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rottenwatch box office:

77% Monsters University

68% World War Z

56% Man of Steel

85% This is the End

49% Now You See Me

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‘Monsters University’ Scares Up Sizable $137 Mil Worldwide; ‘WWZ’ Bites Off $110 Mil-Plus Globally. 'Man of Steel' drops a respectable 65% in its second weekend

It was likely smiles all around for Disney and Paramount Sunday morning, as both studios’ wide openers — “Monsters University” and “World War Z” — fueled a monster-sized moviegoing weekend.

“Monsters University” kept alive Disney’s perfect record of opening every single Pixar film (now at 14) in the No. 1 spot: The toon grossed an outstanding $136.5 million worldwide, including an estimated $82 million domestically, which marks the fifth biggest June bow of all time.

Overseas, “Monsters U” debuted with $54.5 million from 35 territories (or 48% of the international market).

And for Paramount, “World War Z,” the studio’s big-budget gamble, scored a boffo $110 million-plus worldwide opening, of which an estimated $66 million came from domestic theaters. That marks the highest Stateside debut for a non-franchise film since “Avatar” opened with $77 million in December 2009.

Box office observers estimate that “World War Z” will end up with around $200 million domestically, based on exit polls and the film’s ‘B+’ CinemaScore rating. Internationally, “Z” should double that tally, at least.

While “Monsters University” and “World War Z” successfully managed to co-exist this weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Man of Steel” fell slightly more than expected in its second frame, down 65%, for an estimated $41.2 million. The film, which reached $210 million Stateside through Sunday, was projected to fall somewhere around 55%.

Still, the pic’s eventual drop is a respectable one coming off such a huge number last weekend, added to the competition this weekend from “Monsters University” and “World War Z.”​

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[strafer]

WWZ making bank.

Bradz0r still got it.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Now You See Me hanging in like a champ.
WWZ doing better than many anticipated. Guess we will have to wait for Lone Ranger to find the next mega bomb of the summer.

 

[kewlmyc]

Holy crap at Monster University's numbers.

Also good for WWZ. Wasn't as bad as people made it out to be.

 

[Kusagari]

After Earth making less than The Purge.

:lol

 

[Tamanon]

World War Z's budget seems to make it almost impossible to make its money back.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

After Earth making less than The Purge.

:lol

And seeing the total for Hangover III. Damn, that took a HUGE hit compared to the first two.

 

[Alrus]

Huh guess WWZ won't be the epic bomb I predicted. Good for Paramount I guess...

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Now You See Me has decent legs, doesn't it.

This is the End also held really well.

Man of Steel is about $10 million short of what WB wanted for this weekend, isn't? Competition and word-of-mouth tugged on Superman's cape a little harder than expected.

Wonder how strong Monsters holds next week.

 

[Matt_]

Can't believe WWZ is Brad Pitts highest opener ever

 

[kswiston]

Monsters University
Domestic: $82,000,000
Foreign: $54,500,000
Worldwide: $136,500,000


World War Z
Domestic: $66,000,000
Foreign: $45,800,000
Worldwide: $111,800,000


Star Trek Into Darkness
Domestic: $216,611,000
Foreign: $213,400,000
Worldwide: $430,011,000


After Earth
Domestic: $57,300,000
Foreign: $114,200,000
Worldwide: $171,500,000

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Saw WWZ yesterday with a friend. She didn't care for it as much as I did, mostly because she kept comparing it to The Walking Dead. While I didn't think it was a great movie, I still enjoyed it for what it was. The grand scale of things was fun to see in a Zombie flick, although it felt very rushed.

 

[JB1981]

What happened to 71% drop and Superman Bomba ?

 

[Batigol]

Brad Pitt is a handsome man. I look at him and question my sexuality

 

[kswiston]

What happened to 71% drop and Superman Bomba ?

71% drop was for Friday. Friday drops are always higher than weekend drops because of opening midnights.

Man of Steel's hold is not good though. Just sort of expected given this weekend's circumstances.

 

[Cheebo]

What happened to 71% drop and Superman Bomba ?

It dropped 71% friday. Full weekend is 65% which is on the low-end of similar movies.

