The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[Shawn Robbins]

17 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

But that 37.2m doesn't make sense either for us to take it even for grain of salt. Unless DS didn't get any showing in the last mid-week, or else the number should be anything higher than 37.2m  

Yeah, I realized I was mixing up which weekdays were being discussed here. It was last week's that were excluded from the Sunday cume, not this week's. Table has been corrected -- nice catch, all! @charlie Jatinder @WandaLegion

[Shawn Robbins]

1 minute ago, charlie Jatinder said:

I saw from cS numbers but then Gitesh tweeted so I thought it was officially reported too. Also $40M was reported on Tuesday by Funimation.

Do you have a link to this?

[charlie Jatinder]

Demon Slayer

Week 1 - $27,712,023
Week 2 - $8,859,746

3rd Weekend - $2,757,633

Total - $39,329,132

 

Gitesh website - http://www.boxofficeguru.com/weekend20.htm
 

Edited May 14, 2021 by charlie Jatinder

[charlie Jatinder]

2 minutes ago, Shawn said:

Do you have a link to this?

@WandaLegion posted specific number earlier in thread too.

 

[Shawn Robbins]

7 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

@WandaLegion posted specific number earlier in thread too.

 

Thanks. Interesting, they have not actually reported anything via email since last weekend. Like I said, it's been a headache.

[Cooper Legion]

2 minutes ago, Shawn said:

Thanks. Interesting, they have not actually reported anything via email since last weekend. Like I said, it's been a headache.

Yeah the official reporting has been sketchy, I happened to see that article with the 40M announcement on Reddit and then it was also posted on WoKJ a little later.

[Shawn Robbins]

6 minutes ago, WandaLegion said:

Yeah the official reporting has been sketchy, I happened to see that article with the 40M announcement on Reddit and then it was also posted on WoKJ a little later.

In their defense, I suppose, they're a small studio probably not equipped to track this stuff so precisely day-to-day... although being under Sony's wing, one would think that's not nearly as much of an issue. Forgetting to add the unofficial projected May 2-May 6 dailies on this week's chart was my bad though. 😆

[Cooper Legion]

Yeah, the last time Funimation had a movie with appreciable 3rd week dailies to report was... never? So I understand why it wouldn’t exactly be an institutional strength for them.

[WrathOfHan]

Friday update before showtimes begin:

 

Spiral:

4:30 IMAX: 9/372

5:15: 7/107

6:15: 9/107

7:15 IMAX: 6/372

8:00: 24/107

9:00: 19/107

10:00 IMAX: 8/372

Total: 82/1,544

 

Demon Slayer:

4:05 Sub: 0/67

7:05 Dub: 15/67

10:00 Sub: 12/67

Total: 27/201

 

Tokyo Drift: 19/40

 

Those Who Wish Me Dead:
4:00: 6/107

6:45: 7/107

9:45: 2/107

Total: 15/321

 

Here Today:

4:20: 3/40

7:25: 10/40

Total: 13/80

 

 

Profile:

6:30: 2/50

9:30: 9/50

Total: 11/100

 

Wrath of Man:

5:00: 2/107

6:00: 0/77

8:15: 6/107

9:15: 0/77

Total: 8/268

 

Scott Pilgrim: 8/40

 

Top Gun Dolby:

4:45: 2/236

7:45: 5/236

Total: 7/472

 

Finding You:

4:50: 2/67

7:50: 3/67

Total: 5/134

 

Mortal Kombat:

5:05: 2/40

6:05: 0/70

8:05: 0/40

9:05: 0/70

Total: 2/220

 

Raya and the Last Dragon:

4:15: 0/70

7:05: 2/70

9:50: 0/70

Total: 2/210

 

Godzilla vs Kong:

4:25: 0/40

7:25: 2/40

Total: 2/80

 

Together Together: 2/40

 

Four Good Days, Separation, Fatima, and The Water Man have sold nothing

 

Spiral has been gradually gaining nighttime sales over the past couple hours. I imagine IMAX will start filling up once the standard shows are mostly full.

