Wednesday (8/21) Thread | Ready or Not 1.9M OD (inc. 730K previews) | Lion King hits 500

[Eric Duncan]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/box-office-ready-not-gets-widest-release-fox-searchlights-history-1233635?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

 

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Fox Searchlight's R-rated, semi-comic horror film Ready or Not is hunting down an opening day gross of roughly $1.5 million, possibly good enough to come in No. 2 behind Good Boys, according to early Wednesday returns.

 

Wednesday's number will include $730,000 from Tuesday evening previews. The film could earn as much as $15 million in its five-day debut; on Friday it faces competition from Lionsgate's action pic Angel Has Fallen, which is tracking for a debut in the low- to mid-teens.

 

That seems pretty okay all things considered.

Edited August 22, 2019 by Eric!

[CJohn]

Half from Tuesday previews goddamn. Similar to what happened with Annabelle. Should perform similarly over the weekend.

[sfran43]

Film	Distributor	3-Day Weekend Forecast	Projected Domestic Total through Sunday, August 25	% Change from Last Wknd
Angel Has Fallen	Lionsgate	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	NEW
Good Boys	Universal	$10,000,000	$40,700,000	-53%
The Lion King (2019)	Disney	$8,500,000	$510,900,000	-31%
Hobbs & Shaw	Universal	$8,000,000	$147,500,000	-44%
The Angry Birds Movie 2	Sony / Columbia	$6,500,000	$27,200,000	-37%
Overcomer	Sony / AFFIRM Films	$6,300,000	$6,300,000	NEW
Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark	Lionsgate / CBS Films	$6,200,000	$50,800,000	-38%
Dora and the Lost City of Gold	Paramount	$5,800,000	$43,300,000	-32%
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood	Sony / Columbia	$5,200,000	$123,700,000	-33%
Ready or Not	Fox Searchlight	$4,800,000	$7,100,000	NEW

[sfran43]

Film (Distributor)	Weekend Gross	Total Gross	% Change	Week #
1	Angel Has Fallen (Lionsgate)	$13.5 M	$13.5 M	NEW	1
2	Good Boys (Universal)	$11.5 M	$41.8 M	-46%	2
3	Overcomer (Sony / AFFIRM)	$8.3 M	$8.3 M	NEW	1
4	The Lion King (Disney)	$8.2 M	$510.3 M	-34%	6
5	Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Universal)	$8.1 M	$147.5 M	-43%	4
6	The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Sony / Columbia)	$6.7 M	$27.4 M	-35%	2
7	Ready or Not (Disney / Fox Searchlight)	$6.2 M	$8.9 M	NEW	1
8	Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Lionsgate / CBS Films)	$5.5 M	$49.9 M	-45%	3
9	Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (Sony / Columbia)	$5.3 M	$123.4 M	-31%	5
10	Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Paramount)	$4.8 M	$42.5 M	-44%	3
11	47 Meters Down: Uncaged (Entertainment Studios)	$4.3 M	$15.8 M	-49%	2
12	Blinded By the Light (Warner / New Line)	$2.3 M	$8.4 M	-47%	2
13	The Peanut Butter Falcon (Roadside)	$2.2 M	$2.9 M	+665%	3
14	The Art of Racing in the Rain (Disney / Fox)	$2.1 M	$21.4 M	-54%	3

[Ryan Reynolds]

good for the genre

 

 

Edited August 22, 2019 by Ryan Reynolds

[a2k]

8 (-44%) weekend for 147.5 would be good for H&S.

Just 12.5 from 160. 165-170 dom it seems.

[sfran43]

 

[seduh]

remember that next week is labor day weekend that helps movies a lot. 

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

Ha! They're still calling this movie "Live Action"😂😂😂

Edited August 22, 2019 by sfran43

[sfran43]

-	(3)	The Lion King	Walt Disney	$1,400,000	-31%	3,560	$393	$501,302,205	34
-	(4)	The Angry Birds Movie 2	Sony Pictures	$1,085,000	-37%	3,869	$280	$19,919,290	9
-	(7)	Once Upon a Time…in Holly…	Sony Pictures	$930,000	-18%	2,504	$371	$117,399,961	27
-	(10)	Blinded by the Light	Warner Bros.	$420,000	-33%	2,307	$182	$5,801,152	6
-	(12)	Spider-Man: Far From Home	Sony Pictures	$325,000	-28%	1,515	$215	$377,799,576	51
-	(13)	The Kitchen	Warner Bros.	$190,000	-49%	2,745	$69	$11,166,171	13
-	(-)	The Farewell	A24	$179,886	-16%	861	$209	$13,385,035	41
-	(-)	Midsommar	A24	$13,749	-13%	75	$183	$25,965,430	50
-	(-)	The Last Black Man in San F…	A24	$7,664	+20%	29	$264	$4,508,773	76
-	(-)	The Other Side of Heaven 2:…	ArtAffects	$2,252	-49%	21	$107	$1,657,540	55

Edited August 22, 2019 by sfran43

[filmlover]

$1.9M for Ready or Not.

 

https://deadline.com/2019/08/ready-or-not-angel-has-fallen-good-boys-box-office-weekend-1202701545/

[CJohn]

13 minutes ago, filmlover said:

$1.9M for Ready or Not.

 

https://deadline.com/2019/08/ready-or-not-angel-has-fallen-good-boys-box-office-weekend-1202701545/

Much better than 1.5M. That means real Wednesday was 1.2M.

[Eric Duncan]

5 minutes ago, filmlover said:

$1.9M for Ready or Not.

 

https://deadline.com/2019/08/ready-or-not-angel-has-fallen-good-boys-box-office-weekend-1202701545/

The 1.5M projection from earlier would be a multiplier similar to Annabelle Comes Home, so this is a very good sign.

[sfran43]

 

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Much better than 1.5M. That means real Wednesday was 1.2M.

 

3 minutes ago, Eric! said:

The 1.5M projection from earlier would be a multiplier similar to Annabelle Comes Home, so this is a very good sign.

It is very good. Given that we're now in late August and it probably isn't too frontloaded I wouldn't rule out a 5-day launch similar to Midsommar.

[Legion Again]

This feels like a big CS vs PostTrak gap, no?  

 

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Directed by Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, Ready or Not was praised by critics with a 91% certified fresh score, and so far has a good CinemaScore of B+. PostTrak exits were lower at 3 stars and a 50% recommend.

 

[sfran43]

 

[sfran43]

Up from estimate