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[Mekanos]

Just now, Jonwo said:

It's weird that it's taken seven Spider-Man films for an entry to hit $1bn and it's only Sony's second $1bn film, the first being Skyfall. 

The damage done to the brand with Spider-Man 3 and the Amazing movies cannot be understated imo. Spider-Man is finally making the money it should have been making years ago.

[Cooper Legion]

4 minutes ago, Mekanos said:

Damn, the MCU will have 9 billion dollar movies after Spidey gets it (3 minus RDJ for those of you counting)... it's probably gonna be a while before we get the 10th. Thor 4 is definitely the best candidate.

Before Thor basically guaranteed.

[Valonqar]

4 minutes ago, Mekanos said:

Damn, the MCU will have 9 billion dollar movies after Spidey gets it (3 minus RDJ for those of you counting)... it's probably gonna be a while before we get the 10th. Thor 4 is definitely the best candidate.

I think that BW is going to go really well especially OS. So that's one potential. Shang-Chi could blow up in China and that's half-way to 1B. Thor 4 will naturally increase from Thor 3 to 1B. Biggest question mark is Ethernals and how much of an increase DS2 will have on DS. 

Edited July 21, 2019 by Valonqar

[La Binoche]

Instead of lame remakes I wish more classic movies got theatrical re-releases. I realize it's expensive P&A wise so it's prob not worth it unless you have an undeniable title. Speaking of which I feel like people forget how well THE EXORCIST re-release did in 2000. Those PTAs 😮

 

2000

Date (click to view chart)	Rank	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theaters	Change / Avg.		Gross-to-Date	Week #
Sep 22–24	2	$8,175,666	-	664	-	$12,312	$8,175,666	1
Sep 29–Oct 1	2	$7,205,523	-11.9%	1,150	+486	$6,265	$17,671,975	2
Oct 6–8	4	$4,441,612	-38.4%	1,150	-	$3,862	$23,935,355	3
Oct 13–15	6	$5,235,581	+17.9%	1,655	+505	$3,163	$30,534,411	4
Oct 20–22	8	$2,910,788	-44.4%	1,708	+53	$1,704	$34,822,423	5
Oct 27–29	11	$1,585,848	-45.5%	1,401	-307	$1,131	$37,216,314	6
Nov 3–5	14	$807,497	-49.1%	950	-451	$849	$38,665,034	7
Nov 10–12	17	$338,512	-58.1%	455	-495	$743	$39,239,337	8
Nov 17–19	42	$66,711	-80.3%	201	-254	$331	$39,394,584	9
Nov 24–26	54	$28,762	-56.9%	94	-107	$305	$39,450,240	10
Dec 1–3	52	$25,850	-10.1%	67	-27	$385	$39,484,311	11
Dec 8–10	33	$71,145	+175%	345	+278	$206	$39,565,137	12
Dec 15–17	42	$33,605	-52.8%	175	-170	$192	$39,632,868	13
Dec 22–25	56	$9,595	-71.4%	33	-142	$290	$39,661,731	14

Italics indicate four day weekend.

 

 

[Mekanos]

Just now, Thanos Legion said:

Before Thor basically guaranteed.

Maybe if Spidey 3 gets fasttracked for 2021. I have Strange 2 at Ragnarok numbers and Shang-Chi is a wildcard with China. Shang could honestly be our first 900 million superhero movie. 

[Jonwo]

Yesterday is on course to beat Love Actually for the second highest Richard Curtis film domestically. It's a shame it's not as strong OS but given the $26m budget, it's a hit for Universal. 

[Cooper Legion]

2 minutes ago, Mekanos said:

Maybe if Spidey 3 gets fasttracked for 2021. I have Strange 2 at Ragnarok numbers and Shang-Chi is a wildcard with China. Shang could honestly be our first 900 million superhero movie. 

DS2 easy. Shang, BW, Eternals all have a shot.

[LawrenceBrolivier]

Not only did Variety seem to think this opening exceeded expectations and is nothing but a tremendous victory.... here's what The Hollywood Reporter looks like



I think maybe "underperformance" is an overrated concept lately...

[La Binoche]

2 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

Yesterday is on course to beat Love Actually for the second highest Richard Curtis film domestically. It's a shame it's not as strong OS but given the $26m budget, it's a hit for Universal. 

