The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[FantasticBeasts]

Despicable Me 3    26.3%

Baby  Driver            16.9%

Wonder Woman     12.4%

Transformers         11.0%

Cars 3                        9.9%

[commonsense88]

Fandango 

1 DM3

2 BD

3 SM:HC

4 WW

5 DM3 3D

Edited June 29, 2017 by commonsense88

[grim22]

3 hours ago, FantasticBeasts said:

@grim22 Since you have access to the old thread, can you pprovide a comparison about where Pets was on MT at the same time that Despicable Me is now?

 

Pets wasn't showing up on Pulse and MT much, leading to, as it often happens, our forum turning on it and declaring it a flop before a single cent was in the bank

 

 

 

On 7/4/2016 at 7:06 PM, WrathOfHan said:

80M is still possible but it needs to pick up the presales - soon.

 

On 7/4/2016 at 7:55 PM, Porthos said:

 

*checks Pulse livestream*

 

Errrrrr..... 

 

Make no mistake, it's picking up.  But for something that should be selling at a brisk clip now, it just looks soft to me.

 

It'll do huge on walkups, yes, before anyone makes that observation.  But breakout?  Well, warning signs are starting to flash.  Still plenty of time for it to reverse course.  But if it does open under expectations, it won't be completely unexpected.

 

On 7/4/2016 at 8:11 PM, keysersoze123 said:

I am optimistic about ghostbusters, trek, bourne and of course Suicide Squad. Its going to be amazing next 4-5 weeks.

 

On Pets, its going to do great. But expectations are out of control. Its not a sequel and the product does not attract adults here. Illumination has had amazing success but opening an original to blockbuster numbers is not easy. Especially opening 3 weeks after a blockbuster in the same genre. I think 60-70m range is likely and that is a great number.

 

On 7/4/2016 at 8:56 PM, filmlover said:

I wonder if the huge tracking for The Secret Life of Pets was inflated by the fact it's been promoted for more than a year now. I'm glad it's finally coming out so the marketing can go away at last (I swear, every single bit trailer and ad has ended with the "death metal" bit).

 

On 7/5/2016 at 4:29 PM, That One Guy said:

The Secret Life of Walkups = SLOW

 

Aka, slow Fandango and MT sales  

 

On 7/6/2016 at 6:17 PM, WrathOfHan said:

MT:

 

SLOP 21.8

Dory 21.7

Tarzan 10.3

Purge 9.8

BFG 8.5

 

Pulse:

 

1. SLOP

2. Dory

3. Purge

4. Tarzan

5. SLOP 3D

 

At this point I'm basically expecting something between 70 and 80M for SLOP; presales have picked up but nothing indicates it's "breaking out"

 

On 7/6/2016 at 6:28 PM, WrathOfHan said:

70-80M has always been expected but quite a bit of people are going higher than that with some even hitting 100M, so 70-80M wouldn't really be a breakout in this case  

 

On 7/6/2016 at 6:33 PM, filmlover said:

And of course, said people will cry "oh what a horrible flop" when it doesn't match their unrealistic expectations (while still doing massively, of course). Like clockwork.

 

On 7/7/2016 at 3:48 PM, WrathOfHan said:

MT:

 

SLOP 45.7

Dory 14.3

Tarzan 6.2

BFG 5.4

Purge 5.1

 

Pulse:

 

1. SLOP

2. SLOP 3D

3. Dory

4. Mike and Dave

5. Purge

 

Our forum really had a hateboner for Pets with the weekend thread being people saying it wouldn't get a 3x and @Telemachos declaring it wouldn't cross 300M AFTER it opened to 104M

 

Current Pulse and MT

 

DM3 27.5

BD 16.6

WW 11.8

Cars 10.7

TF5 9.8

 

DM3

BD

Cars

WW

DM3 3D

[narniadis]

And a year later the same folks are saying the same message. Eventually they will be right because of the broken clock law but still.... 

 

Kind of funny. 

[John Marston]

4 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

Pets wasn't showing up on Pulse and MT much, leading to, as it often happens, our forum turning on it and declaring it a flop before a single cent was in the bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our forum really had a hateboner for Pets with the weekend thread being people saying it wouldn't get a 3x and @Telemachos declaring it wouldn't cross 300M AFTER it opened to 104M

 

Current Pulse and MT

 

DM3 27.5

BD 16.6

WW 11.8

Cars 10.7

TF5 9.8

 

DM3

BD

Cars

WW

DM3 3D

 

 

the meltdowns on the Pets opening weekend thread were amazing. 

[cannastop]

Just now, John Marston said:

 

 

the meltdowns on the Pets opening weekend thread were amazing. 

I hope the meltdowns for DM3 are half as intense.

[FantasticBeasts]

5 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

Pets wasn't showing up on Pulse and MT much, leading to, as it often happens, our forum turning on it and declaring it a flop before a single cent was in the bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our forum really had a hateboner for Pets with the weekend thread being people saying it wouldn't get a 3x and @Telemachos declaring it wouldn't cross 300M AFTER it opened to 104M

 

Current Pulse and MT

 

DM3 27.5

BD 16.6

WW 11.8

Cars 10.7

TF5 9.8

 

DM3

BD

Cars

WW

DM3 3D

The IIlumination hate is so apparent in this forum.

