Weekend BO- Actuals Mo 18.53, OCP 16.89, FB 10.43, Arr 5.58, NA 3.16, MbtS 3.13

[POTUS 2020]

http://deadline.com/2016/12/jennifer-aniston-tj-miller-office-christmas-party-moana-fantastic-beasts-1201867403/

 

Paramount’s all star comedy ensemble Office Christmas Party started jingling $950K in box office change last night at 2,429 theaters from shows starting at 7PM.

How does Office Christmas Party‘s Thursday night compare to other R-rated comedies? Well, it beats last year’s Sisters which made $769K on its Thursday night in the shadow of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Sisters was squarely aimed at those older women sidestepping Star Wars, and it grossed $4.96M on its first Friday and a weekend of $13.9M. Office Christmas Party also bests the preview night for The Night Before which bowed before Thanksgiving last year to a $550K Thursday night and produced a $3.56M Friday and $9.88M weekend. The all-star comedy is also just under the $1M preview cash made by Horrible Bosses 2, which also starred Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman. That R-rated comedy sequel grossed a $4.2M Wednesday and $15.5M FSS.

Edited December 12, 2016 by POTUS

[WrathOfHan]

Hm, did I make the right move going from 14M to 16M?

[POTUS 2020]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Hm, did I make the right move going from 14M to 16M?

I would think so. Looking at the comparisons it might be high teens

[La Binoche]

The audience score on RT is 57%. I thought this was supposed to be an audience pleaser? 

[filmlover]

Looks like a $15M opening to me.

[a2k]

High teens probably. I went with 16m on the derby.

[Eevin]

Crap, I went bold and put 13m for the weekend. That ain't happening now. 

[WrathOfHan]

3 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

The audience score on RT is 57%. I thought this was supposed to be an audience pleaser? 

Oof. WOM is going to be bad on this one. On the other hand, Nocturnal Animals has an 81% Audience Score.

[POTUS 2020]

3 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

The audience score on RT is 57%. I thought this was supposed to be an audience pleaser? 

Daddy's Home had 50% and made $100m+

Doesn't take much to please the mob

[La Binoche]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Oof. WOM is going to be bad on this one. On the other hand, Nocturnal Animals has an 81% Audience Score.

 

Yeah I think people are liking NA better than expected. Which explains the 16% post-Thanksgiving drop. 

[La Binoche]

1 minute ago, POTUS said:

Daddy's Home had 50% and made $100m+

Doesn't take much to please the mob

 

Daddy's home was a lot of fun. It was the perfect palate cleanser I needed after watching the boring, dull, dry, overrated Carol. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, La Binoche said:

 

Daddy's home was a lot of fun. It was the perfect palate cleanser I needed after watching the boring, dull, dry, overrated Carol. 

Did someone hack Binoche's account?  

[filmlover]

Fandango has one of the most hideous posters ever for a movie on the film's page:

 

 

What kinda Photoshop disaster?

[terrestrial]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Fandango has one of the most hideous posters ever for a movie on the film's page:

 

 

What kinda Photoshop disaster?

I think I have seen that in a Spanish ~ film release this week tweet too = international poster?

[DAJK]

Even with WOM, a 16-17M opening would put 70M in play.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Even with WOM, a 16-17M opening would put 70M in play.

Probably not. The theater loss in two weeks (due to 6 wide openers between the 21 and the 25) will be too severe.

[mahnamahna]

After the 25th, people will stop going to see this even if it has 2,000+ theaters still. 

 

Why Him? is also targeting the same audience and adults also have the option to see Passengers, La La Land, Fences, Manchester by the Sea (assuming it adds some screens between now and the 25th), Arrival and Rogue One (to a lesser extent). 

 

With a $16 million OW, $45-50 million DOM is my guess. Madea Christmas might be a fair comparison (in terms of legs). 

[Alli]

Reacher 1 opened to 15M(which i assume this will make OW) and went on to make 80M.  Holiday legs are very generous. I guess my Passengers club is dead.

Edited December 9, 2016 by Alli

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, mahnamahna said:

After the 25th, people will stop going to see this even if it has 2,000+ theaters still. 

 

Why Him? is also targeting the same audience and adults also have the option to see Passengers, La La Land, Fences, Manchester by the Sea (assuming it adds some screens between now and the 25th), Arrival and Rogue One (to a lesser extent). 

 

With a $16 million OW, $45-50 million DOM is my guess. Madea Christmas might be a fair comparison (in terms of legs). 

Manchester reaches 800-900 theaters next weekend.

[DAJK]

11 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Probably not. The theater loss in two weeks (due to 6 wide openers between the 21 and the 25) will be too severe.

Weekdays next week will be very strong IMO. And Christmas theme should be able to make up for some lost $ due to WOM.