Weekend Thread - Mortal Kombat 22.5, Demon Slayer 19.5

[Eric Duncan]

3 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Seems like $11M plus for MK and $5.5-5.75M for DS depending on how night shows walk in go.

 

[Legion Again]

2 minutes ago, Menor said:

How are you getting 11? It's still a decent amount behind GvK's 3pm Pacific number, and while late walkups will be better without the capacity issue, I'm not sure if it has enough juice to get that high. Do you think the MTC 1/2 ratio will be that much better? 

I’ll go for 10.5 but there are a lot more MTC3 now than 3 weeks ago, right?

[Legion Again]

I know some people were taking the GvK result as indicating that it would have been really huge more than market really recovering overall. And I think it would have done pretty well, but what we’re seeing here with like a 20M combined OD from lower profile movies shows that the market is coming along quite nicely imo. And we still have more regals and increased capacity over the next couple weeks -  between this weekend and MDW will be held back more by lack of attractive product than by consumer hesitancy. 

[charlie Jatinder]

Just a head's up, these projections aren't based on cS numbers but Keyser's. Projections were fairly accurate for GvK and most certainly will be for this too, just clarifying that there is more chance of this going a bit off than they used to be.

[Menor the Destroyer]

16 minutes ago, WandaLegion said:

I’ll go for 10.5 but there are a lot more MTC3 now than 3 weeks ago, right?

Yeah a lot more, I looked it up. I had for some reason thought that there were only a few more. 11 does seem doable then. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Menor

[Eric Duncan]

10 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Just a head's up, these projections aren't based on cS numbers but Keyser's. Projections were fairly accurate for GvK and most certainly will be for this too, just clarifying that there is more chance of this going a bit off than they used to be.

So...it is not time?

[charlie Jatinder]

28 minutes ago, Eric Bombay said:

So...it is not time?

it is almost time.

[PKMLover]

DS: 4.25/5.6/6.15/4.3 for 20.3 OW

[titanic2187]

So with both MK+DS making nearly 40m, I don't think it will be crazy to think AQP2 could challenge first movie opening by its MD long weekend opening

[Felandria]

I was expecting Demon Slayer to be higher, the theaters here in the Orlando area gave DS more and better screens than MK.

 

Disney Springs gave DS the giant theater and one of the 300 seaters plus three more screens, whereas MK got the Dolby, the other 300 and one other screen.

 

MK even had one less showtime than GvK.

[Krissykins]

Seems solid for MK, did it have Thursday previews or have they not started properly yet?

[john2000]

nice

[ThatWaluigiDude]

3 hours ago, Krissykins said:

Seems solid for MK, did it have Thursday previews or have they not started properly yet?

No, MK didn't had previews. Apparently they did put some last minute screeenings on thrsday, but they were too few to make any difference.

[filmlover]

‘Mortal Kombat,’ ‘Demon Slayer’ Locked in Fierce Box Office Battle https://t.co/yJRbsXDwJe pic.twitter.com/tiIX5i2KRR

— Variety_Film (@Variety_Film) April 24, 2021

 

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Give the slight edge to “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba” at this point, which earned $9.5 million from 1,598 locations on Friday. The Funimation and Aniplex of America release is based on an anime series and enters the U.S. after enjoying huge financial success in other markets, having already grossed more than $400 million.

 

“Mortal Kombat,” the blood-soaked adaptation of the popular video game, grossed a sizable (for a pandemic) $9 million on Friday and is headed towards an opening weekend of $18 million to $19 million. That’s an impressive sum given the public health crisis, and is also notable because “Mortal Kombat” carries an R rating, somewhat limiting its potential audience. The film is screening in 3,073 venues, a far wider footprint than the one enjoyed by “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.”

 

 

[Inceptionzq]

Thursday previews for Demon Slayer were $3.8M per Deadline. So $5.7M true Friday

[Cappoedameron]

Mortal Kombat did it's weekend projection in one day. Holy crap.

[AN9815]

Tbh $18-20m OW is what I predicted 'Mortal Kombat' would do pre-pandemic so...not bad. Glad to see the box office recovering a bit every week. I hope 'Spiral', 'Cruella', and 'A Quiet Place 2' all do amazing in May

[Krissykins]

Gitesh thinking $25m weekend, an almost 2.8 multiplier for something so fan driven lol.

 

$9m obviously not as good as 11. Good opening considering R rating & HBOMax/Piracy. Maybe $30m in normal times.
 

Edit; I didn’t realise industry expectations were $10-12m and $15m max so this is a win. 
 

Great for the Dragon Slayer film, which I had no idea was even out this week. 

Edited April 24, 2021 by Krissykins

[titanic2187]

 

1	N	Demon Slayer The Movie: M…	FUNimation	$9,500,000			1,605	$5,919	$9,500,000	1
2	N	Mortal Kombat	Warner Bros.	$9,030,000			3,073	$2,938	$9,030,000	1
3	(-)	Godzilla vs. Kong	Warner Bros.	$1,100,000		-48%	2,750	$400	$83,475,800	24
4	(-)	Nobody	Universal	$490,000	+155%	-33%	2,252	$218	$20,301,720	29
5	(-)	Raya and the Last Dragon	Walt Disney	$400,000	+224%	-17%	1,819	$220	$38,564,169	50
-	N	Together Together	Bleecker Street	$180,000			665	$271	$180,000	1
-	(-)	The Girl Who Believes In …	Atlas Distri…	$90,000	+157%	-42%	941	$96	$2,232,225	22
-	(-)	The Croods: A New Age	Universal	$41,000	+138%	-35%	1,156	$35	$57,189,623	150
-	(-)	Promising Young Woman	Focus Features	$22,000	+5%	-26%	744	$30	$6,401,795	120

 

First batch numbers

Edited April 25, 2021 by titanic2187

[WrathOfHan]

Both are selling closely at my theater today. MK will probably have a leg up with PLFs, but Demon Slayer's success bodes really well for more anime films in the future. A Jujutsu Kaisen or Attack on Titan finale film would make bonkers money.