The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[Porthos]

23 hours ago, Porthos said:

No Way Home Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-9 Days and Counting

 

	Capped	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	2	0	311	20218	38057	17839	46.87%

 

Total Showings Added Today	3
Total Seats Added Today	505
Total Seats Sold Today	424

 

As of T-9, No Way Home has sold...

1.9399x as many tickets as Black Widow  did at stop of tracking.             [26.81m]*

3.0510x as many tickets as Shang-Chi did at stop of tracking.                 [26.85m]

2.3131x as many tickets as Let There Be Carnage did at stop of tracking. [26.83m]

2.7834x as many tickets as Eternals did at stop of tracking.                     [26.44m]

* [adj for Ontario]

 

T-9 Adjusted Comp 

[Made under OFFICIAL PROTEST]  [***100% use at own risk*** — see cautionary note below]

	%		Sold T-9	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
EG	83.85		287	19029		17/243	5547/24576	77.43%		50.31m
TROS	113.80		165	14871		5/210	9661/24532	60.62%		45.52m
NWH (EG adj)	---		372	15955		0/311	17137/33092	48.21%		---
NWH (SW adj)	---		381	16923		0/311	17925/34848	48.56%		---

ADJUSTMENT NOTE: NWH (EG adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include DBOX tracking which started earlier this year, a theater which converted to reserved seating this year as well as making an on-the-fly adjustment for a theater which I had partial data for EG and has now shut down and been replaced by another theater a mile a way [for this I am doing only a PLF-PLF comparison for the theater in question]

ADJUSTMENT NOTE #2: NWH (SW adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include DBOX tracking which started earlier this year as well as a theater that which converted to reserved seating this year.  The theater which has been replaced is 100% included in this comp. 

CAUTIONARY 2021 COMPS NOTE:  ***ALL*** Sacramento 2021 comps when compared to similar pre-COVID movies have been running higher than what has actually been reported.  ABSOLUTELY KEEP THIS IN MIND THAT THIS COMP COULD VERY WELL BE OFF BY AS MUCH AS 15 to 20 PERCENT, or even more.   See here for explanation.

 

Regal:       4886/12528 [37.51% sold] [+175 tickets]

Matinee:    1722/5023  [34.28% sold | 9.65% of all tickets sold]

 

No Way Home Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report: T-8 Days and Counting

 

	Capped	Sellouts	Showings	Seats left	Total Seats	Seats Sold	Perct Sold
TOTALS	2	0	325	20891	39120	18229	46.60%

 

Total Showings Added Today	14
Total Seats Added Today	1063
Total Seats Sold Today	390

 

As of T-8, No Way Home has sold...

1.9823x as many tickets as Black Widow  did at stop of tracking.             [27.40m]*

3.1177x as many tickets as Shang-Chi did at stop of tracking.                 [27.44m]

2.3637x as many tickets as Let There Be Carnage did at stop of tracking. [27.42m]

2.8443x as many tickets as Eternals did at stop of tracking.                     [27.02m]

* [adj for Ontario]

 

T-8 Adjusted Comp 

[Made under OFFICIAL PROTEST]  [***100% use at own risk*** — see cautionary note below]

	%		Sold T-8	Total Sold		Sellouts/Shows	Seats Left/Total Seats	Perct Sold		Comp
EG	84.79		200	19229		17/243	5347/24576	78.24%		50.87m
TROS	114.56		228	15099		5/212	9522/24621	61.33%		45.82m
NWH (EG adj)	---		349	16304		0/325	17667/33971	47.99%		---
NWH (SW adj)	---		374	17297		0/325	18430/35727	48.41%		---

ADJUSTMENT NOTE: NWH (EG adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include DBOX tracking which started earlier this year, a theater which converted to reserved seating this year as well as making an on-the-fly adjustment for a theater which I had partial data for EG and has now shut down and been replaced by another theater a mile a way [for this I am doing only a PLF-PLF comparison for the theater in question]

ADJUSTMENT NOTE #2: NWH (SW adj) is the amount of seats sold that does not include DBOX tracking which started earlier this year as well as a theater that which converted to reserved seating this year.  The theater which has been replaced is 100% included in this comp. 

