The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[el sid]

Pulse ca. three hours ago (always 9:05-9:19 EST):

Hunter Killer: 12/15 minutes – that's of course far behind e.g. The Equalizer 2, Mile 22 or Peppermint, it's on par with El Royale (7.1M OW) which had 11/15 minutes same day and daytime; but it still has time, maybe the focus so far was very much on Halloween
Indivisible: 1/15
Bohemian Rhapsody: 11/15 - nice as always when I looked for it at Pulse and I'm not too surprised that the reviews are mixed because the first reactions were similar, I just hope that the crowd will like it
FB 2: 9/15

And Pulse one hour ago (always 10:35-10:49 EST):

Hunter Killer: 19/15 minutes – El Royale had 25/15 same day and time of the day
Indivisible: 5/15

Bohemian Rhapsody: 16/15
FB 2: 15/15 - that's pretty good (I think)

PS: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms: Boxoffice.com has it at 21/80M. This film is a lucky bag for me.

[Porthos]

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-22 Days and counting

[Includes Limited Showings for Tuesday]

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	94	12154	13377	9.14%

 

Total Seats Sold Today:       19 

 

.1987x as many tickets sold as Infinity War after nine days of pre-sales.

.1780x as many tickets sold as Infinity War 22 days before release. (IW had 11 more days of pre-sales)

.6221x as many tickets sold as Black Panther 22 days before release (BP had 8 more days of pre-sales) 

.7144x as many tickets sold as Deadpool 2 21 days before release (DP2 had 29 days* of pre-sales compared to FB2's 30 days of pre-sales)

[I do not have info for the first eight days of pre-sales for DP2]

.3644x as many tickets sold as Solo after nine days of pre-sales (Solo had 20 days of pre-sales compared to FB2's 30 days of pre-sales)

.8686x as many tickets sold as JW:FK after nine days of pre-sales (JW:FK had 22 days of pre-sales compared to FB2's 30 days of pre-sales)

* Like FB2, some theaters also had seats on sale early for DP2 for a couple of days.

 

[Starting on Sunday, "X days before the release" will be the comp for all movies]

 

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Tue/Thr Breakdown:

 

Tuesday Night Limited Engagement Seat Report: T-23 Days and counting:

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	6	957	1399	32.02%

 

Total Seats Sold Today:                        0

 

Thursday Night Seat Report: T-23 Days and counting:

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	88	11203	11978	6.31%

 

Total Seats Sold Today:                      19

 

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Don't shoot the messenger, y'all. 

[filmlover]

Suspiria is opening in 2 theaters this weekend (one in LA, one in NY). Curious what the PTA will be like given how little buzz there is for it (feels like it died after it premiered at the Venice Film Festival tbh), although the LA theater is having a Q&A with Guadagnino, Johnson, and Swinton that's gonna inflate the gross.

[La Binoche]

The director of Suspiria is talentless. Call Me By Your Name sucked. A Bigger Splash sucked. No wonder Suspiria also looks to suck (and flop). 

[MCKillswitch123]

1 hour ago, La Binoche said:

The director of Suspiria is talentless. Call Me By Your Name sucked. A Bigger Splash sucked. No wonder Suspiria also looks to suck (and flop). 

Do you ever have opinions that aren't, you know, trash?

[Eric Atreides]

