Weekend thread: GOTG2 63 m | Snatched 17.5 mi | King Arthur 14.7 m

[Olive]

The Disney and Marvel sequel grossed $16.4 million on Friday, more than King Arthur will in its entire weekend, unless the movie finds Excalibur. 

 King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is a flop of epic proportions. The movie opened to an estimated $5.3 million Friday from 3,702 locations for a projected $14.2 million weekend after costing $175 million to make before a major marketing spend.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-bomb-king-arthur-limps-14m-debut-behind-statched-1003531?utm_source=twitter

[PPZVGOS]

36 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

I continue to be amazed by studios and how they cut short their own movies and cram content into small windows when they could make some simple changes.  

 

For example, May is fairly light on movies as is later July and August.  For some reason they decided to shove 10 movies into a 3 week window in late June and all it will do is cannibalize and hurt everyone.  

 

But isn't June the best attended month of the year? It also gives a movie a run of several weeks in which the weekdays are far bigger than any other part of the calendar (save for Xmas) 

 

August has always been the poor relative of the summer season, but I guess one big release could have been slotted there. I would say that Warner Bros should have opened Wonder Woman in the exact same slot that served Suicide Squad so well last year. 

[a2k]

1 minute ago, Krissykins said:

$5,300,000 for King Arthur

$5,000,000 for Snatched

 

Source: THR

 

Going by Deadline's weekend projection, the breakdown could be:

5 + 5 + 6 = 16 for Snatched

5.3 + 4.2 + 5 = 14.5 for KA

[Finnick]

FRIDAY ESTIMATES: GOTG2:$16.43M, KA:$5.3M, SNATCHED:$5M, WHAT A DISASTROUS WEEKEND AHEAD FOR THE NEWCOMERS!!!

BATB LOOKING TO OUT-GROSS FF8 THIS WEEKEND WITH MOTHER's DAY BUMP!!

 

TD	YD	Title (Click to View)	Studio	Daily Gross	% +/- YD / LW		Theaters / Avg		Gross To-Date	Day
1	1	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	BV	$16,427,000	+129%	-71%	4,347	$3,779	$199,584,419	8
2	-	King Arthur: Legend of the Sword	WB	$5,300,000	-	-	3,702	$1,432	$5,300,000	1
3	-	Snatched	Fox	$5,000,000	-	-	3,501	$1,428	$5,000,000	1
4	2	The Fate of the Furious	Uni.	$1,366,000	+159%	-40%	3,067	$445	$211,099,930	29
5	6	The Boss Baby	Fox	$965,000	+250%	-29%	2,911	$332	$158,744,270	43
6	3	Beauty and the Beast (2017)	BV	$960,000	+153%	-28%	2,172	$442	$490,291,164	57
7	-	Lowriders	BH Tilt	$908,000	-	-	295	$3,078	$908,000	1
8	4	How to be a Latin Lover	PNT	$819,000	+145%	-39%	1,123	$729	$23,212,001	15
9	5	The Circle (2017)	STX	$490,000	+65%	-58%	2,132	$230	$17,652,562	15
10	8	Baahubali 2: The Conclusion	GrtIndia	$370,000	+115%	-55%	350	$1,057	$17,754,072	15
11	7	Gifted	FoxS	$355,000	+105%	-38%	1,426	$249	$20,419,033	36
12	-	The Wall	RAtt.	$305,000	-	-	541	$564	$305,000	1
-	9	Going in Style (2017)	WB (NL)	$275,000	+67%	-48%	1,244	$221	$41,587,407	36
-	12	Smurfs: The Lost Village	Sony	$235,000	+160%	-34%	1,605	$146	$41,253,264	36
-	10	Born in China	BV	$232,000	+56%	-32%	1,055	$220	$11,730,483	22
-	11	The Lost City of Z	BST	$126,362	+33%	-55%	497	$254	$7,209,579	29
-	-	Get Out	Uni.	$108,000	+74%	-43%	405	$267	$174,250,370	78
-	-	The Zookeeper's Wife	Focus	$84,365	+34%	-44%	425	$199	$16,159,596	43
-	-	Logan	Fox	$73,000	+142%	-12%	305	$239	$225,296,345	71
-	-	The Case for Christ	PFR	$49,000	-4%	-58%	266	$184	$14,129,629	36
-	-	Power Rangers (2017)	LGF	$37,000	+133%	-23%	197	$188	$84,765,627	50
-	-	The Shack	LG/S	$28,000	+195%	+33%	201	$139	$57,232,223	71
-	-	Hidden Figures	Fox	$20,000	+129%	+12%	103	$194	$169,139,131	139
-	-	3 Generations	Wein.	$5,791	+300%	+14%	37	$157	$31,027	8

 

 

Edited May 13, 2017 by Finnick

[Krissykins]

1 minute ago, a2knet said:

 

Going by Deadline's weekend projection, the breakdown could be:

5 + 5 + 6 = 16 for Snatched

5.3 + 4.2 + 5 = 14.5 for KA

 

Yeh, Snatched depends on Mother's Day now, but I'm thinking $16-17m. 

