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26 minutes ago, Nova said:

Go look at my $100M OW club. 

 

The moment Han gave his prediction, we all knew he had Wonder Womaned IT and now look at this movie float too. 

 

 

Be careful; I might hate It too :ph34r: 

19 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Han when mother! makes less in total than what IT makes in its first day:

 

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16 minutes ago, lobogotti said:

Saturday number is going higher than Friday.  our morning shows are currently 30% higher in final sales of what they were for same time Friday (and they are still 40 minutes away from start time).  $40M+ Sat is a real possibility.

That's what I'm seeing too in Northern VA

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31 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Annabelle did 1.2

I don't know if that's true or not, but if it is, that's a 30-33% drop from last Friday, and an increase from Thursday of around 295%. That's actually pretty damn good, especially considering that there's a 51M on OD-making bulldozer from the same genre rampaging through the box office. I guess double features really did help.

 

Comparatively, Sausage Party, its closest comparision up to this point (both are niche audiences movies - horror movie vs. frontloaded R-rated animation - that opened in the 2nd weekend of August), had a bigger Fri to Fri stumble (48.4%) and a Thu to Fri increase of under 100%, despite the fact that Sully and When The Bough Breaks - the two big openers of that weekend - combine to do in 3 days what It did on Friday alone.

 

If A:C follows a similar trajectory as last weekend - only with a steeper Sunday drop - it can do (and this is with a pessimistic Sun drop of 40%) 1.2 + 1.8 + 1 = 4M weekend. That would be a 46% drop from last weekend's 3-day weekend, and would put A:C at 96M DOM. That would outright 100% guarantee a final domestic total of over 100M.

 

So, let's hope you're right. :)

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I don't think anyone is bringing down mother! when discussing the fact that mother! being moved to the weekend after IT was indeed stupid. The movie is going to be a success regardless but it's BO prospects diminished. It's a movie that could have made $100M with its earlier release date (imo) and now I'm questioning whether it'll crack $50M. That doesn't make it a failure by any stretch of course but it's something that can be discussed especially considering that the BO prospects diminished by the hands of the studio itself. 

 

mother! became a success the moment it started getting really good reviews which help its award prospects. It's BO will be fine. But it's not wrong to think about what could have been had it not been moved. 

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17 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said:

The most important reasons for IT's success;

1.)IT is a very well known property. Even If you are in the minority and you haven't read the book or watched the mini series it is almost impossible that you haven't heard about the Pennywise's story.

2.)Exceptional marketing. The first trailer was incredible. It got a lot of people who weren't thinking about watching it change their minds or got the interest even higher to those with pre-existing condition.

3.)The release date turned out excellent despite the doubts. If people want to watch a movie they will do so no matter what month it is. Add to that a dead and burried August. The competition in the previous weeks waas just nonexistent. It quickly became the only movie to look at in a long time.

4.)Horror is hot again in 2017. After Split, Get Out and Annabelle, for the first time in a while Hollywood is releasing quality horror movies and the GA is feeling it.

 

Anything else I am missing?

 

 

Time. 

 

 

IT hasn't been diluted with sequels or spin offs. 

 

My generation (I'm 30) were very aware of IT in the 90's. It was a cultural phenomenon and here it goes again. 

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Just now, Nova said:

I don't think anyone is bringing down mother! when discussing the fact that mother! being moved to the weekend after IT was indeed stupid. The movie is going to be a success regardless but it's BO prospects diminished. It's a movie that could have made $100M with its earlier release date (imo) and now I'm questioning whether it'll crack $50M. That doesn't make it a failure by any stretch of course but it's something that can be discussed especially considering that the BO prospects diminished by the hands of the studio itself. 

 

mother! became a success the moment it started getting really good reviews which help its award prospects. It's BO will be fine. But it's not wrong to think about what could have been had it not been moved. 

Eh, this date is better than Friday the 13th when it was going against a PG-13 Blumhouse joint.

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Even with all the problems this movie has had post-production wise, like the editing/CGI etc... just Stephen King's characters done right is enough. It's also what made Stranger things a phenomenon. This is the recipe. 

 

EDIT: Also marketing and timing. Can't forget those two. This movie had EXCEPTIONAL marketing, one of the best ever in my opinion. 

