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

[That One Girl]

Just now, Free State of Tele said:

BFG is not only a family movie, it's gonna skew pretty young. 775k isn't terrible at all -- almost all parents won't be taking their kids to a movie that's gonna keep 'em up way past their bedtime. (And a 7pm

start will do just that).

 

True...

 

I think I had my expectations set up a bit too high

[Ryan Reynolds]

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=4202&p=.htm

2.55m for Tarzan

[baumer]

Yes BFG will be judged by the weekend not by a preview number.

[That One Girl]

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[filmlover]

The BFG was never gonna be a big hit.

[Mojoguy]

I saw the first purge, and it had a nice concept, but the movie just turned into a generic home invasion thriller. Completely shitting all over an inventive concept. Purge Anarchy seemed like the movie 'we wanted,' but I just couldn't get into it after a disappointing first one.

You should really watch the second movie if you liked the concept, Anarchy is a million times better than the first Purge movie.

[filmlover]

Tarzan is looking like it won't be the total miss that Pan was, even if it's still gonna go down as another significant financial loss for WB. Small consolation, I suppose.

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[DMan7]

Just now, Uneverjack said:

Hello, I'm new around here. 

 

Welcome to the boards 

[BoxOfficeZ]

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Welcome aboard new person! 

[K1stpierre]

1 minute ago, Uneverjack said:

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[Plain Old Tele]

1 minute ago, Uneverjack said:

Hello, I'm new around here. 

 

Welcome.  

[The Futurist]

9 minutes ago, Free State of Tele said:

BFG is not only a family movie, it's gonna skew pretty young. 775k isn't terrible at all -- almost all parents won't be taking their kids to a movie that's gonna keep 'em up way past their bedtime. (And a 7pm

start will do just that).

 

Still not sure Mark Rylance s giant CG (ugly) face is the stuff that will enchant children ... but ET was ugly AF too so you never know ...

[harry713]

1 hour ago, ban1o said:

yeah I'm confused why people are saying Tarzan's numbers are good. 

 

 The only successful version of these lie action remakes are the Disney versions. Other studios should stop making them. The little mermaid one that universal wants to make will bomb as well. 

 

How will Universal be remaking a classic Disney film? 

[Ethan Hunt]

5 minutes ago, Uneverjack said:

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[Nova]

15 minutes ago, Baumer said:

 

This is old news isn't it

Oh I don't know. I just saw it on my local news channel this morning lol 

[grim22]

Great for The Purge, decent for Tarzan and pretty bad for BFG, the audience it is targeting is pretty much monopolized by Dory right now.

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, harry713 said:

 

How will Universal be remaking a classic Disney film? 

The original story itself is in the public domain.

[Fancyarcher]

15 minutes ago, ThatOneGuy said:

Ok, I admit, I am massively disappointed with the numbers for The BFG.  Looks like Spielberg isn't a guaranteed draw anymore  

 

Spielberg's had flops before. Besides films these days are more successful based off concept /  marketing then anything else.

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