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2 hours ago, ThomasNicole said:

I feel the worries on this thread about Dune performance is because it’s clearly an ongoing story that needs a 3rd part, but once again there’s this feeling that if Part II doesn’t succeed enough, Messiah won’t be made. 
 

Voldemort said on his Twitter that it’s already greenlit, so maybe it’s time to just accept the numbers without being fearful about them.
 

From what i see, while ATP can ended up pushing +10M previews, it does have meh final days and feels more likely to ended up with 9.5 or something. Still weekend sales are strong enough that 8x IM seems quite likely, the very long running time can help with that.
 

An OW towards mid 70’s isn’t bad, even if it didn’t turn out to be the new savior of cinema that the collapsing industry asks from every movie now.


Dune 2 will open ww with $170-200M, it will win at least 5/6 AA and it got an ever better reception that 1… so Dune 3 is already locked. The only question is exactly when it will be released.

Ah and Zimmer is already writing music for the next one.

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OK final estimates from me before Preview actuals.

 

Not jumping on the gloom-doom train but also wondering how that affects my numbers here...if I intentionally suppress it in parts.

 

Here are ATP developments from the last 5 days

 

            Estimates
  Dune 2 / Dune 1 ATP Difference Last 5 Days Today Tomorrow Saturday
THU 5.81% 5.67% 5.33% 5.26% 5.35% 5.20%    
FRI 6.81% 6.60% 6.35% 6.03% 5.91% 5.70% 5.50%  
SAT 6.56%             5.40%

 

I'll use the 5.2% ATP Dune 1 comp increase in my tables for THU previews.

 

Here are Dune 1 Presale comps from the last 5 days (notice SAT!)

 

  Dune 2 / Dune 1 Presales Comp Last 5 Days
THU 181% 182% 188% 187% 182%
FRI 187% 187% 190% 188% 183%
SAT 264%        

 

I'm projecting in the table below how Dune 2 / Dune 1 Walkups Comp affects the final THU Preview outcome. E.g. if the walkups are double compared to Dune 1, previews are around $10M but if they are just 150% (while the comps have been 181-188% for THU past 5 days - 181-182% being perhaps the "baseline"), i.e. much less than the baseline, then THU previews are only $9.3M (all previews here without EA).

 

Here is a thorough breakdown of that comp relationship

 

Dune2-walkups.png

 

If I'd know Oppy's THU walkups, I could make better educated guesses but now it is more of showing a possible spread and finding the middle ground. Conclusion:

 

With an 80% confidence level, the THU previews will hit between $9.3M and $9.9M (20% chance outside). The midpoint is $9.6M. Down from the yesterday's $9.9M.

 

Dune-estimates-FINAL.png

 

Regarding OW I am expecting a higher IM (8) than yesterday (7.8-7.9) simply because of the weekend presales of Dune 2. More background data below:

 

  MTC1 Weekend Spread Dune 1 vs 2
  Dune 1   Dune 2   Difference
THU (T-5) 44211 35% 80224 31% 181%
FRI (T-6) 47266 37% 88344 34% 187%
SAT (T-7) 34878 28% 92163 35% 264%
  126355   260731    

 

  Dune MTC1 Weekend T-5 vs. T-1 (THU)
THU 80224 31% 125368 28%
FRI 88344 34% 154760 35%
SAT 92163 35% 164927 37%
  260731   445055  

 

Dune 1 had an IM of 8.05. Presales imply that it should go higher this time but I'll keep it conservatively at 8 as of now. Conclusions:

 

With an 80% confidence level, OW is between $74-83M with an expected value of $79M. I.e. $1M less on all accounts since yesterday's estimates.

 

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1 hour ago, Porthos said:

 

One Love is a pretty bad comp for something like GBFE due to the fan rush/sequel/franchise angle.  Now GBFE won't be as frontloaded as many long running franchises as it still has more of a GA/family skew.  But there'll definitely be more upfront interest for GBFE than something like One Love, even with the auteur appeal for the latter.

 

Still, looking around town and it's doing... decent.  Only at the half-way mark in the day and GBFE is quite likely to pass the first day sales of GBA.  Of course, it should pass the first day of GBA (or rather, it'd be a pretty decent sized red flag if it didn't) and only so many comparisons can be made, if only for a slightly longer pre-sale period and starting pre-sales against an attention grabbing opener (which, in my opinion, can cut both ways).

