Weekend Thread | Coco 19M, JL 9.4M, Wonder 9.3M, TDA 6.4M, T:R 6.25M, DH2 5.7M, MOTOE 5M (Deadline estimates) | Bunch of Awardsy stuff making money too

[efialtes76]

The A24 release racked up a strong $700K in previews Thursday night, with exhibitors like Regal showing The Room immediately following in 21 locations across the country

http://deadline.com/2017/12/the-disaster-artist-james-franco-seth-rogen-box-office-breakout-1202222781/

Edited December 8, 2017 by efialtes76

[Cmasterclay]

That's really not bad for 800 theaters, but it also has a built in midnight fanbase. Hmmmm. 

[WrathOfHan]

That's the same as what ICAN did in much more theaters in the summer. This is a strong preview number, but the frontloading question definitely comes into play. Given it's a James Franco comedy, it's undoubtedly going to be walkup based too.

[junkshop36]

Jumanji is playing in 1,000 theaters today only as a special promotion for Amazon Prime members. I assume whatever it makes will be rolled into its actual OW gross. 

 

Good start for Disaster Artist. 

 

[Eric Prime]

RT Aud. Scores

 

Disaster Artist: 92%

Just Getting Started: 27% (LMAO)

I, Tonya: 79%

[Mojoguy]

DEAD WEEKEND!

[Mojoguy]

I can rewatch a movie in empty theaters... so Thor... before Empire Strikes Back 2.0 trolls us all next weekend.

[FlashMaster659]

The calm before the storm...

[RichWS]

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Those playing into Disney’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi are the specialty distributors who are generating word of mouth before the holidays kick in, read A24 with its jump from 19 sites to 840 with James Franco’s The Disaster Artist, currently projected to make $2.5M today, close to $7M for the weekend in fourth place.

 

Also widening on the specialty scene is Fox Searchlight’s The Shape of Water from two NYC venues to 41 sites, currently looking at $650K today and a $2.1M second weekend for $2.36M. 

 

http://deadline.com/2017/12/box-office-coco-the-disaster-artist-guillermo-del-toro-shape-of-water-margot-robbie-i-tonya-1202223071/

[Brainbug]

Will this thread crack 30 pages by Sunday?

[That One Girl]

That's a $51k PTA for Shape of Water, Jesus

[Eric Prime]

5 minutes ago, RichWS said:

 

http://deadline.com/2017/12/box-office-coco-the-disaster-artist-guillermo-del-toro-shape-of-water-margot-robbie-i-tonya-1202223071/

Also of note:

 

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Neon’s TIFF pick-up I, Tonya starring Margot Robbie as Tonya Harding is currently projected to clear a $63K per theater or $255K for the weekend from plays at the Hollywood Arclight, LA’s Landmark on Pico, the Angelika in NYC and Lincoln Square.

 

Based off midday matinees, Disney/Pixar’s Coco is weekend three looks to rake in between $17.6M-$18M, a 35% ease for a running total by Sunday of $135M. That’s 7% behind Moana.

 

Broad Green is the only distributor that has more bravado than the majors in regards to releasing their Tommy Lee Jones-Morgan Freeman-Rene Russo action comedy Just Getting Started at 2,161. The Ron Shelton-directed comedy aka Villa Capri is looking at $1.5M today for $4M-$4.5M. 

 

[TalismanRing]

I need Friday's # for Coco because Deadline keeps blowing the internal multiple on it.

[Sam]

That’s good for Disaster Artist

 

Could see Coco continues to hold better than Moana with a good chance of grossing more than Moana’s third weekend. 

[WrathOfHan]

HOLY FUCK THE SHAPE OF WATER  100M might still be on for it!

I predicted a 65k PTA for I, Tonya, so that's pretty close to what I expected. Good start given all the limited competition.

Pretty good for TDA all around. It's pacing ahead of ICAN by a few hundred thousand.

JGS is doing about as well as it could, I suppose. That audience score is hilarious though  

 

[efialtes76]

21 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

Will this thread crack 30 pages by Sunday?

Maybe 30 replies...

[KJsooner]

Best picture winner 2017 @ the box office is going to be an absolute joke. At least runner up La La Land made well over 400+ million WW. 

 

Nothing this year will will come close to that.

Edited December 8, 2017 by KJsooner

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, KJsooner said:

Best picture winner 2017 @ the box office is going to be an absolute joke. At least La La Land made well over 400+ million WW. 

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, KJsooner said:

Best picture winner 2017 @ the box office is going to be an absolute joke. At least runner up La La Land made well over 400+ million WW. 

 

Nothing this year will will come close to that.

 

Dunkirk has made 525M worldwide.

[WrathOfHan]

Domestically, this year's BP nominees will have relatively high grosses all around compared to the past few years. These are what released contenders made/will make:

 

Dunkirk: 188M

Get Out: 175M

Lady Bird: 40M+

Three Billboards: 30M+

Florida Project: 5-10M

 

Movies in limited right now or coming out soon:

 

The Post: 100M+ with a shot at Lincoln numbers

Shape of Water: 70M+ with a decent chance at 100M

Phantom Thread/Darkest Hour: 30-40M

CMBYN: ~30M (dunno how much higher than Moonlight this will get)