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

[cannastop]

5 minutes ago, AniNate said:

Might not end up being a bad thing if it forces a revival of 2D features

it surely won't. And it wasn't clear that 2D hand drawn animation is actually cheaper for Disney.

[JustWatching]

Great numbers for Heron.

[filmlover]

3 minutes ago, abracadabra1998 said:

 

M3gan but yeah other than that I agree

So close yet so far from $100M! Maybe they should've put an Extended Dance Cut in theaters.

[JonathanMB]

5 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

The Boy and The Heron

 

$2,390,000 Previews

 

$5,588,202 Friday (incl. Previews)

$3,992,926 Saturday (-29%)

$3,255,185 Sunday (-18%)

 

$12,836,313 Total

 

All Breakdown via @The Numbers

 

The Sunday drop seems a little optimistic, but it should still be good to top $12M for the weekend at least. What an incredible start, especially from a distributor that's been around for 13 years and never had a movie make more than $9M. 

[cannastop]

I wonder if Heron can make it to $30 million dom. WOM doesn't seem bad at all.

[JonathanMB]

1 minute ago, cannastop said:

I wonder if Heron can make it to $30 million dom. WOM doesn't seem bad at all.

 

I don't expect a G-1 level hold next weekend, but if can at least stay above, say, $5M, it might be able to hold onto enough screens by Christmas Day to leg out to $30M+. 

[Brainbug]

 

[AniNate]

14 minutes ago, cannastop said:

it surely won't. And it wasn't clear that 2D hand drawn animation is actually cheaper for Disney.

 

Well if you just bought a bunch of flipbooks and animated your movie on those that would still be "2D". 

 

I can't imagine something like Ernest and Celestine costing as much as $200 million just if it were made in California instead of France. But I do agree that knowing Disney they'll look to cut costs in labor before technology.

 

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by AniNate

[Issac Newton]

Trolls Band Together

 

$6.2M WKend / $83.08M Total (-21%)

[Taylor89]

Renaissance will be only for sale this weekend? 

[Issac Newton]

Waitress: The Musical

 

$3.24M / $3.91M Debut 

[JonathanMB]

The Numbers has Waitress: The Musical at $3.2M for the weekend, $3.9M 4-day total. Pretty incredible performance for a filmed version of the stage musical... I wonder what the odds are of someone green-lighting a proper film adaptation of the show now?

[Taylor89]

57 minutes ago, filmlover said:

The writing was on the wall for all of these well before they opened heh.

 

This year really lacked a Smile or a The Lost City or a Bullet Train, etc. 

 

BT underperformed tho.

[Issac Newton]

 

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Love Actually (Re)

 

$280K (923 locs)

[Issac Newton]

49 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

The Boy and The Heron

 

$12.836M

Imax domestic screens at 291 drew $2.4M for Boy and the Heron, repping a very big 20% of the pic’s opening. Overall PLF and Imax share is 38%. AMC Boston Commons still the movie’s highest grossing take in the U.S. with $63K through yesterday. Diversity demos are 43% Caucasian, 22% Latino, 7% Black, & 27% Asian/other.

[Issac Newton]

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AMC’s Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce lost a lot of rings this weekend with an anticipated -76% drop or $5.3M in 5th place.

From @Deadline

[Issac Newton]

 

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Issac Newton

[Issac Newton]

Huge!!

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[Issac Newton]

 

 

 

Edited December 10, 2023 by Issac Newton