The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[Legion Again]

Look at that ATP

[TalismanRing]

NYC Regal Local

 

Midnight - first day of sales

 

Eternals:   91/1753  (6 screens)  2.75x times SC

 

Shang-Chi:  33/1402 (5 screens)

Venom:  13/2766  (9 screens)

 

[keysersoze123]

20 minutes ago, Let There Be Legion said:

Look at that ATP

That's bcos Imax/Dolby dominates the sales. Look at empire 25.Top 5 is all PLF and that too with Prime(not dolby) doing that well. These days that is true for any movie. That's why I was surprised to see Charlie tweet that Dune is doing well only in Imax/PLF. That is nothing abnormal. 

 

Spoiler

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amc-empire-25,95918708,202111050030,2,145,35.98
amc-empire-25,95918804,202111050200,2,180,51.98 // prime
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amc-empire-25,95918723,202111042300,16,377,287.84 
amc-empire-25,95918805,202111042230,26,180,675.74 // prime
amc-empire-25,95918867,202111050145,57,302,1424.43 //imax
amc-empire-25,95918749,202111050130,86,225,2149.14 //dolby
amc-empire-25,95918868,202111042200,94,302,2349.06 //imax
amc-empire-25,95918750,202111042200,154,225,3848.46 //dolby

 

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Charlie has been very low on Dune for whatever reasons, I had my doubts but the sales I’m seeing here are staggering. There’s nothing to undermine so far or signs of worry 

[charlie Jatinder]

9 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

That's why I was surprised to see Charlie tweet that Dune is doing well only in Imax/PLF. That is nothing abnormal. 

The ratio is more than other films. The pre-sales are PLFs heavy till final weeks. Lincoln Square 13 and Empire 25 were double of Shang Chi but overall sales were a bit low in MTC 1.

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, keysersoze123 said:

That's bcos Imax/Dolby dominates the sales. Look at empire 25.Top 5 is all PLF and that too with Prime(not dolby) doing that well. These days that is true for any movie. That's why I was surprised to see Charlie tweet that Dune is doing well only in Imax/PLF. That is nothing abnormal. 

 

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amc-empire-25,95918749,202111050130,86,225,2149.14 //dolby
amc-empire-25,95918868,202111042200,94,302,2349.06 //imax
amc-empire-25,95918750,202111042200,154,225,3848.46 //dolby

 

Yeah, I know it’s PLFs. But having a high PLF% driving high atp is harder/more impressive the bigger total nums are imo (of course these are just day 1, so overall nums will go waaaaay up and PLF% way down over the course of the run — but for day 1 I think this PLF% is impressive for the total sales.

[Inceptionzq]

6 hours ago, Inceptionzq said:

Eternals Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

193

1665

11.59%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

130

1899

6.85%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST 10 HOURS	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
589	589	15775	3.73%	15	84

 

AMCs sold	495
Cinemarks sold	41
Regals sold	48
Harkins sold	5

 

Shang-Chi day 1 comp(17 hours): 12.93M

Black Widow day 1 comp(18 hours): 10.46M

 

Great start. It's running behind BW here, at 7 hours, BW was at 598 sold. I'll do another update around that 17-18 hour mark so we can have a better look with the comps I used. So, we'll see if it can have a better evening than BW.

Eternals Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

214

1665

12.85%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

147

1899

7.74%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST 7 HOURS	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
700	111	16131	4.34%	15	86

 

AMCs sold	554
Cinemarks sold	56
Regals sold	76
Harkins sold	14

 

Shang-Chi day 1 comp(17 hours): 15.36M

Adjusted Black Widow day 1 comp(18 hours): 13.02M

 

Took a look at @Porthos' notes and adjusted the BW comp by dividing by 0.955. All in all, a very solid day. Didn't quite catch up to BW, but the comps are great.

