Weekend Thread | July 7-9 | Weekend Estimates on Page 32

[XXR & Friends]

41 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Also, I am IN on 200+ for Barbie + Opp OW, and that’s even if Opp only does like mid to high 30s. 

 

You think Barbie's OW is gonna be 160+?

[DAJK]

Insidious falling off the map tonight. Wouldn’t be surprised with like an 8M Saturday. 

[Ledmonkey96]

9 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Insidious falling off the map tonight. Wouldn’t be surprised with like an 8M Saturday. 

what are the odds Indy stays #1 for the weekend? 

[M37]

15 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Insidious falling off the map tonight. Wouldn’t be surprised with like an 8M Saturday. 

Devil inside redux 

[LegionWrex]

19 minutes ago, DAJK said:

Insidious falling off the map tonight. Wouldn’t be surprised with like an 8M Saturday. 

WOM strikes again.

[MovieMan89]

23 minutes ago, XXR Electric Touch said:

 

You think Barbie's OW is gonna be 160+?

Possibly. More comfortable with 140+, but might as well go all in. 

[ringedmortality]

Barbie opens to 140, Oppenheimer to 60. There you go.

[MovieMan89]

Just now, ringedmortality said:

Barbie opens to 140, Oppenheimer to 60. There you go.

I am more confident in a 160/40 split than that, but won’t rule that out either if Opp gets rave reviews. 

[Torontofan]

4 hours ago, baumer said:

I said this once before when Transformers rise the beasts first came out, this almost seems like it's a reboot. They're starting fresh again kind of like what Warner Bros did with Batman in 2005. Batman begins had a gigantic budget and didn't do all that well at the box office except that you got people's attention because it was such a good movie. And then we all know what happened with the next two movies. No I'm not saying the next Transformers is going to blow up the way the dark Knight did but I honestly believe that if they brought Michael Bay back as director, Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox and some of the other original cast members, get it well done script and I think based on the fact that people seem to like this new one, the next chapter could see Transformers back to its Glory days.

 

I've never heard of Ruby Gilman, I know I'm not the target audience but I literally didn't see one commercial for it. Same thing with the Kraken movie I have no idea what that's about either. Is it about the expansion NHL team in seattle?

 

Insidious has already done what it needed to do. It's got a huge opening and will probably end up just shy of 60 million. Not bad for a movie that had a budget of 15 million.

 

From a purely box office perspective, sound of freedom could be one of the stories of the year. It cost $15 million, it has one recognizable name in it maybe two and it was sitting on a shelf for the last 5 years. No one had heard of this movie six days ago and now it's first week it's almost going to make 40 million dollars. Maybe if the public becomes more aware of it, it could find some legs but even if it doesn't again from a purely box office perspective, it's done really really well.

 

 

 

Be honest if they make a movie with epic action like transformers 3 with original cast, it would be smash hit easily.

 

I think transformers should have ended at 3 really.

 

As flawed as it was (optimus turning into a war cirminal and killing everyone lol), it ended the transformers movie well.

 

 

 

Edited July 9, 2023 by Torontofan

[emoviefan]

Just want to remind everybody that there is a movie coming out this week that is at 99% at RT. That movie will still be playing on July 21. Just saying. 

[keysersoze123]

10 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

I am more confident in a 160/40 split than that, but won’t rule that out either if Opp gets rave reviews. 

[Elden Lord]

10 minutes ago, Torontofan said:

 

Be honest if they make a movie with epic action like transformers 3 with original cast, it would be smash hit easily.

 

 

Me personally.. I am a child of the 80's, so if they made a story that was more reflective of the original cartoon which made the series more about the Transformers than the humans aka I don't need big name stars in the movies,... I would be all in to the franchise again!

[TheFlatLannister]

I'm not sure about Barbie doing over $110M. That's just my opinion. 

 

[ringedmortality]

1 minute ago, TheFlatLannister said:

I'm not sure about Barbie doing over $110M. That's just my opinion. 

 

 

I don't track nothing but It opened to 123M. And I feel like Barbie is heading to those numbers overall.

[Torontofan]

I heard the original ending of transformers 3 was that Megatron attacks sentinal prime 

 

Optimus prime kills Sentinal Prime and Megatron calls a truce and lives on Cybertron.

 

Be honest Transformer 3 was dumb as it has a final epic war battle for like a whole 50 mins but the final battle with megatron is like 5 secs lol 

Edited July 9, 2023 by Torontofan

[Bob Train]

Theaters will be locked in for 2 weeks of M:I, so capacity for Barbenheimer is gonna be limited on OW.  However, both should have solid legs

Edited July 9, 2023 by Bob Train

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

I’m seeing a 95/55 weekend for Barbie/Oppenheimer. 

[emoviefan]

6 minutes ago, TheFlatLannister said:

I'm not sure about Barbie doing over $110M. That's just my opinion. 

 

People are setting up for major meltdowns if  Barbie does 110. oppenheimer does 45 and Mission does 35 and that aint good enough. But that would never happen around here would it.

[TheFlatLannister]

The one who should not be named just said on twitter "Barbie presales...Really big.  Bigger than anything since Wakanda Forever" 

[Bob Train]

It's so funny how all the studios scheduled their tentpole in anticipation that Indy would be a world-destroying mega hit, but Indy is gonna do less worldwide than Elemental, Transformers, and possibly even Oppenheimer.