Weekend Actuals (Page 61): Kingsman 39M | It 29.8M | Ninjago 20.4M | AA 6.3M | mother! 3.3M | Friend Request 2M (lol)

[dxmatrixdt]

Storks got to 25.01 after 7 days.  Ninjago could match that if weekday sales are stronger!  Storks also made 435k in Thursday previews so use that # when looking at detailed comparisons.

[Jake Gittes]

27 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

Wait, the end of the world is gonna send us back to the year -0001? And why is it only three zeroes, why can't it be more than three? SO MUCH TO ASK ABOUT

 

Turns out the end of the world was August 2017. I assume it was caused by the massive failure in scheduling. So bad that Stronger was sent back in time to open on Wednesday the 30th. In fact it's gonna keep happening until it makes enough money over that weekend to save the overall grosses. A Jake Gyllenhaal picture was chosen for the task because of his experience doing a similar thing in Source Code. 

[Napoleon]

Going by some people's logic that legs is the ultimate measure of audience reception, mother! was better received than Spider-man Homecoming, Logan, Rouge One...

[WrathOfHan]

lmfao, Woodshock only made 12k from three theaters  Is this the worst a relatively high profile A24 film has done? 

[Jake Gittes]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

lmfao, Woodshock only made 12k from three theaters  Is this the worst a relatively high profile A24 film has done? 

42	42	A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III	A24	$45,350	18	$12,000	2	2/8/13
43	38	Krisha	A24	$144,822	26	$9,880	2	3/18/16
44	43	Equals	A24	$33,258	92	$9,206	2	7/15/16
45	47	The Monster (2016)	A24	$12,544	18	$6,624	18	11/11/16
46	49	Into the Forest	A24	$9,995	15	$6,438	15	7/29/16
47	46	Adderall Diaries	A24	$13,191	31	$5,517	30	4/15/16
48	50	Mojave	A24	$8,253	26	$3,303	26	1/22/16
49	44	The Sea of Trees	A24	$20,444	101	$1,877	2	8/26/16
50	52	Trespass Against Us	A24	$5,711	20	$1,620	20	1/20/17
51	36	Dark Places	A24	$208,588	151	N/A	151	8/7/15
52	51	Barely Lethal	A24	$6,075	22	N/A	N/A	4/30/15

[YM!]

3 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Going by some people's logic that legs is the ultimate measure of audience reception, mother! was better received than Spider-man Homecoming, Logan, Rouge One...

So... you admit BVS didn't have good reception?

[Barnack]

4 minutes ago, Napoleon said:

Going by some people's logic that legs is the ultimate measure of audience reception

Legs are one of the best measure there is, the error some do is using only legs in term of percentage of first weekend and not looking at the absolute numbers also.

 

Look for a really clear example of that, if we use OW multiplier to judge audience reception of the hunger games:

 

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters	Opening / Theaters	Legs	Ratio
3	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$337,135,885	$121,897,634	$215,238,251	2.76573
4	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	LGF	$281,723,902	$102,665,981	$179,057,921	2.744082
1	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	LGF	$424,668,047	$158,074,286	$266,593,761	2.686509
2	The Hunger Games	LGF	$408,010,692	$152,535,747	$255,474,945	2.674853

 

Now absolute legs:

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters	Opening / Theaters	Legs	Ratio
1	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	LGF	$424,668,047	$158,074,286	$266,593,761	2.686509
2	The Hunger Games	LGF	$408,010,692	$152,535,747	$255,474,945	2.674853
3	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$337,135,885	$121,897,634	$215,238,251	2.76573
4	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	LGF	$281,723,902	$102,665,981	$179,057,921	2.744082

 

I think the second list is close to reality.

 

It is important to watch out to not "hurt" a movie big first weekend or reward is low opening weekend when looking at legs, specially now that audience reception is so fast that the saturday/sunday number are starting to be affect by the reception, it is not starting the week after when people talk at work/schools about the movies they have seen last weekend.

 

[filmlover]

15 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

lmfao, Woodshock only made 12k from three theaters  Is this the worst a relatively high profile A24 film has done? 

With a 14% RT score, it never stood a chance at doing well even among arthouse crowds.

[Plain Old Tele]

6 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Why did The Box get an F? It's not that bad and it isn't offensive or shocking or anything.

 

Because it was weird. 

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, Squadron Leader Tele said:

 

Because it was weird. 

And sucked too. Richard Kelly ends the movie implying it's better to be dead than to be deaf or blind (or both). gtfo.

