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[Blankments]

I didn't save receipts, but i remember saying back in 2016 that I wanted to make a Lion King club for under Finding Dory (aka not #1 animated movie of all time). last year i pushed up my expectations to under I2 but above FD, but glad to see my original club has a very solid shot of coming true. 

 

i stick by that this film had a lot less going for it than BATB and it looks like audiences are proving that right

[Legion Again]

5 minutes ago, infamous5445 said:

Hold up, there's actually a chance TLK doesn't make it to 200M?

It’s unlikely. Would need a great true IM or to beat Rth’s upper end from a nearly East Coast  midnight number.

[MattW]

23+53.5 + 56.5^(+5%) + 45^(-20%) = 178

23+55.5 + 61^(+10%) + 51.5^(-15%) = 191

[cdsacken]

1 hour ago, Mekanos said:

So here's a fun game:

 

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/

 

What's the biggest opening of a movie you didn't see? For me it's DH2.

Not a HP fan? I was skeptical and then became a huge HP Stan. Read all the books, listened to all of the audio books (incredible) and watched/own all of the blur rays

 

In the top 100 I have not seen

 

It (remake only, saw original)

Minions

Fifty Shades

Passion of the Christ

Edited July 20, 2019 by cdsacken

[rihrey]

4 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

LION KING (2019), THE

Truly disastrous WOM; families are hating it indeed.

[Molek]

Some conflicting info.. underperforming OW but better than expected CS (was expecting A- with previous data).

 

Seems like 500 is practically locked, 600 is somewhat possible. Basically a little better than BatB...

[Porthos]

So much over-reacting in this thread.

 

IT MIGHT NOT HIT 200m OW!!!!!

 

 

 

As someone who pegged this hitting in the low to mid 500s DOM all along, I certainly don't see this as a bad opening.  

 

I mean, really folks.  I know some of you were really looking forward to a mega huge opener. And so I get felling a little disappointed in that. But this is still plenty big and a sign of a very successful movie.

[Curtis1986]

Just now, rihrey said:

Truly disastrous WOM; families are hating it indeed.

They sure are. Must be the worst movie ever.

[ThomasNicole]

5 minutes ago, Ryan Reynolds said:

LION KING (2019), THE

disastrous...

[Legion Again]

What weekend will TLK dip below Aladdin? Wanna say 5, but 6 is probably more realistic.

[Yandereprime101189]

Only real competition it has is Hobbs and Shaw. 

 

Just realized August is relatively dead air movies.

[That One Girl]

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Edited March 2, 2022 by That One Guy

[Darth Lehnsherr]

Wow it's only going to make around $180M-$190M OW? Somebody get the WWW thread ready.

[DlAMONDZ]

These numbers don't make sense. It's rotten on RT! /s

[Darth Lehnsherr]

1 minute ago, Porthos said:

So much over-reacting in this thread.

 

IT MIGHT NOT HIT 200m OW!!!!!

 

 

 

As someone who pegged this hitting in the low to mid 500s DOM all along, I certainly don't see this as a bad opening.  

 

I mean, really folks.  I know some of you were really looking forward to a mega huge opener. And so I get felling a little disappointed in that. But this is still plenty big and a sign of a very successful movie.

It's also people jokingly or not wanting this to fail as much as possible too

[superduperm]

3 minutes ago, Porthos said:

So much over-reacting in this thread.

 

IT MIGHT NOT HIT 200m OW!!!!!

 

 

 

As someone who pegged this hitting in the low to mid 500s DOM all along, I certainly don't see this as a bad opening.  

 

I mean, really folks.  I know some of you were really looking forward to a mega huge opener. And so I get felling a little disappointed in that. But this is still plenty big and a sign of a very successful movie.

Endgame’s OW spoiled us. After a $357M OW people are starting to think $200M OW is something that should happen once in awhile, even if it’s not very realistic.

Edited July 20, 2019 by superduperm

[Ryan Reynolds]

widest release ever and missing 200m, empty theaters everywhere

[Johnny Tran]

I don't care if other families hated it or not...  it's awful and the critics were right in my view. No emotion at all.  This was the one cash grab that I thought might be decent but nah....  

[superduperm]

Just now, Ryan Reynolds said:

widest release ever and missing 200m, empty theaters everywhere

SLOP2’s OW is waaaaaay more embarrassing from a theater count perspective.

[Legion Again]

Just now, Porthos said:

So much over-reacting in this thread.

 

IT MIGHT NOT HIT 200m OW!!!!!

 

 

 

As someone who pegged this hitting in the low to mid 500s DOM all along, I certainly don't see this as a bad opening.  

 

I mean, really folks.  I know some of you were really looking forward to a mega huge opener. And so I get felling a little disappointed in that. But this is still plenty big and a sign of a very successful movie.

Less than 600=“Disney flop” 

 

I mean, they did it 5 times in last year and a half, and twice in next half year

Engaging serious mode, true that. I was thinking 175-210ish, got a bit excited this morning, now things return to normal. It’ll probably beat BATB to be the highest LA remake DOM and WW, great performance and rolling in $$$