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

[MovieMan89]

34 minutes ago, Cookson said:

That would be absolutely insane if it hit 75m. Is it actually possible for it to make this much?

I would think so minus one (thousand) screen bleeding. 

[Borobudur]

All movies seem to hold on their location quite firmly.

 

 

 

Movie	Distributor	Theaters	Previous Theaters	Change
Wonka	Warner Bros.	4,203		New
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes	Lionsgate	3,291	3,665	-374
Trolls: Band Together	Universal Pictures	3,154	3,451	-297
Wish	Walt Disney	3,100	3,410	-310
Godzilla Minus One	Toho International	2,622	2,540	+82
Napoleon	Sony Pictures	2,601	3,350	-749
The Boy and the Heron	GKIDS	2,300	2,205	+95
The Shift	Angel Studios	1,583	2,415	-832
Die Hard	20th Century Studios	1,355	1,355
Silent Night	Lionsgate	1,172	1,873	-701
Waitress: The Musical	Bleecker Street	1,117	1,214	-97
Thanksgiving	Sony Pictures	1,107	2,025	-918
The Marvels	Walt Disney	960	1,700	-740
The Holdovers	Focus Features	584	923	-339
Saltburn	Amazon Studios	476	707	-231
Journey to Bethlehem	Sony Pictures	272	455	-183
Killers of the Flower Moon	Paramount Pictures	132	247	-115
Oppenheimer	Universal Pictures	122	1,316	-1,194
Love Actually	Universal Pictures	120	927	-807
Next Goal Wins	Searchlight Pictures	105	190	-85
Five Nights at Freddy's	Universal Pictures	102	265	-163
Poor Things	Searchlight Pictures	82	9	+73
Barbie	Warner Bros	19	26	-7
The Disappearance of Shere Hite	IFC Films	12	47	-35
American Fiction	Amazon Studios	7		New
The Marsh King’s Daughter	Roadside Attractions	2	2

[Brainbug]

2 hours ago, Cookson said:

That would be absolutely insane if it hit 75m. Is it actually possible for it to make this much?

 

Yes it is, but its all dependant on it beeing able to hold onto enough theaters during the holidays (which i dont doubt anymore at this point).

 

The only other real obsticale to a 60M+ run is some kind of hard barrier due to its nature as a foreign language movie, i.e. its word of mouth can be as good as it wants to be, there might be just a limited number of people willing to go to a subbed Godzilla movie and that limitation of the audience pool could lead to harsher drops than expected. However, if that limitation exists, it doesnt show itself so far, so i remain optimistic that we wont see it soon.

[titanic2187]

 
Godzilla -1 could really benefit from the lack of action packed tentpole this holiday season. I am not sure how much can Toho retain the screen over the holiday season but theaters should realise they can’t rely on aquaman solely to attract moviegoers who seek for bigger and more thrilling experience. 
 

 

[The Panda]

13 hours ago, VanillaSkies said:

We also need to remember that critics =\= general audiences. There is little indication that general audiences are bothered at all by that aspect, and all we’ve heard from overseas where it’s already opened is glowing word of mouth, even in places like China that don’t necessarily always connect with these kinds of Hollywood films. 

Yeah, I think if it fails I wouldn’t really blame it on nostalgia bait fatigue. Probably just general lack of interest. But it seems like it should turn into a modest size hit if it opens to 30m or so this weekend

[Noctis]

19 hours ago, Valonqar said:

BOTSAS success shows that Lionsgate made a huge mistake to split MJ in 2. I believe that it would've made near a billie if it stayed one movie cause hype for the series was so big. Even though it didn't have the main attraction - games - it was the conclusion so people would have shown up. Split took the wind out of its sails. 

 

I keep saying that if MJ had been split into one film, it would have been a $450m-$475m grosser and probably hit a billion worldwide.

 

Even without the aspect of the games, you could have easily made the traps seem like some sort of games, but more importantly, everyone would have wanted to see how the series would end.

 

It also would have ended up becoming the only trilogy (without 3D, too) to keep increasing on their $400m predecessors.

 

Shame. I really like MJ2, but a single film in the range of 2 hours 45 mins would have sufficed. 

 

 

[TwoMisfits]

8 hours ago, Borobudur said:

All movies seem to hold on their location quite firmly.

