THOR: LOVE AND THUNDER WEEKEND THREAD | The hammer swings down with 144.2 DOM, 302 WW, the 3rd-biggest 2022 opening | Minions 46.1, TGM 15.5, Elvis 11.2, JWD 8.6

[Claudio]

Thor L&T is clearly a comedic film but the best thing or the ones that work well for me are the serious and emotional elements. A lesson for the next one hopefully.

[Madhuvan]

1 minute ago, Claudio said:

Thor L&T is clearly a comedic film but the best thing or the ones that work well for me are the serious and emotional elements. A lesson for the next one hopefully.

Natalie Portman stole the show and deservedly so after the first 2 Thor movies.

[Brainbug]

11 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Feels weird how I am more optimistic for it. I think $350M is happening.

 

Youre not really optimistic, you just cant accept/live with the fact that Dominion will outgross Thor.

 

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[JohnnyGossamer]

9 minutes ago, Madhuvan said:

That would be great legs actually. Like a A/A- cinemascore MCU movie. Didn't GOTG2 opened to 146m for 390m total?? And that was much well received 

GotG2 released the first weekend of May and, I assume, had more new competition than TLT will deal with and TLT of course the second weekend of July release in the heart of summer days. 

 

Can TLT get to 145M+ with the 41.75M Saturday? Could be close if the Sunday drop is soft.

[CJohn]

5 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Youre not really optimistic, you just cant accept/live with the fact that Dominion will outgross Thor.

 

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Everyone seemed to be on this train tho. Just that JW3 was gonna do 500M+ and Thor 450M+ and not these flops numbers

[Brainbug]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Everyone seemed to be on this train tho. Just that JW3 was gonna do 500M+ and Thor 450M+ and not these flops numbers

 

Isnt this the summer of lower-than-expected numbers overall though?

 

Doctor Strange was expected to hit 200M OW and atleast 450M+ total. It did neither.

Dominion was expected to hit 170M+ OW and 500M+ total. It did neither

Thor was expected to hit atleast 150M+ OW and 400M+ total. It will do neither.

Lightyear was expected ... well. You know the story.

 

The only real overperformers in this sense are (obviously) Top Gun and Minions.

[filmnerdjamie]

4 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Everyone seemed to be on this train tho. Just that JW3 was gonna do 500M+ and Thor 450M+ and not these flops numbers

 

Never understood that $500M talk for Dominion in the slightest.

[Issac Newton]

1 minute ago, Brainbug said:

The only real overperformers in this sense are (obviously) Top Gun and Minions.

Don't forget Dog and Everything Everywhere All at Once 

[Madhuvan]

1 minute ago, Brainbug said:

 

Isnt this the summer of lower-than-expected numbers overall though?

 

Doctor Strange was expected to hit 200M OW and atleast 450M+ total. It did neither.

Dominion was expected to hit 170M+ OW and 500M+ total. It did neither

Thor was expected to hit atleast 150M+ OW and 400M+ total. It will do neither.

Lightyear was expected ... well. You know the story.

 

The only real overperformers in this sense are (obviously) Top Gun and Minions.

Have a feeling Bullet Train won't work either. 

[filmnerdjamie]

2 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

The only real overperformers in this sense are (obviously) Top Gun and Minions.

 

I would add Elvis and Black Phone to that list too.

[Issac Newton]

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On grossed an estimated $340K this weekend (from 48 locations). Estimated total domestic gross stands at $963K.#MarcelTheShell #BoxOffice @A24 @marcelthemovie

— BoxOfficeReport.com (@BORReport) July 10, 2022

[M37]

27 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

Feels weird how I am more optimistic for it. I think $350M is happening.

I tend to agree? That Sat went up from Tfri, albeit slightly, is a decent sign. I think the fans turned on Thor quickly, but that it was less reliant on that audience and more GA friendly than say MoM points to a decent run 

[SnokesLegs]

3 minutes ago, Madhuvan said:

Have a feeling Bullet Train won't work either. 

I think it looks entertaining, but every time the trailer plays you can hear a pin drop, there’s no reaction to the comedy at all.

 

Although that could be because it’s an overplayed trailer, I swear it’s been on everything I’ve seen for at least the last 4 months.

[M37]

7 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Isnt this the summer of lower-than-expected numbers overall though?

 

Doctor Strange was expected to hit 200M OW and atleast 450M+ total. It did neither.

Dominion was expected to hit 170M+ OW and 500M+ total. It did neither

Thor was expected to hit atleast 150M+ OW and 400M+ total. It will do neither.

Lightyear was expected ... well. You know the story.

 

The only real overperformers in this sense are (obviously) Top Gun and Minions.

The only two movies that really delivered what their respective audiences wanted/expected, and in the case of TGM, went way over that bar and expanded the pool significantly

[excel1]

13 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Isnt this the summer of lower-than-expected numbers overall though?

 

Doctor Strange was expected to hit 200M OW and atleast 450M+ total. It did neither.

Dominion was expected to hit 170M+ OW and 500M+ total. It did neither

Thor was expected to hit atleast 150M+ OW and 400M+ total. It will do neither.

Lightyear was expected ... well. You know the story.

 

The only real overperformers in this sense are (obviously) Top Gun and Minions.

 

Top Gun is a historic over performer, though. 

[THUNDER BIRD]

24 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

Youre not really optimistic, you just cant accept/live with the fact that Dominion will outgross Thor.

 

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Leave Thor, Dominion has outside chance to outgross Dr Strange 2 too.

[Doffy]

Just now, THUNDER BIRD said:

Leave Thor, Dominion has outside chance to outgross Dr Strange 2 too.

Technically jwd will gross more than ds2 if we don't count opening Weeknd.

[Napoleon]

For people following international numbers: will Love & Thunder miss $1 billion worldwide? 

[Doffy]

Just now, Napoleon said:

For people following international numbers: will Love & Thunder miss $1 billion worldwide? 

800 with good legs.

[Issac Newton]

1 minute ago, Napoleon said:

For people following international numbers: will Love & Thunder miss $1 billion worldwide? 

100% True