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

[filmscholar]

Congrats to Keanu for another Top 10 R-rated Opening.  Did very well worldwide as well.   

[terrestrial]

13 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Where were these people for that Replicas film that absolutely ranked a few months ago? 😂

Keanu is a draw, solely as Wick 

In my POV an actor is often the reason to even look into an upcoming movie, but if I'll watch a movie or not depends still on the summary / genre mix too

 

In the 'sea' of new releases an actor/actress/director/.... can be very important for that first awareness step, but to watch something story-wise unappealing, why would a GA do that?

 

GA is not a fan (who might follow 'their' star to every project to a degree), but that does not exclude a general awareness about a lot of actors/directors and so on.

 

There are a lot of shades between black and white.

 

[sfran43]

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Stamina update on the Top 10 domestic movies >$200M (2015-2019):

 

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Top 10 Highest Domestic Grossing Movie >$200M (2015 – 2019)	90% of Gross on Day	Multiplier (DG ÷ FW)	Domestic Gross	First Weekend	Release Month	Rank
Avengers: Endgame*	16	2.16	$771.4M	$357.1M	Apr.	#1 (2019)
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	18	1.99	$330.4M	$166.0M	Mar.	#8 (2016)
Justice League	23	2.44	$229.0M	$93.8M	Nov.	#10 (2017)
Captain America: Civil War	23	2.28	$408.1M	$179.1M	May	#3 (2016)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi	23	2.82	$620.2M	$220.0M	Dec.	#1 (2017)
Furious 7	24	2.40	$353.0M	$147.2M	Apr.	#5 (2015)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story	25	3.43	$532.2M	$155.1M	Dec.	#1 (2016)
Avengers: Age of Ultron	26	2.40	$459.0M	$191.3M	May	#3 (2015)
It	28	2.65	$327.5M	$123.4M	Sep.	#7 (2017)
Spectre	29	2.84	$200.1M	$70.4M	Nov.	#10 (2015)
Thor: Ragnarok	29	2.57	$315.1M	$122.7M	Nov.	#8 (2017)
Deadpool 2	29	2.54	$318.5M	$125.5M	May	#6 (2018)
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom	29	2.82	$417.7M	$148.0M	Jun.	#4 (2018)
Finding Dory	29	3.60	$486.3M	$135.1M	Jun.	#2 (2016)
Suicide Squad	30	2.43	$325.1M	$133.7M	Aug.	#9 (2016)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	30	2.66	$389.8M	$146.5M	May	#5 (2017)
Avengers: Infinity War	30	2.63	$678.8M	$257.7M	Apr.	#2 (2018)
Star Wars: The Force Awakens	30	3.78	$936.7M	$248.0M	Dec.	#1 (2015)
Ant-Man and the Wasp	31	2.86	$216.6M	$75.8M	Jul.	#9 (2018)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – P2	31	2.74	$281.7M	$102.7M	Nov.	#7 (2015)
Aquaman	31	4.94	$335.1M	$67.9M	Dec.	#5 (2018)
Minions	31	2.90	$336.0M	$115.7M	Jul.	#6 (2015)
Deadpool	31	2.74	$363.1M	$132.4M	Feb.	#6 (2016)
Beauty and the Beast	31	2.88	$504.0M	$174.8M	Mar.	#2 (2017)
Jurassic World	31	3.12	$652.3M	$208.8M	Jun.	#2 (2015)
Cinderella	32	2.96	$201.2M	$67.9M	Mar.	#9 (2015)
Sing	32	7.67	$270.4M	$35.3M	Dec.	#10 (2016)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout	36	3.60	$220.2M	$61.2M	Jul.	#8 (2018)
Spider-Man: Homecoming	36	2.86	$334.2M	$117.0M	Jul.	#6 (2017)
Incredibles 2	36	3.33	$608.6M	$182.7M	Jun.	#3 (2018)
Despicable Me 3	37	3.65	$264.6M	$72.4M	Jun.	#9 (2017)
The Secret Life of Pets	37	3.53	$368.4M	$104.4M	Jul.	#4 (2016)
Captain Marvel*	37	2.77	$425.2M	$153.4M	Mar.	#2 (2019)
Black Panther	38	3.47	$700.1M	$202.0M	Feb.	#1 (2018)
Inside Out	39	3.94	$356.5M	$90.4M	Jun.	#4 (2015)
The Jungle Book	39	3.53	$364.0M	$103.3M	Apr.	#5 (2016)
Wonder Woman	41	4.00	$412.6M	$103.3M	Jun.	#3 (2017)
Dr. Seuss' The Grinch	42	4.00	$270.6M	$67.6M	Nov.	#7 (2018)
The Martian	44	4.21	$228.4M	$54.3M	Oct.	#8 (2015)
Zootopia	45	4.55	$341.3M	$75.1M	Mar.	#7 (2016)
Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle	54	11.18	$404.5M	$36.2M	Dec.	#4 (2017)
Bohemian Rhapsody	69	4.24	$216.4M	$51.1M	Nov.	#10 (2018)
average of table	33	3.43
median of table	31	2.89
* highlighted in yellow: numbers are not final / still in theaters

