The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[WrathOfHan]

3 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

That bodes really well when it go wide in January. Is it expanding in the coming weeks or just the 9 then fully wide on the 12th

If it follows The Revenant, it'll stay in 9 theaters. However, Revenant went wide in its third week; The Post isn't going wide until its fourth.

[filmlover]

My theater is cutting its 3D Star Wars shows down to one a day starting tomorrow (and sticking it a 9:10 in the morning). lol ouch.

[Jonwo]

6 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

If it follows The Revenant, it'll stay in 9 theaters. However, Revenant went wide in its third week; The Post isn't going wide until its fourth.

Similar pattern to American Sniper which didn't go wide until week 4

 

I'm curious how Molly's Game and ATMITW do in limited release

Edited December 20, 2017 by Jonwo

[TwoMisfits]

6 minutes ago, filmlover said:

My theater is cutting its 3D Star Wars shows down to one a day starting tomorrow (and sticking it a 9:10 in the morning). lol ouch.

Not a surprise...I checked some 3d showings tonight at my locals and was surprised how not full they were (like 5-10 seats total sold)...it's like wasting showtimes now, and in the holiday season, who wants to waste showtimes when you can sell out every seat in 2d?

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Not a surprise...I checked some 3d showings tonight at my locals and was surprised how not full they were (like 5-10 seats total sold)...it's like wasting showtimes now, and in the holiday season, who wants to waste showtimes when you can sell out every seat in 2d?

Especially when screen space is about to get really tight at my theater (they are expecting 9 new movies across 14 screens starting tomorrow through Monday).

[filmlover]

The Greatest Showman's reviews are starting to trickle in as the embargo is about to lift, and perhaps unsurprisingly, they're mostly negative.

[RichWS]

27 minutes ago, filmlover said:

My theater is cutting its 3D Star Wars shows down to one a day starting tomorrow (and sticking it a 9:10 in the morning). lol ouch.

 

Same here. A little weirded out when someone wants to see Star Wars in 3D. It feels unnatural. 

[The Panda]

7 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The Greatest Showman's reviews are starting to trickle in as the embargo is about to lift, and perhaps unsurprisingly, they're mostly negative.

But... but BEST MUSICAL AT GLOBES!!

[filmlover]

Just now, The Last Panda said:

But... but BEST MUSICAL AT GLOBES!!

As Nine and Burlesque showed, you only have to be a musical released at the end of the year to contend at the Golden Globes even if your film is a flop.

[narniadis]

I know every year we say this but maybe this is the year that the studios actually realize how they hurt themselves by releasing all these films in one go. Like seriously. Even if they staggard them 3 and 3 it would be better but this 6 new wide films all in 5 days compounded by limited expansions into wide is just nuts. 

[narniadis]

Like serious there is no reason for WB to release Father figures this weekend. 

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, narniadis said:

Like serious there is no reason for WB to release Father figures this weekend. 

It's been sat on a shelf since 2016, clearly WB is dumping it.

[narniadis]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

It's been sat on a shelf since 2016, clearly WB is dumping it.

Yes but they could have dumped it at any point it the calendar where product was needed. Even August may have netted them something or this coming January. 

[Jonwo]

Just now, narniadis said:

Yes but they could have dumped it at any point it the calendar where product was needed. Even August may have netted them something or this coming January. 

I suspect they had to release it this year for budgetary reasons. 

[WrathOfHan]

1 hour ago, Jonwo said:

Similar pattern to American Sniper which didn't go wide until week 4

 

I'm curious how Molly's Game and ATMITW do in limited release

Money is going wide out of the gate in 2k theaters on Monday.

[a2k]

Wikipedia says prod budget for Father Figures is 25m. Not a big risk for WB.

[TalismanRing]

3 minutes ago, a2knet said:

Wikipedia says prod budget for Father Figures is 25m. Not a big risk for WB.

The first two weeks of Dec did not have a wide opener except for Just Getting Started which was a non started with Open Road  No reason not to put it there  even if they shared the same demo and would lose screens with SW opening.  It would still have been better off.  

[filmlover]

My theater has posted its full schedule through Monday:

 

Today: The Greatest Showman, Jumanji on 2 screens

Friday: Call Me by Your Name, Darkest Hour, Downsizing, Father Figures, Pitch Perfect 3

Monday: All the Money in the World, Molly's Game

 

Only other movies they are showing are Star Wars, Ferdinand, and The Shape of Water across 14 screens. Gonna be a crazy frame.

Edited December 20, 2017 by filmlover

[WrathOfHan]

Pulse:

 

1. SW

2. SW 3D

3. Jumanji

4. Showman

5. PP3

[WrathOfHan]

Theater update:

 

Spoiler

 

Star Wars:

 

9:00 3D: 9/113

10:00: 32/78

11:00: 31/124

12:30 3D: 17/113

1:30: 23/78

2:30 3D: 15/124

4:00 3D: 6/113

5:00: 32/78

6:15: 48/124

7:45 3D: 20/113

8:30: 32/78

9:45 3D: 0/124

 

Jumanji:

 

10:45: 27/78

1:45 3D: 9/78

4:45: 39/78

7:45 3D: 18/78

10:45 3D: 0/78

 

Ferdinand:

 

11:15: 0/78

2:00 3D: 19/78

4:40: 3/78

7:25 3D: 0/78

10:15: 0/78

 

Showman:

 

9:20: 4/78

12:00: 4/78

2:35: 0/78

5:10: 0/78

7:50: 5/78

10:35: 2/78

 

Wonder:

 

10:15: 5/60

1:00: 0/60

3:45: 0/60

6:30: 0/60

9:15: 0/60

 

JGS:

 

11:30: 2/78

1:50: 0/78

4:10: 0/78

6:40: 0/78

9:00: 0/78

 

 

 

 

Star Wars: 265/1,260 (Up 14)

Jumanji: 93/390 (Up 2)

Ferdinand: 22/390

Showman: 15/468 (Up 5)

Wonder: 4/300 (Up 4)

JGS: 2/390

Coco, JL, DH2, and Thor have sold nothing.

 

Tickets haven't moved at all since last night. Jumanji is now running at 50% of Coco (6.6M OD/25.4M 3 Day/36.5M 5 Day). Maybe something like Wonder would be a better comp? It's running at 80% of that (7.8M OD)

Showman is now 8% of Coco!