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

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

The Jungle Book and IT were also a surprise breakouts

 

Personally, the big 4 mega-surprise breakouts in the last 5 years were American Sniper, Jurassic World, Deadpool 1 and It.

[Darth Lehnsherr]

I'd add Jumanji to the list too. Stood up against a Star Wars movie of all things.

Edited March 10, 2019 by Darth Lehnsherr

[eddyxx]

9 minutes ago, raulbalarezo said:

I was excited for the soundtrack, but it was kinda generic, nothing memorable 

This was pretty memorable

 

 

[Brainbug]

Just now, Darth Lehnsherr said:

I'd add Jumanji to the list too

 

Right, Jumanjis near-billion run also came out of nothing. I still cant believe it grossed that much.

[YM!]

Just now, Darth Lehnsherr said:

I'd add Jumanji to the list too

Jumanji as well, I thought NATM Numbers were a possibility after Sing but $400M? That’s insane.

[Warhorse]

10 minutes ago, fabiopazzo2 said:

I think the Russo brothers give to him a huge boost thanks to IW

No doubt. Out of all of the actors/actresses in the MCU, I think Benedict Cumberbatch is the only one who can go toe to toe in the charisma department with Robert Downy Jr. But, I think his age is what will hold him back. These movies have become increasingly grueling to work on, so I think Marvel will stick with actors under the age of 36 to be the new leaders. Need someone with some staying power for the next 10 years.

 

But, I also won't rule out Chris Pratt, who seems to be doing fine carrying the GOTG and the Jurassic World franchises. 

[eddyxx]

6 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

The Jungle Book and IT were also a surprise breakouts

I thought most people were pegging It for a break out after the trailer views?

[eddyxx]

5 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Personally, the big 4 mega-surprise breakouts in the last 5 years were American Sniper, Jurassic World, Deadpool 1 and It.

And Guardians of the Galaxy

[Zakiyyah6]

3 minutes ago, eddyxx said:

I thought most people were pegging It for a break out after the trailer views?

Break out as in 150-175mil. Not 323mil. Most people were not going overly high on IT Chapter One. 

Edited March 10, 2019 by Zakiyyah6

[charlie Jatinder]

10 minutes ago, john2000 said:

in your opinion could spiderman far from home be bigger than captain marvel ww total ?

It should in Overseas, domestic upto you guys.

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, eddyxx said:

And Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Id say no. GOTG definetly outperformed even the most optimistic expectations, but its still a CBM and many people predicted it would atleast perform okayish to good. But id say from the MCU movies as a whole, both GOTG 1, The Avengers, IW and Black Panther could brag about having the most epic runs.

 

Also, i totally forgot about Bohemian Rhapsody lol. That had/has a run for the ages as well.

[lorddemaxus]

7 minutes ago, eddyxx said:

This was pretty memorable

 

 

The use of it wasn't memorable in a good way if you ask me. I thought that scene was the worst part of the whole movie. They were trying to do what two of the other MCU directors did before but clearly weren't able to do it as well. It was pretty clear it was second unit directors trying to imitate the style of those other directors. Couldn't they at least do the editing more tastefully?

Edited March 10, 2019 by lorddemaxus

[RealLyre]

when do we get the weekend estimates?

 

Hope Sunday is close to 40M for Captain Marvel.. 

 

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, RealLyre said:

when do we get the weekend estimates?

 

Hope Sunday is close to 40M for Captain Marvel.. 

 

 

In 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

[charlie Jatinder]

2 minutes ago, RealLyre said:

when do we get the weekend estimates?

 

Hope Sunday is close to 40M for Captain Marvel.. 

 

Disney will do a sweet round off $150mn weekend I reckon and

"Hey, see the Sunday overperformed".

[MCKillswitch123]

3 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Id say no. GOTG definetly outperformed even the most optimistic expectations, but its still a CBM and many people predicted it would atleast perform okayish to good. But id say from the MCU movies as a whole, both GOTG 1, The Avengers, IW and Black Panther could brag about having the most epic runs.

  

Also, i totally forgot about Bohemian Rhapsody lol. That had/has a run for the ages as well.

Nah, no one thought Guardians would do anywhere near as well as it did. I think maybe Thor range at best is where I saw most people. Some even thought it would bomb. It's like the It: Chapter 1 of CBM's.

 

But yes, as far as biggest breakouts of the decade, period, the biggest has to be Jurassic World, because while I expected it to reach 1 billion WW or close to it, to break record after record after record and crush every single expectation so insanely hugely was out of this world. I spat my drink when I saw that JW had broken 500 million on WW OW and outdid Avengers in the DOM opening. "Jurassic fucking WORLD?!?!? But...... HOW???". Damn, feels like yesterday

 

American Sniper is close because how in the ever loving fuck did a film like that make over 300M DOM  Deadpool and It were expected to at least cross 100 (ok, some people didn't think Deadpool would do it, but c'mon, it was a CBM in 2016). I'm not sure if AS was expected to do that, and to reach for 300M and becoming the highest grossing film of 2014 domestically is mental.

 

But Deadpool and It are #3 and #4. And then Jumanji 2, Bohemian Rhapsody, The Greatest Showman and Get Out are obviously up there too.

[Darth Lehnsherr]

I'm just waiting for the estimates of Captain Marvel's OS Weekend to come in. I still can't wrap my head around the fact it's gonna be around $300M OS. I thought I was being a tad bullish with my $500M OS total for Captain Marvel lol

Edited March 10, 2019 by Darth Lehnsherr

[charlie Jatinder]

China

Previews: $2.3mn

Friday: $32.2mn

Saturday: $33.6mn

Sunday: $20.7mn

 

Weekend: $88.8mn

 

Seems like $140-145mn full run.

 

 

[Apollo2xx]

Bohemian Rhapsody's 655m OS-China is only behind Infinity War on 2018 highest OS-China grossing movies.

[TwoMisfits]

25 minutes ago, Warhorse said:

No doubt. Out of all of the actors/actresses in the MCU, I think Benedict Cumberbatch is the only one who can go toe to toe in the charisma department with Robert Downy Jr. But, I think his age is what will hold him back. These movies have become increasingly grueling to work on, so I think Marvel will stick with actors under the age of 36 to be the new leaders. Need someone with some staying power for the next 10 years.

 

But, I also won't rule out Chris Pratt, who seems to be doing fine carrying the GOTG and the Jurassic World franchises. 

Especially if it takes awhile for a new Guardians movie...yeah, I could see Starlord as part of the big 3 with BP and CM b/c he fills the "Cap" role when it comes to being "outdated" on Earth stuff, but he also fills the charismatic and confident role of Tony, missing on the team...

 

Fill in with Spidey for youth, optimism, and screw ups...Black Widow for seriousness, experience, and badssness...and Dr Strange as a "big gun", especially for the crazy stuff in the galaxy (ala Thor)...and there's a new 6:)...

Edited March 10, 2019 by TwoMisfits