Weekend Thread | The Boy and The Heron $12.97M, Godzilla -1.0 $8.59M

[Issac Newton]

On 12/8/2023 at 8:53 PM, Shawn Robbins said:

$2.39m Boy and the Heron previews, includes early access but does not seem to include the NY-LA preview engagements which the studio will add into daily grosses on a "prorated basis" going forward.

 

Edited December 11, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Brainbug]

As per @Shawn Robbins, Boy and the Herons preview number is 2,39M.

 

Edit: Damn @Issac Newton how are you so fast lol

 

Mods @Eric Wonka @ZeeSoh @XXR Delayed Until 2025 can you lock this thread/merge it with with Issacs weekend thread?

Edited December 8, 2023 by Brainbug

[Danhjpn]

From @Shawn Robbins

 

$2.39m Boy and the Heron previews, includes early access but does not seem to include the NY-LA preview engagements which the studio will add into daily grosses on a "prorated basis" going forward.

[Issac Newton]

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Boy And The Heron’ Soars To $2M+ Previews, Eyes $10M+ Opening – Box Office

After one Japanese title delivered at the sleepy December box office last weekend, that being Godzilla Minus One, here’s another that’s set to dominate: Studio Ghibli and GKIDS’ Hayao Miyazaki‘s The Boy and the Heron which is looking at a No. 1 lead with $10M+ after $2.39M Thursday and early access previews.

 

 

The comp here is quite literally last weekend’s Japanese live-action title Godzilla Minus One which saw previews of $2.1M before minting a $4.7M Friday, and 3-day of $11.4M at 2,308 theaters.

 

The Boy and the Heron played at 1,774 theaters yesterday in U.S. and Canada with showtimes starting at 5PM. The pic is booked at 2,205 theaters this weekend, including IMAX and PLF. There were awards-qualifying preview engagements that began on Thanksgiving in New York and Los Angeles and those figures are going to be rolled into daily grosses on a prorated basis over the next two weeks per GKIDs.

Edited December 8, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Gavin Feng]

May I?

 

 

[ThomasNicole]

12-13M seems a reasonable goal 

 

amazing 

[Cookson]

Good stuff from these Japanese films! 

[Brainbug]

Japan has offically conquered Hollywood. All hail to our new overlords.

[Brainbug]

 

Godzilla Minus One with a 1,2M Thursday.

 

Wed to Thur drop: -11,7%

 

Mon to Thur hold: -1,6%

 

Bodes really well for the weekend!

[AMC Theaters Enjoyer]

12M is where I’m aiming at for Heron too.

[BadOlCatSylvester]

The top movie of a December weekend being in the low double digits is borderline depressing for exhibition.

 

But on a per-movie basis, that's a great start for Heron. It'll come very close to Ponyo's entire domestic run with just its opening weekend. It is a very surreal and somewhat confusing movie though, so word of mouth might not be great.

[Brainbug]

Just now, BadOlCatSylvester said:

The top movie of a December weekend being in the low double digits is borderline depressing for exhibition.

 

No worrys, early December always looks kind of rough, but our lords and saviors over at Warner Bros will deliver their hotly anticipated holiday blockbuster smash Aquaman 2 very soon. It might make over 70M DOM.

[Issac Newton]

Thursday Numbers for HOLDOVERS

 

Speaking of Godzilla Minus One, the highest grossing Japanese live-action title stateside led Thursday with $1.25M (-8% from Wednesday) and a first week of $17M at 2,308 theaters

 

Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce from the 32x Grammy winner paused showtimes Monday through Wednesday, but returned yesterday with $1.145M for a No. 3 spot at the Thursday B.O.

[Cookson]

Beyoncé pausing showtimes for 3 days is confusing. What’s the reason if anyone know? I feel like it just stops in progression. Made -1 look good though sooooooo. 

[Starphanluke]

Really happy for Boy and the Heron

[Cmasterclay]

9 minutes ago, BadOlCatSylvester said:

The top movie of a December weekend being in the low double digits is borderline depressing for exhibition.

 

But on a per-movie basis, that's a great start for Heron. It'll come very close to Ponyo's entire domestic run with just its opening weekend. It is a very surreal and somewhat confusing movie though, so word of mouth might not be great.

Eh, the first two weekends of December are usually much more shit than these two. It's actually gonna add up to much higher new content than in past years over these two weeks, so I'd say it's a positive story. It is what is coming I'm more concerned about.

[SchumacherFTW]

7 minutes ago, Cookson said:

Beyoncé pausing showtimes for 3 days is confusing. What’s the reason if anyone know? I feel like it just stops in progression. Made -1 look good though sooooooo. 

Same distribution method as Ms Swift, seems like this might be the new normal for concert films

[filmlover]

Yeah, early December has been a dumping ground since forever. It's a miracle of sorts whenever studios release stuff with any kind of potential during this time frame, usually it's schlocky horror or action movies that are gone by Christmas Day.

[cannastop]

So will Heron and Godzilla be 1 and 2? and both make over $10 million on the weekend.

[Brainbug]

2 minutes ago, cannastop said:

So will Heron and Godzilla be 1 and 2? and both make over $10 million on the weekend.

 

Id say its very likely at this point, though Godzillas Friday increase will be key for it getting to double digits again. We shoudnt forget that its true Fri-Sun last weekend was 9,3M, so 10M+ would be an increase, which - amazing WOM and whatnot - is not easy for any movie.

 

Boy and Heron though seems safe for like 12M or so. So yeah, its very possible and id love for it to happen ofc.