CAUTIONARY 2021 COMPS NOTE:  ***ALL*** Sacramento 2021 comps when compared to similar pre-COVID movies have been running higher than what has actually been reported.  ABSOLUTELY KEEP THIS IN MIND THAT THIS COMP COULD VERY WELL BE OFF BY AS MUCH AS 15 to 20 PERCENT, or even more.   See here for explanation.

 

Regal:       5034/12528 [40.18% sold] [+148 tickets]

Matinee:    1780/5174  [34.40% sold | 9.76% of all tickets sold]

[john2000]

@charlie Jatinder , @Menor while a different kind of movie, would a comparison to lion king (2019)  presales be usefull ? if my memory serves that movie also had very big presales and closer to mcu than a regular family movie?

[YM!]

14 minutes ago, john2000 said:

@charlie Jatinder , @Menor while a different kind of movie, would a comparison to lion king (2019)  presales be usefull ? if my memory serves that movie also had very big presales and closer to mcu than a regular family movie?

The Lion King if memory serves corrected while have huge ticket sales was more spread out and was more backloaded which is not the right comparison for NWH. Not to mention, The Lion King still skewed more families than the average MCU flick.

[katnisscinnaplex]

On 12/8/2021 at 9:49 AM, katnisscinnaplex said:

 

Day	Movie	Area	Theaters	Shows	Total Seats	Total Sold	New Sales	% Sold
T-1	West Side Story	Jacksonville	6	20	3,028	52	16	1.72%
		Phoenix	7	17	3,112	69	2	2.22%
		Raleigh	7	15	1,851	64	22	3.46%
	West Side Story Total		20	52	7,991	185	40	2.32%
T-15	Matrix 4 (Wed)	Jacksonville	6	33	5,931	231	60	3.89%
		Phoenix	6	18	2,924	271	46	9.27%
		Raleigh	8	28	3,453	331	72	9.59%
	Matrix 4 (Wed) Total		19	79	12,308	833	178	6.77%

 

WSS comps

Evan Hansen - 1.28x (1.02m)

Respect - 1.76x (1.145m)

Gucci - .51x (663k)

Heights - .43x (429k)

 

Matrix comps

 

TSS - 3.51x (14.4m)

NTTD - 2.35x (12.24m)

Day	Movie	Area	Theaters	Shows	Total Seats	Total Sold	New Sales	% Sold
T-0	West Side Story	Jacksonville	6	20	3,028	74	22	2.44%
		Phoenix	7	17	3,112	106	37	3.41%
		Raleigh	7	16	2,002	113	49	5.64%
	West Side Story Total		20	53	8,142	293	108	3.60%
T-14	Matrix 4 (Wed)	Jacksonville	6	33	5,931	262	31	4.42%
		Phoenix	6	18	2,924	293	22	10.02%
		Raleigh	8	28	3,453	364	33	10.54%
	Matrix 4 (Wed) Total		19	79	12,308	919	86	7.47%

 

WSS comps

Evan Hansen - 1.5x (1.2m)

Respect - 1.95x (1.27m)

Gucci - .65x (839k)

Heights - .485x (485k)

 

Matrix comps

 

TSS - 3.72x (15.25m)

NTTD - 2.39x (12.41m)

Dune - 2.19x (11.16m)

[katnisscinnaplex]

On 12/8/2021 at 9:40 AM, katnisscinnaplex said:

 

