[AniNate]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

Then you really, really weren't paying attention.

He hates animated films,  so that's probably true 

[Dementeleus]

11 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

 

TS3 out grossed all those movies. So it's pretty dumb to say TS3 didn't have impressive legs.

 

A movie can make a ton of money and not have huge legs. Look at most of the Marvel movies.

 

But you're missing my point, which is that the larger the opening, the weaker the legs tend to be. So with DORY opening huge, it seems very likely it'll have worse legs than TS3. How much worse, we don't yet know.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

1 minute ago, Telemachos said:

 

A movie can make a ton of money and not have huge legs. Look at most of the Marvel movies.

 

But you're missing my point, which is that the larger the opening, the weaker the legs tend to be. So with DORY opening huge, it seems very likely it'll have worse legs than TS3. How much worse, we don't yet know.

I guess we should just say legs does not always equal WOM. Something can open huge, be a big hit with audiences, but have worse legs than if it opened lower because demand was burned off OW. I know you know that, but many people seem to equate the two as always true.

[Porthos]

8 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

Disney while we argue who will win the summer or the year.

 

 

 

 

Disney when Dory fails to get that 3.6 multiplier:

 

 

[CJohn]

I pinned the thread.

 

You are welcome. 

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Telemachos said:

 

A movie can make a ton of money and not have huge legs. Look at most of the Marvel movies.

 

But you're missing my point, which is that the larger the opening, the weaker the legs tend to be. So with DORY opening huge, it seems very likely it'll have worse legs than TS3. How much worse, we don't yet know.

Speaking of legs, @Cmasterclay wants to be the one to start the Dory Weekend 2 > Independence Day Weekend 1 club. I say let him now that an estimate is out. It'd be fascinating to see how many would join at this point given the bad buzz growing around the latter movie.

[4815162342]

15 minutes ago, Chewy said:

Well there ya go. Summer needed this

 

Not the sequel we deserved, but the one we needed.