THE LITTLE MERMAID WEEKEND THREAD

[MovieMan89]

Honestly, great early #s for everything except Car Drogo.

 

I was wrong about GotG3, it is obviously going to end up one of the best superhero sequel multis ever. Extremely impressive. 

[SchumacherFTW]

Looks like this weekend thread is going to be as fun as I expected.... Good luck mods. 

[Cmasterclay]

Ah, nevermind, it isn't worth it.

Edited May 26, 2023 by Cmasterclay

[YM!]

Missed some discussion but I don’t get even with Across looking likely to have a strong OW potentially the biggest for a CBM this year (ie like 130m+), would it cause TLM to drop big. Sure both are big family films but TLM likely will skew more female and younger and domestic WOM seems good. A 50-55% drop sure but I think 60% is a stretch.

[Grebacio]

10 minutes ago, druv10 said:

1) Little Mermaid (Dis) 4,320 theaters, Fri $38M, 3-day $105M, 4-day $125M/Wk 1

2) Fast X (Uni) 4,088 (+42) theaters, Fri $6M (-79%), 3-day $21.8M (-67%), 4-day $27.2M, Total $112.1M/Wk 2

3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Dis) 3,940 (-510) theaters, Fri $5.4M (-36%) 3-day $20.6M (-36%) 4-day $26.6M, Total $306M/Wk 4

4) Super Mario Bros (Uni) 3,148 (-392) theaters, Fri $1.65M (-29%) 3-day $6.2M (-35%), 4-day $8.2M, Total $560.8M/Wk 8

5) The Machine (Leg/Sony) 2,409 theaters, Fri $2.4M 3-day $6.3M, 4-day $7.8M/Wk 1

6) About My Father (LG) 2,464 theaters, Fri $1.3M 3-day $3.8M 4-day $4.7M/ Wk 1

7) Kandahar (OR/Briar) 2,105 theaters, Fri $550K 3-day $1.64M 4-day $2M /Wk 1

😎 You Hurt My Feelings (A24) 912 theaters, Fri $300K 3-day $890K 4-day $1.1M /Wk 1

 

https://deadline.com/2023/05/box-office-the-little-mermaid-1235380526/

That Guardians drop is outstanding

[PrinceRico]

Where are the Mods

[PrinceRico]

12 minutes ago, druv10 said:

1) Little Mermaid (Dis) 4,320 theaters, Fri $38M, 3-day $105M, 4-day $125M/Wk 1

2) Fast X (Uni) 4,088 (+42) theaters, Fri $6M (-79%), 3-day $21.8M (-67%), 4-day $27.2M, Total $112.1M/Wk 2

3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Dis) 3,940 (-510) theaters, Fri $5.4M (-36%) 3-day $20.6M (-36%) 4-day $26.6M, Total $306M/Wk 4

4) Super Mario Bros (Uni) 3,148 (-392) theaters, Fri $1.65M (-29%) 3-day $6.2M (-35%), 4-day $8.2M, Total $560.8M/Wk 8

5) The Machine (Leg/Sony) 2,409 theaters, Fri $2.4M 3-day $6.3M, 4-day $7.8M/Wk 1

6) About My Father (LG) 2,464 theaters, Fri $1.3M 3-day $3.8M 4-day $4.7M/ Wk 1

7) Kandahar (OR/Briar) 2,105 theaters, Fri $550K 3-day $1.64M 4-day $2M /Wk 1

😎 You Hurt My Feelings (A24) 912 theaters, Fri $300K 3-day $890K 4-day $1.1M /Wk 1

 

https://deadline.com/2023/05/box-office-the-little-mermaid-1235380526/

DL lowballing TLM. Great early start 

[Cmasterclay]

Also to be clear I don't think audiences are "racist", just that as Charlie said there's less black audience in these places, just like how the non-Hispanic white numbers in America are also awful for alot of these films.

[Eric Lasagna]

9 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Honestly, great early #s for everything except Car Drogo.

 

I have no clue what you're talking about lol

[John Marston]

Fast and Furious has returned to being a niche franchise domestically at least. Time to wrap it up 

[Last Man Standing]

Edit: If you don't want to get into it I'll respect your wishes.

Edited May 26, 2023 by Last Man Standing

[MovieMan89]

9 minutes ago, Cmasterclay said:

It's correct that The Little Mermaid flopping doesn't prove anything about international box office being racist, but that seems to be obtusely ignoring the point that this underperformance happens with virtually every major release with a black lead (not all, I'm sure someone will come up with an example of two). This has been an acknowledged reality for years and idk why people are suddenly pleading ignorance to it in order to make people who talk about race look like dumb libtards. The point of my joke was that this always happens.

