A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 I think the banhammer after a couple of minutes and blu-ray quality copies online when they tried again contributed more to its failure than because it was a Western. It was a Wetern, so it bombed. Many other movies released after bluray came out did much better than DU. Upside Down, for example, even as a buyout movie, did more than $10M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 good date for Turbo,no? Not good ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLYLOVE Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) It has been a long long time for an animation movie winning a single day in China. Edited August 23, 2013 by POLYLOVE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) It was a Wetern, so it bombed. Many other movies released after bluray came out did much better than DU. Upside Down, for example, even as a buyout movie, did more than $10M. But the banhammer acted as free publicity for bootlegs--tons of people hopped online to watch ripped copies after the Chinese release was pulled. Most of those people wouldn't have seen the movie in theaters anyway, but the ones who would've gone had no reason to show up for the eventual re-release (which was so minimally promoted that my usual theater had no posters for it, because they'd already thrown out the originals and the distributor didn't provide new ones). There's little doubt in my mind DU could've done at least $10m if it had been released when it was supposed to be, which would still be poor for a Hollywood import but respectable for a 165-minute hard-R period film. There's no inherent reason it should've done worse than, say, The Grey or Conan the Barbarian. Edited August 23, 2013 by Bob Violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Violence Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) It has been a long long time for an animation movie winning a single day in China. What was the last one? IA4? I thought The Croods might've won Children's Day, but nope, it was STID... Edited August 23, 2013 by Bob Violence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Holy shit .... Early Friday: MU 29M JP 24M FF 7.1M UB 4M PR 2.5M under 1M for others. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 That high for MU? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) It has been a long long time for an animation movie winning a single day in China. What was the last one? IA4? I thought The Croods might've won Children's Day, but nope, it was STID... Yeah, the last time an animated movie at #1 daily was IA4 on Aug 7, 2012 I believe. Edited August 23, 2013 by firedeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Holy shit .... Early Friday: MU 29M JP 24M FF 7.1M UB 4M PR 2.5M under 1M for others. That would be massive for MU and you're 30M prediction might just come true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 That would be massive for MU and you're 30M prediction might just come true. Estimates for openers trend to be off ... so dont bet on it yet. But anyway, $30M is locked. 3-days should be in the $13m+ range, even if it doesnt hit 29M F. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Congrats to JP for hitting 1B WW. Amazing movie, deserved this milestone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 So what happened to PR ? Last Friday it was at 15M with 18% show count, now this Friday only 2.5M with 4.4% ? That is some hugely 83% drop. Called collapse it is. Even the PSA dropped by like one third. Obviously JP stole its audience. This is what powerful new openers do to holdovers, especially with similar target skews, even if the holdovers was totally dominating just the week before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Fake Fiction was overestimated by theater managers. They gave it 20% screens yet it only contributed less than 10% daily business. what a waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seduh Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 great for MU, i hope it can make $40 there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Estimates for openers trend to be off ... so dont bet on it yet. But anyway, $30M is locked. 3-days should be in the $13m+ range, even if it doesnt hit 29M F. How is the WOM? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 How is the WOM? Overally positive. Maybe on par with Mad 3 or IA4, but definitely no Croods level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Going by IA4 route, with that OD (24~29m), MU will increase 40% on Sat and thus do 85~103M OW, or $13.7~16.6M. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 MU OD >Brave total Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Going by IA4 route, with that OD (24~29m), MU will increase 40% on Sat and thus do 85~103M OW, or $13.7~16.6M. With possible 16M+ OW, it could reach 40M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POLYLOVE Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 I think $50M should not be difficult for MU. PR looks $112M finish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