Day	Movie	Area	Theaters	Shows	Total Seats	Total Sold	New Sales	% Sold
T-1 Hr	Black Widow	Jacksonville	6	76	12,095	2,333	555	19.29%
		Phoenix	7	77	10,692	1,881	270	17.59%
		Raleigh	8	74	8,303	3,148	746	37.91%
	Black Widow Total		21	227	31,090	7,362	1,571	23.68%
T-1 Hr	Eternals	Jacksonville	6	72	10,311	1,811	526	17.56%
		Phoenix	7	59	8,999	1,848	320	20.54%
		Raleigh	8	37	4,098	1,713	380	41.80%
	Eternals Total		21	168	23,408	5,372	1,226	22.95%
T-1 Hr	Shang-Chi	Jacksonville	6	60	8,619	1,423	493	16.51%
		Phoenix	7	51	7,193	1,349	262	18.75%
		Raleigh	8	40	4,505	1,327	332	29.46%
	Shang-Chi Total		21	151	20,317	4,099	1,087	20.18%
T-8	Spider-Man	Jacksonville	7	157	22,875	6,170	211	26.97%
		Phoenix	7	156	20,620	8,389	309	40.68%
		Raleigh	8	90	10,497	5,529	142	52.67%
	Spider-Man Total		22	403	53,992	20,088	662	37.21%

 

Added 41 shows and nearly 4k seats since yesterday, including the final theater in my sample at 12 shows.  Not too surprising then that sales had a pretty good bump as more shows became available.  There's still plenty of room in those shows so maybe the pace will hold a little higher for a couple of days.

 

T-8 increase % comps

 

Spider - 3.41%

BW - 6.77%

SC - 11.37%

Eternals - 7.54%

Venom 2 - 9.44%

 

Total sales

 

Spider-Man - $267,930 (13.34 ATP)

 

Black Widow Final - $94,329 (12.81 ATP)

Eternals Final - $74,356 (13.84 ATP)

Shang-Chi Final - $54,954 (13.41 ATP)

 

Splits

 

 

Movie	Mat	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	N	17,512	87.18%	$239,753.82	13.69
	Y	2,576	12.82%	$28,176.57	10.94

 

 

Movie	Format	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	PLF	7,328	36.48%	$118,492.88	16.17
	Standard	12,760	63.52%	$149,437.51	11.71

 

 

Movie	Chain	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	AMC	12,041	59.94%	$155,644.99	12.93
	Cinemark	5,208	25.93%	$74,890.28	14.38
	CMX	24	0.12%	$359.76	14.99
	Regal	2,528	12.58%	$33,960.91	13.43
	RoadHouse	107	0.53%	$1,139.45	10.65
	Sun-Ray	180	0.90%	$1,935.00	10.75

 

Showtimes

 

Since last check on Monday morning, Spider-Man has added over 1100 preview shows and is now at 29,032 in 2,989 theaters in my sample.  That includes 1,037 IMAX shows and 2,471 3D shows; 5,372 total PLF shows. Breakdown by chain:

 

A - 8,039 (585 TC)

C - 5,654 (311 TC)

R - 4,593 (440 TC)

 

Time	Shows	%
3:00	2,291	7.89%
3:01-3:59	2,408	8.29%
4:00-4:59	3,641	12.54%
5:00-5:59	2,424	8.35%
6:00-6:59	3,714	12.79%
7:00-7:59	4,748	16.35%
8:00-8:59	2,993	10.31%
9:00-9:59	2,509	8.64%
10:00-10:59	2,794	9.62%
11:00+	1,510	5.20%

Day	Movie	Area	Theaters	Shows	Total Seats	Total Sold	New Sales	% Sold
T-1 Hr	Black Widow	Jacksonville	6	76	12,095	2,333	555	19.29%
		Phoenix	7	77	10,692	1,881	270	17.59%
		Raleigh	8	74	8,303	3,148	746	37.91%
	Black Widow Total		21	227	31,090	7,362	1,571	23.68%
T-1 Hr	Eternals	Jacksonville	6	72	10,311	1,811	526	17.56%
		Phoenix	7	59	8,999	1,848	320	20.54%
		Raleigh	8	37	4,098	1,713	380	41.80%
	Eternals Total		21	168	23,408	5,372	1,226	22.95%
T-1 Hr	Shang-Chi	Jacksonville	6	60	8,619	1,423	493	16.51%
		Phoenix	7	51	7,193	1,349	262	18.75%
		Raleigh	8	40	4,505	1,327	332	29.46%
	Shang-Chi Total		21	151	20,317	4,099	1,087	20.18%
T-7	Spider-Man	Jacksonville	7	158	22,970	6,326	156	27.54%
		Phoenix	7	165	21,355	8,660	271	40.55%
		Raleigh	8	92	10,597	5,696	167	53.75%
	Spider-Man Total		22	415	54,922	20,682	594	37.66%

 

Added a few more shows yesterday.  Sales are down a little, but still well above the valley it hit earlier in the week.  