 

But looks to be more or less doing as I expected.  Have a better sense when I do a check late tonight.  Not planning on making  updates in-thread for it (might make a post tonight depending on how decent the sales actually wind up being), but likely to monitor it on my home sheet in case it pulls a Sonic 2 and surprises after all.


Yeah, it’s doing really decent pre sales here in NY as well. In some theaters the first night shows have already sold over 50% of seats. It’ll take all Dolby Cinema halls and most of IMAX screens.

 

Oh you’re always doing such a great work on monitoring sales. It’d be amazing if you could give us some updates even if it’s every other day.

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Is there surge pricing on Dune for some chains? It's 14.18 at my Regal  theater tomorrow  when tickets are normally 13.64 (I think it was that price for the 3 PM showing today).

 

I can't compare it to another new release because there are none, but Ordinary Angels is about 12.45$.

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4 minutes ago, Morieris said:

Is there surge pricing on Dune for some chains? It's 14.18 at my Regal  theater tomorrow  when tickets are normally 13.64 (I think it was that price for the 3 PM showing today).

 

I can't compare it to another new release because there are none, but Ordinary Angels is about 12.45$.

 

That kind of thing can very well take it over the $80M mark. Without that, I'd give around 30-40% chance it goes over it with current datapoints that I used in my estimates. It's a thriller!

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Also, Voldermort or not. I think Dune Part 3 was greenlighted a long time ago too and they likely officially announce it like they did with Part 2 next Tuesday to drive up the hype for Part 2. Otherwise week later when they think is best to use the extra press from that. Part 2 doesn't need that boost the same way as Part 1 did in 2021.

 

This boy is a slam dunk already and we'll just see how big of a dent it will make.

 

(maybe greenlighting Dune Part 2 is a matter of expecting at least $400M-500M WW ... or the studio and production company to ask themselves, what is the risk this will perform worse than the first one and especially taking into account the day-to-day and other factors then... pretty no-brainer to greenlight Part 3 pre-production)

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6 minutes ago, cooldude97 said:

this is a domestic thread, we have a South Korea thread, go away 

Sorry, what? Completely uncalled for. Anyone with valid data/tracking is welcome in here, which you don’t seem to be providing.

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15 minutes ago, Morieris said:

Is there surge pricing on Dune for some chains? It's 14.18 at my Regal  theater tomorrow  when tickets are normally 13.64 (I think it was that price for the 3 PM showing today).

 

I can't compare it to another new release because there are none, but Ordinary Angels is about 12.45$.

It’s something the chains bring out for bigger releases (and sometimes lower tier ones too). I would imagine Dune II has it most places, being the first real draw since Xmas 

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19 minutes ago, cooldude97 said:

this is a domestic thread, we have a South Korea thread, go away 

I really hope this is a bad joke or something. There is no need for this type of behavior. 

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On 2/22/2024 at 3:18 PM, keysersoze123 said:

Kung Fu Panda 4 MTC1

Previews - 6262/307122 94520.78 2018 shows +1552

Friday - 6076/458201 90901.88 2874 shows +1671

 

Slightly under 5 days of data. 2 weeks to go for this movie's release.  

Kung Fu Panda 4 MTC1

Previews - 10335/318017 156713.55 2071 shows +4073

Friday - 11281/468366 170642.89 2916 shows +5205

 

1 week to go and this is 7 days of data. 

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4 hours ago, Porthos said:

 

Dune: Part Two - Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report:

PREMIERE NIGHT (MID-DAY REPORT) [11:40am - 12:20pm]

 

 

Capped

Sellouts

Showings

Seats left

Total Seats

Seats Sold

Perct Sold

TOTALS

0

0

244

25489

30883

5394

17.47%

 

Total Showings Added Since Last Night

2

Total Seats Added Since Last Night

145

Total Seats Sold Since Last Night

384

 

T-0 (Mid-Day) "Anchor" Comps

 

   

%

 

Sold Since
Last Night

Total

Sold

 

Sellouts

Shows

Seats Left

Total Seats

Perct

Sold

 

Final

Sold

% of

Final

 

 

Comp

Dune [12:00-12:20]

225.60

 

284

2391

 

0/109

12402/14793

16.16%

 

2915

185.04%

 

11.51m

Ava 2 [11:30-12:15]

68.22

 

666

7907

 

0/310

27128/35035

22.57%

 

8986

60.03%

 

11.60m

Oppy [12:15-12:25]

132.40

 

367

4074

 

2/80

6785/10859

37.52%

 

4621

116.73%

 

13.90m

FINAL SOLD NOTES: "Final sold" is the number of tickets sold for the movie in question at stop of tracking while "% of final" is the percentage of Dune: Part Two's current tickets sold versus that final number.