 

 

 

Movie	Distributor	Theaters	Previous Theaters	Change
Wonka	Warner Bros.	4,203		New
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes	Lionsgate	3,291	3,665	-374
Trolls: Band Together	Universal Pictures	3,154	3,451	-297
Wish	Walt Disney	3,100	3,410	-310
Godzilla Minus One	Toho International	2,622	2,540	+82
Napoleon	Sony Pictures	2,601	3,350	-749
The Boy and the Heron	GKIDS	2,300	2,205	+95
The Shift	Angel Studios	1,583	2,415	-832
Die Hard	20th Century Studios	1,355	1,355
Silent Night	Lionsgate	1,172	1,873	-701
Waitress: The Musical	Bleecker Street	1,117	1,214	-97
Thanksgiving	Sony Pictures	1,107	2,025	-918
The Marvels	Walt Disney	960	1,700	-740
The Holdovers	Focus Features	584	923	-339
Saltburn	Amazon Studios	476	707	-231
Journey to Bethlehem	Sony Pictures	272	455	-183
Killers of the Flower Moon	Paramount Pictures	132	247	-115
Oppenheimer	Universal Pictures	122	1,316	-1,194
Love Actually	Universal Pictures	120	927	-807
Next Goal Wins	Searchlight Pictures	105	190	-85
Five Nights at Freddy's	Universal Pictures	102	265	-163
Poor Things	Searchlight Pictures	82	9	+73
Barbie	Warner Bros	19	26	-7
The Disappearance of Shere Hite	IFC Films	12	47	-35
American Fiction	Amazon Studios	7		New
The Marsh King’s Daughter	Roadside Attractions	2	2

 

Next week will be a decent weekday week for all movies.  All colleges are out, and some K-12 are also out (although much fewer, but still a significant number).  And a lot of adults, who take a longer winter break, are also on holiday.  Then, the following week will be bonkers and the week after New Years should mimic next week...

[Agafin]

Can the annual box office reach $9 billion?

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Issac Newton]

 

 

[Issac Newton]

@Deadline Update

• Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes at 3,665 theaters saw a fourth Thursday of $830K, -12% from Wednesday, for a fourth week of $13.1M and running total of $139.4M.
• Toho’s Godzilla Minus One booked at 2,540 theaters saw a second Thursday of $750K, -22% from Wednesday, ending week 2 with $12.3M, and a running cume of $29.3M.
• Fathom launched Christmas With the Chosen on Tuesday at 2,128 theaters earning $689K on opening day, $486K Wednesday and $560K Thursday for a running total of $1.7M.
• AMC’s Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce came back for her third Thursday yesterday, after resting Monday through Wednesday, grossing $485K for a running cume of $29M.

[Valonqar]

8 hours ago, Noctis said:

 

I keep saying that if MJ had been split into one film, it would have been a $450m-$475m grosser and probably hit a billion worldwide.

 

Even without the aspect of the games, you could have easily made the traps seem like some sort of games, but more importantly, everyone would have wanted to see how the series would end.

 

It also would have ended up becoming the only trilogy (without 3D, too) to keep increasing on their $400m predecessors.

 

Shame. I really like MJ2, but a single film in the range of 2 hours 45 mins would have sufficed. 

 

 

 

💯

 

Even if they did 3 hr finale fans would show up cause it was the finale of the highly popular acclaimed series. 

[Cookson]

-1 starting to show signs of normal drops. Hopefully the holidays helps it a bit. 40m+ easily happening still. 

[MovieMan89]

15 hours ago, Brainbug said:

 

Yes it is, but its all dependant on it beeing able to hold onto enough theaters during the holidays (which i dont doubt anymore at this point).

 

The only other real obsticale to a 60M+ run is some kind of hard barrier due to its nature as a foreign language movie, i.e. its word of mouth can be as good as it wants to be, there might be just a limited number of people willing to go to a subbed Godzilla movie and that limitation of the audience pool could lead to harsher drops than expected. However, if that limitation exists, it doesnt show itself so far, so i remain optimistic that we wont see it soon.

There are friends continuing to surprise me seeing it for whom it’s their very first subtitled film in their life. There is most definitely an appeal beyond what 99% of any foreign film has ever had DOM happening with this one. 

[JustWatching]

12 minutes ago, Cookson said:

-1 starting to show signs of normal drops. Hopefully the holidays helps it a bit. 40m+ easily happening still. 

Yeah, 40 is a lock imo, and I’m pretty confident of 50. 60-75 would be nice but I’m not counting on it.