 

T-7 increase % comps

 

Spider - 2.96%

BW - 8.21%

SC - 7.54%

Eternals - 7.84%

Venom 2 - 8.88%

 

Quick check-in on sales comps...

 

BW  - 7.3x (96.37m)

SC -  17.7x (155.69m)

Eternals - 9.96x (94.64m)

Venom 2 - 24.1x (279.6m)

 

Obviously the growth rate will remain much much lower than all of these, but this gives you an idea just how far ahead it is with just a week left.  Here's where the comps would be if it had no more presales until an hour before shows began...

 

BW  - 2.81x (37.08m)

SC -  5.046x (44.4m)

Eternals - 3.85x (36.57m)

 

 

Total sales

 

Spider-Man - $275,298 (13.31 ATP)

 

Black Widow Final - $94,329 (12.81 ATP)

Eternals Final - $74,356 (13.84 ATP)

Shang-Chi Final - $54,954 (13.41 ATP)

 

Splits

 

Movie	Mat	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	N	18,027	87.16%	$246,314.57	13.66
	Y	2,655	12.84%	$28,984.00	10.92

 

Movie	Format	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	PLF	7,451	36.03%	$120,470.19	16.17
	Standard	13,231	63.97%	$154,828.38	11.70

 

Movie	Chain	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	AMC	12,332	59.63%	$159,060.23	12.90
	Cinemark	5,292	25.59%	$76,114.19	14.38
	CMX	24	0.12%	$359.76	14.99
	Regal	2,675	12.93%	$35,915.94	13.43
	RoadHouse	172	0.83%	$1,838.20	10.69
	Sun-Ray	187	0.90%	$2,010.25	10.75

Edited December 9, 2021 by katnisscinnaplex
Fixed T-1 hour comps

[Menor the Destroyer]

52 minutes ago, john2000 said:

@charlie Jatinder , @Menor while a different kind of movie, would a comparison to lion king (2019)  presales be usefull ? if my memory serves that movie also had very big presales and closer to mcu than a regular family movie?

Not that big.

[Legion Again]

16 minutes ago, katnisscinnaplex said:

Here's where the comps would be if it had no more presales until an hour before shows began...

 

BW  - 3.57x (47.14m)

SC -  6.87x (60.42m)

Eternals - 4.99x (47.39m)

Venom 2 - 5.53x (64.1m)

This seems to be really blowing away the final comps from other regions, interesting.

[XXR vs XXR]

30 minutes ago, Product Driven Legion said:

This seems to be really blowing away the final comps from other regions, interesting.

Yea I’m confused by the numbers. They don’t add up if you use the total sales figures and multiply by the reported previews number.

[katnisscinnaplex]

5 minutes ago, Multiverse of XXR said:

Yea I’m confused by the numbers. They don’t add up if you use the total sales figures and multiply by the reported previews number.

Ah, yes, I used preview morning instead of the one hour update 🤦‍♂️.  Let me update

[katnisscinnaplex]

54 minutes ago, katnisscinnaplex said:

 