Bad for Those Who Wish Me Dead. Every seat for the 4PM showing is a lone purchase; that probably doesn't bode well for nighttime walkups. Profile is shockingly late night skewing?

Demon Slayer is continuing to hold better than expected. New audiences have definitely been checking out the anime with the film's hype.

Wrath of Man might have a pretty iffy drop. Even though it's walkup friendly, I don't see business picking up significantly.
Top Gun's Dolby rerelease confuses me. Did Paramount not have bargaining power for August?

[Inceptionzq]

On 5/13/2021 at 3:18 PM, Inceptionzq said:

A Quiet Place 2 Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

70

1258

5.56%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

42

1256

3.34%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST DAY	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
228	30	11250	2.03%	14	57
$150 PWPs:	3
$200 PWPs:	1
$250 PWPs:	1
$300 PWPs:	1
Total	6

 

Adjusted GvK comp: 3.35M

 

Last remaining theater from pre-pandemic finally put showtimes up, and I added another Regal theater. We'll see how good that GvK comp is considering some theaters had showtimes in the early afternoon. Also, it seems previews are now starting at 5PM

A Quiet Place 2 Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

79

1594

4.96%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

43

1415

3.04%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST DAY	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
254	26	12668	2.01%	14	68
$150 PWPs:	3
$200 PWPs:	1
$250 PWPs:	1
$300 PWPs:	1
Total	6

 

Showings added: 11

Seats added: 1418

 

Adjusted GvK comp: 3.29M

[Boxofficerules]

Spiral going to tank is it?

[Inceptionzq]

Cruella Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

2

654

0.31%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

19

749

2.54%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST DAY	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
27	N/A	4013	0.67%	11	32
$150 PWPs:	3
$200 PWPs:	1
$250 PWPs:	1
$300 PWPs:	1
Total	6

 

Just to note, the PWPs will be the same for A Quiet Place and Cruella since they're releasing on the same day.

[Eric Prime]

12 hours ago, Eric the Jigsaw Killer said:

A Quiet Place Part II Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-14 and Counting (Thu+Fri)

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	1	144	372	12705	2.93%

 

Total Showings Added Today: 10

Total Seats Added Today: 763

Total Seats Sold Today: 33

 

Comp

0.417x of Godzilla vs. Kong T-14 Before Release (4.05M)

2.067x of Mortal Kombat T-14 Before Release (18.79M)

 

@WandaLegion We need your input on the range mah boi

A Quiet Place Part II Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-13 and Counting (Thu+Fri)

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	1	152	402	14577	2.76%

 

Total Showings Added Today: 8

Total Seats Added Today: 1,872

Total Seats Sold Today: 30

 

Comp

0.417x of Godzilla vs. Kong T-13 Before Release (4.04M)

1.415x of Mortal Kombat T-13 Before Release (12.9M)

 

I know the seat count addition seems pretty extreme, but I updated all the seat counts because a lot of theaters I only put at 40% capacity. There was an allowance of 50% capacity here in PA starting Monday IIRC, so I'm just updating accordingly.

 

Anyways, pretty meh day today. This will be a bit of a pattern, let me tell you

[Eric Prime]

Cruella Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-13 and Counting (Thu+Fri)

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	79	67	7377	0.91%

 

Some people will probably start to proclaim doom and gloom, and I'll admit this is a soft start, especially considering the promo and reaction blitz just hit today. However, it's still a bit early IMO to really say anything definitive, so I guess we'll just see what happens

[Eric Prime]

12 hours ago, Eric the Jigsaw Killer said:

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-22 and Counting (Fri)

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	41	14	4426	0.32%

 

Pretty quiet so far, but we'll see how the next few days fare.

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-21 and Counting (Fri)

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	41	23	4426	0.52%

 

Total Seats Sold Today: 9

[Cooper Legion]

Couple more days of this and imma rev up AQP2+Cruella OWs under MK+DS OWs

Edited May 15, 2021 by WandaLegion

[titanic2187]

Is it possible the covid situation got people to postpone their ticket booking due to concern of the theater may be closed or movie could be postponed?

