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Box Office 0729-3116 - Bad to the Bourne, Trek continues to give 'er all she's got
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It'll still come out before we get a BW film
Dead in the water once DC has fucked up the Wonder Woman movie.
But will it come before the Capt Marvel flick?
Way DC is going, maybe.
twinturbo2
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BronsonLee
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If it lands around 125, that's what they've predicted for a long time now so they'd be pretty stoked.
I wonder if the T-Mobile tickets for Friday count towards the box office? That could be a swing of a few million, make the drop off look worse.
Edit: Dash shut up you nerd *shoulder checks Dash into locker, high fives jock teammate*
Dash_Riprock
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The movie was a lock for $150 million. Not only might it miss that by as much as $20-30 million, suffering a massive drop in its first weekend means the legs on this movie will be nonexistent and its gonna plummet on its 2nd weekend. How is that something to be pleased with? The DCEU is supposed to bring in massive profit for WB, not just barely break even.
I'd assume that T-Mobile bought them, even if it's at a discount.
There is literally no way WB's internal projections were anywhere close to $150M. And even if it drops like a rock, it's making money.
BronsonLee
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Warner's tracking was for 125-130.
You do have a point with the T-Mobile thing, considering how many customers use it, that could be like a 5 mil swing?
You do have a point with the T-Mobile thing, considering how many customers use it, that could be like a 5 mil swing?
could be worse for WB, at least they have some franchises making money....look how bad Sony and Paramount are doing this year and Universal isn't exactly setting the world on fire again. Fox are doing ok for the moment
not everyone has $15b to spend acquiring studios when you have a couple of bad years like Disney did
not everyone has $15b to spend acquiring studios when you have a couple of bad years like Disney did
CaviarMeths
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Really, the DCEU may be a creative trainwreck, but I don't think they're in any kind of financial trouble like Sony, Paramount, or Lionsgate. They're putting out consistently profitable movies for the most part. Even Tarzan was on track to be the flop of the summer, but it's looking now like it will scrape by with a narrow win.
Dash_Riprock
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Tarzan isn't even gonna break even. People say its doing well cause its not the John Carter-level flop everyone thought it would be. But yes, compared to Paramount and especially Sony, WB is doing fine.
CaviarMeths
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...LOL when I quickly looked up the gross I was looking at the 1999 Disney version at $448m.
Well, it's not a disaster anyway. Should eventually be profitable with video sales and streaming.
Babes, Civil War was tracking close to 200M too and missed that mark by almost 30M.
milanbaros
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It definitely is a disaster. They would be in a better position if they didn't make it.
Beating expectations that it'll be the flop of the year doesn't translate to success.
MrPink93485
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WB is estimating 135.1 million for SS.
That's high based on last night's drop, no?
Oh yeah. If $35-37M Saturday actually happened, it will most certainly be lower.
I doubt that Star Trek Beyond will get to $200 million domestic (currently around $120 million).
MrPink93485
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It is, but depends on how accurate the person was. WB is estimating 38.8 million for Saturday. 20% drop on Sunday (Which is probably unrealistic, I would expect the drop on Sunday to be bigger).
I would think it'll be 131 million or so for the actual when it comes in tomorrow. It's entirely possible that the Box Office insider underestimated things a little bit for Sat when he made his last update or west coast came through.
Wasn't BvS overestimated by a couple million as well? A 20% drop Sunday when Saturday was so rough does seem a bit optimistic.
Lights and Waves
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$135M is awesome!
Corpsepyre
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Does this include the Thurs previews?
Gitesh Pandya ‏@GiteshPandya 5m5 minutes ago
$132M intl debut for #SuicideSquad putting global launch at $267.1M. Stellar $11.3M in Brazil going against start of #Olympics.
BvS should've topped a billion, but any other studio would kill for 800 million.
It's surreal that an SS film making 130 million first weekend is seen as disappointing.
Of course. Always.
Grimm Fandango
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Bourne fell 61.6%. Damn.
bananafactory
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Trek 
PhoncipleBone
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Only reason it is disappointing is because of that monster first day.
Still, gonna beat the August record by $30m +.
But even with that day it was only projected to a max of 150 million.
Dash_Riprock
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Trek
People don't want "traditional" Star Trek.
I wish Paramount would understand this.
Sorcerer
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Deserved. Awful movie.
Not even close. Have you seen BFG's budget/boxoffice?
alfredofroylan
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So... worst summer? Or underwhelming summer?
PhoncipleBone
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That's the point. Projections based on first day were 150m, and it will probably miss that by 20m. That's a steep drop after just one day.
bob_arctor
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So the 135 million will also take Sunday into account? Dunno how this stuff is tallied to be honest. I know Thursday is counted.
It takes Thursday previews all the way to Sunday. Sunday is a very close estimate to the actual total. Actual numbers are released on Monday.
Yes. Predicting Sunday isn't hard when you have data from Friday and Saturday.
People don't know what they want until they go back and try to justify it after the fact. What Paramount really needs to understand is where their marketing campaign fucked up (read: everywhere). and hopefully Suicide Squad's performance despite garbage reviews highlights that fact.
They need to put Trek on cryofreeze until Abrams can come back and make a sequel to STID called "The Wrath of John Harrison,"
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