INFINITY WAR WEEKEND THREAD | Actuals ~ 257.698M OW (RECORD) | 106.334M Friday, 82.131M Saturday (RECORD), 69.231M Sunday (RECORD) | 640.9M Worldwide Opening (RECORD) | Read the Rules on the First Post | SALE NOW LIVE

[IronJimbo]

Just now, LonePirate said:

Now that Baumer has chimed in as liking the film, I am almost tempted to go see it this weekend instead of next weekend. We desperately need the voice of someone who didn't like the film and given my general indifference to most comic book and MCU movies, that might just be me. I would almost definitely need to follow it up by seeing something I know I will like so there goes my Saturday it would seem.

Hmpf.

 

Leave it to me.

[Dementeleus]

1 minute ago, LonePirate said:

Now that Baumer has chimed in as liking the film, I am almost tempted to go see it this weekend instead of next weekend. We desperately need the voice of someone who didn't like the film and given my general indifference to most comic book and MCU movies, that might just be me. I would almost definitely need to follow it up by seeing something I know I will like so there goes my Saturday it would seem.

 

There are several people who didn't like it. They're just not posting here, they're in the review thread.

[tawasal]

3 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

I'm going to go watch it just for the laughs.

 

I might have to ask someone to take it outside if they start clapping though...

With that attitude, you will just be wasting money go rather donate that money to a worthwhile cause.

[JohnnyGossamer]

23 minutes ago, baumer said:

Well, I pretty much loved it.  Best Marvel movie since the Avengers.  I loved the battles, loved seeing all the heroes in one place together and loved Brolin as Thanos.  Almost cried twice as well.

 

9/10

[manny1234]

I wish their was a counterprgramming film to IW opened today in wide release also so that Tele would like since he is not into the MCU.

[Rman823]

1 minute ago, manny1234 said:

I wish their was a counterprgramming film to IW opened today in wide release also so that Tele would like since he is not into the MCU.

If they can have counter programming for Star Wars I don't see why they couldn't for MCU releases. 

[IronJimbo]

5 minutes ago, tawasal said:

With that attitude, you will just be wasting money go rather donate that money to a worthwhile cause.

Good idea i'll buy a ticket to the lowest budget film and sneak into avengers (not hard by the way)

[tawasal]

5 minutes ago, manny1234 said:

I wish their was a counterprgramming film to IW opened today in wide release also so that Tele would like since he is not into the MCU.

Well moving the release date effed that up.

[Ethan Hunt]

1 hour ago, DAJK said:

It really pisses me offnotveing able to see this today. Especially seeing how much this is making, so many people are seeing it before me

You'll beat me to seeing it! (By many months)

[Dementeleus]

11 minutes ago, manny1234 said:

I wish their was a counterprgramming film to IW opened today in wide release also so that Tele would like since he is not into the MCU.

 

 I likely won't have a chance to see any movie this weekend. But perhaps I can finish up a couple things I've been watching on streaming.

[Daxtreme]

Wait Tele is a mod again?

 

baumer liked it?

 

I leave for a few days and it all goes to... great?

[Murgatroyd]

22 minutes ago, redfirebird2008 said:

$39m is an awesome preview number. If it has a similar multiplier over the weekend compared to Civil War, it would end up close to $280m for the weekend. Even if it's more frontloaded than Civil War over the weekend, it probably still has a very good chance to make a run at TFA's $248m weekend number. Should be fun to watch.

The history of 200M+ openers says that it'll end up somewhere right around 230M. They differ greatly in Thursday numbers, but true FSS performance is nearly identical.

[baumer]

There's about a 0.001% chance it gets the weekend record, not with a 39 mill preview.  

[Rman823]

1 minute ago, Trolltastic Tele said:

 

 I likely won't have a chance to see any movie this weekend. But perhaps I can finish up a couple things I've been watching on streaming.

You could check out the new Adam Sandler Netflix movie. 

[Ms Lady Hawk]

Deadline predicting 225-233.

 

http://deadline.com/2018/04/avengers-infinity-war-weekend-box-office-opening-records-1202378032/

Edited April 27, 2018 by Ms Lady Hawk

[Daxtreme]

So $95M-102M OD early numbers!

[redfirebird2008]

5 minutes ago, Murgatroyd said:

The history of 200M+ openers says that it'll end up somewhere right around 230M. They differ greatly in Thursday numbers, but true FSS performance is nearly identical.

 

Interesting point. We'll see how it goes. Should be fun to watch the numbers roll in over the next month with this one.

[Barnack]

2 hours ago, EarlyDeadlinePredictions said:

Really? What was the last relevant record? Just Curious...

Well physical sales declined a lot in recent year's

 

Frozen is I think the last physical media record setter, it is possible the best bluray sellers in the US (beating Avatar) and in some markets:

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-07-16/frozen-blu-ray-1st-day-in-japan-tops-evangelion-all-time-sales-record/.76732

 

Anything involving DVD or combined with them has absolutely no chance, bluray alone I imagine maybe LionKing remake could do something but still unlikely.

 

Not fair to expect movies to beat record in that context:

https://www.statista.com/statistics/584980/finland-annual-dvd-sales-by-revenue/

 

http://variety.com/2018/digital/news/home-entertainment-spending-2017-1202658638/

http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/home-entertainment-2016-figures-streaming-eclipses-disc-sales-for-the-first-time-1201954154/

 

2016 disk sales: 5.4 billion

2017 disk sales: 4.7 billion

 

If you look here:

https://www.the-numbers.com/alltime-bluray-sales-chart

 

Force Awakens sold less than a movie like despicable me 2 and in 2017 nothing sold 85% than a movie like Hunger Games, Rogues One sold less bluray than Hangover, about the same has Fast and Furious 6, will be hard to beat any relevant record (i.e. most in the US, most Worldwide).

 

Maybe the first Lion Kings that is already high could get close at the release of the new one or the new one too.

[WrathOfHan]

102

82

70

252M OW

 

The record is still in play but a bit shaky. Hopefully that estimate goes up a lot later

[DAR]

21 minutes ago, manny1234 said:

I wish their was a counterprgramming film to IW opened today in wide release also so that Tele would like since he is not into the MCU.

Getting Hard to Be a God into theaters was sadly a no go.