Labor Day/National Cinema Day Weekend Thread | TGM crosses 700M! Fifth-biggest movie DOM! The Cruise Missile never stops

[Maggie]

 

[charlie Jatinder]

NWH 1.75

BT 1.09

TGM 1.07

Invitation 1.05

Jaws 0.89

Beast 0.75

[setna]

...so, not the numbers we were expecting....

[Maggie]

2 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

NWH 1.75

BT 1.09

TGM 1.07

Invitation 1.05

Jaws 0.89

Beast 0.75

[Maggie]

Bullet Train ahead of TGM is not surprising. It was ahead of it all week. Anyway, weak numbers all around, right?

[Eric Duncan]

So what are people's National Cinema Day plans? Mine is seeing Minions 2 with a friend. She really wanted to see it, I had no plans to see it on my own, but that's how the cookie crumbles I guess.  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Legion Again]

8 minutes ago, setna said:

...so, not the numbers we were expecting....

Very much the numbers we were expecting. Maybe a little stronger. Gotta see how Sat goes.

Edited September 3, 2022 by Legion By Night

[setna]

2 minutes ago, Legion By Night said:

Very much the numbers we were expecting. Maybe a little stronger. Gotta see how Sat goes.

 

ProBox Office predicted 6.6 M for the 4 days, for TGM, so this is little far from this number.

[Legion Again]

2 minutes ago, setna said:

 

ProBox Office predicted 6.6 M for the 4 days, for TGM, so this is little far from this number.

BOP is not we

[M37]

8 minutes ago, Maggie said:

Bullet Train ahead of TGM is not surprising. It was ahead of it all week. Anyway, weak numbers all around, right?

Weak in a vacuum, as compared to last Friday, yes. But have to expect some usual/potential Friday business is going to be sucked into Cinema Day’s discount pricing instead. I had guesstimated a 30% loss for Friday, so these numbers are in general slightly better than I had penciled in 

[Legion Again]

Most important nums for me arehonk and Dragon Ball ;) 

[Maggie]

Hope the Saturday attendeance is big enough to overcome the $3 ticket price

[M37]

According to the Numbers, last Saturday grossed $21.63M in aggregate. It’s probably a stretch to match that total with the $3 pricing, but dropping only 10-20% in gross - implying over 3x the admissions - is still quite possible 

 

My local theatre pre-sold (by last night) more tickets than they had all of last Sat, and it’s very much a walk-up friendly location. Just hope theaters are prepared for the influx of people (though I suspect many are not)

[charlie Jatinder]

I think they could have gone for $5 instead of $3. Europe usually do €4 IIRC, that would be $5 equivalent in USA.

[The Dark Alfred]

Expected numbers really. TGM will battle it out with BT, both can easily climb to 5m+ for the 4-day. TGM hitting 700m start of NFL season will be a sweet weekend.

[Issac Newton]

JAWS

 

$870K FRI (incl. Thurs Previews)

[Poseidon]

9 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

I think they could have gone for $5 instead of $3. Europe usually do €4 IIRC, that would be $5 equivalent in USA.

Germany is going with 5€ (that's even including premium seats) next week for the 2 day "Kinofest". 

[Issac Newton]

TGM - $1.075M

Beast - $750K

Minions 2 - $470K

Honks - $430K

Nope - $380K

Orphan - $163K

[M37]

15 minutes ago, charlie Jatinder said:

I think they could have gone for $5 instead of $3. Europe usually do €4 IIRC, that would be $5 equivalent in USA.

I agree, or at least make it $5 even (with taxes included). But I think the $3 pricing reflects the desperation of wanting to draw people in, at least for one day, relative to the weakness in the release calendar for the next almost 2 months 

 

May not need to drop the price so low in subsequent years (assuming this becomes an annual event) with a healthier slate behind it 

[charlie Jatinder]

Total FRI BO was $11M excluding previews. The biggest day Post CoVID has been 18th Dec with 7M+ admits. That will probably need $22-23M gross. Need 100% growth in GROSS, doable, but let's see.