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Wkd BO 0519-2117 - Express elevator hauls Alien to top, passing everything
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If Dunkirk has a huge opening weekend, I will be surprised as all hell. It just feels like there is really no interest in historical war epics anymore.
Valerian looks like a guaranteed bomb, but I am curious if it will be really popular overseas. Fifth Element did really well in Europe, and it's got an Avatar-ish vibe that may make it appealing in China.
Valerian looks like a guaranteed bomb, but I am curious if it will be really popular overseas. Fifth Element did really well in Europe, and it's got an Avatar-ish vibe that may make it appealing in China.
I feel like I'm looking forward to all the wrong movies because I like the directors. Valerian does look very pretty, but I'm not convinced the fifth element will strike twice. And that budget...
But hot fuzz is my favourite movie since the start of the century, so I'm quite excited about baby driver. I'll be disappointed if it turns out to be sent out to die.
But hot fuzz is my favourite movie since the start of the century, so I'm quite excited about baby driver. I'll be disappointed if it turns out to be sent out to die.
ronaldthump
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trailer looked great. I think it'll do okay.
I still think 200M or slightly more is the ceiling rather than the floor. However if it does touch 240M your prediction looks pretty good.
We get to see it sooner. Trying to find some positive with that
release date.
Obliterator
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Yeah those Dunkirk numbers are surprising for me as there just doesn't seem to be a ton of buzz around it.
Then again it is Nolan and that alone draws some interest. I'm probably just also underestimating the older crowd who will likely keep turning out for it over the weeks giving it some good / decent legs
Then again it is Nolan and that alone draws some interest. I'm probably just also underestimating the older crowd who will likely keep turning out for it over the weeks giving it some good / decent legs
Gitesh over at Box Office Guru pointed out that this is the 20th anniversary of The Lost World shattering the opening weekend record by over 35% with its $72M 3-Day Memorial Weekend take.
Now we are getting fairly close to matching that take on Thursday previews alone.
Adjusted for ticket inflation, The Lost World's opening would be about $140M. Less than Guardians 2 a few weekends back.
Now we are getting fairly close to matching that take on Thursday previews alone.
Adjusted for ticket inflation, The Lost World's opening would be about $140M. Less than Guardians 2 a few weekends back.
I have no interest in Atomic Blonde unless it is a stealth reboot of Ultra Violet
They should have sent Baby Driver out back, it would have been a less crueler than that new date
They should have sent Baby Driver out back, it would have been a less crueler than that new date
Spike Spiegel
Member
Atomic Blonde remind anyone else of Velvet?
hodayathink
Member
Someone needs to redo that pic with EA killing studios and make it Sony killing movies/franchises.
GotG2 should pass GotG1's worldwide total this weekend. It will also pass GotG1's domestic total on Monday.
EDIT: Shortly after that, Spider-Man 3 will be bumped out of the top 10 domestic Superhero films.
When Spider-Man 3 released, the Raimi films were #1-3 on the top grossing superhero list. As of Next week, that list will be 4 Iron Man and friends films, 2 Batman films, 2 Spider-Man films, Deadpool, and GotG2.
EDIT: Shortly after that, Spider-Man 3 will be bumped out of the top 10 domestic Superhero films.
When Spider-Man 3 released, the Raimi films were #1-3 on the top grossing superhero list. As of Next week, that list will be 4 Iron Man and friends films, 2 Batman films, 2 Spider-Man films, Deadpool, and GotG2.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Not $1b? BOMBA AM TOTAL!
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Wannabe Joan Wick.
I'm sure it's possible that Atomic Blonde is all style and no substance trash, but it's pretty impossible to not enjoy the hell out of those trailers.
The fighting isn't as convincing as John Wick, but god damn is it nice to have fight sequences without shaky cam and quick cuts every other second.
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Look at this, should have gone to redbox
I plan on seeing Wonder Woman, It Comes At Night, The Beguiled, and Baby Driver in June. Then again, I'm not a general movie going audience and love seeing a bunch of things. Although since I'm in Canada, It Comes At Night and The Beguiled probably will be shoved around and then drop with no warning in July.
But yeah, Baby Driver's move to June is likely a death blow, but at the same time... I get to see it earlier.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Rth returns!!
Pirates will probably miss $60M 3-day by a couple million.
Pirates will probably miss $60M 3-day by a couple million.
Dash_Riprock
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How much is Alien expected to drop by this week? Every bit of WoM I'm heard since last week has been...unkind to say the least.
Yeah this is awful news. I don't know what the fuck Sony was thinking moving it up. Something like that needs to gain legs through word of mouth. Summer season is just too cluttered.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Deadline has it at a 66% drop, which if it holds, means it will be a challenge to make even $75M domestically.
Goddamn, Baywatch is a complete thud. I thought the trailers + Rock would draw people in. Felt like it would be a decent R rated hit like Neighbors/21 Jump Street.
Dash_Riprock
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Well then, unless China suddenly develops an obsession with biomechanical penis-head monsters, looks like Covenant might actually lose money for Fox...
Future Foundation
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For the life of me, I'll never figure out why Sony/Tri-Star moved it out of mid-August. At least then, the only thing you had to worry about was Annabelle and week 2 of Dark Tower. Now? It gets to be fight between Bayformers and Despicable Me 3.
EDIT: My only guess is they saw the great reviews, and thought it could carry BD to a good "counter-programing" opening.
I thought so too but for some reason there are reviews out and it doesn't sound completely awful...
https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/atomic_blonde_2017/
Won't match John Wick though.
LordOfLore
Banned
Heard Baby Boss 2 got announced for 2021.
What is a 4-day Memorial Day weekend? Is it because people have a holiday this Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday? And then it's expected people go to the cinema these days? I'm legit curious as I'm trying to get into this whole Box Office thing.
This is excellent news!
Fri-Mon and yes.
BatB was at $499M on Thursday, so I would guess that the $500M mark happens today.
I agree. I thought all the time it was a joke title for Baby Boss.
Then I realized that it was a movie on its own, but I thought it was a silly comedy or something.
Man, I remember when dead man's chest came out and just dominated the box office. Now this one won't even do $200m domestic.
If you account for 3D surcharges, IMAX, etc, Dead Man's Chest had a bigger audience on opening weekend than PotC5 will get total domestically. DmC went on to have a greater than 3x multiplier, so we're talking about less than a third of the audience that the series enjoyed a bit more than a decade ago.
Harry Styles will be Nolan's new Michael Caine.
That's actually​ really apt.
womfalcs3
Banned
Not quite. 350,000 on Friday for 499.35 million. This long weekend, though.
I can't believe Pirates cost 230 million.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Alien: Covenant dropped 80% on Friday-to-Friday, grossing only $3.0M yesterday. Ridley Scott isn't getting more than a $50M budget if he makes another one.
Good. Maybe he'll actually make an actual good movie next time.
Dash_Riprock
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Damn, Word of Mouth destroyed this film.
I wish I had your optimism. But I fear Scott is too far gone (up his own ass) at this point.
Good. Bad movies deserve to fail.
Can Crusher
Banned
Good, it will be even better.
broncobuster
Banned
I wonder if Tencent and Wanda have a hand in the China business.