Weekend Thread (11/17-19) | Early Deadline #s - Songbirds 5.75-6M Previews, Trolls 2M

[Noctis]

One of my best predictions was predicting Catching Fire to outgross The Hunger Games (the first ever $400m+ sequel grosser) with $420m.

 

Catching Fire is such a fucking great film. 

Edited November 18, 2023 by Noctis

[Johnny Tran]

We saw "Thanksgiving" and it was a blast.  That's all I got. 

[Eric Prime]

1 minute ago, Johnny Tran said:

We saw "Thanksgiving" and it was a blast.  That's all I got. 

But it's not Thanksgiving yet. 🤔

[keysersoze123]

IFF these numbers are accurate, its good for both the big openers. I thought they are going lower. Even Marvels Friday increase is really good. 

[Cap]

Same, girl. 
 

I hate Bob so much for denying this girl a full press tour. She is just everything. So good at hype. So good at spin.

[OncomingStorm93]

15 minutes ago, Eric Gray Baird said:

But it's not Thanksgiving yet. 🤔

Correct, Thanksgiving is about 51 weeks away, or that’s what it feels like it should be what with Xmas music already blasting

[keysersoze123]

9 minutes ago, Cap said:

Same, girl. 
 

I hate Bob so much for denying this girl a full press tour. She is just everything. So good at hype. So good at spin.

I think generally its the right response to a tough question put on to her. But its not on CEO of a company as big as Disney on individual movie's box office. This is more on Feige than anyone else. 

[Giorno]

 

[Mojoguy]

Just now, Giorno said:

 

Hoping THG can hit $50m OW.

[John Marston]

Looks like a slightly higher opening than Ghostbusters Afterlife which made 129 million at the end. Hunger Games movies were never Twilight/Potter frontloaded. Either way it’s beating The Marvels 

[DAJK]

Both Hunger Games and Trolls are picking up like crazy compared to yesterday. Very good IMs for both I think. 

[interiorgatordecorator]

does the marvels's 2.8x thursday to friday seem reasonable?

I see eternals did 2.2 in week 3, while wf did 2.4 in week 2

 

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by interiorgatordecorator

[Giorno]

Charlie also says 8m true Friday for trolls 3

 

 

Edited November 18, 2023 by Giorno

[keysersoze123]

Really strong recovery for both HG/Trolls. Walkups should have been strong across the board. 

 

But I am not huge fan of Charlie using Xitter to transmit this news. 

[bakedpotato]

7 minutes ago, keysersoze123 said:

Really strong recovery for both HG/Trolls. Walkups should have been strong across the board. 

 

But I am not huge fan of Charlie using Xitter to transmit this news. 

daddys gotta eat

[MovieMan89]

41 minutes ago, Cap said:

Same, girl. 
 

I hate Bob so much for denying this girl a full press tour. She is just everything. So good at hype. So good at spin.

She’s a treasure. No doubt she put her all in, would have loved to see her in a version of the script that was actually good.  

[CJohn]

Theaters are so dead if we consider a mid 40s and a high 20s OW for THG and Trolls good.

[emoviefan]

4 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Theaters are so dead if we consider a mid 40s and a high 20s OW for THG and Trolls good.

Never change Never change

[MovieMan89]

5 minutes ago, CJohn said:

Theaters are so dead if we consider a mid 40s and a high 20s OW for THG and Trolls good.

To be fair, I think this number is actually good for THG all things considered, as I’ve mentioned. It could have been a total train wreck. But yes, still horrid on a general Nov blockbusters scale. 

[emoviefan]

So a prequel to a series that sort of petered out  on the big screen 8 years ago is going to do close to 50 million this weekend and the 3rd in a animated series after the 2nd was a hybrid release at the height of Covid is going to do close to 30 million,Yes for November typical BO office not great but for these movies not bad and could be far worse. They are going to do exactly what reasonable expectations would be for them and maybe more. The burden should not be on them to save the industry or something.