July 1-4 Weekend Estimates | Dory 50.2m, Tarzan 45.6m, Purge 34.8m, BFG 22.2m, IDR 20.2m

[junkshop36]

2 hours ago, No Prisoners said:

 

1	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	BV	$936,662,225	4,134	$247,966,675	4,134	12/18	6/2
2	Jurassic World	Uni.	$652,270,625	4,291	$208,806,270	4,274	6/12	11/19
3	Avengers: Age of Ultron	BV	$459,005,868	4,276	$191,271,109	4,276	5/1	10/8
4	Inside Out	BV	$356,461,711	4,158	$90,440,272	3,946	6/19	12/10
5	Furious 7	Uni.	$353,007,020	4,022	$147,187,040	4,004	4/3	7/24
6	Minions	Uni.	$336,045,770	4,311	$115,718,405	4,301	7/10	12/17
7	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	LGF	$281,723,902	4,175	$102,665,981	4,175	11/20	2/25
8	The Martian	Fox	$228,433,663	3,854	$54,308,575	3,831	10/2	3/17
9	Cinderella (2015)	BV	$201,151,353	3,848	$67,877,361	3,845	3/13	9/17
10	Spectre	Sony	$200,074,609	3,929	$70,403,148	3,929	11/6	4/7

 

1	Titanic	Par.	$600,788,188	3,265	$28,638,131	2,674	12/19
2	Men in Black	Sony	$250,690,539	3,180	$51,068,455	3,020	7/2
3	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Uni.	$229,086,679	3,565	$72,132,785	3,281	5/23
4	Liar Liar	Uni.	$181,410,615	2,909	$31,423,025	2,845	3/21
5	Air Force One	Sony	$172,956,409	2,981	$37,132,505	2,919	7/25
6	As Good as It Gets	Sony	$148,478,011	1,837	$12,606,928	1,572	12/23
7	Good Will Hunting	Mira.	$138,433,435	2,203	$272,912	7	12/5
8	Star Wars (Special Edition)	Fox	$138,257,865	2,375	$35,906,661	2,104	1/31
9	My Best Friend's Wedding	Sony	$127,120,029	2,376	$21,678,377	2,134	6/20

 

1	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Par.	$212,222,025	1,078	$8,305,823	1,078	6/12
2	On Golden Pond	Uni.	$119,285,432	1,015	$89,213	2	12/4
3	Superman II	WB	$108,185,706	1,878	$14,100,523	1,397	6/19
4	Arthur	WB	$95,461,682	701	$2,719,534	701	7/17
5	Stripes	Col.	$85,297,000	N/A	$6,130,197	1,074	6/26
6	The Cannonball Run	Fox	$72,179,579	1,692	$11,765,654	1,673	6/19
7	Chariots of Fire	Col.	$58,972,904	810	$68,907	3	9/25
8	For Your Eyes Only	MGM	$54,812,802	N/A	$6,834,967	952	6/26
9	The Four Seasons	Uni.	$50,427,646	N/A	$4,365,643	623	5/22
10	Time Bandits	Emb	$42,365,581	821	$6,507,356	821	11/6

 

things have changed from 81 to 97 to 15

Could you imagine  Four Seasons, chariots of fire, On Golden Pond from 81 or GWH and As Good as it getsfrom 97 making the top ten this year or even being made in some cases. The Martian was the only movie I liked in the top ten last year.

 

 

 

Definitely agree about those even being made today, let alone making the top ten. I mean, Time Bandits. That would never get made today lol.

 

 

As for last year, I loved TFA and IO and also really enjoyed JW, F7 and The Martian

[Fullbuster]

Personally I really love the movie market as it is today with many great animated movies, exciting comicbook adaptations now possible, the comeback of Star Wars..I wouldn't want to be back to the kind of movies we had before the 2000s for the most part.

The market as it is these days is what makes me eager to follow BO numbers.

Edited July 3, 2016 by Fullbuster

[straggler]

Tarzan got sunk by its budget. It is always relative. The Shallows makes $50 million, but it costs $17 million, so it is a success. Tarzan may make $100 million, but it costs $180 million before marketing. 

