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[cdsacken]

3 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

TLK is not an underpefromer and actual is likely going to be closer to 190M. Still they don't have bragging rights to 200M OW despite record number of theaters. if they didn't release it so wide than failing to make 200M would be easier to swallow. But they were clearly aiming for that milestone. No shame in missing it, the market is crowded with movies targeting the same audience (TS4, Aladdin) and similar (FFH). 

 

Aladdin should cross 1B sometime next week. 

 

can EG get 10M more from staggered re-release? 2.8B would look really nice.  But either way, congrats! 

If it was less serious and frankly better done I think 200 would have been easy and could have done 230+. It was good but just good.

[filmlover]

1 minute ago, sfran43 said:

 

Definitely being underestimated for Sunday by about $3-4M.

[xiazhi]

11 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Iron Man 2 and Age of Ultron were underperformers. And those entered higher on the top 10 biggest OWs of all time list.

Is shazam a underperformer too?

[NCsoft]

TS4 seems fairly strong, what are we looking at in terms of where it ends up WW, could it top 1.1B?

[Alli]

barely beating BATB is not really that great, but still an impressive number on its own

[fabiopazzo2]

4 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

45M? Is a joke?

[Krissykins]

New official record for Lion King regardless of any change in actuals: highest opening weekend for a rotten film. Beat previous record holder BVS by $19m. 

 

Also opened to more than double what Aladdin did. 

[DAR]

31 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

I disagree. He’s always been more violent. Plus, it’s vampires. 

Well they did just buy another studio that can put out R rated content 

[cdsacken]

7 minutes ago, fabiopazzo2 said:

45M? Is a joke?

27% drop seems TOTALLY reasonable......

 

Edited July 21, 2019 by cdsacken

[MikeQ]

Aladdin keeps chugging - now at a 3.72 multiplier off of an inflated Memorial Day long weekend.

 

Best Multipliers Ever for $70+ Million Opening Films (Friday Openers):

1. Avatar (2009) — 77.0 million (9.73)
2. Finding Nemo (2003) — 70.3 million (4.84)
3. Zootopia (2016) — 75.1 million (4.55)
4. Wonder Woman (2017) — 103.3 million (4.00)
5. Inside Out (2015) — 90.4 million (3.94)
6. American Sniper (2015) — 89.3 million (3.92)
7. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — 248.0 million (3.78)
8. Toy Story 3 (2010) — 110.3 million (3.76)
9. Aladdin (2019) — 91.5 million (3.72)
10. The Incredibles (2004) — 70.5 million (3.71)
11. Despicable Me 3 (2017) — 72.4 million (3.65)
12. Finding Dory (2016) — 135.1 million (3.60)
13. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) — 84.6 million (3.58)
14. The Secret Life of Pets (2016) — 104.4 million (3.53)
15. The Jungle Book (2016) — 103.3 million (3.53)
16. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) — 94.3 million (3.53)
17. Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone (2001) — 90.3 million (3.52)
18. Spider-Man (2002) — 114.8 million (3.52)
19. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) — 73.6 million (3.51)
20. Black Panther (2018) — 202.0 million (3.47)

Peace,

Mike

[CJohn]

3 minutes ago, xiazhi said:

Is shazam a underperformer too?

Every single tentpole release WB put out this year is either an underperformer or a FLOP.

[cdsacken]

1 minute ago, Krissykins said:

New official record for Lion King regardless of any change in actuals: highest opening weekend for a rotten film. Beat previous record holder BVS by $19m. 

 

Also opened to more than double what Aladdin did. 

Aladdin was never as big (not even close) nor did it have the biggest Broadway ever to keep interest up. Aladdin's 1B to me is more impressive than Lion King 1.6B if it hits that. Still 1.6B is massive but it's similar to the feeling if Infinity War did "only" 1.6 billion.

[Geo1500]

4 minutes ago, fabiopazzo2 said:

45M? Is a joke?

 

Absolute joke. It's like 27-28% drop 

Edited July 21, 2019 by Geo1500

[La Binoche]

3 minutes ago, Alli said:

barely beating BATB is not really that great, but still an impressive number on its own

It's an underperformance. No way around it. 

 

The Farewell's early numbers are massive but A24 just doesn't know how to properly take its movies wide. 

[DAR]

43 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The 8th biggest opening of all time. Where all the "what a flop" folks at?

I’ve learned that if a film doesn’t make 200 million in its opening weekend  then it’s a complete and utter failure 

[MikeQ]

Terrific numbers for The Lion King (which will most likely increase with actuals). Almost everything above it is a Star Wars or Avengers movie. It is the highest opening "family film" of all time.

