Weekend Thread - Jan 27th-29th | Estimates - Avatar 15.7, Puss 10.6, Otto 6.75, M3GAN 6.37, Pathaan 5.95 | The Way of Water is the fourth-biggest movie of all time! Eleventh DOM! Zoe Saldana the GOAT

[Legion Again]

31 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

Maybe some families were turned off by the moodier elements of the movie? I don't know, after seeing the movie I'm amazed it somehow missed the A+ mark.

I think this is it. It got the IW style “darker than expected, too much for some % of young kids” knock

[narniadis]

We finally saw Puss in Boots this week, took our kiddos on Thursday and it is sublime. Probably the best animation I have seen since Soul but one that just hit all the right notes in ways that DreamWorks hasnt in a decade probably. 

 

Glad to have contributed to its $$. 

[narniadis]

5 minutes ago, Favorite Fearless Legion said:

I think this is it. It got the IW style “darker than expected, too much for some % of young kids” knock

Yes, our 5 yo was a tad frightened of the Wolf at the start but by the end was cool, so I can see that being an aspect that knocks the score a fraction.

[GOGODanca]

Old people saving theatres post pandemic , who would have thought 

 

[M37]

13 minutes ago, GOGODanca said:

Old people saving theatres post pandemic , who would have thought 

 

Their absence over the prior 18 months is partially why theaters needed “saving” 

 

It’s good to see some coming back, but still a decent step below what it was 

[Porthos]

1 hour ago, DAJK said:

The 80 For Brady Early Access shows are selling really well today. I'm really starting to think this is going to turn into a mini-breakout, or even take away the word mini.

 

1 hour ago, M37 said:

I just checked some FL markets - caveat that is Seniorville in winter - and a whole lot of near sell-outs, even with 2 or 3 showings at the Tampa locations (certainly will overindex there)

 

Still not sure how much this is burning off demand rather than a signal of a higher opening, but a TTP teens opening wouldn’t surprise me now 

 

 

[Krissykins]

Ironic that I put Infinity Pool in the thread title and they didn’t even provide Friday numbers lol

 

What should I change it to? 

[GOGODanca]

80 for Brady Sneak Previews 2 showings both at 2:00 PM (49 minutes from now)

 

55/120 tickets sold

[Brainbug]

Just now, Krissykins said:

Ironic that I put Infinity Pool in the thread title and they didn’t even provide Friday numbers lol

 

What should I change it to? 

 

1,1M OD.

[Krissykins]

5 minutes ago, Brainbug said:

 

1,1M OD.

Ah thanks, I was looking at TheNumbers and they didn’t have that or Billie. Thanks! 

[JustLurking]

Pretty surprised to see 80s for brady break out - thought the film was basically something that neither the book club nor the tom brady fans would care for whatsoever

 

good for it, I guess, seeing as it will probably make very little outside the US

[TwoMisfits]

OT: I saw The Menu on HBOMax last night.  I'm still actually processing the movie.  Its foodie elements are spectacular, its build of tension and horror is sublime, BUT it's got elements of why the F is that going on, too.  I both loved it (yes, I'm a foodie, so this is wheelhouse for me) and was confused and didn't buy other parts of it.  But, it was so new and so weirdly exciting.

 

So, I think overall I give it a B. I think it's worthy of a Top 25 year end slot for 2022 b/c it was not a super, it had no powers, it didn't even have supernatural elements...it just was what it was...and I almost fully bought it, but I couldn't quite get there.

 

I wish it did better in theaters, but if not, I hope it takes off in streaming...

[Flip]

1 hour ago, jb007 said:

I was shocked at how good it is. Not getting A+ cinemascore is crazy. 

Especially considering Sing 2 got one in 2021

[Grebacio]

3 hours ago, Eric Slay said:

-

(-)

Violent Night

Universal

$75,000

+7,753%

75

$1,000

$49,785,200

57

 

 

And this went down from 90 theaters last week. Hmmm. Not suspicious at all if you ask me 🤔

pretty sure it's just a typo, maybe the real number is $7,500.
There's no way it could have the best PTA

[Ronin46]

3 minutes ago, Grebacio said:

pretty sure it's just a typo, maybe the real number is $7,500.
There's no way it could have the best PTA

 

Fudging numbers to get to 50M?

[rolandka19]

https://deadline.com/2023/01/box-office-avatar-the-way-of-water-infinity-pool-cronenberg-1235243380/

 

Who saw the Bollywood action film Pathaan landing at #5 for the weekend based on its estimated Friday number of $1.87 million (with a $8.4 million (!!!) 5-day total). I sure didn't.

 

Crazy impressive - I'm seeing a lot of nearly-full and even some sellouts in the major cities. In my local town of less than 50,000 people here in central PA, the next two showings are nearly sold out. 

 

Imagine how much this film would have grossed if it had been in 2,000 + locations - it could have made it to #2 or $3 behind Avatar!

Edited January 28, 2023 by rolandka19

[upriser7]

11 minutes ago, rolandka19 said:

https://deadline.com/2023/01/box-office-avatar-the-way-of-water-infinity-pool-cronenberg-1235243380/

 

Who saw the Bollywood action film Pathaan landing at #5 for the weekend based on its estimated Friday number of $1.87 million (with a $8.4 million (!!!) 5-day total). I sure didn't.

 

Crazy impressive - I'm seeing a lot of nearly-full and even some sellouts in the major cities. In my local town of less than 50,000 people here in central PA, the next two showings are nearly sold out. 

 

Imagine how much this film would have grossed if it had been in 2,000 + locations - it could have made it to #2 or $3 behind Avatar!

not sure I agree. For Indian movies, I'd say 700-800 locations are more than enough. There isn't widespread demand across all parts of the country for Indian movies like you see for Hollywood movies. Indians are probably like 1-2% of American population...so audience pool is limited.

[IronJimbo]

Endgame WW: $2.799b

Endgame WW - China: $2.167b

Endgame WW - China - Russia: $2.121b

 

A2 WW: $2.074b

A2 WW - China: $1.834b

A2 WW - China - Russia: $1.834b

 

Can A2 beat Endgame minus China, or minus (China + Russia)?

[titanic2187]

4 hours ago, CaptNathanBrittles said:

Pathetic PTAs for the expanded Oscar nominees.

Judging from the release strategy post-Covid, we can safely say the Oscar bump is officially extinct. No one including Steven Spielberg willing to wait that long to home media market until Oscar nomination. In the past Oscar nomination was used to boost box office but now the focus is to boost viewership (See how all nominees jump in VOD chart) while theatrical run is mostly serve as alternative for niche audience.   

 

Luckily we have some last awesome Oscar bump moment before Covid with Parasite, 1917. In fact, I would say Avatar 2 could be the only movie that still stay at number 1 after Oscar nomination day in a decade to come. 

[setna]

I was confued...

Edited January 28, 2023 by setna