WEEKEND THREAD | Official Estimates: Madea - 27.6M; JR 2 - 23M; Ouija 2 - 14M; Accountant - 14m; Joneses - 5.6M

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

$9.5m for Madea

@CJohn: oh what a flop.

[filmlover]

Does anyone know Moonlight's expansion plan?

[Jake Gittes]

I'd previously thought that Moonlight would pull a Whiplash/Room and stay in limited release until the nominations, but after such a strong start it would be dumb on A24's part not to expand it into 600+ theaters sometime in early November.

[filmlover]

41 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Does anyone know Moonlight's expansion plan?

Just checked and it's opening at in the Miami area next weekend (and at Aventura so that's pretty convenient). Time to plan accordingly!

[POTUS 2020]

1 hour ago, That One Guy said:

 

Madea is winning the weekend at this point.

I doubt it. Madea is often 2.5x Friday w/o previews in the past.  

Cruise is consistently 2.8-3x

Madea 23.5

Cruise 24.5

Edited October 22, 2016 by No Prisoners

[MCKillswitch123]

Yeah, Moonlight is yet another win for A24. They've become THE indie distributor of the market right now for both box office and quality consistency, me thinks. It'll be a while until something beats The Witch for the studio's highest grossing film, but so far, so good for them. And w/all but unanimous praise, Best Picture nomination seems very likely at this point, now that The Birth Of A Nation vanished completely and there's no longer a clear frontrunner to fight off the whole #OscarsSoWhite thing.

Edited October 22, 2016 by MCKillswitch123

[Gumby]

People seemed to have loved Madea coming out of the showing at my theater.

 

Same can't be said for Ouija.  Lot's of grumbling, moaning and groaning.  

[That One Girl]

7 minutes ago, Gumby said:

Same can't be said for Ouija.  Lot's of grumbling, moaning and groaning.  

 

Something tells me that critics appreciated this a lot more than audiences.

[DAJK]

14 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

Something tells me that critics appreciated this a lot more than audiences.

When I let out the movies last night, I heard raves for all three (we didn't get Madea) but I also heard "it was alright." No downright negative reactions however.

[POTUS 2020]

 

Friday, October 21, 2016
 

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TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day 1 - Boo! A Madea Halloween LGF $9,400,000 - - 2,260 $4,159 $9,400,000 1 2 - Jack Reacher: Never Go Back Par. $8,900,000 - - 3,780 $2,354 $8,900,000 1 3 - Ouija: Origin of Evil Uni. $5,460,000 - - 3,168 $1,723 $5,460,000 1 4 1 The Accountant WB $4,400,000 +120% -52% 3,332 $1,321 $38,295,381 8 5 2 The Girl on the Train (2016) Uni. $2,350,000 +112% -40% 3,091 $760 $53,982,330 15 6 - Keeping Up with the Joneses Fox $2,000,000 - - 3,022 $662 $2,000,000 1 7 3 Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Fox $1,615,000 +158% -31% 3,133 $515 $70,046,835 22 8 4 Kevin Hart: What Now? Uni. $1,330,000 +132% -72% 2,567 $518 $16,161,645 8 9 5 Deepwater Horizon LG/S $1,110,000 +120% -41% 2,828 $393 $52,755,671 22 10 7 Storks WB $1,020,000 +153% -27% 2,145 $476 $61,649,528 29 11 6 The Magnificent Seven (2016) Sony $765,000 +87% -50% 1,979 $387 $87,508,367 29 12 9 Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life LGF $618,000 +149% -48% 1,772 $349 $15,327,927 15 - 8 Sully WB $480,000 +85% -46% 1,172 $410 $119,843,890 43 - - I'm Not Ashamed PFR $330,000 - - 505 $653 $330,000 1 - 10 The Birth of a Nation FoxS $260,000 +31% -67% 633 $411 $13,525,181 15 - 11 Max Steel ORF $164,658 +49% -74% 2,034 $81 $2,915,715 8 - - Moonlight (2016) A24 $131,464 - - 4 $32,866 $131,464 1

Edited October 22, 2016 by No Prisoners

[narniadis]

Not a bad weekend at all. Kiddie films are holding well and the adult dramas are managing to tread water without any major underperformers or over achievers. (Note that I am not ignoring Deep Waters budget. It's performing well for a film of its type, not the films fault the budget was out of control.)

[Jake Gittes]

Moonlight might actually be going for a $100k PTA. 

[filmlover]

18 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Moonlight might actually be going for a $100k PTA. 

Yeah, this start is rather otherworldly? Pretty sure it's the biggest platform launch for a movie this entire year so far, and by a very wide margin.

[filmlover]

Also: American Pastoral making less than half as much as Moonlight despite being in 12.5x as many theaters is hilarious. @CJohn: Lionsgate did release a flop this weekend after all!

Edited October 22, 2016 by filmlover

[Eric Prime]

I just now noticed Joneses is grossing less than Masterminds OW.

[Rman823]

6 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Also: American Pastoral making less than half as much as Moonlight despite being in 12.5x as many theaters is hilarious. @CJohn: Lionsgate did release a flop this weekend after all!

At least they still have Madea.

[Maxmoser3]

Not bad so far, the Saturday numbers should be interesting to see. Maybe some nice increases today. Madea either way is a hit for Lionsgate. Jack Reacher 2 will find overseas markets to become profit. Ouija 2 is a hit because of its low budget, and yeah it debuted lower because it's predcessor was shit and the trailer was kinda silly. Jonesses bombed because of unappealing marketing, the only thing it had going for it was Gal Gadot in lingerie, and that's it. It looked kinda silly by the way. 

[grey ghost]

2 hours ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Yeah, Moonlight is yet another win for A24. They've become THE indie distributor of the market right now for both box office and quality consistency, me thinks. It'll be a while until something beats The Witch for the studio's highest grossing film, but so far, so good for them. And w/all but unanimous praise, Best Picture nomination seems very likely at this point, now that The Birth Of A Nation vanished completely and there's no longer a clear frontrunner to fight off the whole #OscarsSoWhite thing.

 

Fences is going to get some nominations too.

 

 

[filmlover]

To put an even more amazing perspective on Moonlight's limited launch, here are the top opening averages: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/theateravg.htm?page=THTRAVOPN&p=.htm

 

The fact it's PTA looking to come close to the launch of even Precious despite not having no major names attached to it (that movie had the backing of both Oprah and Tyler Perry) is jaw-dropping.

[grey ghost]

Tom Cruise is struggling to open over an outdated Madea flick.

 

How the mighty have fallen.