The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[john2000]

5 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said:

Sony must be avoiding another TS4 situation

 

But these numbers are excessive low, presales indicate around $ 170 - 180M if i remember correctly, more being possible depending on the next days.

Pre sales indicate 200 over six day too

[poweranimals]

$125 million over 6 days? What the actual heck? Even if they're under selling it,  tracking going down can't be a good sign, can it?

Edited June 29, 2019 by poweranimals

[ThomasNicole]

Just now, john2000 said:

Pre sales indicate 200 over six day too

yeah, unless it slow down drastically until the release, i doubt it will make less than $ 160M, being pessimistic

 

 

[Porthos]

5 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said:

presales indicate around $ 170 - 180M if i remember correctly, more being possible depending on the next days.

Problem is, we lost Pulse just at the time where we can really see just how much the ramp up of pre-sales is happening. Or isn't, as the case may sometimes be.  The first few days of this week were encouraging.  But we've been flying blind now for around 48 hours+.  At pretty much the worst possible time.

 

(I'm guessing if Pulse comes back, I suspect it'll be rebooted sometime on Monday, like it was EG [if for different reasons, presumably])

[Tinalera]

July 2 london ontario canada

Spiderman Far from home

Silvercity
IMAX 
120 95/323 (+10)
345 99/323 (+12)
710. 210/323 3d(+0)

1045 118/323(+6)3d

AVX
1200 28/135(+16)
320 11/135(+5)
710 73/135(+44)
1000 51/135(+19)

Recliner
1245 24/93 (+16)
355 30/93 (+20)
700 59/93 (+22)
100 30/93(+20)

Westmount

VIP
345 2/58(+1)
415 29/63(+4)
710 10/58(+4)
745 55/63(+4)
1030 0/58(+0)
1115 11/63(+0)

AVX
105 49/173(+0)
410 56/173(+4)

715 126/173(+2)
1020 56/173(+14)

More solid gains for London ontario. 
Does anyone else get changing theatre seats? Like i swear the 63 theatres for westmount have changed to 53 back to 63 in two updates( i mean total seats in theatre).
Its weird.

And i want to tackle toronto?

*hysterical laughter into sobs*

[UserHN]

I think Sony is being extremely conservative with that $125M 6-day prediction. That's barely up from SMH's 3-day OW. I'm still expecting an EG bump for this, just like in China.

[ThomasNicole]

2 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Problem is, we lost Pulse just at the time where we can really see just how much the ramp up of pre-sales is happening. Or isn't, as the case may sometimes be.  The first few days of this week were encouraging.  But we've been flying blind now for around 48 hours+.  At pretty much the worst possible time.

 

(I'm guessing if Pulse comes back, I suspect it'll be rebooted sometime on Monday, like it was EG [if for different reasons, presumably])

thanks for the info, yeah let's only hope the movie didn't slow down for whatever reason, personally i think it's doing good after the great reviews and the release proximity 

 

 

[CJohn]

125M is a massive underperformance for FFH. The first one did 117M in 3 days. Not even the MCU can escape the Summer franchise fatigue? Even 150M would be a bit meh since it has 3 more days. 160-170M is where it should open.

Edited June 29, 2019 by CJohn

[Eric Atreides]

If this does 125M, I'm officially declaring the rest of the year is going to be absolute death at the box office, with everything going below expectations.

[Porthos]

6 minutes ago, Tinalera said:

And i want to tackle toronto?

*hysterical laughter into sobs*

Please don't over-extend yourself.  What you've been doing for your local theater is great. 👍

 

Couldn't answer your main question though.  What ticket seller are you using to check seats?  Fandango?  Cineplex? Something else?

 

What I do is put my info in a spreadsheet so I don't have to count the seats that are there every single time.  Though if you're doing this from your phone (which I think you've said before), might not be an easy of a solution.

[Tinalera]

1 minute ago, Porthos said:

Please don't over-extend yourself.  What you've been doing for your local theater is great. 👍

 

Couldn't answer your main question though.  What ticket seller are you using to check seats?  Fandango?  Cineplex? Something else?

 

What I do is put my info in a spreadsheet so I don't have to count the seats that are there every single time.  Though if you're doing this from your phone (which I think you've said before), might not be an easy of a solution.

