jack-jack INCREDIBLES 2 Weekend |🏆| ACTUALS: 182.7M OW | O8 19M, Tag 14.9M, Solo 10M, DP2 8.7M, IW 5.4M

[John Marston]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

DreamWorks would've fast-tracked Antz 2 and put it on the same date just to mess with them again.

 

 

Antz was a theatrical bomb. 171m worldwide on a 105m budget

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=antz.htm

[Talkie]

2 hours ago, DAR said:

There is such a thing as being too woke

It's called the White Savior Complex. 

[WrathOfHan]

19 minutes ago, filmlover said:

In fact the top 10 the weekend the original Incredibles came out is something else too. Most of these movies feel like lost, forgotten artifacts now.

 

1	N	The Incredibles	BV	$70,467,623	-	3,933	-	$17,917	$70,467,623	$92	1
2	2	Ray	Uni.	$13,644,990	-31.9%	2,463	+457	$5,539	$39,641,775	$40	2
3	1	The Grudge	Sony	$12,675,393	-41.9%	3,336	-12	$3,799	$88,755,563	$10	3
4	3	Saw	Lions	$11,093,169	-39.3%	2,467	+152	$4,496	$35,394,411	$1.2	2
5	N	Alfie	Par.	$6,218,335	-	2,215	-	$2,807	$6,218,335	$60	1
6	5	Shall We Dance	Mira.	$5,663,514	-9.9%	2,542	+66	$2,227	$42,144,287	$50	4
7	4	Shark Tale	DW	$4,555,382	-39.3%	2,817	-564	$1,617	$154,031,467	$75	6
8	6	Friday Night Lights	Uni.	$2,975,065	-27.2%	2,110	-894	$1,409	$57,256,950	$30	5
9	7	Ladder 49	BV	$2,670,778	-18.0%	1,670	-712	$1,599	$69,977,816	-	6
10	8	Team America: World Police	Par.	$1,863,371	-39.6%	1,702	-633	$1,094	$30,464,862	$32	4

Would disagree with that. You have:

 

One of Pixar’s best movies

The movie that won Jamie Foxx an Oscar

Two of the most notorious horror movies of the early 2000s, including the start of a mega franchise

One of Dreamworks’ worst movies

The movie that spawned a hit TV show

A cult classic

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Would disagree with that. You have:

 

One of Pixar’s best movies

The movie that won Jamie Foxx an Oscar

Two of the most notorious horror movies of the early 2000s, including the start of a mega franchise

One of Dreamworks’ worst movies

The movie that spawned a hit TV show

A cult classic

You missed out on seeing The Grudge in theaters with an audience of teens making fun of that croaking noise, youngling. 

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, filmlover said:

You missed out on seeing The Grudge in theaters with an audience of teens making fun of that croaking noise, youngling. 

I was 4 when it came out. That shit would have scarred me for life.

[harrycaul]

Oh wow, there's a National Treasure novel series about the ancestors of the main character solving mysteries and such.

[Chewy]

8 minutes ago, John Marston said:

 

 

Antz was a theatrical bomb. 171m worldwide on a 105m budget

 

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=antz.htm

 

The preferred term is a "solo"

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I was 4 when it came out. That shit would have scarred me for life.

HA HA HA OH WOW!

 

[Nova]

11 minutes ago, filmlover said:

You missed out on seeing The Grudge in theaters with an audience of teens making fun of that croaking noise, youngling. 

Omg I remember that! I was really young when that came out but still watched it  I still make that croaking noise lol 

[filmlover]

Just now, Nova said:

Omg I remember that! I was really young when that came out but still watched it  I still make that croaking noise lol 

It's a fun movie to watch with friends just to make fun of how cheap the scares are (the meowing boy lololololol). I watched it again on HBO the following year with a group of friends and it was a blast.

[dxmatrixdt]

50 minutes ago, John Marston said:

flashback to the top ten of 2004 when the first Incredibles came out

 

 

 

1	Shrek 2	DW	$441,226,247	4,223	$108,037,878	4,163	5/19	11/25
2	Spider-Man 2	Sony	$373,585,825	4,166	$88,156,227	4,152	6/30	12/19
3	The Passion of the Christ	NM	$370,274,604	3,408	$83,848,082	3,043	2/25	7/29
4	Meet the Fockers	Uni.	$279,261,160	3,554	$46,120,980	3,518	12/22	6/16
5	The Incredibles	BV	$261,441,092	3,933	$70,467,623	3,933	11/5	4/14
6	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban	WB	$249,541,069	3,855	$93,687,367	3,855	6/4	12/19
7	The Day After Tomorrow	Fox	$186,740,799	3,444	$68,743,584	3,425	5/28	11/4
8	The Bourne Supremacy	Uni.	$176,241,941	3,304	$52,521,865	3,165	7/23	12/23
9	National Treasure	BV	$173,008,894	3,243	$35,142,554	3,017	11/19	6/2
10	The Polar Express	WB	$162,775,358	3,650	$23,323,463	3,650	11/10	3/10

 

 

 

fucking Meet the Fockers

The following year Revenge of the Sith opened to 108 and finished around 375.  This makes 620m+ seem reassuring for Incredibles 2

[bladels]

50 minutes ago, Thrylos 7 said:

Sorry but nobody can convince me that the lion king is equal to the beginning of a new Star Wars trilogy with all the characters of the original trilogy in there, it’s not even comparable. Difference of opinion I guess, we will see who is right in about over a year...

