Weekend Thread - Odin Jr Sat #s - Bad Boys 10, 1917 5.4, Dolittle 4.2, Jumanji 3.2, Gretel 2.5, Rhythm 1.05

[TwoMisfits]

33 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

2nd Update: Sony’s third weekend of Bad Boys for Life will easily defeat both wide entries over Super Bowl, Orion/UAR’s Gretel & Hansel and Paramount/IM Global/Eon’s Rhythm Section with an estimated $17.5M, -49%. Not only that but hold overs like Universal/Amblin’s 1917 and Uni’s Dr. Dolittle also whipping the new competition as well in spots 2 and 3 with $9.4M and $7.7M respectively. No one really wants to see Gretel & Hansel which is seeing $6.2M over three days or Blake Lively’s Rhythm Section at $3M. As several execs have griped to me this morning: You can’t beat the Rotten Tomatoes scores on either film (59% and 28% Rotten).

 

 

https://deadline.com/2020/01/gretel-hansel-finds-475k-the-rhythm-section-offbeat-with-235k-thursday-night-previews-1202847821/

Predicted weekend to weekend drops

BB3 49%

1917 41%

Dolittle 37% (very respectable for SB weekend if it holds)

[Barnack]

34 minutes ago, JB33 said:

I did not expect both The Rhythm Section and Gretel & Hansel to get 3,000+ theatre counts, on Super Bowl weekend no less.

That make it probably much easier to get theater than the other way around, there is almost never anything big released that weekend.

[The Horror of Lucas Films]

Holy fuck, that would be an amazing drop for BB considering it's SB weekend,

[The Horror of Lucas Films]

2 hours ago, xiazhi said:

Poor Blake. Maybe she is better off as a supporting role

 

No, she can work pretty well as lead, as Adaline, The Shallows, and A Simple Favor showed. Let's not bury her career just because she's having a flop now.

[Viktor Vilotijevic]

I think 46 million opening for Mulan is a bit low.

[filmlover]

It's too bad that Super Bowl weekend has reverted back to being a complete dump frame a decade after Taken and Dear John made bank in consecutive years.

[Boxofficerules]

Poor Gretel and Hansel, third horror movie in 2 months to open below 10 million.

[filmlover]

Also is The Rhythm Section the lowest opening ever for a movie in 3,000+ theaters if that $3M number holds up? Honestly surprised it opened in so many theaters considering it was a January dump with minimal marketing if there ever was one. 

[DAJK]

7 minutes ago, filmlover said:

It's too bad that Super Bowl weekend has reverted back to being a complete dump frame a decade after Taken and Dear John made bank in consecutive years.

Even Chronicle did pretty well which was released on Superbowl weekend if I'm not mistaken. 

[Blaze Heatnix]

No PostTrak info about the new releases? I'm curious about it.

 

 

[elcaballero]

Yikes at the audience ratings for Gretel and Hansel, even in the context of horror movies.

[ZackM]

Looks like ~5.1M for BB today.

[charlie Jatinder]

BBFL 5.35

1917 2.75

Dolittle 2

The Gentlemen 1.8

G&H 1.7 (2.2)

Jumanji 1.5

 

TRS 1.1 (TF)

Oscar Shorts 0.35

Edited February 1, 2020 by Jedi Jat

[Ezen Baklattan]

3 minutes ago, Jedi Jat said:

BBFL 5.35

1917 2.75

Dolittle 2

The Gentlemen 1.8

G&H 1.7 (2.2)

Jumanji 1.5

 

How much for The Rhythm Section?

[Legion Again]

RS vs Hoot could be a nail biter.

[filmlover]

The Rhythm Section was probably never gonna do well given how utterly generic it looked but these numbers are so pitiful that even laughing at it feels cruel. Between the poor reviews, a marketing campaign in which they did the bare minimum to promote it, and opening the week before Birds of Prey, it was clearly left for dead.

Edited February 1, 2020 by filmlover

[La Binoche]

I'm so curious about G&H's Cinemascore. The cinematography and production design are beautiful and the performances are good, but after a strong first half it falls spectacularly to pieces. 

[La Binoche]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The Rhythm Section was probably never gonna do well given how utterly generic it looked but these numbers are so pitiful that even laughing at it feels cruel. Between the poor reviews, a marketing campaign in which they did the bare minimum to promote it, and opening the week before Birds of Prey, it was clearly left for dead.

Sexy female assassins (or lingerie assassin as one tweet called it) are played out. It's time to go back to smart and tough female heroines like Ripley or Sarah Connor who aren't about being hot. James Cameron was right when he said Wonder Woman wasn't doing anything new - it's another hot girl kicking ass in a skimpy outfit. 

[Legion Again]

4 minutes ago, La Binoche said:

I'm so curious about G&H's Cinemascore. The cinematography and production design are beautiful and the performances are good, but after a strong first half it falls spectacularly to pieces. 

Gonna bet on F.   
 

Rhythm Section will muddle through with a D+ or something, tragically depriving us of a record setting month.

Edited February 1, 2020 by Arendelle Legion

[charlie Jatinder]