The Box Office Buzz, Tracking, and Pre-Sale Thread

[AniNate]

I imagine a lot of families might be tired of Inside Out / Despicable Me at this point and Coraline isn't free on streaming anywhere, so might be drawing some significant interest

[Eric the Marxist]

Coraline did a similar Fathom Event last year, and over the span of four days, it earned a whopping $7.1 million. It just has a lot of fans willing to see it on the big screen for whatever reason. Though granted, I'm a fan of the movie too, so I get it. Nightmare Before Christmas made $10 million that same year, albeit with a bigger rollout, so I guess spooky stop-motion is a theatrical event for some people.

[MCKillswitch123]

27 minutes ago, Eric Ripley said:

Coraline did a similar Fathom Event last year, and over the span of four days, it earned a whopping $7.1 million. It just has a lot of fans willing to see it on the big screen for whatever reason. Though granted, I'm a fan of the movie too, so I get it. Nightmare Before Christmas made $10 million that same year, albeit with a bigger rollout, so I guess spooky stop-motion is a theatrical event for some people.

 

WENDELL & WILD SHOULD'VE BEEN THEATRICAL

[Eric the Marxist]

6 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

 

WENDELL & WILD SHOULD'VE BEEN THEATRICAL

You should've been theatrical.

[ThomasNicole]

36 minutes ago, Eric Ripley said:

Coraline did a similar Fathom Event last year, and over the span of four days, it earned a whopping $7.1 million. It just has a lot of fans willing to see it on the big screen for whatever reason. Though granted, I'm a fan of the movie too, so I get it. Nightmare Before Christmas made $10 million that same year, albeit with a bigger rollout, so I guess spooky stop-motion is a theatrical event for some people.

The rollout seems bigger this time, and global. 
 

It’s releasing even here in Brazil, i bought tickets to watch it this Friday and Sunday.
 

The screenings are all sold out, i’m super surprised with the interest. Other than Harry Potter, re-releases rarely does well here.

[Morieris]

30 minutes ago, MCKillswitch123 said:

 

WENDELL & WILD SHOULD'VE BEEN THEATRICAL

 

I'd watch that in theaters sooner than Coraline, but I have nothing against Coraline!

[jeffthehat]

23 hours ago, jeffthehat said:

Indiana

Alien Romulus T-2

Sales	Seats	Shows
1433	21753	123

TC=26, pulled 11AM EST

Comps

0.54x Dune 2 T-2 = $5.4m

1.83x Furiosa T-2 = $6.4m

0.75x Godzilla x Kong T-2 = $7.5m

0.96x Twisters T-2 = $7.9m

 

AVG = $6.80m

Indiana

Alien Romulus T-1

Sales	Seats	Shows
1729	24499	148

TC=28, pulled 12PM EST

Comps 

0.57x Dune 2 = $5.7m

0.82x Twisters = $6.7m

2.05x Furiosa = $7.2m

0.74x Godzilla x Kong = $7.4m

 

AVG = $6.76m

[Eric the Marxist]

Quorum Updates

1992 T-16: 21.45% Awareness, 42.52% Interest

Afraid T-16: 19.73% Awareness, 43.91% Interest

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice T-23: 65.48% Awareness, 65.92% Interest

Heretic T-93: 10.68% Awareness, 34.17% Interest

Levon's Trade T-156: 11.17% Awareness, 36.67% Interest

Mickey 17 T-170: 10.01% Awareness, 34.21% Interest

 

Alien: Romulus T-2: 50.42% Awareness, 51.14% Interest

Final Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 92% chance of 20M, 73% chance of 30M, 35% chance of 40M, 23% chance of 50M, 15% chance of 60M

Horror Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 80% chance of 30M

Final Interest: 94% chance of 10M, 79% chance of 20M, 61% chance of 30M, 47% chance of 40M, 35% chance of 50M

Horror Interest: 100% chance of 10M, 67% chance of 20M, 40% chance of 30M, 20% chance of 40M, 7% chance of 50M

 

Bagman T-37: 20.5% Awareness, 43.16% Interest

T-30 Awareness: 54% chance of 10M

Horror Awareness: 63% chance of 10M

T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M

Horror Interest: 67% chance of 10M

 