 

Release Month	Average Multiplier	Median Multiplier	Release Month	Average Multiplier	Median Multiplier
January	2.88	2.66	July	3.30	3.22
February	2.81	2.73	August	3.22	3.00
March	3.02	2.89	September	2.87	2.75
April	2.76	2.65	October	3.02	2.75
May	2.95	2.82	November	3.43	3.23
June	3.13	3.01	December	5.45	4.76
all (1025 movies)				3.21	2.93
excludes 2018-2019 releases
highest month in blue; lowest month in red numbers from top openings (2008-2017) as of August 16, 2018

 

 

[sfran43]

 

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[terrestrial]

 

Daily Domestic Chart for Sunday May 19, 2019

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Chart Index

 

		Movie	Distributor	Gross	Change	Thtrs.	Per Thtr.	Total Gross	Days
1	(1)	John Wick: Chapter 3 — Pa…	Lionsgate	$14,568,438	-26%	3,850	$3,784	$56,818,067	3
2	(2)	Avengers: Endgame	Walt Disney	$9,599,300	-26%	4,220	$2,275	$771,368,375	24
3	(3)	Pokémon: Detective Pikachu	Warner Bros.	$8,079,238	-25%	4,248	$1,902	$94,295,005	10
4	(4)	A Dog’s Journey	Universal	$2,338,940	-26%	3,267	$716	$8,030,085	3
5	(5)	The Hustle	MGM	$1,734,721	-33%	3,077	$564	$23,204,362	10
6	(6)	The Intruder	Sony Pictures	$1,117,628	-37%	2,231	$501	$28,050,949	17
7	(7)	Long Shot	Lionsgate	$896,250	-39%	2,110	$425	$25,664,963	17
8	(9)	Poms	STX Entertainment	$672,059	-19%	2,750	$244	$10,110,890	10
9	(10)	UglyDolls	STX Entertainment	$659,861	-14%	2,030	$325	$17,433,285	17
10	(8)	The Sun is Also a Star	Warner Bros.	$563,895	-38%	2,073	$272	$2,511,530	3
11	(11)	Breakthrough	20th Century Fox	$335,743	-28%	1,375	$244	$39,012,955	38
12	(12)	The Curse of La Llorona	Warner Bros.	$262,460	-32%	651	$403	$53,005,382	31
13	(15)	Tolkien	Fox Searchlight	$211,348	-31%	1,501	$141	$3,768,184	10
14	(13)	Captain Marvel	Walt Disney	$204,049	-39%	726	$281	$425,152,517	73
15	(14)	Shazam!	Warner Bros.	$155,384	-51%	536	$290	$138,067,613	45
-	(-)	Dumbo	Walt Disney	$103,399	-20%	415	$249	$111,521,409	52
-	(-)	Little	Universal	$81,875	-37%	314	$261	$40,195,795	38
-	(-)	The Biggest Little Farm	Neon	$73,413	-25%	45	$1,631	$413,154	10
-	(-)	Amazing Grace	Neon	$70,046	-24%	227	$309	$3,728,229	164
-	(-)	Red Joan	IFC Films	$48,477	-30%	187	$259	$1,174,861	38
-	(-)	Pet Sematary	Paramount Pictures	$44,837	-45%	226	$198	$54,526,010	45
-	(-)	How to Train Your Dragon: T…	Universal	$43,845	-41%	177	$248	$160,346,075	87
-	(-)	Us	Universal	$38,050	-42%	195	$195	$174,683,440	59
-	(-)	Student of the Year 2	FIP	$32,700	-25%	189	$173	$724,058	10
