WEEKEND THREAD | 3-DAY ESTIMATES: Pirates - 62M ; Baywatch - 18M; Alien - 10.5M (71% drop) like. F8 crosses 1B OS.

[babz06]

8 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Why did I raise my GOTG prediction?  

 

Alien is dropping 60%+ on Memorial Weekend. Let that sink in for a moment  

That damn Michael fassbender

[WrathOfHan]

Oh, can we talk about how there are 7 movies releasing on October 20 now that Lionsgate has announced Boo! A Madea Halloween 2? What the hell is going to move?

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Sooooooo Alien. Assuming yesterday got it to 47M:

 

May 26: 13M (4.4M weekdays, 64.4M Total)

Jun 2: 5.2M (2M weekdays, 71.6M Total)

Jun 9: 2.3M (1M weekdays, 74.9M Total)

Jun 16: 1M (500k weekdays, 76.4M Total)

 

Final Total: 79M (2.18x)

 

          

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, CJohn said:

Spoiler

Just like those Engineers  

 

[Ethan Hunt]

I didn't participate much last week but Alien's performance is pretty confusing to me

[CoolioD1]

Just now, Ethan Hunt said:

I didn't participate much last week but Alien's performance is pretty confusing to me

looked dumb. is dumb.

[grim22]

14 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Why did I raise my GOTG prediction?  

 

Alien is dropping 60%+ on Memorial Weekend. Let that sink in for a moment  

 

The last time that happened was Godzilla which then crawled across the 200M mark after opening to 93M. Similar legs for Covenant won't surprise me.

[MrGlass2]

15 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Valerian only has 900k views. Not good numbers!

 

That's just the start.

[John Marston]

Alien is a movie primarily for the fans. It's not going to have much appeal beyond it. Should have kept it in August though and made it 3D though 

[Ethan Hunt]

1 minute ago, CoolioD1 said:

looked dumb. is dumb.

But John Denver in the TV spots!

[grim22]

6 minutes ago, John Marston said:

lol Alien Covenant is not summer blockbuster. Why they gave it a May release is beyond me 

 

Especially considering the original release date was an empty August. Alien moving to a May release date changed Summer 2017 as there was a lot of movies moved around that week.

[WrathOfHan]

4 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

looked dumb. is dumb.

What'd you think of it? I want to hear your thoughts.

[CJohn]

2 minutes ago, grim22 said:

 

Especially considering the original release date was an empty August. Alien moving to a May release date changed Summer 2017 as there was a lot of movies moved around that week.

EVERYONE looked at it as a Prometheus. People didn't want to compete with a 400M+ WW grosser. 

[That One Girl]

Did someone say...

 

VALERIAN?

[alisson23]

4 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

I didn't participate much last week but Alien's performance is pretty confusing to me

A summary about Alien's performance:

[franfar]

Just now, That One Valerian said:

Did someone say...

 

VALERIAN?

[MrGlass2]

1 minute ago, That One Valerian said:

Did someone say...

 

VALERIAN?

 

Did you just say "The new Avatar"??

[CJohn]

1 minute ago, That One Valerian said:

Did someone say...

 

VALERIAN?

Did someone said...

 

THE BIGGEST BOMB OF ALL TIME?

[Empire]

Baywatch's numbers are really bad unfortunately. However, that should be expected though after the horrible reviews and the bad trailers & tv spots. 

 

Pirates number aren't bad, but not great either. Just pretty meh. 

[Barnack]

11 minutes ago, Ethan Hunt said:

Well... Yeah. But why the comparison?

 

That one that Besson himself talk about when he presented is movie early footage in a Q&A (but by saying well we will not beat Cameron, but will try to be in the mix for number 2)

 

Both Avatar and Valerian are giant space action adventure movie, long time dream of powerful auteur director in full control of the process, with a bit of Sci-fi/fantasy element, from IMDB category:

 

Avatar (2009)

PG-13 | 2h 42min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy 

 

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

PG-13 | 2h 17min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

 

Both will try to be franchise of movies, will need to wait and see the movie (and Avatar 2) maybe in hindsight the comparison will feel silly, but it is a possible one to make.