Weekend Thread | An Asgardian pops in on p.9 ~ HTTYD3 17m, A:BA 3.1m, IIR 2.2m

[sfran43]

 

Edited February 22, 2019 by sfran43

[Mulder]

Damn that's not even including the earlier previews. 

[Eric Duncan]

For a split second I thought that included the Fandango previews, and was about to have a heart attack.

 

 

I'll look into historical comps in a minute, but that seems hella good

[Eric Duncan]

Also, 

 

https://deadline.com/2019/02/weekend-box-office-how-to-train-your-dragon-dwayne-johnson-fighting-with-my-family-1202562635/

 

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Also expanding today from last weekend’s four New York and LA locations is MGM/Seven Bucks’ Fighting With My Family which is heading into 2,711. The WWE feature about the rise of Norwich, UK female wrestler Paige ended its first week with $215K and minted another $450K last night.  That’s far more than the $175K that Fox’s Eddie the Eagle did in previews three years ago.

 

[charlie Jatinder]

Correct me if wrong, going by Previews.

I expect $17mn Friday and $55mn FSS.

Edited February 22, 2019 by Charlie Jatinder

[Premium George]

That would be great.

[YM!]

Yep, I was somewhat right on the money.

 

Into The SpiderVerse did $2.2M in previews I believe, so that translates roughly to a $47.2M OW. 

 

I think high $40M-mid $50M seems likely.

[charlie Jatinder]

5 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

For a split second I thought that included the Fandango previews, and was about to have a heart attack.

 

 

I'll look into historical comps in a minute, but that seems hella good

What was your previous dp/avatar? I am trying to recognise you but couldn't. 

[YM!]

Looks like my faith in a loving Christ is restored.

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

Looks like my faith in a loving Christ is restored.

 

That Aladdin teaser was the trump card for satan, now Jesus can help us again.

 

Regarding HTTYD: YOU ALL NEED TO SEE IT. Its really good.

[charlie Jatinder]

2 hours ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

Alita: Battle Angel

Date	Gross in ¥ ('000)	Gross in $	Daily Change	L/W Change	Gross To Date
Previews	¥7,083	$1,054,018			$1,054,018
22/02/2019	¥127,000	$18,898,810	1693.55%		$19,952,827

China numbers. Heading for $63-65mn weekend.

[Eric Duncan]

Looking at other previews, Lego 2 did 1.5M, while Lego Batman did 2.2M. For non-spring comps, HT3 did 2.6M, Grinch did 2.2M, and Spider-Verse did 3.5M.

 

If it follows Lego 2:

3M previews

16.9M Fri inc. previews

30.9M Sat

20.4M Sun

68.2M Total

 

If it follows Lego Batman:

3M previews

19.8M Fri inc. previews

31.4M Sat

21.1M Sun

72.3M Total

 

 

I don't think it's a lock to reach those numbers, but 50M feels like the floor at this point

Edited February 22, 2019 by CoolEric258

[charlie Jatinder]

I rewatched HTTYD 2 today after 2 years. Didn't like it that much today as I did 2 years back and now sorta agree with the decrease it had domestically.

 

Hopefully HTTYD 3 is better film and do well domestically as well. I will have to wait for a month to watch it though. Releases a month later in India.

[Eric Duncan]

5 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

What was your previous dp/avatar? I am trying to recognise you but couldn't. 

It used to be Chadwick Boseman, but now I'm sticking with Shaq in his Kazaam gear, in honor of Will Smith genie.

 

 

[Eric Duncan]

6 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

Yep, I was somewhat right on the money.

 

Into The SpiderVerse did $2.2M in previews I believe, so that translates roughly to a $47.2M OW. 

 

I think high $40M-mid $50M seems likely.

Spider-Verse did 3.5M actually. But I have very strong doubts that Dragon 3 will be as frontloaded as that movie. At the very least 50M seems like the floor

[salvador-232]

4 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

Looking at other previews, Lego 2 did 1.5M, while Lego Batman did 2.2M. For non-spring comps, HT3 did 2.6M, Grinch did 2.2M, and Spider-Verse did 3.5M.

 

If it follows Lego 2:

3M previews

16.9M Fri inc. previews

30.9M Sat

20.4M Sun

68.2M Total

 

If it follows Lego Batman:

3M previews

19.8M Fri inc. previews

31.4M Sat

21.1M Sun

72.3M Total

 

 

It has been very OD heavy in all OS markets I've seen so far. I think Spider-verse would be a better comp. I hope it does more than 50m tough! 

Edited February 22, 2019 by salvador-232

[YM!]

I do suspect a lot of kids who saw HTTYD as a kid flocked to #3 as young adults. I saw some stuff for it around my campus’ library yesterday., so I suspect the previews would be a bit frontloaded. However this shows how strong Universal is at marketing family films and should bode well for Dreamworks in the future.

[Brainbug]

I do think this film will be a bit frontloaded for animation standards. Its a trilogy-capper after all and it has a fanbase that will rush out to see it.

[filmlover]

Life is being restored to the box office.

[charlie Jatinder]

HTTYD 2

Previews: $2mn

Friday (True): $16.4mn

Saturday: $17.3mn

Sunday: $13.7mn

 

Saturday and Sunday should have been better IMO if it was as good as original.