Official Oct 5 to Oct 7 Weekend Thread | Official Estimates: Venom - 80M (205M WW OW); A Star is Born - 42.6M

[Damianport1]

Hopefully WOM kicks in and ASIB get's at least over 45 on weekend. What do you think. Also, not sure why didnt get A+ score

Edited October 6, 2018 by Damianport1

[Valonqar]

Venom is the Iron Man of Sonyverse, a completely generic story elevated to heavens high by a star-making turn of its leading man. Welcome to the big league, Tom! You were flirting with superstardom but this is it, man. You did it. You fuckin did it! Venom success is 100% down to what Tom brings to the table, like RDJ before him. Go see this movie! It's really funny and Tom's performance is an all-timer. 

Edited October 6, 2018 by Valonqar

[Darth Lehnsherr]

Sigh I wish Snyder got to direct JL and then certain fanboys would have seen it would have gotten the same box office result (because General Audiences don't give a damn who is directing the film unless it's James Cameron or Nolan). 

 

Anyways Venom was a blast whenever Tom Hardy and Venom were interacting. Otherwise it's mostly pretty boring. 

[The Futurist]

No More Mad Max  Fury Road Trilogy for you.

Nothing but Venom 2, Venom 3, Venom runs errands, Venom at the Beach, Venom Vs his double Upgrade Guy etc

Cinephiles, you re all grounded.

Edited October 6, 2018 by The Futurist

[Curtis1986]

 

Fox 2000’s limited release of The Hate U Give at 36 locations is looking at $200K tonight, and a $628K FSS for a $17K rich per screen.  

 

Think this is going to brake out

 

[Valonqar]

9 minutes ago, The Futurist said:

No More Mad Max  Fury Road Trilogy for you.

Nothing but Venom 2, Venom 3, Venom runs errands, Venom at the Beach, Venom Vs his double Upgrade Guy etc

Cinephiles, you re all grounded.

Yeah, well, perhaps if MMFR was more about Tom and less about Charlize GA would have embraced it better. It was a big critical hit but GA didn't show up in droves. OTOH, this is a critical turd but GA is raving and flocking to Tom show. 

 

People love Tom. It was just a matter of time for him to get the right role that utilizes his star charisma and Venom is it.

Edited October 6, 2018 by Valonqar

[Rumpot]

Calling Venom opening weekend over JL opening weekend.  

[zackzack]

1 hour ago, Valonqar said:

Venom is the Iron Man of Sonyverse, a completely generic story elevated to heavens high by a star-making turn of its leading man. Welcome to the big league, Tom! You were flirting with superstardom but this is it, man. You did it. You fuckin did it! Venom success is 100% down to what Tom brings to the table, like RDJ before him. Go see this movie! It's really funny and Tom's performance is an all-timer. 

 

To me, he is already a movie star in BRONSON (see above).

I always thought: what if Warner Bros had cast him as the Joker

instead of Heath? Unfortunately, after he is given these major roles

(Bane, Mad Max), he never really achieves that giddy acting high as

he did in BRONSON.  

 

 

[FilmBuff]

8 hours ago, La Binoche said:

I want to see Venom. It sounds like a fun wreck. Def more fun than all those shitty Marvel movies that score 90+ on RT but you forget about one week later. 

Just like the lieutenant from die hard, every time you open your mouth something stupid comes out. You’d be better off not talking.

[WrathOfHan]

80M?????

 

LMAO PREDATOR’S DROP

[Valonqar]

@zackzack   is the high giddy glory you've been waiting for. And more will come! 

[TwoMisfits]

5 hours ago, Finnick said:

GREAT WEEKEND OVERALL. WELL THE FORMULA WORKS, ENTERTAINING MOVIES EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT GOOD, THEY STILL EARN LOTS OF MONEY. GOOD FOR SONY and THE FUTURE VENOMVERSE.

GREAT ALSO FOR THE HOLDOVERS,

WEEKEND B.O. FOR OCT. 5-7

THUMB RANK FILM DIS. SCREENS (CHG) FRI 3-DAY (-%) TOTAL WK 1 Venom Sony 4,250 $32.3M  $77M-$80M  $77M-$80M 1 2 A Star Is Born WB 3,686 $16.4M $44M  $44M 1 3 Smallfoot WB 3,592 $3.5M (-45%) $15M (-35%) $42.9M 2 4 Night School Uni 3,019 (+9) $3.6M (-62%) $13M (-52%) $47.4M 2 5 The House… AM/Uni 3,463 (-129) $1.7M (-45%) $7.1M (-44%) $54.8M 3 6 A Simple Favor LG 2,408 (-665) $1M (-50%) $3.5M (-46%) $49.1M 4 7 The Nun NL/WB 2,264 (-1,067) $740K (-54%) $2.7M (-50%) $113.4M 5 8 Hell Fest CBS 2,297 $714K (-65%) $2.4M (-53%) $9.2M 2 9 Crazy Rich Asians WB 1,466 (-881) $589K (-52%)  $2.1M (-48%)   $169.2M 8 10 The Predator Fox 1,643 (-1,283) $214K (-79%) $850K  (-78%) $49.9M 4

Nice hold for Smallfoot (and nice Friday) even with the huge openers...it has a chance for the long legs this month:)...