Fandango App	Monday	Tues	Wed	Thursday
A Wrinke In Time		4,864		15,601
A Quiet Place	2,177	4,003	10,665
Blockers	504	1,106	2,931
Rampage	705	1,508	4,109
Truth Or Dare	385	760	2,133
Super Troopers	2,825	3,447	6,881
I Feel Pretty	871	1,610	4,423
Avengers: Infinity War	49,836	54,892	68,826	206,000
Overboard	84	409	1,044
Breaking In	727	1204	2,899
Life Of The Party	587	1,310	3,010
Deadpool 2	23,134	28,896	41,212
Show Dogs	6	128	369
Book Club	836	1,599	3,283
SW: Solo	13,688	15,855	28,533
Action Point	17	48	197
Upgrade	9	119	522
Adrift	63	308	1,268
Oceans 8	3,009	4,372	11,114
Hereditary	659	1,178	3,181
Hotel Artemis	26	166	520
Incredibles 2	20,872	23,430	39,337
Tag	314	660	1,448
Jurassic World 2	9,310	12,761	23,266
Sicario 2	788	1282	3,403
Uncle Drew	274	473	1,201
Antman & The Wasp	6,613	5,990	11,108
Purge (Wed)	2,885	8,308
Hotel Transylvania 3	1,753	2,674	6,605	14,754
Skyscraper	586	1,019	2,868	7,134
Mamma Mia 2	4,427	5,099	12,117	17,226
Equalizer	1,418	2,297	6,073	11,875
Unfriended		71	240	975
MI6		*3328	13,575	27,261
Teen Titans		*462	2,125	4,526
Christopher Robin	1,560	2,442	5,355	11,509
The Spy Who Dumped Me	234	542	1,561	4,222
The Darkest Minds	130	244	579	1,777
Eighth Grade	494	508	720	936
Death of A Nation	148	194	375	1,239
The Meg	1,539	2,944	6,723	16,202
Slender Man	177	418	1,091	3,737
BlackkKlansman	432	682	1,934	5,017
Dog Days (Wed)	115	631	1,536	1,212
Crazy Rich Asians (Wed)	3,651	5,742	20,173	20,102
Alpha	181	283	943	2,069
Mile 22	282	519	1,833	5,200
Happytime Murders	382	*488	1,954	5,602
A.X.L.	32	*60	310	911
Kin	21	141	263	741
Operation Finale (Wed)	415	2,083	4,879	3,915
Searching	303	588	1,194	2,862
The Nun	2,082	5,938	13,806	28,881
Peppermint	286	863	2,508	4,441
God Bless The Broken Road	6	33	152	282
Predator	1,295	2,476	4,545	13,063
A Simple Favor	564	2,126	4,410	10,381
White Boy Rick	136	567	1,458	4,587
Unbroken 2	88	180	360	659
House With Clocks	897	1469	3607	8,074
Fahrenheit 11/9	164	281	713	1,715
Life Itself	79	162	394	953
Assassination Nation		36	94	382
Night School	1,045	1,756	3,566
Small Foot	734	1,261	2,448
Hellfest	195	304	661
Little Women		65	134
Venom	13,602	13,818	20,867	31,569
A Star Is Born	9,115	11,383	22,641	21,501
First Man	654	909	3,610	7,586
Goosebumps 2	300	631	1,733	3,615
Bad Times at the El Royale	264	481	1,257	3,350
Halloween	9,563	12,890	21,600	36,126
The Hate U Give (2K expansion)	1,026	1,542	1,559	2,055
Hunter Killer	91	368	1,062
Indivisible	33	89	204
*4pm-12am

 

 

Movie/Day	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday
Bohemian	1035	1049	1547
Nutcracker	191	204	239
Nobodys Fool	39	46	37
The Grinch	153	192	188
Spider's Web	0	0	24
Overlord	18	15	15
Fantastic Beasts	1018	769	891
Instant Family	0	4	15
Green Book	0	1	0

Edited October 25, 2018 by CoolEric258

[Napoleon]

8 hours ago, Porthos said:

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-22 Days and counting

[Includes Limited Showings for Tuesday]

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	94	12154	13377	9.14%

 

Total Seats Sold Today:       19 

 

.1987x as many tickets sold as Infinity War after nine days of pre-sales.

.1780x as many tickets sold as Infinity War 22 days before release. (IW had 11 more days of pre-sales)

.6221x as many tickets sold as Black Panther 22 days before release (BP had 8 more days of pre-sales) 

.7144x as many tickets sold as Deadpool 2 21 days before release (DP2 had 29 days* of pre-sales compared to FB2's 30 days of pre-sales)

[I do not have info for the first eight days of pre-sales for DP2]

.3644x as many tickets sold as Solo after nine days of pre-sales (Solo had 20 days of pre-sales compared to FB2's 30 days of pre-sales)

.8686x as many tickets sold as JW:FK after nine days of pre-sales (JW:FK had 22 days of pre-sales compared to FB2's 30 days of pre-sales)

* Like FB2, some theaters also had seats on sale early for DP2 for a couple of days.

 

[Starting on Sunday, "X days before the release" will be the comp for all movies]

 

===

 

Tue/Thr Breakdown:

 

Tuesday Night Limited Engagement Seat Report: T-23 Days and counting:

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	6	957	1399	32.02%

 

Total Seats Sold Today:                        0

 

Thursday Night Seat Report: T-23 Days and counting:

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	88	11203	11978	6.31%

 

Total Seats Sold Today:                      19

 

===

 

Don't shoot the messenger, y'all. 

