THE THREAD OF THE FURIOUS: Friday #s (DHD, Pg 36) F8 45.5M, BB 6.6M, BATB 5.3M, Smurfs 2.9M, GIS 2.1M

[filmlover]

4 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

So is the Furious franchise going to become like PotC and Transformers?

 

Falls domestic to make around 200 m each movie but the OS gross pushes it close to 1 billion WW every time.

Probably, yeah.

[filmlover]

6 hours ago, John Marston said:

1.) The Fate of the Furious (UNI), 4,310 theaters / $45.5M Fri. (includes $10.4M previews) /3-day cume: $100.1M /Wk 1

2.) The Boss Baby (20thCentury Fox/DWA), 3,743 theaters (-86)  / $6.6M Fri. (-5%) / 3-day cume: $16.4m (-38%)/ Total: $117.1M/Wk 3

3.) Beauty and the Beast (DIS), 3,592 theaters (-377)  / $5.3M Fri. (-22%)   / 3-day cume: $13.8M (-42%) / Total cume: $454.8M/ Wk 5

4.) Smurfs: The Lost Village (Sony), 3,610 theaters / $2.9M Fri. (-29%) /3-day cume: $7.4M (-44%)/Total: $25.6M/Wk 2

5.) Going in Style (WB/VR), 3,076 theaters (+15) / $2.1M Fri. (-49% )/3-day cume: $6.9M  (-43%)/Total: $23.9M/Wk 2

6.) Saban’s Power Rangers (LGF), 2,171 theaters  (-807) / $1M Fri. (-36%)/ 3-day cume: $3.2M (-48%) / Total cume: $80.9M / Wk 4

7/8) Gifted (FSL), 1146 theaters (+1090) / $1M Fri. (+600%)/3-day cume: $3M (+586%)/Total: $4.4M/Wk 2

The Case for Christ (Pureflix), 1,386 theaters (+212) / $1M Fri. (-35%)/3-day cume: $3M(-23%) /Total:$8.7M/Wk 2

9.) Kong: Skull Island (20th/Legendary), 2,018 theaters (-735) / $871K Fri.(-43%) 3-day cume: $2.5M (-55%)/ Total cume: $161.1M / Wk 6

10.) Ghost in the Shell (PAR/DWA/REL), 2,135  theaters (-1305) / $786K Fri. (-63%) / 3-day cume: $2.3M  (-68%)/Total: $37M/Wk 3

NOTABLES:

Manje Bistre  (WHP), 65 theaters / $200K Fri./$9k PTA/3-day cume: $585k/Wk 1

Colossal (NEON), 100 theaters (+96) / $141k Fri.(+212%)/$K screen average/ 3-day cume: $408K (+239%)/$4k PTA/Total: $528K/Wk 2

Their Finest (STX/Europa), 52 theaters (+48) / $110k Fri.(+470%)/$6,3k screen average/ 3-day cume: $328k (+330%) /Total: $442K/Wk 2 

Tommy’s Honour (RSA), 160 theaters / $63K Fri./3-day cume: $165k/Wk 1

The Lost City of Z  (BST/AMZ), 4 theaters / $29K Fri./$20,8k PTA/3-day cume: $83k/Wk 1

Norman  (SPC), 5 theaters / $23K Fri./$12,5k PTA/3-day cume: $63k/Wk 1

That seems like a fine, if unspectacular, start for The Lost City of Z. Curious to see how it does in expansion.

[TwoMisfits]

I'm just pulling for Case for Christ to sneak up to 20% or less drop this weekend, so stop giving away its screens for the top 3 movies to show more, please:)!  It's Easter Vigil/Easter, so today and early tomorrow, folks should jump in to see this and get it over the top for my 20% or less drop predict...or at least I hope they will:)...

[WrathOfHan]

1 minute ago, TwoMisfits said:

I'm just pulling for Case for Christ to sneak up to 20% or less drop this weekend, so stop giving away its screens for the top 3 movies to show more, please:)!  It's Easter Vigil/Easter, so today and early tomorrow, folks should jump in to see this and get it over the top for my 20% or less drop predict...or at least I hope they will:)...

For my sake of getting Lost City of Z or Colossal at my theater, it better not  

[TwoMisfits]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

For my sake of getting Lost City of Z or Colossal at my theater, it better not  

 

Oh, you will after this weekend - it should drop quickly once the holiday ends - you're all set for next week:)...

[Valonqar]

LMAO! At this rate of falling, GitS dom total will fall short of Lucy's OW. 

[That One Girl]

3 hours ago, aabattery said:

 

Here at BOT we'll find a way to whine about any number.

 

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens - 248M"

 

"ARE YOU KIDDING ME, THEY COULDNT EVEN GET TO 250M.  FLOP."

[baumer]

TFA had horrible legs for a December movie. Couldnt even hit a billion. Pfft

[Nova]

4 hours ago, Krissykins said:

People keep going on about how Furious 7 was bumped by Paul Walkers death, so fair enough that the new one has lost $50m of it's opening audience.

 

But if people really liked Furious 7 that much, they'd have came back for number 8 regardless. Just like people did with TDKR.

 

I actually noticed on of the trades describe Furious 8's opening as "understandable". Lol. I'm sure that's what Universal were hoping for.

 

End of the day: industry tracking was $110m, it's doing under $100m unless Universal fudge it. So it's under performed compared to industry expectations on opening weekend. 

 

But people didn't like Furious 7 the way they liked TDK. Isn't that obvious? The legs for TDK vs the legs for F7 will tell you that. TDK was a legit Oscar contender and should have been nominated for best picture. Your comparison of the two makes absolutely zero sense except for the fact that both films had one of the actors die in real life.

