Weekend Thread: Free Guy 28.4, Don't Breathe 10.6, Jungle Cruise 9, Respect 8.8, TSS 7.75

[TwoMisfits]

6 minutes ago, Lokis Legion said:

Just realized that WB’s highest grossing release (DOM and WW?) for calendar 2021 will be the movie they put out back during March.

 

Well, it is Hollywood's #2 WW grosser for the year (and will probably not lose that spot for awhile), so it's all about perspective in 2021...I mean, 3 of the top 4 WW highest grossers (Hollywood and non-Hollywood) were late winter/early spring releases...

[Cap]

24 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

It got Rob Stark saying that he can lead the Avengers now that Steve Rogers and Iron Man are really gone.

Here’s hopping Ikaris doesn’t invite any of them to a wedding. 

 

[Menor the Destroyer]

38 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

But does the GA care about that stuff?  

They care about Marvel Studios logo and the marketing giving it a sense of importance to the series.

Edited August 16, 2021 by Menor

[Napoleon]

48 minutes ago, Lokis Legion said:

Just realized that WB’s highest grossing release (DOM and WW?) for calendar 2021 will be the movie they put out back during March.

Dune and Matrix 4 will likely outgross GvK

[RamblinRed]

1 hour ago, Lokis Legion said:

Okay, but like, a hook for normal people  

A someone who is not a comic book guy, this is sort of how I feel. The first trailer for Eternals was pretty meh.

 

Neither SC or Eternals has really caught my eye to this point. SC will definitely be a watch when it gets to streaming. Eternals, we'll see how the pandemic looks when it is coming out and whether the promotion gets any better for it, probably a maybe at best for me right now. Bond and Spider-Man two most likely films I might see assuming the COVID numbers are under control by then.

 

Also, just wanted to say how happy I am to see FG's numbers. The promos for that movie looked like alot of fun. I feel like that should have a good run in the theaters. 

 

TSS numbers have to be really disappointing for WB. With less than 25M in WW gross this weekend will it make it to 200M total? The promotion for that was not very good. From a distance I feel like the uber fans loved it, but everyone else was much more mixed.

 

[Legion Again]

4 minutes ago, RamblinRed said:

TSS numbers have to be really disappointing for WB. With less than 25M in WW gross this weekend will it make it to 200M total

Hasn’t looked likely to hit 200M since a few weeks before it came out.

[El Gato]

TSS is doing bad because it’s pretty much available on YT, there’s a ton of reaction videos that show almost the entire movie or at least show all the big parts. Hoping it pulled in numbers on HBO Max because otherwise there won’t be a part 3. 

[wildphantom]

8 hours ago, El Gato said:

TSS is doing bad because it’s pretty much available on YT, there’s a ton of reaction videos that show almost the entire movie or at least show all the big parts. Hoping it pulled in numbers on HBO Max because otherwise there won’t be a part 3. 

yep. Gen X feel like if a movie is on streaming they can pretty much clip what they like on YouTube.  Just like they do not see a rip of a digital version as ‘piracy’. If what they’re seeing is the legit version, they don’t care how they watch it. This is something I feel older people are in denial about as they know it’s morally wrong. 

The internet gen don’t care. They just want to be part of the conversation when something is out and being buzzed about.  
The 18-30’s demograph is the most important one as far as box office goes. They’re the ones that buzz about these movies, and they’ll seek those movies out to be part of that convo. If you only put them in theaters, then off to the movies they’ll go. If it’s there on their iPads then they’ll happily watch it on there. 

[Nova]

People now watch videos of other people reacting to whole movies 

Edited August 16, 2021 by Nova

[Krissykins]

14 hours ago, wildphantom said:

Don’t forget guys. All of this love for FG’s performance when you’d have been bashing it if it had opened to $13 million when being on HBO Max same day.  
 

The sooner we get these big movies back exclusively in theaters, the better for the whole movie business. 

100% this. 