TLK is gazillion times more popular in Asia than Star Wars can ever hope to be 

[dxmatrixdt]

59 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

If that isn't the most eclectic set of top 5 grossers for a year, I'm not sure what is...

2004 was also a fallen year for cinema IMO where The Matrix and LOTR trilogies had concluded with only ROTS on the horizon.  good thing the DC movies picked it up when SM3 dropped

Edited June 18, 2018 by mathemetrics

[dxmatrixdt]

^^ I'll add I think the MCU was a continuation of X-Men and Spider-Man but became like the James Bond franchise and Fast and Furious franchise that is constant on the film schedule.

[narniadis]

National Treasure 3 was the biggest casualty of the Bruckheimer - Disney split... shame we never got it. Will never understand why Nic and Jerry thought we needed Sorcerer's Apprentice first since we were already at 3 years and its not like they didn't set up NT3 in the final moments of #2... 

 

If we got it now, it would be like getting Night at the Museum 3 - way too long between and lucky to crack 100m....

Edited June 18, 2018 by narniadis

[HouseOfTheSun]

1 hour ago, WrathOfHan said:

Would disagree with that. You have:

 

One of Pixar’s best movies

The movie that won Jamie Foxx an Oscar

Two of the most notorious horror movies of the early 2000s, including the start of a mega franchise

One of Dreamworks’ worst movies

The movie that spawned a hit TV show

A cult classic

Thank god the FNL movie was successful. I loved the show. 

[HouseOfTheSun]

39 minutes ago, mathemetrics said:

2004 was also a fallen year for cinema IMO where The Matrix and LOTR trilogies had concluded with only ROTS on the horizon.  good thing the DC movies picked it up when SM3 dropped

Also the lowest of the Harry Potter movies. 

[BK007]

2 hours ago, tribefan695 said:

Stanton did an about face on Nemo so I wouldn't be surprised if he decides he either wants to do another film in that universe or a Wall-E sequel. 

The only reason he did an about face was because he was embarrassed by John Carter and his stock was low. Or rather JC embarrassed him, and his fragile ego ran to Dory to save face. Not like Dory was any good either, but that's what you get when you don't use story as inspiration. 
 

1 hour ago, Rebeccas said:

There's also Bryan Singer who really kicked off the superhero popularity with X-Men (which was then driven into the ground by another trash human, Brett Ratner). Film landscape might be very different without that first X-Men..

 

If you rewatch X-Men, Ratner's is the one that holds up as entertainment. The Singer films are cheesy and superficial- and that's probably why they never took off. It's surprising, but I guess audiences can tell when you try to wrap emptiness with perceived depth. In hindsight we shouldn't expect too much of Singer's films considering the man is morally bankrupt. 

 

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

TS3 is the biggest victim of beginning of decade 3D craze, imo. Movie came out right when every theater was shoving 3D hard down the GA's throats and right when the GA had been burned hard back to back on Alice and Clash of the Titan's horrid post 3D. On top of that, 3D was never a good idea for family films b/c most people simply can't afford or aren't going to pay an extra $4 per ticket x 4-6 people. TS3 could have been so much bigger if there were easily available 2d options like today. 

 

This is all hindsight and also possibly or probably untrue. The reality is that Toy Story was not as popular as we thought it was. 

The others are all contributing factors. I am pretty sure TS4 will drop in admissions. Completely unnecessary. 

[MikeQ]

Can't get over the huge weekend for Incredibles 2. Exceptionally strong!

 

(Side note to admins/mods: I've noticed lately that posts actually accept rich text now when copying and pasting, so that all of my formatting of lists - bold, italics, etc - are being retained. So grateful for this - makes posting easier.)

 

Top Animated Film Opening Weekends

 

Rank / Title / Opening Weekend Gross / Multiplier

1. Incredibles 2 (2018) — 180.0 million (TBD)
2. Finding Dory (2016) — 135.1 million (3.60)
3. Shrek the Third (2007) — 121.6 million (2.65)
4. Minions (2015) — 115.7 million (2.90)
5. Toy Story 3 (2010) — 110.3 million (3.76)
6. Shrek 2 (2004) — 108.0 million*
7. The Secret Life of Pets (2016) — 104.4 million (3.53)
8. Inside Out (2015) — 90.4 million (3.94)
9. Despicable Me 2 (2013) — 83.5 million*
10. Monsters University (2013) — 82.4 million (3.26)
11. Zootopia (2016) — 75.1 million (4.55)
12. The Simpsons Movie (2007) — 74.0 million (2.47)
13. Despicable Me 3 (2017) — 72.4 million (3.65)
14. Shrek Forever After (2010) — 70.8 million (3.37)
15. The Incredibles (2004) — 70.5 million (3.71)
16. Finding Nemo (2003) — 70.3 million (4.84)
17. Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax (2012) — 70.2 million (3.05)

 

*Wednesday Opener

 

Peace,

Mike

 

Edited June 18, 2018 by MikeQ

[MovieMan89]

If The Ring Two had released when The Grudge did and been decent, it would have gone berserk at the box office. The Grudge making 100m+ in '04 was 100% off the back of The Ring's popularity.