A Simple Favor | Sep 21 2018 | Paul Feig thriller with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively

[TombRaider]

what's the budget for this?? the movie came out last weekend in australia and flopped, sadly

Edited September 11, 2018 by TombRaider

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

ah yes, paul feig, that famous acclaimed auteur every cinephile jacks it too. my criterion copy of The Heat is my most prized possession 

I mean, Spy was shot mostly overseas. It was practically a foreign film!

[TombRaider]

paul feig made the best movie ever (bridesmaids) so keep down the shade

[Barnack]

7 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

Most auteurs people jack off too couldn't direct a decent blockbuster to save their lives.

Hi Paul F !

Paul F the big auteur people jack off too yes, the famous distinctive Feig cinematic language

 

Most is possible 50% is an high bar, but must be compared to the non auteur people jack off too rating.

 

Many succeeded Bay, Tarantino, Cuaron, Villeneuve, Aronosfky, Iñárritu, Ang Lee, Fincher, etc....

 

If you take the 50 last auteur director that tried to go big budget affair and look up the success right of at least decent movie, not so sure it would be that low.

[Ezen Baklattan]

14 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

ah yes, paul feig, that famous acclaimed auteur every cinephile jacks it to. my criterion copy of The Heat is my most prized possession 

You don’t even have the criterion of Unaccompanied Minors, do you?

 

I hate fake fans.

[CoolioD1]

Just now, Spagheditary said:

You don’t even have the criterion of Unaccompanied Minors, do you?

 

I hate fake fans.

don't test me boy. i was there at its first ever screening at the cannes film festival where it controversially lost the Palme d'Or to Peyton Reed's The Break-Up.

[Nova]

43 minutes ago, TombRaider said:

what's the budget for this?? the movie came out last weekend in australia and flopped, sadly

It wasn't released there. It had preview screenings there (that you can pay for) similar to how some movies have preview screenings in the US before release that you also pay for. But they're not exactly wide spread and only at select theaters. I don't understand when this became a thing but apparently it's a thing now. (Unless its been a thing and I just haven't made attention to it?) 

 

Regards to budget, it's Lionsgate so Im gonna say in the $30M-$40M without PTA. 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Nova

[TombRaider]

1 minute ago, Nova said:

It wasn't released there. It had preview screenings there (that you can pay for) similar to how some movies have preview screenings in the US before release that you also pay for. But they're not exactly wide spread and only at select theaters.

huh?

 

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend Gross	Change	Theaters	Change / Avg.		Gross-to-Date	Week
1	1	Crazy Rich Asians	WB	$2,904,254	-22.6%	383	-94	$7,583	$9,441,299	2
2	N	The Nun	WB	$2,635,202	-	325	-	$8,108	$2,635,202	1
3	4	Book Club	Trans	$565,563	-24.8%	279	+12	$2,027	$3,540,948	3
4	2	The Meg	WB	$496,370	-44.8%	314	-4	$1,581	$6,624,502	4
5	-	A Simple Favor	Roadshow	$437,537	-	208	-	$2,104	$437,537	-
6	3	Mile 22	Roadshow	$398,683	-52.8%	225	+2	$1,772	$1,477,297	2

[Nova]

4 minutes ago, TombRaider said:

huh?

 

TW	LW	Movie	Studio	Weekend Gross	Change	Theaters	Change / Avg.		Gross-to-Date	Week
1	1	Crazy Rich Asians	WB	$2,904,254	-22.6%	383	-94	$7,583	$9,441,299	2
2	N	The Nun	WB	$2,635,202	-	325	-	$8,108	$2,635,202	1
3	4	Book Club	Trans	$565,563	-24.8%	279	+12	$2,027	$3,540,948	3
4	2	The Meg	WB	$496,370	-44.8%	314	-4	$1,581	$6,624,502	4
5	-	A Simple Favor	Roadshow	$437,537	-	208	-	$2,104	$437,537	-
6	3	Mile 22	Roadshow	$398,683	-52.8%	225	+2	$1,772	$1,477,297	2

Yes. That was from preview screenings that were held over the weekend. But it's official/wide release date is on the 13th over there. 

 

Don't ask me when this all started but again it's a thing to have preview screenings that count towards the box before a film opens now. I believe The Spy Who Dumped Me had something similar but in the US. If I am not mistaken @CoolEric258 went to one. 

[TombRaider]

16 minutes ago, Nova said:

Yes. That was from preview screenings that were held over the weekend. But it's official/wide release date is on the 13th over there. 

 

Don't ask me when this all started but again it's a thing to have preview screenings that count towards the box before a film opens now. I believe The Spy Who Dumped Me had something similar but in the US. If I am not mistaken @CoolEric258 went to one. 

But it was screened in 208 theatres for that weekend which is basically a normal release?

[Boxofficerules]

53 minutes ago, Spagheditary said:

You don’t even have the criterion of Unaccompanied Minors, do you?

 

I hate fake fans.

What about season one of Sabrina The Teenage Witch on Blu Ray?

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, TombRaider said:

But it was screened in 208 theatres for that weekend which is basically a normal release?

If they were one day/one showtime only things then yes, they were sneak previews.

[TombRaider]

 

8 minutes ago, filmlover said:

If they were one day/one showtime only things then yes, they were sneak previews.

well it says $2,104 PTA so it couldnt be a day or screening, its a normal release

Edited September 11, 2018 by TombRaider

[Nova]

15 minutes ago, TombRaider said:

But it was screened in 208 theatres for that weekend which is basically a normal release?

Well they weren't all day. They had the screenings at night. So while it was screened in 208 theaters, it wasn't all day. The critic I mentioned earlier in this thread explained it to me. He was at the screening but there were people there who also paid for it but they were showings in the evening. 

Edited September 11, 2018 by Nova

[Nova]

@TombRaider if you go to BOM, you can see the official release date for the film in Australia is the 13th. 

[TombRaider]

5 minutes ago, Nova said:

@TombRaider if you go to BOM, you can see the official release date for the film in Australia is the 13th. 

you're right i guess https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Movies/ComingSoon

 

the preview was great then. i guess thats why bom didnt put week 1 or N in that chart

Edited September 11, 2018 by TombRaider

[Napoleon]

5th straight critically acclaimed and commercial hit for Paul Feig. Hopefully it's as good as Ghostbusters, his best movie.

Edited September 11, 2018 by Napoleon

[Boxofficerules]

Just now, Napoleon said:

5th straight critically acclaimed and commercially hit for Paul Feig. Hopefully it's as good as Ghostbusters, his best movie.

I think Spy is his best movie.

[TombRaider]

in comparison:

 

BOOK CLUB did 166k in previews and then 932k in first weekend

CRA did 1,2m in previews and then 3,75m in first weekend

 

so ASF's first weekend there will be around 1,4m

Edited September 11, 2018 by TombRaider

[Taylor]

 

 

Edited September 12, 2018 by Taylor