Weekend Thread (8/26-28) | Invitation 775K Previews

[AJG]

What’s next weeks bo looking like? Anything major or are we getting another Deadline Freakout?

[Eric the Ape]

4 minutes ago, AJG said:

What’s next weeks bo looking like? Anything major or are we getting another Deadline Freakout?

No Way Home will be #1 again.

[grim22]

3 minutes ago, Eric the Genie said:

No Way Home will be #1 again.

Maybe Jaws can give it a run for it's money.

[Legion Again]

10 minutes ago, AJG said:

What’s next weeks bo looking like? Anything major or are we getting another Deadline Freakout?

Next wknd will more than double this one in admits, so at least that’s something to write about.

[Porthos]

1 hour ago, Legion By Night said:

Nobody hopped on labor after SC, even though they should have. So if this becomes a yearly back to school tradition it probably wont affect much.

 

The Shang-Chi example and the lack of even a semi-major film this year, was kinda my point.  In that, we probably won't see a big or even medium sized film ticketed for LDW in the near future if this becomes a thing even though it's clear that the aversion to putting a big film on that weekend is just silly.

 

(also might see a lack of a super big film the weekend before if studios are extremely gunshy about second weekend drops)

 

Then again, maybe this will be such a smashing success that medium sized films (30m to 50m openers) might be more willing to take the plunge.

Edited August 29, 2022 by Porthos

[Eric the Ape]

I mean aren't we getting Equalizer 3 on Labor Day next year? Like yeah obviously it's not Marvel, but it's still the biggest pre-Shang-Chi deal this weekend has seen since like the Rob Zombie Halloween movies. They're putting in the work.

[XXR vs XXR]

3 minutes ago, Eric the Genie said:

I mean aren't we getting Equalizer 3 on Labor Day next year? Like yeah obviously it's not Marvel, but it's still the biggest deal this weekend has seen since like the Rob Zombie Halloween movies. They're putting in the work.

 

Shang Chi? 

[Gokira2012]

11 minutes ago, Legion By Night said:

Next wknd will more than double this one in admits, so at least that’s something to write about.

Movie theaters taking the Wal-Mart buiness model will not work, Wal-mart gets cheap Chinese products, movies are expensive products made in America

Edited August 29, 2022 by Gokira2012

[Porthos]

4 minutes ago, Eric the Genie said:

I mean aren't we getting Equalizer 3 on Labor Day next year? Like yeah obviously it's not Marvel, but it's still the biggest deal this weekend has seen since like the Rob Zombie Halloween movies. They're putting in the work.

 

Well, if it stays there then we'll have a start to the answer as to how studios will view this in regards to, say, 30m to 50m openers, sure.

[Eric the Ape]

8 minutes ago, Stealing Porthos Name XXR said:

 

Shang Chi? 

Meant to clarify pre-Shang-Chi. Edited!

[Eric the Ape]

13 minutes ago, Gokira2012 said:

Movie theaters taking the Wal-Mart buiness model will not work, Wal-mart gets cheap Chinese products, movies are expensive products made in America

Cool story bro.

[charlie Jatinder]

1 hour ago, Gokira2012 said:

Movie theaters taking the Wal-Mart buiness model will not work, Wal-mart gets cheap Chinese products, movies are expensive products made in America

1 day will not make or break any movie.

 

Besides, in overseas discount days have bring loads more people to cinema than a film would have on normal day. The increased admits makes up for discounted rate.

[CJohn]

In Spain, Portugal, France, etc, this type of deals is once a year and it actually lasts 3 days, usually from Monday to Wednesday, and it boosts admits like crazy.

[WrathOfHan]

10 hours ago, grim22 said:

But the 3.56x legs though.

Still closer than the, what, 2.15-2.25x some of y'all thought would happen. God forbid that overrides your narrative, though.

Edited August 29, 2022 by WrathOfHan

[grim22]

1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Still closer than the 2.15x some of y'all thought would happen. God forbid that overrides your narrative, though.

 

How is ending at 120-125 a win for you when you predicted... checks notes... 156M

 

And then acted like it was a sure thing when everyone told you it wouldn't happen.

 

Sometimes, take the L

[WrathOfHan]

Just now, grim22 said:

 

How is ending at 120-125 a win for you when you predicted... checks notes... 156M

 

And then acted like it was a sure thing when everyone told you it wouldn't happen.

 

Sometimes, take the L

When did I say it was a sure thing? Pull up the receipts.

[filmlover]

Shang-Chi last year proved that the final weeks of summer don't have to be a total wasteland, but now that the world is officially back into the swing of everything (in addition to marking the end of the summer movie season, Labor Day weekend is when Hollywood shifts its attention to the commencement of Oscar season via the festivals that typically start around this time), we've returned to business as usual.

[charlie Jatinder]

8 hours ago, grim22 said:

 

How is ending at 120-125 a win for you when you predicted... checks notes... 156M

 

And then acted like it was a sure thing when everyone told you it wouldn't happen.

 

Sometimes, take the L

100M was definitely a lot dumber take than 156M after a 44M opening weekend. 

 

120-130 however was always the likely end.

Edited August 29, 2022 by charlie Jatinder

[Legion Again]

True OWeek multi heading for 2.15ish. Think I forecast 2.1. Almost painfully normal run/finish.

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