Weekend Thread: Actuals - TS4 59.7, Annabelle 20.3 (31.1 5-Day), Yesterday 17, Aladdin 10.1, Pets 7.3, MIB 6.7, Endgame 6.1

[TalismanRing]

Considering AEG's PTA, - especially relative to the rest of the current top ten (and predominantly not even on a full screen of showings) I'm  not sure what the incentive would be to stop showing it unless a theater was only capable of playing the top 4 movies.

 

[cdsacken]

Agreed. $3200 average pta for the weekend if it hits 6.5m I think

[xiazhi]

8 hours ago, UserHN said:

I think you have a misunderstanding of double features. You think they subtract revenues from the newly opened movie and add it to the other movie? Wow. I'm speechless.

How's the money split between the two movies?

[Ledmonkey96]

9 minutes ago, xiazhi said:

How's the money split between the two movies?

50/50 generally

[That One Girl]

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Edited March 2, 2022 by That One Guy

[jj99]

19 minutes ago, Ledmonkey96 said:

50/50 generally

edit:

 

So basically the distributor decides how the money is shared.

Edited June 30, 2019 by jj99

[xiazhi]

49 minutes ago, jj99 said:

edit:

 

So basically the distributor decides how the money is shared.

Things get interesting that endgame and ffh have different distributers. 

[xiazhi]

53 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

I saw Yesterday, which is a solid depiction of a dystopian alternate reality wherein Ed Sheeran oversees the writing process of Beatles songs and Pepsi has a monopoly on the soft drink industry

Saw it today. Not as good as expected. Plot got boring after 30 minutes into the movie. Ed fans should love it tho.

[narniadis]

Its generally why doubles are booked by the same production house. Not always of course, but a lot of the time. 

 

There is also the double reporting that can happen where the same amount is credited to both films, but again we are not talking of much overall, especially on the average. 

[fastclock]

1 hour ago, xiazhi said:

How's the money split between the two movies?

Rth pointed out some time ago that the double feature practice is that the revenue is applied at 100% for each film.

That is not consistent money-wise, but both movie distributors will get the entitlement of their movies being accounted for and no funny split either.

It is what it is.

[Pure Spirit]

12 hours ago, Nero said:

That era was different nobody would have panicked... There were no sources like we have now and weekend weren't huge like they are now. Movies became blockbuster depending on high the movie was staying in theatres. In India Sholay movie was ran for 5 years consecutive. Another movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge is still running in 1theatre after 18 years.. It's very different ballpark. We will never have those kind of movies now

Ummm...Titanic was not a normal run for 1997, it broke every rule of box office runs in its era. It doubled the #2 movie of all time, Jurassic Park. 1997 wasn’t exactly an era of stone tablets, the movie dominated pop culture for months and everyone talked about it. Entire magazine shelves were dedicated to it.

 

BoT absolutely would’ve melted down. I hope we get to see that kind of movie run again, and I don’t mean crazy long legs but something that just towers over everything else. 

[Pure Spirit]

12 hours ago, Jim Shorts said:

Maybe @baumer wrote it or compiled it, but there was this amazing thread at box office mojo that did a weekly recap of Titanic’s run.  We would react to each weekly recap as if it was happening in real time.  One of the best threads ever.

?

 

ahh found it 

 

 

Edited June 30, 2019 by Pure Spirit

[KP1025]

This retrospective reaction to Titanic's run is pretty spot on.

 

[Pure Spirit]

12 hours ago, tawasal said:

And one more thing they don't get, is that this was in 2002 and 2003. It was really unheard of legs and run for a movie in that period, dare I say unimaginable. 

Not to downplay mbfgw which was a bizarrely long crazy amazing run, but I’d also like to see a list that instead of dividing its total by its opening weekend, divides its total by its biggest weekend (MBFGW has a $14M weekend at one point). Also broken down by decade to account for changes in viewing habits. Maybe I’ll try to throw that together.

[MovieMan89]

MBFGW DOM is one of the most impressive box office runs of all time, no doubt. Unheard of legs. And the sequel managed to live up to the franchise's historical pedigree by having an unheard of admissions drop when like 90% of the first's audience just said "nope." Two movies that just ignored all rules of the box office. 

[Geo1500]

AMC Theatres launches program to make sure franchises don’t kill smaller movies

Movie theaters can’t survive on superhero blockbusters alone, and that’s a problem for a cinema industry in which big-budget Hollywood franchises are increasingly squeezing out smaller movies.

AMC Theatres, the world’s largest exhibitor, is trying to do something about that.

The Leawood, Kan.-based company is spotlighting a select set of “character- and narrative-driven movies” through a new marketing and programming initiative in some of its U.S. theaters, AMC said Thursday.

The program, dubbed AMC Artisan Films, will seek to boost certain movies that might have trouble gaining traction as moviegoers increasingly choose well-known brands, such as Marvel Studios and Pixar, over midbudget dramas, comedies and quirky independent fare. The dominance of movies such as “Avengers: Endgame” has made it tough for critically acclaimed pictures such as “Booksmart” and “Late Night” to get oxygen at the local multiplex, according to box office analysts.

“[W]e aim to expose more moviegoers to specialized films and increase their theatrical success,” Elizabeth Frank, AMC’s head of worldwide programming and chief content officer, said in a statement.

It may sound like a potential boon for cinephiles tired of sequels, spandex and spooky dolls. But what, by AMC’s standards, qualifies as “artisan,” and how will the company use its muscle?

The company did not immediately provide details on how many of AMC’s locations would be participating in the new program.

