September: The cursed month. Will IT break its curse?

[EmpireCity]

Lol at people predicting $200m domestic for IT

 

Get a fucking grip people.  GET OUT is having an all-time run and won't hit $200m

[EmpireCity]

2 hours ago, alisson23 said:

I'm not being ridiculous, I wanna to discuss here. Of course they would be huge, but why not release in September then ??
Don't you think the potential of the movies released in September are diminished?
In December we have weaker openings and incredible legs, but there is a reason for that. What about September?

 

September isn't cursed.  It has a very real and logical reason for why it is a low grosser, and that is because school is back in session, football season kicks off and the industry has 2 of their major film festivals take place in international territory.  Venice and Toronto fall on the first 3 weeks of September.  

 

It is the same reason that Super Bowl weekend is one of the worst of the year.  American Football kicks off and kids are back in school and people are enjoying their last weekends outside before the weather turns.  

[franfar]

9 hours ago, Eevin said:

IT is going to be massive. $200m+ is doable IMO. It will almost certainly break the September record.

I think absolute best case scenario is like 150m, but 120m would be fantastic anyways.

[Valonqar]

10 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

Lol at people predicting $200m domestic for IT

 

Get a fucking grip people.  GET OUT is having an all-time run and won't hit $200m

 

GO won't hit 200M only because it lost thetaers due to comeptition. Which sucks. Movies make less because of theater cut, not because of lul in interest.

 

IT doesn't have any competition the whole month. It's gonna be #1 for 5 weeks. 

[EmpireCity]

4 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

 

GO won't hit 200M only because it lost thetaers due to comeptition. Which sucks. Movies make less because of theater cut, not because of lul in interest.

 

IT doesn't have any competition the whole month. It's gonna be #1 for 5 weeks. 

 

Lol.  What?

 

Do you have some imaginary release schedule where Ninjago isn't coming out 2 weeks after, Kingsman isn't coming out 3 weeks after (along with American Made and direct competition Flatliners), Blade Runner 2049 isn't coming out 4 weeks after?

 

IT has lots and lots of competition.  It won't be #1 more than 2 weeks.  

[EmpireCity]

Some of you have lost your minds.  I actually am really high on IT as well, the new footage they showed at CinemaCon was great and crowd reaction was great, but these $200m+ predictions and #1 for 5 weeks are absurd.  

[alisson23]

9 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

September isn't cursed.  It has a very real and logical reason for why it is a low grosser, and that is because school is back in session, football season kicks off and the industry has 2 of their major film festivals take place in international territory.  Venice and Toronto fall on the first 3 weeks of September.  

 

It is the same reason that Super Bowl weekend is one of the worst of the year.  American Football kicks off and kids are back in school and people are enjoying their last weekends outside before the weather turns.  

I get. But kids back in school is not a excuse for weekends so weak.

[Valonqar]

5 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

Lol.  What?

 

Do you have some imaginary release schedule where Ninjago isn't coming out 2 weeks after, Kingsman isn't coming out 3 weeks after (along with American Made and direct competition Flatliners), Blade Runner 2049 isn't coming out 4 weeks after?

 

IT has lots and lots of competition.  It won't be #1 more than 2 weeks.  

 

What's Ninjago? 

[franfar]

7 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

 

What's Ninjago? 

LEGO Ninjago. It's another LEGO Movie spinoff

 

10 minutes ago, alisson23 said:

I get. But kids back in school is not a excuse for weekends so weak.

Yes it is.

 

EDIT: Also, it's not just kids being back in school that dampens OW

Edited April 4, 2017 by franfar

[alisson23]

Just now, franfar said:

Yes it is.

Great argument. 

[alisson23]

16 minutes ago, franfar said:

EDIT: Also, it's not just kids being back in school that dampens OW

But I said: kids back in school is not a excuse for weekends so weak.

you said it is. 

I didn't know kids are in school saturday and sunday.

[EmpireCity]

33 minutes ago, alisson23 said:

I get. But kids back in school is not a excuse for weekends so weak.

 

You don't seem to get it because you picked one single thing out of the list I gave you and ignored the others.  

[alisson23]

Just now, EmpireCity said:

 

You don't seem to get it because you picked one single thing out of the list I gave you and ignored the others.  

I didn't ignore the others, I said "I get". There's no need to question something I understood already.

[Jonwo]

It will likely break the September record but I'm sure Warner Bros/New Line will be thrilled if it did $35-40m OW. 

 

 

 

[WrathOfHan]

50 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

Lol.  What?

 

Do you have some imaginary release schedule where Ninjago isn't coming out 2 weeks after, Kingsman isn't coming out 3 weeks after (along with American Made and direct competition Flatliners), Blade Runner 2049 isn't coming out 4 weeks after?

 

IT has lots and lots of competition.  It won't be #1 more than 2 weeks.  

[Eevin]

Not trying to raise expectations any more than I should. $200m is by no means a guarantee, it's just a crazy prediction. IT has unparalleled amounts of buzz for the type of film that it is, hence why I'm predicting that number. But anything over $100m domestic is great.

[PDC1987]

Didn't The First Wives Club break this curse like 67 years ago?

[Jonwo]

Sweet Home Alabama held the record for a decade before Hotel Transylvania broke it in 2012

[Premium George]

NO CURSE!!!!!!!!! JUST BAD MOVIES!!!!!!!!!!!

[Boxofficerules]

If Split and Get Out had swapped release dates, I think Get Out would have made $200 million.