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[Purple Minion]

Jesús de Veracruz, Bohemian Rhapsody had an insane hold, repeats at #1 with $3.4M for a $12.5M total!

 

Other debuts/totals as per Screendaily:

• Nutcracker has grossed $4.2M so far.
• $710K opening for Girl in the Spider Web.
• Overlord is #4 with $638K.
• And Venom finally reached $24M.
• Finally, A Star is Born gross is $4M.

 

 

Edited November 11, 2018 by Purple Minion

[FantasticBeasts]

2 hours ago, Purple Minion said:

Jesús de Veracruz, Bohemian Rhapsody had an insane hold, repeats at #1 with $3.4M for a $12.5M total!

 

Other debuts/totals as per Screendaily:

• Nutcracker has grossed $4.2M so far.
• $710K opening for Girl in the Spider Web.
• Overlord is #4 with $638K.
• And Venom finally reached $24M.
• Finally, A Star is Born gross is $4M.

 

 

what would you expect for FB2?

[Carlangonz]

On 11/6/2018 at 3:49 PM, Purple Minion said:

Btw @Carlangonz do you have an updated total for Coco?

Haven't got any

[Carlangonz]

On 11/7/2018 at 10:05 AM, carlsalf38 said:

Well. I'm glad I don't do this for a living. 100 Million for Bohemain Rhapsody??? In no way I thought this would gross as much. I like Queen but didn't think the whole country loves them¡

Well, first trailer had social media activity only compared to a Marvel title, Fox was aggressive with marketing and presales were out of this world compared to any biopic and musical. It was a perfect combination of factors.

 

On 11/7/2018 at 10:05 AM, carlsalf38 said:

Loca por el Trabajo can be a surprise but I haven't seen that much promotion for this one. First Man and Spider's Web will compete for the adult market so neither will break. I was really looking forward to see First Man until I began reading reviews it just sounds looooong.

Loca por el Trabajo can have a good opening but can't see it with legs, recently all local titles with good/excellent openings are more front-loaded than usual.

 

Never expected anything extraordinary foe neither First Man or Girl in Spider's Web, none of them seemed attractive for the market.

 

Saw First Man yesterday, didn't felt it long but it was ok at best, didn't loved it.

[Purple Minion]

3 hours ago, FantasticBeasts said:

what would you expect for FB2?

The first did almost 300M lc, ER was much better back then.

FB2 should open to 100M lc ($5M), but legs will be affected by The Grinch so 250M lc ($12.5M) is its highest achievable goal in my book.

[Carlangonz]

2 hours ago, Purple Minion said:

The first did almost 300M lc, ER was much better back then.

FB2 should open to 100M lc ($5M), but legs will be affected by The Grinch so 250M lc ($12.5M) is its highest achievable goal in my book.

Sounds about right. I think the HP franchise is developing a similar problem like the SW franchise and is that no one except the fanbase gets hyped about a new film. And Warner's marketing really hasn't helped. 

 

The only way i could see a HP movie making big numbers -let's say $400M+- is if they make a sequel from the original series, if not then this franchise is going to the same status as the Star Wars saga.

[Carlangonz]

NOVEMBER 09-11 WEEKEND. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY PASSES THE GREATEST SHOWMAN AND HEADS TOWARDS $300M LC. OPENERS DON’T SURPRISE AND VENOM ABOUT TO GO AS ONE OF 35 HIGHEST GROSSERS EVER.

 

Bohemian Rhapsody

-Already surpassed lifetime gross of last winter’s hit The Greatest Showman.

- If we consider this as a ‘musical’ then is already second biggest musical of all-time only behind Beauty and the Beast. Among biopics it is already #1.

 

TO PUT SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THIS WEEKEND FLOPS…

The Girl in the Spider’s Web

-33.36% behind The Girl on the Train and on par with Gone Girl.

 

First Man

-Above 1/3 of Interstellar’s opening and less than half of Blade Runner 2049’s first frame. Leave alone bigger comps as Gravity or The Martian.

 

#	MOVIE	WEEKEND	% CHANGE	TOTAL (MXN)	TOTAL (USD)	ADM.	TOTAL ADM.
1	Bohemian Rhapsody	$76.06	-28,78%	$237.3	$11.81	1.2	4.1
2	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	$24.8	-44,71%	$83.71	$4.16	493.9K	1.6
3	The Girl in the Spider's Web	$13.7		$13.7	$673K	224.8K	224.8K
4	Overlord	$12.06		$12.06	$592K	225.6K	225.6K
5	First Man	$11.2		$11.2	$550K	154.1K	154.1K
6	Halloween	$6.7	-67,94%	$237.4	$12.11	132.4K	4.7
7	Lino	$6.5		$6.5	$319K	127.3K	127.3K
8	Hunter Killer	$5.7	-57,99%	$25.19	$1.25	101.2K	477.6K
9	Inquilinos	$5.5	-59,85%	$24.7	$1.22	112.2K	531.08K
10	Venom	$3.56	-57,51%	$456.6	$23.92	75.34K	8.8

 

This Friday opens: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindewald, Loca por el Trabajo, Le Retour du Héros and Muchos Hijos, Un Mono y Un Castillo.

[Purple Minion]

Early tracking is looking not too shabby for Grindewald, we may see a big OW due to lack of competition.