-	(-)	Missing Link	United Artists	$25,289	-14%	154	$164	$16,473,428	38
-	(-)	Trial by Fire	Roadside Attractions	$23,016	-30%	109	$211	$78,712	3
-	(-)	The Souvenir	A24	$20,179	-42%	4	$5,045	$78,400	3
-	(-)	Five Feet Apart	Lionsgate	$17,750	-29%	116	$153	$45,652,377	66
-	(-)	Non-Fiction	IFC Films	$15,766	-37%	25	$631	$163,291	17
-	(-)	Unplanned	Pure Flix Entertain…	$11,515	+66%	37	$311	$18,046,089	52
-	(-)	Wild Nights With Emily	Greenwich	$9,424	-28%	56	$168	$454,635	38
-	(-)	After	Aviron Pictures	$9,380	-13%	82	$114	$12,108,969	38
-	(-)	Photograph	Amazon Studios	$9,199	-39%	13	$708	$35,796	3
-	(-)	Meeting Gorbachev	1091 Media	$8,242	-17%	34	$242	$101,788	17
-	(-)	Hotel Mumbai	Bleecker Street	$7,954	-19%	30	$265	$9,538,488	59
-	(-)	Apollo 11	Neon	$6,794	-12%	23	$295	$8,682,951	80
-	(-)	Penguins	Walt Disney	$6,385	-45%	115	$56	$7,295,354	33
-	(-)	High Life	A24	$4,235	-17%	22	$193	$1,203,952	45
-	(-)	Charlie Says	IFC Films	$1,529	-28%	15	$102	$46,881	10
-	(-)	Fighting With My Family	United Artists	$1,081	+15%	10	$108	$22,957,643	95
-	(-)	The Public	Universal	$1,021	+47%	10	$102	$559,935	45
-	(-)	Gloria Bell	A24	$907	-40%	9	$101	$5,607,414	73
-	(-)	Slaughterhouse Rulez	Sony Pictures	$615	+8%	10	$62	$2,145	3
-	(-)	Diane	IFC Films	$525	-7%	5	$105	$339,413	52
-	(-)	Frank and Ava	Gravitas Ventures	$412	n/c	3	$137	$15,620	164
-	(-)	Mia and the White Lion	Ledafilms	$93	-43%	1	$93	$400,278	38

[JohnnyGossamer]

47 minutes ago, terrestrial said:

In my POV an actor is often the reason to even look into an upcoming movie, but if I'll watch a movie or not depends still on the summary / genre mix too

 

In the 'sea' of new releases an actor/actress/director/.... can be very important for that first awareness step, but to watch something story-wise unappealing, why would a GA do that?

 

GA is not a fan (who might follow 'their' star to every project to a degree), but that does not exclude a general awareness about a lot of actors/directors and so on.

 

There are a lot of shades between black and white.

 

Director for me.

[JohnnyGossamer]

As in if the director of 47 Ronin did Wick 4 or something along those lines, I'd lose almost all interest. Keanu seems like a great guy but he's not what makes these movies. Stahelski is the real MVP. Not sure that's even debatable. His background in stunt and choreography is what separates them. It's why folks are just as bonkers for Halle and her pups as they are Wick.

