Weekend Thread (3/1/2019 - 3/3/2019) - Weekend Estimates - Page 19.

[Brainbug]

6 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

 

Honestly no wonder, considering the movies that came out in early 2018 vs those in early 2019.

 

Black Panther alone makes such a gigantic difference. Theres no need to start worrying.

[JB33]

7 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

Yep, 2019 has been brutal so far.

[Eric Loves Rey]

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Uni.	$30,046,000	-45.4%	4,286	+27	$7,010	$97,696,275	$129	2
2	N	Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral	LGF	$27,050,000	-	2,442	-	$11,077	$27,050,000	-	1
3	2	Alita: Battle Angel	Fox	$7,000,000	-43.3%	3,096	-706	$2,261	$72,231,308	$170	3
4	3	The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part	WB	$6,615,000	-31.7%	3,458	-375	$1,913	$91,670,040	-	4
5	11	Green Book	Uni.	$4,711,000	+121.4%	2,641	+1,388	$1,784	$75,920,611	$23	16
6	4	Fighting with My Family	MGM	$4,691,284	-40.0%	2,855	+144	$1,643	$14,945,905	-	3
7	5	Isn't It Romantic	WB (NL)	$4,645,000	-34.8%	3,325	-119	$1,397	$40,299,003	-	3
8	N	Greta	Focus	$4,585,000	-	2,411	-	$1,902	$4,585,000	-	1
9	6	What Men Want	Par.	$2,700,000	-48.6%	2,018	-371	$1,338	$49,641,004	$20	4
10	7	Happy Death Day 2U	Uni.	$2,516,000	-48.5%	2,331	-881	$1,079	$25,282,610	$9	3
11	16	Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse	Sony	$2,100,000	+137.5%	2,404	+1,661	$874	$187,386,210	$90	12
12	9	The Upside	STX	$2,070,000	-34.9%	1,607	-541	$1,288	$102,868,620	$37.5	8
13	20	A Star is Born (2018)	WB	$1,885,000	+208.9%	1,235	+490	$1,526	$212,914,339	$36	22
14	N	Apollo 11	Neon	$1,650,000	-	120	-	$13,750	$1,650,000	-	1
15	8	Cold Pursuit	LG/S	$1,650,000	-48.6%	1,765	-555	$935	$29,911,215	-	4
16	19	Bohemian Rhapsody	Fox	$975,000	+56.1%	839	+415	$1,162	$214,466,597	$52	18
17	12	Glass	Uni.	$895,000	-49.4%	756	-690	$1,184	$109,465,250	$20	7
18	22	The Favourite	FoxS	$825,000	+48.1%	742	+454	$1,112	$33,217,039	-	15
19	14	Total Dhamaal	FIP	$460,000	-53.5%	208	+6	$2,212	$1,756,926	-	2
20	13	The Prodigy	Orion	$424,298	-62.2%	533	-798	$796	$14,377,863	$6	4
21	38	Free Solo	NGE	$364,100	+149.9%	238	+148	$1,530	$16,947,781	-	23
22	24	Arctic	BST	$362,124	-27.4%	268	+11	$1,351	$1,626,666	-	5
23	18	Vice	Annapurna	$249,411	-60.6%	262	-440	$952	$47,569,021	-	10
24	26	Ralph Breaks the Internet	BV	$233,000	-38.0%	204	-202	$1,142	$200,195,690	$175	15
25	33	Mary Poppins Returns	BV	$206,000	+6.0%	245	+11	$841	$171,218,892	$130	11
26	N	Furie	WGUSA	$145,400	-	14	-	$10,386	$145,400	-	1
27	29	Cold War (2018)	Amazon	$143,616	-52.3%	128	-131	$1,122	$4,368,187	-	11
28	36	If Beale Street Could Talk	Annapurna	$137,546	-7.8%	126	-1	$1,092	$14,643,560	-	12
29	35	Never Look Away	SPC	$136,474	-10.8%	122	+42	$1,119	$671,886	-	14
30	N	Climax	A24	$121,655	-	5	-	$24,331	$121,655	-	1
31	41	Capernaum	SPC	$72,087	-43.8%	58	-57	$1,243	$1,370,062	-	12
32	48	The Iron Orchard	Santa Rita	$65,450	+42.7%	42	+34	$1,558	$121,140	-	2
33	51	Birds of Passage	Orch.	$64,652	+76.6%	31	+21	$2,086	$165,837	-	3
34	42	Stan & Ollie	SPC	$52,926	-57.8%	71	-57	$745	$5,075,931	-	10
35	37	The Wife	SPC	$36,942	-75.2%	78	-126	$474	$9,524,213	-	29
36	N	Transit	MBox	$35,368	-	2	-	$17,684	$35,368	-	1
37	53	To Dust	Good Deed	$23,872	+28.3%	23	+6	$1,038	$100,221	-	4
38	N	The Wedding Guest	IFC	$20,156	-	4	-	$5,039	$20,156	-	1
39	46	Lords of Chaos	G&S	$18,668	-65.5%	28	-43	$667	$218,415	-	4
40	N	Giant Little Ones	VE	$13,500	-	1	-	$13,500	$13,500	-	1
41	62	Ruben Brandt, Collector	SPC	$12,577	+87.2%	15	+12	$838	$34,314	-	3
42	N	Chokehold	Ammo	$3,900	-	3	-	$1,300	$3,900	-	1

[Bishop54]

Come on mods, please reopen the Alita thread. 

[filmlover]

Great expansions for the Oscar movies.

