Weekend Thread...Friday numbers (Deadline) HF: 6M| BBM: 5M| PD: 4.2| LLL: 3.97 (PG 18) - NOT THE PIRACY THREAD (OR THE POLITICS THREAD)

[Jonwo]

6 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Fuckin A.

 

Water parks are just as bad.  Dolphins are slaughtered by the Japanese or Dutch or Norwegians and the ones that are left behind are sold to water parks for a life time of slavery after they have watched their family get cut open while they are still breathing.  

 

I agree about circuses and water parks but zoos are important and the animals there are treated really well. 

[kayumanggi]

Jamie Foxx's SLEEPLESS flew under the radar, debuting with $8.4M over the weekend, $10.1M for the 4-day coup.

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) January 15, 2017

[kayumanggi]

#RogueOne will break $500M domestic on MON #MLKDAY & crack $1B global this week. $498.9M dom thru today now ranking as #1 movie from 2016.

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) January 15, 2017

[tawasal]

I believe that moana is still on track to match TS 2, with hopefully good numbers this weekend.

[Avatree]

3 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

A movie like this needs really good reviews and lacking that it has to be fun or exciting or have some edge or even a really good central performance.  It seems lacking on all counts.

 

 

Even so, it should have done better. It's not exactly a popular genre but the cast alone should have drawn in at least a few people. 5M is truly abysmal. 

[kayumanggi]

ROGUE ONE flyby: Domestic ($498.9M) Int'l ($481.1M) WW ($980M)

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) January 15, 2017

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, Treecraft said:

Even so, it should have done better. It's not exactly a popular genre but the cast alone should have drawn in at least a few people. 5M is truly abysmal. 

 

The platform opening probably hurt it a bit allowing mediocre WOM to get out for a a few weeks pre wide opening. 

 

Then again very good WOM didn't help A Monster Calls when it went wide - though it didn't have nearly the same marketing budget as Live By Night.

[WrathOfHan]

That's a fucking insane expansion for Moonlight. Most theaters only had it at 1 showtime per time

[kayumanggi]

On Monday, STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE is expected to become just the 7th film ever to cross $500M+ domestic. That's good company.

— Exhibitor Relations (@ERCboxoffice) January 15, 2017

[filmlover]

Live by Night wouldn't have done well no matter where it opened, but I think it could've at least put up an okay $15M opening had it opened an April. The stench of "failed awards bait" is just too much to overcome.

[CJohn]

Just now, filmlover said:

Live by Night wouldn't have done well no matter where it opened, but I think it could've at least put up an okay $15M opening had it opened an April. The stench of "failed awards bait" is just too much to overcome.

Early September wouldn't be bad either.

[CoolioD1]

i mean yeah that's less than 1/3 of what gangster squad opened to on the same weekend. ben affleck gonna spend all of 2017 looking depressed too.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Early September wouldn't be bad either.

Taylor Swift's brother is actually in the movie, and Scott Eastwood was originally until he got cut from it. That should have told us right then and there this would be a flop.

Edited January 15, 2017 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

Lion was able to increase despite losing 25 theaters. Incredible  

[ban1o]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

Lion was able to increase despite losing 25 theaters. Incredible  

it's a crowd pleaser. But it's distribution and marketing has sucked. i honestly think it would have potential for 100 million with better distribution and marketing. Too bad. 

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

My parents were gonna go see Hidden Figures last night but it was sold out. Gonna go with them tonight.

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Taylor Swift's brother is actually in the movie, and Scott Eastwood was originally until he got cut from it. That should have told us right then and there this would be a flop.

A friend of mine already saw the movie.

Spoiler

He said Scott shows up in a photo 

 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, ban1o said:

it's a crowd pleaser. But it's distribution and marketing has sucked. i honestly think it would have potential for 100 million with better distribution and marketing. Too bad. 

It has a shot at 50M once Weinstein starts expanding it.

[filmlover]

Hidden Figures and La La Land are the big winners. The latter is headed for $150M at a minimum, and the former is on track for at least $125M. Nice to see quality getting so heavily rewarded.

[Maxmoser3]

16 minutes ago, kayumanggi said:

Still a solid result nonetheless.