The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[WrathOfHan]

Unfriended could be going sub-3M with these presales and the low TC tbh. Upgrade was selling much better IIRC

[filmlover]

3 hours ago, MrGlass2 said:

It is looking pretty awful for Unfriended 2, is it really releasing this weekend? The first one opened with $15.8M.

 

It is, but with zero promotion. The original movie's run is about to look like Black Panther in comparison.

[dxmatrixdt]

1 minute ago, Boxofficerules said:

I don't know why they gave their worst movies the widest release. I don't know why they don't release one of their bigger titles. Why not release Insidious 4 instead of selling it to Universal.

The Darkness and Incarnate had the largest acting contracts most likely with Kevin Bacon and Aaron Eckhart.  I don't think any of the other films paid salary above $1 million for any actor.  

[Barnack]

Today sales:

 

Mamma Mia	6587
Hotel Tra	6213
Ant-Man a	4746
The Equal	3035
Incredibl	2616
Jurassic	2372
Skyscrape	2069
The First	946
The Metro	681
Sorry to	630
Sicario D	445
Uncle Dre	445
Oceans 8	423
Mission I	404

 

 

Also, other many Tom Cruise missiles:

2018-07-17 17:00:00	1	Top Gun (1986)
2018-07-17 17:00:00	1	Jerry Maguire

 

With Skyscraper out of today top 6 and down to #5 among playing, should not be surprised for a solid wednesday drop/burned lot of demand on that massive cheap Tuesday boost type of phenomenon.

[dxmatrixdt]

The poster is looking a little rusty too.  Might remind people of the chore it takes to get through the first one from the computer screen point of view.  (Hardcore Henry, Searching)  The poster situation reminds me of God's Not Dead 3.  That one was not showing up on presales either.

 

 

[La Binoche]

Movietickets 

 

2. Mamma Mia 

 

Getting closer and closer to #1 

 

 

[filmlover]

Box Office weekend forecast:

 

Mamma Mia: $38M

Equalizer: $28.5M

 

 

https://pro.boxoffice.com/weekend-forecast-equalizer-2-mamma-mia-go/

 

[dxmatrixdt]

Equalizer 2 is leading in the poll here suggesting it might be strong relative to Mamma Mia and hit over 30 million.

but with a production budget of $62 million, and the first doing 192 million on a $55 budget, 

 

https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/-/2018

Edited July 19, 2018 by matrixdmath5

[Barnack]

31 minutes ago, matrixdmath5 said:

Equalizer 2 is leading in the poll here suggesting it might be strong relative to Mamma Mia and hit over 30 million.

but with a production budget of $62 million, and the first doing 192 million on a $55 budget, 

 

https://www.movieinsider.com/movies/-/2018

Considering Skycraper was above Hotel Transylvania and Unfriended/Alpha/Darkest minds/Slenderman are all above Mamma Mia as well, I think it is simply not a website the Mamma Mia target audience goes too.

[LonePirate]

Hmmm...our long nightmare watching Black Panther's slow march to $700M may be coming to an end soon. The AMC megaplex near me has not shown BP for a few weeks but it is bringing the film back for a single late showing each day starting this Friday. I suspect Disney has found about $100K for it somewhere.

[WrathOfHan]

43 minutes ago, LonePirate said:

Hmmm...our long nightmare watching Black Panther's slow march to $700M may be coming to an end soon. The AMC megaplex near me has not shown BP for a few weeks but it is bringing the film back for a single late showing each day starting this Friday. I suspect Disney has found about $100K for it somewhere.

This is also happening at 2/3 AMCs in the Orlando area  

[That One Girl]

Mamma Mia 2 is probably gonna have at least a 3.5x multi.  My advanced screening had huge applause at the end and laughs throughout.  People are gonna eat it up.  If it opens as high as, say, 50M this weekend, it could definitely reach 180M.

Edited July 19, 2018 by That One Guy

[The Panda]

13 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

Mamma Mia 2 is probably gonna have at least a 3.5x multi.  My advanced screening had huge applause at the end and laughs throughout.  People are gonna eat it up.  If it opens as high as, say, 50M this weekend, it could definitely reach 180M.

