President's Day Weekend Thread: Uncharted 3.7 Previews, Dog 1.26

[Menor the Destroyer]

6 minutes ago, TwoMisfits said:

 

Well, Sony won calendar year DOM 2020 and 2021, so they are the running 2 year champ.  Til the champ gets knocked off, he's still the champ...

2020 doesn't count. 2021 yes, but they used their (by far) biggest player, and now this year are not even going to be close with their slate. 

[AdrianL]

If Dog really does over Death on the Nile wow. Lost City will make bank. 

[Cmasterclay]

Holland coming off NWH certainly has glow, Wahlberg is no slouch as a draw in the right role, the movie was well-advertised, the games sell well - it's a bunch of different things!

[lorddemaxus]

1 hour ago, Madhuvan said:

Tom Holland played the long game and actually won. I think it's exciting. 

 

After this weekend he will get way more opportunities than before. Sony must be really happy for locking him up. 

Yeah, studios gonna be scrambling to release upcoming Tom Holland films right after his next Spider-Man ones.

[Tokugennumataka]

So Encanto did 77k (+729% // +229%) from 1,310 locations 

[LegendaryBen]

$15.4m for Uncharted

$5.04m for Dog

[Madhuvan]

17 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said:

Yeah, studios gonna be scrambling to release upcoming Tom Holland films right after his next Spider-Man ones.

Either way it's great for him.

How many 25 yr old male leads are opening to 40m nowadays specially with the kind of critical reception?

[Eric S'ennui]

https://deadline.com/2022/02/box-office-uncharted-dog-tom-holland-channing-tatum-1234956548/

 

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SATURDAY AM: Refresh for more analysis and weekend chart See, streamers, people do like to go to the movies: Sony’s Uncharted is overperforming past its mid $30M projections over 4-days with a $45M take. Even though the movie stars Spider-Man: No Way Home‘s Tom Holland, this videogame adaptation was never expected to be a Marvel movie. Rather, what Sony has here is a nice franchise started and buddy movie.
 

The PG-13 movie is coming in ahead of previous Presidents Day action film, Kingsman: The Secret Service, which even though it was R, did $41.7M over the four day holiday in 2015. On a 3-day basis, at $42.8M, it’s under 2001 videogame  feature adaptation, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider ($47.7M), an IP that Paramount was able to squeeze another sequel out of with Angelina Jolie.

 

Audiences like Uncharted better than critics on Rotten Tomatoes, 88% to 39% Rotten. CinemaScore stands at a respectable B+ while Comscore/Screen Engine shows 79% overall positive score and a 61% recommend while kids under 12 say the movie was well worth their time with a huge 96% and a 57% recommend. Guy skewing movie here, natch, at 65% with 48% under 25, 75% under 35, with the diversity demos showing 43% Caucasian, 26% Latino and Hispanic, 15% Black, and 16% Asian/other. Imax and PLF rep 37% of the Ruben Fleischer directed movie so far, with Imax charting seven out of the top ten runs. Best markets of play were West, Southeast and Canada. Last weekend, Uncharted made $22M in 15 offshore territories.
 

Holland’s other movie on the box office charts, Spider-Man: No Way Home, is looking at a solid 10th weekend of $9.2M over 4-days taking its total to $772.3M. Already the third highest grossing movie at the domestic box office after Star Wars: Force Awakens ($936.7M) and Avengers: Endgame ($858.3M), some industry estimates believe this Jon Watts directed MCU title ends its run at $800M.
 

MGM/United Artists Releasing’s Channing Tatum movie Dog, with an A- CinemaScore and PostTrak 82% positive/66% recommend, is also coming in ahead of projections with a $14.4M start over 4-days. Pic is leaning toward 55% female, 69% over 25, 47% over 35 and 32% over 45. The 3-day of $12.3M is just under last weekend’s older female skewing movie Death on the Nile. West, Midwest and South are strong markets with smaller cities like St. Louis, Austin, Nashville, Portland, Cleveland, Charlotte popping. 

 

Deadline also mentions something called The Cursed is set for a 1.7M weekend. I don't think I've heard of it.

[Maggie]

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Edited February 19, 2022 by Maggie

[Mango]

I wouldn't be surprised if Uncharted becomes another Resident Evil consistent earner. Never really crossing the threshold to being a "major" blockbuster but keeping enough people coming around. Fans of the games (like myself) will be more mixed to negative on it but enough casual filmgoers will enjoy it enough to keep it going for another couple of movies I imagine. Honestly I can't say I was a fan of it (too many deviations and odd choices from what should have been the easiest video game adaptation ever) but the movie wasn't poorly made and I definitely think casual audiences will like it. 

