The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[el sid]

Eternals, counted today at 11am EST for Thursday, November 4:

NY (AMC Fresh Meadows 7): 448 (8 showtimes)
Miami (AMC Sunset Place 24): 740 (8 showtimes)
Grand Rapids (AMC Grand Rapids 18): 97 (2 showtimes)
Austin (AMC Lakeline 9): 65 (2 showtimes)
Tempe/Phoenix (AMC Centerpoint 11): 173 (9 showtimes)
San Francisco (AMC Metreon 16): 981 (13 showtimes)
LA (AMC Universal): 1.077 (18 showtimes)

Total tickets sold in 7 theaters: 3.581.

Comps (all counted on Wednesday for Thursday): TSS (4.1M from previews) had 1.656 sold tickets = 8.85M,

SC (8.8M) had 3.166 sold tickets = 9.95M,

NTTD (5.2M) had 1.987 sold tickets = 9.35M

and Venom 2 (11.6M) had 2.498 sold tickets = 16.65M (very probably it won't have the walk-ups of Venom 2 and as mentioned the many IMAX shows could make Eternals look too good in my theaters).
So at the moment ca. 10M from previews.

Eternals, counted today at 11am EST for Friday, November 5:

NY (AMC Fresh Meadows 7): 634 (13 showtimes)
Miami (AMC Sunset Place 24): 646 (16 showtimes)
Grand Rapids (AMC Grand Rapids 18): 139 (15 showtimes)
Austin (AMC Lakeline 9): 60 (6 showtimes)
Tempe/Phoenix (AMC Centerpoint 11): 139 (12 showtimes)
San Francisco (AMC Metreon 16): 1.038 (19 showtimes)
LA (AMC Universal): 957 (15 showtimes)

Total tickets sold in 7 theaters: 3.613.

Up 15% since yesterday. And a lot of shows were added.
Comps (all counted on Wednesday for Friday, no Dune and SC comps today but tomorrow): TSS (8M true Friday) had 1.317 sold tickets = 21.95M true Friday,

NTTD (17M) had 2.383 sold tickets = 25.75M

and Venom 2 had two days later 4.362 sold tickets for Friday (=83% now with 2 days left for Eternals).

Edited November 3, 2021 by el sid

[EmpireCity]

King Richard goes on sale Nov. 9th.  No early shows.  

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

 

[WrathOfHan]

7 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

 

Big reduction from the previous 1,500 estimate. Wonder what happened.

[WrathOfHan]

Eternals:

6:00 Dolby: 138/236 (+20)

6:45 IMAX: 54/372 (+15)

7:15: 41/107 (+16)

7:45 3D: 9/67 (+8)

8:15: 32/107 (+25)

8:45 Open Caption: 11/107 (-)

9:45 Dolby: 114/236 (+41)

10:30 IMAX: 16/372 (+9)

Total: 415/1,604 (+134)

 

Comps:

 

107% of Black Widow the day before (14.1M)

110% of Dune the day of (5.6M)

113% of Shang-Chi the day before (9.9M)

119% of Venom 2 the day of (13.4M)

201% of No Time to Die the day before (12.7M)

 

Well, color me surprised that it's ahead of BW and SC for now. No showtimes were added though, similar to No Time to Die and Dune. Curious how tomorrow pans out since walkups will need to be strong to maintain the slight lead it has over its fellow MCU films. I think it'll eventually fall under them. The Dune comp is probably one I'll be keeping a close eye on relative to the MCU ones.

 

 

Spencer:

5:00 2/77 (-1)

8:00: 10/77 (+5)

Total: 12/154 (+4)

 

 

[Inceptionzq]

On 11/2/2021 at 3:49 PM, Inceptionzq said:

Eternals Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

568

1478

38.43%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

449

1996

22.49%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST DAY	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
2492	240	16986	14.67%	15	98

 

Showings added: 8

Seats added: 583

 

AMCs sold	1505
Cinemarks sold	418
Regals sold	388
Harkins sold	181

 

Shang-Chi comp: 10.62M

Adjusted Black Widow comp: 9.84M

Eternals Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

609

1716

35.49%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

494

1996

24.75%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST DAY	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
2860	368	17292	16.54%	15	104

