US WEEKEND THREAD: Record 70.25 OW (highest grossing OW for an original horror)

[dxmatrixdt]

1 minute ago, Bishop54 said:

Alita did fine in China, if anything Bumblebee overperformed.

but how come the #s aren't closer to 500 each?

[Djsoke]

32 minutes ago, Showgirls Go Home said:

but how come the #s aren't closer to 500 each?

Brutal underperformance elsewhere for Alita, while Bumblebee had a 33% smaller budget than Alita and did relatively "just okay" elsewhere.

[Bishop54]

48 minutes ago, Djsoke said:

Brutal underperformance elsewhere for Alita, while Bumblebee had a 33% smaller budget than Alita and did relatively "just okay" elsewhere.

Brutal? It overperformed to everyone's expectations. It did fine in China and great in France. 

[Djsoke]

1 minute ago, Bishop54 said:

Brutal? It overperformed to everyone's expectations. It did fine in China and great in France. 

Underperformance probably wasn't the right word. I meant relative to his $500m question. If Alita wanted to hit 500 it had to perform much stronger elsewhere than it did. I didn't think Bumblebee could be held to the same 500m when it had a smaller budget so that would make it "on par" with a proportionally smaller expectation. My bad on the wording 

[Bishop54]

5 minutes ago, Djsoke said:

Underperformance probably wasn't the right word. I meant relative to his $500m question. If Alita wanted to hit 500 it had to perform much stronger elsewhere than it did. I didn't think Bumblebee could be held to the same 500m when it had a smaller budget so that would make it "on par" with a proportionally smaller expectation. My bad on the wording 

Sorry for misunderstanding...we're on the same page now.

[a2k]

China's big over-performance is why ALITA gonna cross 400 ww. It's looking to end around,

86 dom + 133 Ch + 186 OS-Ch = 405.

 

Had it done "only" 100 in China it would have failed to crack 375 ww.

Edited March 25, 2019 by a2k

[Zakiyyah6]

Alita's overseas numbers aren't the issue. They are fine. The domestic numbers are ass though. They are very bad for a film with 170mil budget. 

[dxmatrixdt]

Alita overperformed as a targeted flop (was looking to match Ghost in the Shell, 47 Ronin, Great Wall, Valerian, etc..),

it almost got $10,000 PSA on OW

 

doesn't look like there is much 200 million non-Disney or non-Comic Book movies coming out, is there?

 

maybe the Alita performance will give hope since it made 85 and +100 profits Overseas to almost break even theatrically

give hope for random 200 million dollar sci-fi movies to break even

[a2k]

45 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

Alita's overseas numbers aren't the issue. They are fine. The domestic numbers are ass though. They are very bad for a film with 170mil budget. 

also after a 42.25 5-day, ~86.5 is not out of the ordinary legs wise for alita, 2.05x the 5-day.

if one looks at br2049's 1st 5-days, non-holiday Fri-Tue, it did 40.7 and ended with 92 dom, 2.26x

rpo did 59 over it's 1st 5-days, Thu-Mon, and 138 overall, 2.34x

Edited March 25, 2019 by a2k

[cdsacken]

1 hour ago, a2k said:

 

Indeed. That's still bad for a 170 million budget but better I guess

Edited March 25, 2019 by cdsacken

[AndyK]

We now have the complete trilogy in post Apocalyptic survival movie themes.

 

A Quiet Place - Deaf

Bird Box - Blind

US - Dumb

[MikeQ]

There's not much more than can be said - terrific opening for 'Us'. Obviously, handily a new record for an original horror film. 