 

T-0 (Mid-Day) Mostly Pace Purposes Comps

 

   

%

 

Sold Since
Last Night

Total

Sold

 

Sellouts

Shows

Seats Left

Total Seats

Perct

Sold

 

Final

Sold

% of

Final

 

 

Comp

Bats [11:30-12:35]

51.48

 

939

10478

 

1/327

28376/38854

26.97%

 

11757

45.88%

 

12.57m

Thor4 [11:30-12:25]

36.19

 

1390

14906

 

0/313

24653/39559

37.68%

 

16962

31.80%

 

10.49m

BP2 [11:30-12:20]

36.58

 

1125

14747

 

2/375

28391/43138

34.19%

 

16800

32.11%

 

10.24m

AM3 [11:35-12:25]

57.43

 

738

9392

 

0/308

27981/37373

25.13%

 

10475

51.49%

 

10.05m

Flash [11:45-12:15]

126.89

 

634

4251

 

0/205

22721/26972

15.76%

 

5327

101.26%

 

12.31m

GOTG3[11:30-12:20]

58.64

 

836

9199

 

0/345

32602/41801

22.01%

 

10750

50.18%

 

10.26m

TGM [11:30-12:30]

52.05

 

707

10363

 

2/345

32649/43012

24.09%

 

11474

47.01%

 

10.02m

JWD [12:00-12:50]

56.84

 

1071

9490

 

0/290

24248/33738

28.13%

 

10966

49.19%

 

10.23m

Wick 4 [11:45-12:20]

124.14

 

430

4345

 

0/185

18230/22575

19.25%

 

5448

99.01%

 

11.05m

Fast X [11:30-12:05]

158.41

 

477

3405

 

0/243

29842/33247

10.24%

 

4122

130.86%

 

11.88m

TLM [11:40-12:15]

96.27

 

629

5603

 

0/225

23553/29156

19.22%

 

6561

82.21%

 

9.92m

Indy 5 [11:45-12:15]

135.43

 

478

3983

 

0/183

20730/24713

16.12%

 

4767

113.15%

 

9.75m

Bats Tue EA

106.19

 

——

743

 

0/3

72/815

91.17%

 

743

106.19%

 

2.12m

THE BATMAN EA NOTE:  "Bats Tue EA T-x" is a direct comp of the IMAX theaters which had the exclusive IMAX ONLY showings for The Batman on the Tuesday of release week and are showing the IMAX exclusives for Dune: Part Two on the Sunday of release week.  I am using the estimated 2m reported by the Trades and Box Office Pro for the comp.

 

Regal:     1382/9860  [14.02% sold]
Matinee:    263/3555  [7.40% | 4.88% of all tickets sold]
———    
Sun:                 789/814  [96.93% sold] [FINAL]
Thr:          4605/30069  [15.31% sold] [+384 tickets]
PLF:          3528/10865  [32.47% | 65.41% of all tickets sold]
Thr PLF:    2739/10051  [27.25% sold | 59.48% of Thr tickets sold]

 

====

 

Yeaaaah, not seeing what I'd like for a 10m True Thursday.  Probably gunning closer to 9.5m.  ATP thanks to all of the PLFs is a big wildcard, though.  More thoughts at final report.

 

Dune: Part Two - Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report:

PREMIERE NIGHT (FINAL REPORT) [3:50pm-4:25pm]

NOTE:  All showtimes that started before 3:50 were sampled at the start of their showing.

