Weekend Estimates - (Pain & Gain: 20M, The Big Wedding: 7.5M)

[fishstick]

Is Oblivion going to even get past 100 m?

 

With Puerto Rico and fudge or without? Maybe for former, no way in hell for latter.

[John Marston]

I wish Oblivion was doing better

[lab276]

This weekend might beat the equivalent in 2007 for late April slowness.

[keysersoze123]

not good for P&G. I dont see it making 20M OW or 50M DOM with this OD and poor cinemascore.

 

Oblivion's drop is not great considering it will get slaughtered next weekend. I dont see it making 100M at this point.

[grey ghost]

I wish Oblivion was doing better

 

 

Yeah it doesn't bode well for the serious sci fi genre.

[Sam]

This April is really lackluster, all the major releases are just there, nothing special. Apart from 42, I haven't seen anything from this month. From the look of it so far, I think April next year looks way better.

 

Anyone would recommend Pain and Gain? I'm really free this weekend so figure I might watch a movie, is it worth it? Mindless fun works for me.

[lab276]

Part of why it's been so slow was Easter being in March. The last time Easter was in March was 2008 and that April had an atrocious 69m tickets. At least this time it's better than that.

Edited April 27, 2013 by lab276

[baumer]

This April is really lackluster, all the major releases are just there, nothing special. Apart from 42, I haven't seen anything from this month. From the look of it so far, I think April next year looks way better.

 

Anyone would recommend Pain and Gain? I'm really free this weekend so figure I might watch a movie, is it worth it? Mindless fun works for me.

 

I loved it.  Really worth seeing.

[GiantCALBears]

Get us to May 3 please...

[druv10]

Calm before the storm arrives.

[Sam]

I loved it.  Really worth seeing.

Thanks, Baumer, I was planning on catching it cause I like The Rock and Anthony Mackie. Nothing to do this weekend, so might as well 

[pieman]

I will never see Pain and Gain. I object to it on so many levels.

[baumer]

Mackie's pretty funny in it and Rock is imo the best part of it.

[Moviedweeb]

Really not liking that second Friday drop for Oblivion. I wish it was holding up better.

[JackO]

Oof. Iron Man has claimed 2 victims. 

[John Marston]

Oblivion I think will become a cult classic. It is already showing the signs of one. Similar to Blade Runner. Now you will attack me and say "did you just compare to Oblivion to Blade Runner"?  Yes! Now don't get me wrong, I am not saying it is on the same level as Blade Runner or anything, but similar to that movie. Which got mixed reviews when it released and flopped at the box office, it seems to be gaining a passionate fanbase

[Deep Wang]

Umm about the making money part ... 

 

Bay, Wahlberg and Johnson have back end salaries which means that the films needs to gross way more than your regular movie in order to be profitable for the STUDIO 

 

I'm pretty sure anything below 70 mil won't cover it 

 

Aren't back end deals usually a percentage of the gross kind of thing? 

 

Meaning they do make money, but the movie will still end up being profitable.

[RichWS]

Yeah it doesn't bode well for the serious sci fi genre.

 

I don't think it's that dire.

[RichWS]

it seems to be gaining a passionate fanbase

 

Where?

[baumer]

Aren't back end deals usually a percentage of the gross kind of thing? 

 

Meaning they do make money, but the movie will still end up being profitable.

 

 

The movie has to be profitable first.  So this means that Bay, being a smart business man, probably set a figure that the film has to clear, before he gets paid.