F9 WEEKEND THREAD | 70M Opening Weekend! Now 405M Worldwide | The Moovies are back! | One Month of Gold only $7.50

[Borobudur]

-	(-)	The Conjuring: The Devil …	Warner Bros.	$900,000		-46%	2,668	$337	$57,113,000	22
-	(-)	In the Heights	Warner Bros.	$650,000		-53%	2,403	$270	$22,582,000	16

 

Actually Conjuring 3 is more resilient than I thought, heading to 63m-65m total. As for ITH, this continue to stay in the hell........ 

[Borobudur]

https://deadline.com/2021/06/f9-speeds-to-7-1m-thursday-previews-best-to-date-during-pandemic-1234781577/

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Saturday AM Update: Universal’s F9 grossed in one day what some movies have made in a weekend during the pandemic, earning $30M on Friday, on its way to a 3-day of $68M

 

Edited June 26, 2021 by Borobudur

[john2000]

Just now, Borobudur said:

 

Saturday AM Update: Universal’s F9 grossed in one day what some movies have made in a weekend during the pandemic, earning $30M on Friday, on its way to a 3-day of $68M

thats 23 mill true friday

[filmlover]

In the Heights is destined to miss $30M at this point since it's more likely to be hit in terms of theater counts in the upcoming weeks than movies like A Quiet Place 2 or Cruella are. Pitiful (and a shame).

[john2000]

hm, 80 mill ow possible ?

[Cmasterclay]

68m seems a little low off a 30m OD with a better true Friday than expected, but patterns are fluid during COVID so there may be a Friday rush, idk. 

[filmlover]

Just now, john2000 said:

hm, 80 mill ow possible ?

Probably not but $70M+ is provided it's not crazy frontloaded. Strong results (especially for the pandemic era) either way.

[Eric Duncan]

On 6/25/2021 at 10:15 AM, Eric is Full of Pride said:

If it follows H&S, that gets it to about 73.5M. O/U 70M seems about right

Super genius. What can I say?

[john2000]

3 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Probably not but $70M+ is provided it's not crazy frontloaded. Strong results (especially for the pandemic era) either way.

we will see how saturday turns out

[TwoMisfits]

Just now, Borobudur said:

-	(-)	The Conjuring: The Devil …	Warner Bros.	$900,000		-46%	2,668	$337	$57,113,000	22
-	(-)	In the Heights	Warner Bros.	$650,000		-53%	2,403	$270	$22,582,000	16

 

Actually Conjuring 3 is more resilient than I thought, heading to 63m-65m total. As for ITH, this continue to stay in the hell........ 

 

I finally watched ITH last night.  I now completely understand its box office.  It's not good enough to make up for its really narrow audience reach.  The plotting is vignette based at best with very little build around most characters, and what build there is won't speak to most people and/or won't be believable.  The best build is for abuela, but it's just not enough, and the 2nd act after the climactic moment almost feels like it falls apart b/c no one could decide where to go or what to focus on, so things are just chucked in or forgotten, depending.  The songs are good, but there's no "it" song.  And Lin Manuel Miranda sticks out more than Stan Lee Marvel cameos, and not really in a good way.  The best parts are the dance numbers, choreography, and design, and those really are great, and lift my grade to a C.  Without them, I might have given this movie a very poor grade.

 

That said, I've never seen the musical, so I don't know if the flaws were just inherent, or if they took a good musical and just really didn't serve it well in movie form.

 

It was worth watching for free and I'm glad I still have HBO Max...but I admit, I did feel let down b/c I expected a lot more and it didn't deliver for me (and maybe that also explains my grading)...

 

[DAJK]

Wow, 30M is insanely solid for this movie. I definitely thought franchise fatigue and meh reception would push it closer to 50, but a 70 OW pretty much guarantees 150 total. Hoping this can top the first movie unadjusted.

[Avatree]

65-70M OW is awesome.

 

Long live cinemas ❤️

[Menor the Destroyer]

9 minutes ago, john2000 said:

hm, 80 mill ow possible ?

7-23-26.5-20.5 gives 77. It would need a sizeable Saturday bump. Not likely but high 70s is very possible.

[Eric Duncan]

Genuinely pissed I can't find a GIF of Vin Diesel saying "da moviesh"

[Legion Again]

Purely copying H&S:

+15.5% Sat is 26.5

-23% Sun is 20.5

 

little under 77  

 

I’d expect a weaker Sat bump and a slightly worse Sun drop, maybe +8% and   -25% for 73

[Cmasterclay]

I was predicting 90m OW in my original 2020 predictions due to franchise fatigue, and meh legs to 185m total. This won't finish THAT far off that, just like AQP2 (was predicting 62/180 for that). Unfortunately, every other big summer release left is premium access/straight to streaming movie so my new baseline for how much to pandemic penalize movies will not matter as much.

[Krissykins]

No interest in the franchise but great to see a film opening at this level in cinemas. Congratulations to Universal. 

[Krissykins]

27 minutes ago, Borobudur said:

-	(-)	The Conjuring: The Devil …	Warner Bros.	$900,000		-46%	2,668	$337	$57,113,000	22
-	(-)	In the Heights	Warner Bros.	$650,000		-53%	2,403	$270	$22,582,000	16

 

Actually Conjuring 3 is more resilient than I thought, heading to 63m-65m total. 

It really has been. Signs were pointing to a high teens opening which could’ve meant a low 40’s finish. All while being available at home. Impressive. 

[Borobudur]

1. F9 (Uni) 4,179 theaters, $30M Fri/3-day $68M/Wk 1
2. A Quiet Place 2 (Par) 3,124 (-277) theaters, $1.82M Fri (-35%)/3-day $5.8M (-36%)/Total $136M/Wk 5
3. Peter Rabbit 2 (Sony) 3,331 theaters (-15) $1.45M (-23%) Fri/3-day $4.55M /Total $28.5M/Wk 3
4. Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard (LG) 3,361 theaters (+30), $1.33M Fri (-57%)/ 3-day $4.54M (-60%)/Total $25.5M/Wk 2
5. Cruella (Dis) 2,820 (-290) theaters $1.1M (-27%) Fri-day est. $3.5M (-26%)/Total $71M/Wk 5

[ThomasNicole]

Huge, should be able to do +70M

 

Very happy seeing the numbers growing up again, i only hope the new Delta Variant don't destroy this growing.