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

[vafrow]

22 hours ago, vafrow said:

 

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, T-9, Western GTA (southern Ontario), Thursday Previews and Wednesday EA

 

Previews

Total Sales: 97

New Sales: 6

Growth: 7%

Theatres: 5

Showtimes: 38

Tickets per Showtime: 2.6

Chains tracked: MTC4

Ticket Premium in effect: N

 

Wednesday EA Shows

EA Showtimes: 5

EA Theatres: 5

EA Sales: 94

New sales: 7

Growth: 8%

 

Previews Sales by Showtime

Late Afternoon: 4/11

Early Evening: 71/13

Late Evening: 30/14

 

Preview Sales by Format

Regular: 0/9

Dolby: 26/9

VIP: 57/11

IMAX: 8/6

4DX: 8/3

 

Comps (preview to preview)

1.672x GB:FE for $7.9M

0.487x GxK for $4.9M

 

Average: $6.4M

 

Comps (combined EA and previews)

2.768x Fall Guy for $8.7M

2.011x Twisters for $21.5M

3.293x GB:FE for $15.5M

0.960x GxK for $9.6M

 

Average: $13.8M

 

Showtimes got beefed up quite a bit. Makes sense as there's not much else demanding screens.

 

Pace staying steady.

 

Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, T-8, Western GTA (southern Ontario), Thursday Previews and Wednesday EA

 

Previews

Total Sales: 105

New Sales: 8

Growth: 8%

Theatres: 5

Showtimes: 38

Tickets per Showtime: 2.8

Chains tracked: MTC4

Ticket Premium in effect: N

 

Wednesday EA Shows

EA Showtimes: 5

EA Theatres: 5

EA Sales: 97

New sales: 3

Growth: 3%

 

Previews Sales by Showtime

Late Afternoon: 4/11

Early Evening: 65/13

Late Evening: 28/14

 

Preview Sales by Format

Regular: 0/9

Dolby: 22/9

VIP: 57/11

IMAX: 8/6

4DX: 8/3

 

Comps (preview to preview)

1.667x GB:FE for $7.8M

0.515x GxK for $5.1M

 

Average: $6.5M

 

Comps (combined EA and previews)

2.928x Fall Guy for $9.2M

2.296x Twisters for $24.6M

3.206x GB:FE for $15.1M

0.990x GxK for $9.9M

 

Average: $14.5M

 

A bit of a review bump, but I was hoping for more.

[vafrow]

22 hours ago, vafrow said:

Transformers One, D1, T-23, Western GTA (southern Ontario), Thursday Previews and Early Access shows 

 

Previews

Total Sales: 3

New Sales: na

Growth: na

Theatres: 5

Showtimes: 13

Tickets per Showtime: 0.2

Chains tracked: MTC4

Ticket Premium in effect: Y

 

Sunday EA Shows

Showtimes: 3

Sales: 4

New sales: na

Growth: na

 

Wednesday EA Shows

Showtimes: 1

EA Sales: 0

New sales: na

Growth: na

 

Previews Sales by Showtime

Late Afternoon: 0/1

Early Evening: 1/6

Late Evening: 2/6

 

Preview Sales by Format

Dolby: 0/3

Dolby 3D: 2/4

IMAX: 1/4

4DX: 0/2

 

Comps (preview to preview)

0.750x KFP4 for $3.6M

1.500x IO2 for $19.5M

0.429x DM4 for $11.7M

 

Average: $11.6M

 

It's hard to read much into small numbers. Especially since the weaker type of comps like Garfield or IF had zero sales for the first few days and can't be used. But a scattering of sales both on previews and EA on TOne is a good sign.

 

Transformers One, D2, T-22, Western GTA (southern Ontario), Thursday Previews and Early Access shows 

 

Previews

Total Sales: 5

New Sales: 2

Growth: 67%

Theatres: 5

Showtimes: 13

Tickets per Showtime: 0.4

Chains tracked: MTC4

Ticket Premium in effect: Y

 

Sunday EA Shows

Showtimes: 3

Sales: 7

New sales: 3

Growth: 75%

 

Wednesday EA Shows

Showtimes: 1

EA Sales: 0

New sales: na

Growth: na

 

Previews Sales by Showtime

Late Afternoon: 0/1

Early Evening: 3/6

Late Evening: 2/6

 

Preview Sales by Format

Dolby: 0/3

Dolby 3D: 2/4

IMAX: 3/4

4DX: 0/2

 

Comps (preview to preview)

0.417x KFP4 for $2.0M

2.500x IO2 for $32.5M

0.714x DM4 for $19.4M

 

Average: $18.0M

 

I wouldn't put too much faith in the raw numbers. What's more important is that it's selling in range of the other successful movies, even with decent volumes on the EA shows. And this is for a sept school night as well.

 

Comps are measuring day 2. Will switch to T minus on the weekend probably.

[Boxofficerules]

AfrAId seems to have opened in France and the reviews on letterboxd are absolutely awful.

[Krissykins]

4 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

AfrAId seems to have opened in France and the reviews on letterboxd are absolutely awful.

It has sold 4 seats in one of its Saturday evening showings, despite it being national cinema day and tickets are only £4. 
 

DOA it seems. 

[justnumbers]

6 minutes ago, Boxofficerules said:

AfrAId seems to have opened in France and the reviews on letterboxd are absolutely awful.

