Weekend Thread: Free Guy 18.79M (34% drop!) | PAW Patrol 13M, Jungle Cruise 6.2M | Protégé 2.9M, Night House 2.87M, Legendary Flop Reminiscence 2M (Worst opening for a movie in 3K theaters!)

[TwoMisfits]

20 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said:

Why? Warner clearly dumped this movie.

 

They literally didn't do anything to promote it, just the very basic. I doubt anyone will see this shit result to a movie that nobody cares (including the Studio) and make assumptions about movies that people actually Care.

Well, for movie goers, they did have the Reminiscence trailer on every movie I watched outside of kid films this summer (Space Jam 2, Snake Eyes, and The Suicide Squad)...so they didn't bury it, especially to the crowds going to movies right now.  Those crowds had no interest...

Edited August 23, 2021 by TwoMisfits

[Felandria]

52 minutes ago, Maggie said:

This is sad and bad news for adult orientated movies in the fall/winter

 

 

 

For comparison, that’s only 50 grand ahead of the opening of A SOUND OF THUNDER!

[RamblinRed]

Really happy for Free Guy. That and JC had strong holds.

 

Good start for PP.

 

Hopefully FG will encourage a future system with a 30-45 exclusive window and then to streaming, but we will see, JC argues you can do a PA and still have good legs if your film is well received. 

 

My impression before the year even started was WB's slate for 2021 wasn't very strong and it certainly hasn't been. That may be part of the reason they are willing to just let them all go day and date to HBOMax.

 

TSS has done well in a couple of places - like UK and Australia, but there are also places where it really has not done very well. Even without day and date i'm not sure it could have done much more than 200M.

 

 

 

 

[ThomasNicole]

32 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Well, for movie goers, they did have the Reminiscence trailer on every movie I watched outside of kid films this summer (Space Jam 2, Snake Eyes, and The Suicide Squad)...so they didn't bury it, especially to the crowds going to movies right now.  Those crowds had no interest...

The movie is very bad too, this doesn't help.

 

Other than the cast it literally doesn't have anything interesting... The concept is cool but they never really use it, the plot itself is obvious and reminiscent of other movies that made the same thing better, and the action is horrible.

[Dominic Draper]

36 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

Well, for movie goers, they did have the Reminiscence trailer on every movie I watched outside of kid films this summer (Space Jam 2, Snake Eyes, and The Suicide Squad)...so they didn't bury it, especially to the crowds going to movies right now.  Those crowds had no interest...

I was going to say, saying WB didnt promote it is factually untrue. I've seen that trailer before every movie for months now. 

 

[ThomasNicole]

5 minutes ago, Dominic Draper said:

I was going to say, saying WB didnt promote it is factually untrue. I've seen that trailer before every movie for months now. 

 

I didn't say there's no promotion. I said they didn't promote beyond the basic.

 

Trailers showing at theaters is most basic marketing piece possible, they did that, can you show much more promotion than this? They clearly didn't care about it, possible because they know the movie not only had 0 hype but it's also terrible.

[Eric Lasagna]

Actuals:

 