Day	Movie	Area	Theaters	Shows	Total Seats	Total Sold	New Sales	% Sold
T-1 Hr	Black Widow	Jacksonville	6	76	12,095	2,333	555	19.29%
		Phoenix	7	77	10,692	1,881	270	17.59%
		Raleigh	8	74	8,303	3,148	746	37.91%
	Black Widow Total		21	227	31,090	7,362	1,571	23.68%
T-1 Hr	Eternals	Jacksonville	6	72	10,311	1,811	526	17.56%
		Phoenix	7	59	8,999	1,848	320	20.54%
		Raleigh	8	37	4,098	1,713	380	41.80%
	Eternals Total		21	168	23,408	5,372	1,226	22.95%
T-1 Hr	Shang-Chi	Jacksonville	6	60	8,619	1,423	493	16.51%
		Phoenix	7	51	7,193	1,349	262	18.75%
		Raleigh	8	40	4,505	1,327	332	29.46%
	Shang-Chi Total		21	151	20,317	4,099	1,087	20.18%
T-7	Spider-Man	Jacksonville	7	158	22,970	6,326	156	27.54%
		Phoenix	7	165	21,355	8,660	271	40.55%
		Raleigh	8	92	10,597	5,696	167	53.75%
	Spider-Man Total		22	415	54,922	20,682	594	37.66%

 

Added a few more shows yesterday.  Sales are down a little, but still well above the valley it hit earlier in the week.  

 

T-7 increase % comps

 

Spider - 2.96%

BW - 8.21%

SC - 7.54%

Eternals - 7.84%

Venom 2 - 8.88%

 

Quick check-in on sales comps...

 

BW  - 7.3x (96.37m)

SC -  17.7x (155.69m)

Eternals - 9.96x (94.64m)

Venom 2 - 24.1x (279.6m)

 

Obviously the growth rate will remain much much lower than all of these, but this gives you an idea just how far ahead it is with just a week left.  Here's where the comps would be if it had no more presales until an hour before shows began...

Spoiler

 

BW  - 3.57x (47.14m)

SC -  6.87x (60.42m)

Eternals - 4.99x (47.39m)

Venom 2 - 5.53x (64.1m)

 

 

 

Total sales

 

Spider-Man - $275,298 (13.31 ATP)

 

Black Widow Final - $94,329 (12.81 ATP)

Eternals Final - $74,356 (13.84 ATP)

Shang-Chi Final - $54,954 (13.41 ATP)

 

Splits

 

 

Movie	Mat	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	N	18,027	87.16%	$246,314.57	13.66
	Y	2,655	12.84%	$28,984.00	10.92

 

 

Movie	Format	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	PLF	7,451	36.03%	$120,470.19	16.17
	Standard	13,231	63.97%	$154,828.38	11.70

 

 

Movie	Chain	Sold	%	Sales	ATP
Spider-Man	AMC	12,332	59.63%	$159,060.23	12.90
	Cinemark	5,292	25.59%	$76,114.19	14.38
	CMX	24	0.12%	$359.76	14.99
	Regal	2,675	12.93%	$35,915.94	13.43
	RoadHouse	172	0.83%	$1,838.20	10.69
	Sun-Ray	187	0.90%	$2,010.25	10.75

 

Okay, ignore the T-1 hour ticket sales comps... I was accidentally using the preview morning update.  Here is the real T-1 hour comparison if Spider-Man has no more sales until then...

 

BW  - 2.81x (37.08m)

SC -  5.046x (44.4m)

Eternals - 3.85x (36.57m)

Didn't get Venom late numbers

[katnisscinnaplex]

23 hours ago, katnisscinnaplex said:

Santikos Theaters tracking

 

First update since Sunday morning, so new sales are really three days of sales, although they mostly come from the shows that were added yesterday (26 shows).

 

 

Day	Movie	Format	Shows	New Sales	Total Sold	True Capacity	% Sold	ATP	Gross
T-8	Spider-Man	PLF	39	99	7,123	8,518	83.62%	$14.42	$102,678.06
		Standard	103	822	8,259	13,683	60.36%	$10.98	$90,706.17
	Spider-Man Total		142	921	15,382	22,201	69.29%	$12.57	$193,384.23
T-9	Spidey (Fri)	PLF	56	386	7,313	12,379	59.08%	$14.23	$104,044.95
		Standard	84	407	5,314	13,046	40.73%	$10.59	$56,300.37
	Spidey (Fri) Total		140	793	12,627	25,425	49.66%	$12.70	$160,345.32

 

 

