Weekend Thread: | Estimates (per BOM) ~ M:I-F 35M, DCR 25.003M, TSWDM 12.35M, MM!HWGA 9.09M, TE2 8.83M, HT3:SV 8.2M, AMatW 6.188M, TDM 5.8M

[Moviefanatic]

2 hours ago, sfran43 said:

 

[filmlover]

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

It will make around what Dory did in its 7th weekend this weekend. Dory added 17m from there. If I2 did the same, it would finish 600-601. That would take until November though. 

Luckily Disney's not gonna put it out on Blu-Ray until November for maximum holiday sales so they've got plenty of time to keep it around.

[babz06]

sorry to bother you is having trouble getting released overseas. I thought things were improving after Black Panther...

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sorry-bother-you-director-boots-riley-blasts-foreign-distributors-refusing-carry-a-black-movie-1132252?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

[salvador-232]

3 hours ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

Will the international audience give a damn about Christopher Robin? I have my doubts.

Very poor opening in the latin american countries where it opened. It isn't that Winnie the Pooh is not known, it's down more to terrible release date and very few screens. 

 

In Russia it also opened poorly. 

[TalismanRing]

9 minutes ago, salvador-232 said:

Very poor opening in the latin american countries where it opened. It isn't that Winnie the Pooh is not known, it's down more to terrible release date and very few screens. 

 

In Russia it also opened poorly. 

A shame.  I2 and AM were pushed back because of the World Cup which made sense but they pushed them into each other and CR in a lot of territories - which doesn't

[Jake Gittes]

Speaking of overseas openings, you know what just came out in Russian theaters this weekend? Miss Sloane. Yes, the Jessica Chastain gun lobbyist movie from almost two years ago. I thought it was some kinda perverse joke but apparently not. Amazing. 

[MagnarTheGreat]

	Finding Dory	Incredibles 2*	I2 change % from FD
Week 1	$213,317,902	$269,446,690	26.31%
Week 2	$117,031,700	$124,736,824	6.58%
Week 3	$71,879,641	$81,177,900	12.94%
Week 4	$32,235,207	$44,237,078	37.23%
Week 5	$18,514,669	$26,216,948	41.60%
Week 6	$11,813,811	$19,808,208	67.67%
Week 7	$7,121,711	$12,508,642	75.64%
Domestic gross on Day 49	$471,914,641	$578,132,290
Multiplier on Day 49	3.49**	3.16
90% of domestic gross On Day	29	29
* still in theaters
** final gross multiplier: 3.60

 

I2 stamina Crushing Dory.

[Rebeccas]

20 minutes ago, babz06 said:

sorry to bother you is having trouble getting released overseas. I thought things were improving after Black Panther...

 

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/sorry-bother-you-director-boots-riley-blasts-foreign-distributors-refusing-carry-a-black-movie-1132252?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

This movie is not a crowdpleasing action blockbuster with the Marvel label in front of it..  it's more like a Synecdoche, New York. Commercial appeal is limited. 

[That One Girl]

5 hours ago, baumer said:

Eighth Grade is not nearly as good as many are saying.  Just my opinion of course but the first half is cringe-worthy in many places and the second half makes it watchable.

 

I'm somewhere between @Spagheditary's praise and @La Binoche's loathing of it.  I'd say I'm closer to loathing than loving.

 

I liked it a lot but I think it went overboard with the uncomfortableness in a few places.  It’s pretty solid, just not in my top 20 or so of the year.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Speaking of overseas openings, you know what just came out in Russian theaters this weekend? Miss Sloane. Yes, the Jessica Chastain gun lobbyist movie from almost two years ago. I thought it was some kinda perverse joke but apparently not. Amazing. 

I honestly forgot that movie even existed lol.

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, Rebeccas said:

This movie is not a crowdpleasing action blockbuster with the Marvel label in front of it..  it's more like a Synecdoche, New York. Commercial appeal is limited. 

It can still be picked up for limited release in major cities. And be sold as fun and weird, unlike the dour and heavy Synecdoche. 

[That One Girl]

4 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Speaking of overseas openings, you know what just came out in Russian theaters this weekend? Miss Sloane. Yes, the Jessica Chastain gun lobbyist movie from almost two years ago. I thought it was some kinda perverse joke but apparently not. Amazing. 

 

Pretty good movie!...

 

and also WTF

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

I honestly forgot that movie even existed lol.

Which is why I felt the need to specify what it is.

 

Maybe we'll get Sorry to Bother You in theaters in like spring 2020. 

[MovieMan89]

11 minutes ago, MagnarTheGreat said:

	Finding Dory	Incredibles 2*	I2 change % from FD
Week 1	$213,317,902	$269,446,690	26.31%
Week 2	$117,031,700	$124,736,824	6.58%
Week 3	$71,879,641	$81,177,900	12.94%
Week 4	$32,235,207	$44,237,078	37.23%
Week 5	$18,514,669	$26,216,948	41.60%
Week 6	$11,813,811	$19,808,208	67.67%
Week 7	$7,121,711	$12,508,642	75.64%
Domestic gross on Day 49	$471,914,641	$578,132,290
Multiplier on Day 49	3.49**	3.16
90% of domestic gross On Day	29	29
* still in theaters
** final gross multiplier: 3.60

 

I2 stamina Crushing Dory.

True, so maybe it will pass 600 a lot sooner. Either way, if you take out that second weekend drop, it has had some of the best legs after that of any Pixar film. 

[babz06]

18 minutes ago, Rebeccas said:

This movie is not a crowdpleasing action blockbuster with the Marvel label in front of it..  it's more like a Synecdoche, New York. Commercial appeal is limited. 

That doesn’t stop hundreds of other specialty releases with “limited” commercial appeal from getting released overseas. Moonlight made 37m internationally, more than cinema classics like Rough Night and Downsizing.. it’s a weak excuse at this point to say “black films” don’t sell.

Edited August 4, 2018 by babz06

[MovieMan89]

Btw, super late on this from last weekend since I was on vacation and didn't pay much attention to the box office, but that Mamma Mia drop last weekend was completely shocking to me. Seriously, what the hell happened? Looks like its on par for a decent hold this weekend at least. 

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, babz06 said:

That doesn’t stop hundreds of other specialty releases with “limited” commercial appeal from getting released overseas. Moonlight made 37m internationally, more than cinema classics like Rough Night and Downsizing.. it’s a weak excuse at this point to say “black films” don’t sell.

To be fair, Moonlight probably (and sadly) only got a major overseas release of any kind just because it won Best Picture.

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, MovieMan89 said:

Btw, super late on this from last weekend since I was on vacation and didn't pay much attention to the box office, but that Mamma Mia drop last weekend was completely shocking to me. Seriously, what the hell happened? Looks like its on par for a decent hold this weekend at least. 

Sequels are frontloaded by design? Seems explainable to me.

[MovieMan89]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Sequels are frontloaded by design? Seems explainable to me.

I guess, but it opened very on par with the first so it didn't seem like a big enough increase to be super frontloaded. 

[Webslinger]

I love Sorry to Bother You, but I understand why it's not getting a meaningful push overseas. It's a strange film whose satire is so rooted in American culture specifically that I imagine it would face immense difficulty catching on elsewhere.