1	(1)	Free Guy	20th Cent…	$18,504,022	-35%	4,165	n/c	$4,443	$58,526,997	2
2	N	PAW Patrol: The Movie	Paramount…	$13,148,340		3,184		$4,130	$13,148,340	1
3	(3)	Jungle Cruise	Walt Disney	$6,346,235	-30%	3,575	-325	$1,775	$92,660,063	4
4	(2)	Don’t Breathe 2	Sony Pict…	$5,051,607	-52%	3,005	n/c	$1,681	$19,673,809	2
5	(4)	Respect	United Ar…	$3,760,666	-57%	3,207	n/c	$1,173	$15,729,378	2
6	(5)	The Suicide Squad	Warner Bros.	$3,400,190	-54%	2,926	-1,093	$1,162	$49,261,901	3
7	N	The Protégé	Lionsgate	$2,908,221		2,577		$1,129	$2,908,221	1
8	N	The Night House	Searchlig…	$2,859,409		2,240		$1,277	$2,859,409	1
9	N	Reminiscence	Warner Bros.	$1,950,793		3,265		$597	$1,950,793	1
10	(6)	Old	Universal	$1,147,115	-52%	1,547	-1,084	$742	$45,189,765	5
11	(7)	Black Widow	Walt Disney	$1,113,691	-42%	1,340	-720	$831	$180,167,734	7
12	(9)	The Green Knight	A24	$971,825	-16%	825	-959	$1,178	$16,343,956	4
13	(10)	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Warner Bros.	$501,675	-55%	902	-939	$556	$69,310,604	6
14	(8)	Stillwater	Focus Fea…	$458,430	-65%	1,026	-1,153	$447	$13,583,755	4
15	(12)	Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe …	Paramount…	$309,820	-51%	540	-495	$574	$28,139,075	5
-	(11)	Escape Room: Tourname…	Sony Pict…	$300,147	-56%	382	-394	$786	$25,188,958	6
-	(13)	F9: The Fast Saga	Universal	$220,110	-57%	857	-303	$257	$172,521,545	9
-	(14)	The Boss Baby: Family…	Universal	$205,205	-52%	994	-190	$206	$56,519,370	8
-	(-)	A Quiet Place: Part II	Paramount…	$94,878	-53%	349	-70	$272	$160,024,169	13
-	(15)	The Forever Purge	Universal	$80,990	-62%	371	-145	$218	$44,357,265	8
-	(-)	Cruella	Walt Disney	$59,739	-11%	80	-15	$747	$85,941,310	13
-	(-)	Raging Fire	Well Go USA	$49,020	-52%	37	-22	$1,325	$218,884	2
-	(-)	Roadrunner: A Film Ab…	Focus Fea…	$44,680	-37%	87	-39	$514	$5,225,440	6
-	N	Flag Day	United Ar…	$42,953		24		$1,790	$42,953	1
-	N	Demonic	IFC Midnight	$40,683		85		$479	$40,683	1
-	(-)	Pig	Neon	$35,476	-31%	61	-17	$582	$3,093,037	6
-	(-)	Escape From Mogadishu	Well Go USA	$29,053	-33%	12	-14	$2,421	$216,299	3
-	(-)	Nine Days	Sony Pict…	$28,565	-70%	64	-327	$446	$599,628	4
-	(-)	The Lost Leonardo	Sony Pict…	$18,601	+49%	11	+8	$1,691	$38,138	2
-	N	Cryptozoo	Magnolia …	$12,891		45		$286	$12,891	1
-	(-)	Swan Song	Magnolia …	$11,057	-54%	34	-13	$325	$88,686	3
-	(-)	12 Mighty Orphans	Sony Pict…	$10,765	+3%	25	-5	$431	$3,551,586	11
-	(-)	Ema	Music Box…	$10,519	+1%	27	+16	$390	$28,710	2
-	(-)	Summer of Soul (…Or, …	Searchlig…	$8,435	-37%	20	-6	$422	$2,304,732	8
-	N	Ma Belle, My Beauty	Good Deed…	$8,000		2		$4,000	$8,000	1
-	(-)	Ailey	Neon	$7,874	-65%	33	-48	$239	$176,150	5
-	(-)	The Conjuring: The De…	Warner Bros.	$7,786	-86%	30	-31	$260	$65,556,488	12
-	(-)	White as Snow	Dada Films	$3,264	+227%	14	+13	$233	$5,134	2
-	N	Death Rider in the Ho…	Atlas Dis…	$3,004		1		$3,004	$3,004	1
-	(-)	Beans	Mongrel M…	$1,003	-51%	8	-7	$125	$137,576	21
-	(-)	Mama Weed	Music Box…	$298	-1%	2	n/c	$149	$27,720	6
		41		$63,767,035

[WrathOfHan]

Lol @ Demonic being below Flag Day despite having more than 3x the theaters. You can't do limited releases right now.

[Porthos]

Second weekend in a row where Disney (slightly) overshot Free Guy.

 

Huh.  Guess their magical super powers concerning Sunday Estimates don't apply to movies bought from Fox. 

[Dominic Draper]

48 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said:

I didn't say there's no promotion. I said they didn't promote beyond the basic.

