The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[Porthos]

9 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

One comment about July being “backloaded”. Do we have any historical data supporting it? Why would heart of summer be bad for PS?

I think 6day (with a holiday smack in the middle of it) is more important than the month.  Lots of potential for sales to be spread out over the days.  

 

(of all the times for the plug to be pulled on Pulse)

[keysersoze123]

Just now, Porthos said:

I think 6day (with a holiday smack in the middle of it) is more important than the month.  Lots of potential for sales to be spread out over the days.  

 

(of all the times for the plug to be pulled on Pulse)

if its specifically for Spidey, its definitely following different pattern that usual friday release. Its ages since we have had a major blockbuster opening on a tuesday and we don’t have any Pulse/Tracking for those releases.

 

That said until Pulse went kaput, Spidey PS was dominated by OD PS. I will try to look at Day 2 PS for major NYC chains but quick check this morning showed wednesday sales well below OD PS. Evening shows are doing very good but otherwise it’s sold very little.

 

But my comment about July was general. We have had huge PS monsters open in July(Nolan's TDK and TDKR were very strong and Potter 8 was crazy strong).

[Menor the Destroyer]

9 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

if its specifically for Spidey, its definitely following different pattern that usual friday release. Its ages since we have had a major blockbuster opening on a tuesday and we don’t have any Pulse/Tracking for those releases.

 

That said until Pulse went kaput, Spidey PS was dominated by OD PS. I will try to look at Day 2 PS for major NYC chains but quick check this morning showed wednesday sales well below OD PS. Evening shows are doing very good but otherwise it’s sold very little.

 

But my comment about July was general. We have had huge PS monsters open in July(Nolan's TDK and TDKR were very strong and Potter 8 was crazy strong).

I think it was Charlie who said that. Definitely on Pulse summer releases had way better PS to OW multis than March releases, idk whether it holds for total PS.

[Eric Prime]

46 minutes ago, Deep Wang said:

FFH - 8.3m

M - 190k

 

TLK - 2.6m

 

 

I'm sure somebody else can go back farther, but compared to TLK, Toy Story 4 had 3M the Monday before release. Being only slightly behind that movie about 2+ weeks before release is very good, but I can't really extrapolate anything yet

[VanillaSkies]

Tuesday, July 2nd - Ottawa, Canada (as of 5pm July 1st)
Spiderman - Far From Home
(Note: Cineplex is giving Tuesday discount on there, so may result in inflated numbers)
 

In terms of showtimes, it comes close to what Endgame had, though Endgame didn't have ridiculous showtimes here like in some places.

Also, there are 0 midnight shows in Ottawa

Scotiabank Theatre Ottawa 16

IMAX
1pm - 75/430

4:15pm - 56/430

7:30pm - 245/430

10:45pm -65/430

 

3D

10:30am - 8/401

11:45am - 0/233

1:30pm - 3/401

2:15pm - 0/229

4:45pm - 8/401

8pm - 43/401

11:15pm - 2/401

 

Regular 

11:00am - 9/164

12:30pm - 2/350

3:45pm - 18/350

6:15pm - 25/164

7:00pm - 73/350

9:30pm - 29/164

10:15pm -8/350

 

Total:  669 / 6079 (11% sold)

Coliseum Ottawa 12

AVX 

1:20pm - 79/188
4:25pm -  109/188

7:30pm - 115/188

10:35pm - 82/188 

 

3D

11:00am - 14/138

2:00pm - 29/138

5:10pm - 33/138

8:15pm - 73/138

11:15pm - 16/138 

 

Regular 

12:50pm - 59/187

3:55pm - 62/187

7pm - 97/187

10:05pm-  81/187 

 

Total:  849 /  2190 (39% sold)

 

Once the premium formats sell out, I expect the regular to pick up. 

However, not super strong numbers. Being a Tuesday undoubtedly has a lot to do with it. 

Will do a quick update around midnight if numbers change significantly. 
 

[Cap]

 

Since we lose Pulse, let's go to the Map.

 

Map says 185M.  

 

(Jokes aside: super hot temperature and rain will only help when its Thursday is a holiday synonymous with "going outside to grill and watch fireworks at night")

[VanillaSkies]

4 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

 

Since we lose Pulse, let's go to the Map.

