Weekend #s: Sully 22M, Blair Witch 9.6M, Bridget Jones 8.2M, Snowden 8M, DB 5.6M, WTBB 5.5M, Squad 4.7M

[Maxmoser3]

14 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Way too many Horror films (this is what the 4th in a month?) not to mention, well reviewed Horror films this year for people to get overly excited about a mediocre reviewed reboot/sequel whatever.

It's horror fatigue. Agreed way too many, Ouija 2/Rings combo will be interesting then that one Sony horror film. Don't Breathe has broken out big time! Blair Witch just relied on some so-called fanbase, which word of mouth for the original is not very good. Critics liked it, audiences don't as much like it because of it being fake. 

[James]

So we have midnights, but no Thursday numbers yet?

[Ray G]

Expect those lower-than-expected Friday numbers on Blair Witch to keep declining through the weekend. Just got out and word of mouth on this might be Fan4Stick-level bad.

[babz06]

5 minutes ago, Maxmoser3 said:

It's horror fatigue. Agreed way too many, Ouija 2/Rings combo will be interesting then that one Sony horror film. Don't Breathe has broken out big time! Blair Witch just relied on some so-called fanbase, which word of mouth for the original is not very good. Critics liked it, audiences don't as much like it because of it being fake. 

I think Ouija 2 is going to perform ok, Rings is gonna flop though.

[Maxmoser3]

2 minutes ago, babz06 said:

I think Ouija 2 is going to perform ok, Rings is gonna flop though.

Rings will tank big time. Ouija 2 will make $30 million domestic and make $40 million overseas. which isn't a bad total.

[grim22]

Fandango will start selling tickets on Facebook from next week

 

 

[James]

	Movie	Distributor	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	Sully	Warner Bros.	$2,780,372	-11%	3,525	$789	$48,541,351	7
-	(4)	Suicide Squad	Warner Bros.	$350,396	-2%	3,103	$113	$309,072,332	42
-	(6)	Bad Moms	STX Entertainment	$207,015	-14%	1,888	$110	$108,244,928	49
-	(7)	The Light Between Oceans	Walt Disney	$203,217	-13%	1,500	$135	$10,400,776	14
-	(10)	Kubo and the Two Strings	Focus Features	$162,700	-8%	2,335	$70	$41,731,974	28
-	(9)	War Dogs	Warner Bros.	$162,484	-19%	1,781	$91	$40,650,185	28
-	(14)	Pete’s Dragon	Walt Disney	$128,187	-9%	2,685	$48	$70,764,525	35
-	(13)	Jason Bourne	Universal	$117,530	-17%	1,510	$78	$159,309,915	49
-	(-)	Florence Foster Jenkins	Paramount Pictures	$105,020	-9%	1,062	$99	$26,162,682	35
-	(-)	Star Trek Beyond	Paramount Pictures	$76,577	-10%	748	$102	$156,933,686	56

If anyone is interested. 

 

That's a 21% week-to-week drop for SS

 

Also, I'm starting to think 25m will happen for Sully this weekend.  

[DAJK]

Snowden sub 3M Friday

 

http://deadline.com/2016/09/bridget-jones-blair-witch-snowden-sully-weekend-box-office-renee-zellweger-1201820827/

[TalismanRing]

http://deadline.com/2016/09/bridget-jones-blair-witch-snowden-sully-weekend-box-office-renee-zellweger-1201820827/

 

 

Sully:  $6.5m/ $21.3Mm

BW: $7m/ $17.2m

Bridget: $4.7m/$13m

Snowden : 2.7m / 7.2 w/e (don't see that multiplier with the Fathom events rolled in)

Hillsong: 750k/ 1.9m

Edited September 16, 2016 by TalismanRing

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Sully will dominate this weekend. I know there was some conversation earlier in this thread about it getting to 150m DOM. I'm thinking it'll get there.

[CJohn]

RIP my Derby. Stupid Snowden.

[RichWS]

Baum might need a drink. 

[WrathOfHan]

[Ezen Baklattan]

Seems optimistic for Blair Witch. A preview multiplier of about 9x would be insane for a reboot of a horror franchise.

[filmlover]

Blair Witch is looking to be Scream 4 all over again. A horror sequel/reboot that came way, way too late.

[filmlover]

6 minutes ago, RichWS said:

Baum might need a drink. 

Even he didn't like the movie so probably not. Lol.

 

 

[Rman823]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Blair Witch is looking to be Scream 4 all over again. A horror sequel/reboot that came way, way too late.

I remember when there were 50 million OW predictions for Scream 4. I never expected that but I at least figured it could get around 30 million. That's still one of my most disappointed runs. 

[Spectre]

1 hour ago, Maxmoser3 said:

It's horror fatigue. Agreed way too many, Ouija 2/Rings combo will be interesting then that one Sony horror film. Don't Breathe has broken out big time! Blair Witch just relied on some so-called fanbase, which word of mouth for the original is not very good. Critics liked it, audiences don't as much like it because of it being fake. 

 

I don't think it's horror fatigue so much as it is bad horror fatigue.

 

Think about the big horror hits so far: The Conjuring 2, Lights Out, Don't Breathe... they're all certified fresh and well regarded.

 

Micro budget horror has made it so there's an absolute ton of horror on the calendar.  Audiences can be selective.  Blair Witch is performing like an average horror movie because... it's an average horror movie.  If you've already gotten your horror fix from Don't Breathe, you could easily choose to skip over a rehash like Blair Witch with mediocre reviews and wait for the next option.

 

Ouija 2 stands a chance because it could be good due to Flanagan but Rings is going to get buried... because it looks like garbage.  Thankfully horror fans don't have to pay for garbage these days.

 

[Bishop54]

No way does Blair Witch hit $17M with that weak preview number and the toxic word of mouth.

[RichWS]

Scream 4 might be the biggest case of "nostalgia blindness" I've seen in terms of predictions.