The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, Eternal Legion said:

Even WSS is 156 mins????   
 

Somebody needs to graph avg runtime of big budget movies by quarter, I bet 2021 Q4 will stick out like a sore thumb.

 

The original was 2:33 min so just 3 minutes longer which is probably the credits because they're so much longer now.

[filmlover]

8 minutes ago, Eternal Legion said:

Even WSS is 156 mins????   

As @TalismanRing just said that's about as long as the original and this one is supposed to be more faithful to the stage musical than the 1961 movie was. You're not getting a short and sweet 90 minute movie when adapting West Side Story to the screen.

[keysersoze123]

@katnisscinnaplex Did you take final count for today's previews for the openers?

[katnisscinnaplex]

21 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

@katnisscinnaplex Did you take final count for today's previews for the openers?

Planning on doing Tues - Wed - Thu show counts tomorrow morning, then a separate weekend report on Friday morning.  I can run one for previews now if you'd like, that one doesn't take very long.

[katnisscinnaplex]

43 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

@katnisscinnaplex Did you take final count for today's previews for the openers?

 

Eh, alright I ran it anyway.

 

Movie - Shows (Theaters) (PLF shows)

Encanto - 7,782 (2,732) (1,187 PLF)

Resident Evil - 6,428 (2,191) (38 PLF)

House of Gucci - 4,185 (2,495) (114 PLF)

 

I even checked Canada

Encanto - 304 (58)

Resident Evil - 55 (17)

House of Gucci - 2 (1)

 

Not sure if this is normal as I've never pulled preview counts for Canada before.  Looks like last week I had  291 as the max TC for my Canada sample.

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, TalismanRing said:

 

The original was 2:33 min so just 3 minutes longer which is probably the credits because they're so much longer now.

 

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

As @TalismanRing just said that's about as long as the original and this one is supposed to be more faithful to the stage musical than the 1961 movie was. You're not getting a short and sweet 90 minute movie when adapting West Side Story to the screen.

I don’t know anything about plays or old movies about plays 😛    
 

If it’s gotta be 150+ then it’s gotta be 150+, but I think that docks my estimate of the performance by like 10-20% from the already low levels I was thinking when I believed it would be shorter.

[Eric Duncan]

On 11/23/2021 at 1:11 AM, Eric Madrigal said:

Sing 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-30 and Counting

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	50	528	9642	5.48%

 

Total Seats Sold Today: 91

Sing 2 Greater Philadelphia Area Seat Report T-29 and Counting

	Sellouts	Showings	Seats Sold	Total Seats	Perct Sold
TOTALS	0	50	659	9642	6.83%

 

Total Seats Sold Today: 131

[filmlover]

The fact WSS is so long probably means it's likely getting more than 2 screens at a lot of locations since it's the only wide release between now and December 17 (especially in NYC, where it's naturally gonna do best by far given its Broadway roots). Might as well when screens will need to be filled due to aging movies that will be making little by that point and the bigger auditoriums being placeholders the next two weekends for Spidey. We'll see what the sales look like, so far Disney/20th Century are giving it a pretty sizeable marketing push (it's gonna be featured heavily in that pre-recorded Disney Parks holiday special on ABC Sunday night which is being co-hosted by Ariana DeBose from the movie).

 

ABC and Disney Parks Announce a Flurry of Stars and Magical Surprises for Holiday Specials | Disney Parks Blog (go.com)

Edited November 24, 2021 by filmlover

[Legion Again]

Yeah holdover competition will be truly dire that weekend. Capacity will be fine, but I think the runtime hurts occupancy.

[keysersoze123]

1 hour ago, katnisscinnaplex said:

 

Eh, alright I ran it anyway.

 

Movie - Shows (Theaters) (PLF shows)

Encanto - 7,782 (2,732) (1,187 PLF)

Resident Evil - 6,428 (2,191) (38 PLF)

House of Gucci - 4,185 (2,495) (114 PLF)

 

I even checked Canada

Encanto - 304 (58)

Resident Evil - 55 (17)

House of Gucci - 2 (1)

 

Not sure if this is normal as I've never pulled preview counts for Canada before.  Looks like last week I had  291 as the max TC for my Canada sample.

Release for Gucci is small. Thinking 1.7-1.8m for Encanto and 1.3m for gucci for previews. 

[tonytr87]

Gucci probably would've opened to 40 mil pre-pandemic. 

[Menor the Destroyer]

Encanto Tuesday (from earlier, around 9 PM EST)

 

Seats Sold: 28083/174271

$ Sales: 325053

 

Around 80% of JC at the same point for both runs. But on a weekday the MTC2 ratio will be higher so maybe 2m or a bit under. 

 

Encanto Wed

 

Showtimes: 3899 (+865)

Seats Sold: 40439/519081 (+16431)

$ Sales: 373375 (+147202)

 

Jungle Cruise comp: 9.8 million

 

Encanto Thu

 

Showtimes: 3986 (+868)

Seats Sold: 29349/527218 (+5908)
$ Sales: 277542 (+54919)

 

 

 

[charlie Jatinder]

35-40m 5 days encanto

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

19 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

35-40m 5 days encanto

That would be pretty bad. My theater for Gucci tonight was the most full a theater has been since pandemic for any non MCU or Disney movie and Suicide Squad. It's probably hitting the high end of the 20+ predictions. The fact these two would be so close is wild

[Ronin46]

34 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

35-40m 5 days encanto

 

Are you joking? Surely the numbers indicate something bigger than that? Or just what DL said?

[Legion Again]

51 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

35-40m 5 days encanto

Feels like a typo of 3 days

[charlie Jatinder]

9 minutes ago, Eternal Legion said:

Feels like a typo of 3 days

MTC 2 number is 373K. Say 3.25x PSM, gives $1.2M, we are overcounting a bit, so may be $1.15M, that would be $6.4-6.6M ish. 
1.7
6.5
4.5
9.5
9
5.7

37

 

Unless WOM is really good.
 

Also need to clarify if @Menor is using all adult seats for gross, actual gross may be lower with kids seats. If he is taking all kids seats, gross may be a bit higher.

Edited November 24, 2021 by charlie Jatinder

[Inceptionzq]

8 hours ago, Inceptionzq said:

Encanto Megaplex

 

T-1 day Wednesday(193 showings): 2380(+679)/47401(+8373) in 15 theaters

Encanto Megaplex Wednesday(193 showings)

 

3213(+833)/47401 in 15 theaters

 

Ghostbusters Friday comp: 14.32M

Black Widow Friday comp: 9.89M

 

This is obviously overperforming here. Even the BW comp would be a great result.

[Flopped]

5 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

MTC 2 number is 373K. Say 3.25x PSM, gives $1.2M, we are overcounting a bit, so may be $1.15M, that would be $6.4-6.6M ish. 
1.7
6.5
4.5
9.5
9
5.7

37

 

Unless WOM is really good.
 

What does HoG look like? 

[Inceptionzq]

8 hours ago, Inceptionzq said:

Encanto Alamo Drafthouse

 

T-1 day Wednesday(121 showings): 2656(+887)/14957(+984)

Encanto Alamo Drafthouse Wednesday(121 showings)

 

3331(+675)/14957

 

Ghostbusters Friday comp: 5.76M