 

AMCs sold	1665
Cinemarks sold	523
Regals sold	455
Harkins sold	217

 

Shang-Chi comp: 10.59M
Adjusted Black Widow comp: 9.72M

 

Ahead of SC's pace today. If Eternals can match what SC did up to release, then both comps will point to around 9.8M. That might be a bit much to ask since it's not praised like SC was. But we'll see, should at least be low-mid 9Ms

[Inceptionzq]

On 11/2/2021 at 3:58 PM, Inceptionzq said:

Eternals Megaplex

 

T-2 days Thursday(70 showings): 2496(+334)/20685(+1656) in 15 theaters

 

Shang-Chi comp: 10.36M

Adjusted Black Widow comp: 7.86M

 

T-3 days Friday(184 showings): 2292(+502)/50866(+18602) in 15 theaters

 

Shang-Chi comp: 26.36M

Adjusted Black Widow comp: 16.11M

 

T-4 days Saturday(183 showings): 1288(+288)/50634(+20048) in 15 theaters

 

T-5 days Sunday(167 showings): 340(+85)/45999(+22524) in 15 theaters

Eternals Megaplex

 

T-1 days Thursday(70 showings): 2927(+431)/20685 in 15 theaters

 

Shang-Chi comp: 10.42M

Adjusted Black Widow comp: 8.13M

 

T-2 days Friday(187 showings): 2941(+649)/51696(+830) in 15 theaters

 

Shang-Chi comp: 27.11M

Adjusted Black Widow comp: 17.04M

 

T-3 days Saturday(185 showings): 1660(+372)/51358(+724) in 15 theaters

 

T-4 days Sunday(167 showings): 426(+86)/45999 in 15 theaters

[Inceptionzq]

On 11/2/2021 at 4:02 PM, Inceptionzq said:

Eternals Alamo Drafthouse

 

T-2 days Thursday(128 showings): 7131(+611)/17809(+1373)

 

Dune comp: 7.18M

 

T-3 days Friday(257 showings): 7492(+1046)/34716(+11380)

 

Dune comp: 13.35M

 

T-4 days Saturday(278 showings): 7228(+800)/38271(+11960)

 

Dune comp: 14.57M

 

T-5 days Sunday(249 showings): 4397(+471)/34169(+10800)

 

Dune comp: 9.14M

Eternals Alamo Drafthouse

 

T-1 days Thursday(144 showings): 7907(+776)/19525(+1716)

 

Dune comp: 7.05M

 

T-2 days Friday(286 showings): 8714(+1222)/38124(+3408)

 

Dune comp: 13.08M

 

T-3 days Saturday(317 showings): 8269(+1041)/42721(+4450)

 

Dune comp: 14.24M

 

T-4 days Sunday(267 showings): 4920(+523)/36266(+2097)

 

Dune comp: 8.87M

[Inceptionzq]

23 hours ago, Inceptionzq said:

Ghostbusters Afterlife Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

52

1660

3.13%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

57

1937

2.94%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST 17 HRS	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
276	54	15803	1.75%	15	79

 

AMCs sold	243
Cinemarks sold	13
Regals sold	14
Harkins sold	6

 

NTTD comp: 4.35M

F9 comp: 4.83M

Ghostbusters Afterlife Thursday Showings Denver

AMC Westminster 24

Total

52

1660

3.13%

AMC Highlands Ranch 24

Total

61

1937

3.15%

 

SEATS SOLD	SOLD PAST DAY	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD	THEATERS	SHOWINGS
283	7	15803	1.79%	15	79

 

AMCs sold	248
Cinemarks sold	15
Regals sold	14
Harkins sold	6

 

NTTD comp: 4.23M

F9 comp: 4.48M

[Inceptionzq]

23 hours ago, Inceptionzq said:

Ghostbusters Afterlife Megaplex

 

T-16 days Thursday(56 showings): 143(+35)/19379 in 14 theaters

 

NTTD comp: 1.49M

 

T-17 days Friday(86 showings): 134(+29)/31653 in 14 theaters

 

NTTD comp: 5.24M

 

