Hobbs & Shaw Weekend Thread: 60.8M OW (6th-best August debut), 180.8M WW | TLK 38.2, OUATIH 20, FFH 7.7, TS4 7.1, Farewell 2.4

[Legion Again]

TLK will be too fresh for any Labor Day action. A matter of TS4 and/or Aladdin.

[Eric Lasagna]

I'm very confused at the people who are all "I wonder what Disney will do for Labor Day". They have always done an expansion for the summer Pixar movie. Every single one. Every single year. Why would Disney do something different all of a sudden?

[Legion Again]

15 minutes ago, CoolEric258 said:

I'm very confused at the people who are all "I wonder what Disney will do for Labor Day". They have always done an expansion for the summer Pixar movie. Every single one. Every single year. Why would Disney do something different all of a sudden?

The June Pixar movie always expands, but in 2012 they added more theaters for The Avengers than the June Pixar. Plenty of years see two large LD expansions, and the non-Pixar selection for this year isn’t completely obvious.   

 

Also it’s not like they’ve had any real options other than the June Pixar since 2012, so I’m not sure if observing that they’ve always picked it really predicts that much.

Edited August 6, 2019 by Thanos Legion

[KP1025]

I think the reason the Pixar films always get the Labor Day expansion is because they are usually Disney's biggest tentpole for the summer period. This year seems to be the exception, with the Lion King being their biggest summer film instead of Toy Story 4. 2014 didn't have a summer Pixar film, but Guardians of the Galaxy got a small expansion. 

 

Toy Story 4 has also been holding theaters much better than other summer Pixar films. By the time of the Labor Day weekend, I think its theater count will still be high enough that it won't be able to expand nearly as much as past summer Pixar films. 

[JimiQ]

1 hour ago, Porthos said:

Disney will have two films out at the time when it could get LDW expansion.  My question is: Do they expand both TS4 and TLK?  Especially if there isn't much for either to shoot for.

 

They'll do supermega re-release of EG and go for the head - The Force Awakens

[Porthos]

2 minutes ago, JimiQ said:

They'll do supermega re-release of EG and go for the head - The Force Awakens

 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

3 hours ago, Porthos said:

Disney will have two films out at the time when it could get LDW expansion.  My question is: Do they expand both TS4 and TLK?  Especially if there isn't much for either to shoot for.

 

Also, Inc 2 expanded to get it over 600m.  Disney then said "Screw it" and left it in theaters for three more months and got another 6m out of it:

 

 

Legitimately uncertain how Disney plays this post LDW, especially with a possible new paradigm with Disney+.

 

Like, I am still baffled that they didn't bother to push Christopher Robin over 100m when it was just sitting there at 99m.  Sure, there was a half-hearted expansion in Oct, but... I dunno.  Just weird, really.

I think so on TS4 & TLK.

 

Especially if Disney want $450M+ for the former and at least close to $570-600M for the latter.

[Rthmessiah]

 

 

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[xiazhi]

4 hours ago, Thanos Legion said:

TLK will be too fresh for any Labor Day action. A matter of TS4 and/or Aladdin.

Tlk already had its expansion on its third weekend😉.

It will be both ts4 and aladdin that get labor day.

[MovieMan89]

4 hours ago, CoolEric258 said:

I'm very confused at the people who are all "I wonder what Disney will do for Labor Day". They have always done an expansion for the summer Pixar movie. Every single one. Every single year. Why would Disney do something different all of a sudden?

Because no other Pixar movie was still in so many theaters as TS4 at this point in the summer. For comparison, I2 was down to half as many theaters by this point. 

[pepsa]

20 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Because no other Pixar movie was still in so many theaters as TS4 at this point in the summer. For comparison, I2 was down to half as many theaters by this point. 

Thats true but then it would be even dumber to expand TLK right because that is in almost 2k more. Sure it will drop in the next 2 weeks before LDW, so will TS4. 

[a2k]

63% drop will give HS 9.05 5.9 on Monday

edit: Thanks @RamblinRed

Edited August 6, 2019 by a2k

[Alex SciChannel]

Ok I have a very important question. I know Canada is usually lumped in the domestic BO but does anyone have any sources for the true Canadian OW numbers? Anyone? Or info on how I can calculate an accurate number based on the Quedec

[RamblinRed]

1 hour ago, a2k said:

63% drop will give HS 9.05 on Monday

63% drop would give HS 5.88 Monday off of a 15.88 Sunday.

[Valonqar]

8 hours ago, xiazhi said:

Tlk already had its expansion on its third weekend😉.

It will be both ts4 and aladdin that get labor day.

TLK expansion saved it from dropping 50%. It dropped 49.7%. So they may try to soften another sharp drop with more expansion. They want 600M so that's that. 

[a2k]

1 hour ago, Valonqar said:

TLK expansion saved it from dropping 50%. It dropped 49.7%. So they may try to soften another sharp drop with more expansion. They want 600M so that's that. 

it's now 10m behind I2 after opening 10m bigger with a smaller 3rd weekend. 600 looks well dead.

[cdsacken]

16 hours ago, Charlie Jatinder said:

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[Porthos]

3 hours ago, Valonqar said:

TLK expansion saved it from dropping 50%. It dropped 49.7%. So they may try to soften another sharp drop with more expansion. They want 600M so that's that. 

???

 

How can they possibly expand it any more.  Theaters ain't infinite, you know.  Plus with all the new releases coming out this week, it's gonna have a drop.  The only question is how hard of one.

 

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Also they may want 600m, but the chances of them getting it are exactly two:  Slim and fat.

[Valonqar]

10 minutes ago, Porthos said:

???

 

How can they possibly expand it any more.  Theaters ain't infinite, you know.  Plus with all the new releases coming out this week, it's gonna have a drop.  The only question is how hard of one.

 

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Also they may want 600m, but the chances of them getting it are exactly two:  Slim and fat.

[xiazhi]

5 hours ago, Valonqar said:

TLK expansion saved it from dropping 50%. It dropped 49.7%. So they may try to soften another sharp drop with more expansion. They want 600M so that's that. 

Are they gonna expand three movies? Other studios are gonna be pissed