mexico Mexico Box Office | $85.3M Wed total for Inside Out 2, very close to the #1 all-time USD crown; here come the Minions!

[Carlangonz]

Great write-up by critic Carlos Aguilar on Inside Out 2's cultural impact and success in the country. It perfectly summarizes everything on it: https://www.indiewire.com/features/commentary/inside-out-2-box-office-hit-mexico-1235022602/

[Carlangonz]

On 7/1/2024 at 10:59 PM, Carlangonz said:

DESPICABLE ME 4 (OPENING DAY) - T-3 DAYS

Title	Seats sold	Seats available	Occupancy	Growth from T-5
Despicable Me 4	4374	56770	7.7%	+56.27%

 

Comps at the same point before release

Title	Seats sold	Seats available	Occupancy	Growth from T-6	Comp in %	Comp in lc
Little Mermaid	1949	17685	11.02%	+39.91%	224.42%	$52.96M
Inside Out 2	12154	56930	21.35%	+61.13%	35.99%	$37.79M
Spiderverse	13954	33397	41.78%	+42.43%	31.35%	$13.79M

DESPICABLE ME 4 (OPENING DAY) - T-17 HOURS

 

Title	Seats sold	Seats available	Occupancy	Growth from T-3
Despicable Me 4	6939	56280	12.33%	+58.64%

 

Comps at the same point before release:
 

Title	Seats sold	Seats available	Occupancy	Growth from T-6	Comp in %	Comp in lc
Little Mermaid	3618	30163	11.99%	+85.63%	191.79%	$45.26M
Inside Out 2	21351	65448	32.62%	+75.67%	32.5%	$34.13M
Spiderverse	13954	33397	41.78%	+42,43%	49.73%	$21.88M

 

Decent finish but a bit lacking compared to the first two comps. We'll see if this turns out heavily backloaded or follows a path similar to presales. 

Shows were reduced because initially rollout was planned from 10:00AM but was delayed to 11:00AM; to be fair morning shows are looking pretty dire with a few exceptions for VIP shows. IMAX and PLFs sales are considerably lower than those for IO2; seems like audiences already spent too much on big formats for Pixar's pic.

Aiming a $40M OD; above both DM3 and Rise of Gru (Wed opening) and a 4-Day opening between $240M-$280M. Latter result would be a record for the franchise.

 

[Carlangonz]

Initial allocation from the sample for Deadpool & Wolverine is 17k+. Compared to other Wed night previews is higher than Fast X's 16k and The Flash's 12k.

Edited Thursday at 04:10 AM by Carlangonz

[keysersoze123]

1 minute ago, Carlangonz said:

Initial allocation from the sample for Deadpool & Wolverine is 17k+. Compared to other Wed night previews is higher than Fast X's 16k and The Flash's 12k.

Did you track MCU 2022 movies like Thor? 

[Carlangonz]

Just now, keysersoze123 said:

Did you track MCU 2022 movies like Thor? 

Only a couple of theaters for Love and Thunder and Multiverse of Madness.

Just checked and allocation atm is lower compared to those two.

[Purple Minion]

$85.3M total for IO2, that means $1M Wednesday, about 18M lc.  It's literally a tupence behind No Way Home in USD!

[Carlangonz]

41 minutes ago, Purple Minion said:

$85.3M total for IO2, that means $1M Wednesday, about 18M lc.  It's literally a tupence behind No Way Home in USD!

It will surpass No Way Home in lc as soon as this weekend. Expecting a $60M weekend.

 

I was going to take data for Deadpool & Wolverine first 12 hours but MTC is working very slowly so I'll wait for a 24 hour cycle.

 

As for rating all chains but Cinepolis have it listed as Rated-C. Cinepolis only displays a warning that is a potential Rated-C and won't refund or cancel previously purchased tickets.

 

C Rating is a restrictive one and doesn't allow anyone under 18 even accompanied by an adult and over 18 audience can be asked to prove it with an ID.

 

Highest grosser with this rating in lc is Logan with $271M and in admissions is The Passion of Christ with 6.1M admissions.

[Carlangonz]

Pretty strong first day for Deadpool & Wolverine; excluding musical events (BTS, The Eras Tour) is perhaps the best since Multiverse of Madness: 8411/19378 - 43.4% occupancy

Sales for previews are already higher than GOTG3 previews and The Marvels opening day combined at T-0. 3.2x of Barbie's first 30 hours.

We'll see later on how rating affects it but doesn't feel like it would be as strong as if it would've released 7-10 years ago like Logan.

[Purple Minion]

Brilliant. Wouldn't it be nice if 2024 becomes the first year with three billion lc movies?