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

[chasmmi]

3 minutes ago, Giesi said:

 

So what is the range now?

 

From what i can gather 75~245m

 

Although there has also been talk that dismissing a 400 OW is just hater talk so it may be going higher

[XO21]

1. The Beauty and the Beast 16,3 M

2. The Hunger Games – Mockingjay part 2 16 million

I'll go with that it'll play more like a family movie than a YA movie...BATB feels gigantic vs Mockingjay 2

[YM!]

Just now, EmpireCity said:

 

This is absolutely not true.  

The Holy Son has returned!!!! What are your predictions though?

[MrFanaticGuy34]

1 minute ago, ban1o said:

lol those are OW extrapolations. You don't seriously think this will have a 239 or 400 million OW lol? 

 

I was refering to those movies's final grosses, not OW's.

 

And i agree that it will open strong, $175M conservatively...it's just that he thinks this movie will have bad multipliers the following weekends.

[franfar]

Just now, EmpireCity said:

 

This is absolutely not true.  

Thank you.

This is a 4-quad film.

[Plain Old Tele]

21 minutes ago, RyneOh1040 said:

shit is HUGE.  make no mistake this is going to play 4 quadrant.  Friday number will be fun to see but Saturday is what I'm gonna be waiting for like

 

I think there's a good chance Saturday is only a modest jump, or even close to flat. 

[Gokira2012]

1 minute ago, Rallax said:

 

Talk about a bait and switch!

counting on you to get power rangers numbers

[That One Girl]

Just now, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

And i agree that it will open strong, $175M conservatively...it's just that he thinks this movie will have bad multipliers the following weekends.

 

Nope.  Never said that.

[franfar]

Just now, Gokira2012 said:

counting on you to get power rangers numbers

[Nova]

Just now, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

 

I was refering to those movies's final grosses, not OW's.

 

And i agree that it will open strong, $175M conservatively...it's just that he thinks this movie will have bad multipliers the following weekends.

No he doesnt. @That One Guywas talking about OW numbers. 

 

You're the one who turned his numbers into multipliers for the following weekends. 

[FlashMaster659]

Despite the huge night, sources believe that Beauty and the Beast isn’t frontloaded, but will play and play throughout the weekend.

Says one non Disney studio executive about Beauty‘s Thursday, “It’s playing like Star Wars among female audiences.”

[The Panda]

16.3m?? Flop, I can't believe I boarded this hype train.  I should just cancel my over TDK club rn

[That One Girl]

Honestly, if it plays exactly like Finding Dory, then it'll have the 2nd biggest OW ever (233M).  So in other words, this is going to be frontloaded for a family movie (at least for its IM).  I think a 3x multiplier overall could be achievable.  We'll see how the weekend plays out.

[Barnack]

2 minutes ago, TelemAAchos said:

 

I (somewhat) disagree, I think a closer analogy is the first Hunger Games. 

 

I somewhat agree with your disagreement, Jurassic World is much more General Audience and not as pre-build up, bad comparison that I made scanning for something different than YA, Superheroes, star wars on that list.

[franfar]

We should wait until reliable Friday #s come in before declaring this an underperformer. We don't know what the legs are gonna be before freaking out or trolling

[boomboom234]

1 minute ago, FlashMaster659 said:

Despite the huge night, sources believe that Beauty and the Beast isn’t frontloaded, but will play and play throughout the weekend.

Says one non Disney studio executive about Beauty‘s Thursday, “It’s playing like Star Wars among female audiences.”

Doesn't that mean it will be frontloaded

[75Live]

1 minute ago, franfar said:

We should wait until reliable Friday #s come in before declaring this an underperformer. We don't know what the legs are gonna be before freaking out or trolling

 

nah, stop being practical, it's more fun to....

 

 

 

Edited March 17, 2017 by 75live

[XO21]

 

OS opening day looks extremely solid

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, TelemAAchos said:

 

I (somewhat) disagree, I think a closer analogy is the first Hunger Games. 

 

The expectations according to Deadline and their sources are that 40% of BATB business will be family biz - not HG like in that respect at all.

[The Futurist]

The LADFTCU is DEAD.