Weekend Thread: Actuals - Jumanji 2 $59.25M | Frozen 2 $19.07M | Knives Out $9.14M | Richard Jewell $4.68M | Black Christmas $4.24M

[oMeriMombatti]

Things that go BOOM at the box office: RICHARD JEWELL.

WB's bombing streak for adult-geared dramas continues as even Clint Eastwood's latest, budgeted at a ridiculous $45M, couldn't survive the box office fallout as his latest debuted with just $5M.

HBO MAX: "Hold my remote."

— Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) December 15, 2019

[a2k]

Frozen2

 

Date	Rank	Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Week
Nov 22, 2019	1	$130,263,358		4,440	$29,339	$130,263,358	1
Nov 29, 2019	1	$85,977,773	-34%	4,440	$19,364	$288,845,131	2
Dec 6, 2019	1	$35,165,614	-59%	4,348	$8,088	$338,090,515	3
Dec 13, 2019	2	$19,182,000	-45%	4,078	$4,704	$366,542,072	4

 

FSS

Dec 13, 2019	2	$4,411,000	+151%	4,078	$1,082	$351,771,072	22
Dec 14, 2019	2	$8,825,000	+100%	4,078	$2,164	$360,596,072	23
Dec 15, 2019	2	$5,946,000	-33%	4,078	$1,458	$366,542,072	24

 

Edited December 15, 2019 by a2k

[sfran43]

 

[Jonwo]

9 hours ago, Eric loves Rey said:

Isn't Black Adam currently slated for the same period (yeah I know, we'll probably have a Matrix/Wick thing on our hands)? Also, I think Sony has Hotel Transylvania 4 for that period too, which are both going for a similar audience.

Sony's taking a weirdly long time with releasing Cinemascores these days. Charlie's Angels and Beautiful Day also didn't have it public at the same point in time.

I'd say Jumanji 3/4 will be December 2022 since I imagine they wouldn't want to tread on Black Adam.

[a2k]

Will JOKER get to AQM's 335.06

 

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(11)

Joker

Warner Bros.

$465,000

-54%

553

-403

$841

$333,035,374

11

[filmlover]

4 minutes ago, oMeriMombatti said:

Prayer circle for Just Mercy doing well (though it'll be hard to stand out going against 1917 which is also going wide the same day).

[Krissykins]

Great for Bombshell and Uncut Gems. I actually thought Uncut Gems was streaming until now. 

[Krissykins]

11 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

This is the rare horror I think actually deserved to flop. Hated this film. 

4 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

So much money left on the table domestically due to its insane release date. 

[titanic2187]

1 minute ago, a2k said:

Will JOKER get to AQM's 335.06

 

-

(11)

Joker

Warner Bros.

$465,000

-54%

553

-403

$841

$333,035,374

11

WB should reexpand the film during Oscar season (if ever nominated) so that the film reach 340m and forming a organized order for 4 DC films

 

Joker  340m

AQM 335m

BvS 330m

SS 325m

 

[Jonwo]

Just now, filmlover said:

Prayer circle for Just Mercy doing well (though it'll be hard to stand out going against 1917 which is also going wide the same day).

I think Just Mercy will do okay business, the platform release on Christmas Day will give a rough idea of how it might do when it expands.

 

I wonder why WB didn't platform Richard Jewell? I think that would have been better than a wide release. 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

23 minutes ago, sfran43 said:

 

Congratulations to Frozen 2 for being the 8th film this year to gross over $1B+ WW. Does anyone think it could outgross HP:DH2 & Black Panther’s mid $1.3B WW-grosses?

[sfran43]

 

[filmlover]

WB was probably smart to send that latest Melissa McCarthy/Ben Falcone collaboration to HBO Max instead of theaters where it was originally gonna open next weekend. Likely would've just added to their woe-filled fall.

[oMeriMombatti]

KNIVES OUT continues to cut into the international market with another $13.6M overseas this weekend, $83M total.

Worldwide total has swelled to $162M, while cable-knit sweater sales have seen increases of +1,313% globally.

— Exhibitor Relations Co. (@ERCboxoffice) December 15, 2019

[Legion Again]

3 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

Congratulations to Frozen 2 for being the 8th film this year to gross over $1B+ WW. Does anyone think it could outgross HP:DH2 & Black Panther’s mid $1.3B WW-grosses?

For sure passing BP. Question is Ultron and top 10. Odds seem good now

[filmlover]

5 minutes ago, Jonwo said:

I think Just Mercy will do okay business, the platform release on Christmas Day will give a rough idea of how it might do when it expands.

 

I wonder why WB didn't platform Richard Jewell? I think that would have been better than a wide release. 

We probably should've known Richard Jewell was gonna flop whenever WB released that embarrassing photoshop disaster of a poster lol.

[Spidey Freak]

3 minutes ago, MrFanaticGuy34 said:

Congratulations to Frozen 2 for being the 8th film this year to gross over $1B+ WW. Does anyone think it could outgross HP:DH2 & Black Panther’s mid $1.3B WW-grosses?

On the OS board, folks have it beating Ultron WW too, with a slight chance of it outgrossing FF7/Avengers to take #8 of all time.

[Jonwo]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

WB was probably smart to send that latest Melissa McCarthy/Ben Falcone collaboration to HBO Max instead of theaters where it was originally gonna open next weekend. Likely would've just added to their woe-filled fall.

I get the feeling a lot of WB mid budget films will end up going to HBO Max rather than being released theatrically although I suspect even with Richard Jewell bombing, WB will maintain their relationship with Clint Eastwood and release his films theatrically. 

[MrFanaticGuy34]

2 minutes ago, Arendelle Legion said:

For sure passing BP. Question is Ultron and top 10. Odds seem good now

Very true. Frozen 2 will definitely pass it’s predecessor’s $1.276B WW, and settle for the second highest grossing animated film WW of all time, which is still very good for kind & sweet Anna & Elsa.

[sfran43]