Weekend Thread: Weekend Actuals - John Wick: Chapter 3 $56.82M | Avengers Endgame $29.97M | Detective Pikachu $25.10M

[LexJoker]

WB getting served Ls this year with Lego2, Shazam and Pika Pika.

[Nova]

1 minute ago, LexJoker said:

WB getting served Ls this year with Lego2, Shazam and Pika Pika.

Next up: Godzilla 

[sfran43]

 

[YM!]

3 minutes ago, LexJoker said:

WB getting served Ls this year with Lego2, Shazam and Pika Pika.

The moral of the story is anything remotely family friendly dies with WB. Seriously don’t be surprised if Scoob barely does $100M, or SJ2 and TAJ do TLBM Numbers at best.

Edited May 18, 2019 by YourMother the Edgelord

[Darth Lehnsherr]

1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

The moral of the story is anything remotely family friendly dies with WB. Seriously don’t be surprised if Scoob barely does $100M, or SJ2 and TAJ do TLBM Numbers at best.

SJ2= Space Jam 2?

TAJ= ?

TLBM= The Lego Batman Movie?

But I agree with the broader point that seems like WB struggles with more kid friendly fare. Especially animation wise they haven't been able to gain a major foothold in that market.

 

[YM!]

2 minutes ago, Darth Lehnsherr said:

SJ2= Space Jam 2?

TAJ= ?

TLBM= The Lego Batman Movie?

But I agree with the broader point that seems like WB struggles with more kid friendly fare. Especially animation wise they haven't been able to gain a major foothold in that market.

 

Tom and Jerry is TAJ and the other two are correct.

[TwoMisfits]

24 minutes ago, a2k said:

httyd3 and pika's holds so far have been very different. httyd3 has behaved like a family movie - 1st Sat bump, Mon drop, Tue bump, 2nd Fri bump...

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
Feb 22, 2019	1	$17,376,690		4,259	$4,080	$17,376,690	1
Feb 23, 2019	1	$22,289,305	+28%	4,259	$5,233	$39,665,995	2
Feb 24, 2019	1	$15,356,250	-31%	4,259	$3,606	$57,522,245	3
Feb 25, 2019	1	$2,332,805	-85%	4,259	$548	$59,855,050	4
Feb 26, 2019	1	$3,709,180	+59%	4,259	$871	$63,564,230	5
Feb 27, 2019	1	$2,038,040	-45%	4,259	$479	$65,602,270	6
Feb 28, 2019	1	$2,048,005	n/c	4,259	$481	$67,650,275	7
Mar 1, 2019	2	$6,431,160	+214%	4,286	$1,501	$74,081,435	8
Mar 2, 2019	1	$14,075,780	+119%	4,286	$3,284	$88,157,215	9
Mar 3, 2019	1	$9,521,600	-32%	4,286	$2,222	$97,678,815	10

 

compare those 4 holds with Pika

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
May 10, 2019	1	$20,575,704		4,202	$4,897	$20,575,704	1
May 11, 2019	2	$20,365,840	-1%	4,202	$4,847	$40,941,544	2
May 12, 2019	2	$13,423,698	-34%	4,202	$3,195	$54,365,242	3
May 13, 2019	2	$3,693,215	-72%	4,202	$879	$58,058,457	4
May 14, 2019	2	$5,337,617	+45%	4,202	$1,270	$63,396,074	5
May 15, 2019	2	$3,070,078	-42%	4,202	$731	$66,466,152	6
May 16, 2019	2	$2,720,694	-11%	4,202	$647	$69,186,846	7

..............................$6.1...............+125%

 

While I see some of your point...ignoring the ups and downs of weekdays, the 2 movies opened similarly (within $1M of each other) and have now posted similar 2nd Friday amounts (and similar true Friday-to-Friday drop values, I think, but I gotta check HTTYD3 preview numbers)...so I won't rule out similar 2nd Saturdays and Sundays til we actually see them:)...I think HTTYD3 is probably a little too high, but I also think all the supers comparisons (like Shazam) are too low:)...

 

EDIT: HTTYD 3 True Friday $14.376M ($3M Thurs Preview) / Pika True Friday $14.8M ($5.7M preview)

Week over week true Friday drops 56% HTTYD3 / 59% Pika

 

Edited May 18, 2019 by TwoMisfits

[Ms Lady Hawk]

The only place where Shazam and Pika are seen as Ls are here on BOT.

[YM!]

I don’t get how Shazam is being seen as an L, with it’s production budget of $100M, a $360M WW Gross is damn profitable.

[TMP]

Don't worry for WB, R Patts Batman is gonna be a cool $1.5+ billie hit.

[Thrylos 7]

2 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

I don’t get how Shazam is being seen as an L, with it’s production budget of $100M, a $360M WW Gross is damn profitable.

No it is not when adding marketing costs.

[a2k]

2 minutes ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

I don’t get how Shazam is being seen as an L, with it’s production budget of $100M, a $360M WW Gross is damn profitable.

that too with healthy dom (well over 100) and low china ratio.

[lorddemaxus]

1 minute ago, Thrylos 7 said:

No it is not when adding marketing costs.

Yes it is when adding ancillaries.

[TMP]

1 minute ago, lorddemaxus said:

Yes it is when adding ancillaries.

Forget it lorddemaxus, it's Thrylos 7 town

[Nova]

3 minutes ago, Thrylos 7 said:

No it is not when adding marketing costs.

I hate when people pull up the marketing cost to try and downplay a movie's success. We know you hate DC. Shazam! could have made $800M and you'd have found a way to talk about why it wasn't successful. 

 

Typically when a movie makes 3-4x its budget its seen as a success and will be profitable for the studio. And considering a Shazam! sequel has already been green lit, I'd say WB is happy with the results they got. 

[JohnnyGossamer]

Shazam did fine. No way around that. 

[MCKillswitch123]

9 minutes ago, Thrylos 7 said:

No it is not when adding marketing costs.

And then you add anciliaries and it is. Shazam! is a profitable movie, bottom line.

Edited May 18, 2019 by MCKillswitch123

[ZattMurdock]

Shazam! most importantly was a great film. Arguably the best among other DC shared universe films, and I fucking LOVE Aquaman and Wonder Woman, so I don’t say that lightly. I’d agree with anyone that believes that it was released in a bad window tho. It deserved a better release date to shine.

[charlie Jatinder]

Dog 2.5

[keysersoze123]

Release date was bad but audience did not care for Shazam. WB did ok job with marketing and let early reviews in. He would be a better fit in a team up movie. If Joker breaks out, I dont see how WB invests in a Shazam sequel, unless they cast another Supes and have him in IM like role in Spidey movie.

 

These days if you have big budget movie not have OS appeal you are in trouble, Shazam did not have that despite good reviews.

 

DC has so many characters who would work in stand alone movies. We need great directors make Flash and Green Lantern.