[baumer]

Wow. Those are shit numbers for the new films.

[EmpireCity]

1 minute ago, PPZVGOS said:

 

But isn't June the best attended month of the year? It also gives a movie a run of several weeks in which the weekdays are far bigger than any other part of the calendar (save for Xmas) 

 

August has always been the poor relative of the summer season, but I guess one big release could have been slotted there. I would say that Warner Bros should have opened Wonder Woman in the exact same slot that served Suicide Squad so well last year. 

 

It is sort of a self fulfilling prophecy.  Is June the best attended month because of organic factors or is it because they also shove the most content there?  

 

The release schedule has been breaking down in recent years to where you can make big money in any month.  There was absolutely no reason that Sony should have moved Baby Driver to June.  It should have stayed in early August and had a better run.  

[WrathOfHan]

Wait, Snatched is at 5M? JESUS.

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

@filmlover I guess theaters will be eager to drop Snatched as well in two weeks!  

They'll get hit pretty hard (if only because Baywatch/Pirates are gonna be taking up a ton of theater space in all likelihood), though I'm thinking Snatched will lose 1,000 and go down to 2,500 while King Arthur will lose close to 1,500 for a count of 2,200 (PTA this weekend is looking to be barely higher than its theater count so I imagine the smaller chains will all be eager to drop it ASAP). Both will be pretty much gone after Memorial Day weekend.

[Nova]

The numbers for the new releases are god awful. I thought Snatched was at $6.5M. Yikes. 

[DAJK]

Fuck these numbers 

[babz06]

4 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

It is sort of a self fulfilling prophecy.  Is June the best attended month because of organic factors or is it because they also shove the most content there?  

 

The release schedule has been breaking down in recent years to where you can make big money in any month.  There was absolutely no reason that Sony should have moved Baby Driver to June.  It should have stayed in early August and had a better run.  

I agree whole heartedly about Baby Driver. Puzzling move. 

[Nova]

8 minutes ago, PPZVGOS said:

 

But isn't June the best attended month of the year? It also gives a movie a run of several weeks in which the weekdays are far bigger than any other part of the calendar (save for Xmas) 

 

August has always been the poor relative of the summer season, but I guess one big release could have been slotted there. I would say that Warner Bros should have opened Wonder Woman in the exact same slot that served Suicide Squad so well last year. 

August has given plenty of questionable films better legs than they should have gotten. It amazes me that many films have done really really well in August and people still write it off. You're better off releasing your film in August than in a crowded June. It still boggles my mind why Baby Driver was moved to June but I guess Sony just alergic to success or something. 

 

Like I'm still side eyeing Fox for giving Deadpool 2 a June first release date when they could have released it in August...a month it could have had all to itself....and this is still over a year away haha 

 

Edited May 13, 2017 by Nova

[babz06]

28 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

 

I think September will more than make up for a lackluster August

September looks like a summer month this year. Just proves that movies can do well no matter where you put them.

[That One Girl]

#KingArthurLegendOfTheSword bombs on opening day making weak $5.3M heading to dismal $14M wknd. $250M+ spent on production & mktg. Disaster.

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) May 13, 2017

 

 

$5M opening day for #Snatched w/ #MothersDay coming putting wknd on track for about $16M.

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) May 13, 2017

Edited May 13, 2017 by That One Valerian

[ChipDerby]

Great numbers, imo.

[filmlover]

Just now, That One Valerian said:

Well, looks like Valerian isn't such a clear cut winner for Bomb of Summer 2017 after all!

 

Although that movie will probably end up with a solid enough overseas total even if it flops domestically. I don't think even China is coming to King Arthur's rescue.

[DAJK]

Wow, Lowriders really surprised, made almost 1M yesterday. Shit.

 

@YourMother @elcaballero @Goffe @aabattery @Eevin @Wrath @WrathOfHan@Arlborn  @chasmmi Anyone else get screwed over by this? (Or by snatched which I had at like 23M)

[That One Girl]

#GotGVol2 still #1 FRI w/ $16.4M. Crosses $200M domestic this morning. Wknd shd get near $60M & about 60% drop.

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) May 13, 2017

[EmpireCity]

3 minutes ago, That One Valerian said:

 

I mentioned it on here that I have heard they shot the movie twice.  The last 2 movies with Guy have lost them a ridiculous amount of money.  Hope they love kissing his ass because Sherlock Holmes was an international hit.