At least that is the case in my country where online booking during pandemic era have been backloaded,   

[Porthos]

On 5/13/2021 at 10:43 PM, Porthos said:

 

A Quiet Place Part II Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-14 days and counting

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	6	63	2214	2728	514	18.84%

 

Total Sellouts Added Today	1
Total Showings Added Today	25
Total Seats Added Today	869
Total Seats Sold Today	54

 

-COMP RETURNING TOMORROW [T-13 comp]-

 

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Private Watch Party Showings - Cinemark ($149)	8
Adjusted Seats Approximation	128

NOTE: PWP adj = 16 seats for Cinemark [$149/$9.25] 

See further explanation for why I am approximating PWPs and why they should be viewed with at least some skepticism in this

 

===

 

Showtimes expanded greatly today, thanks to previews being shifted to 5pm (rose from 38 showings to 63 showings).  That plus a few of the showings added yesterday starting to get seats sold resulted in a nice bounce in total sales today for AQP II.

 

Also, PWPs started being available from the 5pm to 7pm window. I'm not 100% sure if any of them were already sold, so might need to view the number of PWPs with a bit more caution than we did with GvK and MK.  Added to that is that Cruella tickets are going on sale any day now and I'll be pretty surprised if PWPs won't be available for that as well.

 

Might just have to make a note that x number of PWPs have been sold, but without a ticket adjustment due to a rival big opener (and a relatively late shift in PWP availability).

 

A Quiet Place Part II Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-13 days and counting

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	5	69	2516	3061	545	17.80%

 

Total Sellouts Removed Today	1
Total Showings Added Today	6
Total Seats Added Today	333
Total Seats Sold Today	31

 

T-13 Comp      VERY LOL AT THIS POINT - USE AT OWN RISK

	%		Sold T-13	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
GvK	67.70		126	805		1/99	3170/3976	20.25%		6.50m

NOTE: Tickets have been on sale for five days longer for AQP Part II than GvK had been on sale locally this far from their respective premieres. 

 

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Private Watch Party Showings - Cinemark ($149)

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Edited May 15, 2021 by Porthos

[Porthos]

Don't know if I'll do a fill blown track for Cruella as I'm not entierly sure it's worth it.  Did compile the numbers, and it's:

 

67/1517 tickets sold [67 tickets sold today] 4.42% sold

 

Which would be 8.32% of GvK at T-13, or 0.8m.

 

Yeah. 

 

Now this is one day of sales versus around four days or so of GvK (it started in fits and starts locally thanks to 'rona restrictions being lifted), so not very fair to compare.  Then again, the one day sale total ain't exactly much better:

 

Day One Comp [Gvk and Cruella]

34.18% of GvK's first day sales = 3.28m

 

That's probably closer to the "truth", but frankly it ain't that much better.

 

Anywho, I'll probably keep an eye on it locally, but if it doesn't show any sign of breaking out, then I'll probably just punt on it.

Edited May 15, 2021 by Porthos

[titanic2187]

31 minutes ago, Porthos said:

A Quiet Place Part II Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-13 days and counting

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	5	69	2516	3061	545	17.80%

 

Total Sellouts Removed Today	1
Total Showings Added Today	6
Total Seats Added Today	333
Total Seats Sold Today	31

 

T-13 Comp      VERY LOL AT THIS POINT - USE AT OWN RISK

	%		Sold T-13	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
GvK	67.70		126	805		1/99	3170/3976	20.25%		6.50m

NOTE: Tickets have been on sale for five days longer for AQP Part II than GvK had been on sale locally this far from their respective premieres. 

 

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Private Watch Party Showings - Cinemark ($149)

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It will be very saddening if AQP2 failed to beat GvK's opening. It is a full theatrical release with higher capacity allowance and theater count  , combined with the fact that AQP1 made more money than KOTM and 2 months worth of progress in term of vaccination and reduction in outbreak.  

 

If all those improvement don't warrant a at least 40m 3 days opening (Ideally 50m), I don't know what else need to be done.