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[Neoxon]

Just out of curiosity, do you guys think Alice 2 or X-Men: Apocalypse will win the May 27, 2016 opening weekend?

 

[BronsonLee]

Bronson Lee is a chronic liar so I would watch it Disco

 

[kswiston]

Weekend Studio Estimates

Straight Outta Compton - $56M
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - $13.5M

Rogue Nation is probably #2. Waiting on the rest of the estimates.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

rip Man from U.N.C.L.E. franchise

 

[a secret-boss]

Here we go. F4 I'm guessing drops to 4-5

 

[Neoxon]

Weekend Studio Estimates

Straight Outta Compton - $56M
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. - $13.5M

Rogue Nation is probably #2. Waiting on the rest of the estimates.

Not even Fant4stic bombed that badly compared to U.N.C.L.E.'s numbers. But to be fair, U.N.C.L.E. had a smaller budget. Nice to see Compton do well.

 

[jett]

Man from UNCLE is such a dumb name. Really pointless move to try and leverage a fifty year-old IP.

 

[Slayven]

Straight Out of Compton pulls a 187 on The Man From UNCLE.

 

[Penguin]

Not even Fant4stic bombed that badly compared to U.N.C.L.E.'s numbers. But to be fair, U.N.C.L.E. had a smaller budget. Nice to see Compton do well.

Then it's not a direct comparison...

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Man from UNCLE is such a dumb name. Really pointless move to try and leverage that a fifty year-old IP.

hey, worked for Mission Impossible

 

[BronsonLee]

Straight Out of Compton pulls a 187 on The Man From UNCLE.

NOBODY SHOOTS MY UNCLE

 

[mreddie]

Motherfuck Arn, Motherfuck Supes, Motherfuck UNCLE
Yo, here comes my knuckle!

 

[G-Fex]

RIP spy movies

THANKS SNOOP DOGG

FREAKING RAP CARS

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Damn impressive debut for Compton.

 

[Slayven]

NOBODY SHOOTS MY UNCLE

Bone Bone Bone I miss my Charlies....

 

[jett]

hey, worked for Mission Impossible

MI had the Cruisemissile.

UNCLE has The Bomb Ranger and a Superman the mainstream gives no fucks about.

 

[Penguin]

hey, worked for Mission Impossible

The gap from Mission Impossible TV series to movie was much shorter (apparently the show had a revival in the 80s)

Where I don't think Man from UNCLE has been in anything really since original show.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

The gap from Mission Impossible TV series to movie was much shorter (apparently the show had a revival in the 80s)

Where I don't think Man from UNCLE has been in anything really since original show.

And really, how recognizable is Man From UNCLE to anybody anymore? Even if there was a huge gap between MI the show and film, it was definitely a larger part of the culture with the theme music and some of the catchphrases.

 

[bryanee]

Shame about UNCLE. I enjoyed it.

 

[Slayven]

I feel like somewhere an I,Spy reboot just got shelved.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

To 90% of people it looks like the man from uncle and they ignore it because that sounds stupid.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

I feel like somewhere an I,Spy reboot just got shelved.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

FF estimated to have an $8m weekend according to Box Office twitter. The website lists $7.6m though.

 

[Slayven]

I remembered that just as I finished typing.

 

[kswiston]

Weekend Studio Estimates:

1) Straight Outta Compton - $56.1M
2) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - $17.0M - $138M total
3) Man From U.N.C.L.E. - $13.5M
4) Fantastic Four - $8.0M (-69%) - $42M total <- this smells like an over-estimate to avoid that 70%+ drop
5) The Gift - $6.5M - $24M total
6) Ant-Man - $5.6M - $158M total
7) Vacation - $5.3M - $47M total
8) Minions - $5.2M - $313M total

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Cmon 70% drop. I wanna see a new record!

 

[Neoxon]

Weekend Studio Estimates:

1) Straight Outta Compton - $56.1M
2) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - $17.0M - $138M total
3) Man From U.N.C.L.E. - $13.5M
4) Fantastic Four - $8.0M (-69%) - $42M total <- this smells like an over-estimate to avoid that 70%+ drop
5) The Gift - ??
6) Ant-Man - $5.6M - $158M total
7) Vacation - $5.3M - $47M total
8) Minions - $5.2M - $313M total

Fant4stic's actuals are likely gonna drop further to break the record.

 

[kswiston]

Ant-man is having great drops. $170M will happen. Hitting $175M isn't completely improbable depending on how strong the film is heading into Labour Day weekend.

Ant-man's Worldwide take is now $347M

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

What movie was it that set the record for the biggest drop?

 

[Toa TAK]

I'm rooting to see FF break a record guys.

