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

[CoolioD1]

baz over buzz. who saw that one coming?

[JohnnyGossamer]

11 minutes ago, filmnerdjamie said:

$140M for Elvis?

Oh, man. That's be awesome. I'm thinking more 125 to 130.

[filmlover]

The Black Phone with the best drop in the top 10 is pretty cool. Could actually get close to a $90M finish if it continues to see drops like this.

[JohnnyGossamer]

1 minute ago, filmlover said:

The Black Phone with the best drop in the top 10 is pretty cool. Could actually get close to a $90M finish if it continues to see drops like this.

Elvis and Black Phone are each having awesome multipliers from their OW DOM. It's great to see. Close to over 4+ multi for each.

[Cmasterclay]

4 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

baz over buzz. who saw that one coming?

[Grebacio]

13 minutes ago, filmnerdjamie said:

 

Maybe even $150M.

Sadly, HBO Max makes it difficult

[titanic2187]

Elvis and BP offer good counter-programming for summer crowd. I admit I was not very happy with Elvis opening since tracking suggest a number closer to 40m but its leg largely wash away the negativity. If it follow ASIB’s 11m weekend from here , it will get to 140m.

 

As for TBP, I thought it is a horror? It is so unusual to see a horror hold this good. The power of B+ cinemascore for horror.  

[ringedmortality]

1 minute ago, titanic2187 said:

As for TBP, I thought it is a horror? It is so unusual to see a horror hold this good. The power of B+ cinemascore for horror.

 

It's more of a drama with horror elements.

[Grebacio]

2 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

 

 

As for TBP, I thought it is a horror? It is so unusual to see a horror hold this good. The power of B+ cinemascore for horror.  

That and the lack of Horror competition.

 

[Borobudur]

 

 

[Krissykins]

I can’t see Black Phone getting to $90m with Nope around the corner. Maybe $80m. 

[filmlover]

4 minutes ago, titanic2187 said:

As for TBP, I thought it is a horror? It is so unusual to see a horror hold this good. The power of B+ cinemascore for horror.  

It's much more of a thriller than a straight-up horror movie, which is why it's having good holds. That and also being a definite crowd-pleaser. My audience reacted with applause and cheers at one point during the movie like the kind you would only expect at a Marvel movie.

[filmnerdjamie]

15 minutes ago, Grebacio said:

Sadly, HBO Max makes it difficult

 

Luhrmann said it isn't going there next month and the fact is this was always more of Kilar's baby.

 

Zaslav clearly isn't as beholden to HBO Max.

[CJohn]

Lets not forget The Black Phone is getting released on VOD next Tuesday (which also means it will be available online to download) while Elvis will be on HBO in early August.

[JohnnyGossamer]

3 minutes ago, filmnerdjamie said:

 

Luhrmann said it isn't going there next month and the fact is this was always more of Kilar's baby.

 

Zaslav clearly isn't as beholden to HBO Max.

Oh? That good news. I thought I'd read 8/8/22 a few times as the Elvis to HBO Max date.

[RyneOh1040]

god marcel the shell was perfect 

[filmlover]

13 minutes ago, Krissykins said:

I can’t see Black Phone getting to $90m with Nope around the corner. Maybe $80m. 

It should actually hold well when Nope comes out since they're both Universal.

[titanic2187]

2 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Lets not forget The Black Phone is getting released on VOD next Tuesday (which also means it will be available online to download) while Elvis will be on HBO in early August.

I am actually start to consider if PvOD will help mid-sized film since the additional buzz volume generated from PVOD viewers and the marketing from various platform that in turn help a movie to sustain its latter box office run. Let see if TBP will prove that. 
 

11 minutes ago, filmnerdjamie said:

 

Luhrmann said it isn't going there next month and the fact is this was always more of Kilar's baby.

 

Zaslav clearly isn't as beholden to HBO Max.

How can a WB distributed film escaped its 45 days hbo max policy? I don’t see any report from either producer or WB confirm the special treatment for Elvis.

18 minutes ago, filmlover said:

It's much more of a thriller than a straight-up horror movie, which is why it's having good holds. That and also being a definite crowd-pleaser. My audience reacted with applause and cheers at one point during the movie like the kind you would only expect at a Marvel movie.

so it is not exactly a supernatural horror or slasher film that tend to free fall in leg. 

[John Marston]

15 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Lets not forget The Black Phone is getting released on VOD next Tuesday (which also means it will be available online to download) while Elvis will be on HBO in early August.

 

 

for fucks sake!

[The Dark Alfred]

What a mega opening for Thor. Can it challange JWD, Batman tally? Nice to see this year dishing out plenty 300m+ domestic films already.