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

[Jake Gittes]

200m for LB would require legs at least as good as The Lego Movie's and that is simply not happening. 

[filmlover]

Batman, whether in live-action or in animated form, always brings out the insanity.

[MrPink]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

Matt Damon is so disappointed in you right now.

 

I crazy but The Great Wall + Fist Fight is not exactly the 1-2 combo of 22 Jump Street and How to Train Your Dragon 2 following EoT.

 

My serious but totally not serious Great Wall prediction is 35m OW

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, MrPink said:

 

I crazy but The Great Wall + Fist Fight is not exactly the 1-2 combo of 22 Jump Street and How to Train Your Dragon 2 following EoT.

 

My serious but totally not serious Great Wall prediction is 35m OW

[MrPink]

7 minutes ago, filmlover said:

 

Spoiler

High teens at best 

 

[Krissykins]

3 hours ago, EmpireCity said:

$15.2

$9.5

$8.0

 

Lol, nice try WB. But anyone with a hint of box office knowledge knew that the 25% drop was just pure fudging. 

 

[JohnnyGossamer]

Hmm. Not a stellar start for LEGO Bats but still looking to make a nice chunk of change. Honestly, not even expecting the LEGO Movie sequel to do as well as LEGO Movie. There was a groundswell of love for that one and it was very novel at the time of release. Now, we have it, LEGO Bats and Ninjago before it's release. I guess we'll see. But, again, pretty sure LEGO Movie was the zeitgeist just as Spidey 1 was the zeitgeist of the Spidey series. 

[franfar]

31 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

Hmm. Not a stellar start for LEGO Bats but still looking to make a nice chunk of change. Honestly, not even expecting the LEGO Movie sequel to do as well as LEGO Movie. There was a groundswell of love for that one and it was very novel at the time of release. Now, we have it, LEGO Bats and Ninjago before it's release. I guess we'll see. But, again, pretty sure LEGO Movie was the zeitgeist just as Spidey 1 was the zeitgeist of the Spidey series. 

The novelty factor will be all but dead by the sequel's release. Plus, it'll be hard to live up to the original, so it ain't gonna increase from the original. I'm not even sure if the reviews will have the same critical acclaim as the original and the Batman spin-off. Sequels usually risk running out of steam. 

 

I'm not saying that because I want it to fail, but I think audiences might become a bit weary of its style of humor.

 

I still expect over 200m DOM from it though, which is great. Maybe even 225m. It'll still appeal to families and kids, just not as many as the original IMO.

[GiantCALBears]

Have you guys been taking about how stealthy awesome Lion's run has been so far?

[4815162342]

Just now, GiantCALBears said:

Have you guys been taking about how stealthy awesome Lion's run has been so far?

 

Only so far as cursing Weinstein for messing up the release.

[Jake Gittes]

Yeah if Weinstein actually bothered to promote Lion it could be making twice what it's doing now. 

[GiantCALBears]

1 minute ago, 4815162342 said:

 

Only so far as cursing Weinstein for messing up the release.

Very true numbers, still it's amazing given how much publicity it got weeks ago (60 minutes piece, interviews all over)...

[GiantCALBears]

La La Land had a pretty good hold given how many theaters it gave up, Rogue One is falling a bit harder on its way out.

[GiantCALBears]

Monster Trucks finally bled out this weekend but the fact it did even $60m+ globally is a lot more than I thought it would do.

[GiantCALBears]

Split & Hidden Figures are monsters. Really not much more to say about either...

[JohnnyGossamer]

9 minutes ago, franfar said:

The novelty factor will be all but dead by the sequel's release. Plus, it'll be hard to live up to the original, so it ain't gonna increase from the original. I'm not even sure if the reviews will have the same critical acclaim as the original and the Batman spin-off. Sequels usually risk running out of steam. 

 

I'm not saying that because I want it to fail, but I think audiences might become a bit weary of its style of humor.

 

I still expect over 200m DOM from it though, which is great. Maybe even 225m. It'll still appeal to families and kids, just not as many as the original IMO.

Yup. Pretty much in agreement with everything said here.

[JohnnyGossamer]

As for Split, yup... Especially with that budget. M Night has broken back onto the scene and likely regained a lot of faith with studios.

[cannastop]

1 minute ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

As for Split, yup... Especially with that budget. M Night has broken back onto the scene and likely regained a lot of faith with studios.

Where else can he go from here, though? How would bigger budgets help him out?

[franfar]

This is the 6th weekend with Hidden Figures in the top 10.

 

Four weekends and Split is still in top 5. 

 

Jeezus

 

 

[franfar]

5 minutes ago, cannastop said:

Where else can he go from here, though? How would bigger budgets help him out?

He funded most of the movie himself, no? If anything, this shows that he doesn't necessarily need the major studios. He can be semi-independent with more creative control, and make lots of cash while at it.

Edited February 13, 2017 by franfar