Edited November 16, 2018 by Purple Minion

[Brinatico]

12 minutes ago, Purple Minion said:

Early tracking is looking not too shabby for Grindewald, we may see a big OW due to lack of competition.

How big you think can go?

[Purple Minion]

It did $1.9M on Fri, so looking to open in the $7-8M bracket by Sunday. Monday is bank holiday.

[Carlangonz]

21 hours ago, Purple Minion said:

It did $1.9M on Fri, so looking to open in the $7-8M bracket by Sunday. Monday is bank holiday.

On par with first FB, only separated by a few thousand pesos. That's real consistency, we'll see how it legs with more competition than its predecessor.

[Purple Minion]

The Fantastic Beasts sequel slowed down on Sunday, still a good $6.2M 3-day OW (about 120M lc). The first one opened to 119M lc and 2.2 million tickets.

 

UPDATE: Deadline reports that FB2 > FB1.

Edited November 18, 2018 by Purple Minion

[Purple Minion]

Other totals:

• Venom: $24.3M
• Bohemian Rhapsody: $15.5M ($1.8M weekend)
• Overlord: $1M.

 

 

Edited November 18, 2018 by Purple Minion

[Carlangonz]

NOVEMBER 16-18 WEEKEND. CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD OPENS SLIGHTLY AHEAD PREDECESSOR. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY CROSSES $300M LC AND NEARS A 3X MULTI. REMAINING HOLDOVERS GET THE IMPACT AND CRASH.

 

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

- 3.5% over first Fantastic Beasts, internal multi very similar to that one too which means it was equaly front-loaded across the weekend.

- Doesn’t have direct competition but Ralph is taking away screens from it this friday, then Robin Hood in two and Grinch in three. We’ll see how it stands but should end in the same area as Ant-Man and the Wasp and The Shape of Water ($270M-$280M)

 

Bohemian Rhapsody

- Good drop considering the Newt/Dumbledore/Grindelwald storm, plus, it’s still playing excellent on weekdays. Should pass $350M and come close to $380M, but could finish higher if manages to pull a big PSA.

 

#	MOVIE	WEEKEND	% CHANGE	TOTAL (MXN)	TOTAL (USD)	ADM.	TOTAL ADM.
1	Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald	$123.4		$124.4	$6.18	2.06	2.07
2	Bohemian Rhapsody	$37.5	-50,69%	$307.1	$15.24	626.43K	5.5
3	Loca por el Trabajo	$18.78		$18.78	$934K	336.46K	336.46K
4	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	$10.39	-58,10%	$102.3	$5.07	215.4K	2.05
5	Overlord	$3.38	-71,97%	$21.45	$1.05	65.4K	439.8K
6	First Man	$3	-73,21%	$18.8	$924K	42.2K	281.3K
7	The Girl in the Spider's Web	$2.95	-78,46%	$23.5	$1.15	48,83K	422.8K
8	Lino	$2.83	-56,46%	$11.3	$555K	50,51K	225.5K
9	Halloween	$1.17	-82,53%	$241.10	$12.29	22.5K	4.8
10	Inquilinos	$1	-81,81%	$28.2	$1.39	20.7K	617.02K

 

This Friday opens: Ralph Breaks the Internet, Peppermint, Gon-Ji-Am, The Kindergarten Teacher, Estrellas Solitarias and Roma*.

*Opens on Wednesday.

[Carlangonz]

Tickets for Aquaman are now on sale, it's opening on Dec 13th with 10 PM previews on Dec 12th. 

 

Disney is been somehow lazy with WiFi Ralph marketing, but with lack of an animation since Smallfoot i guess it'll have a decent opening. 

 

Roma is opening at 6 screens this wednesday and has sold-out 3 of them for the first 5 days. Netflix has tried to reach an agreement with Cinépolis and Cinemex to make it to more screens, could it make it?

[Purple Minion]

Hope Roma expands, should resonate with the audience in these transition times.

 

I would have never, ever imagined Bohemian Rhapsody reaching 300M lc. Good on you, moviegoers.

[Carlangonz]

On 11/19/2018 at 12:42 PM, Purple Minion said:

Hope Roma expands, should resonate with the audience in these transition times.

Any negotiation with Cinépolis/Cinemex is beyond dead, Cinemex hasn't said anything but Cinépolis declared through their PR department that they won't show the movie as long as Netflix refuses to accept a 3-month release window before its arrival to the streaming platform. 

 

However, near 60 theatres are ready to open the film between Nov 29 and Dec 6, -some of them are already sold-out for first weekend- and more theatres are still being added, all of them from independent chains and State-owned theatres (Cinetecas). Still, kinda sad this isn't getting a wider reach.

[Carlangonz]

Ralph is aiming to open somewhere in a range between $110M-$120M 

 

Crimes of Grindelwald is looking to crash at the box office with a 70%+ drop

 

Bohemian Rhapsody maintains in Top 3 with a sub-50% drop.

Edited November 24, 2018 by Carlangonz

[Purple Minion]

400M lc for Freddy?

[Carlangonz]

1 hour ago, Purple Minion said:

400M lc for Freddy?

Not sure it can make it, it'll be just over $350M tomorrow morning, but it helps that there's no big competition next weekend and is still pulling a great PSA