Eh, it happens. I now know if anyone asks that Zack Shields is co-writing the Godzilla 2 screenplay.
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Wkd BO 0317-1917 - King Kong dethroned as Disney continues to BEAST box office
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Eh, it happens. I now know if anyone asks that Zack Shields is co-writing the Godzilla 2 screenplay.
Kind of like Transformers opening on Monday or Wednesday. Always wanted to see what Revenge of the Fallen would have done opening on a Friday.
400m+ incoming
That's more like it. Now we begin the legs watch. I'm already rethinking my <3x multiplier prediction based on how it tracked over the weekend.
Nice bump.
It was pretty much guaranteed 400M+ even without the actuals coming in higher.
400M would be terrible legs.
That's a 3.4 multiplier, which while on the high side of its comparable is not out of the realm of possibility. IIRC the other remakes have been closer to 3x.
$600m is way more likely than $400m, though. It's got a decent shot at getting there depending on how next weekend goes.
3.4 would be tough, but honestly, what is slowing this thing down until #F8?
I dont want to be too optimistic, my brother loved the movie and his favorite movie of all time is the original one
Maleficent and Jungle book are around 3.5, Cinderella closer to 3.0, while both Alice films are around 2.9.
I threw this together from the domestic charts on BOM (sorted by MAJOR studio):
Share | Gross ($M) | # | $M / Film
1 Buena Vista | 26.30% | $3,001 | 16 | $188
2 Warner Bros. | 16.70% | $1,902 | 35 | $54
3 20th Century Fox | 13.30% | $1,520 | 29 | $52
4 Universal | 12.40% | $1,408 | 20 | $70
5 Sony / Columbia | 8.30% | $944 | 48 | $20
6 Paramount | 7.70% | $877 | 18 | $49
7 Lionsgate | 5.80% | $665 | 27 | $25
This is for 2016. I wonder how 2017 ends up...if Disney dominates even more
Share | Gross ($M) | # | $M / Film
1 Buena Vista | 26.30% | $3,001 | 16 | $188
2 Warner Bros. | 16.70% | $1,902 | 35 | $54
3 20th Century Fox | 13.30% | $1,520 | 29 | $52
4 Universal | 12.40% | $1,408 | 20 | $70
5 Sony / Columbia | 8.30% | $944 | 48 | $20
6 Paramount | 7.70% | $877 | 18 | $49
7 Lionsgate | 5.80% | $665 | 27 | $25
This is for 2016. I wonder how 2017 ends up...if Disney dominates even more
The family competition is The Boss Baby and Smurfs.
Do you see either of those having a MAJOR impact on BatB though? Plus, Beast sort of transcends the family genre as there is a lot of nostalgia at play for older crowds that typically wouldn't see a child-friendly movie on a Friday night.
You reminded me that another Smurfs film is on its way. The last film tanked from the first instalment.
Jeff Albertson
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A billion worldwide seems realistic for BatB at this point right? Would love it to get there
Nice.
It's a shame that the movies seem to utterly fail at replicating what made the original cartoon so great (for kids).
Well, both my mom and my sister have been messaging me offering to go with me to see Beauty and the Beast so that they can see it again.....My GF does not want to see it :/ so I may take them up on it. Maybe if I tell my GF my Mom wants to go with my my GF will then decide to go since my Mom and GF do NOT get along.
No need to worry, this isn't IM3 (which had the exact same ow but terrible legs to $409m dom). $500m dom is realistic.
$1b is a lock. Prob $1.2b or so finish.
Tricky I Shadow
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Of course.
It's going to cruise past 1 billion. If I had to guess I'd say it'll land at 1.3 billion with the potential to go all the way up to 1.6 billion.
China Box Office: First Place For Beauty Still Less Than Best
Source: http://chinafilminsider.com/first-place-for-beautystill-less-than-best/
Source: http://chinafilminsider.com/first-place-for-beautystill-less-than-best/
lol yeah I noticed that too, how does that happen??
Tricky I Shadow
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Song as old as rhyme...
