Weekend Estimates (Page 92): Pets 103.2M (biggest OW ever for an original movie) | Tarzan 20.6M | Dory 20.3M | M&D 16.6M

[baumer]

8 minutes ago, fabiopazzo2 said:

Yes for The marketing but The quality... Sure ahead minions

 

Well, you are entitled to your opinion.  So far the audiences who have seen it seem to like it.....I'm on my way to see it now...should be better than Dory at least.

[baumer]

5 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Even if Pets does break the OW animated film record, it'll likely have mediocre legs, it wouldn't be shocking if it didn't break $300m 

 

I doubt it will have mediocre legs.

[druv10]

5 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Even if Pets does break the OW animated film record, it'll likely have mediocre legs, it wouldn't be shocking if it didn't break $300m 

It's not getting animated OW record, original Animated OW record is in play, however.

[a2k]

6 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Looks like today is the day Civil War's running total falls below IM3 @No Prisoners @a2knet

 

Just 38k between them going into the weekend.

 

Yeah. IM3 had a +10% bump on Sat and -48% hold on Sun.

I hoping that on Sat and Sun CW will do better than +10%/-48% and match IM3 again.

 

But yes, right now gut says CW looking at 408.1-408.6m, 0.5-1m behind IM3. I am hopeful that at 408m+ Disney will wanna push it.

Edited July 8, 2016 by a2knet

[bladels]

3 minutes ago, Baumer said:

 

Well, you are entitled to your opinion.  So far the audiences who have seen it seem to like it.....I'm on my way to see it now...should be better than Dory at least.

72% RT audience score with 3.8/5 is not very encouraging for an animated movie.

[BourneFan #1]

Where were all these people when How to Train Your Dragon 2 came out?

[Fancyarcher]

1 hour ago, tribefan695 said:

A shame, Secret Life of Pets has the perfect acronym for a disappointment 

 

Not really. It's just it's opening weekend. Legs might not be that great.

[cannastop]

19 minutes ago, No Prisoners said:

Everything is a retread since Homer's time. That's why we're a sucker for remakes.

"Hey, this movie looks a bit derivative."

 

"Oh, yeah? Homer!"

Edited July 8, 2016 by cannastop

[WrathOfHan]

SLOP will have sloppy legs

 

That sounds a bit dirty  

[K1stpierre]

I think SLOP will be fine. I could see legs anywhere from 2.5-3.3

[AniNate]

SLOP's plot is more akin to this

 

 

than Toy Story

[Fancyarcher]

47 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

It'll be interesting to see if Storks, Moana, Trolls and Sing can be solid hits. I think Storks will be over $100m for sure and I think Sing while I think it won't reach the heights of Pets and DM/Minions will be $140-150m domestically unless it really sucks

 

Trolls looks like a flop to me. Not really sure about Stork's though.

[Jonwo]

Just now, K1stpierre said:

I think SLOP will be fine. I could see legs anywhere from 2.5-3.3

 2.5 would be an awful multi, I think it'll closer to a 3

[druv10]

With Moana still to come, potential 5 300M+ grossers for animation this year.

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, K1stpierre said:

I think SLOP will be fine. I could see legs anywhere from 2.5-3.3

Pretty much.

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, Daniel Dylan Davis said:

 

Trolls looks like a flop to me. Not really sure about Stork's though.

 

The second trailer was a massive improvement on the teaser so it could go either way. Storks I think will be in the same range as the other September animated films, it depends on how M7 and Miss Peregrine does OW wise. 

[WrathOfHan]

I think Mag 7 opens to 50M and Storks 35M

[La Binoche]

I guess the monster success of SLOP shows people really do prefer familiar concepts and we can't blame the studios. 

[K1stpierre]

10 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 2.5 would be an awful multi, I think it'll closer to a 3

If it gets anywhere near what it's projected to make this weekend (70-100M) then a 2.5 isn't bad. Sure, it would be disappointing but it'd still make money. I do think it'll get closer to a three. 

[JohnnyGossamer]

It's an animated movie that'll be received well enough. Legs will be fine. Not Dory great or IO great but just fine. People are goofy. Good to see another summer blockbuster breakout as opposed to a disappointment.

Edited July 8, 2016 by JohnnyGossamer