Weekend Actuals (Page 150): Apes 56.3M | SMH 44.2M | DM3 19.4M | Baby 8.7M | Big Dick 7.5M | WW 6.8M | Wish Upon 5.5M | Tomatoes losing their power

[TwoMisfits]

1 minute ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

So if Wonder Woman had a 61% drop in its second weekend people would be saying that it had Stellar Word of Mouth? Sure they would...

 

To be fair to Spidey...Apes vs Mummy is not a contest...WW had the much "weaker" competitor...and 3rd weekend, WW had Father's Day and even less competition from Cars 3 and crap...

 

So, to compare the 2 for 2nd and 3rd weekends is unfair...again, Spidey will have the late legs against poorer movies chance while WW had the early ones...we'll see where they both are come Sept...I think Spidey won't have the chance to get close to WW, but it's not gonna be as much of a rout as people expect...

[That One Girl]

2 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Will somehow still be his second most memorable club.

 

Hmm, does this refer to a red shirt...or was it a blue set of pants...

 

...or maybe a black hat.

[CoolioD1]

eh. big sick is an indie sundance dramedy starring two nobodies. it's doing about as well as it could do tbh.

[titanic2187]

Internationally, the film brought in an estimated $46 million from 61 markets. Among the openings, the UK lead the way with an estimated $9.5 million debut followed by Russia ($5m) and Spain ($3.4m). By comparison, Dawn debuted with $14.8 million in the UK, $9.8 million in Russia and $4.6 million in Spain as Apes fever seems to be down across the globe.

[DMan7]

What do you guys think WW will make next weekend? Probably 4.5M? 400M is definitely locked now, the question just remains how much more over 400M can it make? Maybe 405 and beat Spiderman 1 as top grossing superhero origin movie?

[DAJK]

6 hours ago, grey ghost said:

 

I'm just curious.

 

Has he been right before with his predictions?

Somewhat. He said Jack the Giant Slayer would be lame and would bomb, but that didn't take a genius. He said what he saw if BvS wasn't that great and that Lex Luther would divide people, but then again he only sees different chunks. But he also said Chappie would be great, so he's not always right.

[titanic2187]

1 minute ago, DMan7 said:

What do you guys think WW will make next weekend? Probably 4.5M? 400M is definitely locked now, the question just remains how much more over 400M can it make? Maybe 405 and beat Spiderman 1 as top grossing superhero origin movie?

next weekend, WB has some other more important concern after 2 months of WW's opening, which is DUNKIRK, WB may have cease some screen from WW for the sake of Dunkirk, thus, making their commitment to WW lower.

 

WB could have some reexpansion for WW to achieve that $405m especially during labour day, but labour day is the 13rd or 14th weekend for WW, re-expand it may to be a wise decision financially 

[baumer]

12 minutes ago, Elessar said:

 

While odds are not bad, don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

 

Its a mathematical certainty at this point. 400 is happening. 

[MCKillswitch123]

13 minutes ago, Elessar said:

 

While odds are not bad, don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

 

It only dropped 30% and did almost 7M in its 7th weekend, and it's at 380.7M DOM. Dunkirk, a major WB release, comes out next week, and may help it out w/double features. And if necessary, WB could do a theater expansion to bring its gross up. No lie to not count your chickens before they're hatched, but what are the chances that they won't hatch in this case?

[lab276]

46 minutes ago, Gustavo said:

So many franchises underperformed  this summer: transformers, pirates, apes, spiderman , cars...

 

Did Spider-Man though?

[Hatebox]

1 minute ago, lab276 said:

 

Did Spider-Man though?

 

Nah. Whatever expectations may have been it's hard to call anything that grosses 300m+ an underperformer.

[Avatree]

20 minutes ago, Elessar said:

 

While odds are not bad, don't count your chickens before they're hatched.

Eh? To win the summer it only needs to reach $388M or so, so only needs $7M more... not exactly difficult coming off a $7M weekend.

[Elessar]

7 minutes ago, baumer said:

 

Its a mathematical certainty at this point. 400 is happening. 

 

Wasn't he talking about Tele's club? It needs 403m.

[DAJK]

I kinda like how Apes declined without flopping, ensures hopefully that they don't do a pointless 4th instalment.

[Cochofles]

20 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

So if Wonder Woman had a 61% drop in its second weekend people would be saying that it had Stellar Word of Mouth? Sure they would...

 

Honestly I really like Star Trek Beyond but you're not going to hear me claim that it was a box-office Juggernaut just because I liked it or that everyone adored it just because I liked it.

 

Had Wonder Woman dropped 61% on week 2, the by-then-already-sharpened knives of the anti-DCEU brigade  would have been licked with relish and glee.

 

 

 

Edited July 16, 2017 by Cochofles

[lab276]

1 minute ago, Hatebox said:

 

Nah. Whatever expectations may have been it's hard to call anything that grosses 300m+ an underperformer.

 

But weren't expectations for this weekend around a 55-60% drop anyway? It's on the lower end true, but still expected.

[Elessar]

2 minutes ago, Manchester by the Tree said:

Eh? To win the summer it only needs to reach $388M or so, so only needs $7M more... not exactly difficult coming off a $7M weekend.

 

Again, we are not talking about winning the summer but beating the original Spiderman.

[Nunya Biznez]

19 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

 

To be fair to Spidey...Apes vs Mummy is not a contest...WW had the much "weaker" competitor...and 3rd weekend, WW had Father's Day and even less competition from Cars 3 and crap...

 

So, to compare the 2 for 2nd and 3rd weekends is unfair...again, Spidey will have the late legs against poorer movies chance while WW had the early ones...we'll see where they both are come Sept...I think Spidey won't have the chance to get close to WW, but it's not gonna be as much of a rout as people expect...

 

Huh?  A disappointing 56m opening from Apes counts as brutal competition that killed SMH's legs?  Competition's effect is overrated.  Any movie with truly good WOM will have strong holds regardless.  Competition would be more like WW against SMH's 117m 1st weekend, when it also lost hundreds of theaters. Do you recall how that affected WW's legs? 

 

I'ts not like SMH lost theaters.  Moreover, these two movies (Apes vs Spiderman) are the just about at opposite ends demographically--one skews very young and the other old.  So I really don't understand how you could explain SHM's drop as being caused by competition.

 

And as for holidays' impact on legs, you know Father's Day and July 4th occur every year, right?  Where were all these CBM's in the last 15 summers with similar legs as WW?  Seems like some people are just throwing excuses out there because their favorites under-performed (relative to their sky-high expectations).

Edited July 16, 2017 by Nunya Biznez

[lab276]

Just now, Elessar said:

 

Again, we are not talking about winning the summer but beating the original Spiderman.

 

It's like ~25m away after a 6m weekend. That's pretty close to locked.

[Hatebox]

2 minutes ago, lab276 said:

 

But weren't expectations for this weekend around a 55-60% drop anyway? It's on the lower end true, but still expected.

 

Oh, thought you were talking about eventual gross. Yeah, the weekend drop is nothing special. But as reboots go it's safe to say its done its job critically and commercially. Done, done, onto the next one, as Dave Grohl might sing.

 

 

Edited July 16, 2017 by Hatebox