Spider-Man: 37.8%
Thor: 47.2%
Iron Man: 48.1%
The Avengers: 50.3%
The Dark Knight: 52.5%
X2: X-Men United: 53.2%
X-Men: First Class: 56.2%
X-Men: 56.9%
Iron Man 3: 58.4%
Iron Man 2: 59.4%
Fantastic Four: 59.4%
The Incredible Hulk: 60.1%
Captain America: 60.7%
The Dark Knight Rises: 61.4%
Spider-Man 3: 61.5%
Man of Steel: 64.7%
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: 65.5%
Green Lantern: 66.1%
X-Men: The Last Stand: 66.9%
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: 69%
Hulk: 69.7%

The only non-sequels that did worse were Hulk and Green Lantern.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

It dropped 71% friday. Full weekend is 65% which is on the low-end of similar movies.

Spider-Man: 37.8%
Thor: 47.2%
Iron Man: 48.1%
The Avengers: 50.3%
The Dark Knight: 52.5%
X2: X-Men United: 53.2%
X-Men: First Class: 56.2%
X-Men: 56.9%
Iron Man 3: 58.4%
Iron Man 2: 59.4%
Fantastic Four: 59.4%
The Incredible Hulk: 60.1%
Captain America: 60.7%
The Dark Knight Rises: 61.4%
Spider-Man 3: 61.5%
Man of Steel: 64.7%
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: 65.5%
Green Lantern: 66.1%
X-Men: The Last Stand: 66.9%
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: 69%
Hulk: 69.7%

The only non-sequels that did worse were Hulk and Green Lantern.

Fixed the order for you. Fantastic Four 2 had a bigger drop.
EDIT: You beat me to it as I was posting.

 

[Akahige]

Monsters University
Domestic: $82,000,000
Foreign: $54,500,000
Worldwide: $136,500,000


World War Z
Domestic: $66,000,000
Foreign: $45,800,000
Worldwide: $111,800,000

wow not a huge difference between these two, I was expecting MU to smoke WWZ

 

[Busty]

WWZ's performance is nothing short of stunning given it's wretched production history. In saying that I expect it to perform similarly to other horror films (even if it is a PG-13) and drop sharply in it's second weekend. Perhaps not as badly as the likes of The Purge did in it's second weekend but along those lines.

I just don't see this film doing anything like $200m domestic and certainly not hitting $500-600m worldwide. Mind you I never thought that it would do over $60m in it's first three days in the US so I suppose anything is possible.

Monster U did great business for Pixar as usual and MOS continues to hang in there but it's a shame that it couldn't do over $50m in it's second weekend if only for the box office record it would have set with three films doing $50m+ in one weekend.

Next weekend could be fascinating as while The Heat is tracking well (with some expecting Bridesmaids esque numbers) and White House Down..., isn't it'll be interesting to see how this weekend's top three fare against 'weaker' competition.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Again, Warners is just gonna limp this thing to 300 regardless. It's important to them to say this thing made 300 million domestically, so they'll keep it in theaters until it hits that number. They did it with Hobbit, they did it with Superman Returns (although that was a 200 million total)

White House Down is going to surprise people, I think. I'm hearing that Emmerich tapped into that old Independence Day feel on that one. Doesn't make for great movies, but makes for really fun ones.

 

[Ceebs]

Both Gatsby and WWZ avoided being the giant bomb they looked like a few months ago. I guess that leaves The Lone Ranger to be the other massive bomb this summer huh.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Next weekend could be fascinating as while The Heat is tracking well (with some expecting Bridesmaids esque numbers) and White House Down..., isn't it'll be interesting to see how this weekend's top three fare against 'weaker' competition.

What are the tracking numbers for The Heat? With both Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in that, that could do very well.

White House Down is going to surprise people, I think. I'm hearing that Emmerich tapped into that old Independence Day feel on that one. Doesn't make for great movies, but makes for really fun ones.

Emmerich movies usually have very solid marketing. This one is just not as saturated as his last few big efforts. I do like that this looks rather toned down compared to his other summer stuff. And Tatum and Foxx look like they are having fun.

 

[Ridley327]

It was bad enough already that The Bling Ring trounced it, but Before Midnight doing better than After Earth in half the theaters while losing half of its theaters from the previous week? Absolutely hilarious.

Surely, Will Smith's stock has taken a hit after how much of a disaster the film has been everywhere.

 

[kswiston]

Fast 6
Domestic: $228,413,000
Foreign: $437,500,000
Worldwide: $665,913,000


Epic
Domestic: $100,985,000
Foreign: $124,100,000
Worldwide: $225,085,000


Oblivion
Domestic: $89,018,000
Foreign: $195,600,000
Worldwide: $284,618,000

 

[MrPink93485]

What are the tracking numbers for The Heat? With both Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in that, that could do very well.

Haven't followed it in a while but I think there's expectation of high 30s million opening.

