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[CoolioD1]

Watching the Guardians Christmas special. This is horrible. Awful.

[The Dark Alfred]

Well, the A2 vs TGM showdown was short lived. No point carrying on, TGM smoked A2 first week and A2 won't sniff anywhere near 90m second weekend, officially TGM can be crowned as 2022 domestic champion. Might worth doing A2 vs RO.

[Nero]

3 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

Watching the Guardians Christmas special. This is horrible. Awful.

Didn't you watch it last time?

[ando]

A2 will end either #4 or #7. Depending on January legs

[NCsoft]

53 minutes ago, IronJimbo said:

1    Avatar    $2,922,917,914    2009
2    Avengers: Endgame    $2,797,501,328    2019
3    Titanic    $2,201,647,264    1997
4    Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens    $2,069,521,700    2015
5    Avengers: Infinity War    $2,048,359,754    2018
6    Spider-Man: No Way Home    $1,917,430,023    2021
7    Jurassic World    $1,671,537,444    2015

 

Where will A2 Land?!?!

 

I think there is a legitimate possibility for anywhere between #3-#7, but really I don't see falling behind JW happening at all.

#3 requires a lot of luck and China developing legs because it gets extended through CNY and situation overall gets a bit better (this might seem like wishful thinking but I think is completely possible).

My guess is #4 though, seems easier to reach, requires domestic to stabilize and not completely crash, China does $170-$200M, which I think it can; and overseas to continue leggy performance (but nothing crazy needed.)

 

[stuart360]

19 minutes ago, The Dark Alfred said:

Well, the A2 vs TGM showdown was short lived. No point carrying on, TGM smoked A2 first week and A2 won't sniff anywhere near 90m second weekend, officially TGM can be crowned as 2022 domestic champion. Might worth doing A2 vs RO.

You're trying your best Dark Alfred, i'll give you that.

There is more to world than just the US bud

 

EDIT. In fact, to keep everything on level, and show you're not biased in any way, why not do the same showdown with WW numbers?.

Edited December 22, 2022 by stuart360

[XXR & Friends]

44 minutes ago, ZattMurdock said:

Would you say that there is a tiny bit of possibility of JW keeping the 7th place? I think the odds are against JW, but it’s not impossible.

 

Anything is possible but it seems difficult. Should be within $400M of that by the end of the holidays. 

 

[ZattMurdock]

22 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

Watching the Guardians Christmas special. This is horrible. Awful.

It’s a masterpiece. You don’t have a soul.

[The Dark Alfred]

10 minutes ago, stuart360 said:

You're trying your best Dark Alfred, i'll give you that.

There is more to world than just the US bud

 

EDIT. In fact, to keep everything on level, and show you're not biased in any way, why not do the same showdown with WW numbers?.

That is no comparison either, A2 will win WW easily.

[ZattMurdock]

For those hoping for a better box office run for Puss in Boots:

 

 

This added to the A Cinemascore makes me think WOM might actually be pretty great for this one. Curious how it will fare during the weekend since it might be the perfect family film on those regions unaffected by the snowstorms.

[Grebacio]

Highest to lowest grossing animated movies since pandemic domestically:
1. Minions The Rise of Gru - $369,50M

2. Sing 2 - $162,79M
3. Lightyear - $118,30M

4. The Bad Guys - $97,23M
5. Encanto - $96,09M
6. DC League of Super Pets - $93,65M

7. The Croods A New Age - $58,56M
8. Raya and the Last Dragon - $57,72M
9. The Boss Baby Family Business - $57,30M
10. The Addams Fammily 2 - $56,48M
11. Paw Patrol The Movie - $40,12M
12. Strange World - $34,72M (*)

13.  Ron's Gone Wrong - 23.00M
14. Paws Of Fury - 17.81
15. Spirit Untamed - 17.71m
 

[M37]

35 minutes ago, CoolioD1 said:

Watching the Guardians Christmas special. This is horrible. Awful.

It was fine, but clearly they blew their (limited?) budget on getting a certain actor and had none left for any CGI (like Groot …)

[AnDr3s]

the anti whaling removed like 70m of its box office 

[LinksterAC]

3 hours ago, ZattMurdock said:

What A2 is making or what BPWF, DSMoM and TL&T doesn’t mean that the future or box office is grim. I do think that 2023 is very interesting and I’d argue that the live action films to watch closely other than Quantumania, Guardians, Vol. 3 is Indiana Jones. I’m very intrigued with that one and I think getting Mangold to direct was an excellent move.

Yeah, I won't pretend to forecast. Things can turn on a dime. Just feels grim(ish) right now. But the BO has had very slow years in the past.

 

But as a related aside:

 

I guess what I like about JC & therefore Avatar is that he's pushing the technical aspects of film in ways that can't be replicated at home. And I have to wonder if that won't be critical for the future of cinema.

Edited December 22, 2022 by LinksterAC

[WittyUsername]

The actuals for Wednesday came in higher than expected. $14.4 million. The domestically total is now at $183 million. 

Edited December 22, 2022 by WittyUsername

[filmlover]

2 hours ago, ZattMurdock said:

 

One hundred percent. Netflix really should have given this a full blown worldwide theater release. They are losing money here.

I saw it when it was in theaters over Thanksgiving weekend and it was so much fun to see with a packed theater. Really made a mistake robbing it (and movie theaters that have been struggling this holiday season) of a theatrical run.

[IronJimbo]

15 minutes ago, AnDr3s said:

the anti whaling removed like 70m of its box office 

this isn't what happened in Japan

[ZattMurdock]

Just now, filmlover said:

I saw it when it was in theaters over Thanksgiving weekend and it was so much fun to see with a packed theater. Really made a mistake robbing it (and movie theaters that have been struggling this holiday season) of a theatrical run.

I live in Brazil. We didn’t even had a chance of a short run.

[kayumanggi]

1 hour ago, Grebacio said:

Highest to lowest grossing animated movies since pandemic domestically:
1. Minions The Rise of Gru - $369,50M

2. Sing 2 - $162,79M
3. Lightyear - $118,30M

4. The Bad Guys - $97,23M
5. Encanto - $96,09M
6. DC League of Super Pets - $93,65M

7. The Croods A New Age - $58,56M
8. Raya and the Last Dragon - $57,72M
9. The Boss Baby Family Business - $57,30M
10. The Addams Fammily 2 - $56,48M
11. Paw Patrol The Movie - $40,12M
12. Strange World - $34,72M (*)

13.  Ron's Gone Wrong - 23.00M
14. Paws Of Fury - 17.81
15. Spirit Untamed - 17.71m
 

 

What a tragedy. 🙁

[kayumanggi]

top 10 international markets (through Wednesday unless stated otherwise)

 

01 / 74.5 M / China (through Thursday)

02 / 37.0 M / France

03 / 34.7 M / Korea (through Thursday)

04 / 26.5 M / India

05 / 26.1 M / Germany

06 / 21.6 M / United Kingdom

07 / 19.4 M / Mexico

08 / 15.8 M / Australia

09 / 13.8 M / Italy

10 / 12.9 M / Brazil

 

426.8 M - international gross through Wednesday

039.5 M - Wednesday gross