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

[grim22]

Paramount leaning into the controversy 

 

 

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Paramount leaning into the controversy 

 

 

They might as well. I can't ever recall seeing a movie with an audience that became completely hostile towards it by the end.

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, grim22 said:

Paramount leaning into the controversy 

 

 

 

  If they were truly leaning into the controversy they'd have quoted some one and zero star reviews.

 

[Rumpot]

33 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Fairfax County is off if you look online...that's a huge district in the area...

Good call.  That definitely explains it...otherwise nothing does sales like that so early Friday.  2pm had 181 seats full.  Fairfax County " student holiday"... Weird...

[Maxmoser3]

50 minutes ago, filmlover said:

They might as well. I can't ever recall seeing a movie with an audience that became completely hostile towards it by the end.

Lost Highway back in 1997. There's a poster that has a two thumbs down quote.

[Plain Old Tele]

1 hour ago, Blankments said:

yeah it's pretty annoying because i always get mad at the aspect ratio and cyborg

 

Mad... at the aspect ratio?  

[MrPink]

Just now, Squadron Leader Tele said:

 

Mad... at the aspect ratio?  

 

Any different than being mad at typography? 🤔 @4815162342

[NCsoft]

2 hours ago, Boxofficerules said:

What about the Happy Death Day trailer?

that one frustrates me the most

[Boxofficerules]

13 minutes ago, NCsoft said:

that one frustrates me the most

Why? Also I meant is it showing?

[filmlover]

14 minutes ago, NCsoft said:

that one frustrates me the most

Go shorty, it's your birthday.

[WrathOfHan]

1 hour ago, TalismanRing said:

 

  If they were truly leaning into the controversy they'd have quoted some one and zero star reviews.

 

They quoted Rex Reed, who said it's the worst film of the century  

[Valonqar]

There was no interest in Mother! even before the controversy. IT was just too big and JLaw apparently isn't as big a draw as believed or maybe, like Scar-Jo, her overly political statements alienated part of her fandom. I don't know. 

[WrathOfHan]

LEGO Ninjago was absolute torture. The opening is nice, but by the 15 minute mark, I was DONE with this movie. The movie just throws everything out there and tries seeing what sticks, but nothing lands. There is no story to be found here; things just move one place to another without any reason. My audience wasn't into it either; the family in my row left 15 minutes in to get ice cream and never came back, and the family up front was on their phones and throwing candy at each other about halfway through the film. Ninjago might be the worst animated movie of the year, and I fucking HATED DM3. 

 

It was cool to see the Isle of Dogs trailer on the big screen though. There's that at least.

[Valonqar]

Worse than Emoji? 

[WrathOfHan]

New TCs from BOP: http://pro.boxoffice.com/long-range-forecast-justice-league-the-star-wonder/

 

Blade Runner: 3,800

Mountain Between Us: 3,100

My Little Pony: 2,100

 

Lionsgate is feeding MLP to the wolves, goddamn. 

 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Valonqar said:

Worse than Emoji? 

I haven't see Emoji, but I imagine that would have been interesting at the very least. 

[WrathOfHan]

Quote

 

Update, 12:30PM: Among live action releases opening in September, Kingsman: The Golden Circle is bound to be the second-highest opening behind New Line’s mammoth It ($123.4M) with a current projected three-day of $44M per industry estimates. Note this figure does not come from Fox. Today alone, Kingsman should log around $17.5M including its $3.4M previews; still quite solid and the third best opening day for September behind It ($50.4M) and Insidious: Chapter 2 ($20.2M). Technically speaking, the second biggest opening among all September releases is Sony’s Hotel Transylvania 2 at $48.4M.

 

Related

If 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle' Brings A Movie Laugh, It Won't Be A Minute Too Soon

 

 

Warner Bros. has two films potentially fighting for second: The Lego Ninjago Movie at $30M for the weekend and It at $29M. Respectively both will draw $8.3M and $9M today.

 

 

Entertainment Studios

Last weekend’s holdovers: CBS/Lionsgate’s American Assassin eyeing $2M today and a second weekend of $6.5M, -56% for a 10-day total of $26.4M. Paramount’s mother! is projected at $1M today, and $3M in its second weekend, -60% for a 10-day run of $12.6M.

Entertainment Studios’ horror release Friend Request is a total loner with $2M projected for the weekend after an $800K start today (including $110K in previews).

We’ll have more updates for you later.

 

 

[Rumpot]

Kingsman 44M, Lego 30M, IT 29M per Deadline update

 

http://deadline.com/2017/09/kingsman-the-golden-circle-friend-request-lego-ninjago-box-office-weekend-1202174929/

[filmlover]

Just now, WrathOfHan said:

New TCs from BOP: http://pro.boxoffice.com/long-range-forecast-justice-league-the-star-wonder/

 

Blade Runner: 3,800

Mountain Between Us: 3,100

My Little Pony: 2,100

 

Lionsgate is feeding MLP to the wolves, goddamn. 

 

Not surprised. Is anyone other than My Little Pony fans gonna bother even acknowledging the movie?

 

Blade Runner is looking to open to similar numbers as Mad Max, all it needs is strong reviews to back it up. The Mountain Between Us is getting pretty solid reviews so far so I think it'll be leggy even if it debuts with about $12M, especially with an uneventful October looking to follow.

[Jonwo]

Ninjago is WAG's first critical dud, in a way it's a blessing in disguise as it means that WB won't be as overreliant on Lego for future films apart from obviously The Lego Movie Sequel. I think they should lay off on doing a Hanna Barbera shared universe until they see how Scooby does.