I guess that bodes well for DM3 opening over 100m.

It is a more well know property and thus it should be more pre sales driven but still it seems to be doing wayyy better than Pets did.

[TwoMisfits]

14 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said:

The IIlumination hate is so apparent in this forum.

I guess that bodes well for DM3 opening over 100m.

It is a more well know property and thus it should be more pre sales driven but still it seems to be doing wayyy better than Pets did.

 

To caution myself, I agree with you - Pets was an original 1st time property, while DM3 is a sequel, so it should have more built-in presales...still think it's gonna be huge:)...

Edited June 29, 2017 by TwoMisfits

[WrathOfHan]

How my theater looks tonight:

 

6:00 DM3: 41/113

7:00 House: 0/78

7:30 DM3 3D: 22/78

8:30 DM3: 21/113

9:15 House: 3/78

10:00 DM3 3D: 0/78

[Jonwo]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

How my theater looks tonight:

 

6:00 DM3: 41/113

7:00 House: 0/78

7:30 DM3 3D: 22/78

8:30 DM3: 21/113

9:15 House: 3/78

10:00 DM3 3D: 0/78

 

The House is doomed, isn't it

[TwoMisfits]

Got time to grab one local for DM3 tonight (this local has practically sold out tomorrow's cheap show, so it's selling for matinees here...less at night yet)...

2 screens, 1 3d and 1 2d, 2 showings

2d in 200 seat theater - 112/400

3d in 60 seat theater - 24/120

 

Earlier showings obviously selling better (1st 2d is about 1/2 sold)...

Edited June 29, 2017 by TwoMisfits

[Hiccup23]

On 6/26/2017 at 1:25 PM, Hiccup23 said:

Despicable Me 3 - 3 showings

 

3 Ultra Screen - 290 seats - 51 sold, 23 sold, 1 sold

 

Total Seats: 75/870 (8.6%)

 

Spider-Man Homecoming - 5 showings

 

3 Ultra Screen - 290 seats - 155 sold, 52 sold, 1 sold

 

2 Bistro - 78 seats- 40 sold, 18 sold

 

Total Seats: 266/1,026 (25.9%)

 

Solid movement for Spider-Man Homecoming. Should continue to sell smoothly since it has over a week to sell preview tickets. 

Despicable Me 3 - 7 showings

 

2 Ultra Screen - 290 seats - 128 sold, 80 sold

 

2 Super Screen - 78 seats - 22 sold, 6 sold

 

3 Normal Screen - 78 seats - 24 sold, 10 sold, 1 sold

 

Total Seats: 271/970 (27.9%)

 

[franfar]

Trending on MT

 

[WrathOfHan]

Pulse:

 

1. DM3

2. BD

3. Cars

4. WW

5. Transformers

 

The House is selling 2-3 tickets per minute while The Beguiled ranges anywhere from 1-5 per minute

Edited June 29, 2017 by WrathOfHan

[YM!]

On 6/19/2017 at 5:52 PM, YourMother said:

Despicable M3 (All showings in Ultrascreen)

6/29/17 showings (10 days before release):

6:00 - 10/301 

8:15 - 7/301 

10:30 - 7/301

 

6/30/17 showings (11 days before release)

8:00 - 7/301

10:15 - 7/301

12:30 - 7/301

2:45 - 11/301

5:00 - 7/301

7:15 - 28/301

9:30 - 7/301

11:45 - 7/301

 

24/903 - 2.65% sold for Thursday (no comparison)

81/2408 - 3.3% sold for Friday (no comparison)

Despicable M3 (All showings in Ultrascreen for Thursday)

6/29/17 (4 hours before release)

6:00 - 79/301

8:00 - 45/301

10:30 - 14/301

 

138/903 - 15.2% of tickets sold.

 

This will definitely increase tonight. Going to guess $4M-$5M for previews.

[YM!]

On 6/26/2017 at 10:24 AM, YourMother said:

Previews presales for Thursday are now 69/301 and 20/301.

Spider-Man: Homecoming (all Thursday previews in Ultrascreen 3D for now)

7/6/17 (1 week before release)

7:00 - 97/301

9:55 - 30/301

 

Solid increases all around. By Next Monday or Tuesday they'll be more showings.

[PhantomX1313]

Actually no one in 'The House'

[cannastop]

Just checking some suburban theaters, and DM3 previews are selling. It's going to be huge.

[Nova]

Just did a quick check for SMH and holy shit.....this thing is gonna be huge. Like I mean real huge. It already has quite a few near sell outs for next weekend. 

 

To compare....it's selling similar to how Suicide Squad and GOTG2 sold in the philly area. I wouldn't be shocked one bit if this thing hits $130M right now. 

 

Ill do a more detailed one for you guys early next week. 

[WrathOfHan]

Update for my theater including BD:

 

6:00 DM3: 66/113

7:00 BD: 16/78

7:00 House: 4/78

7:30 DM3 3D: 26/78

8:30 DM3: 28/113

9:15 House: 3/78

9:45 BD: 0/78

10:00 DM3 3D: 6/78