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

[TMP]

12 hours ago, lorddemaxus said:

If you're talking about Easy A, he didn't write that. He did write Friends with Benefits though and that film is ridiculously boring

Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote Easy A

[efialtes76]

31 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Aquaman 2 MTC1

Previews(T-3) - 33763/528235 655138.89 2756 shows

Friday - 26172/773584 475594.72 4080 shows

 

Pace did go up but still not great. Somewhere in 3.5-4m range. 

And for Christmas?

[Maggie]

7 minutes ago, filmlover said:

I get the sense he's always envisioned himself as The Next Great American Filmmaker, even with the successful acting career he's had. Since 2016, not counting his Flash cameo, he's only appeared in two movies (The Midnight Sky - a Netflix feature which he also directed - and Ticket to Paradise).

He's gonna be in a new movie with Brad Pitt and the new Noah Baumbach movie. Both of these will be successful

[ChipDerby]

PREDICT IN THE DERBY. Gonna be a wild final two weekends!

[joaqs]

Reviews for TCP are very positive, thank God... 88% on RT!

[Tinalera]

Aquaman 2

Thurs Dec 21 Fri Dec 22 (T-2 Thurs, F3 Friday)

Vancouver and Calgary Canada

 

		# theatre	#show	Seats Sold	Seats Rem	Ttl seat	Percent
Vancouver	Thurs	3	18	89	3695	3784	0.0235
	Fri	3	20	188	4371	4559	0.0412
		# theatre	#show	Seats Sold	Seats Rem	Ttl seat	Percent
Calgary	Thurs	4	23	116	4325	4441	0.0261
	Fri	4	24	191	5014	5205	0.0366

 

 

For comparison

Shazam 2

Thurs Mar 16 Fri Mar 17 (T-3)

Vancouver and Calgary Canada

 

		# theatre	#show	Seats Sold	Seats Rem	Ttl seat	Percent
Vancouve	Thurs	3	18	78	3829	3907	0.0199
	Fri	3	22	130	4876	5006	0.0259
		# theatre	#show	Seats Sold	Seats Rem	Ttl seat	Percent
Calgary	Thurs	3	24	34	4596	4630	0.0073
	Fri	3	22	54	4833	4887	0.0110

[crazymoviekid]

On 12/18/2023 at 10:39 AM, crazymoviekid said:

 

2 Local NJ Theaters Christmas Day T-7:

The Color Purple - 604 (8)
Wonka - 145 (8)
AQM 2 - 29 (8)
Ferrari - 81 (7)
Migration - 14 (9)
The Iron Claw - 6 (7)
Poor Things - 15 (6)
Boys in the Boat - 93 (7)
Anyone But You -  0 (8)

Color Purple still strong.   Wonka is picking up.  Boys in the Boat coming in hotter than Ferrari.   Migration standing still.  Aquaman and Ferrari had a nice pulse. Poor Things has entered the chat.  Iron Claw and Anyone But You still pretty dead.

 

2 Local NJ Theaters Christmas Day T-5:

The Color Purple - 646 (8)
Wonka - 206 (8)
AQM 2 - 37 (8)
Ferrari - 105 (7)
Migration - 18 (9)
The Iron Claw - 25 (7)
Poor Things - 15 (6)
Boys in the Boat - 130 (7)
Anyone But You -  2 (8)

 

Sales are starting to pick up all around!  Color Purple still big as ever.   Wonka, Boys in the Boat, Iron Claw, and Ferrari had very strong surges.  Aquaman had a nice pickup. Migration and Poor Things are flat.  Anyone But You has finally, but barely entered the chat.

Edited December 19, 2023 by crazymoviekid

[joselowe]

21 minutes ago, joaqs said:

Reviews for TCP are very positive, thank God... 88% on RT!

Should hopefully give it a nice bump

 

@IdahoJacket @Dreadnought @ringedmortality @MovieMan89 @ThomasNicole

[Speedorito]

I don’t know why people thought TCP would get poor reviews when all the buzz from (real) critics was very positive. Worst case scenario is that it’s not quite good enough to be a major Oscars contender but it’s still a solid film and a crowdpleaser.

[joaqs]

9 minutes ago, Speedorito said:

I don’t know why people thought TCP would get poor reviews when all the buzz from (real) critics was very positive. Worst case scenario is that it’s not quite good enough to be a major Oscars contender but it’s still a solid film and a crowdpleaser.

I dunno, for a second there I wondered if it could get in the mid 50s/60s on RT which would not be a disaster but could slow down some business after the holidays.

[DAJK]

Glad to see TCP getting good reviews! Sky’s really the limit.

 

I’m not able to see any numbers yet in Canada, but I’m not expecting it to be as strong as USA.

[vafrow]

56 minutes ago, Speedorito said:

I don’t know why people thought TCP would get poor reviews when all the buzz from (real) critics was very positive. Worst case scenario is that it’s not quite good enough to be a major Oscars contender but it’s still a solid film and a crowdpleaser.

 

Unless it really collapses at the box office, I think this is a case where financial success will lead to awards success.

 

It's looking at a run similar to Elvis, with better reviews and being released during the awards period.

 

This feels like the type of success story Oscar voters want to see. Adult skewing, serous films that can find a proper audience over the holidays.

 

Also, if it is successful, then the people who vote on these awards will probably be hearing from friends and family that are seeing it in theatres.

[MovieMan89]

2 hours ago, joselowe said:

Should hopefully give it a nice bump

 

@IdahoJacket @Dreadnought @ringedmortality @MovieMan89 @ThomasNicole

Average rating right in line with where I expected around 7, though looks like the tomatometer could be higher than normal for that avg. We’ll see once it gets most reviews, but of course the reception is at least good.
 

Yes, higher % should help for the purpose of opening too. I don’t think BP nom is happening based on reviews, but I would love to see Fantasia win the Oscar (without having actually seen it yet just bc I love her). 

Edited December 19, 2023 by MovieMan89

[dallas]

https://deadline.com/2023/12/box-office-christmas-aquaman-2-the-color-purple-1235677638/

[Grand Cine]

https://deadline.com/2023/12/box-office-christmas-aquaman-2-the-color-purple-1235677638/

 

Aquaman 2 : 40M+ 4 Days and 110M worldwide through Sunday ( 100M without US Christmas Day)

Wonka : 20M+ 4 Days ( which is super low)

Migration : 10M 3 Days , 15M 4 Days

Anyone but you : 7M 4 Days

Iron Claw : 6M 4 Days

Boys and The Boat : 2-3M Christmas Day

Ferrari : 1M Christmas Day

Color Purple : 10M Christmas Day ( rising but still below the presales)

[dallas]

$40M 4-day? A bit optimistic, no?

[Grand Cine]

Hopefully Aquaman will have holidays because he could make a worst start than The Marvels and The Flash

[dallas]

1 minute ago, Grand Cine said:

Hopefully Aquaman will have holidays because he could make a worst start than The Marvels and The Flash

Holiday openings are always a bit more deflated anyway. Legs should be good unless the movie is utter garbage. 

[Grand Cine]

10 minutes ago, dallas said:

Holiday openings are always a bit more deflated anyway. Legs should be good unless the movie is utter garbage. 

But the movie has bad social reactions yet , it’s already off to a bad start

[lakshya arora]

5 minutes ago, Grand Cine said:

But the movie has bad social reactions yet , it’s already off to a bad start

Embargos are not lifted yet so where you saw social reactions?