[sfran43]

Est. / Act.		Diff	Movie Title (click to view)	Studio	Studio Est. / Actual		Diff	% Diff	Theaters	Est. Total	Actual	Wk
1	1	-	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	LG/S	$57,025,000	$56,818,067	$-206,933	-0.4%	3,850	$57,025,000	$56,818,067	1
2	2	-	Avengers: Endgame	BV	$29,411,000	$29,973,505	$+562,505	+1.9%	4,220	$770,805,870	$771,368,375	4
3	3	-	Pokemon Detective Pikachu	WB	$24,815,000	$25,108,159	$+293,159	+1.2%	4,248	$94,001,846	$94,295,005	2
4	4	-	A Dog's Journey	Uni.	$8,000,000	$8,030,085	$+30,085	+0.4%	3,267	$8,000,000	$8,030,085	1
5	5	-	The Hustle	UAR	$6,080,788	$6,139,638	$+58,850	+1.0%	3,077	$23,145,512	$23,204,362	2
6	6	-	The Intruder (2019)	SGem	$4,025,000	$4,017,808	$-7,192	-0.2%	2,231	$28,058,141	$28,050,949	3
7	7	-	Long Shot	LG/S	$3,400,000	$3,341,917	$-58,083	-1.7%	2,110	$25,723,046	$25,664,963	3
8	8	-	The Sun Is Also a Star	WB	$2,600,000	$2,511,530	$-88,470	-3.4%	2,073	$2,600,000	$2,511,530	1
9	9	-	Poms	STX	$2,090,000	$2,180,698	$+90,698	+4.3%	2,750	$10,010,192	$10,110,890	2
10	10	-	Uglydolls	STX	$1,600,000	$1,779,617	$+179,617	+11.2%	2,030	$17,243,668	$17,433,285	3
11	11	-	Breakthrough	Fox	$1,039,000	$1,081,480	$+42,480	+4.1%	1,375	$38,970,475	$39,012,955	5
12	12	-	The Curse of La Llorona	WB (NL)	$885,000	$890,020	$+5,020	+0.6%	651	$53,000,962	$53,006,382	5
13	14	+1	Tolkien	FoxS	$735,000	$731,445	$-3,555	-0.5%	1,501	$3,771,739	$3,768,184	2
14	13	-1	Captain Marvel	BV	$727,000	$735,998	$+8,998	+1.2%	726	$425,143,519	$425,152,517	11
15	15	-	Shazam!	WB (NL)	$681,000	$660,710	$-20,290	-3.0%	536	$137,882,109	$138,067,613	7
16	17	+1	Dumbo (2019)	BV	$293,000	$309,302	$+16,302	+5.6%	415	$111,505,107	$111,521,409	8
17	18	+1	Little	Uni.	$275,000	$279,785	$+4,785	+1.7%	314	$40,191,010	$40,195,795	6
18	19	+1	Biggest Little Farm	Neon	$270,000	$276,446	$+6,446	+2.4%	45	$406,708	$413,154	2
20	21	+1	Amazing Grace (2019)	Neon	$200,880	$220,545	$+19,665	+9.8%	227	$3,708,564	$3,728,229	24
21	23	+2	Red Joan	IFC	$192,167	$164,116	$-28,051	-14.6%	187	$1,202,097	$1,173,531	5
21	22	+1	Pet Sematary (2019)	Par.	$180,000	$175,055	$-4,945	-2.7%	226	$54,530,955	$54,526,010	7
22	24	+2	How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World	Uni.	$158,000	$157,200	$-800	-0.5%	177	$160,346,875	$160,346,075	13
23	25	+2	Us	Uni.	$145,000	$145,640	$+640	+0.4%	195	$174,681,800	$174,682,440	9

[sfran43]

 

[Cappoedameron]

Solid numbers for Pikachu. It's still the #1 movie International. The power of the Pokemon brand is real.

