FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE WEEKEND THREAD | Read the first post for the rules

[Tokugennumataka]

Given the lackluster Thursday, I'm bound to believe weekend heavy numbers for most films. That said with an 18M Friday, the best it'll likely do is 38M. It may still creep over 100M, but barely crawling past an 11 yo film's OD from the same franchise doesn't instill any confidence. 

[Tokugennumataka]

Same CinemaScore as CoG? Not a good sign at all. What has this franchise devolved into? 

Edited April 16, 2022 by Tokugennumataka

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

B+ cinemascore

 

Same as the 2nd one

[YM!]

2 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

B+ cinemascore

 

Same as the 2nd one

Yikes, doesn’t bode well for legs. 

[Flopped]

What naked, muscular men must we oil up and sacrifice to the box office Gods for some numbers? 

[Yandereprime101189]

I guess Mads isn't franchise viagra.

 

Can't wait for Dwayne Johnson to be Grindlewald next movie.

Edited April 16, 2022 by Yandereprime101189

[Lion Roar]

As someone who mostly enjoyed CoG I really don't think this one is a better movie. Most of the problems remain, the only improvement is Grindelwald himself. I was bored in several scenes and there are way too many uninteresting characters and subplots that are pointless and lead nowhere or are too quickly and unsatisfyingly resolved.  Not surprised at the audience reaction.

[clockwork]

31 minutes ago, BestPicturePlutoNash said:

B+ cinemascore

 

Same as the 2nd one

One grade lower than Sonic 2 and about three grades above Morbius, which just got to show you how bad Morbius was.

[ringedmortality]

It's safe to say the Fantastic Beasts franchise is done eh. Maybe they can do that Hufflepuff Love Story script that was in the Blacklist this past year.

[Cap]

1 hour ago, filmlover said:

Eddie Redmayne is one of those actors where the more I've seen of them, the less I like them.

This describes everyone related to Les Mis (2012) 

 

3 minutes ago, Yandereprime101189 said:

I guess Mads isn't franchise viagra.

 

Can't wait for Dwayne Johnson to be Grindlewald next movie.

 

Why should I go see a movie with him, when I can watch some of his other projects, that aren’t as problematic?

 

I always think of the Robert Evans quote from the 1970s when he started working over at paramount: People don’t go to the movies anymore. People go see a movie.

 

He said that 50 years ago and it still applies. I just don’t think people wanna see the movie. We can debate why till we’re blue in the face, Doesn’t change that it appears that people don’t want to see the movie.

[Yandereprime101189]

At this point, people might be better off watching ASMR videos of people reading or role playing Harry Potter than seeing The Secrets of Dumbledore. Or just watching the original films.

 

 

It's really true. If you're not a Marvel movie, Disney remake (GIVE ME LIVE ACTION FROZEN ALREADY YOU COWARDS) or a great big franchise movie like Fast and Furious or Jurassic, you might as well start making films for streaming.......or reinvision them as streaming series.

Edited April 16, 2022 by Yandereprime101189

[titanic2187]

Omg, I remember some month ago we were talking about how overcrowded this late-march and april was. So the so called “overcrowded” marketplace is that out of 4 openers, only one managed to pass 100m total comfortably? Not to mention we may miss 100m weekend total for this Easter! 
 

Our moviegoing is suffering long covid for sure. 

[grey ghost]

FB3 flopped so I can finally send WB my fanfic, Fifty Shades of Weasley. 

[Eevin]

lower than morbius??

[Gavin Feng]

where is the number?

[DAJK]

Saw Uncharted again tonight. I think I was too harsh on it last time, it’s a fun movie. Totally understand the legs on it.

 

Sony probably waiting to schedule uncharted 2 a few months after the next Spider-Man movie, so that the sequel can also ride the SM coattails.

[Pinacolada]

5 hours ago, grim22 said:

It's not just that Grindelwald was that awful, it's also that this movie didn't look like it was enough of a departure from that as well. When you have an awful previous movie, you need the next movie to really deliver and look like something worth watching and different.

 

It's like the first Purge movie was really bad, it opened high but died almost immediately. The next one actually looked different and delivered on the concept of the first movie and actually managed to increase.

This 100%. Nothing in Secrets of Dumbledore's trailers look any different than Crimes of Grindelwald. 

 

For example, Crimes of Grindelwald's marketing heavily featured Grindelwald giving a speech to spectators. Secrets of Dumbledore's marketing also heavily featured Grindelwald giving a speech to spectators. "Our war with the muggles BEGINS. TODAY. 

[DAJK]

FWIW, what I'm seeing in BC suggests a 14.5-15.5M true Friday. 20.5-21.5M full Friday. That being said, maybe BC just plays stronger for Fantastic Beasts than other areas, I don't know. 

 

Father Stu isn't even worth comping in Canada; we don't have the faith-based market that the US does. 

[Krissykins]

2 hours ago, clockwork said:

One grade lower than Sonic 2 and about three grades above Morbius, which just got to show you how bad Morbius was.

Sonic got an A so it’s 2 grades lower. One grade lower would be an A-. 

[Legion Again]

31 minutes ago, DAJK said:

FWIW, what I'm seeing in BC suggests a 14.5-15.5M true Friday. 20.5-21.5M full Friday. That being said, maybe BC just plays stronger for Fantastic Beasts than other areas, I don't know. 

 

Father Stu isn't even worth comping in Canada; we don't have the faith-based market that the US does. 

Do you have a % vs previews?