[Hatebox]

1 hour ago, wildphantom said:

yep. Gen X feel like if a movie is on streaming they can pretty much clip what they like on YouTube.  Just like they do not see a rip of a digital version as ‘piracy’. If what they’re seeing is the legit version, they don’t care how they watch it. This is something I feel older people are in denial about as they know it’s morally wrong. 

The internet gen don’t care. They just want to be part of the conversation when something is out and being buzzed about.  
The 18-30’s demograph is the most important one as far as box office goes. They’re the ones that buzz about these movies, and they’ll seek those movies out to be part of that convo. If you only put them in theaters, then off to the movies they’ll go. If it’s there on their iPads then they’ll happily watch it on there. 

 

Gen-X is a lot older than that!

[BadOlCatSylvester]

We should be getting actuals in about an hour, right?

[eddyxx]

2 hours ago, Nova said:

People now watch videos of other people reacting to whole movies 

People rather have some one tell them what to think of a movie/music/show/game than to enjoy it themselves. Look at how much money people are making on twitch.

Edited August 16, 2021 by eddyxx

[Last Man Standing]

Considering that TSS had great drops in Australia and the UK, I think the obvious explanation is that HBO Max destroyed its domestic legs, and not piracy or Youtube reaction videos.

[robertman2]

3 hours ago, Nova said:

People now watch videos of other people reacting to whole movies 

They don't, I've never seen anyone my age do this.

 

They're just making shit up

[ThomasNicole]

Yeah, Emma Stone is the real winner here.

 

Per @MattBelloni's What I'm Hearing newsletter (https://t.co/iHXPRaQcRD) Emma Stone reportedly received an eight-figure "make good" payment for #Cruella's hybrid release and another eight-figure payment for Cruella 2. 

[el sid]

Wrong thread .

Edited August 16, 2021 by el sid

[RRA]

6 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

Yeah, Emma Stone is the real winner here.

 

Per @MattBelloni's What I'm Hearing newsletter (https://t.co/iHXPRaQcRD) Emma Stone reportedly received an eight-figure "make good" payment for #Cruella's hybrid release and another eight-figure payment for Cruella 2. 

Getting a cut from each PA purchase might become the demands of all A listers working at Disney going forward.

 

 

[Porthos]

Weekend Actuals:

 