 

 

Capped

Sellouts

Showings

Seats left

Total Seats

Seats Sold

Perct Sold

TOTALS

0

0

250

25311

31312

6001

19.17%

 

Total Showings Added Since Mid-Day

6

Total Seats Added Since Mid-Day

429

Total Seats Sold Since Mid-Day

607

 

T-0 "Anchor" Comps [ALL COMPS *INCLUDE* EA SALES]

 

   

%

 

Sold Since
Mid-Day

Total

Sold

 

Sellouts

Shows

Seats Left

Total Seats

Perct

Sold

 

Final

Sold

% of

Final

 

 

Comp

Dune [5:10-5:30]

205.87

 

524

2915

 

0/109

11878/14793

19.71%

 

2915

205.87%

 

10.50m

Ava 2 [3:50-4:25]

66.78

 

1079

8986

 

0/310

26049/35035

25.65%

 

8986

66.78%

 

11.35m

Oppy [4:30-4:40]

129.86

 

547

4621

 

2/80

6238/10859

42.55%

 

4621

129.86%

 

13.64m

 

T-0 Mostly Pace Purposes Comps [ALL COMPS *INCLUDE* EA SALES - UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED]

 

   

%

 

Sold Since
Mid-Day

Total

Sold

 

Sellouts

Shows

Seats Left

Total Seats

Perct

Sold

 

Final

Sold

% of

Final

 

 

Comp

Bats [3:00-4:30]

51.04

 

1279

11757

 

1/328

27144/38901

30.22%

 

11757

51.04%

 

12.46m

Thor4 [3:45-4:35]

35.38

 

2056

16962

 

0/320

23111/40073

42.33%

 

16962

35.38%

 

10.26m

BP2 [3:45-4:35]

35.72

 

2053

16800

 

2/376

26426/43216

38.87%

 

16800

35.72%

 

10.00m

AM3 [3:45-4:30]

57.29

 

1083

10475

 

0/307

26899/37374

28.03%

 

10475

57.29%

 

10.03m

Flash [3:55-4:20]

112.65

 

1076

5327

 

0/205

21645/26972

19.75%

 

5327

112.65%

 

10.93m

GOTG3[3:45-4:30]

55.82

 

1551

10750

 

0/347

31169/41919

25.64%

 

10750

55.82%

 

9.77m

TGM [3:30-4:35]

52.30

 

1111

11474

 

2/345

31538/43012

26.68%

 

11474

52.30%

 

10.07m

JWD [3:45-4:35]

54.72

 

1476

10966

 

0/290

22873/33839

32.41%

 

10966

54.72%

 

9.85m

Wick 4 [3:50-4:15]

110.15

 

1103

5448

 

0/186

17238/22686

24.01%

 

5448

110.15%

 

9.80m

Fast X [3:50-4:15]

145.58

 

717

4122

 

0/243

29125/33247

12.40%

 

4122

145.58%

 

10.92m

TLM [3:50-4:15]

91.46

 

958

6561

 

0/235

23202/29763

22.04%

 

6561

91.46%

 

9.42m

Indy 5 [3:50-4:20]

125.89

 

784

4767

 

0/183

20009/24776

19.24%

 

4767

125.89%

 

9.06m

AtSV [3:50-4:20]

61.59

 

1676

9744

 

0/266

22261/32005

30.45%

 

9744

61.59%

 

10.69m

Indy 5 [3:50-4:20]

125.89

 

784

4767

 

0/183

20009/24776

19.24%

 

4767

125.89%

 

9.06m

Bats Tue EA

106.19

 

——

743

 

0/3

72/815

91.17%

 

743

106.19%

 

2.12m

THE BATMAN EA NOTE:  "Bats Tue EA T-x" is a direct comp of the IMAX theaters which had the exclusive IMAX ONLY showings for The Batman on the Tuesday of release week and are showing the IMAX exclusives for Dune: Part Two on the Sunday of release week.  I am using the estimated 2m reported by the Trades and Box Office Pro for the comp.

 

Regal:      1580/9860  [16.02% sold]
Matinee:    380/3555  [10.69% | 6.33% of all tickets sold]
———    
Sun:                789/814  [96.93% sold] [FINAL]
Thr:          5212/30498  [17.09% sold] [+991 tickets]
PLF:          3753/10865 [34.54% | 62.54% of all tickets sold]
Thr PLF:    2964/10051 [29.49% sold | 56.87% of Thr tickets sold]

 

====

 

No sense sugar coating it; fairly anemic/blah walkups.  FWIW, the *ATP adjusted* comp for Dune (using my home adjustment of 1.13047x) spits out 11.87m (including EA).  Combine that with the comps for Ava 2 and The Batman and I think Sacramento is probably pointing to around 11.75m combined EA and Thursday.  There is the Oppenheimer comp, but that ran into severe capacity issues locally. And that is most certainly not the case here.
 

I keep looking at that The Batman comp and I keep going "hmmmm..."  On the other hand, DC tends to under-perform locally.

