BEAUTY AND THE BEAST WEEKEND THREAD | Late Sunday Numbers (Asgard) - 48-49M | Official Weekend Estimate: 170M; OS OW: 180M; WW OW: 350M

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, That One Guy said:

BATB is sadly gonna have good WOM.  Massive applause at the end.  I think I was the only one that didn't clap.

That was me and my dad at Rogue One  

[Dementeleus]

Just now, That One Guy said:

BATB is sadly gonna have good WOM.  Massive applause at the end.  I think I was the only one that didn't clap.

 

Like all highly anticipated fan-driven films, I think it's too early to say that.

[Cmasterclay]

IDK I think Beauty and the Beast is gonna be alot more frontloaded than people think. These Disney fanatics are going crazy for this and I can see it bringing in alot of the same midnight crowd as Harry Potter and Twilight. 14 would kinda be disappointing if it performs like a relatively frontloaded movie and not a kids movie.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Cmasterclay said:

IDK I think Beauty and the Beast is gonna be alot more frontloaded than people think. These Disney fanatics are going crazy for this and I can see it bringing in alot of the same midnight crowd as Harry Potter and Twilight. 14 would kinda be disappointing if it performs like a relatively frontloaded movie and not a kids movie.

I see it doing around a 2.6x, but it's hard to say right now without WOM.

[Dementeleus]

Just now, filmlover said:

It's bound to be backloaded somewhat since this is a pure family film (that is going to have an even bigger adult audience seeing it at the same time).

 

I'm not sure we can absolutely say that unless you're comparing it to the most frontloaded event movies.

[That One Girl]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

That was me and my dad at Rogue One  

 

Probably gonna be you at BATB (tomorrow?) too.

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, That One Guy said:

 

Probably gonna be you at BATB (tomorrow?) too.

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, Cmasterclay said:

IDK I think Beauty and the Beast is gonna be alot more frontloaded than people think. These Disney fanatics are going crazy for this and I can see it bringing in alot of the same midnight crowd as Harry Potter and Twilight. 14 would kinda be disappointing if it performs like a relatively frontloaded movie and not a kids movie.

We shall see. I'm already seeing sellouts for Saturday.

Edited March 17, 2017 by filmlover

[Biggestgeekever]

2 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

BATB is sadly gonna have good WOM.  Massive applause at the end.  I think I was the only one that didn't clap.

That's exactly how I recall my midnight showing of Avatar. 

 

 

[That One Girl]

Just now, Biggestgeekever said:

That's exactly how I recall my midnight showing of Avatar. 

 

 

 

Ah yes, another overrated movie that doesn't deserve applause  

[Cmasterclay]

I actually think legs will be fine after this weekend, I'm more talking about it having a frontloaded weekend IM.

[WrathOfHan]

The last time a movie got applause from me was at Split when I was cumming over the ending. I was the only one applauding  I applauded at TFA though.

[Dementeleus]

Just now, filmlover said:

We shall see. I'm already sellouts for Saturday.

 

This doesn't affect either argument. If anything, it argues it's a heavily presale-driven movie, which might indicate greater frontloading.

[That One Girl]

The last time I applauded was at the end of Logan.

[Cmasterclay]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

The last time a movie got applause from me was at Split when I was cumming over the ending. I was the only one applauding  I applauded at TFA though.

[filmlover]

Just now, TelemAAchos said:

 

This doesn't affect either argument. If anything, it argues it's a heavily presale-driven movie, which might indicate greater frontloading.

At the same time, business becomes more spread out when the sellouts forces people to see it at a later time.

[That One Girl]

Just now, Cmasterclay said:

 

He went full Ethantard.  Never go full Ethantard.

[PPZVGOS]

Disney will impose a continent-spanning totalitarian empire in less than two decades. 

 

Disney classics will be the only cultural reference. 

 

Jesus be replaced by the Mouse. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Cmasterclay said:

I'm not talking Ethan in Arrival and La La Land levels, but I was shook.

[Dementeleus]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

At the same time, business becomes more spread out when the sellouts forces people to see it at a later time.

 

Unless those people have already rushed to pre-buy their tickets.

 

edit: I also think it's highly likely that Anaheim and Orlando (and to a lesser extent the great metropolitan areas of both) will significantly outperform the rest of the country.