 

That said the adaptation I have absolutely zero hope for is Metal Gear Solid if that hasn't gone back into development hell yet

[Maggie]

Guys under 35 are saving the box office

 

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Guy skewing movie here, natch, at 65% with 48% under 25, 75% under 35, with the diversity demos showing 43% Caucasian, 26% Latino and Hispanic, 15% Black, and 16% Asian/other.

 

[AdrianL]

Wow. Really great for Uncharted and that # is big enough to get to $100m for sure. Will it get there before Batman? Eh but it'll play all of March. And even if this is an IP it's cool to see something other than a superhero movie do these #s

[druv10]

1	N	Uncharted	Sony Pictures	$15,400,000			4,275	$3,602	$15,400,000	1
2	N	Dog	United Artists	$5,044,000			3,677	$1,372	$5,044,000	1
3	(1)	Death on the Nile	20th Century…	$1,768,000	+144%	-65%	3,280	$539	$20,495,032	8
4	(3)	Spider-Man: No Way Home	Sony Pictures	$1,750,000	+204%	-9%	2,956	$592	$764,690,686	64
-	(4)	Marry Me	Universal	$1,080,000	+120%	-64%	3,643	$296	$14,202,665	8
-	(7)	Sing 2	Universal	$590,000	+269%	-13%	2,476	$238	$145,108,985	59
-	(-)	Encanto	Walt Disney	$77,000	+729%	+229%	1,310	$59	$94,469,061	87
-	(-)	West Side Story	20th Century…	$77,000	+159%	+15%	955	$81	$37,448,749	71
-	(10)	Belfast	Focus Features	$45,000	+9%	-47%	734	$61	$8,183,185	99
-	(-)	Redeeming Love	Universal	$31,000	+28%	-72%	369	$84	$9,036,825	29
-	(11)	The King’s Man	20th Century…	$30,000	-12%	-75%	265	$113	$37,010,867	59
-	(-)	Nightmare Alley	Searchlight …	$13,000	+2%	-50%	250	$52	$11,087,332	64

[AdrianL]

The No Way Home drop... lol crazy

[druv10]

Great for NWH!

 

1.75M

3.5M

3M

 

8.225M (+9%)

 

[Eric S'ennui]

7 minutes ago, Mango said:

I wouldn't be surprised if Uncharted becomes another Resident Evil consistent earner. Never really crossing the threshold to being a "major" blockbuster but keeping enough people coming around. Fans of the games (like myself) will be more mixed to negative on it but enough casual filmgoers will enjoy it enough to keep it going for another couple of movies I imagine. Honestly I can't say I was a fan of it (too many deviations and odd choices from what should have been the easiest video game adaptation ever) but the movie wasn't poorly made and I definitely think casual audiences will like it. 

 

That said the adaptation I have absolutely zero hope for is Metal Gear Solid if that hasn't gone back into development hell yet

Ehh, maybe if they cut down the budget, but I still think Uncharted is coasting off Spider-Mania and Uncharted 2 will probably see a hefty drop.

[Tokugennumataka]

2 minutes ago, druv10 said:

Great for NWH!

 

1.75M

3.5M

3M

 

8.225M (+9%)

 

The numbers adjusted Fri to 1.715M. So maybe 

1.715M

3.43M

2.75M for 7.9M (+5%) 

Edited February 19, 2022 by Tokugennumataka

[filmlover]

Dog doing as well as it did is more surprising than Uncharted (which itself opened great). What the heck. Might be the start of a big comeback year for Tatum between this, The Lost City, and HBO Max-bound Magic Mike 3.

[Eric S'ennui]

Anyways, this could be me expecting too much, and I know this is still going to turn out well for MGM, but I feel kind of underwhelmed by Dog's performance just matching Nile, since Dog arguably has more going for it. Just kind of shows there's still a tough ceiling for these kinds of dramas/female-skewing pieces compared to other films IMO

[Krissykins]

1 hour ago, Menor Reborn said:

2020 doesn't count. 2021 yes, but they used their (by far) biggest player, and now this year are not even going to be close with their slate. 

2020 counts. Any studio that released films for cinemas to play deserves to be rewarded. 
 

24 minutes ago, Tokugennumataka said:

So Encanto did 77k (+729% // +229%) from 1,310 locations 

Expanding to 1,310 locations to be met with a PTA of …. fifty nine dollars. Pointless.