Weekend Thread: Top 5 Actuals- The Lion King $76.62M | OUATIH $41.08M | SM: FFH $12.45M | TS3 $10.45M | CRAWL $4.06M

[Jayhawk the Hutt]

Excellent number. May be slightly more front loaded due to Tarantino, but 50m should happen.

[SLAM!]

Beautiful! The film deserves every penny.

[Brainbug]

Cinema has been saved.

 

 

[YM!]

 

 

[YM!]

Now this is something to celebrate about over the summer. Hopefully it can reach $200M DOM if the audiences like it.

[titanic2187]

With that kind of preview, Oscar BP nomination is a done deal

[SLAM!]

This is the success story of the year if this film really manages to go the distance! I'm so happy right now!

[TMP]

1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

Hopefully it can reach $200M DOM if the audiences like it.

[Brainbug]

1 minute ago, YourMother the Edgelord said:

Now this is something to celebrate about over the summer. Hopefully it can reach $200M DOM if the audiences like it.

 

I love BOT. Predicting a 200M+ gross based of the first early Preview number.

 

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Im hoping for that too, but ill wait for the weekend numbers for a total gross prediction.

 

[cdsacken]

Let's not get greedy with 200 Dom. 150 would be great above that like 170 would be fantastic.

[Valonqar]

Holy shit, that number is massive. it's probably going to be frontloaded but damn that's really big.

[MrPink]

50 is the target roughly. Could see a bit over/under. Dunkirk did end up being a very good comparison.

[filmlover]

I always had the feeling the combo of Leo and Pitt (plus Tarantino) was way too big to not post big numbers. Also helped that Leo's been gone from the screen since his Oscar glory in The Revenant over 3.5 years ago which added an extra level of hype.

[keysersoze123]

I hope people stop underestimating Leo. He is THE Star. He picks his projects wisely as well.

[cdsacken]

1 minute ago, Brainbug said:

 

I love BOT. Predicting a 200M+ gross based of the first early Preview number.

 

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Im hoping for that too, but ill wait for the weekend numbers for a total gross prediction.

 

Exactly. And if the preview multiplier isn't good people will say oh my God it's gonna do 120. Suffice to say I'm all for it. We need another Aladdin super leggy film

[Hades]

6 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

Cinema has been saved.

 

 

Saved from  an endless stream of crappy Disney films...

[Ryan Reynolds]

1 minute ago, SLAM! said:

This is the success story of the year if this film really manages to go the distance! I'm so happy right now!

It has a list stars and a list director,  It was expected to be a sure thing, before every movie flopped this year not produced by Disney 

[filmlover]

Just now, keysersoze123 said:

I hope people stop underestimating Leo. He is THE Star. He picks his projects wisely as well.

Unless you're J. Edgar lol (even if that movie really did look lame and boring and even his starpower couldn't rescue it from being label "Failed Oscar Bait 101").

[LawrenceBrolivier]

How much do the 4pm start times factor into this preview number? You can probably stagger more than a few extra screenings into the 3 hour difference between this open and every other movie's opening.

It's a very good number no matter what, but is this a bad sign for frontloading? 

[Minnale101]

Boggled my mind how a Leo, pitt and one of most acclaimed directors movie was tracking so low 

 

great news