OceanBlvd Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 92 million? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 I think this finishes within 95% of Maverick's final gross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 So it ended up beating not only Frozen 2 (85m) but also Top Gun Maverick (90m) and Beauty and the Beast (90m). 600m is damn near a lock. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Yeah, this Sunday hold has convinced me now of $600+ million and domestic animated record. If it does take it, I'm struggling to see another animated film that could take it in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skim Beeble Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 good god lmao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, spizzer said: I think this finishes within 95% of Maverick's final gross. Might be a stretch. Anything over 650M will be really hard without summer weekdays. Needs to go well over 65M next weekend if it's gonna do that. The 2nd place holder for biggest third weekend of all time is Avatar with 68.5M. The biggest non-New Years third weekend is Black Panther and it had cleared 500M by the end of that weekend. Edited April 17, 2023 by Fanboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) Edit: Double Post Edited April 17, 2023 by Fanboy double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 So despite the amazing OS weekend, it looks like DOM still managed to edge it out slightly depending on actuals. OS gross should overtake DOM when South Korea and Japan open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M37 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 16 minutes ago, Fanboy said: Down 13%!! From last Sunday?? How??!! Because Easter Sunday is a holiday that on balance pulls families away from theaters, not draws them in like say Christmas Day, with Mario’s audience demographics likely amplifying that effect, creating a softer Easter and apparently a stronger rebound the following week (similar effect for Sat to lesser degree) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMC Theaters Enjoyer Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 13 minutes ago, grey ghost said: So it ended up beating not only Frozen 2 (85m) but also Top Gun Maverick (90m) and Beauty and the Beast (90m). 600m is damn near a lock. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spizzer Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 8 minutes ago, Fanboy said: Might be a stretch. Anything over 650M will be really hard without summer weekdays. Needs to go well over 65M next weekend if it's gonna do that. The 2nd place holder for biggest third weekend of all time is Avatar with 68.5M. The biggest non-New Years third weekend is Black Panther and it had cleared 500M by the end of that weekend. Yup I expect >$65M next weekend. Nothing about it's run so far makes me feel like it can't continue to pull crazy holds. Running almost like a 90s/early-00s family film just with larger volume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Feng Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Bottom line - Incredibles 2 Target: Avatar - The Way of Water Ultimate goal - Top Gun: Maverick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCKillswitch123 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 17 minutes ago, KP1025 said: Yeah, this Sunday hold has convinced me now of $600+ million and domestic animated record. If it does take it, I'm struggling to see another animated film that could take it in the future. Shrek the Fifth. Also, an eventual Super Smash Bros. crossover (although I still defend to stay away from cinematic universes and just do a one-off crossover event if you really want it). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonwo Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 (edited) 13 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said: Shrek the Fifth. Shrek 5 isn't going to do Mario numbers, the sequels and spin-off deflated that demand unlike Incredibles 2 and Finding Dory. I'm still adamant that a live action Shrek would be a juggernaut, another sequel isn't interesting but a retelling of the original film that is a spoof of Disney's live action remakes would work. With HTTYD in 2025, I think Shrek will be next either in 2026 or 2027. Edited April 17, 2023 by Jonwo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Yeah Incredibles 2 is toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M37 Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 The better Sun changes the math I was using yesterday, but not by much: probably looking at closer to $115M second week rather than $110M I was using to extrapolate. Still not enough IMO to say $600 is “locked”, but more plausible than it looked just a day ago I cannot stress enough how Easter weekend makes numbers wonky, including week over week comparisons, and we really have to wait to see next weekend’s hold to really gauge potential total. But my $60M cut line for a $600M potential just got a little easier off a $92M prior weekend rather than $88M 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superduperm Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 That’s a legendary Sunday hold. When was the last time a Sunday projection was off this much? Even The Dark Knight and Avengers/End Game didn’t go up this much in terms of % IIRC. 87 to 92 is a 5.7% increase… 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheddar Please Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 2 minutes ago, superduperm said: That’s a legendary Sunday hold. When was the last time a Sunday projection was off this much? Even The Dark Knight and Avengers/End Game didn’t go up this much in terms of % IIRC. 87 to 92 is a 5.7% increase… Maverick also had an 87m projection as of Sunday... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vafrow Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 Looking at the monthly figures, April 2023 has now outgrossed April 2022 with half a month to go. Final gross is likely to be around the $900M mark, which will be the third best April, behind the 2018 and 2019 months, which were boosted with the Avengers films moving up a week into April. This month is being boosted by Mario obviously, but, that's part of the return to normal. We got lots of big films last year, but the lack of small and mid sized hits lead to the feast and famine nature of last year. This summer will be the big test. There's a lot more big films, but the biggest films this year are likely to be smaller than last years tentpoles, so it'll be atl question of whether that'll be enough. We're now four months in a row of beating the prior months gross. I'd like to see that streak extend all summer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted April 17, 2023 Share Posted April 17, 2023 That Sunday number is staggering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...