THE OFFICIAL BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER WEEKEND THREAD | 181M OW

[charlie Jatinder]

1 hour ago, GOGODanca said:

Why would more people be available at start of May then now? Schools are in session and colleges are in finals time atleast where I live 

That's just a dumb line. The obvious answer is MoM was just way more anticipated than BP2. Simple.

[Eric is Quiet]

14 minutes ago, Jake Gittes said:

 

I do prefer your mom to a movie.

I mean my mom is a very lovely and wonderful person, so I would hope that is the case.

[WorkingonaName]

She sure is.

[Flopped]

13 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Just looking at monster openings like WF this weekend, makes me think about just how insane it was that we literally had a movie open to 350 FREAKING MILLION DOLLARS.

 

Like, let that sink in. I know it's common knowledge at this point, but sometimes it just hits me that something managed to open that big. 

 

The movie kinda feels forgotten now. 

[Joyous Legion]

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Endgame had no cultural impact

 

[Eric is Quiet]

15 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Just looking at monster openings like WF this weekend, makes me think about just how insane it was that we literally had a movie open to 350 FREAKING MILLION DOLLARS.

 

Like, let that sink in. I know it's common knowledge at this point, but sometimes it just hits me that something managed to open that big. 

I know this isn't the first time the boards has argued this, but I'm kind of coming around to the idea that this may be the peak for opening weekends a la the M*A*S*H* finale/Thriller tbh. At the very least for like 10 more years. Combo of moviegoing attendance on the consistent decline and just what feels possible is starting to shrink. Even the closest candidates like a new Potter or one of the Avatar sequels feel kinda shaky.

[cax16]

2 minutes ago, Legion By Night said:

 

It’s definitely not IW level good. 

[GOGODanca]

1 minute ago, Eric Killmonger said:

I know this isn't the first time the boards has argued this, but I'm kind of coming around to the idea that this may be the peak for opening weekends a la the M*A*S*H* finale/Thriller tbh. At the very least for like 10 more years. Combo of moviegoing attendance on the consistent decline and just what feels possible is starting to shrink. Even the closest candidates like a new Potter or one of the Avatar sequels feel kinda shaky.

Ticket price inflation + earlier previews and I think it can happen, the attendance number for OW won't be touched obviously 

[charlie Jatinder]

If not for pathetic Phase IV would have expected Avengers 5 to take on that record, but now feels hard.

[Menor the Destroyer]

3 minutes ago, cax16 said:

It’s definitely not IW level good. 

Yeah it's even better.

[jedijake]

Seems only gimmicks, revivals, and build-ups generate truly massive openings. NWH and MoM had real gimmicks.

 

Have a Harry Potter/SW/MCU/Avatar crossover and see how big an OW can truly be! I mean, blue Force users with magical wizardry and super-human strength? can't go wrong.

[cax16]

4 minutes ago, Menor Reborn said:

Yeah it's even better.

Eww 

[Eric is Quiet]

 

I mean...not wrong!

[TwoMisfits]

Lyle Lyle's hold is good, but not unexpected.

 

When it's making not much and it gets a school holiday, it's very easy to make bank on that day as parents try to figure out something to do to make the day off "fun", especially with the rain down the East Coast...

 

 

[OncomingStorm93]

Heading over to my true-IMAX showing off Black Panther: Wakanda For 161 Minutes

[TwoMisfits]

PSA on Strange World - no presales, yet, but my 1st Cinemark at least has assigned a showing set and it's getting SINGLE screened for presales.

 

I can't remember the last time a Disney Thanksgiving animated got that single screen set - it's pretty much being set up as a throwaway movie for the holiday.

 

This theater has set 75% of its screens now for that week, and holdovers not named Black Panther still have to get a few, so there's not gonna be a lot of room if this somehow goes nuts when sales start...

 

I'm not saying it's gonna open Lyle, Lyle or Super Pets level, but I'm not saying it's not, either...

[Joyous Legion]

1 hour ago, charlie Jatinder said:

If not for pathetic Phase IV would have expected Avengers 5 to take on that record, but now feels hard.

Hopes for the decade rest on A6

[keysersoze123]

I thought @RthFall would drop in today. #NotanEvent

[Durden]

I loved the film, but i'm still surprised how much the WOM seems positive on Twitter.

 

Good for Coogler and Marvel.

[XXR & Friends]

19 minutes ago, Legion By Night said:

Hopes for the decade rest on A6

 

Here are my current OW predictions for the announced MCU films. Obviously a lot can change these trajectories (who in 2019 would have thought MCU Spidey 3 would have the 2nd biggest opening of all-time?).....

 

Wakanda Forever - $180M
Quantumania - $125M

GOTG Vol. 3 - $175M
The Marvels - $130M
Cap: NWO - $135M

Thunderbolts - $130M
Blade - $100M

Deadpool 3 - $210M

Fantastic Four - $150M

Avengers: The Kang Dynasty - $265M

Avengers: Secret Wars - $310M