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

[stripe]

This has been a great weekend. A bit sad about BFG and Dory, but that's what happens when a direct competition movie overperforms massively.

 

I have a feeling Ghostbusters is going to overperform. Even more with the solid critics reception.

 

We are really headed to see the biggest July ever!

[stripe]

What happened with Ghostbusters threads?

[picores]

Just now, stripe said:

What happened with Ghostbusters threads?

 

Locked. Too much hate floating around.

[POTUS 2020]

Big hold for FD next weekend. will still get to 500m

[goldenstate5]

1 hour ago, Baumer said:

For the record.....FUCK BFG too.

 

Baumer Fucking Giant? 

[stripe]

39 minutes ago, picores said:

 

Locked. Too much hate floating around.

 

And where can we discuss the film?

[MinaTakla]

New pieces about Illumination's status now in the market. Interesting ones.

 

 

So yes, Illumination is now the next Pixar, on about one-third of the budget no less. 

And with this debut, Despicable Me 3 becomes the go-to pick for the second-biggest movie of next summer, give-or-take Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy v 2 and/or (hopefully) DC’s Wonder Woman. Since we’re probably getting a Rise of the Dark Secret Life of Pets in a few years, how about you put a few more cats in the one? 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/10/box-office-secret-life-of-pets-digs-up-record-smashing-103m-weekend-bow/#266f8ed52d32

 

With Dreamworks’ fall from dominance, it’s safe to say that Illumination has taken over as the animation studio that can provide a funny alternative to the Disney/Pixar brand. The Illumination films succeed by making audiences laugh, rather than tugging at heartstrings with sentimentality and pathos. And now, with Secret Life of Pets, the company has proven that it is more than the one-hit wonder it had previously been labeled with its Despicable Me franchise.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/secret-life-pets-breaks-record-original-animated-film-debut-141490.html

 

 

[bladels]

16 minutes ago, MinaTakla said:

New pieces about Illumination's status now in the market. Interesting ones.

 

 

So yes, Illumination is now the next Pixar, on about one-third of the budget no less. 

And with this debut, Despicable Me 3 becomes the go-to pick for the second-biggest movie of next summer, give-or-take Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy v 2 and/or (hopefully) DC’s Wonder Woman. Since we’re probably getting a Rise of the Dark Secret Life of Pets in a few years, how about you put a few more cats in the one? 

http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2016/07/10/box-office-secret-life-of-pets-digs-up-record-smashing-103m-weekend-bow/#266f8ed52d32

 

With Dreamworks’ fall from dominance, it’s safe to say that Illumination has taken over as the animation studio that can provide a funny alternative to the Disney/Pixar brand. The Illumination films succeed by making audiences laugh, rather than tugging at heartstrings with sentimentality and pathos. And now, with Secret Life of Pets, the company has proven that it is more than the one-hit wonder it had previously been labeled with its Despicable Me franchise.

http://www.cartoonbrew.com/box-office-report/secret-life-pets-breaks-record-original-animated-film-debut-141490.html

 

 

2 paragraphs kick each other in the butt. Should they say Illumination is the next Dreamwork?

Edited July 11, 2016 by bladels

[MinaTakla]

9 minutes ago, bladels said:

2 paragraphs kick each other in the butt. Should they say Illumination is the next Dreamwork?

They're from different sites. One from CB and the other from Forbes.

Some common thoughts in each but also contain different views.

[a2k]

Illumination is doing very well.

But fortunes can change quickly. Be it Dreamworks after Shrek or New Line after LOTR.

Pixars consistency is amazing.

I would wait a couple of years before using a phrase like 'the next Pixar'.

It certainly is the new Dreamworks and putting up a solid challenge to Disney/Pixar.

Hopefully it continues to do that and we have diverse hits.

Edited July 11, 2016 by a2knet

[MinaTakla]

50 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Illumination is doing very well.

But fortunes can change quickly. Be it Dreamworks after Shrek or New Line after LOTR.

Pixars consistency is amazing.

I would wait a couple of years before using a phrase like 'the next Pixar'.

It certainly is the new Dreamworks and putting up a solid challenge to Disney/Pixar.

Hopefully it continues to do that and we have diverse hits.

Exactly.

I think we don't need 2 Pixars or 2 Illuminations.

But we certainly need Pixar vs Illumination because competition is healthy for the market. As IO and Minions, and Dory and Pets have shown us, both their films co-existed and grossed huge domestically and worldwide. So they've helped the market immensely and offered entirely different products.