 

Trailers showing at theaters is most basic marketing piece possible, they did that, can you show much more promotion than this? They clearly didn't care about it, possible because they know the movie not only had 0 hype but it's also terrible.

I saw tv commercials and internet as well.

 

Also you said they literally didnt promote it. Just the basic. Whatever that is supposed to mean.

Edited August 23, 2021 by Dominic Draper

[Legion Again]

Reminiscence was marketed a lot. Far beyond the basic, I saw so much promotion for it.   
 

It didn’t flop because of delta or whatever, it’s at like 10% of Free Guy’s 2nd weekend. It flopped because it’s a free streaming movie that didn’t look appealing (so it also flopped on that streaming service).

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, Lokis Legion said:

Reminiscence was marketed a lot. Far beyond the basic, I saw so much promotion for it.   
 

It didn’t flop because of delta or whatever, it’s at like 10% of Free Guy’s 2nd weekend. It flopped because it’s a free streaming movie that didn’t look appealing (so it also flopped on that streaming service).

Where is she?

WHERE IS SHE?!?!?!?!

[Legion Again]

I have no interest in “cultural impact” or “phenomenon” or whatever for recent movies, but I do think only 1/5 Pixar originals since Inside Out has been truly spectacular, Soul, and not really in a kid friendly way. Then again only 1/5 originals *before* Inside Out was truly spectacular for me, so…     
 

Perhaps the lesson is that their 99-2004 run is not exactly reproducible.   

Edited August 23, 2021 by Lokis Legion

[ThomasNicole]

2 minutes ago, Dominic Draper said:

I saw tv commercials and internet as well.

 

Also you said they literally didnt promote it. Just the basic. Whatever that is supposed to mean.

That they promote it in a basic way, i mean, it's just read.

 

Anyway, pointless discussion.

[Dominic Draper]

Just now, ThomasNicole said:

That they promote it in a basic way, i mean, it's just read.

 

Anyway, pointless discussion.

Well, I heavily disagree. It was promoted more or less the same as a lot of WB films. People just had no interest. 

 

 

[Dominic Draper]

30 minutes ago, WrathOfHan said:

Lol @ Demonic being below Flag Day despite having more than 3x the theaters. You can't do limited releases right now.

I was really hoping for a blomkamp come back. Particularly because I thought all those Oats studios short film were pretty good.

 

Sucks to see him keep spiraling.

[filmlover]

Reminiscence's 2.5 minute trailer was confusing and the 30 second TV spots were borderline incomprehensible. Just seemed like a tough sell from the beginning. Add bad reviews and a target audience that's still mostly avoiding multiplexes to the mix and you have the perfect recipe for a pitiful flop even in normal times.

Edited August 23, 2021 by filmlover

[Chicago]

3 hours ago, Free Eric said:

Actuals:

 

