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[LordOfLore]

One of the ways IMAX are trying to get people to go to Inhumans, the tickets:

 

[AndyVirus]

no Star Wars has ever gotten a Rotten score.

Let's see if Trevorrow could do what George couldn't.

Han Solo got this.

 

[Messofanego]

Who gives a shit about her. We got cowboy Tatum and Oberyn and Halle berry, Julianne Moore and Jeff Bridges

She can go fly on a balloon into space again or whatever she was doing in the last movie

Roxy was robbed. They better not make the same sexist mistake in Kingsman 2.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

Roxy was robbed. They better not make the same sexist mistake in Kingsman 2.

*puts $10 on her getting an Act 1 death to make the current threat more personal*

 

[A Link to the Past]

So is WW going to enter the top 5 domestic superhero films with the additional theaters?

 

[hodayathink]

So is WW going to enter the top 5 domestic superhero films with the additional theaters?

Yes.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

One of the ways IMAX are trying to get people to go to Inhumans, the tickets:

The world collectible hasn't meant anything in 30 years. Good luck, Inhumass.

 

[A Link to the Past]

Yes.

Rad

 

[Gentleman Jack]

http://www.slashfilm.com/moviepass-e-ticketing-amc-theatres/
Better use your movie pass before more theaters push back on its rollout or they run out of money on an unsustainable business model, whichever happens first.

 

[Penguin]

I don't know... think Inhumans may be a hit!

This is Lincoln Square IMAX (NYC's premiere IMAX) for Friday evening showing

 

[LordOfLore]

I don't know... think Inhumans may be a hit!

This is Lincoln Square IMAX (NYC's premiere IMAX) for Friday evening showing

Who's doing the OT for it?

 

[kswiston]

Hollywood movies are back in release in China.

First day tallies in China:

Valerian - $9.9M
Baby Driver - $4.5M
Cars 3 - $3M

 

[BronsonLee]

I told you all Valerian was better than Baby Driver!

 

[Toa TAK]

I told you all Valerian was better than Baby Driver!

Crawl back to the hole from whence you came

 

[Slayven]

Kswis is there a history of large sporting events affecting weekend box offices?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I don't know about a history but I believe UFC/Boxing has depressed (slightly, but noticeably) box-office receipts for the night at least once or twice before.

 

[BronsonLee]

Kswis is there a history of large sporting events affecting weekend box offices?

I don't know about a history but I believe UFC/Boxing has depressed (slightly, but noticeably) box-office receipts for the night at least once or twice before.

I still maintain that Mayweather/Pacquiao took the air right out of Age of Ultron

 

[Future Foundation]

Kswis is there a history of large sporting events affecting weekend box offices?

Mayweather/Pacquiao probably bit into Age of Ultron's numbers.

 

[DMczaf]

Bronson....won???

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I still maintain that Mayweather/Pacquiao took the air right out of Age of Ultron

I think there was an NBA Finals game that affected some other blockbuster recently too, wasn't there?

 

[BronsonLee]

Bronson....won???

bwahahaha.

I think there was an NBA Finals game that affected some other blockbuster recently too, wasn't there?

Wonder Woman, though jury's out on whether it did

 

[Future Foundation]

I think there was an NBA Finals game that affected some other blockbuster recently too, wasn't there?

I was gonna say Game 4 of this year's Finals - which would've had Golden State sweep the playoffs - probably hurt The Mummy (both were on the same night).

But then I remembered it was The Mummy.

 

[Toa TAK]

This is your daily reminder that The Mummie sucks

 

[Shaanyboi]

Roxy was robbed. They better not make the same sexist mistake in Kingsman 2.

Roxy is practically guaranteed to die in that first attack from Julianne Moore

 

[Slayven]

I still maintain that Mayweather/Pacquiao took the air right out of Age of Ultron

The Bronson Bump did more damage

 

[BronsonLee]

I am getting surprise villain vibes in Kingsman from:

Pedro Pascal
Colin Firth
Jeff Bridges
Channing Tatum

Or watch it be that Julianne Moore's character is actually Roxy in a disguise

The Bronson Bump did more damage

I rope-a-dope'd

 

[Toa TAK]

But how long will it be? 🤔

 

[LordOfLore]

I am getting surprise villain vibes in Kingsman from:

Pedro Pascal
Colin Firth
Jeff Bridges
Channing Tatum

Or watch it be that Julianne Moore's character is actually Roxy in a disguise



I rope-a-dope'd

I'm still waiting on a superhero movie doing a "The villain was one of the heroes from the future!" thing or bring in the Space Phantoms.

