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

[The GOAT]

MRW when I'll never get the satisfaction of Han rising from the dead, like the Undertaker, and killing Jason Statham after this films success 

Edited August 2, 2019 by The GOAT

[Porthos]

7 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Joke if you want to, but let's be real, how is hogging 4500+ theaters for a film grossing in the mere 30m range remotely correlated with demand? 

Probably more an indictment of everything else out there, IMO.  As @TalismanRing suggested, TLK at one screen or two screens is still probably doing good enough to entice some stragglers to jump on the bandwagon for a week.

 

I mean, it's not like there is much out there in the Top 20 banging down the door, begging to be added.

 

Also, look at the drops:

 

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4	2	Spider-Man: Far from Home	Sony / Columbia	3,446	-405	-10.5%	-	-	-	-	5
5	4	Toy Story 4	Buena Vista	3,225	-385	-10.7%	-	-	-	-	7
6	5	Crawl	Paramount	2,085	-635	-23.3%	-	-	-	-	4
7	6	Yesterday	Universal	1,837	-713	-28.0%	-	-	-	-	6
8	8	Aladdin (2019)	Buena Vista	1,370	-428	-23.8%	-	-	-	-	11
9	7	Stuber	Fox	1,080	-1,070	-49.8%	-	-	-	-	4
10	9	Annabelle Comes Home	Warner Bros. (New Line)	919	-368	-28.6%	-	-	-	-	6
11	10	The Secret Life of Pets 2	Universal	779	-222	-22.2%	-	-	-	-	9
12	12	Avengers: Endgame	Buena Vista	420	-160	-27.6%	-	-	-	-	15
14	11	Midsommar	A24	381	-245	-39.1%	-	-	-	-	5
15	15	Rocketman	Paramount	354	-164	-31.7%	-	-	-	-	10
16	16	John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum	Lionsgate/Summit	339	-87	-20.4%	-	-	-	-	12
17	17	Men in Black International	Sony / Columbia	251	-92	-26.8%	-	-	-	-	8
18	18	Godzilla: King of the Monsters	Warner Bros.	192	-46	-19.3%	-	-	-	-	10
19	19	Pokemon Detective Pikachu	Warner Bros.	134	-21	-13.5%	-	-	-	-	13
21	21	Dark Phoenix	Fox	125	-20	-13.8%	-	-	-	-	9
22	14	The Art of Self-Defense	Bleecker Street	110	-431	-79.7%	-	-	-	-	4
23	20	Shaft (2019)	Warner Bros. (New Line)	108	-45	-29.4%	-	-	-	-	8
25	24	Pavarotti	CBS Films	94	-41	-30.4%	-	-	-	-	9
26	26	Child's Play (2019)	United Artists Releasing	90	-35	-28.0%	-	-	-	-	7
27	28	Late Night	Amazon Studios	86	-32	-27.1%	-	-	-	-	9
28	22	Wild Rose	Neon	86	-58	-40.3%	-	-	-	-	7
30	29	The Last Black Man in San Francisco	A24	74	-40	-35.1%	-	-	-	-	9
31	13	Booksmart	United Artists Releasing	55	-500	-90.1%	-	-	-	-	11
32	34	Biggest Little Farm	Neon	53	-8	-13.1%	-	-	-	-	13
34	35	Dumbo (2019)	Buena Vista	30	-15	-33.3%	-	-	-	-	19
36	39	The Other Side of Heaven 2: Fire of Faith	ArtAffects	29	-4	-12.1%	-	-	-	-	6
37	36	Anna (2019)	Lionsgate/Summit	26	-18	-40.9%	-	-	-	-	7

What's particularly egregious in there?  FFH and TS4 has very soft drops.  Stuber and Yesterday got slaughtered, but let's be real here. Stuber isn't doing anything to write home about and Yesterday is in its sixth week.

 

Only one that might be kinda sorta iffy is Crawl, and eh.  Not a hill I'm going to die on, especially given its placement right now in the Top 12. 

 

Even Aladdin and Annabelle had fairly soft drops.

 

Just seems to me theaters out there took a look at this pretty pathetic June and July (outside of TS4 and TLK) and made a rational choice to jump on the best bandwagon they could this weekend.  Doesn't mean they'll be on it for long. 

 

But, well, theater managers gotta eat too, ya know?

[ChipDerby]

Look at me! I'm a normal person mad about a movie *looks at notes* being in movie theaters?

[filmlover]

With 10 (!) movies set to open over the next two weeks (even if most of them seem destined to make little), there's about to be some massive theater drops.

[SteveJaros]

BTW, my rank-ordering of the Fast and Furious movies:

 

5 (2011)

3 (2006)

1 (2001)

6 (2013)

9 (2019)

7 (2015)

4 (2009)

8 (2017)

2 (2003)

 

I know everyone hates "Tokyo Drift" but I saw it the day it opened and really enjoyed it. I would also put Furious 7 last, except that the tribute to Paul Walker, the GOAT tribute, vaults it a few spots.

 

 

[cdsacken]

Crawl lost what maybe 1-2 million WW from loss of theaters. Oh no dear God!

 

H&S should thank their lucky stars for nothing else coming out, TLK being meh and OUATIH doing just decent. 

