KP1025 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Every market has their own movie preferences and tastes. Movie grosses are just measures of popularity, not its quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 (edited) Inside out making less then Antman is a shame.I love Inside Out. It is the film of the year until now. But I think Ant-Man is a quite good film. I think it is more shameful that Minions is a 400% higher than IO in China (and quite higher in many other countries). I see that detail quite more worrying. Edited October 16, 2015 by peludo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP1025 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Minions' success isn't really surprising. It's a sequel to a popular animated franchise. IO is an original film, and those don't usually have the same huge fanbase. That being said, IO's performance both domestic and worldwide is amazing and better than what many people predicted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynosure Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) With such grosses it's no wonder we keep getting sequel after sequel. If 'The Lion King' were to be released today it would probably perform averagely compared to 'Minions 2' or 'Toy Story 4'. It's my impression that crowds have gotten increasingly risk averse when it comes to cinema going. 1994 top 5 : The Lion King, Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Mask and Speed. 2015 top 5 : Jurassic World, Furious 7, Age of Ultron, Minions and Inside Out (with SWVII likely pushing it out). Edited October 17, 2015 by Cynosure 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Marvel Fanboy Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share Posted October 17, 2015 AM seems to be breaking out. If it comes close to 120m today, then IM3 is done. Spectre only comes in 20 days, so hardly a competitor. 20 days free of competition is more than ennough. AM has one of the best release windows of Hollywood films this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TalismanRing Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 With such grosses it's no wonder we keep getting sequel after sequel. If 'The Lion King' were to be released today it would probably perform averagely compared to 'Minions 2' or 'Toy Story 4'. It's my impression that crowds have gotten increasingly risk averse when it comes to cinema going. 1994 top 5 : The Lion King, Forrest Gump, True Lies, The Mask and Speed. 2015 top 5 : Jurassic World, Furious 7, Age of Ultron, Minions and Inside Out (with SWVII likely pushing it out). There are more franchises now doing better longer but franchises and sequels dominating isn't new Look at top WW 8 in 1989 - 4 sequels and 3 the three others would spawn sequels Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Batman Back to the Future Part II Look Who's Talking Dead Poets Society Lethal Weapon 2 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Ghostbusters II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 There are more franchises now doing better longer but franchises and sequels dominating isn't new Look at top WW 8 in 1989 - 4 sequels and 3 the three others would spawn sequels Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Batman Back to the Future Part II Look Who's Talking Dead Poets Society Lethal Weapon 2 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids Ghostbusters II That's still only 2 sequels in the top 5 vs 5 of 5 this year. No guarantee batman would be a franchise, Dick tracy bombed back then and had no sequel 10 years before they were virtually non existent in the top ten(Bond was about it) then Rocky, SW, SM and Indiana started having success. Sequels are sure fire money now with brand building OS and WW BO almost assuredly increasing. One interesting point in domestic though, There have been 12 entries into the top 25 all time adjusted in the last 40 years(since sequels got going) that were original. Only 2 sequels made it in., SW2 and 4. They of course are going for the easy money and audiences like familiarity but its a shame we will see less originality that will amaze us, WOM set on fire and a huge lengthy run happening. If Spielberg just focused on Jaws and Close Encounters sequels for 20 years, then he wouldn't have done Indiana, ET, JP and great dramas like The Color Purple and Schindlers List. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 M f Lawrence, any projections for today for Ant-man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 M f Lawrence, any projections for today for Ant-man? AM tracking 115-120 +60% GML 55-60m +60% TLP 28-30m +100% 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 AM tracking 115-120 +60% GML 55-60m +60% TLP 28-30m +100% That would be great, so around 300M yuan OW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
picores Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Ant-Man over Rogue Nation...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druv10 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Ant-Man over Rogue Nation...? If it gets 300M OW, it has a shot at beating MI5. Edited October 17, 2015 by druv10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tupek Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Is that a good hold for GML? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Is that a good hold for GML? 38% drop, quite good facing Ant-man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUS 2020 Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 If it gets 300M OW, it has a shot at beating MI5. 300m should beget 750-800m, close enough that its possible w a little leg Is that a good hold for GML? last Saturday was a workday. compared to sunday it will be a 45% drop. much better than average but I was looking for a stronger hold(35-38% like MH) based on the way it performed last week. Tomorrow w/o/w will probably be -50% This hits a lot more demos than AM. I didn't think it would get affected that much but it was dropped to 21% of shows from 38%. Itll probably hold better in the days ahead as it picks up shows again. I still think it has LiHK beat but it could be close if it loses more steam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 Ant-man 80.4m with mid-nights, a bit lower than estimates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbingchan Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) I love Inside Out. It is the film of the year until now. But I think Ant-Man is a quite good film. I think it is more shameful that Minions is a 400% higher than IO in China (and quite higher in many other countries). I see that detail quite more worrying. inside out is not a type for Chinese family audience.it is lower than most foriegn animats,not just minions.The little prince might over inside out,too.don't think io need to compare minions in China.Nothing to worry. Edited October 17, 2015 by bangbingchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangbingchan Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) With that kind of competition, do you really think 750M yuan is possible? Is the WOM that good?at best 600~700M maybe Early Nov and Late Nov competition is much harder.Disney always has the best release date in China.AuO，IO，AM，even Cinderalla，bh6 is not bad.And don't know Chinese audience can eat up Sam Mendes dark side of Bond.Skyfall only gross 370M Edited October 17, 2015 by bangbingchan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peludo Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) inside out is not a type for Chinese family audience.it is lower than most foriegn animats,not just minions.The little prince might over inside out,too.don't think io need to compare minions in China.Nothing to worry.I know it. I meant that Minions has been bigger than IO in many markets, not just China. That is what worries me. Edited October 17, 2015 by peludo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olive Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Saturday estimates ANT-MAN 108M/189M (heading to 280m OW) GML 58M/1153M THE LITTLE PRINCE 29.8M/43.3 LOST IN HK 5.3M/1597M INSIDE OUT 2.8M/90.4M Edited October 17, 2015 by The GOOD Olive 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