 

Best Opening True Fridays (i.e. Opening Friday sans Thursday Previews)

1. Avengers: Endgame — 97.5 million
2. Avengers: Infinity War — 67.3 million
3. Jurassic World — 63.5 million
4. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — 62.1 million
5. Marvel's The Avengers — 62.1 million
6. Star Wars: The Last Jedi — 59.7 million
7. Avengers: Age of Ultron — 56.8 million
8. The Lion King (2019) — 55.5 million
9. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — 53.9 million
10. Iron Man 3 — 53.3 million
11. Incredibles 2 — 52.8 million
12. Furious 7 — 51.6 million
13. Black Panther — 50.7 million
14. Captain America: Civil War — 50.5 million
15. Spider-Man 3 — 49.8 million
16. The Dark Knight — 48.7 million
17. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 — 47.6 million
18. The Hunger Games — 47.5 million
19. Beauty and the Beast — 47.5 million

 

Estimated Top Midnight/Preview Grosses of All-Time

 

Rank / Title / Gross / Share of Opening Day

1. Avengers: Endgame — 60.0 million (38.1%)
2. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — 57.0 million (47.9%)
3. Star Wars: The Last Jedi — 45.0 million (43.0%)
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 — 43.5 million (47.7%)
5. Avengers: Infinity War — 39.0 million (36.7%)
6. The Dark Knight Rises — 30.6 million (40.4%)
7. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 — 30.4 million (42.7%)
8. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 — 30.25 million (42.2%)
9. The Twilight Saga: Eclipse — 30.1 million (43.9%)
10. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — 29.0 million (40.8%)
11. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — 27.7 million (34.0%)
12. Avengers: Age of Ultron — 27.6 million (32.7%)
13. The Twilight Saga: New Moon — 26.27 million (36.1%)
14. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — 25.26 million (35.6%)
15. Black Panther — 25.2 million (33.2%)
16. Captain America: Civil War — 25 million (33.1%)
17. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 — 24 million (38.9%)
18. The Lion King (2019) — 23 million (29.3%)
19. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince — 22.8 million (39.2%)
20. Captain Marvel — 20.7 million (33.5%)
21. Suicide Squad — 20.5 million (31.6%)
22. The Hunger Games — 19.735 million (29.3%)
23. Marvel's The Avengers — 18.7 million (23.1%)
24. Deadpool 2 — 18.6 million (35.1%)
25. Incredibles 2 — 18.5 million (25.9%)

 

Top Opening Weekends of All-Time & Share from Previews

 

Rank / Title / Opening Weekend Gross / Share of Opening Weekend from Previews/Midnights

1. Avengers: Endgame — 357.1 million (16.8%)
2. Avengers: Infinity War — 257.7 million (15.1%)
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens — 248.0 million (23.0%)
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi — 220.0 million (20.5%)
5. Jurassic World — 208.8 million (8.9%)
6. Marvel’s The Avengers — 207.4 million (9.0%)
7. Black Panther — 202.0 million (12.5%)
8. Avengers: Age of Ultron — 191.3 million (14.4%)
9. The Lion King — 185.0 million (12.4%)
10. Incredibles 2 — 180.5 million (10.1%)
11. Captain America: Civil War — 179.1 million (14.0%)
12. Beauty and the Beast — 174.8 million (9.3%)
13. Iron Man 3 — 174.1 million (9.0%)
14. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 — 169.2 million (25.7%)
15. Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice — 166.0 million (16.7%)
16. The Dark Knight Rises — 160.9 million (19.0%)
17. The Dark Knight — 158.4 million (11.7%)
18. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — 158.1 million (16.0%)
19. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story — 155.1 million (18.7%)
20. Captain Marvel — 153.4 million (13.5%)

Peace,

Mike

Edited July 21, 2019 by MikeQ

[Blaze Heatnix]

Dark Phoenix had a 7,6% drop this weekend!

 

It seems word of mouth finally started kicking in!!!! XD

[Sindreee]

35 minutes ago, 75Live said:

 

yeah I didn't read that Blade as going to be PG-13.  It was the only Marvel thing announced that i care about, the rest I will skip.  But now that Blade is PG13, I'm afraid they won't get that right now    

Were did they say that? With Deadpool and Blade they could start making some R rated MCU movies and put them under the Fox banner.

[Mekanos]

I assume once Disney realized they weren't getting 200 they lowballed to 185 to look better when actuals are closer to 190. 

[infamous5445]

Is the Lion King actually going to end up below Ultron's opening weekend lol?