Weekend Thread: Friday Estimate | LEGO MOVIE 2 $8.5M | WHAT MEN WANT $6.6M | COLD PURSUIT $ 3.64M | THE PRODIGY $2.02M

[charlie Jatinder]

Wandering Earth China Box Office

 

Date	Gross in CNY ('000)	Gross in $	Weekend	Weekly	Daily Change
Previews	¥13,076	$1,937,185
05/02/2019	¥187,773	$27,818,222
06/02/2019	¥257,329	$38,122,815			37.04%
07/02/2019	¥337,969	$50,069,481		$117,947,704	31.34%
08/02/2019	¥381,799	$56,562,815			12.97%
09/02/2019	¥410,000	$60,830,861			7.55%

 

Total

¥1,587,946

$235,341,379

[a2k]

1 hour ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

Wandering Earth China Box Office

 

Date	Gross in CNY ('000)	Gross in $	Weekend	Weekly	Daily Change
Previews	¥13,076	$1,937,185
05/02/2019	¥187,773	$27,818,222
06/02/2019	¥257,329	$38,122,815			37.04%
07/02/2019	¥337,969	$50,069,481		$117,947,704	31.34%
08/02/2019	¥381,799	$56,562,815			12.97%
09/02/2019	¥410,000	$60,830,861			7.55%

 

Total

¥1,587,946

$235,341,379

The biggest single market gross this year will be AWE. Just like WW2 was in 2017, far ahead of TLJ. I doubt SW9 Dom goes over AWE China. If many think otherwise can be worth a club.

 

edit: completely forgot about Lion King. Good u mentioned it 

Edited February 9, 2019 by a2k

[charlie Jatinder]

3 minutes ago, a2k said:

The biggest single market gross this year will be AWE. Just like WW2 was in 2017, far ahead of TLJ. I doubt SW9 Dom goes over AWE China. If many think otherwise can be worth a club.

It will be close call between AWE and End Game & The Lion King IMO.

[TMP]

WB's flop-free streak managed to survive The Meg, but it coming to an end thanks to what should have been a sure-fire hit is pretty weird. Can't see Isn't it Romantic or that Nancy Drew movie making much either, this first quarter's gonna be a real come-down from their Q4 high of 2018. 

[filmlover]

Geez, those numbers are rough for Lego Movie 2. I think the combo of the first movie being such a novelty + Lego Batman playing like the de facto sequel + Ninjago flopping + 5 year gap between movies is what really did this one in. WB probably should've cranked this one out first, especially when the in-jokey nature of these movies meant that they had a ticking clock on them and the oversaturation made them become passé faster.

 

What Men Want is off to a good start considering it cost only $20M to make. Another win for Cookie Monster! Cold Pursuit did meh and The Prodigy was a nonstarter as expected.

 

Thank god excitement is about to come back to the box office in about a month.

Edited February 9, 2019 by filmlover

[charlie Jatinder]

How about The LEGO Movie was just a fluke and you don't get lucky often.

[Ipickthiswhiterose]

 

The Lego Movie 2 was brilliant. Saw it yesterday and having not been as enamoured by the first film as some I was pretty shocked by how much I enjoyed it.

 

But it not doing well financially, especially at launch, is just not that much of a surprise at all. They tried to have their cake and eat it with the two non-sequel sequels, simple as that. I thought late on that the timing would help it somewhat but....hmmmm.

[Nova]

So even Deadline’s pessimistic $35M OW wasn’t pessimistic enough for Lego movie. YIKES! Warner Bros is probably slapping themselves for diluting the brand the way they did. Should have never released the two spin offs to be honest. 

 

Still a solid opening for What Men Want. It’s going to be profitable for the studio which is what matters. Taraji showing she has a fan base that can open up movies. 

[Spidey Freak]

Excited to watch Lego Movie 2 tomorrow but not surprised at these numbers (in fact the 55M predicts by trades were what surprised me). 

 

WBA needs to get its act together. I think reinventing the Hanna-Barbera properties and kiddier DC fare has potential but they need to be smarter about them than they were with Lego.

[a2k]

Last 3 Lego movies combined could do under AQM dom: 175.75 + 59.28 + 105 = 340.0

[TwoMisfits]

Corollary effect of the collapse of part of last year's subscription market (which we talked about last year)...

 

Movie ticket prices are now just too "mentally" expensive for many folks who were previous avid movie goers, then were subscription goers, and now no longer are subscription goers...and the market is not reacting fully yet...

 

I mean, since fall 2017, it's not like theaters stopped raising ticket prices...they were getting full price, so they probably even went faster...what was once a $5 1st show is now $6.65 or $6.95...and evening shows which were $12 are now $14-$16...(example of my area - your area increases may vary)...

 

So, for those goers who shelled out the early 2017 prices, and now have to go back to shelling them out again (with the added neg of seeing so few online ticket sellers discounts), well, what is there to expect? 

 

I fully expect Avengers to not be effected b/c it is THE "event" film...but other movies which don't make it to that status are probably gonna disappoint, until the movie prices match the folks "want to spend" prices...

 

I mean, my son wants to watch at least 6 coming movies right now...but, I tell him we'll see what we go to, b/c 6 tickets * X ticket amount plus popcorn...well, only so many times I want to pay that 1st run...the movie REALLY better be worth it OR my weekend REALLY free to head over OR it better be a great deal:)...

 

PS - He wanted King and Lego...since King didn't last in 1st run theaters long enough, I'm going to take him and the fam to $2 Tuesday for it this month...which pushes off Lego til they give me a deal better than $5 off 2 tickets, since I don't take the fam to more than 1 movie a week...really ever...b/c we have so much going on...

Edited February 9, 2019 by TwoMisfits

[TMP]

I just hope HTTYD 3 does good at the very least.

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