[Inceptionzq]

7 hours ago, Inceptionzq said:

Eternals Megaplex

 

T-24 days Thursday(44 showings): 394/15020 in 14 theaters

 

Shang-Chi day 1 comp(17 hours): 9.05M

 

T-25 days Friday(77 showings): 185/28026 in 13 theaters

 

Shang-Chi day 1 comp(17 hours): 17.73M

 

T-26 days Saturday(73 showings): 115/25659 in 12 theaters

 

T-27 days Sunday(58 showings): 57/18026 in 9 theaters

 

It started off a bit slower than I expected here, but still doing well. Should pass the first day SC Friday comp when I update tonight. Also, I won't have a Black Widow comp for 2 days

Eternals Megaplex

 

T-24 days Thursday(44 showings): 495(+101)/15020 in 14 theaters

 

Shang-Chi day 1 comp(17 hours): 11.37M

 

T-25 days Friday(77 showings): 241(+56)/28026 in 13 theaters

 

Shang-Chi day 1 comp(17 hours): 23.10M

 

T-26 days Saturday(73 showings): 138(+23)/25659 in 12 theaters

 

T-27 days Sunday(58 showings): 69(+12)/18548(+522) in 9 theaters

[Porthos]

23 hours ago, Porthos said:

 

Dune Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-11 Days and Counting

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	75	11084	11831	747	6.31%

 

Total Seats Sold Today

46

 

T-11 Unadjusted Comp

	%		Sold T-11	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
NTTD	85.27		64	876		0/134	20340/21216	4.13%		5.29m
SC	61.18		72	1221		0/101	15781/17002	7.18%		5.38m
V2	63.90		107	1169		0/156	24909/26078	4.48%		7.41m

PRE-SALE NOTE: NTTD tickets have been on sale for two days more than Dune while Venom: Let There Be Carnage has been on sale for five more days than Dune

 

T-11 Adjusted Comp

	%		Sold T-11	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
F9	64.07		59	1080		0/79	11335/12415	8.70%		4.76m
Dune (adj)	---		46	692		0/65	9707/10399	6.65%		---

COMP NOTE: The F9 comp have been adjusted to reflect the return of Ontario theaters to the DOM market (what would be normally be the comp/0.955).

ADJUSTMENT NOTE: DUNE (adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include the theaters which had unreliable data polluting their seat maps in this point in F9's track.

PRE-SALE NOTE: F9 tickets have been on sale for five more days than Dune' s tickets have been on sale.

 

Regal: 191/4531 [4.22% sold] [+11 tickets]

 

Dune Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-10 Days and Counting

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	75	11001	11831	830	7.02%

 

Total Seats Sold Today

83

 

T-10 Unadjusted Comp

	%		Sold T-10	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
NTTD	87.37		74	950		0/135	20309/21259	4.47%		5.42m
SC	60.58		149	1370		0/101	15632/17002	8.06%		5.33m
V2	65.76		93	1262		0/156	24816/26078	4.48%		7.63m

PRE-SALE NOTE: NTTD tickets have been on sale for two days more than Dune while Venom: Let There Be Carnage has been on sale for five more days than Dune

 

T-10 Adjusted Comp

	%		Sold T-10	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
F9	67.86		62	1142		0/79	11275/12417	9.20%		5.05m
Dune (adj)	---		83	775		0/65	9624/10399	7.45%		---

COMP NOTE: The F9 comp have been adjusted to reflect the return of Ontario theaters to the DOM market (what would be normally be the comp/0.955).

ADJUSTMENT NOTE: DUNE (adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include the theaters which had unreliable data polluting their seat maps in this point in F9's track.

PRE-SALE NOTE: F9 tickets have been on sale for five more days than Dune' s tickets have been on sale.

 

Regal: 216/4531 [4.77% sold] [+25 tickets]

[Porthos]

Eternals Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-24 Days and Counting

 

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	96	14669	15543	874	5.62%

 

Total Seats Sold Today

874

 

Day One Unadjusted Comp

	%		Day 1	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
SC	157.76		554	554		0/92	15096/15650	3.54%		13.88m

 

Day One Adjusted Comp

	%		Sold Day 1	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
BW	76.86		1089	1089		0/99	16124/17213	6.33%		10.62m
Eternals (adj)	---		837	837		0/87	13556/14393	5.82%		---

COMP NOTE: The Eternals comp have been adjusted to reflect the return of Ontario theaters to the DOM market (what would be normally be the comp/0.955).

ADJUSTMENT NOTE: DUNE (adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include the theaters which had unreliable data polluting their seat maps in this point in BW's track.

 

Regal: 181/4570 [3.96% sold]

 

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Very nice first day.  Decided that Venom: Let There Be Carnage and F9 were dumb comps for now.  I'll rope in V2 eventually and F9 (and maybe others) closer to the end.

 

Not much else to say that hasn't been said by others.

[Legion Again]

Damn, 10.6. It’s a flop boys, packitup 

[charlie Jatinder]

Sacramento, don't you do some funny business.

