Ryan C Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 minute ago, AniNate said: TFOne (and subsequently Wild Robot) did move a week back because they decided Beetlejuice might be competition, that was probably a wise decision. But all three of the movies still have distinct tones which should help them find niches through October and November. Beetlejuice I'm sure ought to still be playing well through Halloween especially since the holiday plays a major thematic role in the movie itself. That's true, but I also wouldn't be surprised to expect some overlap between the movies. Though I think that's more the case with Transformers One than The Wild Robot as that one is skewing towards nostalgic adults/young kids (like Beetlejuice Beetlejuice) and will be the movie to take all of the PLFs away from Beetlejuice in its third weekend. We'll see, but at the end of the day, I think all of us are hoping that The Wild Robot and Transformers One open well, don't cannabalize each other, and that Beetlejuice Beetlejuice continues to put up strong holds even without the PLF screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Doom and gloom from opening day slightly below inflated expectations Massively good Saturday hold close enough welcome back catching fire opening weekend 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 5 minutes ago, Ezen Baklattan said: Doom and gloom from opening day slightly below inflated expectations Massively good Saturday hold close enough welcome back catching fire opening weekend Wonder what the overlap between posters in this thread and that one are. I'm guessing there might be less than a 10% commonality because of the number of users who no longer post and the new batch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gokai Red Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 It's crazy that you guys mention the Catching Fire opening weekend because that was my first big weekend on this forum. I remember I found the forum a month or two before looking up predictions for that movie, and I stumbled upon this lovely site (by the way, the prediction was 167/390, which was pretty close to how things ended up). Can't believe that was almost 11 years ago! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 Moral of the story: Don't overreact to school day Friday #s 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertman2 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 The lesson studios should be taking from this is that we need more goth milfs in movies 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertman2 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 32 minutes ago, grim22 said: Wonder what the overlap between posters in this thread and that one are. I'm guessing there might be less than a 10% commonality because of the number of users who no longer post and the new batch I'm an old head at this point and Catching Fire was before my time lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 4 minutes ago, robertman2 said: The lesson studios should be taking from this is that we need more goth milfs in movies Goth girlfriends from the 90s are the goth milfs now I guess. Time comes for everyone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WorkingonaName Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 12 minutes ago, grim22 said: Goth girlfriends from the 90s are the goth milfs now I guess. Time comes for everyone Twink death but for the ladies, expect it makes them hotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wattage Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 hour ago, Bob Train said: They tried getting Ant Man 3 over 2 with GOTG3 double features. It didn't work then but IO2 is closer to JW so it might work here. Depending on how this weekend and next weekend goes it would be really easy like you said it'd be really close. I just know they usually do the double features with movies that are already in theaters, Ant-Man was still in some theaters when they did the double features. Does that often happen with something they re-release into theaters? I'm just expecting Inside Out to be out of theaters entirely by Thanksgiving that's why I was wondering if they'd do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 Most drive ins in the country only operate during warm weather seasons so I wouldn't anticipate much of an inside out 2 bump with Moana. It'll probably be on D+ by that time anyway. Disney wasn't that concerned about getting elemental over the $500 million mark so I doubt they feel much different about IO2 over Jurassic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 hour ago, keysersoze123 said: This has to be among the craziest saturday increase for a PG13 movie in its OW. it increased > 41% at just MTC1 compared to yesterday and MTC1 ratio goes down on a saturday. Could go higher than Charlie's number. Twisters and now Bettlejuice shows that pairing up a aged property with a new hot-selling star may be solution to revive some bygone IP. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OncomingStorm93 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 8 minutes ago, titanic2187 said: Twisters and now Bettlejuice shows that pairing up an aged property with a new hot-selling star may be solution to revive some bygone IP. Along with good scripts and practical filmmaking, sure. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasNicole Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 10 minutes ago, titanic2187 said: Twisters and now Bettlejuice shows that pairing up a aged property with a new hot-selling star may be solution to revive some bygone IP. Didn’t Jurassic World did this? I don’t think this is the primary reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 (edited) 15 minutes ago, ThomasNicole said: Didn’t Jurassic World did this? JW did it. Pratt was fresh off GotG breakout. Edited September 8 by Spidey Freak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Freak Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 7 hours ago, grumpythepenguin said: Depends on how keen she is to promote a project. I imagine Lionsgate would've wanted to do a bigger release for Miller's Girl in theatres earlier this year but she didn't want to promote it. I think she attended the premiere but otherwise didn't make any posts on social media about its theatrical release or streaming release. She left it to Martin Freeman to do interviews/press, etc. and it ended up only doing $321,000 on 350 screens. People who have seen Miller's Girl know why she didn't want anything to do with that movie. In fact it's a headscratcher why her agent convinced/let her do it in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Quinn Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 49 minutes ago, titanic2187 said: Twisters and now Bettlejuice shows that pairing up a aged property with a new hot-selling star may be solution to revive some bygone IP. And Wonka. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor89 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 10 hours ago, wattage said: The Brad Pitt racing movie It will be lucky to hit 40m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildphantom Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 Let’s not get carried away with $350 million plus just yet. Sure it’s had an amazing Saturday increase, but next weekend will tell us if it’s going over $300 million, nevermind the $350 million mark. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 1 hour ago, ThomasNicole said: Didn’t Jurassic World did this? I don’t think this is the primary reason. JW came out in 2015, that is almost 10 years ago in different decade. Back in 2000s and 2010s, young star were utilised to kick off some fresh franchise like HP, twilight, HG, Transfomer but now Hollywood mostly use them to revive lure young audience into old or legacy IP. Time change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...