Never Let Go T-37: 24.71% Awareness, 47.25% Interest

T-30 Awareness: 54% chance of 10M

Horror Awareness: 63% chance of 10M

T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M

Horror Interest: 67% chance of 10M

 

Transformers One T-37: 42.13% Awareness, 48.24% Interest

T-30 Awareness: 100% chance of 10M, 96% chance of 20M, 85% chance of 30M

Animation/Family Awareness: 100% chance of 20M, 80% chance of 30M

T-30 Interest: 59% chance of 10M, 35% chance of 20M, 20% chance of 30M

Animation/Family Interest: 87% chance of 10M, 75% chance of 20M, 37% chance of 30M

[kayumanggi]

 

[TalismanRing]

NYC REGAL Local (WED: 5pm)

 

ALIEN: ROMULUS (R): 106/1962

 

COMPS (R)
FURIOSA: $4.88
CIVIL WAR: $5.04
OPPENH: $5.32m
JOHN WICK 4: $6.37m
HALL: KILLS: $4.51m
DUNE I: $6.14M
The Suicide Squad: $5.63

AVG= $5.41m

 

COMPS  (PG-13)
Trap: $7.27m
AQP 3: $8.68m
K: POTA: $4.89m (early previews dragging the comp down)
GODZ v KK: NE: $11.04m

AVG= $7.97m

 

Comps dropped all around at this location - not a good jump from Tues.  Friday's sold 71 tickets.  Maybe the release of reviews will give it a kick or mean more walk-ups or late ticket buys like a PG-13 film.

 

Edited August 14 by TalismanRing

[TheFlatLannister]

22 hours ago, TheFlatLannister said:

FLORIDA 

ALIEN: ROMULUS

 

Thursday 

 

T-2

SHOWINGS	SEATS SOLD	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD
538	6778	111764	6.1%

^{*numbers taken as of 6:00PM EST}

SEATS SOLD SINCE YESTERDAY

880

 

SHOWINGS ADDED SINCE YESTERDAY

0

 

COMPS

T-2

(1.826x) of Furiosa $6.39M

(0.674x) of Dune 2 $6.27M

Comps AVG: $6.33M

 

I think this could push for $7M previews. Let's see how final 2 days go

FLORIDA 

ALIEN: ROMULUS

 

Thursday 

 

T-1

SHOWINGS	SEATS SOLD	TOTAL SEATS	PERCENT SOLD
626	7819	129704	6.0%

^{*numbers taken as of 6:00PM EST}

SEATS SOLD SINCE YESTERDAY

1041

 

SHOWINGS ADDED SINCE YESTERDAY

88

 

COMPS

T-1

(2.023x) of Furiosa $7.10M

(0.681x) of Dune 2 $6.34M

Comps AVG: $6.72M

 

Excellent final push. Would surely think $6.5M+ and has a good shot at $7M previews 

[VanillaSkies]

https://deadline.com/2024/08/alien-romulus-box-office-preview-1236040511/
 

Wow.

According to Deadline, Coraline which is going into 2500+ theatres this weekend has already done $3 million in pre-sales for the weekend. Fan rush certainly, but also points to pretty stellar demand. I’m quite excited to see it’s numbers over the weekend!

Edited August 15 by VanillaSkies

[Flip]

On 8/13/2024 at 1:05 PM, Flip said:

Alien: Romulus (T-3) 2 days of sales

 

12 showtimes/266 tix sold (+65)

 

.80x A Quiet Place D1 (T-3) [5.44m]

.60x It Ends With Us (T-3) [4.05m]

1.06x Longlegs (T-3) [3.18m]
4.36x Borderlands (T-3) [5.67m]
 

probably heading for low 5m, pace has been substandard

Alien: Romulus (T-1) 2 days of sales

 

15 showtimes/377 tix sold (+111)

 

.74x A Quiet Place D1 (T-1) [5.03m]
2.83x Borderlands (T-1) [3.68m]

 

pace really hasn’t picked up that much, I think it’s underindexing a bit, but even then I think it should do ~5.5-5.7m

[Flip]

On 8/10/2024 at 11:30 PM, Flip said:

Beetlejuice 2 Previews (T-26) 

 

21 showtimes/123 tix sold (+9)

 

missed AQP Day One (T-26) []
5.86x Alien: Romulus (T-26) [???]