Day	Movie	Mat	Shows	New Sales	Total Sold	True Capacity	% Sold	ATP	Gross
T-8	Spider-Man	N	106	738	11,778	16,282	72.34%	$13.35	$157,246.40
		Y	36	183	3,604	5,919	60.89%	$10.03	$36,137.83
	Spider-Man Total		142	921	15,382	22,201	69.29%	$12.57	$193,384.23
T-9	Spidey (Fri)	N	71	346	8,753	13,419	65.23%	$13.65	$119,435.09
		Y	69	447	3,874	12,006	32.27%	$10.56	$40,910.23
	Spidey (Fri) Total		140	793	12,627	25,425	49.66%	$12.70	$160,345.32

Santikos Theaters tracking

 

Right at 600 tickets sold for Thurs + Fri since yesterday.  Next update will be either Sat or Sun.

 

Day	Movie	Format	Shows	New Sales	Total Sold	True Capacity	% Sold	ATP	Gross
T-7	Spider-Man	PLF	39	15	7,138	8,518	83.80%	$14.41	$102,850.68
		Standard	103	314	8,573	13,683	62.65%	$10.98	$94,114.11
	Spider-Man Total		142	329	15,711	22,201	70.77%	$12.54	$196,964.79
T-8	Spidey (Fri)	PLF	56	103	7,416	12,379	59.91%	$14.22	$105,486.49
		Standard	84	171	5,485	13,046	42.04%	$10.56	$57,914.24
	Spidey (Fri) Total		140	274	12,901	25,425	50.74%	$12.67	$163,400.73

 

Day	Movie	Mat	Shows	New Sales	Total Sold	True Capacity	% Sold	ATP	Gross
T-7	Spider-Man	N	106	250	12,028	16,282	73.87%	$13.31	$160,118.39
		Y	36	79	3,683	5,919	62.22%	$10.00	$36,846.40
	Spider-Man Total		142	329	15,711	22,201	70.77%	$12.54	$196,964.79
T-8	Spidey (Fri)	N	71	112	8,865	13,419	66.06%	$13.65	$121,000.62
		Y	69	162	4,036	12,006	33.62%	$10.51	$42,400.11
	Spidey (Fri) Total		140	274	12,901	25,425	50.74%	$12.67	$163,400.73

[XXR vs XXR]

5 minutes ago, katnisscinnaplex said:

BW  - 2.81x (37.08m)

SC -  5.046x (44.4m)

Eternals - 3.85x (36.57m)

Didn't get Venom late numbers

Yea these make more sense  

 

I stopped tracking for a while so I don’t have anything since TROS but comping my theater (as of my last update) to EG, IW and CM gives me equivalent comps with no more sales of…

 

EG = $38.93M

IW = $37.44M

CM = $42.67M

 

A TROS comp wouldn’t be relevant for me since it underperformed here (would be $51.5M for the record). Mind you, these comps are as of Sunday. I will update again today to see how we’re looking.

[Tinalera]

Sing 2 

Greater Toronto Area, Ontario

Wed Dec 22 taken Dec 9

22 Theatres

95 shows

Total Sold 156

Total Remaining 25284

Total Seats 25440

Percentage .6

 

Obviously very very early for Toronto and area. For a movie that properly opens just before Christmas, I think the big push will happen last days up to opening, and it being family oriented, a lot of families going over the Christmas break. So early numbers may not be reflective on what is pretty much a holiday season movie.

[filmlover]

How ‘West Side Story’ Hopes to Defy Box Office Odds https://t.co/jrTlfpR5He

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 9, 2021

[filmlover]

The best way to spread Christmas cheer? Experience Elf for the first time in IMAX!

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— IMAX (@IMAX) December 9, 2021

 

[keysersoze123]

On 12/7/2021 at 10:12 AM, keysersoze123 said:

Matrix Resurrections  OD

MTC1 - 23077/233739 372800.53 1332 shows

 

Matrix Resurrections OD

MTC1 - 30159/247142 478757.35 1416 shows

 

This is the only thing working for me(I am getting queued on Spidey requests). Spidey is anyway tracked by Zack and MTC2 is just not working for now.

