Mortal Engines | December 14, 2018 | Universal

[MagnarTheGreat]

The Golden Compass (2007) got a 2.72 December multiplier off an opening of $25.8M. It's one of the lowest in current Top 200 in December.

 

$15M-$25M * 2.72 = $40.8M to $68.0M

 

Their $55M is right in between those two values.

 

Release Month	Average Multiplier	Median Multiplier	Release Month	Average Multiplier	Median Multiplier
January	2.88	2.66	July	3.30	3.22
February	2.81	2.73	August	3.22	3.00
March	3.02	2.89	September	2.87	2.75
April	2.76	2.65	October	3.02	2.75
May	2.95	2.82	November	3.43	3.23
June	3.13	3.01	December	5.45	4.76
all (1025 movies)				3.21	2.93
excludes 2018 releases
highest month in blue; lowest month in red

 

 

The past 10 years or so in the range of $15M-$25M

 

Movie	First Weekend	Multiplier	Theaters	Domestic Gross	Release
True Grit	$24,830,443.00	6.90	3047	$171,243,005.00	12/22/10
The Princess and the Frog	$24,208,916.00	4.31	3434	$104,400,899.00	12/11/09
Exodus: Gods and Kings	$24,115,934.00	2.70	3503	$65,014,513.00	12/12/14
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader	$24,005,069.00	4.35	3555	$104,386,950.00	12/10/10
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked	$23,244,744.00	5.73	3723	$133,110,742.00	12/16/11
It's Complicated	$22,100,820.00	5.10	2887	$112,735,375.00	12/25/09
Valkyrie	$21,027,007.00	3.95	2711	$83,077,833.00	12/25/08
Pitch Perfect 3	$19,928,525.00	5.26	3447	$104,897,530.00	12/22/17
American Hustle	$19,106,933.00	7.86	2507	$150,117,807.00	12/20/13
The Wolf of Wall Street	$18,361,578.00	6.37	2537	$116,900,694.00	12/25/13
Yes Man	$18,262,471.00	5.35	3434	$97,690,976.00	12/19/08
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb	$17,100,520.00	6.65	3785	$113,746,621.00	12/19/14
Joy	$17,015,168.00	3.32	2896	$56,451,232.00	12/25/15
Office Christmas Party	$16,890,204.00	3.24	3210	$54,767,494.00	12/9/16
The Tourist	$16,472,458.00	4.11	2756	$67,631,157.00	12/10/10
Yogi Bear	$16,411,322.00	6.11	3515	$100,246,011.00	12/17/10
Krampus	$16,293,325.00	2.62	2902	$42,725,475.00	12/4/15
Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas	$16,007,634.00	3.28	2194	$52,543,354.00	12/13/13
Annie (2014)	$15,861,939.00	5.42	3116	$85,911,262.00	12/19/14
Jack Reacher	$15,210,156.00	5.26	3352	$80,070,736.00	12/21/12

Edited October 19, 2018 by MagnarTheGreat
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[MagnarTheGreat]

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Hundreds of years after civilization was destroyed by a cataclysmic event, a mysterious young woman, Hester Shaw (Hera Hilmar), emerges as the only one who can stop London — now a giant, predator city on wheels — from devouring everything in its path.  Feral, and fiercely driven by the memory of her mother, Hester joins forces with Tom Natsworthy (Robert Sheehan), an outcast from London, along with Anna Fang (Jihae), a dangerous outlaw with a bounty on her head.

Mortal Engines is the startling, new epic adventure directed by Oscar®-winning visual-effects artist Christian Rivers (King Kong).  Joining Rivers are The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies three-time Academy Award®-winning filmmakers Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, who have penned the screenplay.  Visual effects are created by a Weta Digital team led by Ken McGaugh, Kevin Smith, Luke Millar and Dennis Yoo.  The Universal and MRC adaptation is from the award-winning book series by Philip Reeve, published in 2001 by Scholastic.  

On board as producers are Zane Weiner (The Hobbit trilogy), Amanda Walker (The Hobbit trilogy) and Deborah Forte (Goosebumps), as well as Walsh and Jackson.  Ken Kamins (The Hobbit trilogy) joins Boyens as executive producer.  Universal will distribute the film worldwide.  www.mortalengines.com

 

 

Ad aired during South Park last night on Comedy Central.

Edited November 8, 2018 by MagnarTheGreat

[Jessie]

On 10/9/2018 at 11:49 PM, dudalb said:

It says a lot that the only things people remember from the Hobbit movies are the scenes that stick close to the book, and all of Jackson's "improvements" are forgotten.