I literally go to cineplex website and look at seats sold. Whats weird is i do have a template i use...but i had 63 for a certain theatre then seat count said 53 seats, okay....so maybe made mistake now i check today its 63 again...how did theatre lose then gain 10 seats? Weird.....

 

As for toronto im going to give it one try for "fun" and if its too much then ill stick with london

[john2000]

@Menor whats your opinion for this?  For sonys. 125 over six day ?

[XXR vs XXR]

I've thought about giving the whole Houston area a try once, just to see what it was like. 

Then I realized that for something like TLK, that would involve the strong end of nearly 700 Thursday night shows, I decided against it 🤣

[Porthos]

14 minutes ago, VenomXXR said:

I've thought about giving the whole Houston area a try once, just to see what it was like. 

Then I realized that for something like TLK, that would involve the strong end of nearly 700 Thursday night shows, I decided against it 🤣

Yeah, for a place like Houston (Top five US city by pop) I would never consider doing a seat count for anything but the biggest of big films.  And most likely, not even then.  Most I would do is a sellout check.

 

I'm lucky in that Sacramento isn't THAT big of a metro area.  And I'm also 'only' doing things within 20 miles of downtown Sacto, so I'm ignoring things further out.

 

Also, if I'm honest, this has had a bit of a mission creep with both new theaters opening AND Thr previews accelerating every year.  If I was going to start this all over, I suspect I wouldn't be checking as many theaters as I am. 

 

That's why @keysersoze123's suggestion about a group project of compiling ticket info from major cities, while interesting, is completely impractical IMO.  We'd probably need at least 10 people alone for NYC and its surrounding areas given how many theaters there are there.  Similar problems for LA and Chicago.

 

If Pulse stays down (I suspect it'll be back after the weekend, as I said earlier) just have to go back to the old days of comparing local reports and figuring out the big picture from there.

 

Still take us collectively over Deadline/trades when it comes to figuring out an upcoming OW, even with such a handicap.

Edited June 29, 2019 by Porthos

[Tinalera]

Toronto ontario canada 
Spiderman far from home
July 2

Yonge dundas cineplex

IMAX
120 168/356
400 140/356
720 259/356 3d
1000 140/356 3d

VIP
1200 15/77
1245 53/77
315 27/77
445 50/77
630 63/77
715 74/77
1000 32/77
1115 22/77

4DX 3D
1200 19/82
300 20/82
600 45/82
900 52/82

 

 

This is one of 8 theatres just in toronto area (not counting places like mississauga markham thornhill ect part of the greater gta)

 

This is one of the smaller theatres intresting to see the differences in numbers with london

 

Btw 4dx is those "rumble seat,smell spray water, wind immersive theatres"

Edited June 29, 2019 by Tinalera

[cax16]

1 minute ago, Tinalera said:

Toronto ontario canada 
Spiderman far from home
July 2

Yonge dundas cineplex

IMAX
120 168/356
400 140/356
720 259/356 3d
1000 140/356 3d

VIP
1200 15/77
1245 53/77
315 27/77
445 50/77
630 63/77
715 74/77
1000 32/77
1115 22/77

4DX 3D
1200 19/82
300 20/82
600 45/82
900 52/82

 

 

This is one of 8 theatres just in toronto area (not counting places like mississauga markham thornhill ect part of the greater gta)

 

This is one of the smaller theatres intresting to see the differences in numbers with london

My theatre I track is in Richmond hill. 

 

Spider-Man FFH( last update)

 

1:20pm - 49/336

4:25pm - 87/336

7:30pm - 212/336

10:35pm - 53/336

 

 

New 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 - 25/306

10:00pm - 12/306

[Tinalera]

Just now, cax16 said:

My theatre I track is in Richmond hill. 

 

Spider-Man FFH( last update)

 

1:20pm - 49/336

4:25pm - 87/336

7:30pm - 212/336

10:35pm - 53/336

 

 

New 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 - 25/306

10:00pm - 12/306

A fellow canuck! Awesome😁

[cax16]

Just now, Tinalera said:

A fellow canuck! Awesome😁

There’s lots of us on here lol.

[Tinalera]

9 minutes ago, cax16 said:

There’s lots of us on here lol.

I worked at the uptown at yonge and bloor before it got torn down. Best job i lve ever had

[Sunny Max]

12 minutes ago, cax16 said:

There’s lots of us on here lol.

Finally we got 2 trackers from this region ..   nice to see you guys ...

 

@Tinalera