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[The Panda]

Just now, FlashMaster659 said:

Way off

IKR?  TLK2019 could even go under BATB at this point!

[ban1o]

1 minute ago, Menor said:

Nah TLK isn't really much like Hamlet other than the uncle killing father imo. Similarities are way overblown

it's more similar to Hamlet than it is to Black Panther... 

[Claudio]

32 minutes ago, superduperm said:

I do think Frozen II has a slight chance at beating Incredibles 2 for the animation OW record but let’s hold back a bit on the $200M talk.

 

29 minutes ago, VenomXXR said:

 

I expect Frozen to open big but I’d be shocked if it was over $200m. Disney will still have 3 over the mark, though.

Yup, Frozen 2 definitely has the lowest chance for it. But I mean this is a sequel to The highest grossing animated film and how many even predicted That to blow up. So yeah I wouldn’t rule it out yet even with a tiny slim chance.

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, The Panda said:

Don’t worry guys.  The Lion King (2019) will start crumbling soon, it has toxic WoM.

The parking lots are empty too.

[TServo2049]

12 minutes ago, cannastop said:

 

I dunno if that imagery comes from Tezuka or if they were cribbing from the people who cribbed from them.

This was the doing of the American distributor of the 1997 feature remake. I believe the movie actually got hit with a cease and desist threat from Disney (yeah, I know, that looks really bad, but if it was over this artwork, it does copy the promotional campaign of TLK in ways which cannot be traced back to TLK cribbing from Kimba.) However, the film was never pulled, nor was that artwork, so they must have settled.

 

FWIW, the current American home release uses the Japanese poster artwork, which looks completely different.

Edited July 19, 2019 by TServo2049

[cannastop]

The Lion King is going to face stiff competition from the family fairy tale movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood next week.

 

Might not even be #1 that weekend.

[The Panda]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

The parking lots are empty too.

The parking lot at my theater was only 1/4 full, not a good sign!

[a2k]

FFH and TS4

 

https://deadline.com/2019/07/the-lion-king-weekend-box-office-july-records-1202648944/

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Sony’s Spider-Man Far From Home is seeing $6.3M in its third Friday, -53% with a third weekend of $21M, -54%, and a running total of $319.5M by Sunday — very close to overtaking Homecoming‘s $334.2M. Disney’s Toy Story 4 is eyeing $13.4M in weekend 5, -36% for a running tally by Sunday of $374.3M. More updates later.

[That One Girl]

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Edited March 2, 2022 by That One Guy

[FlashMaster659]

ComScore/Screen Engine PostTrak numbers from last night are 4 stars for all audiences with parents liking it more than kids under 12, 4 1/2 to 3 1/2 stars. Females watched more than men, 56% to 44%. Same percents for moms vs. fathers in terms of audience make-up. Females over 25 are the biggest quad at 29%, females under 25 at 27% with males under/over 25 at 22% each.

[YM!]

3 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

Yeah, everyone's there to see Stuber, which is on track to have a Greatest Showman level increase

I heard Uglydolls is about to pull in $200M this weekend.

Edited July 19, 2019 by YourMother the Edgelord

[cannastop]

2 minutes ago, That One Guy said:

 

Yeah, everyone's there to see Stuber, which is on track to have a Greatest Showman level increase

Duh, they're taking Ubers there. That's why there are no cars in the parking lot.

[filmscholar]

23 previews?  

 

[Alli]

Disney stays winning. Kinda annoying.  Even tho i have not much hope for it, Once Upon a Time...  better make some coins next weekend

[cannastop]

Man I dunno if Disney deliberately drew inspiration or took specific imagery from Tezuka's Kimba. I mean, Kimba's story sometimes involves humans (from what I understand), and The Lion King doesn't.

[john2000]

2 minutes ago, FlashMaster659 said:

ComScore/Screen Engine PostTrak numbers from last night are 4 stars for all audiences with parents liking it more than kids under 12, 4 1/2 to 3 1/2 stars. Females watched more than men, 56% to 44%. Same percents for moms vs. fathers in terms of audience make-up. Females over 25 are the biggest quad at 29%, females under 25 at 27% with males under/over 25 at 22% each.

nice very good

[Ms Lady Hawk]

Excellent for TLK. The folks in the tracking thread did well. If FFH has 21M weekend, then I consider that a very good hold. It did not collapse at all. TS4 really showing resilience as well. Families are really coming out this weekend.

[That One Girl]

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Edited March 2, 2022 by That One Guy

[Mekanos]

25 minutes ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

Why is everyone acting surprised. This was something that was expected and should have done. Tracking numbers were bs. Never thought it will go below 190mn.

Didn’t @MovieMan89 say this would do 400-450 DOM total?

[cannastop]

Do women watch more movies than men?