It could also have to do with domestic audience being where there is the most concentrated group of African descent peoples in any notable film market by a long shot. Therefore, it simply may not resonate as much in some markets, but doesn’t necessarily imply racism.  If anything, it shows how white beauty ideals have been pushed so hard by the likes of Hollywood for so long now as to be appealing in cultures where there aren’t really white people either.  That would probably be the case for black people too if mainstream Western media had perpetuated it for decades (and obviously why continued DEI in modern blockbusters is important). 

Edited May 26, 2023 by MovieMan89

[robertman2]

1 minute ago, Prince Eric said:

I have no clue what you're talking about lol

Fast X

 

Mamoa's character in Game of Thrones was Karl Drogo iirc

[Eric Lasagna]

3 minutes ago, PrinceRico said:

Where are the Mods

Right here, hi. Don't worry, I'm making sure things don't get out of hand and have hid a few posts that went out of line, and I think things are doing fine. Yes there's some heavy conversations happening, but there's no reason for them to be hidden away (if anything, that's even worse), so long as things don't get personal. Things haven't. We're good.

[Cmasterclay]

Just now, MovieMan89 said:

It could also have to do with domestic audience being where there is the most concentrated group of African descent peoples in any notable film market by a long shot. Therefore, it simply may not resonate as much in some markets, but doesn’t necessarily imply racism.  If anything, it shows how white beauty ideals have been pushed so hard by the likes of Hollywood for so long now as to be appealing in cultures where there aren’t really white people either.  That would probably be the case for black people too if mainstream Western media had perpetuated it for decades (and obviously why continued DEI in modern blockbusters is important). 

Oh definitely. I think Charlie mostly nailed it, though I also think there's a contingent of (mostly white) liberals of other races in America who crossover unlike other places.

[Eric Lasagna]

Just now, RobrtmanAStarWarsReference said:

Fast X

 

Mamoa's character in Game of Thrones was Karl Drogo iirc

Ohhhhh

 

See when I read "Drogo", my mind immediately went to Rocky, not Game of Thrones. And I was very confused, because Creed 3's not playing in theaters anymore.

[Michael Gary Scott]

Maybe people are just tired of live action remakes. Also when Disney put everything on D+ so fast it showed people they could just wait less than 2 months and it will be on their streaming service.

[CJohn]

22 minutes ago, druv10 said:

1) Little Mermaid (Dis) 4,320 theaters, Fri $38M, 3-day $105M, 4-day $125M/Wk 1

2) Fast X (Uni) 4,088 (+42) theaters, Fri $6M (-79%), 3-day $21.8M (-67%), 4-day $27.2M, Total $112.1M/Wk 2

3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Dis) 3,940 (-510) theaters, Fri $5.4M (-36%) 3-day $20.6M (-36%) 4-day $26.6M, Total $306M/Wk 4

4) Super Mario Bros (Uni) 3,148 (-392) theaters, Fri $1.65M (-29%) 3-day $6.2M (-35%), 4-day $8.2M, Total $560.8M/Wk 8

5) The Machine (Leg/Sony) 2,409 theaters, Fri $2.4M 3-day $6.3M, 4-day $7.8M/Wk 1

6) About My Father (LG) 2,464 theaters, Fri $1.3M 3-day $3.8M 4-day $4.7M/ Wk 1

7) Kandahar (OR/Briar) 2,105 theaters, Fri $550K 3-day $1.64M 4-day $2M /Wk 1

😎 You Hurt My Feelings (A24) 912 theaters, Fri $300K 3-day $890K 4-day $1.1M /Wk 1

 

https://deadline.com/2023/05/box-office-the-little-mermaid-1235380526/

Early Fresh Friday numbers on a big weekend. We are feasting, boys.

 

Little Mermaid is going for 40M+ according to Voldemort. 140M+ 4 day possible if that happens.

[SchumacherFTW]

2 minutes ago, Prince Eric said:

Ohhhhh

 

See when I read "Drogo", my mind immediately went to Rocky, not Game of Thrones. And I was very confused, because Creed 3's not playing in theaters anymore.

Ahh Creed 3, that movie would have been so fucked if it released a month later than it did. 

[Brainbug]

I think Fast 9 really broke the franchise. That movie was just awful and not the Fast 8 kind of fun awful.