For the sake of it, how much it'd make using the multipliers of other big openers (the Top 10 OW basically):
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Title Opening Total Gross Mult BatB Total
The Force Awakens $247,966,675 $936,662,225 3.78 $660,097,978
Jurassic World $208,806,270 $652,270,625 3.12 $545,887,312
The Avengers $207,438,708 $623,357,910 3.01 $525,129,469
Avengers: AoU $191,271,109 $459,005,868 2.40 $419,360,553
Captain America: Civil War $179,139,142 $408,084,349 2.28 $398,087,154
Beauty and the Beast (2017) $174,750,616 $174,750,616 ---- ------------
Iron Man 3 $174,144,585 $409,013,994 2.35 $410,437,381
Harry Potter DH Part 2 $169,189,427 $381,011,219 2.25 $393,534,905
Batman v Superman $166,007,347 $330,360,194 1.99 $347,759,592
The Dark Knight Rises $160,887,295 $448,139,099 2.79 $486,754,305
The Dark Knight $158,411,483 $533,345,358 3.37 $588,356,526PhoncipleBone
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People in the Chinese box office thread on BOT that actually live in China suggest that musicals aren't super popular as imports.
BronsonLee
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Yeah we only like our bad singing to come from Jackie Chan
OrangeAtlas
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Disney will make all of that lost revenue back once they cast Jackie Chan as the lead in Mulan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SLJJc8siyU
OrangeAtlas
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If you're implying what's in that clip is anything less than quality, then you are sorely mistaken.
Jackie Chan will be star as a Jedi in Star Wars Episode X. Led by Stephen Chow as director, writer, producer.
Rentahamster
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Damn, that's a lot of monies.
$13.7M for Beauty and the Beast on Monday. Batman v Superman will get to keep the largest Monday in March title (mainly because it was a school holiday in many areas). I'm expecting a huge Tuesday gross.
Boxofficemojo has been down due to server errors for at least 5 hours. I swear that site runs like a fan site despite being owned by Amazon.
I think we have one
Boxofficemojo has been down due to server errors for at least 5 hours. I swear that site runs like a fan site despite being owned by Amazon.
I think we have one
That still seems like a pretty massive number for a March Monday, yes?
AmaterasuOni
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Going to see Life tomorrow. I have high hopes!
I also see CHiPs and Three Generations. Busy press day.
Yes.
The Jungle Book made $7M on its first Monday, after a $30M Sunday. BatB made $48M on Sunday, and almost twice as much on that first Monday.
This misses the top 20 non-holiday Mondays, but almost all of the higher films released when schools were out.
If you screen out late December and mid-June to August, you basically have The Avengers, BvS, Revenge of the Sith, and Furious 7 posting higher first Mondays. BvS and Furious 7 came out Easter Weekend, and a decent portion of students have the Monday off.
Civil War's First Monday was $13.3M. Age of Ultron was $13.2M. Iron Man 3 was $11.3M
Those are the closest comparisons to BatB's opening weekend. I would guess that all of them had less family business to boot. Family films experience bigger weekday drops and bigger weekend bumps.
I had zero interest in this and still haven't seen GET OUT and LOGAN, but I can't resist the premise and I love horror.
Really insightful...thank you. I expected BatB to be huge...not this huge.
Logan got to be the biggest domestic film of 2017 for 5 days.
Beauty and the Beast made $21.9M overseas on Monday, bringing the worldwide total to $392M. I'm going to guess at least $460M through Thursday, and around $625M by the end of this coming weekend.
It looks like Power Rangers is simply mediocre rather than being outright trash based on reviews so far. We should get some weekend projections for that tomorrow.
Weying Galaxy Entertainment, a branch of a popular online ticketing service in China, bought a 10% international stake in Ghost in the Shell.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ing-takes-stake-paramounts-ghost-shell-987261
They also handled the Chinese marketing for XxX 3, which recently made $160M in China. Ghost in the Shell opens April 7th in China. It will have to earn its money quickly, because Fate of the Furious drops a week later.
It looks like Power Rangers is simply mediocre rather than being outright trash based on reviews so far. We should get some weekend projections for that tomorrow.
Weying Galaxy Entertainment, a branch of a popular online ticketing service in China, bought a 10% international stake in Ghost in the Shell.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/ne...ing-takes-stake-paramounts-ghost-shell-987261
They also handled the Chinese marketing for XxX 3, which recently made $160M in China. Ghost in the Shell opens April 7th in China. It will have to earn its money quickly, because Fate of the Furious drops a week later.
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