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

[The Panda]

24 minutes ago, Noctis said:

Sources say Emma Watson is pulling in $3 million upfront to play book-smart protagonist Belle. But her final payday will escalate to $15 million if the film's final haul is similar to 'Maleficent.'

 

I hope they mean when the film's OW is similar to the final haul of Maleficent.

[CJohn]

4 minutes ago, Eevin said:

http://deadline.com/2017/03/beauty-and-the-beast-weekend-box-office-selling-out-1202045224/

UPDATE, FRIDAY NOON: Midday matinees, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is destined to log among March top openers of all-time with a current projected $165M-$175M weekend, on what looks to be a $60M-$62M Friday. These are from non-Disney industry estimates.

[ACSlater]

6 minutes ago, Talkie said:

 

If/when Watson helps earn $1B for Disney, the studio will consider her salary a bargain. 

 

F*ck that shit...this movie could sell with a hot chick off the streets...

 

They need to maximize their operating margin and return profit to the shareholders in form of hiked dividends aka ME...

[YM!]

$60M-$62M Friday, @Gokira2012 will be pissed.

[FlashMaster659]

Isn't 165-175m a bit high for a 60-62m Friday or is that about right?

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Massive #s. All comes down to that Saturday jump.

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

$60M-$62M Friday, @Gokira2012 will be pissed.

 

BATB OD > Power Rangers DOM?

[Frozen]

2 minutes ago, FlashMaster659 said:

Isn't 165-175m a bit high for a 60-62m Friday or is that about right?

 

It's kinda low for a family movie.

[eddyxx]

I have little interest in this movie therefore I hope it flops

[commonsense88]

Friday evening shows are starting to sell out, I won't be surprised if it goes up from estimates 

[Eevin]

If these estimates hold (which is very unlikely) previews would make up ~26-27% of opening day. Avengers and Jurassic World each did anywhere from 22-23% of their opening day on Thursday night, so this looks like it's sliiightly more frontloaded.

[YM!]

UPDATE, Friday 12:53 PM: Jurassic World is currently estimating a $65M Friday off midday sales — that’s inclusive of last night’s $18.5M B.O. If that number sticks into tonight, it will be the second-best June opening day behind June 30, 2010’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which minted $68.5M. This puts the Universal release on track for a $155M three-day bow, not only bigger than expected... The Colin Trevorrow-helmed pic is in a majority of the 26,500 ReadD-equipped theaters in 72 countries. Some insider see JW at $160M for the weekend.

 

Kind of like BaTB in a way, $200M OW confirmed?

Edited March 17, 2017 by YourMother

[Eevin]

3 minutes ago, Beauty and The Panda said:

 

BATB OD > Power Rangers DOM?

Looking real good for my club right about now...

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

I think it would likely get around that range if 60-62m was indeed the #.

[Dementeleus]

Just pointing out it's fallacious to assume DHD's numbers are always low. They may be not, but sometimes their sources are too optimistic.

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

1 minute ago, YourMother said:

UPDATE, Friday 12:53 PM: Jurassic World is currently estimating a $65M Friday off midday sales — that’s inclusive of last night’s $18.5M B.O. If that number sticks into tonight, it will be the second-best June opening day behind June 30, 2010’s The Twilight Saga: Eclipse which minted $68.5M. This puts the Universal release on track for a $155M three-day bow, not only bigger than expected... The Colin Trevorrow-helmed pic is in a majority of the 26,500 ReadD-equipped theaters in 72 countries. Some insider see JW at $160M for the weekend.

 

Kind of like BaTB in a way, $200M OW confirmed?

JW kept rising and rising throughout the night. And then had a bonkers Saturday. This could turn out like that, but we'll need to wait for RTH's updates.

[Biggestgeekever]

I do like that the headline on Deadline's article says it may top "Superman V Batman". 

[The Panda]

2 minutes ago, TelemAAchos said:

Just pointing out it's fallacious to assume DHD's numbers are always low. They may be not, but sometimes their sources are too optimistic.

 

Tele's just saying this because he hates fun.  Thus he hates all things Disney.

[Brainiac5]

UPDATE, FRIDAY NOON: Midday matinees. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is destined to land among March’s top openers of all-time with a current $165M-$175M projected weekend, off of what looks to be a $60M-$62M Friday. These are from non-Disney industry estimates.

[MikeQ]

It's really difficult to know how exactly the weekend will play out with only Deadline's Friday projection of $60-62 million. First, the projection could be off (lower or higher than Deadline's number), as Deadline is notoriously unreliable (at least this early in the day).

 

Secondly, even if they are spot on, it's still up in the air what Beauty and the Beast's internal multiplier will be for the weekend (i.e. will Saturday stay flat, increase, or decrease), because it's somewhat of a unique case (clearly having a built in fan-base but also being a family driven film too). 

 

It will be interesting to see how it pans out. I think we need a later update from Deadline, or for RTH to show up.

 

Peace,

Mike