Weekend Thread: Actuals - Terminator 29, Joker 13.5, Mal2 13.1, Harriet 11.7, Addams 8.3

[TalismanRing]

2 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

Because the film never looked very appealing.

That and the prior 3 films did nothing to make the prospect of any new film in the franchise appealing.

[John Marston]

7 minutes ago, Zakiyyah6 said:

Because the film never looked very appealing.

It’s not an appealing movie. An ugly looking movie with no stars and part of a franchise people no longer care about. But Paramount still pushed it hard and heavily promoted Schwarzenegger and Hamilton reuniting 

[Legion Again]

To make the rest of this weekend  interesting , now wondering if we see Joker+Mal>TDF

[Valonqar]

30 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

1	new	Terminator: Dark Fate	Paramount Pictures	$10,600,000			4,086	$2,594	$10,600,000	1
2	(1)	Joker	Warner Bros.	$3,840,000	+104%	-30%	3,519	$1,091	$289,526,992	29
-	(2)	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Walt Disney	$3,135,000	+127%	-36%	3,820	$821	$75,284,711	15
-	(3)	Zombieland: Double Tap	Sony Pictures	$2,015,000	+68%	-41%	3,337	$604	$53,972,162	15
-	(5)	Countdown	STX Entertainment	$1,600,000	+54%	-49%	2,675	$598	$13,516,036	8
-	(6)	Black and Blue	Sony Pictures	$1,130,000	+123%	-63%	2,062	$548	$12,522,478	8
-	new	Motherless Brooklyn	Warner Bros.	$1,055,000			1,342	$786	$1,055,000	1
-	(-)	Jojo Rabbit	Fox Searchlight	$702,000	+895%	+106%	256	$2,742	$2,587,236	15
-	new	Arctic Dogs	Entertainment S…	$700,000			2,844	$246	$700,000	1
-	(7)	Gemini Man	Paramount Pictures	$480,000	+44%	-57%	1,872	$256	$45,514,069	22
-	(10)	The Current War: Director’s C…	101 Studios	$360,000	+42%	-62%	1,082	$333	$4,105,203	8
-	(13)	Abominable	Universal	$200,000	+56%	-59%	1,137	$176	$57,610,855	36
-	(-)	Housefull 4	FIP	$119,000	+162%	-56%	315	$378	$1,417,180	8
-	(-)	Ad Astra	20th Century Fox	$27,000	-34%	-67%	137	$197	$49,481,276	43
-	(-)	The Lion King	Walt Disney	$27,000	+105%	-30%	158	$171	$543,265,323	106
-	(-)	Toy Story 4	Walt Disney	$11,000	+117%	-27%	105	$105	$433,833,761

That's not an amazing expansion for Jojo Rabbit. Its PTA is only slightly better than DF's and DF is playing in 4086 theaters vs Jojo's 256

[a2k]

2	(1)	Joker	Warner Bros.	$3,840,000	+104%	-30%	3,519	$1,091	$289,526,992	29
-	(2)	Maleficent: Mistress of Evil	Walt Disney	$3,135,000	+127%	-36%	3,820	$821	$75,284,711	15

 

This time here shouldn't be a close battle.

 

An 80% Sat bump (compared to 68% last Sat) and 25% Sun drop will give MAL2 12.94, something Joker will get even if it fails to match last weekends Sat and Sun holds.

Edited November 2, 2019 by a2k

[Zakiyyah6]

I wish Salvation would have just been the future war movie that we were asking for instead of a walking in a dessert movie that it was. I don't hate Salvation and T3 but they are massively disappointing.

[Valonqar]

Jokah vs Mal 2 photofinish 2.0 is hilarious but since DF is getting the headline, I don't expect a fudge on either side. 

[CJohn]

Dead at this barely doing 10M OD. People truly did not gave a fuck.

[TheUndertaker]

From Deadline

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Paramount did a great job at mounting excitement for this film out of Comic-Con and Cinemacon, enough to put initial projections in the $40M range. In fact a recent hysterical ESPN hybrid trailer with NBA star (and new to LA) Kawhi Leonard, Schwarzenegger and Hamilton racked up 10M global views, I hear. However, Dark Fate was crushed by early breaking reviews which spoiled that a key character in the franchise meets their death, thus sending the mythology of the film franchise and its fans into tailspin. Male trolls erupted, concerned that their prized Arnie series would now be relegated to three female leads.

 

Says Hollywood social media org RelishMix about the online chatter, “Fans and action sci-fi moviegoers who have seen the film are up in arms about major changes to the film series’ plot lines.  It’s also worth observing that fans and moviegoers are all for strong female characters – when these characters are essential and interesting to the story. Like other recent remakes, spin-offs and reimaginings, casual moviegoers are confused and disinterested in taking a classic film and simply re-shooting it with women in the lead roles, which is the perception of some related to Dark Fate, and the reality to still others who have seen early screenings.”

It seems the industry itself is taking this element into consideration.

[TalismanRing]

9 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

That's not an amazing expansion for Jojo Rabbit. Its PTA is only slightly better than DF's and DF is playing in 4086 theaters vs Jojo's 256

It's already in it's 3rd w/e in the most expensive markets.

 

It's not getting the 2-3 screens per theater T:DF is getting, nor the PLF screens. 

 

It doesn't include previews and it will have a better internal multi.

[titanic2187]

14 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

That's not an amazing expansion for Jojo Rabbit. Its PTA is only slightly better than DF's and DF is playing in 4086 theaters vs Jojo's 256

Not very amazing but respectable number.

 

Parasite has better grossing so far. It is now in 463 theaters this week, wonder how will be their Friday number after adding 300+ theaters .

[Valonqar]

4 minutes ago, TalismanRing said:

It's already in it's 3rd w/e in the most expensive markets.

 

It's not getting the 2-3 screens per theater T:DF is getting, nor the PLF screens. 

 

It doesn't include previews and it will have a better internal multi.

Ah, OK. I was worried. and @titanic2187 Yes Parasite is a beast.

Edited November 2, 2019 by Valonqar

[Zakiyyah6]

So I guess Salvation flopped because it got rid of its female lead to give us charisma vacuum Sam Worthington and Christian Bale giving us his worst performance. If people just wanted Terminator starring mostly men then how come the aforementioned Salvation and Genisys flopped?

Edited November 2, 2019 by Zakiyyah6

[Ryan Reynolds]

12 minutes ago, TheUndertaker said:

From Deadline

It seems the industry itself is taking this element into consideration.

Get woke go broke 🤡

[MrGlass2]

Just because some reviews or articles spoil a movie, it doesn't mean you should spoil it in the weekend thread...

[grim22]

@TheUndertaker has been threadbanned for spoilers 

[TwoMisfits]

4 minutes ago, MrGlass2 said:

Just because some reviews or articles spoil a movie, it doesn't mean you should spoil it in the weekend thread...

Although interesting - what's the last blockbuster budget movie Deadline literally completely spoiled after only 24 hours of release?

 

I mean, it's almost a hit job on their part...b/c fence sitters are going to stay home with the negativity from that article.

 

[Valonqar]

Get [the same movie made for the 5th time for 185M before P&A], go broke. Shocking. 

[filmlover]

It still boggles my mind that they spent nearly $200M making this after the last three movies failed to turn much or any kind of profit. Between that and Dr. Dolittle movie that reportedly has a budget almost as high, studio executives really can't blame moviegoers for failing to put money in their pockets.

[titanic2187]

5 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Get [the same movie made for the 5th time for 185M before P&A], go broke. Shocking. 

Yet they still think 160m for martin scorsese is riskier than that.