Weekend Thread: Downton Abbey 31M, Ad Astra 19.2M Rambo 19M, It2 17.2M, Hustlers 17M

[JB33]

26 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

New to tracking horror films? None the less horror sequels lol

No I'm not, but I had the sentiment that It transcended the horror norms at the box office because of how big and popular it is. Horror is typically very frontloaded because you have your teens and young adult crowd who rush to see it opening weekend and then don't bother to come back. I just thought It would be different.

[Maxmoser3]

Actuals will probably be Rambo 5 at $16-$16.6 million OW. I could see Hustlers or It 2 or both of them knock him down.  

 

If that number holds for Downton Abbey that’s excellent! It’s great to see some good box office again. 

[filmlover]

Fall is already off to a fantastic start. It was needed.

[JB33]

4 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Fall is already off to a fantastic start. It was needed.

Yep, and only a mere two weeks until THE event of the Fall!

 

Actually, even though most box office folks consider November to be part of the "holiday" time of year, I consider November to be Fall as well so Frozen II actually gets that title, but whatever.

[filmlover]

13 minutes ago, JB33 said:

Yep, and only a mere two weeks until THE event of the Fall!

 

Actually, even though most box office folks consider November to be part of the "holiday" time of year, I consider November to be Fall as well so Frozen II actually gets that title, but whatever.

I can see the box office good fortunes extending throughout October honestly. In addition to Joker, there's also Gemini Man, Maleficent 2, and Zombieland 2 likely to keep the marketplace alive as well.

[Porthos]

14 minutes ago, JB33 said:

Yep, and only a mere two weeks until THE event of the Fall!

 

Actually, even though most box office folks consider November to be part of the "holiday" time of year, I consider November to be Fall as well so Frozen II actually gets that title, but whatever.

[narniadis]

@a2k you need to reassess your IT2 post. If anything it proves not closes the F13 point. 

This Friday would be in sync with IT1s behavior outside weekend 2 and F13. 

[Laurent K]

Can someone bring good news for Rambo ? This franchise can't die like this... Thanks.

[cookie]

So were the high predicts for Rambo because of Creed, or...?

[xiazhi]

2 hours ago, RealLyre said:

that Ad Astra budget 

 

is this going to be another flop for Disney? 

For Oscar movies, critics matters more than bo

[dudalb]

I admit I am surprised;thought Rambo would be an easy win.

 

[Barnack]

4 minutes ago, xiazhi said:

For Oscar movies, critics matters more than bo

If I am a studio give me Bohemian Rhapsody box office over Widows/Detroit/Call Me by Your Name critics.

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

Fall is already off to a fantastic start. It was needed.

Why?

If a studio makes a movie that is not very good or people don't want to see, they deserve what they get, frankly.

[JB33]

1 hour ago, Porthos said:

Haha, that was me pretty much thinking to myself out loud in my post. I do that.

[Cmasterclay]

Honestly 20m would be a better than expected start for a weird, contemplative sci-fi movie with a late marketing start and little buzz beyond Pitt fans and critical darlings. I think that's good for Ad Astra, idk. I never had very high expectations for the box office, even when people were launching clubs on here. I'm just glad it is a great movie making decent enough money.

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, Laurent K said:

Can someone bring good news for Rambo ? This franchise can't die like this... Thanks.

Franchise was already dead,it just the attempt to bring it back to life might not have worked....

[cookie]

18 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

Honestly 20m would be a better than expected start for a weird, contemplative sci-fi movie with a late marketing start and little buzz beyond Pitt fans and critical darlings. I think that's good for Ad Astra, idk. I never had very high expectations for the box office, even when people were launching clubs on here. I'm just glad it is a great movie making decent enough money.

And given how Disney's been fumbling the ball with their Fox slate so far this year, it could've been worse.

[Maxmoser3]

1 hour ago, xiazhi said:

For Oscar movies, critics matters more than bo

Vice won an Oscar. Critically critics were 50/50 on it and box office it bombed disastrously. 

[Legion Again]

6 minutes ago, cookie said:

And given how Disney's been fumbling the ball with their Fox slate so far this year, it could've been worse.

Disney fumbling the ball how, exactly?

 

More like they inherited a really weak 2019 Fox slate.

 

[The Fast and the Furiosa]

1 minute ago, Thanos Legion said:

Disney fumbling the ball how, exactly?

 

More like they inherited a really weak 2019 Fox slate.

 

Yeah it’s basically this, Ford vs Ferrari, and some of the searchlight stuff (we await Spies in Disguise). Other films like Art of Racing in the rain were DOA