 

[Grizzlyjin]

I am getting surprise villain vibes in Kingsman from:

Pedro Pascal
Colin Firth
Jeff Bridges
Channing Tatum

Or watch it be that Julianne Moore's character is actually Roxy in a disguise

Ironically, I feel like the marketing is tipping their hat by how little they've shown of them outside of those two fight scenes.

 

[PanSexual_Peacock]

Doesn't Wonder Woman open in Japan today?

 

[BronsonLee]

It's either all the Americans are bad or Colin Firth turned evil and I dunno how to feel about that last one

 

[Future Foundation]

I'm still waiting on a superhero movie doing a "The villain was one of the heroes from the future!" thing or bring in the Space Phantoms.

So something like Armageddon 2001?

 

[Slayven]

So something like Armageddon 2001?

We don't talk about Armageddon 2001

 

[LordOfLore]

Doesn't Wonder Woman open in Japan today?

Yep, Gadot tweeted about it a few hours ago.

So something like Armageddon 2001?

Or any of the times Kang has come back in time disguised.

(Also, that story suuuuuuuucked)

 

[firelogic]

Doesn't Wonder Woman open in Japan today?

Yup. I sense $250M.

 

[Principate]

Doesn't Wonder Woman open in Japan today?

Anyone have any idea of the tracked/predicted openings?

 

[kswiston]

Anyone have any idea of the tracked/predicted openings?

Early first day numbers suggest a $3-4M opening. Standard superhero stuff. Possibly enough to pass Spider-Man 1's worldwide total when combined with the domestic expansion. Anyone expecting much more than $825M is going to be disappointed though.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

This Wonder Woman expansion came outta nowhere.

 

[kswiston]

Baby Driver is getting a pretty large expansion too.

 

[Penguin]

Baby Driver is getting a pretty large expansion too.

Are we getting a thread on that so folks can offer some thermonuclear hot takes

 

[Bobby Roberts]

This weekend is so garbo - could this re-expansion see Wonder Woman actually re-enter the top 10?

 

[Toa TAK]

This weekend is so garbo - could this re-expansion see Wonder Woman actually re-enter the top 10?

Hey-- if you can say "garbo" then we should say BOMBA.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Nope

 

[BumRush]

Anyone see the T2 re-release?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Small handful of people in that thread. More like 2 or 3, I think?

It's not even playing in the Portland area this week. The rollout is apparently pretty small, and I don't think theaters are putting it in their bigger rooms, either.

 

[kswiston]

So some red hot preview numbers took place last night for the 3 openers.

Leap - $210k
Birth of the Dragon - $200k
All Saints - $70k

All three are expected to end up in the $3-4.5M range this weekend.


Variety is saying that, between the Texas hurricane and the boxing match, both The Hitman's Bodyguard and Annabelle Creation are expected to make $7M.

If we get a #1 finish that is lower than $7.75M, it will be the lowest #1 film since 2003. In the past 20 years, GI Jane is the only film to win an August weekend with less than $10M (it made around $8.2M)

 

[Toa TAK]

I didn't know T2 was out already. I'm guessing it's not filling up theaters?

Nope

Life's not fair.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I'm pretty curious to see how bad this weekend craters, honestly. We almost never really get a look at something that desolate on the b.o. charts.

 

[kswiston]

I'm pretty curious to see how bad this weekend craters, honestly. We almost never really get a look at something that desolate on the b.o. charts.

Ya.

The Top 10 cutoff is going to be about $3M this weekend. That in itself isn't super unusual, but the fact that the #1 film is only going to be 2-3x higher than that is pretty uncommon. 3 weekends in the past 10 years have been won with less than $10M. The last one was War Room a couple of years back. And the top 12 made $65M that weekend. I think this weekend's top 12 has a shot at going under $50M combined.

 

[WhiteRabbitEXE]

Small handful of people in that thread. More like 2 or 3, I think?

It's not even playing in the Portland area this week. The rollout is apparently pretty small, and I don't think theaters are putting it in their bigger rooms, either.

Doesn't help that it's AMC only for the first week. Especially where I am, given that they don't have much of a presence here in AZ. The regional chain Harkins has more than twice as many locations in the state, and 4 of them, plus a Regal and an Alamo Drafthouse, are all closer than the nearest AMC.