Bobby Roberts
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Wkd BO 0317-1917 - King Kong dethroned as Disney continues to BEAST box office
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Hell of a list.
Frozen...my god.
ryutaro's mama
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Seeing that 99% RT for Get Out continues to annoy me, knowing how it happened:
An anti-Obama rant disguised as a review.
An anti-Obama rant disguised as a review.
The Belko Experiment's distribution strategy this weekend included not releasing in Canada.
Who thought of this brilliant strategy?
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
BronsonLee
I've seen commercials for it since I got back to the states in February. Think mainly on Adult Swim, but haven't seen anything else for it. Looks like they chose a demographic for the marketing as well.
I don't know. I would guess that Blumhouse Tilt is a US only distributor, given that this is their second film after The Resurrection of Gavin Stone in January. Did that film open in Canada?
ryutaro's mama
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Is The Belko Experiment a prequel to The Purge series?
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BronsonLee
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Isn't that flop Armond the one that did that?
ryutaro's mama
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You already know the answer to that.
They will. It will just take a lot of time.
Also, you forgot about The Dark Knight.
EDIT: And technically, the earlier Star Wars films were Fox.
Lights and Waves
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That's insane.
What's even crazier is La La Land at 400 million!
What's even crazier is La La Land at 400 million!
CaviarMeths
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Adding to kswiston's list, there have been 6 films since 1990 to spend at least 20 consecutive weeks in the top 10.
Forrest Gump - 26
Titanic - 26
Dances With Wolves - 25
Home Alone - 25
Ghost - 22
Beauty and the Beast - 20
Forrest Gump - 26
Titanic - 26
Dances With Wolves - 25
Home Alone - 25
Ghost - 22
Beauty and the Beast - 20
Biggest-Geek-Ever
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Fantastic opening for Beauty and the Beast. That Saturday figure is one of the most impressive single day numbers in some time, and there's a good chance Sunday is underestimated comsiderably.
It also obliterated expectations overseas with that $180M international opening. We probably won't see the $575M domestic prediction I made, but I'm curious how close to my $1.3B worldwide prediction it can get to.
It also obliterated expectations overseas with that $180M international opening. We probably won't see the $575M domestic prediction I made, but I'm curious how close to my $1.3B worldwide prediction it can get to.
More Worldwide Updates:
Logan - $524M
50 Shades Darker - $374M
XXX: The Return of Xander Cage - $346M
The Great Wall - $330M
The LEGO Batman Movie - $287M
Split - $257M
A Dog's Purpose - $165M ($70M in China so far. Greater than Rogue One)
John Wick Ch 2 - $158M
Sing - $590M
Hidden Figures - $214M
Get Out made $2.9M overseas as of this weekend. Based on the listed territories, I am guessing almost all of that was from the UK. Scandinavia gets the film in April. France/Germany/Italy/Spain get the film in May.
Logan - $524M
50 Shades Darker - $374M
XXX: The Return of Xander Cage - $346M
The Great Wall - $330M
The LEGO Batman Movie - $287M
Split - $257M
A Dog's Purpose - $165M ($70M in China so far. Greater than Rogue One)
John Wick Ch 2 - $158M
Sing - $590M
Hidden Figures - $214M
Get Out made $2.9M overseas as of this weekend. Based on the listed territories, I am guessing almost all of that was from the UK. Scandinavia gets the film in April. France/Germany/Italy/Spain get the film in May.
ryutaro's mama
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The biggest smile on my face over this news.
nextgeneration
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I'm very curious to see where Beast ends up when all is said and done. I honestly think people are actually underestimating the money it's going to make when all is said and done, but we'll see. Let's see how long the legs are for this.
Alex_Mexico
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How is it that we get weekend box office numbers on Sunday morning? How do we know how films did in the weekend when Sunday is barely starting? I'd figure releasing these on Monday would make more sense.
Bobby Roberts
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Studios can very reliably estimate what the Sunday's numbers are going to be based on the Fri-Saturday numbers that come in.
It's been like this for decades now.
Every now and again a studio will get caught trying to manipulate the box-office game for free marketing with an overestimate, knowing that when the actuals do come in they wont' be reported on as much as the estimates are, but usually, it's pretty accurate.
years and years of boxoffice data.
It might not have long legs.
The only films to open to more than $150M overseas and fail to hit $500M overseas were Mockingjay pt1, Fifty Shades of Grey, Breaking Dawn pt1, and Logan.
Unlike many of the films in the $150M+ club, Beauty and the Beast was also missing a few major territories this weekend, including Japan where it will probably be massive.
ryutaro's mama
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Yeah, I liked it ok but didn't LOVE it like BatB 1991.
I also haven't been recommending it like I have Get Out and Logan and I have zero interest in ever seeing it again.
Enchanted is still the greatest live action Disney "princess" movie (IMO) and it isn't even close.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Studios release their estimates based on current and past trends and theatre occupancy. It's fine-tuned on Monday when all the data is gathered. It's been a system established in the studio network for a long time and are usually on point give or take a few percentage.
Did anyone seriously think it would be as good as the original?
Doubt it. General population seems to be loving it and it also has the vaunted A cinemascore.
Alex_Mexico
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Thanks. i guess that makes sense.
Bobby Roberts
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Cinemascore, like adjusted numbers, ain't shit though.
In addition to that, they also have access to Sunday presales data, and can compare said data to walk-up trends on Sat/Sun. Predictions on average are more accurate now than they were 20 years ago.
We still get the occasional surprise, like when Disney low-balled The Force Awakens' opening Sunday by close to $10M.
ryutaro's mama
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Naw, but I didn't think the gap between how much I enjoyed them to be so large.
Hell, even Peabo Bryson/Celine Dion >>> John Legend/Ariana Grande had a huge gap in terms of my enjoyment.
nextgeneration
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Thanks for insight. Let's see how it fares in the weeks/months ahead.
lightskintwin
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It's about 100 mil domestic profit. Despite the film's budget, the marketing of the film for wide release is 25 to 30 million.
It will probably be Henwick.
BronsonLee
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Jason Blum's paycheck, everybody else got paid scale
Peele is gonna rake it in on the next film he does though
Whoever they want
If I had to provide a guestimate based on this weekend's opening, I would say something between $1.1-1.2B, depending on domestic legs and the film's reception in Japan, France, and Australia.
ryutaro's mama
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As long as BronsonLee is cast to sing "Make Man Out Of You".
You have to factor in the exhibitor split. So 55% of the domestic take after the theatre's cut is $73M.
I'd guess that production, distribution, and advertising expenses totaled $20M or so. That leaves around $50M in the black from the domestic run to date to be split by those who financed and created the film.
Add in profits from home video, TV licensing, and streaming.
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
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Whoever they can use to absolutely maximize that Chinese $$$$$$$$
How does it work with Split? Is Blumhouse only in charge of marketing and whatever else? Like Fox with Lucas?
He'll be cast as mushuu the dragon and be promptly eliminated in the first two minutes
ratcliffja
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That's racist.
BronsonLee
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Fan Bingbing will inexplicably play a 17 year old
They probably get a decent cut even though M. Night self-financed
I'm ok with all of these ideas because I could live off residuals until the day I die
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