Memorial Weekend Thread: 4-Day Actuals - Aladdin $116.81M | John Wick 3 $30.97M | Avengers Endgame $22.06M | Pokemon DP $17.25M

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, That One Guy said:

 

I mean, grown men have seen and supported movies about teenage boys before.  Superbad made 120M domestic.

Define grown men.

 

 

[ScoobyDoo21]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/pro-life-movie-unplanned-rejected-by-canadian-theatres_2933305.html

 

found this on Reddit. might be relevant. Also good.

Edited May 26, 2019 by ScoobyDoo21

[sfran43]

 

Edited May 26, 2019 by sfran43

[DAR]

22 minutes ago, cannastop said:

If you're talking about He Lives in You, that could work. But Shadowlands can't work like that, I don't think.

Yeah I was talking about the former 

[sfran43]

 

[MaxAggressor]

 

[sfran43]

 

[cannastop]

12 minutes ago, DAR said:

Yeah I was talking about the former 

They already did it in The Lion King 2 though.

[TwoMisfits]

So, let's stop the spiral and talk the tightness of theaters next weekend...

 

Right now, my 12s are looking for 4 screens (2 for KOTM, 1 for Rocketman/Ma) and 3 screens already, just during the presale period.  And they don't have that many films booked right now (by the numbers).  So, it's looking to be a tight weekend.  Some of the room will be easy to make - JW3/Pika/Endgame will be giving up their extra half screens and all be on 1 screen each...Dog's Journey/The Sun Is Also a Star/Hustle/The Intruder will be dumped of their partial screens...but then it gets hard.  Does Aladdin give up a screen only in its 2nd weekend?  Were the contracts of Booksmart and Brightburn required to keep the full screen or can they dump a 1/2 screen each and merge them (giving them an evening showing off the Aladdin screen, since 10pms don't sell much for Aladdin anyway)...should be an interesting week...right now, for my 12s, I'm expecting...

 

KOTM - 2 to 3

Rocketman - 1

Ma - 1

Aladdin - 2 to 3 (if it gives the screen, I expect KOTM gets it, so 5 between the 2)

JW3 - 1

Endgame - 1

Pika - 1

Brightburn - 1 (maybe)

Booksmart or Foreign Film (1 of my theaters didn't book Booksmart, but always has foreign films, so this would be it) - 1 (maybe)

The Also Rans - right now, there are 0 screens left, but if they don't have to fully protect the "killer B's" from this weekend, there could be room for a showing or two to save the "best performer" of the also-rans...and it's obvious to me - the "killer B's" will be gone by weekend 3 b/c it just gets tighter for SLOP and XMen...and that may be the weekend that it becomes Pika vs Endgame vs JW3 for the drop (or the share - which JW3 would share well with either:)...

 

Anyway, this just continues the feast/famine of May this year...we'll see if it continues in June, or if the littler films ever get a break to breathe and grow...it will probably take a large underperformer to do so...

 

Edited May 26, 2019 by TwoMisfits

[sfran43]

 

[filmlover]

13 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

So, let's stop the spiral and talk the tightness of theaters next weekend...

 

Right now, my 12s are looking for 4 screens (2 for KOTM, 1 for Rocketman/Ma) and 3 screens already, just during the presale period.  And they don't have that many films booked right now (by the numbers).  So, it's looking to be a tight weekend.  Some of the room will be easy to make - JW3/Pika/Endgame will be giving up their extra half screens and all be on 1 screen each...Dog's Journey/The Sun Is Also a Star/Hustle/The Intruder will be dumped of their partial screens...but then it gets hard.  Does Aladdin give up a screen only in its 2nd weekend?  Were the contracts of Booksmart and Brightburn required to keep the full screen or can they dump a 1/2 screen each and merge them (giving them an evening showing off the Aladdin screen, since 10pms don't sell much for Aladdin anyway)...should be an interesting week...right now, for my 12s, I'm expecting...

