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

[FlashMaster659]

Disney thinks Sunday will be down -30%? They're lowballing for sure.

[The Panda]

Yeah I think 170m is a lowball estimate.  Spillover should lead to 174-176m.

[WrathOfHan]

Watson's true starpower test will come with The Circle.

[titanic2187]

9 minutes ago, PDC1987 said:

Not happening. And its $160 million+ on a $4.5 million production cost will already make it one of the most successful films of all time.

To be fair, this movie deserve to get $200m+

It's original movie, which deserve more love 

[FantasticBeasts]

Anyone not seeing the huge Watson effect here have just lost contact with GA.

She was a GREAT choice. She may not be a huge draw by her own but while at the right film she is a real treasure.

I hope she gets more major roles after such a success.

[Ocho]

From Deadline.....

 

Disney is calling the weekend safely at $170M (all records mentioned still stand) due to an estimated Sunday that’s down 31%, but the whole town believes that Beauty and Beast has nowhere to go, but up.

[grey ghost]

14 minutes ago, Fey said:

imo they really need to get the casting right for Aladdin, among other things. I can easily see it facing backlash for whitewashing, culture appropriation, etc.

 

After the right wing nuts bashed Avatar, neo nazis bashed TFA and RO and the fundies attacked the gayness of BatB, I'm more confident than ever that these people have zero impact on box office.

 

If anything pissing them off improves your chances of making the all-time top ten DOM list. 

[eddyxx]

13 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

What is the difference between these two emojis? 

Edward Scissorhands JUSTED

[Valonqar]

4 minutes ago, Dingdong123 said:

You are goddamn lost with what millenials think. Emma Watson's casting as Belle pulled a lot of the young adults into this live action remake. Cast an unknown as Belle and you'll see 100 million OW. Cast Emma Watson as Belle and you'll see 170 million opening.

 

Emma Watson as Belle is genius casting. She fits the role perfectly, well minus the high caliber singing chops. The young generation don't care if you're an Oscar winner or not, what's important is your social media presence and likability. That's where Emma won.

 

yes she is. Sometimes if the public has certain idea who embodies an iconic character, go with it. Jolie was everyone's idea of Malficent and that worked. Watson is a perfect Belle. That works too. 

[Noctis]

1 hour ago, The Futurist said:

Daisy Ridley, Felicity Jones & Emma Watson are the biggest draws of modern box office as far as actresses are concerned no doubt.

 

 

 

Your jealousy is showing. Felicity Jones had zero impact. Emma Watson had a big impact on BATB's gross.

 

 

[POTUS 2020]

1	N	Beauty and the Beast (2017)	BV	$170,000,000	-	4,210	-	$40,380	$170,000,000	$160	1
2	1	Kong: Skull Island	WB	$28,850,000	-52.7%	3,846	-	$7,501	$110,125,294	$185	2
3	2	Logan	Fox	$17,500,000	-54.1%	3,687	-384	$4,746	$184,026,885	$97	3
4	3	Get Out	Uni.	$13,249,475	-36.1%	2,979	-164	$4,448	$133,117,620	$4.5	4
5	4	The Shack	LG/S	$6,130,000	-38.7%	2,825	-63	$2,170	$42,614,630	-	3
6	5	The LEGO Batman Movie	WB	$4,700,000	-38.3%	2,735	-568	$1,718	$167,423,352	$80	6
7	N	The Belko Experiment	BH Tilt	$4,051,000	-	1,341	-	$3,021	$4,051,000	$5	1
8	7	Hidden Figures	Fox	$1,500,000	-45.7%	1,162	-259	$1,291	$165,559,069	$25	13
9	8	John Wick: Chapter Two	LG/S	$1,200,000	-55.1%	1,065	-966	$1,127	$89,790,804	-	6
10	6	Before I Fall	ORF	$1,034,425	-65.5%	1,551	-795	$667	$11,295,102	-	3
11	11	Lion	Wein.	$784,000	-40.8%	621	-339	$1,262	$50,050,614	-	17
12	9	La La Land	LG/S	$530,000	-70.1%	585	-993	$906	$149,764,184	$30	15
13	14	Split	Uni.	$511,740	-59.2%	604	-377	$847	$136,870,965	$9	9
14	25	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	BV	$503,000	+139.9%	179	+13	$2,810	$530,748,532	$200	14
15	15	A Dog's Purpose	Uni.	$487,825	-55.5%	594	-428	$821	$62,942,855	$22	8

 

[FantasticBeasts]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Watson's true starpower test will come with The Circle.

Nothing to test here..

