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

[Momo]

BATB final number 13.7M. Only a 42 percent drop.

Edited April 17, 2017 by Momo

[John Marston]

4 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2017/04/14	1	$45,695,015		4,310	$10,602	$45,695,015	1
2017/04/15	1	$31,543,625	-31%	4,310	$7,319	$77,238,640	2
2017/04/16	1	$21,548,065	-32%	4,310	$5,000	$98,786,705	3

 

a harsher Sunday drop than Furious 7 

[75Live]

45 minutes ago, JB33 said:

I'm not complaining or anything, I just can't believe that F8 fell that much from F7, even with the Paul Walker death taken into account. I was thinking $110M+.

 

Like I said before though, it's the international box office that will be fun to follow with this one. As expected, it's massive! I just wonder what the drops will be like internationally.

 

I also wonder about the OS total minus China. F7 did about $773M in that regard. What do you guys think we're looking at this time around? Again, talking about internationally MINUS CHINA.

 

but that's the thing, take out Furious 7 and this movie even went up from fast 6, so really it didn't do bad at all.  Just people were using the outlier for their expectations  instead of the way the movies were already going

Edited April 17, 2017 by 75live

[a2k]

1 minute ago, John Marston said:

 

a harsher Sunday drop than Furious 7 

yes, right between F7's 29 and BVS's 33.

Edited April 17, 2017 by a2knet

[GiantCALBears]

45 minutes ago, JB33 said:

 

Yep, pretty much. It's not a crime at all to suggest that this movies domestic opening weekend was a bit of a disappointment. Universal and the producers were undoubtedly hoping for more. At least $110M and up to $120M like it was tracking for.

Like I said earlier in this thread, a majority of studio films turn a profit and most at least break even. Stupid for us to be positive on everyone, it doesn't advance the conversation. It's how films do vs expectations... This was an alright domestic opening, great for an old franchise but still alright given the recent performance. 

Edited April 17, 2017 by GiantCALBears

[JB33]

6 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
2017/04/14	1	$45,695,015		4,310	$10,602	$45,695,015	1
2017/04/15	1	$31,543,625	-31%	4,310	$7,319	$77,238,640	2
2017/04/16	1	$21,548,065	-32%	4,310	$5,000	$98,786,705	3

 

The Saturday drop is right in line with FURIOUS 7 but that Sunday drop is steeper. I wonder what that means for today's gross. F7's first Monday drop was 57.7%.

[GiantCALBears]

2 minutes ago, 75live said:

 

but that's the thing, take out Furious 7 and this movie even went up from fast 6, so really it didn't do bad at all.  Just people were using the outlier for their expectations  instead of the way the movies were already going

Agree with this as well, F7 was an outlier but I would counter saying the scale of the decrease clearly means the best days domestically are over... 

[TalismanRing]

43 minutes ago, damnitgeorge08 said:

Budget at 250 seems low.I think it reached 300.

 

$250m without participation points - seems about right.  Participation points between Dwayne and Vin will be high though.

 

Is Johnson signed up for the next two F&F?  If not will he sign on  considering they couldn't even stand to be filmed at the same time?

[75Live]

1 minute ago, GiantCALBears said:

Agree with this as well, F7 was an outlier but I would counter saying the scale of the decrease clearly means the best days domestically are over... 

 

I totally agree with you.

 

yeah don't me wrong, I'm not spinning F8 in anyway, just saying technically it even went up again which is crazy to have a franchise to keep doing that.  So yeah while I expected a tad over $100, this isn't the worst result either.  But yeah I can still say it's a tad disappointing.

[GiantCALBears]

Just now, 75live said:

 

I totally agree with you.

 

yeah don't me wrong, I'm not spinning F8 in anyway, just saying technically it even went up again which is crazy to have a franchise to keep doing that.  So yeah while I expected a tad over $100, this isn't the worst result either.  But yeah I can still say it's a tad disappointing.

Next entry is pretty much a lock to open under $100m, which isn't that great of a benchmark anymore for top tier blockbusters. Obviously we have the foreign performance looming over the discussion but this is just a USA analysis. 

[a2k]

6 minutes ago, JB33 said:

 

The Saturday drop is right in line with FURIOUS 7 but that Sunday drop is steeper. I wonder what that means for today's gross. F7's first Monday drop was 57.7%.

I am not sure if the Sun drop will be a good indicator of Mon drop because BVS for eg. fell bigger on Sunday than F7 (33% vs 29%) but had a better Mon drop (55.5% vs 57.7%).

But like with Sunday if F8's Monday drop is between BVS and F7 (irrespective of which of these 2 is having a better hold), it could drop about 56.5%.

Edited April 17, 2017 by a2knet

[dxmatrixdt]

Furious 8 should see a Monday and Tuesday # of 8.62 each for a 5 day total of about 116.03.  7 day total approx 127.  10 day 162+

[baumer]

Call me insane, but when a film has a record WW opening, I just don't see how you can say it's disappointing regardless of what market you are talking about.

[baumer]

3 hours ago, Matrix4You said:

Furious 8 should see a Monday and Tuesday # of 8.62 each for a 5 day total of about 116.03.  7 day total approx 127.  10 day 162+

 

I think Monday will be about 9.5 and Tuesday about 7.2

[Ethan Hunt]

4 minutes ago, baumer said:

Call me insane, but when a film has a record WW opening, I just don't see how you can say it's disappointing regardless of what market you are talking about.

We're BOT. We're always disappointed. Logic is not for us. Just hyperbole.

[Ethan Hunt]

Figured I would update.

 

Seen:

Logan

Get Out 

Beauty and the Beast

Power Rangers

F8 of the Furious

 

Need to see: 

Split

Lego Batman

John Wick 2

Kong

Life

 

[a2k]

 

On 4/15/2017 at 1:07 AM, a2knet said:

F7 was -10% on Sat (from true Fri) and -29% on Sun

10.4 + 35.1 + 31.5 (-10%) + 22 (-28.5%) = 99

100 still not locked though could be close enough for estimates to be at 100.

 

 

Edited April 17, 2017 by a2knet

[Momo]

For KSI fans....Kong final number 2.7M..

 

Going In Style 6.2M

 

Get Out 2.9M

 

Gifted 3M

 

BB 16M

 

PR 2.8M

Edited April 17, 2017 by Momo

[GiantCALBears]

16 minutes ago, baumer said:

Call me insane, but when a film has a record WW opening, I just don't see how you can say it's disappointing regardless of what market you are talking about.

That's stupid man, if it opened to $10m in the US then we wouldn't say anything? It's a part of the overall discussion. Obviously the foreign total is great but again it was largely expected to be massive. 

[fmpro]

15 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Figured I would update.

 

Seen:

Logan

Get Out 

Beauty and the Beast

Power Rangers

F8 of the Furious

 

Need to see: 

Split

Lego Batman

John Wick 2

Kong

Life

 

 

Seen:

Logan

Kong

 

Need to see:

Logan

Logan

Logan