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1 minute ago, Nova said:

I don't think anyone is bringing down mother! when discussing the fact that mother! being moved to the weekend after IT was indeed stupid. The movie is going to be a success regardless but it's BO prospects diminished. It's a movie that could have made $100M with its earlier release date (imo) and now I'm questioning whether it'll crack $50M. That doesn't make it a failure by any stretch of course but it's something that can be discussed especially considering that the BO prospects diminished by the hands of the studio itself. 

 

mother! became a success the moment it started getting really good reviews which help its award prospects. It's BO will be fine. But it's not wrong to think about what could have been had it not been moved. 

Mother! has Bone Tomahawk disturbing level scenes...even without IT it'll be lucky to hit $40-50m 

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19 minutes ago, FantasticBeasts said:

The most important reasons for IT's success;

1.)IT is a very well known property. Even If you are in the minority and you haven't read the book or watched the mini series it is almost impossible that you haven't heard about the Pennywise's story.

2.)Exceptional marketing. The first trailer was incredible. It got a lot of people who weren't thinking about watching it change their minds or got the interest even higher to those with pre-existing condition.

3.)The release date turned out excellent despite the doubts. If people want to watch a movie they will do so no matter what month it is. Add to that a dead and burried August. The competition in the previous weeks waas just nonexistent. It quickly became the only movie to look at in a long time.

4.)Horror is hot again in 2017. After Split, Get Out and Annabelle, for the first time in a while Hollywood is releasing quality horror movies and the GA is feeling it.

 

Anything else I am missing?

 

it's the 1st non-superhero mega-breakout since F8, variety of genre for blockbuster is needed now.....

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Just now, WrathOfHan said:

Eh, this date is better than Friday the 13th when it was going against a PG-13 Blumhouse joint.

I disagree. It's going to be completely overshadowed by IT in every possible way. On Friday the 13th, it at least had the chance to be the movie doing the overshadowing and not the other way around especially given that it's actually good. 

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TD YD Title (Click to View) Studio Daily Gross % +/- YD / LW Theaters / Avg Gross To-Date Day
1 - It WB (NL) $51,000,000 - - 4,103 $12,430 $51,000,000 1
2 - Home Again ORF $3,079,203 - - 2,940 $1,047 $3,079,203 1
3 1 The Hitman's Bodyguard LG/S $1,380,000 +163% -44% 3,322 $415 $61,427,007 22
4 3 Annabelle: Creation WB (NL) $1,200,000 +292% -35% 3,003 $400 $93,467,010 29
5 2 Wind River Wein. $970,000 +151% -35% 2,890 $336 $22,761,992 36
6 6 Leap! Wein. $565,000 +296% -47% 2,691 $210 $13,939,436 15
7 4 Dunkirk WB $550,000 +112% -41% 2,110 $261 $181,710,279 50
8 5 Logan Lucky BST $511,000 +116% -52% 2,167 $236 $23,913,241 22
9 7 Spider-Man: Homecoming Sony $510,000 +261% -37% 1,657 $308 $326,197,794 64
10 8 Girls Trip Uni. $245,000 +114% -58% 1,123 $218 $112,803,470 50
11 10 The Dark Tower Sony $215,000 +144% -43% 948 $227 $48,368,461 36
12 - The Emoji Movie Sony $195,000 +190% -60% 1,450 $134 $81,651,858 43
- - Wonder Woman WB $180,000 +150% -60% 961 $187 $410,021,142 99
- 9 The Glass Castle LGF $163,000 +42% -52% 1,037 $157 $15,707,885 29
- - Despicable Me 3 Uni. $158,000 +191% -68% 1,274 $124 $259,206,175 71
- 11 All Saints Sony $145,000 +77% -57% 834 $174 $4,284,277 15
- - The Big Sick LGF $134,000 +130% -57% 535 $250 $41,682,894 78
- - War for the Planet of the Apes Fox $125,000 +178% -48% 653 $191 $145,003,705 57
- - Baby Driver TriS $125,000 +77% -64% 618 $202 $106,267,278 73
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Just now, filmlover said:

I don't think mother! was going to be a big hit no matter where it opened so it's all moot IMO.

Yes, do your typical "This was never going to be successful" post after something about the film comes out that might indicate its box office potential. 

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