Weekend Thread (Dec-30-Jan 2nd) 3/4-day #s R1 49.5m/64.3m, Sing 42.8m/56.4m, Pass 16.15m/20.7m, Moana 10.97m/14.3m, WH 10.6m/13m, Fences 10m/12.7m

[FlashMaster659]

http://deadline.com/2016/12/rogue-one-sing-20th-century-women-passengers-wednesday-box-office-1201876732/

 Based on early estimates from matinees today, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is on its way to becoming the year’s second highest-grossing film for Disney and Lucasfilm, on track to gross anywhere from $16.7 million- $18 million today and perhaps $46.7M-$50M for the weekend

Today, Lionsgate ups La La Land‘s theaters from 205 to 750 and estimates are anywhere between $8M and $9.3M for the three-day and $12M+ for the four-day

Edited January 2, 2017 by FlashMaster659

[Daxtreme]

16.7M? lol

 

I'm not buying those numbers.

 

This is, after all, Deadline on an early projection  

 

 

[FlashMaster659]

http://variety.com/2016/film/news/rogue-one-box-office-new-years-1201950454/

[TommyA10]

Taking these Deadline "projections" with a giant chunk of salt. After all, these are the same guys who projected $120 million for the last 4 day weekend lol.

 

[TalismanRing]

 

http://variety.com/2016/film/box-office/rogue-one-box-office-new-years-1201950454/

 

Variety 4 Day

 

Rogue: $60m
Sing: $50m
Passengers: $20m
Moana: $18m
La La Land: $12m

 

Variety seems to be on the same low track for Rogue as Deadline.   The Moana # is also an eye opener for opposite reasons. 

 

 

 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

We'll just have to wait for RTH to sort this all out.

[baumer]

Well, these seem awfully arbitrary but then again, they always are at this time of day.

[TalismanRing]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-blamed-chinese-films-disappointing-box-office-959753

 

Something the loonie Shut Down  RT'ers / critic conspiracists have in common with the Chinese Gov't
 

Quote

 

An editorial published on the mobile site of the People’s Daily, the official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party, on Tuesday said "vicious and irresponsible" reviews written to "grab eyeballs" had caused serious harm to the ecosystem of the Chinese film industry. The article singled out Douban and Maoyan, another influential reviews aggregator and mobile ticketing service, for its "surprisingly low" ratings of the three Chinese films. The piece went on to suggest that Douban's reviews might have been hacked and manipulated.

 

The stakes were raised considerably Wednesday when Maoyan removed professional film critics' reviews from its main page in response to the criticism. The Global Times, a nationalist state-backed newspaper, reported Thursday that Douban and Maoyan's offices were visited by officials from media regulator the State Administration of Press Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SAPPRFT).

 

 

[YM!]

1 minute ago, Jayhawk said:

We'll just have to wait for RTH to sort this all out.

You heard him, round up the people for sacrifices.

[Daxtreme]

Just now, Jayhawk said:

We'll just have to wait for RTH to sort this all out.

 

Indeed --

 

"THOR, ANY WORD FROM ASGARD?"

 

Thor: "The gates of hel are filled with the screams of his victims"

 

"..."

[FlashMaster659]

31 minutes ago, Daxtreme said:

16.7M? lol

 

I'm not buying those numbers.

 

This is, after all, Deadline on an early projection  

 

 

They did the same thing on TFA's 2nd weekend saying Friday would only be 35M

[baumer]

I don't think ASgard 1 and 2 would even bother to do any math right now.  There's just no point.  Deadline can easily just go to 2011 numbers from Mojo and make a projection for today.  

[ldb]

Boxofficemojo had an interesting take regarding the potential negative impact of NFL/College football bowl games on this holiday weekend.  Maybe the combination of New Years Eve plus football fans (primarily male) staying at home hurts Rogue One more than expected?   Funny though that despite bringing this up, the site still projects 60 million for the 3 day weekend.  

 

In the long run, it won't matter. Nothing will stop Rogue One from hitting 540 million plus.  

[Daxtreme]

1 minute ago, FlashMaster659 said:

They did the same thing on TFA's 2nd weekend saying Friday would only be 35M

 

Actual number -- 49M 

 

 

[BadAtGender]

18m is believable for Moana after this past week. 

[elcaballero]

11 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/critics-blamed-chinese-films-disappointing-box-office-959753

 

Something the loonie Shut Down  RT'ers / critic conspiracists have in common with the Chinese Gov't
 

 

Wow. I know there is a lot of concern about the Chinese box office right now, but that is absolutely insane. 

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, DamienRoc said:

18m is believable for Moana after this past week. 

 

I can believe it but it's still a couple of million higher than my most optimistic projections.  That's an almost 45% jump from 4 day to 4 day.

[elcaballero]

6 minutes ago, DamienRoc said:

18m is believable for Moana after this past week. 

18m would be absolutely amazing. 

[Sam]

Go Moana! 

[baumer]

Just doing some quick estimating...if Passengers was to follow GWTDT (and it's been doing a bit better so far) it would have about 66-67 mill by Monday.  100 is a pretty good bet and if it gets some late legs, it should push past 110 and maybe even leg it out to 120.