Weekend Thread | Preview #s The Nun 5.4M, Peppermint 750k

[MCKillswitch123]

15 hours ago, FilmBuff said:

Sub 35% drop is still really good. Especially against a juggernaut like TCU. I can’t remember many films which opened up to 50+ mil in September. Only a couple.

This one is only second after last year's It. Hotel Transylvania 2 came close at 48M iirc.

 

The one-two punch of It + The Nun (+ next year's It Chapter 2) probably estabilishes the first weekend of Fall season as WB/NL's prime spot to open huge horror releases. I wouldn't be shocked if, for 2020, WB moves Doctor Sleep to that spot, to follow the momentum of Stephen King movies in that release date (after the It saga); or if they schedule either Annabelle 3 or The Conjuring 3 for the date. 2021 should see either another TCU film or maybe even a revival of an older horror franchise, like A Nightmare On Elm Street or Final Destination.

[SteveJaros]

17 hours ago, Hades said:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/summer-box-office-heats-up-but-some-studios-left-cold-1126179

 

I guess they had a plan...

 

WB pretty much always has a plan. They are the most consistently well-run movie studio, despite all the criticisms they get. Heck, last year their management got raked over the coals for DCU issues even as they had a $2 Billion DOM year, only the 7th time anyone has ever done that.

 

The last time WB was outside the studio top 3 in DOM box office was 2006, and the last time they failed to earn $1B DOM was 2000, both of those are the longest streaks among all studios, Disney included.  And 2006 is the only time they've been outside the top 3, since 2000.

 

Yes, Disney's run the past four years is amazing and unprecedented, but that doesn't mean WB has been in the toilet, far from it. 

[KeepItU25071906]

10 minutes ago, SteveJaros said:

Yes, Disney's run the past four years is amazing and unprecedented, but that doesn't mean WB has been in the toilet, far from it. 

 

WB was outside top-2 worldwide in the last 10 years only in 2015. So, haters gonna hate, it doesn't change the facts.

 

Also, internet folks (journalists and their puppies) repeatedly has trashed Sony, the studio which made many good movies in the different genres. This is ridiculous.  

Edited September 10, 2018 by KeepItU25071906

[Hades]

Damn.....that's pretty great for WB...This is why a variety of movies is always a good thing....Disney wont have this type of long run success with their tent- pole only ways...

[sfran43]

 

[DMan7]

Just now, sfran43 said:

 

You're doing the god's work with all these updates bro, keep it up!

[sfran43]

 

Edited September 10, 2018 by sfran43

[KeepItU25071906]

Makes sense, this Sunday drops for CRA looked really overestimated.

[sfran43]

 

Edited September 10, 2018 by sfran43

[Jonwo]

32 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

This one is only second after last year's It. Hotel Transylvania 2 came close at 48M iirc.

 

The one-two punch of It + The Nun (+ next year's It Chapter 2) probably estabilishes the first weekend of Fall season as WB/NL's prime spot to open huge horror releases. I wouldn't be shocked if, for 2020, WB moves Doctor Sleep to that spot, to follow the momentum of Stephen King movies in that release date (after the It saga); or if they schedule either Annabelle 3 or The Conjuring 3 for the date. 2021 should see either another TCU film or maybe even a revival of an older horror franchise, like A Nightmare On Elm Street or Final Destination.

Dr Sleep in September 2020 could work but I imagine it'll go to The Conjuring 3 or Crooked Man. I'm not sure if Nightmare on Elm Street will return so soon given the last reboot wasn't that long ago. Final Destination seems more likely and they've given it enough of a break for them to make it viable. 

 

I mentioned maybe putting the new Scooby Doo movie at the beginning of September 2020 if they decide to move it from May.

 

19 minutes ago, KeepItU25071906 said:

Also, internet folks (journalists and their puppies) repeatedly has trashed Sony, the studio which made many good movies in the different genres. This is ridiculous.  

Sony do make good films but they did hit a rough patch from 2014-2016 but they seemed to have bounced back. 

 

[KeepItU25071906]

Just now, sfran43 said:

 

So, the record not happened

[a2k]

8 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

over RPO's 4-day

Mar 30–Apr 1

1

$41,764,050

-

4,234

-

$9,864

$53,710,325

1

[a2k]

After a 6.1m weekend Meg is 5m away from 3x multiplier. Will get 3x+ multi both Dom and China.

[sfran43]

God is dead?!

 

[FilmBuff]

Thanks Sfran for what you do. Super busy right now with school, so appreciate you having those numbers available!

[Jonwo]

Scott from Forbes has posted an article about Warner Bros' success at the box office:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/10/warner-bros-the-nun-crazy-rich-asians-dc-films-aquaman-lady-gaga-meg/#32d0d19c4a94

 

He does make good points especially how mismanagement can paint a studio in a bad light but it shouldn't affect the successes as well. 

Edited September 10, 2018 by Jonwo

[filmlover]

8 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Scott from Forbes has posted an article about Warner Bros' success at the box office:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2018/09/10/warner-bros-the-nun-crazy-rich-asians-dc-films-aquaman-lady-gaga-meg/#32d0d19c4a94

 

He does make good points especially how mismanagement can paint a studio in a bad light but it shouldn't affect the successes as well. 

They're having a great run right now. If it weren't for Smallfoot they would be looking to have nothing but $100M+ grossers for the final 5 months of the year.

[JB33]

29 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

God is dead?!

 

Ouch.

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

They're having a great run right now. If it weren't for Smallfoot they would be looking to have nothing but $100M+ grossers for the final 5 months of the year.

Smallfoot might crack $100m if it does the high end of tracking and has Storks legs, it has the advantage of no real competition until November but it does have competition from The House with a Clock on its Walls and WB's track record with animated films in September isn't the best. 

 

It's interesting that WB despite their animation legacy with the Looney Tunes as well as owning Hanna-Barbera and Tom & Jerry has never been consistent with animated films. 

[Jiffy]

5 hours ago, sfran43 said:

 

Seems like a great hold for CRA in AUS.