 

Still, I know it's on the higher side of reported locals, though I have seen some in this range, but gonna go with what my best comps tell me and go with a combined 11.75m +/-.6m (2m +/- .1m EA | 9.75m +/- .5m Thur).

 

Only reason I'm going with 9.75m Thr is the PLF factor and the ATP adjustment for Dune lands right in that area.

 

Now we wait and see the results.

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36 minutes ago, M37 said:

It’s something the chains bring out for bigger releases (and sometimes lower tier ones too). I would imagine Dune II has it most places, being the first real draw since Xmas 

 

I know AMC did it for The Batman...maybe it happened and I totally missed it for other movies, I either went to the budget theater or saw movies weeks later when it would have been regular price.

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32 minutes ago, dallas said:

Is there a chance that this crosses $10M because of its high ATP?

 

9 minutes ago, Porthos said:

 

Dune: Part Two - Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report:

PREMIERE NIGHT (FINAL REPORT) [3:50pm-4:25pm]

NOTE:  All showtimes that started before 3:50 were sampled at the start of their showing.

 

No sense sugar coating it; fairly anemic/blah walkups.  FWIW, the *ATP adjusted* comp for Dune (using my home adjustment of 1.13047x) spits out 11.87m (including EA).  Combine that with the comps for Ava 2 and The Batman and I think Sacramento is probably pointing to around 11.75m combined EA and Thursday.  There is the Oppenheimer comp, but that ran into severe capacity issues locally. And that is most certainly not the case here.
 

 

I keep looking at that The Batman comp and I keep going "hmmmm..."  On the other hand, DC tends to under-perform locally.

 

I'd say there's a chance, but not a very good one.

 

FWIW, Sacramento does seem to be coming in hot when compared to what is seen as some of the best comps out there (no, really, disregard the Oppenheimer comp due to capacity).

 

I wouldn't want to put a percentage on the guess, but if I was forced to, maybe 10 to 15 percent chance?  How much this is over-indexing in the cities, how much theaters are pumping up the ATP, and if this is a bit more adult skewed than many films all factor in.

 

...

 

As does the chance that WB decides to raid a tiny bit from OW make sure Puerto Rico grosses are counted to get a better headline for previews. :ph34r:

 

 

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Is 80M dead then? Because some users here are saying the pre sales during the weekend is well spread which is great, but charlie also said friday is low so who knows.

 

SK had a very good second day drop, so this might be a good indicator.

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I’ve been thinking - and I’m willing to concede this is not the most likely scenario - but have we considered the reason the numbers slowed right at the end is because of the hype?

 

By this point, anyone with a passing knowledge of the film has heard the immense critical hype. And they’re skeptical, because the public has a particularly  antagonistic relationship with Hollywood at this point. So they see a movie being this immensely hyped and they can’t help but feel like it’s hyperbole.

 

So, they’re waiting to see if it’s actually as good as the critics say. They know the people who want to see it will have seen it over the weekend (my bf and I are seeing a Saturday matinee), and they’ll decide from then on if they wanna see it from there.

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23 minutes ago, Porthos said:

 

Dune: Part Two - Greater Sacramento Area Premiere Night Seat Report:

PREMIERE NIGHT (FINAL REPORT) [3:50pm-4:25pm]

NOTE:  All showtimes that started before 3:50 were sampled at the start of their showing.

 

 

Capped

Sellouts

Showings

Seats left

Total Seats

Seats Sold

Perct Sold

TOTALS

0

0

250

25311

31312

6001

19.17%

 

Total Showings Added Since Mid-Day

6

Total Seats Added Since Mid-Day

429

Total Seats Sold Since Mid-Day

607

 

T-0 "Anchor" Comps [ALL COMPS *INCLUDE* EA SALES]

 

   

%

 

Sold Since
Mid-Day

Total

Sold

 

Sellouts

Shows

Seats Left

Total Seats

Perct

Sold

 

Final

Sold

% of

Final

 

 

Comp

Dune [5:10-5:30]

205.87

 

524

2915

 

0/109

11878/14793

19.71%

 

2915

205.87%

 

10.50m

Ava 2 [3:50-4:25]

66.78

 

1079

8986

 

0/310

26049/35035

25.65%

 

8986

66.78%

 

11.35m

Oppy [4:30-4:40]

129.86

 

547

4621

 

2/80

6238/10859

42.55%

 

4621

129.86%

 

