Weekend Thread | Estimates: AQP 50M, RP1 25M, CKBLK 21.4M, BP 8.4M,

[Boxofficerules]

6 minutes ago, That Ambitious Guy said:

 

Eh, the trailers have already effectively made them somewhat brutal without really showing the impact.  Horror doesn’t always need to show everything.  Plus if it were R, they’re cutting out a sizable demographic of their audience.  My showing of Happy Death Day had to be 95% teens

Wouldn't an R rating make it more attractive to teens, afterall, 21% of ITs audience where under 17 and that movie made way more money than Happy Death Day. Even Annabelle Creation had a 17% under 17 figure which is pretty big (A Quiet Place is 14% and I can't find anything for Happy Death Day)

[Boxofficerules]

9 minutes ago, Poseidon said:

Of course there is. The whole selling point of the movie is having cast 2 big teenie stars with Hale and that Teen Wolf Guy.

 

They would be very stupid, not to get a PG-13.

Didnt Scream have teenie Stars? That made $100 million domestically alone

[Jay Beezy]

11 minutes ago, That Ambitious Guy said:

 

yesssss this increased my hype even more.  I’m looking for a campy fun horror film that you can laugh at and have a blast with and this looks to deliver

Campy fun horror flicks tend to be aware of how campy they are. Does anyone get that sense from this?

[Boxofficerules]

Just now, Jay Beezy said:

Campy fun horror flicks tend to be aware of how campy they are. Does anyone get that sense from this?

From the reviews I've read this takes itself very seriously.

[Boxofficerules]

33 minutes ago, Poseidon said:

Of course there is. The whole selling point of the movie is having cast 2 big teenie stars with Hale and that Teen Wolf Guy.

 

They would be very stupid, not to get a PG-13.

I remember when people said this about Ghost movies, saying why make an R rated ghost movie, cut out your main demo, then Paranormal Activity came out, then The Conjuring came out. I think the R rating makes horror more attractive to teens and getting in isn’t a problem, Hell, when I saw it, 95% Of the audience was teenagers.

[filmlover]

30 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

I remember when people said this about Ghost movies, saying why make an R rated ghost movie, cut out your main demo, then Paranormal Activity came out, then The Conjuring came out. I think the R rating makes horror more attractive to teens and getting in isn’t a problem, Hell, when I saw it, 95% Of the audience was teenagers.

Truth or Dare's audience is mainly under 17 girls, who wouldn't be able to get in without their parents with an R rating.

[Boxofficerules]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Truth or Dare's audience is mainly under 17 girls, who wouldn't be able to get in without their parents with an R rating.

Didn’t stop 21% Of ITs audience being under 17.

[filmlover]

Beirut (with Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike) is opening at a handful of theaters around me on Wednesday. Wonder how wide Bleecker Street is planning on releasing it.

[EarlyDeadlinePredictions]

I'm surprised Pacific Rim avoided a 50%+ drop this weekend. Seems like a good weekend for the top 10 in general except for the Tyler Perry movie. 

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Didn’t stop 21% Of ITs audience being under 17.

Most of which were kids with their parents.

[Boxofficerules]

10 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Truth or Dare's audience is mainly under 17 girls, who wouldn't be able to get in without their parents with an R rating.

This is also what people said about The Conjuring.

[La Binoche]

55 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

I remember when people said this about Ghost movies, saying why make an R rated ghost movie, cut out your main demo, then Paranormal Activity came out, then The Conjuring came out. I think the R rating makes horror more attractive to teens and getting in isn’t a problem, Hell, when I saw it, 95% Of the audience was teenagers.

 

absolutely 

 

and casting "hot" young CW stars makes them less attractive to teen audiences b/c it makes them look less scary 

Edited April 9, 2018 by La Binoche

[Barnack]

20 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

Didn’t stop 21% Of ITs audience being under 17.

IT was a family movie too.

[That One Girl]

1 hour ago, Boxofficerules said:

From the reviews I've read this takes itself very seriously.

 

So it’s another Wish Upon?  Even better.  Loved laughing at that, and I’m sure I’ll have a blast laughing at Truth or Dare

[sfran43]

 

[Jay Beezy]

25 minutes ago, That Ambitious Guy said:

 

So it’s another Wish Upon?  Even better.  Loved laughing at that, and I’m sure I’ll have a blast laughing at Truth or Dare

Well... whatever floats your boat at this point. 

[baumer]

I've been looking forward to Truth or Dare for a while so I'll be there opening weekend.

[Captain Craig]

I wasn't following news on A Quite Place, its trailers screamed to me "wait for Netflix".

There didn't seem any hype for the film. Few tv spots crossed my dial(granted I don't have cable, concentrate there?).

Did this come in ahead of tracking significantly, on target?

 

This one surprised me when I saw the weekend numbers.

[narniadis]

17 minutes ago, Captain Craig said:

I wasn't following news on A Quite Place, its trailers screamed to me "wait for Netflix".

There didn't seem any hype for the film. Few tv spots crossed my dial(granted I don't have cable, concentrate there?).

Did this come in ahead of tracking significantly, on target?

 

This one surprised me when I saw the weekend numbers.

Ahead of tracking but tracking did see it breaking out 

[narniadis]

Sad that RP1 dropped since the Sunday estimate seemed ok. AQP didnt go up as much as i had hoped.