[Porthos]

7 minutes ago, Let There Be Legion said:

Damn, 10.6. It’s a flop boys, packitup 

 

Insert Leo Squinting Gif [[HERE]].

[titanic2187]

1 hour ago, keysersoze123 said:

That's bcos Imax/Dolby dominates the sales. Look at empire 25.Top 5 is all PLF and that too with Prime(not dolby) doing that well. These days that is true for any movie. That's why I was surprised to see Charlie tweet that Dune is doing well only in Imax/PLF. That is nothing abnormal. 

 

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amc-empire-25,95918749,202111050130,86,225,2149.14 //dolby
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Maybe this is another way consumer to release their pent-up demand, they may become more willing to purchase premium format than usual. 

[charlie Jatinder]

Eternals Harkins T-24 Days

 

Format	Shows	Capacity	Sold	% Sold	Gross	ATP
Normal	187	48,264	281	0.58%	$3,222	$11.47
Cine 1	16	4,818	583	12.10%	$9,043	$15.51
Cine Capri	4	1,782	40	2.24%	$570	$14.25
IMAX	2	890	115	12.92%	$1,725	$15.00
3D	10	1,623	3	0.18%	$43	$14.33
Total	219	57,377	1,022	1.78%	$14,603	$14.29

 

Comps

2.17x Shang Chi first day of sales - $19M

 

I don't have BW comp but first 4 days of sales was ~1700 admits. Not entirely sure if Eternals can reach there in 4 days, so let's see. I guess West coast is bit lower than Black Widow while East is over for Eternals.

 

That Shang Chi comp shall drop in coming days (right )

[charlie Jatinder]

On 8/17/2021 at 10:12 AM, charlie Jatinder said:

AMC Empire 25

Shang Chi

 

IMAX - 76 (2 shows)

Dolby - 122 (3)

Prime - 29 (2)

3D - 4 (2)

Standard - 16 (6)

 

Total - 247 (15) $5.76K

AMC Empire 25

 

Eternals

IMAX - 153 (2 shows)

Dolby - 241 (2)

Prime 3D - 35 (2)

3D - 8 (2)

Standard - 28 (6)

Total - 465 (14) $11.5K

 

0.97x of Black Widow

1.88x of Shang Chi

 

I think Dune was slightly better in IMAX and Dolby.

[john2000]

23 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Eternals Harkins T-24 Days

 

Format	Shows	Capacity	Sold	% Sold	Gross	ATP
Normal	187	48,264	281	0.58%	$3,222	$11.47
Cine 1	16	4,818	583	12.10%	$9,043	$15.51
Cine Capri	4	1,782	40	2.24%	$570	$14.25
IMAX	2	890	115	12.92%	$1,725	$15.00
3D	10	1,623	3	0.18%	$43	$14.33
Total	219	57,377	1,022	1.78%	$14,603	$14.29

 

Comps

2.17x Shang Chi first day of sales - $19M

 

I don't have BW comp but first 4 days of sales was ~1700 admits. Not entirely sure if Eternals can reach there in 4 days, so let's see. I guess West coast is bit lower than Black Widow while East is over for Eternals.

 

That Shang Chi comp shall drop in coming days (right )

indeed but SHOULD IT ? 👀

Edited October 12, 2021 by john2000

[charlie Jatinder]

Just now, john2000 said:

indeed but SHOULD IT ? 👀

will @Porthos allow it?

[charlie Jatinder]

On 8/20/2021 at 3:10 PM, charlie Jatinder said:

Shang Chi Cineplex T-14 Days

 

Calgary - 342 (8)

Edmonton - 350 (6)

Vancouver + Victoria, Surrey, etc - 1525 (17)

Total - 2217 (31)

 

The BW numbers are 5 days of sales vs 4 days of Shang Chi but BW was just 3 days away from release, so. About 34% of BW, with 2 weeks of sales to go. Quite solid IMO.

 

cc @DAJK

Eternals Cineplex T-24 Days

 

Calgary - 158 (6)

Edmonton - Issue with main theater.

Vancouver + Victoria, Surrey, etc - 780 (15)

 

Total - 938 (21)

 

1 day vs 3 for Shang Chi. Quite good actually considering Canada over indexed for Shang Chi. Should be able to match Shang Chi in next 3 days.

[Legion Again]

19 is clearly not the midpoint of any reasonable expectations here, but I think it’s less than 2 sigma, maybe even 1.2 or so.