Dec 21-23 Weekend Thread | Sat#'s (Asgard pg 60) - Aqua 21.8, MPR 8.8, BB 7.2, SMSV 6.9, Mule 3.8 | Discuss Pitbull's musical work here

[POTUS 2020]

https://deadline.com/2018/12/aquaman-bumblebee-christmas-thursday-night-previews-weekend-box-office-1202524462/

‘Aquaman’ Makes $9M Splash Thursday Night, $13M+ With Paid Sneaks; ‘Bumblebee’ Drives $2M+ – Friday AM Update

UPDATE Friday AM after previous Thursday night exclusive: Aquaman, as we saw it, is coming in with $9M, and when counting all of its Amazon and Wednesday paid sneaks of $4.7M, that’s $13.7M for the DC oceanic superhero to date stateside.

 

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Meanwhile, Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns amid the competition of a big fish in the marketplace last night and Paramount’s Bumblebee remain quite very solid with $4M, -17% from Wednesday for a two-day take of $8.8M.

Paramount is reporting $2.15M for Bumblebee‘s last and with its Dec. 8 sneaks that’s $2.85M to date.

STX’s Second Act earned $515K at 2,607 locations. Earlier week projections saw the Jennifer Lopez romantic comedy with $10M+ over 5 days, STX is seeing $8M. They’re looking to recoup the $15.7M net production cost and P&A in the long run.

Edited December 21, 2018 by POTUS

[Ash Skywalker]

During the holiday season, everyday is like a SAT at the #boxoffice. Given the upcoming calendar, here are some milestone dates which #Aquaman just might make:

$100M on #Christmas Day TUE
$150M on FRI DEC 28
$200M on SUN DEC 30
$225M on #NewYearsDay TUE ($700M+ global)

— Gitesh Pandya (@GiteshPandya) December 21, 2018

Only 215M from OS-C until the new year. What?

[grim22]

2 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

25M weekend with 50 through Christmas?

[sfran43]

 

[RealLyre]

So Aquaman's previews are higher than Mary Poppins 2-day total?

[MrGamer]

2 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

As if I needed more evidence that Portugal is trash.

When future generations ask how the war between the US and Portugal began, they can see this. 

[Krissykins]

34 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

So, they did add early previews to get the double digits - called it!

Although $4.7M was higher than the $3M I thought they'd have - the Wednesday sneaks must have also done great!

Nah they kept them separate and reported the $9m for Thursday exclusively.

 

 Marwen can fail, for straight washing. 

[SLAM!]

7 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

The only reason you’re hating is because you haven’t welcomed yourself into Marwen.  Accept the Marwen.  Allow yourself to become one with the Marwen.

 

[raulbalarezo]

1 minute ago, Ash Skywalker said:

Only 215M from OS-C until the new year. What?

Seems reasonable as China is slowing down

[MovieMan89]

At this point I can’t even imagine what it would take for a cbm to not gross very much. They’re literally marketing and critic proof right now, just have a superhero and you’re instantly guaranteed like half a bil worldwide. 

[Krissykins]

Nothing new to report on Mary, still not had any good numbers. Lots of time left though 

[WrathOfHan]

THE BOX OFFICE.
THE FORUM.

 

 

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Not good. 20-25M OW. Hopefully legs will be strong until the MLK weekend.

It is a fine opening considering a majority of its audience is likely waiting to catch it once Christmas passes (unlike Aquaman, which is most definitely frontloaded and will easily have the biggest drop of any movie next weekend because of it). A total higher than the franchise-killing last Transformers movie would automatically be seen as a win in Paramount’s eyes.

[sfran43]

 

[MovieMan89]

Bumblebee could be really fun to track. It’s opening is so small and the reception seems to be so good that an insane multi may be in store.

[Marathon]

Let's hope word of mouth will (no pun intended) drive Bumblebee. The RT audience score has kept on rising, up to 83% now.

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, sfran43 said:

 

Sub-$4M opening incoming.

[Krissykins]

You wonder how much good reviews for Bumblebee can overcome reaction to the most recent Transformers movies though. 

[Taruseth]

3 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Bumblebee could be really fun to track. It’s opening is so small and the reception seems to be so good that an insane multi may be in store.

It's opening bigger than MPR (at least based on that Preview number, it will have a higher OD).

But you might be right.

[DAJK]

Yikes both Marwen and Second Act start out with rotten audience scores. Good thing they have the Christmas legs