[Porthos]

Just now, filmlover said:

With 10 (!) movies set to open over the next two weeks (even if most of them seem destined to make little), there's about to be some massive theater drops.

Yep.  Next week in particular is gonna be a blood bath.

 

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NEW IN THEATERS	DISTRIBUTOR	RELEASE
The Art of Racing in the Rain Drama	Fox	2,800
Brian Banks Drama	Bleecker Street	1,500
Dora and the Lost City of Gold Family	Paramount	3,500
The Kitchen (2019) Action / Crime	Warner Bros. (New Line)	2,700+
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Horror Thriller	Lionsgate	3,000

And then the week after, including a Wed release:

 

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Wednesday
14

NEW IN THEATERS	DISTRIBUTOR	RELEASE
The Angry Birds Movie 2 Animation	Sony / Columbia	Wide

 

Friday
16

NEW IN THEATERS	DISTRIBUTOR	RELEASE
47 Meters Down: Uncaged Horror Thriller	Entertainment Studios	Wide
Blinded By the Light Comedy / Drama	Warner Bros.	Wide
Good Boys Comedy	Universal	Wide
Where'd You Go, Bernadette Comedy / Drama	United Artists Releasing	Wide

 

Just brutality coming on screens, even if none of them hit 4000+

[cdsacken]

6 minutes ago, SteveJaros said:

BTW, my rank-ordering of the Fast and Furious movies:

 

5 (2011)

3 (2006)

1 (2001)

6 (2013)

9 (2019)

7 (2015)

4 (2009)

8 (2017)

2 (2003)

 

I know everyone hates "Tokyo Drift" but I saw it the day it opened and really enjoyed it. I would also put Furious 7 last, except that the tribute to Paul Walker, the GOAT tribute, vaults it a few spots.

 

 

Do they really? In my top 4. Hate on people I love that guy. No idea why. He was badass in Friday Night Lights.

[cdsacken]

Just now, Porthos said:

Yep.  Next week in particular is gonna be a blood bath.

 

And then the week after, including a Wed release:

 

 

Just brutality coming on screens, even if none of them hit 4000+

Jesus so many movies yet so much crap lol

[Nova]

Going for a second showing of Hobbs and Shaw tonight  

[cdsacken]

2 minutes ago, Nova said:

Going for a second showing of Hobbs and Shaw tonight  

So it's really good? Looks like a really fun film.

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Yep.  Next week in particular is gonna be a blood bath.

 

And then the week after, including a Wed release:

 

 

Just brutality coming on screens, even if none of them hit 4000+

And most of these aren't really going anywhere. I'm thinking Dora is the only movie next weekend that'll open with double digits at the moment.

[Nova]

8 minutes ago, cdsacken said:

So it's really good? Looks like a really fun film.

It’s a blast of a film! And I haven’t been to the theaters in sometime plus I’ve got some down time this weekend so why not take advantage  

[VanillaSkies]

15 minutes ago, Porthos said:

Yep.  Next week in particular is gonna be a blood bath.

 

And then the week after, including a Wed release:

 

 

Just brutality coming on screens, even if none of them hit 4000+

This is so frustrating. 

Some of these films could have co-existed with the other films in July. Why release so many in August?

[Legion Again]

49 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Joke if you want to, but let's be real, how is hogging 4500+ theaters for a film grossing in the mere 30m range remotely correlated with demand? 

It’s not “hogging,” the new theaters decided to play TLK. Most theaters have multiple screens, of course they’ll still dedicate at least one to the wide release withn the 2nd highest PTA this wknd.

[UserHN]

4 hours ago, RealLyre said:

yeah it says Marvel Studios, not Walt Disney Pictures 

Stop it. It's very simple. Marvel Studios is 100% owned by Disney. It is one of the units of Walt Disney Studios (Disney's film division). I don't think it's hard to understand.

Edited August 2, 2019 by UserHN

[JB33]

I think the thing we can ALL agree on is how nonsensical the summer schedule was this year. Why were studios so content with the absolute logjam of smaller films in August, whilst July had only 6 wide releases? So, so bizarre.

[filmlover]

2 minutes ago, JB33 said:

I think the thing we can ALL agree on is how nonsensical the summer schedule was this year. Why were studios so content with the absolute logjam of smaller films in August, whilst July had only 6 wide releases? So, so bizarre.

Everyone was worried about getting lost in the shuffle between Toy Story/Spider-Man/Lion King.

[JB33]

Just now, filmlover said:

Everyone was worried about getting lost in the shuffle between Toy Story/Spider-Man/Lion King.

The irony is they'll get lost in the shuffle anyway...with themselves.

[Barnack]

11 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:

It’s not “hogging,” the new theaters decided to play TLK. Most theaters have multiple screens, of course they’ll still dedicate at least one to the wide release withn the 2nd highest PTA this wknd.

Considering how much Disney is pushing to change the 2 weeks for 3 (when not 4 for the biggest one), it is probably not much of a question for 4,725 of them .

https://www.journalpioneer.com/news/local/battling-big-business-valley-drive-in-brackley-drive-in-fight-against-disney-studios-film-distribution-methods-223932/

 

Apparently they asked quite hard for 3 weeks for Toy Story 4.

https://gem-theatre.com/gem-news/articles/254-toy-story-4-will-no-longer-be-playing-at-the-gem