Weekend Thread: DHD Friday #'s (p.14) ~ The Megalogross 17M, Slenderman 4-5M, BlacKkKlansman 3.8-4M

[IronJimbo]

2 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

Sharks don't have legs. This is a fact.

meg will evolve shark cinema millions of years, prob lool like crovc but with shark head and no scales. Be afraid tbh

[aabattery]

 

I fear for the future.

[IronJimbo]

3 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

I fear for the future.

Damn gurl u fine

 

 

 

[Premium George]

3 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

I fear for the future.

Meg 2 : the erotic adventure.

[aabattery]

Just now, Premium George said:

Meg 2 : the erotic adventure.

 

The Meg 2: The Shark has a Butt

[Premium George]

[The Panda]

11 minutes ago, aabattery said:

 

I fear for the future.

Is that anime you’re posting?

[IronJimbo]

SomeFIN tells me this thread abite to take a dive in the deep end

[raulbalarezo]

 

[Premium George]

1 minute ago, raulbalarezo said:

 

That would be awesome but isn't this early to project?

[Napoleon]

So MI6 will reach MI5 WW total from the current WW gross + rest of dom run + China total. How much left from overseas minus China can we expect? Is 800 million worldwide dead?

[dxmatrixdt]

without spoiling either movie, is The Meg scarier for all audiences over Jurassic World?

 

OUCH that Meg doubled its expectations and doubled the weekend business of the movie in second place.

Any crowd reports or reserved seating reports that back up such strong #s?

Megalodon has been a cultural icon in the making, early summer hype and scheduling seemed to let the film down, but it seems interested moviegoers kept their promise and got around to seeing The Meg.  Does anyone suspect fudge, or did this one really catapult that far from Mi6 and Pooh?

 

 

[TwoMisfits]

6 minutes ago, dmatrixfilmdx said:

without spoiling either movie, is The Meg scarier for all audiences over Jurassic World?

 

OUCH that Meg doubled its expectations and doubled the weekend business of the movie in second place.

Any crowd reports or reserved seating reports that back up such strong #s?

Megalodon has been a cultural icon in the making, early summer hype and scheduling seemed to let the film down, but it seems interested moviegoers kept their promise and got around to seeing The Meg.  Does anyone suspect fudge, or did this one really catapult that far from Mi6 and Pooh?

 

 

They predicted almost a 30% Sunday drop, so rather than fudge, I expect Meg to squeak higher:)...

[dxmatrixdt]

Crazy Rich Asians is a PG-13 Rom-Com. 

will that be a put-off for the % of ticket buyers waiting in line and selecting first choice?

[Legion Again]

1 hour ago, MovieMan89 said:

I don't think IX is touching 600 without a very well received marketing campaign and movie. And of course I've expressed my doubts on TLK hitting 600 many, many times. 

I agree that IX and TLK could both miss, but it would not be particularly surprising to most people if they made it.      

 

But of 9 600+ grosses, at least 6 were huge surprises. Put another way, we’ve averaged nearly one surprise 600M hit per year in the past half dozen years. My point is that 2019 would only need one of those to have a decent shot at the record.

 

[Jonwo]

2 hours ago, grim22 said:

It always feels like there is space for a fun action movie in mid August. Audiences looking for a non taxing way to end summer. Geostorm should have been an August release last year instead of studios just ending summer in mid July.

I think the studio knew Geostorm sucked, it was basically sitting on a shelf for a while with multiple release dates

3 hours ago, WrathOfHan said:

Haven't done forecasts in a while, so here are some:

 

The Meg:

Remainder of this week: 21.5M (66M Total)

Aug 17: 23.3M (10.2M weekdays, 99.5M Total)

Aug 24: 13.5M (6.5M weekdays, 119.5M Total)

Aug 31: 14M (6.9M weekdays, 140.4M Total)

Sep 7: 7.7M (2.5M weekdays, 150.6M Total)

Sep 14: 3.5M (1.3M weekdays, 155.4M Total)

Sep 21: 2M (700k weekdays, 158.1M Total)

Sep 28: 1.3M (400k weekdays, 159.8M Total)

Oct 5: 500k (100k weekdays, 160.4M Total)

Final Total: 163M (3.66x)

 

This has the perfect spot on the release calendar. It's going to stay in the top three until the first weekend of September (and might remain there depending how much Peppermint and Searching do), and although it'll take a hit when The Predator opens, it won't be out of the top ten until Night School or Venom opens. This is up there with I Can Only Imagine and Black Panther for the biggest surprises of the year. I am wondering how many IMAX screens Alpha will take away this weekend; Sony will probably just be told to fuck off because The Meg is making too much money  

I'm not sure if The Meg can do 3.6 multi but I think a multi similar to Ocean's 8 or Ready Player One is achievable which would lead to a final domestic gross of $146m. 

 

 

Edited August 13, 2018 by Jonwo

[La Binoche]

I like Jason but the success of The Meg has very little to do with him. 

[The Futurist]

5 hours ago, Jake Gittes said:

Yeah I think Jaws has the kind of premise where you can only make a great film out of it once. Not only did the movie execute a ridiculous number of things in an iconic way, it benefited a lot from doing so within a very '70s sensibility that allowed for a loose, realistic, unpolished vibe in between the set-pieces. Maybe I lack imagination but there'd be no new exciting territory for a remake to go to. 

Female Shark.

[Viktor Vilotijevic]

I would say when it's all said and done, MI6 should pull 220 million $ in the States, and somewhere between 500 and 550 million $ overseas, so I guess - 720-770 million $ would be more realistic.

Edited August 13, 2018 by Viktor Vilotijevic

[Maxmoser3]

The Meg: What went Right?

 

The marketing was fun and appealing. The movie looked interesting. Also the film had the this is the alternative movie to see at the end of the summer akin to Mission Impossible: Fallout. Also if creature features are what the people want outside of Jurassic Park or Godzilla, then you have yourself a win! 

 

Jason Statham was a minor attribute to the success but it’s a rarity for him because as a action star(pre-Fast & Furious) was lucky enough to pull $30 million domestic total.

 

but it’s also great to note that Statham has a better debut than co-star The Rock last month with Skyscraper, which Universal marketed the hell out of it with super bowl ads and being the so-called big movie of the summer but it underperformed and may come close to $70 million domestic total which is something The Meg could achieve in its 2nd weekend of release!