The first being Notting Hill? 

Four Weddings will always be his best film. What a global smash too, especially in relation to cost. 

[Cap]

185M OW?

 

@Thanos Legion @Porthos I can work with that. 

[Sindreee]

5 minutes ago, Mekanos said:

Damn, the MCU will have 9 billion dollar movies after Spidey gets it (3 minus RDJ for those of you counting)... it's probably gonna be a while before we get the 10th. Thor 4 is definitely the best candidate.

Eternals have an epic feel about it, so an outside chance atleast. Doctor Strange 2 could also do it. Horror is popular and if WandaVision is good and sets up why she needs to team up with Strange or go up against him, who knows. I could see it doing it aswell.

[Mekanos]

5 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:

DS2 easy. Shang, BW, Eternals all have a shot.

Don't think it's going to be easy for DS2, to do that it would have to pull a TWS and basically double the OS of the original. FFH is looking to increase ~25% from the original, I would expect something similar for Strange 2 which puts it at 850.

Edited July 21, 2019 by Mekanos

[wildphantom]

11 minutes ago, Sindreee said:

Lol. Something new, something creative. Maybe try to make a good movie instead of a cliche filled mediocre one like the original was.

 

See if you like the first one cool, if you love nostalgia remakes and shot for shot remakes like TFA and Lion King good for you. I get why they market it like they did, it just felt uninspired.

 

We’re on a different footing if you don’t think the original is good. Not really worth arguing over.  It ain’t for you. 

 

If you like Top Gun that trailer was sensational. 

 

Plus....my original point was it was a surprise when Cruise rocked up with it at comic con. Unlike nearly the whole of marvel’s ‘historic’ panel which titled every movie we already knew they were making. 

[ThomasNicole]

7 minutes ago, Mekanos said:

Maybe if Spidey 3 gets fasttracked for 2021. I have Strange 2 at Ragnarok numbers and Shang-Chi is a wildcard with China. Shang could honestly be our first 900 million superhero movie. 

Highly doubt Strange 2 will jump only $ 180M. Marvel is so much bigger now, especially OS. China alone can double what DS1 made.

 

And it gets the May slot, it will received an A List treatment. 

[Taruseth]

4 minutes ago, LawrenceBrolivier said:

Not only did Variety seem to think this opening exceeded expectations and is nothing but a tremendous victory.... here's what The Hollywood Reporter looks like



I think maybe "underperformance" is an overrated concept lately...

To be fair industry never expected more than that and OS performed above expectations as well (250M Wend compared to ~200M expected Wend) People here just tried to make it out to be the biggest movie ever and most trackers etc. expected something around that maybe slightly higher, so while it performed slightly worse than expected it's not really an underperformance. Those 140m projections now that would be an underperformance.

[Mekanos]

3 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said:

Highly doubt Strange 2 will jump only $ 180M. Marvel is so much bigger now, especially OS. China alone can double what DS1 made.

 

And it gets the May slot, it will received an A List treatment. 

If HC > FFH is in the range of a 25% WW jump that's about what I expect for Strange 2. It would need an OS overperformance to secure the billion. 

Edited July 21, 2019 by Mekanos

[Ozymandias]

25 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Jimbo took out his emergency savings and held his own screenings this weekend

jimbo, JCS, and pure spirit right prolly be like

 

[baumer]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

Lion King will also comfortably be #1 again next weekend. Much as I would love to see it breakout, I don't see Once Upon a Time in Hollywood faring much better than $35M.

 

Yea it won't be hard for TLK to stay number one next weekend.

[Cooper Legion]

9 minutes ago, Mekanos said:

Don't think it's going to be easy for DS2, to do that it would have to pull a TWS and basically double the OS of the original. FFH is looking to increase ~25% from the original, I would expect something similar for Strange 2 which puts it at 850.

DS2 will be a 5 year gap, can’t be analyzed the same as a 2 or 3 year gap. The MCU growth OS from 2016-2021 is simply massive, and it will probably be mid 300s or more domestically. 

[Cooper Legion]

14 minutes ago, captainwondyful said:

185M OW?

 

@Thanos Legion @Porthos I can work with that. 

The 6-day will be over though 😛