The most popular actress of her age.

FACT.

[cookie]

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	Beauty and the Beast (2017)	BV	$170,000,000	-	4,210	-	$40,380	$170,000,000	$160	1
2	1	Kong: Skull Island	WB	$28,850,000	-52.7%	3,846	-	$7,501	$110,125,294	$185	2
3	2	Logan	Fox	$17,500,000	-54.1%	3,687	-384	$4,746	$184,026,885	$97	3
4	3	Get Out	Uni.	$13,249,475	-36.1%	2,979	-164	$4,448	$133,117,620	$4.5	4
5	4	The Shack	LG/S	$6,130,000	-38.7%	2,825	-63	$2,170	$42,614,630	-	3
6	5	The LEGO Batman Movie	WB	$4,700,000	-38.3%	2,735	-568	$1,718	$167,423,352	$80	6
7	N	The Belko Experiment	BH Tilt	$4,051,000	-	1,341	-	$3,021	$4,051,000	$5	1
8	7	Hidden Figures	Fox	$1,500,000	-45.7%	1,162	-259	$1,291	$165,559,069	$25	13
9	8	John Wick: Chapter Two	LG/S	$1,200,000	-55.1%	1,065	-966	$1,127	$89,790,804	-	6
10	6	Before I Fall	ORF	$1,034,425	-65.5%	1,551	-795	$667	$11,295,102	-	3
11	11	Lion	Wein.	$784,000	-40.8%	621	-339	$1,262	$50,050,614	-	17
12	9	La La Land	LG/S	$530,000	-70.1%	585	-993	$906	$149,764,184	$30	15
13	14	Split	Uni.	$511,740	-59.2%	604	-377	$847	$136,870,965	$9	9
14	25	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	BV	$503,000	+139.9%	179	+13	$2,810	$530,748,532	$200	14
15	15	A Dog's Purpose	Uni.	$487,825	-55.5%	594	-428	$821	$62,942,855	$22	8
16	45	The Sense of an Ending	CBS	$475,000	+1,096.7%	282	+278	$1,684	$527,598	-	2
17	10	Fifty Shades Darker	Uni.	$466,590	-71.8%	607	-891	$769	$114,043,075	$55	6
18	12	Fist Fight	WB (NL)	$460,000	-64.7%	533	-752	$863	$31,537,748	-	5
19	18	Badrinath Ki Dulhania	FIP	$420,000	-51.3%	156	+4	$2,692	$1,586,509	-	2
20	22	Moana	BV	$359,000	-16.6%	264	-12	$1,360	$248,060,698	-	17

[CJohn]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Watson's true starpower test will come with The Circle.

Not really because true star power doesn't exist anymore. I am 100% sure the combination of the brand and Emma Watson was what pushed this o such an high opening. Genius casting by Disney. The Circle will most likely do soft numbers but that won't change the fact that Tom Hanks and Emma Watson combined with the right material can be huge draws.

[filmlover]

Just now, Noctis said:

 

Your jealousy is showing. Felicity Jones had zero impact. Emma Watson had a big impact on BATB's gross.

 

 

The Futurist always goes nuts when an actress who isn't JLaw experiences significant success (although there's no question Watson brought a lot more to Beauty and the Beast than Jones did for Rogue One).

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, FantasticBeasts said:

Nothing to test here..

The most popular actress of her age.

FACT.

So why is this her first successful starring vehicle?

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, Mojoguy said:

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs adjusted absolutely destorys Lion King.

I can play your game too.

Adjusted is a bad way to compare movies.

 

Actually, it's barely ahead in tickets sold domestically unless you count re-releases and even then there's less distance between Lion King and Snow White and Frozen and Lion King. 

 

From BOM: Domestic Ticket estimates

 

Frozen:   49,041,000 tickets

Lion King:  74,624,400  tickets ( 89,146,400  with re-releases)

Snow White:  77,471,100 (109m with re-reelases)

 

[druv10]

1 minute ago, Ocho said:

From Deadline.....

 

Disney is calling the weekend safely at $170M (all records mentioned still stand) due to an estimated Sunday that’s down 31%, but the whole town believes that Beauty and Beast has nowhere to go, but up.

Smart and when estimates goes up 4-5M then even more positive headlines.

[YSLDC]

Kong

 

Domestic:	$110,125,294	42.5%
+ Foreign:	$149,200,000	57.5%
= Worldwide:	$259,325,294

100m more from current markets, 100m from China and Japan will take it to 500m. 

[titanic2187]

seriously? GO drop 40% from sat to sun????!!!!! i hope it won't be true