 

Map says 185M.  

 

(Jokes aside: super hot temperature and rain will only help when its Thursday is a holiday synonymous with "going outside to grill and watch fireworks at night")

You are absolutely right. 

Historically, bad weather has driven people into the theatres on July 4th. Could bode well for the box office, if not for out board mates' bbqs!

[Porthos]

8 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

Map says 185M.  

ICWYDT. 

[Menor the Destroyer]

Seems like a decent number (though probably still a minority) of theaters are giving the discount. Maybe enough to affect things. So if Day 1 comes in a bit low, that may be a factor.

[Cap]

3 minutes ago, Porthos said:

ICWYDT. 

#BrandConsistency 

[charlie Jatinder]

1 hour ago, Deep Wang said:

FFH - 8.3m

M - 190k

 

TLK - 2.6m

 

 

That's in sync with what pulse was telling us. CM was 14mn final but with huge previews, perhaps 5mn. 

Spidey final shall hit 10mn+, 1.5mn of that being Previews, leaving 8.5mn for rest 6 days, basically half of that from OD.

 

50mn true Tuesday seems well and good 

[Fanboy]

12 minutes ago, Menor said:

Seems like a decent number (though probably still a minority) of theaters are giving the discount. Maybe enough to affect things. So if Day 1 comes in a bit low, that may be a factor.

I'd be more worried about Day 2. Were Annabelle's previews discounted? 

[FlashMaster659]

4 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

That's in sync with what pulse was telling us. CM was 14mn final but with huge previews, perhaps 5mn. 

Spidey final shall hit 10mn+, 1.5mn of that being Previews, leaving 8.5mn for rest 6 days, basically half of that from OD.

 

50mn true Tuesday seems well and good 

Thoughts on TLK?

[Fanboy]

1 hour ago, Deep Wang said:

FFH - 8.3m

M - 190k

 

TLK - 2.6m

 

 

I'm gonna assume that M is Midsommar. Is that good or bad? 

[Menor the Destroyer]

6 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

That's in sync with what pulse was telling us. CM was 14mn final but with huge previews, perhaps 5mn. 

Spidey final shall hit 10mn+, 1.5mn of that being Previews, leaving 8.5mn for rest 6 days, basically half of that from OD.

 

50mn true Tuesday seems well and good 

Previews presales at Wang's chain should be  <1 if final is 3. 

[XXRDJisDoctorDoom]

1 hour ago, Deep Wang said:

TLK - 2.6m

 

$2.6m in the first 7 days. I’ll extrapolate this as....

 

July 1 - 7 = $1.6 - $2m

July 8 - 15 = $2.6 - $3.3m

July 16 - 18 = $5.5 - $7.5m

 

$12.3m - $15.4m PS

 

[FlashMaster659]

BATB had 8m at MTC 1 day before previews, right?

[Porthos]

3 minutes ago, FlashMaster659 said:

BATB had 8m at MTC 1 day before previews, right?

8.2m, yes.

Edited July 1, 2019 by Porthos

[cax16]

Spider-Man FFH( last update)

 

1:20pm - 100/336

4:25pm - 112/336

7:30pm - 253/336

10:35pm - 85/336

 

New shows added 

Regular 2d

 

11:55am-0/223

12:20pm - 6/345

3:00pm- 2/223

3:30pm - 2/345

6:00pm - 8/223

6:30pm - 21/345

9:00pm- 12/223

9:30pm - 4/345

 

New 3D shows

 

12:50pm - 6/306

4:00pm - 2/306

7:00pm - 24/306

10:00pm - 12/306

 

 

 

Spider-Man FFH( final update as I won’t be home tomorrow )

 

1:20pm - 117/336

4:25pm  125/336

7:30pm - 257/336

10:35pm - 107/336

 

New shows added 

Regular 2d

 

11:55am-8/223

12:20pm - 10/345

3:00pm- 11/223

3:30pm - 8/345

6:00pm - 45/223

6:30pm - 92/345

9:00pm- 28/223

9:30pm - 19/345

 

New 3D shows

 

12:50pm - 12/306

4:00pm - 32/306

7:00pm - 96/306

10:00pm - 29/306

 

 

[FlashMaster659]

BATB got to 1.46m after 2 weeks at MTC