1	(1)	Free Guy	20th Cent…	$18,504,022	-35%	4,165	n/c	$4,443	$58,526,997	2
2	N	PAW Patrol: The Movie	Paramount…	$13,148,340		3,184		$4,130	$13,148,340	1
3	(3)	Jungle Cruise	Walt Disney	$6,346,235	-30%	3,575	-325	$1,775	$92,660,063	4
4	(2)	Don’t Breathe 2	Sony Pict…	$5,051,607	-52%	3,005	n/c	$1,681	$19,673,809	2
5	(4)	Respect	United Ar…	$3,760,666	-57%	3,207	n/c	$1,173	$15,729,378	2
6	(5)	The Suicide Squad	Warner Bros.	$3,400,190	-54%	2,926	-1,093	$1,162	$49,261,901	3
7	N	The Protégé	Lionsgate	$2,908,221		2,577		$1,129	$2,908,221	1
8	N	The Night House	Searchlig…	$2,859,409		2,240		$1,277	$2,859,409	1
9	N	Reminiscence	Warner Bros.	$1,950,793		3,265		$597	$1,950,793	1
10	(6)	Old	Universal	$1,147,115	-52%	1,547	-1,084	$742	$45,189,765	5
11	(7)	Black Widow	Walt Disney	$1,113,691	-42%	1,340	-720	$831	$180,167,734	7
12	(9)	The Green Knight	A24	$971,825	-16%	825	-959	$1,178	$16,343,956	4
13	(10)	Space Jam: A New Legacy	Warner Bros.	$501,675	-55%	902	-939	$556	$69,310,604	6
14	(8)	Stillwater	Focus Fea…	$458,430	-65%	1,026	-1,153	$447	$13,583,755	4
15	(12)	Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe …	Paramount…	$309,820	-51%	540	-495	$574	$28,139,075	5
-	(11)	Escape Room: Tourname…	Sony Pict…	$300,147	-56%	382	-394	$786	$25,188,958	6
-	(13)	F9: The Fast Saga	Universal	$220,110	-57%	857	-303	$257	$172,521,545	9
-	(14)	The Boss Baby: Family…	Universal	$205,205	-52%	994	-190	$206	$56,519,370	8
-	(-)	A Quiet Place: Part II	Paramount…	$94,878	-53%	349	-70	$272	$160,024,169	13
-	(15)	The Forever Purge	Universal	$80,990	-62%	371	-145	$218	$44,357,265	8
-	(-)	Cruella	Walt Disney	$59,739	-11%	80	-15	$747	$85,941,310	13
-	(-)	Raging Fire	Well Go USA	$49,020	-52%	37	-22	$1,325	$218,884	2
-	(-)	Roadrunner: A Film Ab…	Focus Fea…	$44,680	-37%	87	-39	$514	$5,225,440	6
-	N	Flag Day	United Ar…	$42,953		24		$1,790	$42,953	1
-	N	Demonic	IFC Midnight	$40,683		85		$479	$40,683	1
-	(-)	Pig	Neon	$35,476	-31%	61	-17	$582	$3,093,037	6
-	(-)	Escape From Mogadishu	Well Go USA	$29,053	-33%	12	-14	$2,421	$216,299	3
-	(-)	Nine Days	Sony Pict…	$28,565	-70%	64	-327	$446	$599,628	4
-	(-)	The Lost Leonardo	Sony Pict…	$18,601	+49%	11	+8	$1,691	$38,138	2
-	N	Cryptozoo	Magnolia …	$12,891		45		$286	$12,891	1
-	(-)	Swan Song	Magnolia …	$11,057	-54%	34	-13	$325	$88,686	3
-	(-)	12 Mighty Orphans	Sony Pict…	$10,765	+3%	25	-5	$431	$3,551,586	11
-	(-)	Ema	Music Box…	$10,519	+1%	27	+16	$390	$28,710	2
-	(-)	Summer of Soul (…Or, …	Searchlig…	$8,435	-37%	20	-6	$422	$2,304,732	8
-	N	Ma Belle, My Beauty	Good Deed…	$8,000		2		$4,000	$8,000	1
-	(-)	Ailey	Neon	$7,874	-65%	33	-48	$239	$176,150	5
-	(-)	The Conjuring: The De…	Warner Bros.	$7,786	-86%	30	-31	$260	$65,556,488	12
-	(-)	White as Snow	Dada Films	$3,264	+227%	14	+13	$233	$5,134	2
-	N	Death Rider in the Ho…	Atlas Dis…	$3,004		1		$3,004	$3,004	1
-	(-)	Beans	Mongrel M…	$1,003	-51%	8	-7	$125	$137,576	21
-	(-)	Mama Weed	Music Box…	$298	-1%	2	n/c	$149	$27,720	6
		41		$63,767,035

 

AQP2 has had a great run all things considered

[tonytr87]

4 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

The movie is very bad too, this doesn't help.

 

Other than the cast it literally doesn't have anything interesting... The concept is cool but they never really use it, the plot itself is obvious and reminiscent of other movies that made the same thing better, and the action is horrible.

 

It's not that bad. There's one action scene, and it's a well-done fight scene in a sinking warehouse. 

[ThomasNicole]

1 hour ago, tonytr87 said:

 

It's not that bad. There's one action scene, and it's a well-done fight scene in a sinking warehouse. 

about this scene i think it was terrible edited, at least.

Edited August 24, 2021 by ThomasNicole