[Cmasterclay]

I certainly don't think there's an inherent problem with the industry or box office in general, I just think it's the movies that are out. Me, super movie buff, has only seen one 2019 new release in these two months. I'm trying to catch Fighting With My Family, but even that is only because my niche wrestling industry interest. It's just a terrible slate recently, and I think others agree with me. I'll be seeing Captain Marvel and Us this month and so is pretty much everyone I've talked to - thinking 130+ for CM and 75-80 OW for Us (go big or go home!)

Edited March 3, 2019 by Cmasterclay

[Krissykins]

That’s a great PTA for Climax, A24 are so good at this. 

 

Edit: best of the whole weekend actually 

Edited March 3, 2019 by Krissykins

[MrGlass2]

2018 DOMESTIC GROSSES

 

10

Bohemian Rhapsody

Fox

$214,466,597

 

 

Edited March 3, 2019 by MrGlass2

[filmlover]

21 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

I certainly don't think there's an inherent problem with the industry or box office in general, I just think it's the movies that are out. Me, super movie buff, has only seen one 2019 new release in these two months. I'm trying to catch Fighting With My Family, but even that is only because my niche wrestling industry interest. It's just a terrible slate recently, and I think others agree with me. I'll be seeing Captain Marvel and Us this month and so is pretty much everyone I've talked to - thinking 130+ for CM and 75-80 OW for Us (go big or go home!)

Glad to see I'm not the only one who has found this year's crop of movies to be largely uninteresting so far.

[Cmasterclay]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Glad to see I'm not the only one who has found this year's crop of movies to be largely uninteresting so far.

I'm gonna be honest, while this year has certainly been crappy at the box office, stuff like Alita and the Upside made significantly MORE than I was predicting, tbf. And I had already been talking about Glass and Lego 2 disappointing for months. All a matter of perspective, but this year so far may even be a tad better than I thought it would be at the BO up to this point - it just looked like a wasteland for months leading up.

[Brainbug]

5 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

I'm gonna be honest, while this year has certainly been crappy at the box office, stuff like Alita and the Upside made significantly MORE than I was predicting, tbf. And I had already been talking about Glass and Lego 2 disappointing for months. All a matter of perspective, but this year so far may even be a tad better than I thought it would be at the BO up to this point - it just looked like a wasteland for months leading up.

 

I totally agree. Q1 this year looked like a wasteland for months now and it showed.

 

On the other hand, summer looks extremely promising this year. Many many movies coming out that have very good buzz and high anticipation.

[Nero]

4 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

I totally agree. Q1 this year looked like a wasteland for months now and it showed.

 

On the other hand, summer looks extremely promising this year. Many many movies coming out that have very good buzz and high anticipation.

Perfectly balanced as all things should be 

[filmlover]

7 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

I totally agree. Q1 this year looked like a wasteland for months now and it showed.

 

On the other hand, summer looks extremely promising this year. Many many movies coming out that have very good buzz and high anticipation.

The holidays look like they're gonna be even bigger than the summer tbh. Lots of promising-sounding stuff both big and small coming out.

[cookie]

Considering the box office has been shitting the bed since November I think we're overdue for a boom.

[Eric Loves Rey]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The holidays look like they're gonna be even bigger than the summer tbh. Lots of promising-sounding stuff both big and small coming out.

The Lady Bird Squad finna deliver the greatest Christmas gift ever

 

Edited March 3, 2019 by CoolEric258

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, CoolEric258 said:

The Lady Bird Squad finna deliver the greatest Christmas gift ever

 

[WrathOfHan]

I've seen like 8 2019 releases, and the only three that stand out for me are LEGO, Arctic, and Fighting with my Family. The first quarter of 2018 was already a step down from 2017, but this year's quality drop off is pretty massive.

[TwoMisfits]

5 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I've seen like 8 2019 releases, and the only three that stand out for me are LEGO, Arctic, and Fighting with my Family. The first quarter of 2018 was already a step down from 2017, but this year's quality drop off is pretty massive.

I'm one of 3 people who watched Kid Who Would Be King...and I have Lego tickets for Tuesday (finally gave in to my boys:)...

 

I did watch Ralph in a discount theater, as well, so I'm at 3 movies in theater as of Tuesday...

[filmlover]

6 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

I've seen like 8 2019 releases, and the only three that stand out for me are LEGO, Arctic, and Fighting with my Family. The first quarter of 2018 was already a step down from 2017, but this year's quality drop off is pretty massive.

To be fair, the early part of the year has always been dumping ground for shit that studios know won't sell at any other time of the year for the most part until the last 10 or so years where they finally started putting more exciting/quality titles here. You gotta accept the trash along with the treasure.

[SLAM!]

So this is an interesting weekend because it's largely a transitional period from small film season to BIG FILM season (w/ Captain Marvel, Us, etc.). 

 

How To Train Your Dragon is much better than that Friday number was suggesting, and I'm very happy about that. DreamWorks, in terms of their A-team output, can still a formidable competitor in the animation landscape, as supported by this success.

 

It makes sense for the new Madea film to do as well as it has as the bigest newcomer of the weekend.

 

Alita, at the very least, has a percentage decrease in the 40s. Hopefully it maintains a weekend gross above $7M, for its sustained longevity.

 

The Lego Movie 2 had dropped significantly, but the film's still managed to keep a high place on the weekend chart in its fourth week. I'm sure the film will pass $100M DOM.

 

Green Book is definitely the kind of Best Picture winner that would benefit greatly from an actual Best Picture win, I think. So this increase makes sense to me.

 

The ability of Fighting With My Family to sustain itself the way it is is a testament to its strength as a quality film.

 

Focus Features was really smart to capitalize on a dry March season by giving Greta a wide release.

 

Apollo 11's starting gross is encouraging. I'm sure it can continue to do well.