Weekend topic: Split: $26.2m (Amazing drop!!!) | ADP: $18.3m | RE: $13.8m | HF: $14m | Gold $3.4m

[stripe]

Not a bad weekend after all. Headed to 3 movies around/over 20M.

 

What about previews for Gold? It looks like it might be a huge breakout! 

[chrisman0606]

A Dog's Purpose is feeling the wrath of the viral video on it's box office starting with previews.

[Mockingjay Raphael]

2 minutes ago, Arlborn said:

15-20m opening and 35-40m total for Resident Evil would be a win considering its low budget and its OS focus.

 

Agree, I'm really curious for OS numbers, considering that it is going to be the biggest movie of the franchise (?) in LC in Japan, it may pull at least $160m OS for another $200m grosser, 5x it's budget. 

[franfar]

Mods, can we combine the weekend threads?

[Maxmoser3]

Not bad for Resident Evil. Might do mid to high teens for the weekend.

[A District 3 Engineer]

there are 3 weekend threads, can a Mod combine them? @CJohn?

 

 

[Krissykins]

18 minutes ago, Arlborn said:

15-20m opening and 35-40m total for Resident Evil would be a win considering its low budget and its OS focus.

 

Definitely the end now though.

 

Even if they wanted to do more, they don't warrant the ~$30m US p&a cost.

 

 

[FilmBuff]

La La Land coming for the #1 spot!

[Incarnadine]

The RE aren't brilliant movies, but they are fun to watch. There were several RE movies on TV last night and for the first time in a few years I watched the first one, it  holds up quite well and is actually better than I remember. It doesn't hurt that Milla is at her absolute hottest there (just edging out her look in The 5th Element).

[stripe]

14 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

La La Land coming for the #1 spot!

 

[Incarnadine]

13 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

La La Land coming for the #1 spot!

That would be so awesome, but unless both openers really under perform it looks unlikely, even with the additional 1300 theaters and Oscar bump. #3 looks like a good target though, but even that will depend on Split's drop (unless LLL really hits a moonshot).

[filmlover]

23 minutes ago, FilmBuff said:

La La Land coming for the #1 spot!

A Dog's Purpose will likely be #1 but La La Land could duke it out with Resident Evil for #2 if the latter proves to be epically frontloaded.

[Captain Craig]

XXX:RoXC had a slightly better preview number than RE6, that kind of surprises me. 

Granted none of the 3 franchise players in January were ever going to break out but I thought with the stated ending for RE that it's Preview #s might garner more butts in seats.

[alisson23]

My prediction is about right

Re 15M

Dog 19M

By comparison, PA: Marked ones (18.3M ow) previews were 1.2M, also for xXx 3 (20M ow).

 

Max (12.15M ow) did 500k at previews, but it was a summer release. So, 20M for Dog's purpose isn't dead.

[filmlover]

Does anyone know how wide The Comedian is supposed to open next weekend? It's opening around me at a handful of theaters.

Edited January 27, 2017 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Does anyone know how wide The Comedian is supposed to open next weekend? It's opening around me at a handful of theaters.

I won't be surprised if it gets 1,500+ just because so many movies need to be dumped.

[The47th]

Wasn't Resident Evil tracking higher? I remember BOT Long Range prediction had it mid 20s while Underworld was in the teens.

[Joel M]

55 minutes ago, Incarnadine said:

That would be so awesome, but unless both openers really under perform it looks unlikely, even with the additional 1300 theaters and Oscar bump. #3 looks like a good target though, but even that will depend on Split's drop (unless LLL really hits a moonshot).

 

Do you expect La La Land to go over 15m? It will have to increase its already high PTA while adding 1300 theatres. Doesn't look possible to me.

[DAJK]

I gotta say I expected more from Dogs Purpose. Right now id say 17-19M for resident evil and 15-16M for dogs purpose.

[alisson23]

Just now, DAJK said:

I gotta say I expected more from Dogs Purpose. Right now id say 17-19M for resident evil and 15-16M for dogs purpose.

Wouldn't be the contrary?