Weekend Thread - Good Boys 21.4m OW, other openers not worth mentioning

[filmlover]

Good Boys should leg it out to $65-70M. Nice to see a summer that seemed to have more flops/disappointments than usual coming to a close with a mini-surprise.

 

Otherwise, oof. 47 Meters Down 2 did alright but Angry Birds 2 is the latest animated sequel implosion (seems to be tough to be an animated sequel unless you're Disney) while Blinded by the Light (unfortunately) and Bernadette are the blips they were expected to be.

 

Holdovers looking at acceptable drops for the most part. With two barren weeks (including a 4-day holiday) coming up we're bound to see some really nice holds.

[Jake Gittes]

Once Upon a Time PTA looking to drop just 10% or so from last weekend. Should keep doing great until It 2 at least. Good to see it sustaining the audience's interest, this is something a lot of adult releases that may or may not be divisive never get a chance to do cause they don't open high enough and are gone from theaters before you know it. 

[Krissykins]

Once Upon a Time with easily the best week to week hold, -36% despite the location loss. 

[Krissykins]

Oh god this Gerard Butler film is going to be #1 two weeks in a row isn’t it? Lol 

 

Why the hell is Ready or Not opening on Wednesday? I can’t see it going over $5m. 

[Eric Atreides]

Interesting tidbit: Toy Story 4 is now officially the highest-rated G film ever domestically, beating out Lion King '94, although Lion King is inflated by its two re-releases. Obviously, on its own, both Finding Nemo and Toy Story 3 beat the movie out. Still, impressive.

[John Marston]

Dark Phoenix ended its run with 66m and 252m worldwide. One of the biggest superhero flops of all time 

[filmlover]

4 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

Once Upon a Time PTA looking to drop just 10% or so from last weekend. Should keep doing great until It 2 at least. Good to see it sustaining the audience's interest, this is something a lot of adult releases that may or may not be divisive never get a chance to do cause they don't open high enough and are gone from theaters before you know it. 

I have to imagine this whole Bruce Lee controversy among other things has only boosted interest. Not surprised it's holding on so well when it's generating so much discussion (which will also be key in it sticking around as a major awards player).

[titanic2187]

5 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Once Upon a Time with easily the best week to week hold, -36% despite the location loss. 

I don't get how the theater chain think that Hollywood should drop 1000 theaters 

[CJohn]

5 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

Oh god this Gerard Butler film is going to be #1 two weeks in a row isn’t it? Lol 

 

Why the hell is Ready or Not opening on Wednesday? I can’t see it going over $5m. 

Probably to try and spread good WOM before the weekend arrives.

[TalismanRing]

1 minute ago, titanic2187 said:

I don't get how the theater chain think that Hollywood should drop 1000 theaters 

Movies usually don't perform similarly in all areas and theaters.  Its a big country.  From the drop compared to last week (40%+) it looks like it kept most of the theaters where it was performing strongest.

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

I don't get how the theater chain think that Hollywood should drop 1000 theaters 

5 new releases plus it dropped most of the theaters where it wasn't making much to begin with. Shouldn't come as a shock to anyone it's playing much better in metropolitan areas than it is everywhere else.

[sfran43]

 

[a2k]

OUTAH

 

2.1

3.15 (+50%)

2.2 (-30%)

= 7.45 (-36.1%); 114.2 cume

 

Adding 3.0x this weekend to the cume

114.2 + 7.45*3.0 = 136.55

 

 

[sfran43]

WIDE (1000+)

#	TITLE	WEEKEND		LOCATIONS		AVG.	TOTAL	WKS.	DIST.
1	Good Boys	$20,400,000	—	3,204	—	$6,367	$20,400,000	1	Universal Pictures
2	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw	$13,700,000	-46%	3,757	-587	$3,647	$133,301,600	3	Universal Pictures
3	The Lion King	$11,700,000	-42%	3,560	-660	$3,287	$495,907,985	5	Walt Disney Pictures
4	Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark	$9,900,000	-53%	3,134	-1	$3,159	$40,066,784	2	CBS Films / Lionsgate
5	The Angry Birds Movie 2	$9,000,000	—	3,869	—	$2,326	$14,737,146	1	Sony Pictures
6	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	$8,100,000	—	2,853	—	$2,839	$8,100,000	1	Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures
7	Once Upon a Time In Hollywood	$7,500,000	-36%	2,504	-1003	$2,995	$114,248,212	4	Sony Pictures
8	The Art of Racing in the Rain	$4,500,000	-45%	2,765	0	$1,627	$16,978,187	2	20th Century Fox
9	Blinded by the Light	$4,100,000	—	2,307	—	$1,777	$4,100,000	1	Warner Bros
10	Where’d You Go, Bernadette?	$3,600,000	—	2,404	—	$1,498	$3,600,000	1	United Artists Releasing
11	Spider-Man: Far from Home	$2,700,000	-49%	1,515	-1163	$1,782	$376,574,545	7	Sony / Columbia
12	The Kitchen	$2,100,000	-62%	2,745	0	$765	$10,267,285	2	Warner Bros.
13	Toy Story 4	$1,800,000	-60%	1,245	-1050	$1,446	$424,062,307	9	Disney

LIMITED (100 — 999)

#	TITLE	WEEKEND		LOCATIONS		AVG.	TOTAL	WKS.	DIST.
1	Mission Mangal	$1,100,000	—	263	—	$4,183	$1,257,394	1	FIP
2	Yesterday	$500,000	-56%	502	-364	$996	$71,593,395	8	Universal Pictures
3	Aladdin	$300,000	-63%	225	-390	$1,333	$353,514,257	13	Disney
4	The Secret Life of Pets 2	$250,000	-39%	242	-160	$1,033	$157,076,990	11	Universal
5	John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum	$120,000	-8%	146	-28	$822	$170,655,958	14	Lionsgate
6	Avengers: Endgame	$100,000	-52%	148	-89	$676	$858,141,646	17	Disney

PLATFORM (1 — 99)

#	TITLE	WEEKEND		LOCATIONS		AVG.	TOTAL	WKS.	DIST.
1	Tel Aviv on Fire	$40,000	-43%	30	2	$1,333	$40,000	3	Cohen Media Group

[TalismanRing]

BOP forgot Dora

[Legion Again]

2 hours ago, Damianport1 said:

Actually, there is a lot of to discuss. World doesnt end with Superhero/Disney movies sweetheart

Evidently not, since people haven’t been inclined to discuss it much. Superhero/Disney movies tend to be a lot more exciting BO-wise.

[TMP]

4 minutes ago, Thanos Legion said:

Superhero/Disney movies tend to be a lot more exciting BO-wise

Damn, that IT 2 thread is gonna be incredibly boring in 3 weeks...

Edited August 17, 2019 by TMP

[Legion Again]

1 minute ago, TMP said:

Damn, that IT 2 thread is gonna be incredibly boring in 3 weeks...

If only there was some word that I could have used to clearly convey that this was a general trend and not an absolute rule. Perhaps something beginning with T and ending with E-N-D...

[RealLyre]

is Ready or Not the first R-rated Fox film being released by Disney? 

 

when was the last time Disney distributed an R-rated flick  

[Jake Gittes]

1 minute ago, RealLyre said:

is Ready or Not the first R-rated Fox film being released by Disney? 

 

when was the last time Disney distributed an R-rated flick  

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