That doesn't look good for Fantastic Beasts. Especially with the marketing so far focusing on aspects of the story that appeal more to die-hard Potter fans. If they are not hyped enough to be rushing to buy tickets in advance, I don't think casual moviegoers will either.

[KeepItU25071906]

On 10/16/2018 at 3:53 AM, Napoleon said:

Now I hope Fantastic Beasts 2 bombs

20 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

That doesn't look good for Fantastic Beasts.

 

perfect))

Edited October 25, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[filmlover]

That seems like an extreme expansion, especially when there hasn't been much promotion for it in general (even though it had a great launch last weekend in 4 theaters, albeit helped by Q&As). Hopefully the PTA won't be too bad (it's barely sold anything at my theater for the weekend).

Edited October 25, 2018 by filmlover

[el sid]

Pulse ca. three hours ago (always 8:05-8:19 EST):

Hunter Killer: 11/15 minutes – no improvement compared to yesterday, not good at all
Bohemian Rhapsody: 11/15
FB 2: 6/15

And Pulse ca. one hour ago (always 10:20-10:34 EST):

Hunter Killer: 24/15 minutes – 50% over yesterday, still very muted, ca. the half of Peppermint
Indivisible: 4/15 – also no improvement compared to yesterday

Bohemian Rhapsody: 21/15
FB 2: 9/15

[The Fast and the Furiosa]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

That seems like an extreme expansion, especially when there hasn't been much promotion for it in general (even though it had a great launch last weekend in 4 theaters, albeit helped by Q&As). Hopefully the PTA won't be too bad (it's barely sold anything at my theater for the weekend).

I get some ads. Empty weekend, too many other projects in the space to push for awards contention. You might as well grab the cash you can and get out

Edited October 25, 2018 by The Fast and the Furiosa

[Napoleon]

 

[WrathOfHan]

2 hours ago, filmlover said:

That seems like an extreme expansion, especially when there hasn't been much promotion for it in general (even though it had a great launch last weekend in 4 theaters, albeit helped by Q&As). Hopefully the PTA won't be too bad (it's barely sold anything at my theater for the weekend).

Wow, that's a lot. It's not playing anywhere in my area, which isn't too surprising considering the one theater that got Eighth Grade pushed it to reduced showtimes in the second week then dumped it afterwards.

[Eric Atreides]

11 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

 

Also of note, Instant Family and Widows are tracking between 10-17M.

[Valonqar]

Fuck, Ralph opens only 5 days after FB2, damn, FB2 won't be #1 even for a week. Yikes. 

[Eric Atreides]

Hunter Killer

20

1428

1.40%

 

55% of The Foreigner (7.3M)

25% of The Commuter (3.4M)

64% of 12 Strong (10.2M)

42% of 15:17 to Paris (5.2M)

34% of Death Wish (4.4M)

64% of Adrift (7.5M)

33% of Skyscraper (8.3M)

46% of Mile 22 (6.4M)

41% of Peppermint (5.5M)

 

Yawn.

[Ezen Baklattan]

10 hours ago, filmlover said:

That seems like an extreme expansion, especially when there hasn't been much promotion for it in general (even though it had a great launch last weekend in 4 theaters, albeit helped by Q&As). Hopefully the PTA won't be too bad (it's barely sold anything at my theater for the weekend).

At my nearby art house, FREE SOLO is overshadowing so much it isn’t funny. The Saturday matinee has sold more than all of MID90s’ shows combined.

[dxmatrixdt]

any solid evidence to show Hunter Killer having issues with reaching 10 million OW?

Fandango Pulse is showing a lot of Michael Myers masks and Star is Born vs Hunter Killer.

can this flip like Chappaquiddick and do like 7x+ previews on Friday and onward...?

[WrathOfHan]

Pulse:
 

1. Halloween

2. A Star Is Born

3. Venom

4. Hunter Killer

5. Mid90s

[Neucentro]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Pulse:
 

1. Halloween

2. A Star Is Born

3. Venom

4. Hunter Killer

5. Mid90s

 

What is happening to Mid90s? It has a rocketing high Thursday number.

 

2354	2018-10-25	THU	Mid90s
644	2018-10-26	FRI	Mid90s
248	2018-10-27	SAT	Mid90s
102	2018-10-28	SUN	Mid90s