Weekend Estimates: Lego Batman 55.6M, 50 Shades 46.7M, John Wick 2 30M

[dashrendar44]

7 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Who is this woman lmao?

[filmlover]

I'm not watching the Grammys but I am following the red carpet on the Internet right now and lmao:

 

 

[dashrendar44]

28 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I'm not watching the Grammys but I am following the red carpet on the Internet right now and lmao:

 

 

 

She's a walking Photoshop montage of a Wampa, a golden gift wrap, a yellow mop and Katy Perry's face grafted underneath the mop

Edited February 13, 2017 by dashrendar44

[aabattery]

8 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

the oscars really need to get on the level of the grammys when it comes to the fashion. i mean....

 

 

I actually can't stop laughing at this. I've been giggling like an idiot for the past 5 minutes 

[CoolioD1]

3 minutes ago, AABATTERY said:

 

I actually can't stop laughing at this. I've been giggling like an idiot for the past 5 minutes 

[DAJK]

Lego batman might get to 90M opening at my theatre. High 80's guranteed, it's already at 81 with the evening still to go (and with tomorrow being a holiday Sunday night will act closer to a Saturday)

[aabattery]

 

I'm so glad that this has happened. 

[Rman823]

I don't think it's a good thing when the only thing people know about you at the Grammys is the dress you're wearing. Sure you're making a "statement" but I'd be more concerned about my music. 

[CoolioD1]

17 minutes ago, AABATTERY said:

 

I'm so glad that this has happened. 

 

[franfar]

 

 

CeeLo Green left early coz he didn't win any #GRAMMYs ??? pic.twitter.com/9LQBX8RBGl

— Fαyme (@Fayme_K) February 13, 2017

[Arlborn]

Weird weekend for me. Real happy about John Wick and kinda disappointed with those Lego Batman numbers plus I didn't get to watch either of them yet, so annoying.

 

Kinda happy 50 Shades is doing well too, specially internationally. I don't care much about the movie itself but it's kinda annoying how dismissive people can be about it. It obviously means something to a lot of people.

[franfar]

 

[DAJK]

Projector for John wick just realized it no longer wanted to be alive... or something ? either way unless we can transfer the movie to another screen on time it may have to cap out at 30M here for the weekend

[Webslinger]

I'm a little disappointed with Lego Batman, but it's definitely still set up to be a winner against its $80 million budget. Between the upcoming schedule and the strength of its audience reception, it still has a chance at cracking $200 million domestic. While 200 would still be a bit lower than expected, it's not bad for a spinoff that returned just one major character from the first film - even if that one character is part of a separate brand name with huge drawing power of its own.

 

Fifty Shades Darker was predictably frontloaded. I would say that I'm a little disappointed to see it fall under $50 million, but the hype wasn't as deafening as it was for the first film two years ago and it's a given that the film is going to clean up on Tuesday.

 

John Wick: Chapter 2 is off to a great start. The first film clearly has a big following that was hungry for more, but the strong reviews were the factor that really put it over the top. If the crowd I saw it with yesterday was any indication, it should have a fairly leggy run.

[DAJK]

Holy crap I just realized that Secret Life of Pets is Universal's #2 all time domestic grosser behind only Jurassic World. Holy!  

[dxmatrixdt]

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Edited February 13, 2017 by Matrix4You

[dxmatrixdt]

