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Wkd BO 0901-0317 - Labor Day WEAKend box office has nothing as Bodyguard 3peats
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NealMcCauley
Member
I do wonder if football is going to impact things any.
DarkLordMalik
Member
Not with the reviews it has received so far. Crazy to see it certified fresh on RT.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
That I can see why people would like it.
Oh okay. I genuinely thought it was just a killer clown movie, at least that's what one of the trailers led me to believe. Wasn't aware that it was a coming of age story as well.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
It can not play at all Sunday and still outgross Valerian.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
So BGE is just gonna eat everyone's lunch on this AND get two free games.
The rest of us just float.
The rest of us just float.
DarkLordMalik
Member
I think Strangers Things has also rekindled 'coming of age' movies so IT also benefits from it.
BronsonLee
Member
ANYONE BUT HIM
Bobby Roberts
Banned
He's the only one who saw the shape of things to come, and named it for what it was.
101 million Opening Weekend
101 million Opening Weekend
CrichtonKicks
Member
It's not a flaw of the book. The narratives happen concurrently with the adult sections frequently being used as a large scale framing device. I'm not sure how it works out page count-wise but, in a lot of ways, the kids section is the real meat of the book. However the adult material interweaves masterfully with the kid material in the finale giving what IMO is King's strongest ending section ever.
It's natural that the kids section is what was decided to be used in condensing things into one initial film but it by necessity leaves the adult material kind of stranded without a strong anchor. It was never meant to be a Part 1, Part 2 situation even though that's the approach the mini-series and now the films are taking.
So, yeah, they are going to have to work extra hard at making the adult stuff satisfying as a sequel but it's not because of a shortcoming of the book.
Exterminieren
Banned
He thrusts his fists against the posts, and still insists he sees the $100m OW.
Some comparisons among the biggest R-Rated openers in the last few years (since Thursday previews became the industry standard)
The last column lists IT's weekend take if it has the same Thursday previews to full opening weekend multiplier as each of those films. As you can see, there aren't many comparison points, but IT can comfortably have the highest previews frontloading of any of those films and hit $100M.
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TITLE OPENING WKD THURS PREVIEWS IT's OW WITH SAME PREVIEWS MULT.
Deadpool $132.4M $12.7M $141M
Logan $89.3M $9.5M $127M
Fifty Shades of Grey $85.2M $8.6M $134M
Straight Outta Compton $60.2M $5.0M $163M
22 Jumpstreet $57.1M $5.5M $140M
50 Shades Darker $46.6M $5.7M $110MThe last column lists IT's weekend take if it has the same Thursday previews to full opening weekend multiplier as each of those films. As you can see, there aren't many comparison points, but IT can comfortably have the highest previews frontloading of any of those films and hit $100M.
and iirc the 50 Shades movies are both uncommonly front loaded so IT would have to be insanely front loaded not to hit three digits
Certinty
Member
22 Jump Street was rated R? What in the heck?
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
There have always been coming of age movies, although they are usually teens and not kids so maybe?
Fuck fuck motherfuck
If you are not American, pretty much everything with more than one F-bomb, or the briefest shot of nudity, is rated R.
Gotta protect the eyes and ears of those 12-17 year olds.
Let's not exaggerate. IT only needs Friday to pass Valerian's domestic total.
More_Badass
Member
I could see the adult movie being very effective
1) You zero in on the history of Derry, so the beginning/first act has a creepy cold case feel, as the realization that a new cycle is starting dawns. I think diving into the twisted nature of Derry works better for when the characters are adults as well. Plus you can juxtapose the element of "the adults who want to fight" against "the adults who willfully ignored and appeased"
2) You focus more on the domestic/psychological horror aspect, and then have the horror of IT being to bleed into the story.
This will always look crazy from my french perspective.
I remember when the first 50 shades came out, they made it 12+ and there was actually a debate during the rating session because many in the commission thought 12+ wasn't even necessary.
It is 12+ too.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Yeah, It is FSK16 in Germany, and so were Deadpool and Logan.
Didn't you guys give The Wolf of Wall Street a 12 rating?
I called a 100M OW months ago.
It makes up for all my predictions that are way off.
Yeah, pretty much every R rated movie gets a 12+ here.
16+ are for movies like Raw, you don't see it often (the funny thing is, it's only R rated in the US).
DarkLordMalik
Member
After the success of IT, I won't be surprised to see a REMAKE of it as well.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
I almost went there.
Hopefully we start seeing more blockbusters in the late summer early fall because of this. Good movies can be successful in any month.
Despicable Me 3 officially broke $1B worldwide
Spider-Man Homecoming had a huge $22M opening day (including midnights) in China. It might hit $70M there this weekend.
Homecoming will probably top Batman v Superman worldwide. Passing GotG2 worldwide is a certainty.
We almost had a top 5 MCU film without Iron Man in it!
Spider-Man Homecoming had a huge $22M opening day (including midnights) in China. It might hit $70M there this weekend.
Homecoming will probably top Batman v Superman worldwide. Passing GotG2 worldwide is a certainty.
We almost had a top 5 MCU film without Iron Man in it!
Obliterator
Member
Truly the most successful bomba ever
One of these days...
BronsonLee
Member
I knew Chris Pratt was worthless
Well, technically, there were non-Iron Man films in the MCU Top 5 back when there weren't enough post-Avengers Iron Man films to fill a Top 5.
But those days are done, and the next two Avengers films will seal the deal.
Since Avengers, No film lacking Iron Man has topped any film with Iron Man in it worldwide.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
But we have our first sub $1b film with Iron Man since Avengers.
Kenzodielocke
Banned
Homecoming is definitely not a flop but I remember all the "easy 1B" predictions on here. Same for GotG Vol. 2.
BronsonLee
Member
I'm woke, I did none of these
broncobuster
Banned
Spider-Man Homecoming is also shaping up to be the bigger franchise reboot... displacing Amazing Spider-Man.
Everyone way over predicts these superhero movies. Well, except for Wonder Woman.
Everyone way over predicts these superhero movies. Well, except for Wonder Woman.
I have been saying that both would miss $1B all year.
Obliterator
Member
Those were never realistic.
Just because random people on the internet say outlandish things doesn't make them reasonable projections
DarkLordMalik
Member
I am pretty sure mine was below $1 billion. I predicted $950 million WW and $350 million DOM and it looks like the end result will be $330 million DOM and $900 million worldwide.
Not that bad TBH.
The rest of GAF prediction as collected by BGE don't show easy $1B predictions.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=242526621&postcount=411
GO SPIDER-MAN!
Yeah, but that might have been because people forgot to take the exchange rate into account. I'm pretty sure that, contrary to what I posted a few weeks ago, even Sony will ultimately be very happy.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
When I predicted mid-70 million for IT, I forgot to adjust for inflation, so I actually meant $106 million.