Weekend Estimates (Page 28): Magnificent 7 35M | Storks 21.8M | Sully 13.8M | Bridget Jones 4.5M

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, MrPink said:

 

[Jonwo]

3 minutes ago, Maxmoser3 said:

Not bad for an original family movie, I hope it makes north of $30 million and makes $100 million domestic. 

 

Anything above the $30-35m mark is a win for WAG, HT is the exception to that and that had the advantage of Adam Sandler and monsters, Storks has no big names apart from maybe Samberg and Kelsey Grammer. 

 

[robertman2]

There's a reason why Big Hero 6 beat Interstellar

[WrathOfHan]

I highly doubt Storks wins with that preview number. 

[DAR]

1 minute ago, Jonwo said:

 

Anything above the $30-35m mark is a win for WAG, HT is the exception to that and that had the advantage of Adam Sandler and monsters, Storks has no big names apart from maybe Samberg and Kelsey Grammer. 

 

Hey kids get in the car we're going to see the new Kelsey Grammer movie

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, robertman2 said:

There's a reason why Big Hero 6 beat Interstellar

 

Yes, because Paramount is such an inept studio 

 

There's a reason why Interstellar beat Big Hero 6 WW in the end.

 

This is my spin and I'm sticking to it.

Edited September 23, 2016 by MrPink

[Fancyarcher]

3 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

 

November 7 2014 box office, never forget Pink (I could never forget, because it was on my Birthday)

[grim22]

 

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J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, the duo behind How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack at Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers and Sony Animation, are writing the script for Fruit Ninja, which will revolve around a team of misfits who are recruited to become Fruit Ninjas in order to save the world.

 

 

 

 

[MrPink]

1 minute ago, Daniel Dylan Davis said:

 

November 7 2014 box office, never forget Pink (I could never forget, because it was on my Birthday)

 

It was a confusing and sad time for Pink that weekend.

[Eric is Anxious]

1 hour ago, grim22 said:

This has to be my favorite bit of news this weekend. So many scriptwriters in Hollywood struggle to get even one of their ideas on the screen, and a 4-year old gets a 125M budgeted movie greenlit

 

 

That explains a lot about the movie for sure.

January can't come soon enough.

[Eric is Anxious]

5 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

 

 

 

I thought this was already in development after Angry Birds came out.

[Fancyarcher]

6 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

It was a confusing and sad time for Pink that weekend.

 

I still remember when Noctis had that fake RTH account and trolled us quite brilliant with the numbers (in retrospective we should have seen it wasn't real), but it gave us hopefulness that just wasn't there.

 

On the brightside, being that it was my birthday, seeing Big Hero 6 and Interstellar back to back the day after was great.

Edited September 23, 2016 by Daniel Dylan Davis

[DAR]

I have a smartphone and an iPad.  I have apps, games too.  What the hell is Fruit Ninja?

 

 

[Dementeleus]

I'm amazed some of you don't know Fruit Ninja. It was like the Angry Birds before Angry Birds.

[robertman2]

19 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

Yes, because Paramount is such an inept studio 

 

There's a reason why Interstellar beat Big Hero 6 WW in the end.

 

This is my spin and I'm sticking to it.

Americans have good taste and international audiences are in denial about how Nolan fucked up 

[DAR]

12 minutes ago, Nutella of Arabia said:

I'm amazed some of you don't know Fruit Ninja. It was like the Angry Birds before Angry Birds.

When the old man of the forums laps you with something the kids are hip to. 

[Eric is Anxious]

4 minutes ago, robertman2 said:

Americans have good taste and international audiences are in denial about how Nolan fucked up 

RIP robertman2

2016-2016

[Maxmoser3]

31 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

Anything above the $30-35m mark is a win for WAG, HT is the exception to that and that had the advantage of Adam Sandler and monsters, Storks has no big names apart from maybe Samberg and Kelsey Grammer. 

 

Storks lacks big star power like Adam Sandler. Kids aren't gonna know who Jennifer Anniston, Kelsey Grammer, Danny Trejo, or Andy Samberg are. Plus, WB animated has it had its fair share of flops like nearly 20 years ago they had two big flops like Quest For Camelot and Cat's Don't Dance(which actually made them bankrupt).

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, Maxmoser3 said:

Storks lacks big star power like Adam Sandler. Kids aren't gonna know who Jennifer Anniston, Kelsey Grammer, Danny Trejo, or Andy Samberg are. Plus, WB animated has it had its fair share of flops like nearly 20 years ago they had two big flops like Quest For Camelot and Cat's Don't Dance(which actually made them bankrupt).

Star power doesn't matter for animated features. Louis CK was the lead in a $365m dom movie this year.

Edited September 23, 2016 by cannastop

[grim22]

Here’s a quick update of what we’re seeing from matinees. This comes from rival estimates: Sony/MGM/Village Roadshow/LStar’s Magnificent Seven is galloping off with a $14M Friday and a potential $40M weekend. That would give director Antoine Fuqua the best opening of his career, easily eclipsing The Equalizer and it’s bound to rank among Denzel Washington’s top three openings alongside American Gangster ($43.6M) and Safe House ($40M). We’re told that’s not bad for a movie that carries a production cost of $90M.

 

Warner Bros.’ Storks is doing less than what we thought with a $5M Friday, flying to a $20M weekend. The thing to remember with these kids’ pics is that they pop on Saturday, and they leg out eventually. Again, all these figures could change by evening.  Despite the competitive head wind, Warner Bros./Village Roadshow’sSully is still maintaining a great altitude, down 35-40% for the weekend with $13M-$14M putting its cume through three weekends at close to $93M. Universal’s Bridget Jones’s Baby is projected to be down 40% with $5.1M and a 10-day take of $17M. Lionsgate’s Blair Witch is dropping at least 60% to $3.8M and a 10-day of $15.9M. Open Road’s Snowden is -50% with $4M and $15M.