Tuesday Numbers : TF5: $5.68M | CARS3: $4.1M(Deadline) | WW: $3.9M (So long SS!!) | BD: $2.1M (Previews)

[MrPink]

3 minutes ago, The Panda said:

I do think BD is a case of critics helping a movie though.  When it's a smaller movie, with a unique enough concept to appeal to the GA, I think the reviews get it into people's radar.

 

Question is, where does the causality end?

 

Attributing the cause to critics diminishes what the film achieved to impress critics in the first place in this scenario. By being a good movie, it impressed critics, and because critics say it's good (which I think you can combine with the numerous screenings Sony did to get the word out there), it might open well.

Edited June 28, 2017 by MrPink

[filmlover]

Just now, The Panda said:

I do think BD is a case of critics helping a movie though.  When it's a smaller movie, with a unique enough concept to appeal to the GA, I think the reviews get it into people's radar.

Agreed. And furthermore, the movie seems to be a crowdpleaser. This isn't another Drive (a movie that mislead audiences into thinking it was a Fast & the Furious kind of action flick).

[TwoMisfits]

10 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I'm feeling Despicable Me 3 is gonna play out similar to Shrek 4 but with an opening in the $85-90M range, which would actually be great for it. Minions may have made a shit ton of money but did anyone actually like it?

 

Then you should come over to the Casino and take my bet, since it's sounds like your definitely in the under $300M DOM camp (and it's only 25 pts, so it's no big loss if you lose:)...

Edited June 28, 2017 by TwoMisfits

[kswiston]

1 hour ago, TheMovieman said:

 

Really? Today, tomorrow, either way it's surpassing it. We're not talking a difference of a few million here.

 

"Last night #WonderWoman surpassed #SuicideSquad at dom #boxoffice " is only right if Wonder Woman actually passes Suicide Squad on Tuesday. I simply said that Gitesh might have jumped the gun, given how close both totals will be as of Tuesday's Wonder Woman gross. No one is saying anything about WW passing Suicide Squad in general. That has been obvious since WW's second weekend. 

[That One Girl]

44 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

Fuckkkkkkkkkk the Fault in Our Stars. My sister, three grandparents, and uncle died of cancer. It ain't some backdrop for teeny bopper Twilight bullshit. That's not just FIOS- fuck movies like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl too. I'm fine with cancer (a part of life) being featured in movies, but FOH with using it as a framing device for some YA romance.

 

Anyway, great start for Baby Driver. I've long said anything above 50m would be outstanding for it considering it's niche appeal and lack of bankable stars. I agree with The Wolf assessments always, but that's exceeding my expectations. I'm probably gonna catch it tonight.

 

Hmm...did you see Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ?

 

It's one of my favorites from 2015 and it wasn't a romance btw.  It was a movie about friendship more than anything.  It was actually really sweet and emotional, tbh, and felt genuine rather than tacked on IMO.

[MCKillswitch123]

That's a pretty damn good number.

 

Now, it could be frontloaded, or it could also be what happens in Cheap Tuesdays... but on the other hand, Edgar Wright's fanbase cannot be this noticeable, since Scott Pilgrim and The World's End are the biggest DOM OW's for Wright at 10M and 9M respectively... 2M from Tuesday alone seems like more than just fan rush; and if it's just a thing of being Tuesday, then why did Baywatch do so much worse in its preview number (although, to be fair, that was late May and this is late June, but still)? There's definitely more to it than just that.

 

For whoever is asking, the reason why I and some others are this excited for a number that, let's face it, is not quite a 10M+ previews number or anything to say the least, is because that is a great preview number for a cheap and original dramedy(?) that depends on wom to survive - dwarfing Baywatch's 1.25M Tuesday and even some Thursdays such as Central Intelligence and King Arthur. In times where originality isn't quite as preserved as it should, seeing an original film breakout is always a pleasure.

 

Plus, I think that BD pulling big numbers would probably prove the Tomato Law as factual - and before you say Alien: Covenant, that movie had a BIG preview + OD combo. If it crumbled afterwards, that's because audience wom was poor (which is the mismarketing's fault). Ditto for It Comes At Night but smaller.

 

I'm championing this thing having a higher number than Baywatch's 4-day in just the 3-day weekend run. C'MON BD.

Edited June 28, 2017 by MCKillswitch123

[CoolioD1]

3 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

Hmm...did you see Me and Earl and the Dying Girl ?

 

It's one of my favorites from 2015 and it wasn't a romance btw.  It was a movie about friendship more than anything.  It was actually really sweet and emotional, tbh, and felt genuine rather than tacked on IMO.

it's really bad. one of the worst of that year. fault/stars is less insulting.

[Alli]

3 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

it's really bad. one of the worst of that year. fault/stars is less insulting.

