Weekend - 08/05-08/07 | Actuals: Bullet Train 30, Super Pets 11, Nope 8.5, Thor 7.7, Minions 7.1 | TGM sinks Titanic! 7th-biggest film DOM | Bodies Bodies Bodies earns 37.8K PTA

[The Dark Alfred]

Another terrific hold for TGM, shook off the effects of BULLET TRAIN.

 

Biggest domestic 11th Friday:

 

1. Feb 27, 1988 TITANIC                         $4,739,243      3,035   $1561  $412,090,075

2. Feb 26, 2010 AVATAR                         $3,076,750      2,456   $1252  $695,981,544

3. Jan 31, 2013 FROZEN                         $2,244,958      2,754   $815    $352,947,287

4. Aug  5, 2022 TOP GUN: MAVERICK    $1,900,000      2,760   $688    $657,380,244

Edited August 6, 2022 by The Dark Alfred

[Doffy]

Just now, The Dark Alfred said:

Another terrific hold for TGM, shook off the effects of BULLET TRAIN.

 

Biggest domestic 11th Friday:

 

1. Feb 27, 1988 TITANIC                         $4,739,243      3,035   $1561  $412,090,075

 

 

2. Feb 26, 2010 AVATAR                         $3,076,750      2,456   $1252  $695,981,544

 

 

3. Jan 31, 2018 FROZEN                         $2,244,958      2,754   $815    $352,947,287

 

 

4. Aug  5, 2022 TOP GUN: MAVERICK    $1,900,000      2,760   $688    $657,380,244

Frozen year?

[M37]

1 hour ago, grim22 said:

This summer movie season has been a Minions and a Top Gun 2 away from being a complete bust. Maybe Elvis as well.

I wouldn’t call two $145M openers/$320M+ grossers, plus a handful of other titles over $100M, “a complete bust”, but would agree nothing else really broke out and/or held very well, besides the 3 you mentioned 

 

There’s just not enough highly quality content to sustain higher levels grosses. The audience is (at least IMO) smaller and more selective 

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

Black Phone has a 3.59 multiplier, I'd say that's a solid breakout. Yeah, it's not 100m+ but legging to 80 is a good hold

[DAJK]

Man, Prey really shoulda gone theatrical. I doubt it would have done much more than high teens or so, but I would have loved to see that in a theater.

[XXR vs XXR]

7 minutes ago, Lily19 said:

Why do Sony think BT will hit 30m?

 

And please don’t ban me. I’m not that jolie loon. You can check my IP.  I’m a also Brad fan. I can give my twitter account.🥺

 

[ringedmortality]

25 minutes ago, M37 said:

There’s just not enough highly quality content to sustain higher levels grosses. The audience is (at least IMO) smaller and more selective 

 

The lack of releases really is a burden. We had two movies that could have made decent money in theaters sent straight to streaming this weekend (Thirteen Lives and Prey)

[ringedmortality]

10 minutes ago, Lily19 said:

You can check my IP.

 

Didn't the mods say they were using a VPN

[Felandria]

I was not expecting Bullet Train to be a slamming door farce,  it I sure was delighted that it is.

[WrathOfHan]

@Blankments @Eric the Tank Engine

 

7x:

Avatar: The Way of Water (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Jurassic World: Dominion, Thor: Love and Thunder, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Nope, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Bullet Train)

 

6x:

Bullet Train (The Northman, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World: Dominion, Thor: Love and Thunder, Nope)

 

4x:

Moonage Daydream (Crimes of the Future, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Nope, Bullet Train)

 

3x:

Black Adam (Thor: Love and Thunder, Nope, Bullet Train)

Don't Worry Darling (Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, Men, The Black Phone)

The Menu (Men, Crimes of the Future, The Black Phone)

Smile (Top Gun: Maverick, Nope, Bullet Train)

Strange World (Lightyear, Thor: Love and Thunder, Minions: The Rise of Gru)

 

2x:

Beast (Thor: Love and Thunder, Nope)

Bodies Bodies Bodies (Men, The Black Phone)

Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero (Jurassic World: Dominion, Minions: The Rise of Gru)

Oppenheimer (Nope, Bullet Train)

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Minions: The Rise of Gru)

 

1x:

Amsterdam (Thor: Love and Thunder)

Barbarian (The Black Phone)

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Bullet Train)

DC League of Super Pets (Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore)

Halloween Ends (Nope)

Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul (Nope)

The Invitation (Bullet Train)

John Wick: Chapter 4 (Bullet Train)

Lyle Lyle Crocodile (Minions: The Rise of Gru)

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1 (Top Gun: Maverick)

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sonic the Hedgehog 2)

Till (Nope)

Vengeance (Crimes of the Future)

The Woman King (Bullet Train)

Edited August 6, 2022 by WrathOfHan

[DAJK]

1 minute ago, Lily19 said:

I just want to know if Bullet Train has a chance to hit 30m. 

A chance? Yea. A huge one? Nah.

