THE LAST JEDI (and Ferdinand) WEEKEND THREAD | JEDI 220m, FERDINAND 13.3m, COCO 10m (official estimates) | ABSOLUTELY NO SPOILERS ALLOWED | SALE ON GOLD & PREMIUM ACCOUNTS IN FIRST POST

[dxmatrixdt]

ROTS-like Saturday adjusted PTA.   $15,500(4,232 locations) ...Gets to about 65 Sat.  55 Fri.  50 Sun.  215 weekend.  70 max Saturday it seems so far...

Thursday	Friday	Saturday
15	16	17	18 Rank  Wk/nd Rank Daily Gross Wk/nd Gross Change Y/L* Wk/nd Chng Thtrs/% Theaters / Average Wk/nd Thtr Avg Gross-to-date	19 1   1 $69,676,100 $69,676,100 - / - - / - 3,661 / $19,000 $19,000 $69,676,100 / 1	20 1  $46,711,300 -33% / - 3,661 / $12,800 $116,387,400 / 2	21 1  $56,691,900 21.4% / - 3,661 / $15,500 $173,079,300 / 3
22 1   1 $47,662,600 $151,065,800 -15.9% / - - / - 3,661 / $13,000 $41,300 $220,741,900 / 4	23 1  $19,995,400 -58% / - 3,661 / $5,500 $240,737,300 / 5

[somebody85]

7 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Episode IX will be interesting box office wise as I think despite the mixed reactions from fans, they'll still turn up for the next film and I suspect we'll see a small increase OW as it'll be the last film in the trilogy

 

Not so sure about any increase....can't say why here.

[RthDeadWov]

Irvine Spectrum is smashing it and Empire 25 + E-walk in NYC (literally across the road from each other) off the planet

[Porthos]

16 minutes ago, Rth Ragnarok said:

At this stage still stick with 100m

 

(what???  It's good for my Casino bets )

[That One Girl]

how’s the bull doing @Rth Ragnarok

[MattW]

11 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

If it follows TFA on Sat and Sun:

 

100M

57.3M

50.8M

208.1M Weekend

 

JW/Avengers is going to be veeeeeeeeeery close

My guess though is a bit more saturday and a bit less sunday than what you have but I agree, 205-210 seems like the range from a true Friday of 55m.  

[RichWS]

1 minute ago, Matrix4You said:

ROTS-like Saturday adjusted PTA.   $15,500(4,232 locations) ...Gets to about 65 Sat.  55 Fri.  50 Sun.  215 weekend.  70 max Saturday it seems so far...

 

TFA and Rogue One increased 9.9% and 10% from the True Friday number. There's no reason to think this would nearly double that increase. 

[RichWS]

3 minutes ago, Rth Ragnarok said:

Empire 25 + E-walk in NYC (literally across the road from each other) off the planet

 

Hard to comprehend it playing in both.

[DeeCee]

I can’t find a simple plush Porg toy. There just seems to be an electronic Porg. 

[Jonwo]

5 minutes ago, Rth Ragnarok said:

Irvine Spectrum is smashing it and Empire 25 + E-walk in NYC (literally across the road from each other) off the planet

Anything for UK cinemas? You can post it in the UK box office thread if you have the info

[YM!]

I’m not feeling the divisiveness anymore my audience loved this.

[YM!]

Also, guess which trailer got the most response at my theater:

A.) Early Man

B.) Rampage

C.) Into The Spiderverse

D.) Infinity War

[The Futurist]

1. Gareth Edwards

2. Irvin Kershner

3. George Lucas

4. Richard Marquand

5. JJ

6. Rian Jackson

 

[Valonqar]

5 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

I’m not feeling the divisiveness anymore my audience loved this.

Divisiveness exists mostly on the internet with die-hard fans. casuals are likely to love the shit out of TLJ including scenes that are singled out as superfluous. 

[ThomasNicole]

39 minutes ago, Rth Ragnarok said:

At this stage still stick with 100m

Some thoughts about Coco?

 

That $ 7M projection by Variety is so depressing, is must to be much higher

[ThomasNicole]

Great number for TLJ, apparently less frontloaded than TFA, which is good

[AJG]

9 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

I’m not feeling the divisiveness anymore my audience loved this.

 

Star Wars fanboys the worst fanboys: CONFIRMED!!!!

[MovieMan89]

Do we have a cinemascore yet? 

[dxmatrixdt]

21 minutes ago, Rth Ragnarok said:

Irvine Spectrum is smashing it and Empire 25 + E-walk in NYC (literally across the road from each other) off the planet

The RPX there has been pretty slow as of late

[MikeQ]

Terrific for The Last Jedi. Looking at a $200+ million opening weekend and at least $600+ million total domestic. I think that is pretty terrific, indeed, for the second instalment of the latest trilogy in the main series, and the third film in the overall Star Wars Universe in 3 years. And this represents another Star Wars film that will sit among the best domestic performances of all-time. 

 

I'm not at all a Star Wars guy. Didn't really grow up with the original trilogy. I saw The Force Awakens; not sure yet if I will be compelled to see The Last Jedi in theatres (reviews have me intrigued). Regardless, I find Star Wars to be an interesting film series. Other blockbuster fantasy film series, like the Tolkien universe (Lord of the Rings/The Hobbit) or Harry Potter series, for example, are based on source materials. So the question for audiences isn't (or wasn't) so much, "what direction will the story take?", but "how will these series decide to capture the spirit of the books?" With Star Wars, there are so many creative directions in which this saga can continue to go narratively and thematically. That possibility, that openness, is pretty cool. 

 

Peace,

Mike

Edited December 16, 2017 by MikeQ