TDK is considered one of the greatest movies of the past decade. Furious 7 was just another film in the FF franchise. So yea it's not a surprise that TDKR would increase because TDK was really really good.

TDK ended with a gross of $533M, whereas F7 ended with $353M. That's a $180M in domestic box office between the two films. So one would imagine that a larger number of folks who watched TDK would return for TDKR simply because of how big TDK was.

 No one expected F8 to increase over F7 because F7 was just another movie that got buoyed by Paul Walker's death. It would not have performed the way it did if Paul Walker was alive. 

Edited April 15, 2017 by Nova

[Hiccup23]

Ghost in the Shell is performing like Sucker Punch.

[grey ghost]

42 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

LMAO! At this rate of falling, GitS dom total will fall short of Lucy's OW. 

 

Flop in the Shell

[DAR]

1 hour ago, grey ghost said:

I wonder if most the main Fast/Furious cast make enough from the series to retire outside the franchise.

 

 

I'm sure Ludacrus made a decent living from his music career.

[Finnick]

45.6M SATURDAY STUDIO ESTIMATE FOR FF8!!  BB:6.5M, BATB: 5.1M, SMURFS:2.7M

GET OUT WILL NOT GET OUT FROM THE TOP 10 JUST INSANE!!!

 

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	-	The Fate of the Furious	Uni.	$45,631,000	-	-	4,310	$10,587	$45,631,000	1
2	1	The Boss Baby	Fox	$6,535,000	+113%	-6%	3,743	$1,746	$107,318,907	15
3	2	Beauty and the Beast (2017)	BV	$5,095,000	+88%	-25%	3,592	$1,418	$446,110,751	29
4	3	Smurfs: The Lost Village	Sony	$2,700,000	+105%	-34%	3,610	$748	$20,928,326	8
5	4	Going in Style (2017)	WB (NL)	$2,110,000	+97%	-50%	3,076	$686	$19,136,352	8
7	10	Gifted	FoxS	$1,050,000	+163%	+620%	1,146	$916	$2,419,910	8
6	6	Power Rangers (2017)	LGF	$1,050,000	+79%	-38%	2,171	$484	$78,763,748	22
8	9	Get Out	Uni.	$1,024,000	+149%	-15%	1,424	$719	$165,654,015	50
9	8	The Case for Christ	PFR	$955,000	+112%	-38%	1,386	$689	$6,682,704	8
10	7	Kong: Skull Island	WB	$910,000	+82%	-41%	2,018	$451	$159,486,181	36
11	5	Ghost in the Shell (2017)	Par.	$823,000	+37%	-61%	2,135	$385	$35,446,283	15
12	11	Logan	Fox	$655,000	+75%	-41%	1,415	$463	$220,373,647	43
-	12	The Zookeeper's Wife	Focus	$637,840	+123%	-22%	1,057	$603	$9,240,795	15
-	-	The Shack	LG/S	$213,000	+103%	-35%	1,048	$203	$55,637,060	43
-	-	T2: Trainspotting	TriS	$75,000	+114%	-2%	331	$227	$1,819,715	29
-	-	Hidden Figures	Fox	$53,000	+51%	-35%	194	$273	$168,455,380	111
-	-	John Wick: Chapter Two	LG/S	$52,000	+336%	+20%	208	$250	$91,650,134	64
-	-	Spark: A Space Tail	ORF	$48,303	-	-	365	$132	$48,303	1
-	-	La La Land	LG/S	$36,000	+33%	-24%	219	$164	$150,816,838	127
-	-	Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	BV	$29,000	+102%	-37%	121	$240	$532,031,947	120
-	-	Lion	Wein.	$27,000	+43%	-41%	147	$184	$51,466,226	141
-	-	Moana	BV	$11,000	+12%	-31%	65	$169	$248,700,114	143
-	-	Before I Fall	ORF	$8,405	-6%	-56%	70	$120	$12,178,720	43
-	-	Tim Timmerman, Hope of America	Purd.	$770	+173%	-64%	1	$770	$95,730	44

 

 

Edited April 15, 2017 by Finnick

[narniadis]

I'm genuinely surprised at how the films behaved Thursday and Friday since nothing performed even close to 2015 (the last time easter was in April.) Rather anemic weekend outside the #1 when you consider that Friday is traditionally the biggest weekend day for this configuration. Maybe we will see increases instead of decreases today? 

[Jandrew]

I'm not mad at the drop, it was inevitable. I just wish it could done maybe $10 mil more. The series was having a nice progression - $70m, $86, $97. Taking out outlier F7, that's only a $3 mil increase in 4 years. That and the fact that F8 wasnt bad. It's what I wish 7 was.

 

This goes to show just how popular Paul was. That extra $40m+ or so came from him. He was the most Googled person in the world and the most googled trend back in 2013 even though he died around a month before the year was up. That's above Mandela, iphone 5s, Boston bombing, Gandofini, Zimmerman trial, and the Royal baby. Paul may not have been the all around Pitt or Leo, but this was his franchise.

[titanic2187]

deadline must be crazy to put get out be outside of top 10

[Krissykins]

Fantastic worldwide opening for Furious 8 though.

 

Looks like Force Awakens is losing that worldwide and international record.

[a2k]

Credit to Deadline that early number was itself 45.5

 

Edited April 15, 2017 by a2knet

[baumer]

10 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Fantastic worldwide opening for Furious 8 though.

 

Looks like Force Awakens is losing that worldwide and international record.

 

What is F8 opening to WW?

[filmlover]

Just now, baumer said:

 

What is F8 opening to WW?

Bigly numbers, let's just say that.