To the surprise of 0 human beings that can breath.

[vafrow]

AfrAId has sold 5 tickets for Thursday previews in my sample area, which is about as low as I've seen recently. Closest I can find is Abigail that sold 14 at this point.

 

And this is while schools are still out. 

 

I don't even know what this films is. It looks like I'm not alone.

[Grand Cine]

1 hour ago, Boxofficerules said:

AfrAId seems to have opened in France and the reviews on letterboxd are absolutely awful.

Yeah , only 2,1/5 on Allociné

[Jerri Blank-Diggler]

In my sample area of 6 local theaters, below are current pre-sales for Reagan and AfrAId (as of 9 am today).

 

Reagan

Thursday: 127 sold [Number showings with at least 10 tickets sold =  5; number showings with at least 20 tickets sold = 2]

Friday: 204 sold [Number showings with at least 10 tickets sold =  9; number showings with at least 20 tickets sold = 4; number showings with at least 40 tickets sold = 1]

 

AfrAId

Thursday: 98 sold [Number showings with at least 10 tickets sold =  5; number showings with at least 20 tickets sold = 0]

Friday: 68 sold [Number showings with at least 10 tickets sold =  2; number showings with at least 20 tickets sold = 0]

 

Overall in my area (50 mile radius), wide releases get 20+ theaters, and as of Friday, AfrAId is playing in 27 theaters to Reagan's 23.

 

Unsurprisingly, Reagan is pulling in more of its demo during the daylight hours. AfrAId is selling some seats after 9 pm, while Reagan is not. These two may be splitting auditoriums in a couple of weeks.

[Unfitclock]

Idk where to put this but my theater raised ticket prices by over a dollar it’s now 13:49 for a ticket instead of 12:25 this is getting insane they do this every year for some reason they discount tickets during summer then raise them for fall 

[el sid]

23 hours ago, el sid said:

I heard in Germany that the doc is very good...

 

Yesterday it had 58 sold tickets for September  21. So far it has shows in only four of my seven theaters. Best presales in the two AMCs in California. 

I think that's a decent number with over three weeks left but without comps, not very helpful. Will keep an eye on it in the the next few weeks.

Today Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story had 75 sold tickets. Quite nice for only 8 shows in total (in four of my seven AMCs). 

[el sid]

Reagan had, counted today for today, 50 sold tickets (with shows in 4 theaters namely in the two AMCs in California, in Miami and Michigan). 

 

Comp: Horizon: Chapter 1 (800k from previews/3.3M true Friday/11M OW) had, also counted on Thursday for Thursday, 91 sold tickets with shows in 6 theaters and 88 in the same 4 theaters = 57%.

So around 500k from previews for Reagan (and ca. 7M OW)? Just a guess. Hard to predict with so few sold tickets and a probably older target audience that doesn't preorder...

[vafrow]

On 8/25/2024 at 7:02 AM, vafrow said:

This doesn't automatically preclude NCD, but Cineplex is running their Community Day program on September 14th. They run a variety of second run movies for cheap in the morning or matinees. They also offer discounted concessions. This year, it looks like the following:

 

Paw Patrol and Paw Patrol The Mighty Pups

 

My Spy

 

Everything Everywhere All at Once 

 

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3

 

Last year, they ran this promo in November, so they don't tie it down to a specific date each year. But I'm guessing that they wouldn't do this now if they expected a NCD promotion over the next month or so.

 

It's been officially announced.

 

https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/enjoy-free-family-friendly-movies-and-gaming-while-giving-back-cineplex-community-day-returns-nationwide-on-september-14-866057860.html

 

However, I forgot that it's not discounted tickets for these films, but free tickets. They usually get scooped up immediately once they're released.

 

It'll be similar levels of NCD chaos, but contained in the morning slot.

[AniNate]

 

[kayumanggi]

 

[BOfficeStats]

How is Terrifier 3 selling?

[Grand Cine]

1 hour ago, AniNate said:

 

Even if it stays stable , it will be already the second widest opening for a September movie after It 2 (4570) . Could be the biggest. Could be also the widest of the year ( record is IO2 with 4440 locations).

[AnthonyJPHer]

1 hour ago, AniNate said:

 

That is an insane theater count. They must be insanely positive about this succeeding.

[vafrow]

9 hours ago, vafrow said:

AfrAId has sold 5 tickets for Thursday previews in my sample area, which is about as low as I've seen recently. Closest I can find is Abigail that sold 14 at this point.

 

And this is while schools are still out. 

 

I don't even know what this films is. It looks like I'm not alone.

 

This seemed to bounce back relatively well with walk ups today. 30-40 tickets sold from the five this morning, and that's still an hour to the early evening shows and doesn't count the late matinees which I didn't catch.

 

Not setting anything on fire, but maybe avoids full meltdown.

[AniNate]

TFOne at Canton so far has sold 34 tickets total for all screenings through its first Saturday (includes EA and Wednesday XD fan event). Pretty meh start, though obv still early.

 

 

Edited August 30 by AniNate

[John Marston]

https://www.the-numbers.com/news/257560830-Theater-counts-Deadpool-and-Wolverine-claw-their-way-back-to-widest-release
 

 

Alien Romulus losing a surprisingly decent number of theaters