I don't know about the market today as opposed to the market years earlier. For example I don't remember the awards season being so competitive years back. On the other hand you did get more mid budget films. The animated films are better today than the 80s at least, although Heavy Metal was interesting.   

 

Edit: Wait! The BFG cost $140 million!? And doesn't it seem more like a November/December, holiday family sort of film. 

Edited July 3, 2016 by straggler

[Krissykins]

Surprising for Tarzan. 

 

Horrendous Saturday drop for the Purge, expected though. Huge weekend number. 

[UrosepsisFace]

Dang...BFG...

1 hour ago, Fullbuster said:

Personally I really love the movie market as it is today with many great animated movies, exciting comicbook adaptations now possible, the comeback of Star Wars..I wouldn't want to be back to the kind of movies we had before the 2000s for the most part.

The market as it is these days is what makes me eager to follow BO numbers.

 

I've always wanted Geek culture to win, and I LOVE the animated and super-hero movies as well. I just want some balance too. This year, is really saying, either make super-hero or animation or have a major Franchise to cross 1 billion DOM. Universal is relying on Pets and Sing this year to cross 1 billion. Also, even when franchise attempts flop, studio execs might be thinking, we just need to give it more time and make more movies to build on it. The F&F serious had moderate hits and built up to its super hits.

[EmpireCity]

My math sucks,  but here you go....

 

Dory around $14.6m

Tarzan $12.5m

Purge $9.3

BFG $6.1m

Independence Day $6.1m

Central Intelligence $4.5m

The Shallows $3.1m

[Fullbuster]

40m for Dory seems very likely, really good!

[a2k]

6 hours ago, Rth said:

Sat

FD 14.4, LOT 12.4,P3 9.8,BFG/IDR 6

 

Measly Sat bumps compared to 2011 (same calendar)

 prev   true-fri   sat     % (true-fri)

          13.44    14.4   +7.1%

2.55    11.49    12.4   +7.9%

3.6      10.87    9.8     -9.8%

0.775   6.225    6.0    -3.6%

 

Rreally surprising that BFG went down from true Friday. was expected for Purge. Tarzan as predicted. Was expecting a bigger bump for Dory.

Probably Sunday % will be better than 2011.

 

EDIT:

Actually IDR's bump is good. 4.65m=>6m (+29%). We will have to wait to see other bumps but could be due to it's theme.

 

Edited July 3, 2016 by a2knet

[a2k]

14 +12.4 + 11.6 + 7 = 38/45 for LOT imo

[baumer]

Damn Shallows basically stayed flat. Not great. Hopefully it only falls 15% today. It's still going to fall about 50%. Dammit.

[baumer]

Fuck that stupid blue fish.

[Eric is Quiet]

BFG DECREASED??! 

[Fullbuster]

6 minutes ago, Baumer said:

Fuck that stupid blue fish.

 

Do you intend to say that several times day in, day out for the next few weeks? So Dory-ish!

Edited July 3, 2016 by Fullbuster

[WrathOfHan]

Ouch, The Purge dropped worse than I expected.

Good hold for Tarzan.

Small increase for Dory, at least my 41M prediction will be very close.

Hefty drop for The BFG, might not even hit 19M for the 3 day.

Weak increase for Shallows.

IDR is definitely a weekend movie; not that it matters since it's dropping hard.

CI is still doing well.

[That One Girl]

Fucking disappointed in America right now for rejecting the BFG

[filmlover]

Did someone ever have the balls to make Tarzan > Independence Day thread? It's happening.

[CJohn]

Lmao BFG.

[Fullbuster]

1 minute ago, ThatOneGuy said:

Fucking disappointed in America right now for rejecting the BFG

 

Unfortunately I doubt this rejection will be confined to America, it's bombing in Russia.

[a2k]

7 + 6 + 6.25 + 3.75 = 19.25/23 for BFG I guess.

(BFG and ALICE2 doms combined won't crack 150m)

[DAJK]

I guess Roald Dahl adaptations not directed by Tim Burton are destined to fail. Matilda was a masterpiece and that thing sold less tickets than a piece of garbage like Resurgence.