And if it opens to 300m, well 1B DOM here we come

[Joyous Legion]

20 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

Mamma Mia 2 is probably gonna have at least a 3.5x multi.  My advanced screening had huge applause at the end and laughs throughout.  People are gonna eat it up.  If it opens as high as, say, 50M this weekend, it could definitely reach 180M.

Solo and Ant-Man better watch out 

[dxmatrixdt]

showtime report.  19 theaters, 14 films reported w/ 1,415 combined showtimes from these 14 films.

 

out of 1,415 showtimes

Mamma Mia - 12.6%

Equalizer 2 - 11.0%

Unfriended 2 - 5.2%

Hotel Tran 3 - 13.0%

Skyscraper - 10.3%

Sorry/Bother - 4.2%

Ant-Man 2 - 12.9%

Purge 4 - 5.7%

Sicario 2 - 4.4%

Uncle Drew - 1.7%

Jurassic World - 6.6%

Incredibles - 7.9%

Ocean's 8 - 2.5%

Tag - 1.7%

 

Hotel 3 stays on top, but Ant-Man almost matches it by retaining almost all its shows from weekend #2.  Incredibles still averages more than 1 print showing/theater/day with Skyscraper holding onto 2 prints/day

[TalismanRing]

 

Fandango App	Monday	Tues	Wed
In Theaters
Hotel Trans 3	13,629	12,064	8,983
AM&TW	10,950	10,996	8,213
Skyscraper	5,928	6,339	3,703
Incredibles	5,517	5,552	4,178
JW:FK	5,037	5,096	3,993
July 20th
Mamma Mia 2	4,427	5,099	12,117
Equalizer	1,418	2,297	6,073
July 27th
MI6	632	544	780
Teen Titans	72	71	92
Aug 3rd
Christopher Robin	119	81	105
The Spy Who Dumped Me		21	26
Comps
Fandango App	Monday	Tues	Wed
Oceans 8	3,009	4,372	11,114
Mamma Mia 2	4,427	5,099	12,117
Sicario 2	788	1282	3,403
Equalizer	1,418	2,297	6,073

[WrathOfHan]

7 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Fandango App	Monday	Tues	Wed
In Theaters
Hotel Trans 3	13,629	12,064	8,983
AM&TW	10,950	10,996	8,213
Skyscraper	5,928	6,339	3,703
Incredibles	5,517	5,552	4,178
JW:FK	5,037	5,096	3,993
July 20th
Mamma Mia 2	4,427	5,099	12,117
Equalizer	1,418	2,297	6,073
July 27th
MI6	632	544	780
Teen Titans	72	71	92
Aug 3rd
Christopher Robin	119	81	105
The Spy Who Dumped Me		21	26
Comps
Fandango App	Monday	Tues	Wed
Oceans 8	3,009	4,372	11,114
Mamma Mia 2	4,427	5,099	12,117
Sicario 2	788	1282	3,403
Equalizer	1,418	2,297	6,073

Anything for Unfriended?

[TalismanRing]

5 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Anything for Unfriended?

I didn't even know it was opening until today so wasn't tracking it. But here we go with some comps

 

Fandango App

Monday

Tues

Wed

Truth Or Dare

385

760

2,133

Action Point

17

48

197

Upgrade

9

119

522

Hotel Artemis

26

166

520

Unfriended

71

240

[Joyous Legion]

27 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

 

Fandango App	Monday	Tues	Wed
In Theaters
Hotel Trans 3	13,629	12,064	8,983
AM&TW	10,950	10,996	8,213
Skyscraper	5,928	6,339	3,703
Incredibles	5,517	5,552	4,178
JW:FK	5,037	5,096	3,993

Tues to Weds Fandango drops:  

HT3 25%  

AM&tW 25% 

Skyscraper 42%   

I2 25% 

FK 22%     

 

These aren’t 1:1 with the actual BO drops, but will be interesting to see just how bad things come in Wed.

Edited July 19, 2018 by Thanos Legion

[La Binoche]

Movietickets 

 

1. Mamma Mia - 22.2%