According to AMC’s announcement, a movie that gets the AMC Artisan Films seal is “an artist-driven, thought-provoking movie that advances the art of filmmaking.” The program will begin with Working Title and Universal Pictures’ Danny Boyle-directed comedy “Yesterday,” which is expected to open with a moderate $10 million this weekend.

Other qualifying films on the lineup include A24’s folk horror flick “Midsommar”; the upcoming “Downton Abbey” movie from Focus Features; and Warner Bros. and New Line's “Blinded by the Light,” about a British teenager inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen.

The company will promote such pictures in part by keeping them in theaters longer and by seeking to give them earlier runs in limited release, Frank said.

The genesis of the program came from a meeting between AMC’s leadership, including Chief Executive Adam Aron, and Directors Guild of America members in Los Angeles, the company said. During the meeting, “Fried Green Tomatoes” director Jon Avnet emphasized the importance of exhibitors embracing smaller films, the company said.

This is not the first time AMC has sought to showcase its indie film bona fides, however. The company in 2010 launched something called AMC Independent in an effort to dedicate more screens to arty movies. That followed a similar 2006 initiative, AMC Select.

 

https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-amc-theatres-artisan-films-blockbusters-20190627-story.html

 

They should have done something way earlier but will it work I am not sure. Imho it's to late to reverse the BO monopoly

 

Edited June 30, 2019 by Geo1500

[La Binoche]

Do we have Saturday numbers? 

 

[Pure Spirit]

4 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

MBFGW DOM is one of the most impressive box office runs of all time, no doubt. Unheard of legs. And the sequel managed to live up to the franchise's historical pedigree by having an unheard of admissions drop when like 90% of the first's audience just said "nope." Two movies that just ignored all rules of the box office. 

I remember the sequel coming out and everyone was just like “they already had the wedding”. Titanic 2 would probably face a similar fate.

[BoxOfficeFangrl]

44 minutes ago, Pure Spirit said:

I remember the sequel coming out and everyone was just like “they already had the wedding”. Titanic 2 would probably face a similar fate.

There was a TV sitcom not long after the movie, My Big Fat Greek Life, though the characters had different names and John Corbett wasn't in it:

 

 

The complete series, lol, all 7 episodes of it! Ironic how a movie that was derided as a glorified, extended sitcom was so terrible as an actual one.

 

The 1997 Titanic doesn't leave a lot of room for a sequel where Rose was concerned, though I've seen some people say they look at The Great Gatsby as an AU take on what would have happened if Rose had stayed on the lifeboat and Jack had survived. Different characters, obviously, but the same sort of dynamic.

 

In sticking with the 1910s oceanliner disasters, a Lusitania movie could be interesting.

Edited June 30, 2019 by BoxOfficeFangrl

[TalismanRing]

1 hour ago, Geo1500 said:

AMC Theatres launches program to make sure franchises don’t kill smaller movies

Movie theaters can’t survive on superhero blockbusters alone, and that’s a problem for a cinema industry in which big-budget Hollywood franchises are increasingly squeezing out smaller movies.

AMC Theatres, the world’s largest exhibitor, is trying to do something about that.

The Leawood, Kan.-based company is spotlighting a select set of “character- and narrative-driven movies” through a new marketing and programming initiative in some of its U.S. theaters, AMC said Thursday.

The program, dubbed AMC Artisan Films, will seek to boost certain movies that might have trouble gaining traction as moviegoers increasingly choose well-known brands, such as Marvel Studios and Pixar, over midbudget dramas, comedies and quirky independent fare. The dominance of movies such as “Avengers: Endgame” has made it tough for critically acclaimed pictures such as “Booksmart” and “Late Night” to get oxygen at the local multiplex, according to box office analysts.

“[W]e aim to expose more moviegoers to specialized films and increase their theatrical success,” Elizabeth Frank, AMC’s head of worldwide programming and chief content officer, said in a statement.

It may sound like a potential boon for cinephiles tired of sequels, spandex and spooky dolls. But what, by AMC’s standards, qualifies as “artisan,” and how will the company use its muscle?

The company did not immediately provide details on how many of AMC’s locations would be participating in the new program.

According to AMC’s announcement, a movie that gets the AMC Artisan Films seal is “an artist-driven, thought-provoking movie that advances the art of filmmaking.” The program will begin with Working Title and Universal Pictures’ Danny Boyle-directed comedy “Yesterday,” which is expected to open with a moderate $10 million this weekend.

Other qualifying films on the lineup include A24’s folk horror flick “Midsommar”; the upcoming “Downton Abbey” movie from Focus Features; and Warner Bros. and New Line's “Blinded by the Light,” about a British teenager inspired by the music of Bruce Springsteen.

The company will promote such pictures in part by keeping them in theaters longer and by seeking to give them earlier runs in limited release, Frank said.

The genesis of the program came from a meeting between AMC’s leadership, including Chief Executive Adam Aron, and Directors Guild of America members in Los Angeles, the company said. During the meeting, “Fried Green Tomatoes” director Jon Avnet emphasized the importance of exhibitors embracing smaller films, the company said.

This is not the first time AMC has sought to showcase its indie film bona fides, however. The company in 2010 launched something called AMC Independent in an effort to dedicate more screens to arty movies. That followed a similar 2006 initiative, AMC Select.

 

https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-amc-theatres-artisan-films-blockbusters-20190627-story.html

 

They should have done something way earlier but will it work I am not sure. Imho it's to late to reverse the BO monopoly

 

 

The best thing they could do for them is lower ticket prices for them