Weekdays Thread: Boy and the Heron-Mon:1.19m, Tue: 1.46m, Wed: 1.3m

[Borobudur]

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%YD	%LW	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days In Release
-	(1)	The Boy and the Heron	GKIDS	$1,190,000	-64%		2,205	$540	$14,162,683	4

Edited December 14, 2023 by Borobudur

[Giorno]

On par with Minus 1 first Monday 

[JustLurking]

That's really good for Heron!

[titanic2187]

While the Monday indeed looks great after an already strong Sunday, it is important to remind people that anime tends to have great first mid-week. 
 

suzume drop just 63% first Monday and JJK0 at 64% but still went to struggling to hit 2x legs. 

[Cookson]

Would be sweet if -1 was over 1m again 

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Brainbug]

18 minutes ago, Issac Newton said:

 

 

 

-27,34% drop from last Monday. Under the Million ive hoped for, but still an excellent hold.

[DAJK]

I don’t like being the “negative one” in a thread but I wasn’t a fan of Heron. Looked and sounded beautiful, but the story and characters just didn’t work for me the way most Ghibli films do. Other than a few chuckles here and there, the audience I saw it with was also pretty subdued.

 

I don’t think my experience is going to be indicative of WOM but I also don’t expect the same holds as -1

[Brainbug]

2 minutes ago, DAJK said:

I don’t like being the “negative one” in a thread but I wasn’t a fan of Heron. Looked and sounded beautiful, but the story and characters just didn’t work for me the way most Ghibli films do. Other than a few chuckles here and there, the audience I saw it with was also pretty subdued.

 

I don’t think my experience is going to be indicative of WOM but I also don’t expect the same holds as -1

 

Imo, even if Heron would have as great WOM as Minus One, it probably woudnt be able to achieve the same kind of holds. Anime and especially Ghibli films are still too niche for that, while Godzilla in itself is a well-known property and Minus One as a live-action movie is more accessible for many people than an anime film.

[cannastop]

3 hours ago, Giorno said:

On par with Minus 1 first Monday 

Isn't it a little worse though.

[cannastop]

1 hour ago, DAJK said:

I don’t like being the “negative one” in a thread but I wasn’t a fan of Heron. Looked and sounded beautiful, but the story and characters just didn’t work for me the way most Ghibli films do. Other than a few chuckles here and there, the audience I saw it with was also pretty subdued.

 

I don’t think my experience is going to be indicative of WOM but I also don’t expect the same holds as -1

I dunno. Maybe they were subdued because it's not a loud and boisterous movie.

I also don't think it will be as big as Godzilla but I don't think it will crash and burn either.

[WeDark]

 

Edited December 12, 2023 by WeDark

[Danhjpn]

Nowadays, anime still only has a small group of audiences among the casual audience. So if The Heron had better WOM, it would still had not much better drop. 

[JonathanMB]

My hope for Boy and the Heron is that Miyazaki has significantly more name recognition among mainstream audiences than most anime films do, so hopefully when people hear that a new Miyazaki movie is out (and good!) that will inspire some more casual viewers to check it out, the way that "there's a good Godzilla movie out!" has G-1 over-performing. Not that I expect it to hold nearly as well as that has, but a soft enough drop to stay in wide release into the new year would be cool.

[Valonqar]

3 hours ago, WeDark said:

 

 

I never took CS as be all and end all. This got B+ but is playing so well across demos while some movies that played super well with one demo only and got A or A+ from it cratered when the demo got exhausted. Context is everything. That's why I'm cautious about arthouse movies in limited release with high CS too. Niche crowd that is ready to love a movie vs broad audience that goes WTF did I just watch? Happened with Aster. 

Edited December 13, 2023 by Valonqar

[Danhjpn]

Do you think they let the Heron play through Xmas and New Year week to get $30M? 

[MovieMan89]

Great holds for The Boy and the Lizard. Go go go 

[Valonqar]

6 minutes ago, MovieMan89 said:

Great holds for The Boy and the Lizard. Go go go 

 

Heron, Lizard, Songbirds&Snakes, animals rule the boxoffice. 💪

[abracadabra1998]

2 hours ago, Valonqar said:

 

I never took CS as be all and end all. This got B+ but is playing so well across demos while some movies that played super well with one demo only and got A or A+ from it cratered when the demo got exhausted. Context is everything. That's why I'm cautious about arthouse movies in limited release with high CS too. Niche crowd that is ready to love a movie vs broad audience that goes WTF did I just watch? Happened with Aster. 

 

CinemaScore is just a datapoint. Mostly, it also doesn't capture just how much this movie went viral after its release. It was somewhat hyped, but the OW wasn't crazy, but Tik Tok going crazy for it after it came out definitely made it a lot leggier

[Noctis]

6 hours ago, Valonqar said:

 

I never took CS as be all and end all. This got B+ but is playing so well across demos while some movies that played super well with one demo only and got A or A+ from it cratered when the demo got exhausted. Context is everything. That's why I'm cautious about arthouse movies in limited release with high CS too. Niche crowd that is ready to love a movie vs broad audience that goes WTF did I just watch? Happened with Aster. 

 

Chamber of Secrets being the only Potter film to get an A+ CS too when we all know DH2, GoF, and PoA got significantly stronger WOM. Even PS. But CoS ended on everyone reuniting and Dumbledore cancelling all exams lol