[andrewgr]

16 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

As in if the director of 47 Ronin did Wick 4 or something along those lines, I'd lose almost all interest. Keanu seems like a great guy but he's not what makes these movies. Stahelski is the real MVP. Not sure that's even debatable. His background in stunt and choreography is what separates them. It's why folks are just as bonkers for Halle and her pups as they are Wick.

I don't agree with this.  Keanu put in a tremendous amount of effort learning martial arts and gunplay for this part, a level of effort beyond what I think most established stars would have been willing to put in.  As a result, I think his performance is exceptionally good in the action sequences, which make up a large amount of screentime.

 

Also, I think Keanu's relatively low-affect bearing and facial expressions lend the character a certain amount of gravitas and implaccability that I do not think many other actors would have tried for.  When you look at the amount of emoting done by, say, the actors in the Fast & Furious franchise and imagine John Wick being played that way, it's an entirely different movie, and one which I would find much less compelling.

 

I'm not going to claim that Keanu is the only person that could play this role, but I think you're being too skimpy on the credit he deserves.  He's made this role his own, and I don't think that it's a foregone conclusion that any random action star would have made this franchise the success that it is.

Edited May 20, 2019 by andrewgr

[JohnnyGossamer]

27 minutes ago, andrewgr said:

I don't agree with this.  Keanu put in a tremendous amount of effort learning martial arts and gunplay for this part, a level of effort beyond what I think most established stars would have been willing to put in.  As a result, I think his performance is exceptionally good in the action sequences, which make up a large amount of screentime.

 

Also, I think Keanu's relatively low-affect bearing and facial expressions lend the character a certain amount of gravitas and implaccability that I do not think many other actors would have tried for.  When you look at the amount of emoting done by, say, the actors in the Fast & Furious franchise and imagine John Wick being played that way, it's an entirely different movie, and one which I would find much less compelling.

 

I'm not going to claim that Keanu is the only person that could play this role, but I think you're being too skimpy on the credit he deserves.  He's made this role his own, and I don't think that it's a foregone conclusion that any random action star would have made this franchise the success that it is.

Not any random star but the director and his vision is far more compelling and what truly separates the Wick flicks. Especially the director's background in stunt work. Keanu does a great job. Don't get me wrong. It wasn't his fault Man of Tai Chi or 47 Ronin didn't work for most and failed to make mint. But, he brought similar skills and chops to those roles too.

 

Shouldn't have said what I did because it'll rile folks. Just think in this case the director is far more responsible for this series success. Keanu is a great Wick though.

Edited May 20, 2019 by JohnnyGossamer

[baumer]

2 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Where were these people for that Replicas film that absolutely ranked a few months ago? 😂

 

Keanu is a draw, solely as Wick 

Replicas looked horrible.

Had zero marketing

Reeves, just like 99% of actors, is a draw in the right role. 

Put Chris Hemsworth in Replicas it still tanks.

[baumer]

46 minutes ago, JohnnyGossamer said:

As in if the director of 47 Ronin did Wick 4 or something along those lines, I'd lose almost all interest. Keanu seems like a great guy but he's not what makes these movies. Stahelski is the real MVP. Not sure that's even debatable. His background in stunt and choreography is what separates them. It's why folks are just as bonkers for Halle and her pups as they are Wick.

 

I think Keanu would agree with you.

 

Having said that, Keanu Reeves absolutely kills it as John Wick and he's worked really really hard to be a believable badass. Maybe another actor or someone who is not as devoted to the craft wouldn't make John Wick as memorable as he is.

[ACSlater]

Keanu is  f*cking awesome. He just has some bad choices. 

 

And Speed, still fucking awesome. 

[I Am]

4 hours ago, NCsoft said:

Oh my....... you're still going on with that narrative? 

The current reality of the theater industry (unfortunately) supports "that narrative." 

[I Am]

5 minutes ago, ACSlater said:

Keanu is  f*cking awesome. He just has some bad choices. 

 

And Speed, still fucking awesome. 

He's one of those guys you just root for to do well in everything he's in.
There's a reddit with a bunch of stories from random folks meeting him and confirming he's just an overall cool guy.