Beetlejuice 2 Previews (T-22) 4 days of sales

 

21 showtimes/143 tix sold (+20)

 

1.25x AQP Day One (T-22) [8.50m]
4.77x Alien: Romulus (T-22) [???]

[crazymoviekid]

23 hours ago, crazymoviekid said:

Alien: Romulus:

 

Thursday Comp:

 

Theater 1: 33 Tickets

Theater 2: 13 Tickets

 

AQP:D1: $5.49M

Apes: $5.75M

GxK: $6.87M

Insidious 5: $7.67M

Evil Dead Rise: $2.09M

Nope: $3.42M

 

Still feeling $5.5M+.

Friday Comp:

 

Theater 1: 11 Tickets
Theater 2: 18 Tickets

 

AQP:D1: $7.48M
Apes: $6.36M
GxK: $3.74M
Insidious 5: $9.55M
Evil Dead Rise: $7.34M
Nope: $3.40M

 

Not the best start, but there's still a lot of time and room to grow.

Alien Romulus

 

Thursday Comp:

 

Theater 1: 45 Tickets

Theater 2: 24 Tickets

 

AQP:D1: $5.33M

Apes: $5.95M

GxK: $7.19M

Insidious 5: $6.90M

Evil Dead Rise: $2.82M

Nope: $3.18M

 

At least $5M+.

 

Friday Comp:

 

Theater 1: 18 Tickets
Theater 2: 24 Tickets

 

AQP:D1: $7.34M
Apes: $6.41M
GxK: $4.26M
Insidious 5: $7.14M
Evil Dead Rise: $4.85M
Nope: $3.78M

 

Guess there's some levelling out, but sales haven't spiked yet. Rather low, but $6.5M-$7M.

[Relevation]

Brooooooo these Coraline sales at my theaters 

[TalismanRing]

NYC REGAL LOCAL (WED Midnight)

 

CORALINE

THUR  238/617

FRIDAY: 181/496

 

WOW - they really should be adding more screens

[filmlover]

Why is Coraline proving to be such a relative juggernaut 15 years after its release lol? It's almost sold out at several theaters near me.

[Rorschach]

23 hours ago, Rorschach said:

Alien: Romulus (Tuesday Night Outlook)

Cinemark Davenport 18 + IMAX

Thursday: 143/1,956 (7.3% sold) [+11]

3 IMAX showings: 71/1,164

7 2D showings: 72/792

 

Comps: 

Apes: $9.05M

Furiosa: $7.47M

Quiet Place: $13.89M

Twisters: $7.81M

Avg: $9.56M

 

Friday: 128/3,170 (4% sold) [+53]

5 IMAX showings: 71/1,940

11 2D showings: 57/1,230

 

Comps:

Apes: $16.07M

Furiosa: $10.32M

Quiet Place: $18.81M

Twisters: $11.34M

Avg: $14.14M

 

Thurs + Fri: 271/5,126 (5.3% sold) [+64]

 

Comps: 

Apes: $27.46M

Furiosa: $18.46M

Quiet Place: $34.49M

Twisters: $20.47M

Avg: $25.22M

Alien: Romulus (Wednesday Night Outlook)

Cinemark Davenport 18 + IMAX

Thursday: 199/1,956 (10.2% sold) [+56]

3 IMAX showings: 94/1,164

7 2D showings: 105/792

 

Comps: 

Apes: $9.85M

Furiosa: $7.83M

Quiet Place: $14.1M

Twisters: $6.87M

Avg: $9.66M

 

Friday: 174/3,170 (5.5% sold) [+46]

5 IMAX showings: 85/1,940

11 2D showings: 89/1,230

 

Comps:

Apes: $16.03M

Furiosa: $11.93M

Quiet Place: $20.58M

Twisters: $10.28M

Avg: $14.71M

 

Thurs + Fri: 373/5,126 (7.3% sold) [+102]

 

Comps: 

Apes: $28.41M

Furiosa: $20.44M

Quiet Place: $36.69M

Twisters: $18.4M

Avg: $25.99M

[Darth Lehnsherr]

56 minutes ago, filmlover said:

Why is Coraline proving to be such a relative juggernaut 15 years after its release lol? It's almost sold out at several theaters near me.

Definitely feels like the stop motion film of this generation at least anecdotally.