13.64m

 

T-0 Mostly Pace Purposes Comps [ALL COMPS *INCLUDE* EA SALES - UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED]

 

   

%

 

Sold Since
Mid-Day

Total

Sold

 

Sellouts

Shows

Seats Left

Total Seats

Perct

Sold

 

Final

Sold

% of

Final

 

 

Comp

Bats [3:00-4:30]

51.04

 

1279

11757

 

1/328

27144/38901

30.22%

 

11757

51.04%

 

12.46m

Thor4 [3:45-4:35]

35.38

 

2056

16962

 

0/320

23111/40073

42.33%

 

16962

35.38%

 

10.26m

BP2 [3:45-4:35]

35.72

 

2053

16800

 

2/376

26426/43216

38.87%

 

16800

35.72%

 

10.00m

AM3 [3:45-4:30]

57.29

 

1083

10475

 

0/307

26899/37374

28.03%

 

10475

57.29%

 

10.03m

Flash [3:55-4:20]

112.65

 

1076

5327

 

0/205

21645/26972

19.75%

 

5327

112.65%

 

10.93m

GOTG3[3:45-4:30]

55.82

 

1551

10750

 

0/347

31169/41919

25.64%

 

10750

55.82%

 

9.77m

TGM [3:30-4:35]

52.30

 

1111

11474

 

2/345

31538/43012

26.68%

 

11474

52.30%

 

10.07m

JWD [3:45-4:35]

54.72

 

1476

10966

 

0/290

22873/33839

32.41%

 

10966

54.72%

 

9.85m

Wick 4 [3:50-4:15]

110.15

 

1103

5448

 

0/186

17238/22686

24.01%

 

5448

110.15%

 

9.80m

Fast X [3:50-4:15]

145.58

 

717

4122

 

0/243

29125/33247

12.40%

 

4122

145.58%

 

10.92m

TLM [3:50-4:15]

91.46

 

958

6561

 

0/235

23202/29763

22.04%

 

6561

91.46%

 

9.42m

Indy 5 [3:50-4:20]

125.89

 

784

4767

 

0/183

20009/24776

19.24%

 

4767

125.89%

 

9.06m

AtSV [3:50-4:20]

61.59

 

1676

9744

 

0/266

22261/32005

30.45%

 

9744

61.59%

 

10.69m

Indy 5 [3:50-4:20]

125.89

 

784

4767

 

0/183

20009/24776

19.24%

 

4767

125.89%

 

9.06m

Bats Tue EA

106.19

 

——

743

 

0/3

72/815

91.17%

 

743

106.19%

 

2.12m

THE BATMAN EA NOTE:  "Bats Tue EA T-x" is a direct comp of the IMAX theaters which had the exclusive IMAX ONLY showings for The Batman on the Tuesday of release week and are showing the IMAX exclusives for Dune: Part Two on the Sunday of release week.  I am using the estimated 2m reported by the Trades and Box Office Pro for the comp.

 

Regal:      1580/9860  [16.02% sold]
Matinee:    380/3555  [10.69% | 6.33% of all tickets sold]
———    
Sun:                789/814  [96.93% sold] [FINAL]
Thr:          5212/30498  [17.09% sold] [+991 tickets]
PLF:          3753/10865 [34.54% | 62.54% of all tickets sold]
Thr PLF:    2964/10051 [29.49% sold | 56.87% of Thr tickets sold]

 

====

 

No sense sugar coating it; fairly anemic/blah walkups.  FWIW, the *ATP adjusted* comp for Dune (using my home adjustment of 1.13047x) spits out 11.87m (including EA).  Combine that with the comps for Ava 2 and The Batman and I think Sacramento is probably pointing to around 11.75m combined EA and Thursday.  There is the Oppenheimer comp, but that ran into severe capacity issues locally. And that is most certainly not the case here.
 

I keep looking at that The Batman comp and I keep going "hmmmm..."  On the other hand, DC tends to under-perform locally.

 

Still, I know it's on the higher side of reported locals, though I have seen some in this range, but gonna go with what my best comps tell me and go with a combined 11.75m +/-.6m (2m +/- .1m EA | 9.75m +/- .5m Thur).

 

Only reason I'm going with 9.75m Thr is the PLF factor and the ATP adjustment for Dune lands right in that area.

 

Now we wait and see the results.

 

Time to make the thread, this will be the official previews number tomorrow.

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