Knives Out | Nov 27 2019 | 18th Most Profitable Movie of 2019 | Coming to Amazon Prime June 12

[DeeCee]

That was fantastic. 

[Cap]

For those that want to talk about Spoilers, I made the Review Thread

[Neucentro]

Great to hear the movie is getting praised in this forum. I have been wanting to see it since I have heard about the project.

[lorddemaxus]

Watching it this Thursday. Probably not prebooking it because it's probably going to be empty (even Frozen 2 was only half full on an opening day show).

[TalismanRing]

10 hours ago, VanillaSkies said:

So, two nights of very widespread previews, many of which are selling out. 
You've got to figure it's making 5 million or so this weekend for previews, right?

If there were 1000 theaters participating (normal previews have 2-3k) $2-3m would probably be the very upper end since even with two nights 95% of theaters are only having one show a night. 

 

Though seat saturation was quite high in the NY area - 78.23% by 6pm last night -  only 22 theaters in the NYC area are doing them (about 1/3rd)

 

Edited November 23, 2019 by TalismanRing

[Cap]

@TalismanRing DA did 2.3 with only one day of Sneaks, so I feel like 1.75 to 2 is what I want to see. 

[VanillaSkies]

4 hours ago, TalismanRing said:

If there were 1000 theaters participating (normal previews have 2-3k) $2-3m would probably be the very upper end since even with two nights 95% of theaters are only having one show a night. 

 

Though seat saturation was quite high in the NY area - 78.23% by 6pm last night -  only 22 theaters in the NYC area are doing them (about 1/3rd)

 

 

As a counter point, Jumanji sneaks grossed 2 million from approx 1200 theatres back in 2017. 
https://deadline.com/2017/12/jumanji-welcome-to-the-jungle-amazon-prime-sneak-box-office-1202227292/

That was only one night instead of two, and that would have included a mix a child/adult ATP, whereas Knives Out has two nights of showings, and ATP should include adult only tickets. 2 million is certainly not the upper end. I think 4-5 million is certainly possible, considering the widespread sellouts on both preview nights.

[excel1]

Rian Johnson quickly becoming Nolan Jr due to the truly insane awesomeness of THE LAST JEDI and THIS FUCKING MOVIE 

[TalismanRing]

15 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

@TalismanRing DA did 2.3 with only one day of Sneaks, so I feel like 1.75 to 2 is what I want to see. 

From what I saw in NYC and the Arclight theaters it looked bigger than DA but I just don't now how many theaters nationwide played it compared to DA or Jumanji.

 

Edited November 23, 2019 by TalismanRing

[TalismanRing]

Int'l Posters

 

 

 

 

[Deep Wang]

1 hour ago, excel1 said:

Rian Johnson quickly becoming Nolan Jr due to the truly insane awesomeness of THE LAST JEDI and THIS FUCKING MOVIE 

I'm so fucking confused.

[VanillaSkies]

43 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

Int'l Posters

 

 

 

 

Very interesting how internationally all focus is on Evans and Craig, whereas domestically it's very much being sold as an ensemble piece. 

[VanillaSkies]

I think the real perk of these sell out preview shows this weekend is that it is showing theatre owners that there is quite an appetite for this movie. 
I anticipate no only a high theatre count when it opens, but also screen allocation in some of the bigger screens. 

[Eric Quinn]

11 minutes ago, VanillaSkies said:

Very interesting how internationally all focus is on Evans and Craig, whereas domestically it's very much being sold as an ensemble piece. 

It makes sense. Evans and Craig are both in internatnational-heavy franchises, and the others aren't.

[AniNate]

Rian Johnson's filmmaking is almost nothing like Nolan's

[AndyK]

Damn, wont be able to see this till next weekend.

[TalismanRing]

NYC area - 22 theaters, 29 showings (2 added) for Friday.  As of 6pm-6:15pm (takes time to count)

 

Alamo just put up a 4th showing for midnight (in the biggest screen yet). Only 3 other theaters have 2 screens despite multiple sellouts and near sellout.  The 4th Alamo is the only show not close to selling out at 12/170 as of 6pm,. (It's at 32/170 as of 6:50pm)

 

Otherwise %s would higher.  This includes all wheelchair & companion seats

 

Saturday:  3,038/3,568 = 85.15%

 

Friday  as of 6pm totals = 2,612/3,334 =78.23%

F + S = 5,579/6,938 = 80.41%

 

 

[The Horror of Lucas Films]

I really, really, really, really hope it doesn't disappoints. 

[TalismanRing]

The Arclight in Hollywood just added two more showing for Knives Out after The Dome nears capacity.  Five other Arclights in Cali have also added 2nd shows.

 

https://www.arclightcinemas.com/movie/early-access-knives-out?lid=1001

[Cmasterclay]

This was really, really a great time at the movies, though I was surprised how...basic it was. It wasn't really anything more than a well-done mystery romp, but it was REALLY well-done. I was both slightly overhyped but incredibly satisfied? If that makes any sense. Still, a blast!