 

Largest Horror Film Opening Weekends 

(of course, there is always some debate about what constitutes horror and what therefore should be on this list)

1. It (2017) — 123.4 million
2. I Am Legend (2007) — 77.2 million
3. Halloween (2018) — 76.2 million
4. Us (2019) — 70.3 million
5. War of the Worlds (2005) — 64.9 million
6. Signs (2002) — 60.1 million
7. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) — 52.6 million
8. Van Helsing (2004) — 51.7 million
9. Prometheus (2012) — 51.1 million
10. The Village (2004) — 50.7 million
11. A Quiet Place (2018) — 50.2 million
12. The Conjuring (2013) — 41.9 million
13. Shutter Island (2010) — 41.1 million
14. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) — 40.7 million
15. Friday the 13th (2009) — 40.6 million
16. The Conjuring 2 (2016) — 40.4 million
17. Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) — 40.3 million
18. Split (2017) — 40.0 million
19. The Grudge (2004) — 39.1 million
20. Alien vs. Predator (2004) — 38.3 million
21. Annabelle (2014) — 37.1 million
22. Freddy vs. Jason (2003) — 36.4 million
23. Interview with the Vampire (1994) — 36.4 million
24. Alien: Covenant (2017) — 36.2 million
25. The Ring Two (2005) — 35.1 million
26. Annabelle: Creation (2017) — 35.0 million
27. Scream 3 (2000) — 34.7 million
28. The Purge (2013) — 34.1 million
29. The Devil Inside (2012) — 33.7 million
30. Saw III (2006) — 33.6 million

Peace,

Mike

[fabiopazzo2]

IT 2 over 130M? 

[Krissykins]

3 hours ago, MikeQ said:

There's not much more than can be said - terrific opening for 'Us'. Obviously, handily a new record for an original horror film. 

 

Largest Horror Film Opening Weekends 

(of course, there is always some debate about what constitutes horror and what therefore should be on this list)

1. It (2017) — 123.4 million
2. I Am Legend (2007) — 77.2 million
3. Halloween (2018) — 76.2 million
4. Us (2019) — 70.3 million
5. War of the Worlds (2005) — 64.9 million
6. Signs (2002) — 60.1 million
7. Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) — 52.6 million
8. Van Helsing (2004) — 51.7 million
9. Prometheus (2012) — 51.1 million
10. The Village (2004) — 50.7 million
11. A Quiet Place (2018) — 50.2 million
12. The Conjuring (2013) — 41.9 million
13. Shutter Island (2010) — 41.1 million
14. Paranormal Activity 2 (2010) — 40.7 million
15. Friday the 13th (2009) — 40.6 million
16. The Conjuring 2 (2016) — 40.4 million
17. Insidious Chapter 2 (2013) — 40.3 million
18. Split (2017) — 40.0 million
19. The Grudge (2004) — 39.1 million
20. Alien vs. Predator (2004) — 38.3 million
21. Annabelle (2014) — 37.1 million
22. Freddy vs. Jason (2003) — 36.4 million
23. Interview with the Vampire (1994) — 36.4 million
24. Alien: Covenant (2017) — 36.2 million
25. The Ring Two (2005) — 35.1 million
26. Annabelle: Creation (2017) — 35.0 million
27. Scream 3 (2000) — 34.7 million
28. The Purge (2013) — 34.1 million
29. The Devil Inside (2012) — 33.7 million
30. Saw III (2006) — 33.6 million

Peace,

Mike

I would remove War of the Worlds, I think that was a disaster film. 

[La Binoche]

On 3/24/2019 at 3:03 AM, Nero said:

Damn @La Binoche and @The Futurist. Sometimes I wonder what do you smoke?

I mean, any way you slice it, the explanation for Us is a clusterfuck that doesn't make a lick of sense. And he sure tries to explain. 

[XXR vs XXR]

1 hour ago, fabiopazzo2 said:

IT 2 over 130M? 

Below $115m I think. I expect a bit of a drop. 

[Valonqar]

51 minutes ago, VenomXXR said:

Below $115m I think. I expect a bit of a drop. 

yeah, I think that kids were real attraction for IT and that part of the book is more beloved than clunky second part with adults. 

Edited March 25, 2019 by Valonqar

[Krissykins]

20 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

yeah, I think that kids were real attraction for IT and that part of the book is more beloved than clunky second part with adults. 

Yeh, plus it’s a sequel to a horror remake. 

 

It Chapter 2 will dip. 

[filmlover]

Did they not bother to release the numbers for the Cruel Intentions re-release or did literally no one show up (I'd believe it lol)?

[That One Girl]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

Did they not bother to release the numbers for the Cruel Intentions re-release or did literally no one show up (I'd believe it lol)?

 

Very excited for next month's Never Been Kissed re-release