Weekend Thread (7/16-18) | Space Jam 31.6, Widow 26.3, Escape Room 8.8, F9 7.6, Boss Baby 4.7

[Valonqar]

12 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

Is Saturday in BW's favor? Assuming 8 mil Friday for BW and 13 mil for Space Jam 2, an average 20% increase for the former and 10% drop for the latter would still put Space Jam 2 ahead of BW.

 

You are right. I didn't know how big SJ2  Friday advantage over BW would be but since it's crushing BW, Sat won't be enough to offset it baring some record book collapse on SJ2 side (unlikely).

Edited July 17, 2021 by Valonqar

[CrashBandicoot81]

No one cares if Critics thinks Space Jam is a bad movie. People still love it and fondly remember it the same just like Independence Day.

 

Same most likely applies to this new one as well.

Edited July 17, 2021 by CrashBandicoot81

[grey ghost]

I know this opened on a Friday but shouldn't we have numbers by now?

[TigerPaw]

9 minutes ago, grey ghost said:

I know this opened on a Friday but shouldn't we have numbers by now?

Usually in 3 more hours there will be some estimates from Deadline.

[Cmasterclay]

Space Jams is a kid movie. It'll drop on Saturday more than a normal kid's movie because of sequel frontloading/HBO Max, but if it wins Friday but 4-5 million, it ain't losing the weekend IMO.

[narniadis]

Deadline is hiding behind their bad data readings from earlier in the week 🤣 late Friday box office reports for weeks and then silence this weekend.... 

[charlie Jatinder]

There gotta be some reason for this BIG opening. Numbers aren't gonna tell the real magnitude. It had 48% opening day occupancy in MTC 1 and 2. Not even TROS had that high occupancy. 

 

Wonder if NBA fans inflated the FRI numbers, and if that will continue throughout weekend or one day major push.

[titanic2187]

 

 

Edited July 17, 2021 by titanic2187

[lorddemaxus]

5 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

There gotta be some reason for this BIG opening. Numbers aren't gonna tell the real magnitude. It had 48% opening day occupancy in MTC 1 and 2. Not even TROS had that high occupancy. 

 

Wonder if NBA fans inflated the FRI numbers, and if that will continue throughout weekend or one day major push.

Maybe it's because theaters underestimated the demand for the film and ended up giving it a lower number of screens than normal? Seems like Deadline wasn't the only one who thought it would open pretty low.

Edited July 17, 2021 by lorddemaxus

[keysersoze123]

I was close. Not bad at all considering the unknowns.

[Ms Lady Hawk]

3 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

 

So about a 60% increase for BW. That’s good. Maybe 10 or 11 today and a weekend around 26-28? 

[charlie Jatinder]

Widow is missing $200M at this rate.

[Ms Lady Hawk]

1 minute ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Widow is missing $200M at this rate.

Why? It has summer weekdays.

[titanic2187]

2 minutes ago, Ms Lady Hawk said:

So about a 60% increase for BW. That’s good. Maybe 10 or 11 today and a weekend around 26-28? 

Not a good number at all, I was hoping BW can pass BB4L, but now it seem like we still have to wait few more months to even have a first 200m grosser  

[titanic2187]

 

[john2000]

3 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Widow is missing $200M at this rate.

I doubt it it only needs a 2.5 multi from 80 ow for 200 dom

[Anthony]

18 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

Space Jams is a kid movie. It'll drop on Saturday more than a normal kid's movie because of sequel frontloading/HBO Max, but if it wins Friday but 4-5 million, it ain't losing the weekend IMO.

So, the numbers are in, and SJ2 collected $13.1M while BW collected $8M - a difference of $5.1M.

 

Safe to say that the Tune Squad beated Natasha Romanoff this weekend fair and square...

 

(BTW, I'm new here, so I'm just getting used to things here...)

Edited July 17, 2021 by Anthony
A few extra words and typos

[wildphantom]

It’s a massive drop for Widow. Especially considering the drop on OW from Friday to Saturday. 
 

Will the ‘streaming makes no difference’ crowd please throw in the towel.  Piracy and putting it on tv day one was not a good move. Just like Cruella. Just like Raya. Just like Mulan. 

[CrashBandicoot81]

The people who care about what critics say weren't going to watch Space Jam in the first place.

 

I don't even think the huge crossover thing is a deal breaker either. Fortnite and Smash Bros, two big games are also corporate commercials. And the Internet just got started hyping itself up for a Nickelodeon Smash Bros clone.

Edited July 17, 2021 by CrashBandicoot81

[Inceptionzq]

Wonder if Disney will update Premier Access numbers