Christmas Weekend Thread (24-26 Dec). No Way Home (84.5m) | Matrix (22.5m 5 day) | Sing 2 (39.4m 5 day)

[grey ghost]

NWH almost missed the top 10 2nd weekends.

 

Yikes.

[Torontofan]

Remember china is not in the gross or it be 250 million  or more higher right now

[cannastop]

15 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Poor Encanto. Disney+ killed it. Not even 100M DOM is quite awful and should ensure any future animated releases will be day & date or straight to streaming.

unless they look at Sing 2. 🙏

[CloneWars]

I remember being ridiculed for my $10m or $20m at most opening for Matrix and yet here we are

[SchumacherFTW]

1 hour ago, ZackM said:

With each passing Christmas and each new mega opener, TFA's run somehow becomes even more unbelievable.

It's almost like the general public liked that movie 👀

[CJohn]

17 minutes ago, cannastop said:

unless they look at Sing 2. 🙏

The jury is still out on that one. Hopefully it has a very strong holidays week.

[Eric is Quiet]

35 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Poor Encanto. Disney+ killed it. Not even 100M DOM is quite awful and should ensure any future animated releases will be day & date or straight to streaming.

Wouldn’t this just encourage studios to not put stuff on streaming early? Encanto would’ve gotten to 100M without this early launch

[fabiopazzo2]

Just now, Eric Smith said:

Wouldn’t this just encourage studios to not put stuff on streaming early? Encanto would’ve gotten to 100M without this early launch

YES.

 

[CloneWars]

4 minutes ago, Eric Smith said:

Wouldn’t this just encourage studios to not put stuff on streaming early? Encanto would’ve gotten to 100M without this early launch

Disney wanted a movie to boost subs for Christmas. They're okay taking a hit to help Disney+

[grim22]

15 minutes ago, SchumacherFTW said:

It's almost like the general public liked that movie 👀

If only it had more tennis in it.

[Daxtreme]

11 minutes ago, grim22 said:

If only it had more tennis in it.

 

 

Edited December 26, 2021 by Daxtreme

[Mango]

Fun fact; No Way Home is now the 4th most attended Spider-Man film out of all 8 live-action films. I haven't found a concrete "average ticket price" for 2021, I've seen the range go from $9.19 to $9.46 on all the searches I've done. Assuming the highest is correct, and accounting for premium ticket upcharges, I estimate that NWH is likely around 43-44 million tickets right now after only 10 days (plus previews). The only three above it are the original Raimi trilogy, and it should make it past Spider-Man 3 (around 48m est tickets) sometime this week. Spider-Man 2 is next on the list with around 60 million admissions, then 2002 film with about 70 million.

[Pinacolada]

8 hours ago, Product Driven Legion said:

BO was pretty restored in June/July, perhaps more than in any month since. Post-vaccine and pre-delta was a time of good vibes. The big problem for BW, of course, was the PA.

June 2021 was such a hopeful time 

[Landon1195]

I don't think Omicron is a big reason for the drop because it held better overseas. And Omicron is much worse overseas. 

[Inceptionzq]

9 minutes ago, Mango said:

Assuming the highest is correct, and accounting for premium ticket upcharges, I estimate that NWH is likely around 43-44 million tickets right now after only 10 days (plus previews).

EntTelligence reports 38M tickets according to Deadline. Don’t know how accurate they claim to be, but that’s a $12.30 ATP. You should also note that both Regal and Cinemark have quietly added a premium surcharge for NWH(and Matrix for that matter) of $0.50-$1, at least from the theaters I’ve looked at.

[Mango]

22 minutes ago, Inceptionzq said:

EntTelligence reports 38M tickets according to Deadline. Don’t know how accurate they claim to be, but that’s a $12.30 ATP. You should also note that both Regal and Cinemark have quietly added a premium surcharge for NWH(and Matrix for that matter) of $0.50-$1, at least from the theaters I’ve looked at.

 

That seems a bit low. If you go by ticket prices in busier markets that may be right, but plenty of theaters have lower prices and less (or no) premium formats. If you want to get really technical, I doubt they consider discount days for theaters (like Tuesdays generally are) where tickets can be as low as $5. Either way, 38M would still put it above FFH I think. It's only behind the first trilogy right now.

Edited December 26, 2021 by Mango

[poweranimals]

why does the title say Matrix has been kicked out of theaters? 

[The GOAT]

3 hours ago, ZackM said:

With each passing Christmas and each new mega opener, TFA's run somehow becomes even more unbelievable.

Phantom Menace had a 5-Day OW of 105mil and Legged out to 427 mil, despite being a snooze fest. 

[Macleod]

12 minutes ago, poweranimals said:

why does the title say Matrix has been kicked out of theaters? 

Because it will be within a week, with these results!  

[Eric is Quiet]

16 minutes ago, poweranimals said:

why does the title say Matrix has been kicked out of theaters? 

It's a joke.