Frankly, i just tried to watch Fault, but it was so boring. i couldn't finish it

Edited June 28, 2017 by Alli

[That One Girl]

4 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

it's really bad. one of the worst of that year. fault/stars is less insulting.

 

lmao, I was looking through the RTM thread for the movie and saw your take on it and I had a feeling you were gonna reply to me about how the movie was bad.  I was not disappointed  

[a2k]

40 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

 

I'd say it was the decade of fantasy.

 

Fantasy movies won the WW crown 7 out of 10 years if you include LOTR and POTC.

 

I think if one looks at the longest success streak without long gaps between movies, than 1995-2015 from Toy Story to IO (2015) is an incredible run, before TGD (2015) broke it.

21 years, 16 consecutive successful films.

 

Am tempted to call it 2 decades of Pixar. They also had a CBM-Spy film in Incredibles (which I prefer to Bond/MI/MCU/DCEU)

 

4	3	Inside Out	BV	$356,461,711	4,158	$90,440,272	3,946	6/19/15
5	6	Monsters University	BV	$268,492,764	4,004	$82,429,469	4,004	6/21/13
6	11	Brave	BV	$237,283,207	4,164	$66,323,594	4,164	6/22/12
7	15	Cars 2	BV	$191,452,396	4,115	$66,135,507	4,115	6/24/11
8	2	Toy Story 3	BV	$415,004,880	4,028	$110,307,189	4,028	6/18/10
9	5	Up	BV	$293,004,164	3,886	$68,108,790	3,766	5/29/09
10	12	WALL-E	BV	$223,808,164	3,992	$63,087,526	3,992	6/27/08
11	13	Ratatouille	BV	$206,445,654	3,940	$47,027,395	3,940	6/29/07
12	10	Cars	BV	$244,082,982	3,988	$60,119,509	3,985	6/9/06
13	7	The Incredibles	BV	$261,441,092	3,933	$70,467,623	3,933	11/5/04
14	4	Finding Nemo	BV	$339,714,978	3,425	$70,251,710	3,374	5/30/03
15	8	Monsters, Inc.	BV	$255,873,250	3,649	$62,577,067	3,237	11/2/01
16	9	Toy Story 2	BV	$245,852,179	3,257	$300,163	1	11/19/99
17	16	A Bug's Life	BV	$162,798,565	2,773	$291,121	1	11/20/98
18	14	Toy Story	BV	$191,796,233	2,574	$29,140,617	2,457	11/22/95

Edited June 28, 2017 by a2knet

[baumer]

My mother passed away from cancer, so I'm perfectly within my right to say that FiOS didn't sensationalize cancer.  The film is about a young girl who doesn't want to let herself love or even be liked by someone else.  It's a beautiful story and beautifully written and acted....one of my fave movies of the decade.

[a2k]

50 minutes ago, John Marston said:

 

 

Only 85m for DM3? More proof of the tomato law

Considering DM2 did 83 on OW after burning off 60 on Wed and Thu, I actually would be disappointed at 85 for DM3 with a Friday OD.

With a Friday opening DM2 could have done 110 ow imo so hope that DM3 can do close to 100.

[grey ghost]

1) Fuck cancer.

 

2) Whether FIOS is respectful to people with cancer is beyond subjective. Let's not get too emotionally invested in our stance. 

 

3) Fuck cancer.

[GiantCALBears]

2 hours ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

There always seems to be those posters trying to downplay Wonder Woman's box office or are hoping it finally stops making money. I find those reactions amusing honestly. It's not even number one anymore, why care so much?

Why do you care so much about people having their opinions about it? 

[Krissykins]

Go Wonder Woman! 

[GiantCALBears]

2 hours ago, baumer said:

 

We should all want it to hit 400M.  $1000 to this site is great for the viability of it.

Lol

[nomyth]

Never saw FioS but Earl and the Dying Girl pissed me off big time.

 

Her cancer felt like a big plot device just to make the main character grow and learn. The portrayal felt very unrealistic and the focus wasn't on her at all. And don't even get me started on that last scene with her in the hospital. Don't want to give away spoilers but it just really pissed me off. It was like she was just some fantasy for the main character.

 

Really hated that movie. I really liked 50/50 tho. Should probably give FioS a watch.

[Hatebox]

I watched a documentary on cancer the other day. Apparently the world's first chemo treatment happened by accident when university professors were researching the effects of mustard gas on soldiers in the build up to WW2. In fact a form of it is still used today in certain medicines.

 

 

Edited June 28, 2017 by Hatebox

[baumer]

Everyone knows about the BET between me and @GiantCALBears right?

 

If Wonder Woman hits 400 million then he owes $1,000 to the site. I just thought everyone should know just in case no one else did I will make sure I keep posting this so that every single member here knows about the bet.

[cannastop]

What does this mean for Baby Driver?