		MONDAY		TUESDAY		WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY		TOTAL
LEGO Batman	-0.835	2,607,511	169%	7,021,140		1,825,258	1,825,258		67,162,641
Fifty Shades	-0.650	3,047,385	368%	14,247,513		2,590,277	2,590,277		68,481,785
John Wick	-0.670	2,509,211	82%	4,559,922		2,007,369	2,007,369		41,087,799
Split	-0.713	672,147	197%	1,993,345		583,317	554,151		116,218,229
Hidden Figures	-0.732	608,076	145%	1,490,320		674,751	674,751		135,054,500
Dogs Purpose	-0.831	375,100	173%	1,022,753		356,950	356,950		44,714,563
La La Land	-0.739	375,830	206%	1,150,205		410,935	410,935		128,408,001
Rings	-0.738	334,134	258%	1,196,288		293,100	249,135		23,378,325
Lion	-0.712	358,316	103%	727,863		419,818	419,818		32,353,830
Space Between	-0.794	115,836	320%	486,511		104,804	94,324		7,468,977
Sing	-0.844	81,345	156%	208,539		73,950	73,950		265,794,452
Rogue One	-0.735	117,983	147%	290,963		113,338	107,671		527,826,986
xXx	-0.710	127,224	95%	248,617		117,800	106,020		43,725,439
Resident Evil	-0.690	128,578	140%	308,709		121,300	109,170		25,911,155
Moana	-0.792	50,249	83%	91,970		41,490	41,490		243,427,000
The Founder	-0.677	67,192	102%	136,018		69,008	69,008		11,559,132
Fences	-0.642	70,824	92%	136,018		70,824	70,824		54,286,810
Manchester	-0.657	64,922	103%	132,023		67,646	67,646		45,423,622
Monster Trucks	-0.877	26,102	134%	61,129		25,260	25,260		32,355,787
Moonlight	-0.693	50,544	103%	102,492		54,054	54,054		20,647,291
Sleepless	-0.639	44,275	101%	89,012		38,500	34,650		20,296,860
Arrival	-0.660	41,463	109%	86,828		41,463	41,463		99,623,799
Passengers	-0.642	21,500	156%	55,040		21,500	19,350		98,113,098
Jackie	-0.679	20,413	82%	37,190		25,181	25,181		13,377,001
Gold	-0.641	15,050	47%	22,048		15,480	13,932		7,086,428
Why Him?	-0.596	10,290	185%	29,371		9,702	8,732		59,291,811

[stripe]

Amazing daily prediction Matrix4You!!

 

[Arlborn]

 

28 minutes ago, TigerPaw said:

Props to Vin, of course, he is famous in China but his "Last Witch-hunter" flopped in China despite similar release date last year, earning just around 15m yuan. It is the combination of actors, but I feel the biggest credit goes to Donnie Yen.

From what I understand from some insiders, Paramount China looked very close at  4x multiple of Rogue One in China in its opening day and focused on promotion of Donnie Yen especially when the China audiences were raving about Donnie in R1 yet complaining he did not have enough screen time.

For the past month, Paramount made Donnie lead the Chinese New year greeting for Triple X (You have seen that 1min 14secs video right?), started making the digital banner which I mentioned  to promote ticket sales on various website(even though the original poster was still used as the movie poster), On weibo...released highlights of Donnie's scenes in the movie, released/shared reviews of overseas audience raving about Donnie's performance, released 2 promotional posters of Donnie/Vin being the "Men Shen" - Guardians of the door during CNY.

Requested for Donnie to appear at the Beijing Premiere (he originally was too busy and was not able to attend, he had to cut short his Japan tour with his family. Just to let you know, Donnie did not appear for KungFu Jungle's premiere in 2014 in many cities around China because he believes more in Word-of-mouth and cares more about reception than box office.

 

 

 

I am reading audience reviews right now, Maoyan, Weibo, Gewara, and we both know which name appear most in the reviews. =) Donnie Yen. 

All I can say is Paramount hit all the right notes for the promotion for this, especially in the last month, to change the focus to say that:
"Hey, R1 did not show enough of Donnie Yen, but in our movie xXx, we are telling you that your local Superstar is ALMOST the main character and his performance is superb, watch it for him!"

 

 

This is just genius marketing. Anyone wondering how the hell xXx made so much in China, there is your answer. Just look at that poster! Hah, and people say Paramount can't do anything right, well, this was simply genius marketing paying off right there.

 

 

 

Edited February 13, 2017 by Arlborn

[YM!]

Any thoughts for President's Day weekend drops.