Yes, the days when PJ's name automatically meant big box office are over.  I was among the Jackson fanboys after LOTR, but have found every film since to nowhere near as good, One reason is his bloat;both Kong and the Hobbit movies were simply overlong. It took him freakikng one hour to reach Skull Island in Kong, it took the original 15 minutes.

yet King Kong was a much better movie than Skull Island. matter of fact King Kong was head and shoulders above every other blockbuster in 2005

[Jessie]

On 10/10/2018 at 12:00 AM, dudalb said:

Great Reviews might be possible, but for the box office...I am skeptical about how well the Spideyverse movie will do overall, but it will do well enough to cursh ME opening weeknds, and the huge releases of the week after will destroy it.

spiderverse is definitely doing poorly. There's not many out there that care about an old fashioned cartoon of Spider-Man 

[NerdyMike]

Choreographed sword fights for Mortal Engines. Can't wait to see this film. Jihae as Anna Fang is a winner. 

 

[Arlborn]

2 hours ago, NerdyMike said:

Choreographed sword fights for Mortal Engines. Can't wait to see this film. Jihae as Anna Fang is a winner. 

 

Done right this movie should have plenty of real cool looking scenes since the book had so many.

 

Edited November 9, 2018 by Arlborn

[Elessar]

 

[dudalb]

On ‎11‎/‎8‎/‎2018 at 2:37 AM, Jessie said:

spiderverse is definitely doing poorly. There's not many out there that care about an old fashioned cartoon of Spider-Man 

And even fewer will care about this.

I had the same reaction to the Spiderverse movie until I saw some footage, You can call it many things but old fashioned cartoon is not one of them.

 

even if it is a good movie, I think this will end up being one of the box  office failures of the 2018 Holiday season. Basic idea too offbeat,and competition just too strong.

[MagnarTheGreat]

ComingSoon.net - Get Hyped for Mortal Engines with Four New TV Spots

[The Futurist]

What was the last "original" IP that became a franchise ?

How many times it happens a year ?

 

Non original, Sony had too recently, Jumanji and Venom.

Gal Gadot will play Wondy until she s a grand ma.

And Lionsgate has the RHCU.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Deadline - ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Swinging To $30M-$40M Start – Early Tracking

 

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Universal’s sci-fi/fantasy Mortal Engines based on the Philip Reeve book and produced by Peter Jackson, and adapted/produced by his wife Fran Walsh is looking low in the $12M-$15M range. It is currently bes with younger males under 25.

 

 

Edited November 22, 2018 by MagnarTheGreat
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[Zakiyyah6]

The tracking being crappy is not shocking. This film needed a killer trailer with a great hook to survive and it doesn't have either of those things.

[Eric S'ennui]

On 12/18/2017 at 11:11 AM, That One Guy said:

80/329

 

[filmlover]

This is going to bomb something fierce, especially with all the competition it faces. I wouldn't be surprised if it pulls The Spirit numbers.

[shayhiri]

Lol, Mortal Engines >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SpiderNurse (in any way).

[Brainbug]

Is it just me or does the marketing for this seem practically non-existent?

[Zakiyyah6]

6 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

Is it just me or does the marketing for this seem practically non-existent?

The marketing does seem very weak. I think the studio knows that they have a flop so why bother?

[Jessie]

On 11/9/2018 at 1:57 PM, NerdyMike said:

Choreographed sword fights for Mortal Engines. Can't wait to see this film. Jihae as Anna Fang is a winner. 

 

seriously? she needed to practice that?

[filmlover]

5 hours ago, Brainbug said:

Is it just me or does the marketing for this seem practically non-existent?

They're making literally no effort to promote it. They've probably just written it off already.

[MagnarTheGreat]

Rated by the BBFC.

 

 

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MORTAL ENGINES (2018)

RATED: 12A
TYPE: Feature
APPROX. RUNNING MINUTES: 128
RELEASE DATES: 14/12/2018
BBFCINSIGHT: moderate violence, threat
GENRE(S): Drama, Action
DIRECTOR(S): Christian Rivers
CAST INCLUDES: Hera Hilmar, Robert Sheehan, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Lang, Jihae, Frankie Adams
SUMMARY: MORTAL ENGINES is a fantasy adventure in which a young woman seeks vengeance in a futuristic world where large moving cities roam the wilderness.
CUT: All known versions of this work passed uncut.

http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/mortal-engines-2018

 

You can tell Peter Jackson didn't direct it by the runtime.

 

Edited November 28, 2018 by MagnarTheGreat
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