[langer]

2 hours ago, stripe said:

What happened with Ghostbusters threads?

 

A bunch of insecure men are triggering feminists. 

[grey ghost]

2 hours ago, stripe said:

 

And where can we discuss the film?

 

 

I think the Review The Movie thread is still open.

[mahnamahna]

4 hours ago, stripe said:

This has been a great weekend. A bit sad about BFG and Dory, but that's what happens when a direct competition movie overperforms massively.

 

I have a feeling Ghostbusters is going to overperform. Even more with the solid critics reception.

 

We are really headed to see the biggest July ever!

 

I don't know about the biggest ever, but certainly far stronger than 2014 and better than 2015 (in the second half). It'll be about equal with 2010-2013. 

 

 

[goldenstate5]

I'd be willing to cut SLoP slack for just trying to make people laugh if they didn't have a half-hearted attempt at a heartstring-pulling scene in the film itself, and if it had likable lead characters. At least Gru is likable.

 

Are they the "next Pixar"? I dunno, their 2nd film was a flop whereas it took Pixar 20 years to garner one. They aren't very critically acclaimed and don't have much award power. They now have two franchises, and these franchises have made them a good deal of money but that's all. It's too early to tell. What I can say is that as of this current moment it has become easily the contender for Disney's biggest competition for both their companies. That's for sure.

[a2k]

20+ years of Pixar. Unmatched.

 

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters		Opening / Theaters		Date
1	1	Finding Dory	BV	$422,580,243	+    4,305	$135,060,273	4,305	6/17/16
2	17	The Good Dinosaur	BV	$123,087,120	3,749	$39,155,217	3,749	11/25/15
3	3	Inside Out	BV	$356,461,711	4,158	$90,440,272	3,946	6/19/15
4	6	Monsters University	BV	$268,492,764	4,004	$82,429,469	4,004	6/21/13
5	11	Brave	BV	$237,283,207	4,164	$66,323,594	4,164	6/22/12
6	15	Cars 2	BV	$191,452,396	4,115	$66,135,507	4,115	6/24/11
7	2	Toy Story 3	BV	$415,004,880	4,028	$110,307,189	4,028	6/18/10
8	5	Up	BV	$293,004,164	3,886	$68,108,790	3,766	5/29/09
9	12	WALL-E	BV	$223,808,164	3,992	$63,087,526	3,992	6/27/08
10	13	Ratatouille	BV	$206,445,654	3,940	$47,027,395	3,940	6/29/07
11	10	Cars	BV	$244,082,982	3,988	$60,119,509	3,985	6/9/06
12	7	The Incredibles	BV	$261,441,092	3,933	$70,467,623	3,933	11/5/04
13	4	Finding Nemo	BV	$339,714,978	3,425	$70,251,710	3,374	5/30/03
14	8	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$255,873,250	3,649	$62,577,067	3,237	11/2/01
15	9	Toy Story 2	BV	$245,852,179	3,257	$300,163	1	11/19/99
16	16	A Bug's Life	BV	$162,798,565	2,773	$291,121	1	11/20/98
17	14	Toy Story	BV	$191,796,233	2,574	$29,140,617	2,457	11/22/95
TOTAL:				$4,439,179,582	-	-	-	-

[stripe]

24 minutes ago, mahnamahna said:

I don't know about the biggest ever, but certainly far stronger than 2014 and better than 2015 (in the second half). It'll be about equal with 2010-2013. 

 

 

 

We are ahead of 2013. This weekend 2013 is going to recover thanks to DH2, but after that, this July looks stronger.

[Captain Craig]

Tarzan...way to go Lord Greystoke!! $100m is coming with next weekend!

It's still going to be a domestic Underperformer vs budget but that's better than the alternative. Too bad cause I'd like to see another with Skaarsgard. 

[Krissykins]

3 minutes ago, Captain Craig said:

Tarzan...way to go Lord Greystoke!! $100m is coming with next weekend!

It's still going to be a domestic Underperformer vs budget but that's better than the alternative. Too bad cause I'd like to see another with Skaarsgard. 

 

I think it'll make profit eventually, and they may even do a sequel with a lower budget due to $100m+ audience and good legs/cinemascore.

[GiantCALBears]

3 hours ago, goldenstate5 said:

 

Baumer Fucking Giant? 

 

WUT?!?