Weekend Thread | Est. Renaissance $21M, TBOSS $14.5M, Godzilla -1.0 $11.03M, Trolls 3 $7.60M, Wish $7.41M, Napoleon $7.13M, Animal $6.14M, The Shift $4.36M &The Marvels $2.51M

[Issac Newton]

‘Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé’ $22M Opening Irreplaceable For Sleepy Early December Weekend; Fuels $95M+ Frame Best Post 2018 – Update

 

SUNDAY AM: AMC’s second concert movie, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, though clearly frontloaded in its previews/Friday with a Saturday tumble of -48% ($6M), remains solid enough to hit a $22M opening per industry sources. AMC will file their number soon. For a movie opening during the listless first weekend of December, that’s fantastic, not far behind Tom Cruise’s 2003 The Last Samurai which still holds the weekend’s record of $24.2M.

[Maggie]

19 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

So, in the end, KOTFM will make more than Napoleon

[Taylor89]

https://twitter.com/BORReport/status/1731342510973448511?t=g-TklxH33tl_WgJlZWRdow&s=19

[Cookson]

Godzilla always showing up last…. But maybe with a nice surprise gift? And no I don’t mean a fire breath. 

[Taylor89]

3 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

‘Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé’ $22M Opening Irreplaceable For Sleepy Early December Weekend; Fuels $95M+ Frame Best Post 2018 – Update

 

SUNDAY AM: AMC’s second concert movie, Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé, though clearly frontloaded in its previews/Friday with a Saturday tumble of -48% ($6M), remains solid enough to hit a $22M opening per industry sources. AMC will file their number soon. For a movie opening during the listless first weekend of December, that’s fantastic, not far behind Tom Cruise’s 2003 The Last Samurai which still holds the weekend’s record of $24.2M.

 

 

21m or 22m?

[Issac Newton]

2 minutes ago, Taylor89 said:

 

 

21m or 22m?

$21M AMC Update

$22M Industry Source

[Taylor89]

4 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

$21M AMC Update

$22M Industry Source

 

Have they reported WW number too?

[Issac Newton]

How much of a bounce Renaissance gets from the churchgoing crowd today remains to be seen. That is usually the halo effect with Tyler Perry movies. Many are figuring a Sunday that’s off 35% from yesterday’s $6M for around $4M.

[Issac Newton]

2 minutes ago, Taylor89 said:

 

Have they reported WW number too?

 

 

[Mojoguy]

31 minutes ago, Avatree said:

that's a massive drop for napoleon 😕

 

I guess we can say Napoleon has some SHORT legs.

[Issac Newton]

Godzilla Minus One

 

$11.03M Debut

 

 

 

 

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@Deadline - Toho International’s $11M start for its subtitled Japanese movie, Godzilla Minus One. For the latter that’s the largest opening for a foreign film this year overtaking Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba which opened to $10.1M back in March.

 

Edited December 3, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Cookson]

1 minute ago, Issac Newton said:

Godzilla Minus One

 

$11M Debut

 

 

 How does that rank overall for a live action Japanese film opening? 

[Johnny Tran]

Where's the numbers for The Marvels...

[Mojoguy]

1 minute ago, Johnny Tran said:

Where's the numbers for The Marvels...

Disney trying to find some money from Puerto Rico for Marvels.

[titanic2187]

3 hours ago, BoxOfficeFangrl said:

It's often argued that a movie going to PVOD doesn't hurt the box office much, but those were movies that played 3,000+ theaters for at least 3-5 weekends first. The Holdovers started in limited release and expanded some, but only had two weekends about 1,500-1,600 theaters in weeks 4 and 5, before being offered on PVOD this past Tuesday.

 

The original plan was for the movie to open in limited on Veterans Day weekend and go wide at Thanksgiving, but then the timeline moved up to late October. IMO the studio figured a holiday-themed movie would perform the best on PVOD in the window after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. The limited release numbers for The Holdovers were fine but not great, so I can't blame Focus for making the choices they have. Still it's disappointing not to see it flourish at the box office during an ideal time, when even in 2019 it probably would have made at least 3-4x as much.

 

 

I never actually believed this bullshit. If PVOD doesn't hurt, we wouldn't have issue of annual BO falling significantly behind the pre-pandemic year. Obviously the PVOD are hurting the grosses especially for platform release. 

[Issac Newton]

3 minutes ago, Cookson said:

 How does that rank overall for a live action Japanese film opening? 

No.1 Start in Live Action Category

 

Incl animation, I guess its 6th biggest start for a Japanese film in NA behind Pokemon 1999, Pokemon 2000, Demon Slayer, Jujutsu Kaisen, Broly &Super Heroes

[Pinacolada]

Great for Saltburn!

 

Sucks for Napoleon

 

Sucks for The Holdovers

 

I'd imagine next week we'll see good drops across the board considering nothing's coming out.... hopefully?

Edited December 3, 2023 by Pinacolada

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Issac Newton]

11 minutes ago, Johnny Tran said:

Where's the numbers for The Marvels...

 

 

[Kon]

 

15 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

 

Well, that's a 62% drop from previous three-day weekend (77% drop if you consider the five days).

Edited December 3, 2023 by Kon