The Box Office Buzz and Tracking Thread: Electric Boogaloo

[KeepItU25071906]

12 minutes ago, MattW said:

Is the Meg gonna be more along the lines of super troopers 

nope. Meg isn't a sequel to the cult, in narrow circles, comedy. Nothing the same at all. 

[TalismanRing]

31 minutes ago, MattW said:

Is the Meg gonna be more along the lines of super troopers or equalizer, I could see it going either way

Or along the way of Jurrassic - which would currently translate into a low - mid 30s opening

[The Fast and the Furiosa]

2 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Or along the way of Jurrassic - which would currently translate into a low - mid 30s opening

Not to mention Super Troopers had a fandango specific voucher, did it not?

[el sid]

So many indications point to that BlacKkKlansman is definitely no Detroit. As already mentioned above, it's pretty comfortable in front of Slender Man and Dog Days. I noticed the same. Since ca. one week it appears on Pulse around 3:1 compared to SL, today it's even 4:1. Of course due to the stellar reviews it could be frontloaded, no? But OTOH Detroit also had very good reivews and still stayed weaker. Just from the storyline I think BlacKkKlansman has much more appeal.

5 minutes of Pulse counting showed:

The Meg: 41 - a have the impression that's a bit slower than 2 hours ago. I should have counted then, maybe that daytime is just more popular to buy tickets. Comparisons: Skyscraper had ca. 55 but that was on the Thursday so The Meg is in front, Sicario 2 Wednesday same daytime 18, The Equalizer 2 also Wednesday and same daytime ca. 50.
BK: 19
SM: 5

Edited August 8, 2018 by el sid

[Alli]

Box-Office Preview: Big-Budget 'The Meg' Heads for Tepid $20M-Plus U.S. Debut

 

 

  tracking to open in the $20 million to $22 million range domestically.

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/box-office-preview-big-budget-meg-heads-tepid-20m-us-debut-1133093

[Valonqar]

Fallout will 3peet no? 

[MaxAggressor]

7 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Or along the way of Jurrassic - which would currently translate into a low - mid 30s opening

The trades are still insisting on an OW in the vicinity of 20m. The Meg is more or less matching (sometime even improving) Sequelizer, HT3 & Christopher Robin on your list. So according to you what would be the low end & the ceiling for The Meg's OW as of right nao??

 

Also, the numbers for CRA seems very strong even tho it's still 9/10 days out. Is it because there has been sneak previews of the movie all over NA?? Are there bulk purchases which is inflating the numbers or are the numbers really very promising indicating a mid-sized breakout??

[Alli]

2 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Fallout will 3peet no? 

no,  imo. The Meg will beat tracking. high 20s is my prediction. the presales are strong

[That One Girl]

I have seen a grand total of two ads for Slender Man.  One was a trailer back in like February.  The other was on Snapchat.

[Boxofficerules]

Slenderman number 1 this weekend, you’ll see, you’ll ALL see!

[filmlover]

10 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Slenderman number 1 this weekend, you’ll see, you’ll ALL see!

[dxmatrixdt]

Slender Man should be a good option for moviegoers but The Meg is clearly showing dominance with pre-sales right now.  Might be ahead of Mi6 on Thursday and could clear 3 million in pre-release showings at 7pm the day before.

[KeepItU25071906]

3 hours ago, Boxofficerules said:

Slenderman number 1 this weekend, you’ll see, you’ll ALL see!

Slenderman (2000+ theaters) has much lesser pre-sales than BlackKklansman (1500 theatres).  R.I.P.

[Sheikh]

 

 

1. MIF 17.8%

2. CR 16.4%

3. MM2 6.5%

4. The Meg 5.8%

5. TSWDM 5.8%

[Brainbug]

10 minutes ago, Sheikh said:

 

 

1. MIF 17.8%

2. CR 16.4%

3. MM2 6.5%

4. The Meg 5.8%

5. TSWDM 5.8%

 

300M OW looking good.

[NickDisney13]

Update Movie Tickets

 

Mission Impossible - 17.4%

Christopher Robin - 16.5%

The Meg - 6.8%

Mamma Mia - 6.6%

Spy Who Dumped Me - 6.1%

[WrathOfHan]

Pulse:

 

1. The Meg

2. Mission Impossible

3. Christopher Robin

4. Mamma Mia!

5. BlacKkKlansman

[Ryan Reynolds]

Is The Meg selling better than Skyscraper ?

[dxmatrixdt]

Dog Days A- cinemascore should hint at good word of mouth the next two days going into the weekend.

Show Dogs also got an A- cinemascore, did 1.414 opening day Friday, and 0.30 on its first Wednesday and 0.46 on its first Monday.

This could give a range of 0.30 to 1.41 million on opening day w/ preview showings.

 

DOG DAYS (2018)

 

 

 

 

[dxmatrixdt]

wish I could find Mi6 dropping locations from Fandango. seems the big ones are always fixed everywhere for 3+ weeks.

as of now, im guessing The Meg should match Mi6 with showings & capacity this weekend and ill hope to find data within the next 24 hours.

August 8 Estimates
Updated Thursday afternoons
 

<< Prev. Week < Last Year	View Index	Next Year > Next Week >>
Rank LW Title Distributor Theater Count Change % Change Week # > NEW RELEASES 1 - The Meg Warner Bros. 3,900+ - - 1 2 - Dog Days (2018) LD Entertainment 2,255 - - 1 3 - Slender Man Sony / Screen Gems 2,000+ - - 1 4 - BlacKkKlansman Focus Features 1,500 - - 1

Edited August 9, 2018 by dmatrixfilmdx