Weak-end Thread | Hitman's Bodyguard 21.6M; Annabelle 15.5M; Logan Lucky 8M; Dunkirk 6.7M | Wonder Woman beats Spider-Man and is now at 404M

[a2k]

DT was 1.8 Previews / 7.72 OD / 19.15 OW

So far HB seems to be 1.65 Previews / 7.5-7.75 OD

 

I think Sunday holds are getting progressively worse now on. So HB could do better on Sat (DT was -12.7% from OD) but worse on Sunday (DT was -30.5%).

19-21 looks like it. Was hoping for 23+ ow but this is not bad considering it has little competition till IT. Could do 3x. Prod budget is only 29.

 

[Alli]

47 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Logan Lucky was great. 

 

The GoT bit. 

 

 

 

I don't watch Got, so i guess i will not get it. These pop culture references always age badly

[aabattery]

9 minutes ago, a2knet said:

DT was 1.8 Previews / 7.72 OD / 19.15 OW

So far HB seems to be 1.65 Previews / 7.5-7.75 OD

 

I think Sunday holds are getting progressively worse now on. So HB could do better on Sat (DT was -12.7% from OD) but worse on Sunday (DT was -30.5%).

19-21 looks like it. Was hoping for 23+ ow but this is not bad considering it has little competition till IT. Could do 3x. Prod budget is only 29.

 

 

Only one weekend left (after this one) till Sunday's can go back to normal 

[Krissykins]

All the Oceans talk, wonder what the reaction is to Oceans Eight. 

[aabattery]

Just now, Krissykins said:

All the Oceans talk, wonder what the reaction is to Oceans Eight. 

It will be great, as all heist movies are. Shame Soderbergh isn't at the helm though.

[The Futurist]

2 minutes ago, aabattery said:

It will be great, as all heist movies are. Shame Soderbergh isn't at the helm though.

Soderbergh and Gary Ross are super big buddies, he s involved a bit I think.

 

[dxmatrixdt]

15 minutes ago, a2knet said:

DT was 1.8 Previews / 7.72 OD / 19.15 OW

So far HB seems to be 1.65 Previews / 7.5-7.75 OD

 

I think Sunday holds are getting progressively worse now on. So HB could do better on Sat (DT was -12.7% from OD) but worse on Sunday (DT was -30.5%).

19-21 looks like it. Was hoping for 23+ ow but this is not bad considering it has little competition till IT. Could do 3x. Prod budget is only 29.

 

I have been doing War Dogs comparison.

 

War Dogs

1.25 OD / 5.5 OD/ 14.69 OW/ 36.61 total after Labor Day

 

Hitman's Bodyguard

1.65 previews / 7.26 OD / 19.39 weekend / 48.33 total after Labor Day

 

Edited August 19, 2017 by Matrix4You

[DeeCee]

10 minutes ago, Alli said:

I don't watch Got, so i guess i will not get it. These pop culture references always age badly

This one will never age. 

 

 

 

[aabattery]

11 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

This one will never age. 

 

 

 

 

I'm torn between the sad react and the laughing one here.

[a2k]

20 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

All the Oceans talk, wonder what the reaction is to Oceans Eight. 

That has some cast. I think the dom prospects are great and should do big in Europe also. Hope it somehow manages to exploit other global markets without compromising the movie. I was wondering how it could do in China - At least NYSM2 did very well. O8-10 could be yet another winning franchise for WB.

[POTUS 2020]

3 hours ago, a2knet said:

THE TOWN, ARGO, INCEPTION are my favorite heist/caper films in recent times. Haven't watched BD.

 

btw, not to piss on Ocean's, I know folks love it and I also like it. But feel it's a bit over-rated. I thought ITALIAN JOB > O11.

A shame they never made the sequel. It was scheduled on Imdb for years

I remember it listed for 2009 and thinking that was long off. Time flies

Edited August 19, 2017 by POTUS

[La Binoche]

I just hope Rihanna doesn't tank Ocean's 8 like she did Battleship and Valerian. She's a bad omen. 

[a2k]

2 minutes ago, POTUS said:

A shame they never made the sequel. It was scheduled on Imdb for years

If movies like O8 do well then hopefully a reboot might happen.

[Premium George]

38 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

This one will never age. 

 

 

 

 

26 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

I'm torn between the sad react and the laughing one here.

[Plain Old Tele]

4 hours ago, Fancyarcher said:

All of these heist films and no mention of The Sting? To me that's the best caper film ever made.

 

A bunch of these casuals never seen it. Half of these movies mentioned barely qualify under classic heist standards. 

[Fancyarcher]

26 minutes ago, Squadron Leader Tele said:

 

A bunch of these casuals never seen it. Half of these movies mentioned barely qualify under classic heist standards. 

How many casuals on here, have even seen or heard of something like Rififi. Not very many I imagine. Might be time for some people to broaden their horizons, ha.

Edited August 19, 2017 by Fancyarcher

[Zakiyyah6]

39 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

I just hope Rihanna doesn't tank Ocean's 8 like she did Battleship and Valerian. She's a bad omen. 

The white male leads tanked those films. But yes blame the black woman who wasn't the female lead in either of those films. 

[Finnick]

Looking Under ‘Logan Lucky’s Hood As ‘Hitman’s Bodyguard’ Stands Tall With $21M Opening – Saturday AM Update

Deadline update

http://deadline.com/2017/08/channing-tatum-ryan-reynolds-weekend-box-office-hitmans-bodyguard-logan-lucky-annabelle-creation-1202151679/

 

... However, the bigger kid on the block, Lionsgate, has bragging rights this weekend with Ryan Reynolds-Samuel L. Jackson’s Midnight Run-like comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard hitting No. 1 with an estimated $21M opening at 3,377 venues, a figure that outstrips the starts of other recent action titles, The Dark Tower ($19.1M) and Atomic Blonde ($18.3M). Hitman easily zooms ahead of Steven Soderbergh’s Channing Tatum-Daniel Craig ensemble heist movie Logan Lucky which is running out of gas in third with $7.2M at 3,031 theaters....

Edited August 19, 2017 by Finnick

[Zakiyyah6]

I wish they wouldn't post numbers without Friday estimates. Will wait for the chart. 21 mil would be very good.

Edited August 19, 2017 by Zakiyyah6

[a2k]

18 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

I wish they wouldn't post numbers without Friday estimates. Will wait for the chart. 21 mil would be very good.

Would be hilarious if Deadline starts giving the dom estimates directly in their Friday column.

"Stronger than expected evening business compared to matinees show Hitman's Bodyguard now targeting 65m dom, up from our initial 60m projection...CHART TO FOLLOW...."