 

[FTF]

Weekend Studio Estimates:

1) Straight Outta Compton - $56.1M
2) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - $17.0M - $138M total
3) Man From U.N.C.L.E. - $13.5M
4) Fantastic Four - $8.0M (-69%) - $42M total <- this smells like an over-estimate to avoid that 70%+ drop
5) The Gift - ??
6) Ant-Man - $5.6M - $158M total
7) Vacation - $5.3M - $47M total
8) Minions - $5.2M - $313M total

That's exactly what they did&#8230;tomorrow's actuals will show a 70% drop.

 

[Slayven]

What movie was it that set the record for the biggest drop?

The Watchmen

 

[womfalcs3]

What record is that? I see 80% drops on boxofficemojo.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

The Watchmen

Actually Hulk, with 69.7%

 

[kswiston]

What record is that? I see 80% drops on boxofficemojo.

I think that we established that the record for second weekend superhero drops is 69.9% for the Hulk

 

[mreddie]

Ant-man is having great drops. $170M will happen. Hitting $175M isn't completely improbable depending on how strong the film is heading into Labour Day weekend.

Ant-man's Worldwide take is now $347M

Amazing. Dem ants.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

And really, how recognizable is Man From UNCLE to anybody anymore? Even if there was a huge gap between MI the show and film, it was definitely a larger part of the culture with the theme music and some of the catchphrases.

I've never heard of it before the movie trailer. Neither have any of my friends.

It's strange to see Hulk and Watchmen with such drastic drops, Watchmen in particular is actually a good film and a good adaptation.

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Are we counting Steel's 78% 2nd weekend drop or nah

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Minions at $957.4m worldwide. Only $13m or so to go to top Despicable Me 2 to be the biggest in the series.

 

[duckroll]

Man from UNCLE is such a dumb name. Really pointless move to try and leverage a fifty year-old IP.

That's what everyone said about Lone Ranger!

.....

.........oh.

 

[strafer]

They should have called it James Bond

 

[kswiston]

Steel is a direct to video film that someone decided to release in theatres for 10 days before it was yanked.

Minions at $957.4m worldwide. Only $13m or so to go to top Despicable Me 2 to be the biggest in the series.

It still has to release in China as well.

Jurassic World is now at $1.606B
Inside Out is at $667M

 

[PhoncipleBone]

It still has to release in China as well.

Oh, shit. And Despicable Me 2 took in $52m there, so this will cross $1b then. Universal getting the hat trick this year.

 

[kswiston]

Oh, shit. And Despicable Me 2 took in $52m there, so this will cross $1b then. Universal getting the hat trick this year.

Which pretty much guarantees that 2015 will set a new record for $1B films. Minions will tie the 2012 record with 4 and we still have Star Wars and maybe Bond to go.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Which pretty much guarantees that 2015 will set a new record for $1B films. Minions will tie the 2012 record with 4 and we still have Star Wars and maybe Bond to go.

Possibly an outlier with Mockingjay opening. It hasn't set the world on fire internationally, and there was a small drop off from Catching Fire and Mockingjay pt 1. But with it being the final entry it might get a big enough boost domestically and internationally. But it is probably a very slim chance.

 

[kswiston]

Possibly an outlier with Mockingjay opening. It hasn't set the world on fire internationally, and there was a small drop off from Catching Fire and Mockingjay pt 1. But with it being the final entry it might get a big enough boost domestically and internationally. But it is probably a very slim chance.

I think that the Hunger Games series missed its chance at $1B. I don't see any reason to think that it will receive a 33% boost over the previous film. Usually China helps contribute to big bumps, but China has been very apathetic towards the series. I also think that some of the hype has died out elsewhere.


More Worldwide Updates:

Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - $373M
Terminator Genisys - $323M
Pixels - $155M

 

[duckroll]

Furious 7
Jurassic World
Minions
Straight Outta Compton

This is totally Universal's year. Do they have any more possible surprises lined up later in the year?

 

[mreddie]

Furious 7
Jurassic World
Minions
Straight Outta Compton

This is totally Universal's year. Do they have any more possible surprises lined up later in the year?

Crimson Peak baby.

 

[kswiston]

Furious 7
Jurassic World
Minions
Straight Outta Compton

This is totally Universal's year. Do they have any more possible surprises lined up later in the year?

50 Shades and Pitch perfect 2 should be on your list as well.

 

[shintoki]

Weekend Studio Estimates:

1) Straight Outta Compton - $56.1M
2) Mission Impossible Rogue Nation - $17.0M - $138M total
3) Man From U.N.C.L.E. - $13.5M
4) Fantastic Four - $8.0M (-69%) - $42M total <- this smells like an over-estimate to avoid that 70%+ drop
5) The Gift - $6.5M - $24M total
6) Ant-Man - $5.6M - $158M total
7) Vacation - $5.3M - $47M total
8) Minions - $5.2M - $313M total

It was a good day

-_-

Kswiston: Do you think it has a shot at passing 8 Mile? Has a few million more on the opening.