 

[strafer]

Fast 6
Domestic: $228,413,000
Foreign: $437,500,000
Worldwide: $665,913,000

Unbelievable.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Nah, I fear Pacific Rim got you covered. The Lone Ranger looks like shit and has a Western setting, but it also has Johnny Depp.

And Dark Shadows had vampires and Johnny Depp. Look where that wound up. But of course, that was sold as goofy and not a big explosive blockbuster like Lone Ranger is.
Lone Ranger just has that huge budget to overcome, and westerns don't usually do well overseas.

But you are probably right about Pacific Rim. And that makes me sad. I want Del Toro to deliver a huge success.

Unbelievable.

Now imagine how high Fast 7 can go if it is anywhere near as fun as 5 and 6. The audience reaction at the tease for part 7 was awesome. I am just worried because of a new director coming on board and the studio rushing it out.

 

[Currygan]

Both Gatsby and WWZ avoided being the giant bomb they looked like a few months ago. I guess that leaves The Lone Ranger to be the other massive bomb this summer huh.

movie looks fun tbh, hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a complete turd


glad to see STID still raking in money. Well deserved

 

[Dahbomb]

Do we have WW numbers for MoS yet? I think it was supposed to open in big territories this weekend.

 

[vega435]

So glad to see both Now You See Me and This is The End are both doing well. I saw both of them yesterday and i was really surprised how good Now You See Me turned out. Definitely worth re-watching. This is The End was hilarious as well. The cum argument had me dying.

 

[Vyer]

WWZ's performance is nothing short of stunning given it's wretched production history. .

Most people don't know or care about that stuff. It's got Pitt, zombies and large scale action set pieces. I'd say if it had reviews that universally panned it that would have had more of an impact on general audiences, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

 

[Busty]

What are the tracking numbers for The Heat? With both Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy in that, that could do very well.

I believe that The Heat is/was tracking at $35-40m (which would be great for a female skewing comedy) while White House Down was coming in at a potentially more disappointing $30-35m.

In saying that I cannot vouch for how up to date or accurate those numbers are. I have a feeling that Olympus Has Fallen (which is going to fall painfully short of grossing $100m in the US) has taken a lot of the air out of the room for WHD already. But Channing Tatum continues to be hot at the moment so who knows where it might land at the end of the day.

Star Trek Into Darkness
Domestic: $216,611,000
Foreign: $213,400,000
Worldwide: $430,011,000

Eh. Solid enough but there's no way that Paramount are going to be happy with those numbers given the bump that the 3D ticket prices would have given them.

While there will be a third film for sure this clearly isn't the 'AAA' franchise the studio was hoping to make it.

Most people don't know or care about that stuff. It's got Pitt, zombies and large scale action set pieces. I'd say if it had reviews that universally panned it that would have had more of an impact on general audiences, but that doesn't seem to be the case.

This is true and that was sort of my point. Many people were expecting this film to be unwatchable let alone enjoyable. Some of the more positive reviews are a surprise to me though I haven't seen the film myself I can't say how 'successful' the studio was in plugging the film's many, many holes.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Now You See Me has done very well. I'm excited to see it when available on home media.

 

[kswiston]

Unbelievable.

Fast 6 hasn't opened in China or Japan yet either. Its final total will be somewhere over $750M.

movie looks fun tbh, hopefully it doesn't turn out to be a complete turd


glad to see STID still raking in money. Well deserved

Star Trek Into Darkness is going to be the first film in the 12 film franchise to make more overseas than domestically. I suppose that is something.

Eh. Solid enough but there's no way that Paramount are going to be happy with those numbers given the bump that the 3D ticket prices would have given them.

While there will be a third film for sure this clearly isn't the 'AAA' franchise the studio was hoping to make it.

They need to take the GI Joe approach with the next one. Cut the budget 20-25% and push overseas growths.

 

[Currygan]

^yeah I guess that could have been their intent. Most movies make more money overseas as of late

Do we have WW numbers for MoS yet? I think it was supposed to open in big territories this weekend.

$73,300,000, not sure if it's updated

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Eh. Solid enough but there's no way that Paramount are going to be happy with those numbers given the bump that the 3D ticket prices would have given them.

While there will be a third film for sure this clearly isn't the 'AAA' franchise the studio was hoping to make it.

While it is going to come in under ST2009 in the US, it is now the highest grossing ST movie overseas, which is good. But yeah, with the 3D increase it should have been higher.

 

[airmangataosenai]

Both Gatsby and WWZ avoided being the giant bomb they looked like a few months ago. I guess that leaves The Lone Ranger to be the other massive bomb this summer huh.