 

KOTM - 2 to 3

Rocketman - 1

Ma - 1

Aladdin - 2 to 3 (if it gives the screen, I expect KOTM gets it, so 5 between the 2)

JW3 - 1

Endgame - 1

Pika - 1

Brightburn - 1 (maybe)

Booksmart or Foreign Film (1 of my theaters didn't book Booksmart, but always has foreign films, so this would be it) - 1 (maybe)

The Also Rans - right now, there are 0 screens left, but if they don't have to fully protect the "killer B's" from this weekend, there could be room for a showing or two to save the "best performer" of the also-rans...and it's obvious to me - the "killer B's" will be gone by weekend 3 b/c it just gets tighter for SLOP and XMen...and that may be the weekend that it becomes Pika vs Endgame vs JW3 for the drop (or the share - which JW3 would share well with either:)...

 

Anyway, this just continues the feast/famine of May this year...we'll see if it continues in June, or if the littler films ever get a break to breathe and grow...it will probably take a large underperformer to do so...

 

Everything that isn't this weekend's trio of openers (two of which are gonna booted out the following weekend anyway), John Wick, Avengers, and Pikachu is for sure a total goner next weekend with a trio of movies that are all looking to do very healthy business arriving.

[That One Girl]

34 minutes ago, MaxAggressor said:

 

 

Great movie guys, go see it

 

Wait how many people am I gonna piss off by saying that?

[cdsacken]

Talking about 250 DOM when some were saying 170 wasn't happening 2 days ago. Crazy.

Edited May 26, 2019 by cdsacken

[lorddemaxus]

 

[XXR vs XXR]

1 hour ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

FFH: $400M/$1.05B

TLK: $750M/$2.2B

Frozen 2: $550M/$1.4B

TROS: $700M/$1.5B

 

FIFY

[Gavin Feng]

$250M+ is really great for Aladdin.

 

Row	Rank	Title (click to view)	Studio	Opening Gross*	% of Total	Theaters / Avg.		Total Gross**	Date^
1	2	Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull	Par.	$126,917,373	40.0%	4,260	$29,792	$317,101,119	5/22/08
2	1	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	BV	$139,802,190	45.2%	4,362	$32,050	$309,420,425	5/25/07
3	6	The Hangover Part II	WB	$103,426,875	40.6%	3,615	$28,610	$254,464,305	5/26/11
4	33	Return of the Jedi	Fox	$30,490,619	12.1%	1,002	$30,429	$252,583,617	5/25/83
5	10	Bruce Almighty	Uni.	$85,734,045	35.3%	3,483	$24,615	$242,829,261	5/23/03
6	4	Fast & Furious 6	Uni.	$117,036,995	49.0%	3,658	$31,995	$238,679,850	5/24/13
7	3	X-Men: The Last Stand	Fox	$122,861,157	52.4%	3,690	$33,295	$234,362,462	5/26/06
8	5	X-Men: Days of Future Past	Fox	$110,576,604	47.3%	3,996	$27,672	$233,921,534	5/23/14
9	8	The Lost World: Jurassic Park	Uni.	$90,161,880	39.4%	3,281	$27,480	$229,086,679	5/23/97
10	14	Mission: Impossible II	Par.	$70,816,215	32.9%	3,653	$19,385	$215,409,889	5/24/00

[Alli]

5 minutes ago, cdsacken said:

Talking about 250 DOM when some were saying 170 wasn't happening 2 days ago. Crazy.

[sfran43]

 

Edited May 26, 2019 by sfran43

[cdsacken]

Just now, Alli said:

Haha Lord knows how pleased you are. I am thrilled. I almost joined the club so I was worried as heck too. Still think 350+ would have been possible with a competent director, better marketing and better jafar.

[filmlover]

I actually wouldn't be surprised if Aladdin ended up sticking around for most of the summer, especially after seeing it (my sold out audience applauded big time at the end).