Didn't realize I didn't count the second day of presales for Bond, so I just went straight to normal comps. About to edit my Denver post too

Ghostbusters Afterlife Megaplex

 

T-15 days Thursday(56 showings): 151(+8)/19379 in 14 theaters

 

NTTD comp: 1.46M

 

T-16 days Friday(86 showings): 175(+41)/31653 in 14 theaters

 

NTTD comp: 4.34M

 

T-17 days Saturday(84 showings): 116/30741 in 13 theaters

 

T-18 days Sunday(70 showings): 11/24661 in 11 theaters

[Inceptionzq]

On 11/2/2021 at 4:41 PM, Inceptionzq said:

Ghostbusters Afterlife Drafthouse

 

T-16 days Thursday(99 showings): 1345(+158)/15765

 

T-17 days Friday(108 showings): 993(+145)/17586

Ghostbusters Afterlife Drafthouse

 

T-15 days Thursday(98 showings): 1460(+115)/15614(-151)

 

T-16 days Friday(108 showings): 1145(+152)/17586

 

T-17 days Saturday(126 showings): 1045/20679

 

T-18 days Sunday(104 showings): 445/16341

Edited November 4, 2021 by Inceptionzq

[EmpireCity]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

Big reduction from the previous 1,500 estimate. Wonder what happened.

 

The tracking is dogshit and they pulled back the size of the release. 

[WrathOfHan]

16 minutes ago, EmpireCity said:

 

The tracking is dogshit and they pulled back the size of the release. 

Do you think Belfast will stick with its 500 theater strategy next week or change course into a more limited pattern?

[CJohn]

Studios need to go back to platform releases. These 500-1.000 theaters launches will never work.

[EmpireCity]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

Do you think Belfast will stick with its 500 theater strategy next week or change course into a more limited pattern?

 

Last I heard was 800, but 350 makes more sense.  

 

It doesn't really matter, these movies won't work until 2022.  

[charlie Jatinder]

@EmpireCity are big chains not taking VPF fee, because couple of Indian films have taken advantage of that & released on bigger than normal size. Annaatthe is releasing on 415+ cinemas, ideally 175-200 be enough.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

55 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Studios need to go back to platform releases. These 500-1.000 theaters launches will never work.

They will in 2022 but this is best scenario nowadays. They have no choice 

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

They will in 2022 but this is best scenario nowadays. They have no choice 

But why? French Dispatch did fine in 50 theaters. I see no evidences that movies wouldn't do well in a platform release. Literally nobody tried at all.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

But why? French Dispatch did fine in 50 theaters. I see no evidences that movies wouldn't do well in a platform release. Literally nobody tried at all.

Wes Anderson has a big, young fanbase which is loyal. But it underperformed big time last week with just over 2m. 

 

I know your schtick is trolling and being facetious but the truth is that platform releases rely on word of mouth from older audiences which allows for expansion. The older audience demo is not rushing out to theaters. Therefore, how will this movies expand? They'll struggle with low PTA in like 4 locations and theaters will refuse to play them since they'd waste a screen from something like the big Marvel movie. By going wide, studios will quit the inevitable, collect whatever money they can and go digital in a month or so. 

 

Mass, for example, opened in 4 theaters and made 13.4k. A month later and it's at 120k and 77 theaters. There's just no momentum here

[Ronin46]

5 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

Wes Anderson has a big, young fanbase which is loyal. But it underperformed big time last week with just over 2m. 

 

I know your schtick is trolling and being facetious but the truth is that platform releases rely on word of mouth from older audiences which allows for expansion. The older audience demo is not rushing out to theaters. Therefore, how will this movies expand? They'll struggle with low PTA in like 4 locations and theaters will refuse to play them since they'd waste a screen from something like the big Marvel movie. By going wide, studios will quit the inevitable, collect whatever money they can and go digital in a month or so. 

 

Mass, for example, opened in 4 theaters and made 13.4k. A month later and it's at 120k and 77 theaters. There's just no momentum here

 

Agreed. The Eyes of Tammy Faye tripled its screen count in the 2nd weekend (450 to 1352) and make less on that weekend than the 1st one (652k down to 622k).