After Earth? That seems to fit the bill fine.

Edit: Or maybe not quite with WW. It still probably hasn't quite made a profit yet though.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

WWZ Production Budget: $190 million

Bomba.

Will not do that well.

Not good drop for MOS. Internationally it´s yet to release in big markets like Japan, China, France, Germany.

So it was a big bomb that turned earth to after earth.

 

[fertygo]

Man Vin Diesel gonna milk the shit out of Fast&Furious isn't he?

I love the franchise and the recent trilogy, but I can't see liking more than 1 movie again out of this, they have plan for new trilogy, 7 still gonna promising but I don't know about 8 and 9.

I just want Tokyo Drift sequel

 

[Cheebo]

I have a feeling Warners for the next MoS will address the poor critical reception and bad word of mouth by scaling back the action, that last half hour seems to be the breaking point for the film in terms of it's mixed reception

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Man Vin Diesel gonna milk the shit out of Fast&Furious isn't he?

I love the franchise and the recent trilogy, but I can't see liking more than 1 movie again out of this, they have plan for new trilogy, 7 still gonna promising but I don't know about 8 and 9.

I just want Tokyo Drift sequel

Technically 7 will be.

 

[Phoenician_Viking]

Man Vin Diesel gonna milk the shit out of Fast&Furious isn't he?

I love the franchise and the recent trilogy, but I can't see liking more than 1 movie again out of this, they have plan for new trilogy, 7 still gonna promising but I don't know about 8 and 9.

I just want Tokyo Drift sequel

Hush. FF6 is brilliant and very entertaining. Besides

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $228,413,000 35.4%
+ Foreign: $417,300,000 64.6%
= Worldwide: $645,713,000

All dat money.

 

[Ace 8095]

It dropped 71% friday. Full weekend is 65% which is on the low-end of similar movies.

Spider-Man: 37.8%
Thor: 47.2%
Iron Man: 48.1%
The Avengers: 50.3%
The Dark Knight: 52.5%
X2: X-Men United: 53.2%
X-Men: First Class: 56.2%
X-Men: 56.9%
Iron Man 3: 58.4%
Iron Man 2: 59.4%
Fantastic Four: 59.4%
The Incredible Hulk: 60.1%
Captain America: 60.7%
The Dark Knight Rises: 61.4%
Spider-Man 3: 61.5%
Man of Steel: 64.7%
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer: 65.5%
Green Lantern: 66.1%
X-Men: The Last Stand: 66.9%
X-Men Origins: Wolverine: 69%
Hulk: 69.7%

The only non-sequels that did worse were Hulk and Green Lantern.

Damn Spider Man was something special.

 

[Error]

I have a feeling Warners for the next MoS will address the poor critical reception and bad word of mouth by scaling back the action, that last half hour seems to be the breaking point for the film in terms of it's mixed reception

And then people will say MoS is better because "not enough of action!"

 

[Akahige]

How much does WWZ need to make a profit 500 mill or more?

 

[kswiston]

How much does WWZ need to make a profit 500 mill or more?

Along those lines, ya. If not in theatres, I think $500M would ensure a profit on the film once home video, TV licensing, etc are thrown in.

World War Z's problem is that the next few weeks are packed with films. Next week is White House Down + The Heat. The week after is the Lone Ranger and Dispicable Me 2. The week after that is Grown Ups 2 and Pacific Rim. Even if some of those bomb, they need tons of theatres and screens.

At this point, I am expecting around $150M domestic out of WWZ, despite a fantastic opening. We'll see how it does overseas in the next few weeks.

 

[fertygo]

Hush. FF6 is brilliant and very entertaining. Besides

Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $228,413,000 35.4%
+ Foreign: $417,300,000 64.6%
= Worldwide: $645,713,000

All dat money.

Yeah I know, but my "complain" is do we gonna still hungry after 7?
I'm still hyped for 7 because SPOILER

Spoiler

Statham

But I don't know after that.

Good thing they at least refresh the director. Will miss Justin Lin insane action scene though.

 

[Blablurn]

If Pacific Rim bombs I will never ever go to the cinema again :/

 

[Cheebo]

If Pacific Rim bombs I will never ever go to the cinema again :/

It's tracking numbers so far hasn't been very good. I am not surprised sadly.

 

[Blablurn]

It's tracking numbers so far hasn't been very good. I am not surprised sadly.

Damn : ( The curse of a new IP :/ I will still see it in the cinema and I seriously can't wait. I tried to spread the word on FB. But yeah, I guess the general crowd just won't care. Maybe just the nerds.

Fuck