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Chart Index

		Movie	Distr	Gross	%LW	Thr	Thr Chng	Per Thr	Total Gross	W
1	N	Free Guy	20th Cent…	$28,365,416		4,165		$6,810	$28,365,416	1
2	N	Don’t Breathe 2	Sony Pict…	$10,622,473		3,005		$3,535	$10,622,473	1
3	(2)	Jungle Cruise	Walt Disney	$9,123,807	-42%	3,900	-410	$2,339	$82,266,361	3
4	N	Respect	United Ar…	$8,807,513		3,207		$2,746	$8,807,513	1
5	(1)	The Suicide Squad	Warner Bros.	$7,471,391	-71%	4,019	+17	$1,859	$42,606,138	2
6	(3)	Old	Universal	$2,368,220	-42%	2,631	-507	$900	$42,925,860	4
7	(4)	Black Widow	Walt Disney	$1,911,613	-51%	2,060	-1,040	$928	$178,111,144	6
8	(5)	Stillwater	Focus Fea…	$1,295,360	-54%	2,179	-432	$594	$12,538,055	3
9	(6)	The Green Knight	A24	$1,163,401	-55%	1,784	-1,014	$652	$14,738,256	3
10	(7)	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Warner Bros.	$1,107,295	-55%	1,841	-1,028	$601	$68,165,033	5
11	(9)	Escape Room: Tourname…	Sony Pict…	$686,317	-47%	776	-527	$884	$24,509,155	5
12	(8)	Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe …	Paramount…	$633,588	-62%	1,035	-1,045	$612	$27,537,793	4
13	(10)	F9: The Fast Saga	Universal	$515,785	-57%	1,160	-555	$445	$172,064,850	8
14	(11)	The Boss Baby: Family…	Universal	$424,145	-43%	1,184	-221	$358	$56,060,440	7
15	(12)	The Forever Purge	Universal	$212,030	-60%	516	-263	$411	$44,199,310	7
-	(13)	A Quiet Place: Part II	Paramount…	$200,256	-38%	419	-101	$478	$159,813,295	12
-	N	Raging Fire	Well Go USA	$101,926		59		$1,728	$101,926	1
-	(14)	Nine Days	Sony Pict…	$95,195	-59%	391	-52	$243	$503,301	3
-	(15)	Roadrunner: A Film Ab…	Focus Fea…	$70,595	-60%	126	-142	$560	$5,138,555	5
-	(-)	Cruella	Walt Disney	$66,866	-51%	95	-53	$704	$85,843,810	12
-	(-)	The Conjuring: The De…	Warner Bros.	$54,618	-68%	61	-33	$895	$65,521,610	11
-	(-)	Pig	Neon	$51,712	-50%	78	-92	$663	$3,030,978	5
-	(-)	Escape From Mogadishu	Well Go USA	$43,672	-33%	26	-16	$1,680	$156,460	2
-	(-)	The Hitman’s Wife’s B…	Lionsgate	$34,877	-58%	88	-91	$396	$38,001,821	9
-	(-)	Swan Song	Magnolia …	$24,096	-10%	47	+12	$513	$66,220	2
-	(-)	Ailey	Neon	$22,465	-52%	81	-7	$277	$151,110	4
-	(-)	Summer of Soul (…Or, …	Searchlig…	$13,441	-44%	26	-16	$517	$2,287,092	7
-	N	The Lost Leonardo	Sony Pict…	$12,487		3		$4,162	$12,487	1
-	(-)	12 Mighty Orphans	Sony Pict…	$10,494	-43%	30	-12	$350	$3,534,072	10
-	N	Ema	Music Box…	$10,422		11		$947	$10,422	1
-	(-)	Queen Bees	Gravitas …	$7,255		31		$234	$1,926,706	10
-	N	The Meaning of Hitler	IFC Films	$4,976		17		$293	$4,976	1
-	(-)	Joe Bell	Roadside …	$3,797	-80%	43	-70	$88	$1,403,115	4
-	(-)	La piscine	Rialto Pi…	$3,355	+34%	4	+2	$839	$151,179	14
-	(-)	Beans	Mongrel M…	$2,055	-27%	15	+4	$137	$133,942	20
-	(-)	Raya and the Last Dragon	Walt Disney	$1,399	-90%	10	-14	$140	$54,722,593	24
-	(-)	John and the Hole	IFC Films	$1,114	-93%	17	-25	$66	$23,276	2
-	N	White as Snow	Dada Films	$998		1		$998	$998	1
-	(-)	Victim of Love	Indican P…	$487		1		$487	$4,612	4
-	(-)	The Ladykillers	Rialto Pi…	$404		1		$404	$22,212	3,417
-	(-)	The Incredible 25th Y…	Indican P…	$350	-61%	1	n/c	$350	$9,721	27
-	(-)	Mama Weed	Music Box…	$301	-69%	2	-1	$151	$26,632	5
-	(-)	Enemies of the State	IFC Films	$254	-37%	2	-3	$127	$8,328	3
-	(-)	Le cercle rouge	Rialto Pi…	$190	+79%	1	n/c	$190	$58,203	971
-	(-)	Mandibles	Magnolia …	$141	-86%	2	-2	$71	$19,445	4
-	N	The East	Magnolia …	$46		2		$23	$46	1
		46		$75,548,598

[El Gato]

9 hours ago, RobrtmanAStarWarsReference said:

They don't, I've never seen anyone my age do this.

 

They're just making shit up

Go look on YT. Many of them have over 100K views. You’d be surprised what people watch