Weekend Numbers: Fantastic Beasts 75M, Strange 17.6M, Trolls 17.5M, Arrival 11.8M, Edge of 17 4.8M, Bleed 2.35M, Billy Lynn 930k

[The Futurist]

Awful week end, awful numbers for everyone.

 

Flops,  harsh drops & disapointments.

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Billy - $1-1.5m OMG!!!!   It's The Walk all over again 

 

For my Derby I hope it hits $1m because then everyone will get a 0 

 

 

 

 

 

Hell, it wishes it could be The Walk.

[Arlborn]

9 minutes ago, James said:

 

Thanks! Lucky bastard! I loved what you wrote about the movie some pages ago by the way, I can't wait to watch it tomorrow, I hope I love it as much as you did!

Edited November 18, 2016 by Arlborn

[kswiston]

3 minutes ago, elcaballero said:

Maybe I will finally be able to afford to go on a day besides Tuesday.

 

They will drop the price of non-tentpole film tickets by 50 cents and raise the tentpole ticket price by $2

[WrathOfHan]

6 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Your telling me you of all people saw Fantastic Beasts in theatres?

Dafuq is that supposed to mean?  

[James]

Just now, Arlborn said:

Thanks! Lucky bastard! I loved what you wrote about the movie some pages ago by the way, I can't wait to watch it tomorrow, I hope I love it as much as you!

Out of likes, but I think you will. Generally for me when I go in with huge expectations I tend to leave at least partially disappointed. Not this time though. Also, it won't happen, but this deserves an scar for the VFX. It is just mindblowing. This movie alone has more magic (spells etc) in it visually than the entire Potter franchise.   

[La Binoche]

Damn, that's a steep drop for Arrival. Doesn't look like it's clicking with the GA. 

[WrathOfHan]

5 minutes ago, James said:

Out of likes, but I think you will. Generally for me when I go in with huge expectations I tend to leave at least partially disappointed. Not this time though. Also, it won't happen, but this deserves an scar for the VFX. It is just mindblowing. This movie alone has more magic (spells etc) in it visually than the entire Potter franchise.   

Yeah, no. Nothing about the VFX was great or inventive.

[James]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

Yeah, no. Nothing about the VFX was great or inventive.

It looked great imo. I mean it really did. 

[RobinHood26]

6 minutes ago, James said:

Out of likes, but I think you will. Generally for me when I go in with huge expectations I tend to leave at least partially disappointed. Not this time though. Also, it won't happen, but this deserves an scar for the VFX. It is just mindblowing. This movie alone has more magic (spells etc) in it visually than the entire Potter franchise.   

 

 Buckbeak being 12 years old is more visually impressive than anything Beasts. The CG looked good but not we've seen better from this year, not Oscar worthy 

[Noctis]

Out of any major blockbuster this year, none had an ending more heartwarming and touching than FB. 

[grim22]

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-fantastic-beasts-1201921970/

 

Quote

“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” is heading for a magical opening weekend in the $75 million range, early estimates showed Friday.

The “Harry Potter” spinoff, starring Eddie Redmayne as Newt Scamander, is performing in line with recent forecasts. The film is set to earn $30 million, which includes $8.8 million from Thursday night showings, on Friday. The Warner Bros. movie will play at 4,144 North American locations this weekend.

The third weekend of DreamWorks Animation’s “Trolls,” distributed by Fox, looks likely to wind up runner-up with $15 million, edging the third frame of Disney-Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” with about $13.5 million. Paramount’s second frame of “Arrival” should end up fourth at about $11 million.

STX Entertainment’s “The Edge of Seventeen,” an R-rated high-school dramedy starring Hailee Steinfeld, appears to be heading for a $6 million debut at 1,945 sites. That’s well below expectations of a $10 million opening weekend. 

 Open Road is seeing minimal traction for boxing biopic “Bleed for This,” starring Miles Teller as Vinny Pazienza, with projections for about $3 million at 1,549 locations

 

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Noctis said:

Out of any major blockbuster this year, none had an ending more heartwarming and touching than FB. 

And never-ending  I agree with your statement.

[James]

Just now, Noctis said:

Out of any major blockbuster this year, none had an ending more heartwarming and touching than FB. 

Gosh, I agree.It was just beautiful. I am surprised at how incredibly fitting the score was. It is right up there with the Williams stuff.

[JohnnyGossamer]

3 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

Damn, that's a steep drop for Arrival. Doesn't look like it's clicking with the GA. 

Never trust DL early numbers! That said, almost half the audience I saw it with opening night walked out. They, well, expected something different.

[TalismanRing]

7 minutes ago, James said:

Out of likes, but I think you will. Generally for me when I go in with huge expectations I tend to leave at least partially disappointed. Not this time though. Also, it won't happen, but this deserves an scar for the VFX. It is just mindblowing. This movie alone has more magic (spells etc) in it visually than the entire Potter franchise.   

 

In a year with Jungle Book and Dr Strange?

 

No way.  Though it will probably go to an Oscar darling in some bullshit win because we know that only films with Best Pic nod have the best VFX, Sound Editing, Costumes, Score etc...

[RobinHood26]

1 minute ago, Noctis said:

Out of any major blockbuster this year, none had an ending more heartwarming and touching than FB. 

 

Which one of the four endings? 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, TalismanRing said:

 

In a year with Jungle Book and Dr Strange?

 

No way.  Though it will probably go to an Oscar darling in some bullshit win because we know that only films with Best Pic nod have the best VFX, Sound Editing, Costumes, Score etc...

So why did Ex Machina and Interstellar win? So much salt in this post  

[grim22]

Just now, TalismanRing said:

We know that only films with Best Pic nod have the best VFX, Sound Editing, Costumes, Score etc...

 

 

This is something I don't get for sure. I like it when we get nominees from beyond Oscar bait movies, like The Wolfman winning or Bad Grandpa being nominated. Makes it at least look like the Oscars is not just the adult targeted drama movies released between November to December.

[RandomCat]

Watching this back and forth of the movie has made me more interested than any of the promotional material ever could.