[Eric the Fall Guy]

41 minutes ago, Lily19 said:

Why do Sony think BT will hit 30m?

 

And please don’t ban me. I’m not that jolie loon. You can check my IP.  I’m a also Brad fan. I can give my twitter account.🥺

Nice try mah boi.

[Ledmonkey96]

I wonder if Top Gun will be able to hold enough to be #5 for the weekend, if it can it should be good for awhile due to next weeks expansion/extra footage if that is actually a thing

[robertman2]

45 minutes ago, Lily19 said:

Why do Sony think BT will hit 30m?

 

And please don’t ban me. I’m not that jolie loon. You can check my IP.  I’m a also Brad fan. I can give my twitter account.🥺

lmaooooooooooooooo

[titanic2187]

Disaster numbers across the board. 

[Jiffy]

E.T. 11th Friday is $2,202,671.

[Eric the Fall Guy]

1 hour ago, M37 said:

I wouldn’t call two $145M openers/$320M+ grossers, plus a handful of other titles over $100M, “a complete bust”, but would agree nothing else really broke out and/or held very well, besides the 3 you mentioned 

 

There’s just not enough highly quality content to sustain higher levels grosses. The audience is (at least IMO) smaller and more selective 

I think you're underselling some stuff here, even if they aren't major massive breakouts. Black Phone legged out like crazy to a 90M gross and is the third-biggest non-sequel from Blumhouse. Nobody expected that going into the summer. Crawdads is also looking to reach 80M, which is also something nobody predicted for a poorly-reviewed feature where the biggest stars promoted aren't even in the movie itself. And yeah Nope hasn't stabilized, but a 120M gross is great for any horror movie, let alone an original one from a filmmaker who is intentionally being divisive with his features. And if we're talking specialty, Mrs. Harris is looking like a quietly strong breakout and will reach the teens. Even in a healthy, thriving indie/specialty market that is impressive, and things have been pretty poor in this area this year (though hopefully Bodies Bodies Bodies will be a winner once it expands).

 

And yeah, these aren't barnbusting numbers, but these are the films that are most in danger in our current capitalist hellscpae, and they all are either surpassing expectations at best or just meeting at worst. These films would not have made these numbers last year, and it shows that there is a wider, diverse audience out there still.

[M37]

8 minutes ago, Eric the Tank Engine said:

I think you're underselling some stuff here, even if they aren't major massive breakouts. Black Phone legged out like crazy to a 90M gross and is the third-biggest non-sequel from Blumhouse. Nobody expected that going into the summer. Crawdads is also looking to reach 80M, which is also something nobody predicted for a poorly-reviewed feature where the biggest stars promoted aren't even in the movie itself. And yeah Nope hasn't stabilized, but a 120M gross is great for any horror movie, let alone an original one from a filmmaker who is intentionally being divisive with his features. And if we're talking specialty, Mrs. Harris is looking like a quietly strong breakout and will reach the teens. Even in a healthy, thriving indie/specialty market that is impressive, and things have been pretty poor in this area this year (though hopefully Bodies Bodies Bodies will be a winner once it expands).

 

And yeah, these aren't barnbusting numbers, but these are the films that are most in danger in our current capitalist hellscpae, and they all are either surpassing expectations at best or just meeting at worst. These films would not have made these numbers last year, and it shows that there is a wider, diverse audience out there still.

Fwiw, I was counting BP and Crawdads as part of the “handful of $100M films” (even if they don’t actually get there) 

 

The “lack of content” comment is more about the fact that’s there’s not really anything between the $300M+ tent poles and the $80-$160M level, and not enough of the latter to fill that void

 

[Eric the Fall Guy]

6 minutes ago, M37 said:

Fwiw, I was counting BP and Crawdads as part of the “handful of $100M films” (even if they don’t actually get there) 

 

The “lack of content” comment is more about the fact that’s there’s not really anything between the $300M+ tent poles and the $80-$160M level, and not enough of the latter to fill that void

 

I mean that's sadly been the case for the past...seven years now. Think that whole "nothing inbetween" issue has been a problem for a long time now.

[BestPicturePlutoNash]

It's true there's not much in the midbudget range, but we're still dealing with the damage COVID did on productions. In 2019, every weekend was packed just beyond the Disney stuff:

 

June 7: Dark Phoenix. Secret Life of Pets 2

June 14: Men in Black. Shaft. Dead Don't Wide (semi-wide)

June 21: Toy Story. Child's Play

June 28: Anabelle. Yesterday.

July 5: Spiderman. Midsommar.

July 12: Crawl. Stuber.

July 19: Lion King.

July 26: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. 

August 2: Hobbs and Shaw

August 9: Art of Racing in the Rain. Brian Banks. Dora. The Kitchen. Scary Stories.

August 16: Angry Birds. 47 Meters. Blinded by the Light. Good boys. Where'd You Go Bernadette. 

August 23: Ready or Not. Angel Has Fallen. Overcomer.