CAPTAIN MARVEL WEEKEND THREAD l $153M DOM (3rd-biggest March opening), $455M WW (6th biggest WW opening) l Other weekend #s: Dragon 14.7, Madea 12, Lego 3.8, Alita 3.2

[Darth Lehnsherr]

4 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Take a look here!

Will it help diagnose why I liked The Dark World over Thor on first viewing?

[The Panda]

Just now, Darth Lehnsherr said:

Will it help diagnose why I liked The Dark World over Thor on first viewing?

Probably, if you dig deep enough

[POTUS 2020]

https://deadline.com/2019/03/captain-marvel-opening-weekend-box-office-breaks-records-1202571905/

 

Captain Marvel’ Tramples Internet Trolls & Skyrockets To $160M Opening

 

FRIDAY 9:30 PM UPDATE: Refresh for chart Don’t believe the trolls on Rotten Tomatoes’ audience score, or the zany small white dude contingency misconstruing Brie Larson’s call for diversity in film critics: There is absolutely no question, Disney’s Captain Marvel is a huge hit with a $62MFriday (including Thursday $20.7M previews) and a $160Mopening weekend, currently the third best for the month of March after Beauty and the Beast ($174.7M) and Batman v. Superman ($166M). No. 1 hit films at the box office are like political candidates: People show their favoritism by voting with their wallets and the overindexing of Captain Marvel in its projections over the last month underscore its enormous want-to-see, going from $100M to $120M to $140M and now this. A ‘busting-the-dam’ halo is in effect in the marketplace: Moviegoers have been starving for a four-quad after a string of largely lackluster choices, and that pent-up demand is translating itself into hard cash for Captain Marvel. ComScore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak shows that 23% of the audience bought their tickets more than a week ago, while Captain Marvel is drawing 55% in walk-up business. More than half of all movegoers came to Captain Marvel because it’s part of a franchise they love.

Edited March 9, 2019 by POTUS 2020

[Ryan Reynolds]

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#Fail for ultra right-wingers’ bogus and ignorant call for an #AlitaChallenge this weekend (the pic is -55% in weekend 4 with $3.2M in 5th place), which has nothing to do with their love for the James Cameron produced/Robert Rodriguez film, rather their a blase social media attempt to draw business away from Captain Marvel. 

 

 

[charlie Jatinder]

So the comps I am using are doing fine, with that $62mn recent Deadline update.

 

I will love to be proven wrong tho.

[Bishop54]

6 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

 

To say it has nothing to do with our love of the movie is absolute BS. The 2 Facebook groups I'm a part of that's all what it's about. It's about trying to earn a sequel and nothing more. Deadline clearly has an agenda.

 

That number will go higher too, and once again they'll be pissed they can't do accurate estimates.

Edited March 9, 2019 by Bishop54

[HouseOfTheSun]

1 minute ago, Bishop54 said:

To say it has nothing to do with our love of the movie is absolute BS. The 2 Facebook groups I'm a part of that's all what it's about. It's about trying to earn a sequel and nothing more. Deadline clearly has an agenda.

Yea. Deadlines anti Alita agenda is the biggest one being pushed this weekend for sure. 

[Ryan Reynolds]

so is 160m off 62m a realistic projection? not sure if International Womens Day is inflating numbers at all

 

still 61% male audience ,hmmm

Edited March 9, 2019 by Ryan Reynolds

[Bishop54]

3 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Yea. Deadlines anti Alita agenda is the biggest one being pushed this weekend for sure. 

I don't recall one person in my groups mentioning anything about what they're talking about. 

[HouseOfTheSun]

Just now, Bishop54 said:

I don't recall one person in my groups mentioning anything about what they're talking about. 

And as we all know that’s an entirely accurate sample group 

[ThomasNicole]

2 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

so is 160m off 62m a realistic projection? not sure if International Womens Day is inflating numbers at all

i wouldn't say realistic, but is possible

$ 155M is more realistic

[Ororo Munroe]

12 minutes ago, POTUS 2020 said:

https://deadline.com/2019/03/captain-marvel-opening-weekend-box-office-breaks-records-1202571905/

 

Captain Marvel’ Tramples Internet Trolls & Skyrockets To $160M Opening

 

FRIDAY 9:30 PM UPDATE: Refresh for chart Don’t believe the trolls on Rotten Tomatoes’ audience score, or the zany small white dude contingency misconstruing Brie Larson’s call for diversity in film critics: There is absolutely no question, Disney’s Captain Marvel is a huge hit with a $62MFriday (including Thursday $20.7M previews) and a $160Mopening weekend, currently the third best for the month of March after Beauty and the Beast ($174.7M) and Batman v. Superman ($166M). No. 1 hit films at the box office are like political candidates: People show their favoritism by voting with their wallets and the overindexing of Captain Marvel in its projections over the last month underscore its enormous want-to-see, going from $100M to $120M to $140M and now this. A ‘busting-the-dam’ halo is in effect in the marketplace: Moviegoers have been starving for a four-quad after a string of largely lackluster choices, and that pent-up demand is translating itself into hard cash for Captain Marvel. ComScore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak shows that 23% of the audience bought their tickets more than a week ago, while Captain Marvel is drawing 55% in walk-up busines seem more s. More than half of all movegoers came to Captain Marvel because it’s part of a franchise they love.

So they seem more sure of 160M despite a slight decrease in the Friday estimate? Predicting a bigger Saturday, I guess?

[HouseOfTheSun]

1 minute ago, Ororo Munroe said:

So they seem more sure of 160M despite a slight decrease in the Friday estimate? Predicting a bigger Saturday, I guess?

Y’all mofos forgot about that Marvel Saturday surge 

[Bishop54]

7 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

And as we all know that’s an entirely accurate sample group 

Fans have been driving this ship all along, so yeah I'd say it is. To say the #AlitaChallenge has zero to do with our love of the movie is quite offensive.

[Ororo Munroe]

5 minutes ago, HouseOfTheSun said:

Y’all mofos forgot about that Marvel Saturday surge 

Ha. If it can manage a lower drop than Black Panther, I'll be impressed!

[charlie Jatinder]

3 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

A big Indian film which was slated to release a week before Endgame, pulled 2 days back. This is what Captain Marvel did yesterday. 

 

Never ever a Hollywood film influenced release schedule in India till date.

 

 

 

[Johnny Tran]

17 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

so is 160m off 62m a realistic projection? not sure if International Womens Day is inflating numbers at all

 

still 61% male audience ,hmmm

I wonder how that will affect legs..   you would think it'd need a better female/male split to achieve monster legs but we'll see. 

[Legion Again]

22 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

so is 160m off 62m a realistic projection? not sure if International Womens Day is inflating numbers at all

 

still 61% male audience ,hmmm

139.3/41.3 Pure Frday:Pure FSS multiple would be about 3.37. A bit high seeming, but Saturday’s have been strong recently, might continue. 

Edited March 9, 2019 by Thanos Legion

[Ororo Munroe]

7 minutes ago, Johnny Tran said:

I wonder how that will affect legs..   you would think it'd need a better female/male split to achieve monster legs but we'll see. 

It doesn't need monster legs. Good legs would get it to 400M+.

[LexJoker]

3 minutes ago, Ororo Munroe said:

It doesn't need monster legs. Good legs would get it to 400M+.

There are some holding out for $450M DOM.