3/3 - 3/5 Weekend Thread | Creed III gets the biggest franchise opening and MGM opening ever with 58.7M. #AintMan drops 61% for 12.5M. Jonathan Majors still getting paid fat stacks

[SchumacherFTW]

1 hour ago, Elessar said:

I watched Demon Slayer on Netflix until a certain point where an extremely annoying character shows up. I just couldn't bare his spasms...

Zenitsu is at his best when he's asleep. Literally. 

[CJohn]

No new numbers?

 

Also, how is the forum so dead with a potential 50M+ opener in the making?

 

[stuart360]

Bit surprised by Creed to be honest, i actually thought the lack of Rocky, and Sly telling publicly how the studio did the dirty on him, may of gone against the film.

[BadOlCatSylvester]

4 minutes ago, CJohn said:

No new numbers?

 

Also, how is the forum so dead with a potential 50M+ opener in the making?

 

Creed isn't a real mega franchise like many others, and this one doesn't have Rocky. Those factors make said potential $50M opening very impressive, albeit the addition of IMAX this time around is no doubt severely inflating it, as well as Ant-Man tanking.

[Boxofficerules]

Cocaine Bear Vs Ant Man round 2

[BadOlCatSylvester]

[Issac Newton]

$4.4M | Demon Slayer 

[titanic2187]

1 hour ago, SchumacherFTW said:

Zenitsu is at his best when he's asleep. Literally. 

His part was the least enjoyable throughout the entire series but at least he give cool action scene while he was asleep. I know it is a classical type of "comic relief" in Japanese anime but this is still too much for me.  

 

2 hours ago, CrashBandicoot81 said:

B+ For a bunch of three episodes stitched together to try to make a new movie? It is such a cynical cashgrab. But then again the people being scored are likely those who already knew what they are getting into. 

To be fair, the last 2 episode of the series are very big-screen worthy. 

[wildphantom]

Going to see Creed in the morning. Cannot wait. 
 

This is a phenomenal opening all things considered.  

[kayumanggi]

With CREED III doing such numbers and SCREAM VI getting positive wom, WB must be very anxious about SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS' chances at the box office.

[CJohn]

Creed kicking off March with a bang. What an insane OD.

[vafrow]

Great performance by Creed. Im seeing it tonight, and, just rewatched the first one this morning to get in the mood.

 

We haven't really seen enough of these mid budget successful opening weekends in the last year. Generally, the only openings in this $50M or so range were things with bigger expectations that fell short (Lightyear, Dumbledore).

 

With Scream and John Wick both likely falling in this range, it'll be a good month for this tier of film.

[kayumanggi]

 

He probably rounded that off. A great start for CREED III.

[GOGODanca]

https://deadline.com/2023/03/box-office-creed-iii-michael-b-jordan-2-1235277748/

 

$22m OD

 

 

Audience exits on Comscore/Screen Engine’s PostTrak were at a great 92% positive and very strong 80% recommend pulling in 36% Black audiences, 28% Latino and Hispanic, 23% Caucasian, and 13% Asian/other. Creed III overperformed in the East and the South, however, was strong throughout the country. Moviegoer make-up was 63% guys, 55% between 18-34 and 29% between 35-54.

 

[BadOlCatSylvester]

41 minutes ago, kayumanggi said:

With CREED III doing such numbers and SCREAM VI getting positive wom, WB must be very anxious about SHAZAM! FURY OF THE GODS' chances at the box office.

Warner likely doesn't give a shit. Everything's being rebooted away, and all but one of the DC movies of this year are write-offs. They're likely just dying to get started on James Gunn's Superman. The studio's going all in on The Flash anyway, and is in too much debt to advertise much else.

[BadOlCatSylvester]

It's even higher than the $21.5M people here were expecting! What a fantastic opening. This movie's going to have a 3-day launch bigger than the extended 5-day launches for either of the previous movies. All this without Stallone and with a first-time director at the helm. This might honestly be the best start such a director has ever had.

[Mickiland16]

20 minutes ago, vafrow said:

Great performance by Creed. Im seeing it tonight, and, just rewatched the first one this morning to get in the mood.

 

We haven't really seen enough of these mid budget successful opening weekends in the last year. Generally, the only openings in this $50M or so range were things with bigger expectations that fell short (Lightyear, Dumbledore).

 

With Scream and John Wick both likely falling in this range, it'll be a good month for this tier of film.

It's like a mini march 2017 where four movies opened over $40 million (Beauty and the Beast, Logan, Lego Batman and Kong) Depends on Shazam for this to tie it.

[Shawn Robbins]

Demon Slayer: $4,164,275

Cocaine: $3.11m

PIB: $540k

[GOGODanca]

8 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

It's even higher than the $21.5M people here were expecting! What a fantastic opening. This movie's going to have a 3-day launch bigger than the extended 5-day launches for either of the previous movies. All this without Stallone and with a first-time director at the helm. This might honestly be the best start such a director has ever had.

just in recent memory peele started better

[GOGODanca]

Tar is up 307% from LW and The Fabelmans up 74%, Oscars contenders boost?