 

Matrix show counts seem very small. @katnisscinnaplex is it possible for you to look at show counts for it on 22nd and may be friday(24th). Still ticket sales numbers are not bad at all. Definitely ahead of Dune.  

[katnisscinnaplex]

9 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Matrix Resurrections OD

MTC1 - 30159/247142 478757.35 1416 shows

 

This is the only thing working for me(I am getting queued on Spidey requests). Spidey is anyway tracked by Zack and MTC2 is just not working for now.

 

Matrix show counts seem very small. @katnisscinnaplex is it possible for you to look at show counts for it on 22nd and may be friday(24th). Still ticket sales numbers are not bad at all. Definitely ahead of Dune.  

Don't mind at all

 

Matrix Wed 22nd

8,110 (2056 TC)

 

A 1,972 (560)

C - 1,485 (297)

R - 1,769 (423)

 

Matrix Fri 24th

5,992 (1,816 TC)

 

A - 1,735 (550)

C - 1,158 (297)

R - 1,247 (376)

 

I think this looks about normal this far out.  I usually only pull preview show counts before T-1 week, but here's how it stacks up against preview shows at T-2.

 

Dune - 5,906 (2,129 TC)

Ghostbusters - 9,550 (2,316)

NTTD - 10,513 (2,492)

Venom - 13,768 (2,381)

[keysersoze123]

Thank you @katnisscinnaplex. Only difference this is full day as opposed to previews for other movies which started late afternoon/evening. Still as you say it will increase that monday for sure. 

[AdrianL]

Wonder how crazy Tuesday will be for Spider-Man with the T-mobile deal. Literally all premium screens near me are pretty booked all weekend so weekday #s should be very strong. 

[el sid]

WSS, counted today at 10am EST for Friday, December 10:
 

NY (AMC Fresh Meadows 7): still no showtimes (but it has good presales in the AMC Lincoln Sq)
Miami (AMC Sunset Place 24): 50 (12 showtimes)
Grand Rapids (AMC Grand Rapids 18): 39 (6 showtimes)
Austin (AMC Lakeline 9): 8 (3 showtimes)
Tempe/Phoenix (AMC Centerpoint 11): 13 (6 showtimes)
San Francisco (AMC Metreon 16): 224 (9 showtimes)
LA (AMC Universal): 279 (10 showtimes)

Total tickets sold in 6 theaters: 613.

Up 20% since yesterday.
Comps (all counted for Friday): Respect (8.8M OW) had on Thursday of its release week 152 sold tickets in the same 6 theaters (but a way better Thursday jump of 91%).

And In the Heights (11.5M OW) had on Thursday of its release week 773 sold tickets in the same 6 theaters.
So WSS didn't reach the final presale number of In the Height but it gained a lot of ground since last Friday where it had only 47% of In the Heights and now it's at 79%.
Hard for me to say a concrete OW number. On the one hand good reviews didn't save other films, it concerns me that it's doing fine on the coasts but that's more or less it and of course I remember how disappointed many people were when In the Heights underperformed. OTOH the time of the year should help a film with a central love story, the reviews are very good and the trailers IMO create a good retro atmosphere. So because the presales in other reports here look pretty solid too I go with 15M+ and with decent walk-ups high teens could be possible I think.

National Champions did not improve with 7 sold tickets today 5 of my theaters. Very probably its OW will be bad (under 3M) but I also guess that this is another movie where interested people see that there's no need at all to buy tickets in advance because the cinema halls are almost empty.

Nightmare Alley had today 50 sold tickets in 4 theaters (one show in each) for its Early Access shows on December 15. It has so far no showtimes in my normal AMC in Texas but had surprisingly good sales in the AMCBarton Creek Square where its show is almost sold out (57 sold tickets), no idea why it works so well exactly in that theater.

American Underdog had today 135 sold tickets also in 4 theaters (and in sum also 4 showtimes) for its EA shows on December 17 (on Saturday it looks similar, a bit worse).
A good number so far but no big jump over the last days.