MLK Weekend Thread: Bad Boys 62.5/73.03 (2nd biggest January debut) | Dolittle 21.84/28.3 | 1917 21.98/26.9

[Hatebox]

The 8 year gap between the first two movies is notable in of itself. Obviously they wanted to cash in on Smith's superstardom.

 

 

Edited January 17, 2020 by Hatebox

[Valonqar]

Do we have the Theater Count list? I want to see which movies lost theaters and which will expand.

[DAJK]

So assuming Bad Boys opens close to John Wick's first 4 days, would we say 150M is in the cards? 

 

How are international prospects? Smith is a bigger international star than he was in 2003 (which had close to a 50/50 dom/os split) but he isn't immune (ex: Gemini Man). Plus it's not a very "international" movie. 

[Maxmoser3]

The second one and the first film time gap. the sequel had insane marketing! it was even advertised on the Super Bowl 37 game! 

 

[babz06]

2 minutes ago, DAJK said:

So assuming Bad Boys opens close to John Wick's first 4 days, would we say 150M is in the cards? 

 

How are international prospects? Smith is a bigger international star than he was in 2003 (which had close to a 50/50 dom/os split) but he isn't immune (ex: Gemini Man). Plus it's not a very "international" movie. 

I think it does around 100-120m overseas so similar to Gemini man numbers. 

[Jonwo]

3 minutes ago, DAJK said:

So assuming Bad Boys opens close to John Wick's first 4 days, would we say 150M is in the cards? 

 

How are international prospects? Smith is a bigger international star than he was in 2003 (which had close to a 50/50 dom/os split) but he isn't immune (ex: Gemini Man). Plus it's not a very "international" movie. 

I think it'll do well in the English speaking markets but elsewhere not so sure. Bad Boys II only did $273m WW which on a $130m budget wasn't great back. Sony would be happy with $250m WW given the lower budget

Edited January 17, 2020 by Jonwo

[Maxmoser3]

5 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Do we have the Theater Count list? I want to see which movies lost theaters and which will expand.

The Grudge will probably lose a lot of screens this weekend 

[titanic2187]

6 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Do we have the Theater Count list? I want to see which movies lost theaters and which will expand.

Movie	Distributor	Theaters	Previous Theaters	Change
Dolittle	Universal	4,155		new
Bad Boys For Life	Sony Pictures	3,775		new
1917	Universal Pictures	3,612	3,434	+178
Jumanji: The Next Level	Sony Pictures	3,323	3,904	-581
Like a Boss	Paramount Pictures	3,081	3,078	+3
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	Walt Disney	3,058	4,279	-1,221
Underwater	20th Century Fox	2,791	2,791
Little Women	Sony Pictures	2,503	3,216	-713
Just Mercy	Warner Bros	2,457	2,375	+82
Frozen II	Walt Disney	2,080	2,655	-575
Spies in Disguise	20th Century Fox	1,761	2,671	-910
Knives Out	Lionsgate	1,667	2,060	-393
Ford vs Ferrari	Walt Disney	1,080	567	+513
Jojo Rabbit	Walt Disney	1,005	125	+880
The Grudge	Sony Pictures	977	2,642	-1,665
Uncut Gems	A24	930	2,081	-1,151
Joker	Warner Bros	854	85	+769
Parasite	Neon	843	345	+498
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	Sony Pictures	705	54	+651
Bombshell	Lionsgate	410	1,289	-879
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood	Sony Pictures	365	519	-154
Richard Jewell	Warner Bros	163	376	-213
Cats	Universal	145	818	-673
Queen and Slim	Universal	118	442	-324
Midway	Lionsgate	113	178	-65
Maleficient: Mistress of Evil	Walt Disney	105	128	-23
Chhapaak	FIP	100	100
Harriet	Focus Features	94	122	-28
A Hidden Life	Walt Disney	55	119	-64
21 Bridges	STX Entertainment	51	141	-90
Judy	Roadside Attractions	35	30	+5
Waves	A24	8	5	+3
The Lighthouse	A24	5	8	-3

[Valonqar]

Thanks! Interesting that LW is losing more than Jumanji. it's an Oscar contender. WTF,no?

Edited January 17, 2020 by Valonqar

[Krissykins]

1 hour ago, Avatree said:

hardly tragic for Dolittle, if it opens to 28M then that's an overperformance.

....

[Valonqar]

that anyone would see Dolittle is an overperformance. RDJ looks totally resignated that this will bomb on the streetcar ad that I saw earlier.

Edited January 17, 2020 by Valonqar

[titanic2187]

7 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

Thanks! Interesting that LW is losing more than Jumanji. it's an Oscar contender. WTF,no?

Have to make way for Sony's own BB and expansion of OUATIH.

 

I didn't expect OUATIH is still in the theater after 25 weeks , and still managed to convince Sony to reexpand them  

[dudalb]

1 hour ago, Avatree said:

hardly tragic for Dolittle, if it opens to 28M then that's an overperformance.

28m for a film with a 175 Million plus budget ...which means a break even point of 350 Million...is tragic .

Once again, to talk about how a film is doing at the box office without taking the film's cost into account is ridiculous.

[DlAMONDZ]

How much did RDJ get for this?

[Valonqar]

16 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

Have to make way for Sony's own BB and expansion of OUATIH.

 

I didn't expect OUATIH is still in the theater after 25 weeks , and still managed to convince Sony to reexpand them  

me neither! I didn't notice it when I went through the list but now that you mentioned it...

[Valonqar]

3 minutes ago, DlAMONDZ said:

How much did RDJ get for this?

[narniadis]

17 minutes ago, dudalb said:

28m for a film with a 175 Million plus budget ...which means a break even point of 350 Million...is tragic .

Once again, to talk about how a film is doing at the box office without taking the film's cost into account is ridiculous.

About as ridiculous as hoping you would talk about anything worthwhile regarding films on your shit list..... 🤷‍♂️ you are like a parrot on repeat in nearly every thread, can only imagine what your posting will be like the weekend that Mutants opens. 

[dudalb]

14 minutes ago, DlAMONDZ said:

How much did RDJ get for this?

20 Million up front money.

[dudalb]

1 minute ago, narniadis said:

About as ridiculous as hoping you would talk about anything worthwhile regarding films on your shit list..... 🤷‍♂️ you are like a parrot on repeat in nearly every thread, can only imagine what your posting will be like the weekend that Mutants opens. 

I have a nasty habit of seeing reality rather then through a set of fanboy lenses.

And I was not the only one predicting Doolittle would bomb very badly.

[titanic2187]

11 minutes ago, DlAMONDZ said:

How much did RDJ get for this?

We need to give RDJ's agent an oscar , to reward his or her ability to somehow convinced RDJ this is worthy follow-up project to EG