[Plain Old Tele]

THE BOX is okay. Worth seeing for sure. I didn't have the same takeaway that @filmlover did, but it's bleak for sure. 

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Squadron Leader Tele said:

THE BOX is okay. Worth seeing for sure. I didn't have the same takeaway that @filmlover did, but it's bleak for sure. 

The movie ends with

 

Spoiler

Frank Langella making Cameron Diaz and James Marsden's son blind and deaf and locking him in the bathroom screaming at the pain he's in from them so that they could make the choice between Marsden shooting Diaz and letting their son get senses back or she lives and they both have to live with their son living that way. And in the end Diaz makes Marsden shoot herself because she can't live watching her son go through that, and Marsden gets arrested for her murder while the son goes to live with relatives (and Langella does the same cycle with another family). Whether that message about being deaf/blind was his intention or not, it sure did come out the wrong way.

 

It's F CinemaScore grade makes perfect sense, in retrospect.

[Rman823]

58 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The movie ends with

 

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Frank Langella making Cameron Diaz and James Marsden's son blind and deaf and locking him in the bathroom screaming at the pain he's in from them so that they could make the choice between Marsden shooting Diaz and letting their son get senses back or she lives and they both have to live with their son living that way. And in the end Diaz makes Marsden shoot herself because she can't live watching her son go through that, and Marsden gets arrested for her murder while the son goes to live with relatives (and Langella does the same cycle with another family). Whether that message about being deaf/blind was his intention or not, it sure did come out the wrong way.

 

It's F CinemaScore grade makes perfect sense, in retrospect.

As a Donnie Darko fan, The Box was very disappointing. 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

7 hours ago, That One Guy said:

 

Do you dislike any movies?  Legitimate question.

Well, i get bored with some dramas, comedies or action-flicks.

 

Fifty Shades of Grey is one example. Glad it made money, but....it's just a mixed bag. A C+film at best. Liked the performances....but there were some crazy stuff going on there. At best......it's average, i suppose.

 

Also....the Twilight-films comes in my mind as well. As much as i defend that whole franchise and it's audience....even i know that the Twilight-films are not technically that good of movies. I liked some of the characters (Jacob Black & Edward Cullen, for example) and the CGI on the werewolves are well done, but then again....the films are just ok. Not good, not bad...they're just what they are. Nothing more, nothing less.

 

So yeah....i can dislike/hate a movie as well. But i still have my opinions on what i love & hate. What i like...i get the right to like. What i dislike or just found "Meh".....i get the right to that as well.

[a2k]

6 hours ago, Barnack said:

Legs are one of the best measure there is, the error some do is using only legs in term of percentage of first weekend and not looking at the absolute numbers also.

 

Look for a really clear example of that, if we use OW multiplier to judge audience reception of the hunger games:

 

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters	Opening / Theaters	Legs	Ratio
3	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$337,135,885	$121,897,634	$215,238,251	2.76573
4	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	LGF	$281,723,902	$102,665,981	$179,057,921	2.744082
1	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	LGF	$424,668,047	$158,074,286	$266,593,761	2.686509
2	The Hunger Games	LGF	$408,010,692	$152,535,747	$255,474,945	2.674853

 

Now absolute legs:

Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Gross / Theaters	Opening / Theaters	Legs	Ratio
1	The Hunger Games: Catching Fire	LGF	$424,668,047	$158,074,286	$266,593,761	2.686509
2	The Hunger Games	LGF	$408,010,692	$152,535,747	$255,474,945	2.674853
3	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1	LGF	$337,135,885	$121,897,634	$215,238,251	2.76573
4	The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2	LGF	$281,723,902	$102,665,981	$179,057,921	2.744082

 

I think the second list is close to reality.

 

It is important to watch out to not "hurt" a movie big first weekend or reward is low opening weekend when looking at legs, specially now that audience reception is so fast that the saturday/sunday number are starting to be affect by the reception, it is not starting the week after when people talk at work/schools about the movies they have seen last weekend.

 

Agree. Legs though not a complete indicator of quality (there won't ever be a complete indicator of quality), help in coming close to an answer as long as you take into account other factors like absolute size, genre (good horror will mostly have worse legs than a bad animation), release period (December legs are better usually) and fan dom (original material vs non-oririnal/sequelitis/franchise front-loading).

 

Edited September 26, 2017 by a2knet

[Krissykins]

Agreed!

 

Cinemascore also shouldn’t poll moviegoers on opening night. Especially for franchise films.