[The Panda]

Depending on legs, Venom and ASIB could have a tight race DOM

[Nova]

Yikes at all the holdovers (except SmallFoot) especially The Predator 

[Nova]

6 minutes ago, PANDA said:

Depending on legs, Venom and ASIB could have a tight race DOM

I was IN on that club but considering Venom is having a pretty good IM over its OW, I expect it’ll have decent legs throughout its run. Prob looking at over $200M domestic for Venom. 

[SLAM!]

11 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Nice hold for Smallfoot (and nice Friday) even with the huge openers...it has a chance for the long legs this month:)...

 

I'm sure Smallfoot will have good legs as the only animated film until The Grinch (Nov. 9th). Word of mouth will probably be good, as the film is eloquent enough to deserve it.

[Damianport1]

What sat drop should we expect from ASIB? Or maybe it will increase?

[dxmatrixdt]

Cinemascores updates for major releases.

 

Black Panther - A+ 
Imagine - A+ 
Incredibles - A+
Love - A+ 
  
12 Strong - A 
Avengers - A 
Christopher Robin - A
Crazy Rich Asians - A
Death of a Nation - A
Deadpool - A 
Equalizer - A
Forever My Girl - A
Isle of Dogs - A
Miracle Season - A 
Mission: Impossible - A
Paddington - A 
Searching - A
Sgt. Stubby - A 

Star/Born - A
Ya Veremos - A

 

Acrimony - A- 
Ant-Man - A-
Black Klansman - A-
Book Club - A-
Dog Days - A- 
Jurassic World - A-
God's Not Dead - A- 
Hotel Transylvania - A-
Mamma Mia - A-
Midnight Sun - A- 

Night School - A-
Operation Finale - A-
Overboard - A-
Paul, Apostle - A-
Peter Rabbit - A- 
Rampage - A- 
Ready Player - A- 

Smallfoot - A-
Solo - A- 
  
50 Shades - B+ 
Alpha - B+
A Quiet Place - B+ 
A.X.L. - B+
Death Wish - B+ 
Den of Thieves - B+ 
Every Day - B+ 
Game Night - B+ 
I Feel Pretty - B+ 
Kin - B+
Maze Runner - B+ 
The Meg - B+
Oceans Eight - B+ 
Peppermint - B+
Proud Mary - B+ 
Sherlock Gnomes - B+ 
Skyscraper - B+
Super Troopers - B+ 
Superfly - B+
Tag - B+
Teen Titans - B+

Venom - B+
  
Adrift - B 
Blockers - B 
Breaking In - B 
Chappaquiddick - B 
Commuter - B 
Darkest Minds - B
Early Man - B 
Life of Party - B 
Pacific Rim - B 
Red Sparrow - B 
Spy Who Dumped - B
Tomb Raider - B 
Wrinkle in Time - B 
  
15:17 to Paris - B- 
Bad Samaritan - B- 
First Purge - B-
Hurricane Heist - B- 
Insidious 4 - B- 
Mile 22 - B-
Truth or Dare - B- 
Unsane - B- 
Winchester - B- 
  
Action Point - C+ 
Gringo - C+ 
  
Annihilation - C 

Hellfest - C
The Nun - C
Strangers: Prey - C 
Unfriended: Dark Web - C

 

Happytime Murders - C-
Hotel Artemis - C- 
  
Hereditary - D+ 

 

Slender Man - D-
  
these are unreported:
Little Women
Samson 
Traffik 
Tully 
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[Jonwo]

Next weekend will be tight for number 1. 

[filmlover]

Venom seeing an opening similar to Ant-Man and the Wasp is a big surprise. Funny book movies, their power (even when the reviews are weak)! A sequel is a sure thing now. Sony might have a nice little universe going for them if they make some improvements in the quality department and keep the budgets under control.

 

A Star is Born will likely do just over $45M which is also a fantastic result for an adult-driven drama (even if there was a rush factor among Lady Gaga fans). Legs should be great despite some competition coming up.

 

27 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Next weekend will be tight for number 1. 

I'm thinking Venom will stay at #1 with around $32-34M (and A Star is Born is #2 with around $30M unless it has a crazy hold). WOM isn't great but it's better than the likes of Batman v Superman, Fantastic Four '15, etc.

Edited October 6, 2018 by filmlover