SonicMegaDrive
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No. Sinbad should.
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Wkd BO 0317-1917 - King Kong dethroned as Disney continues to BEAST box office
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No. Sinbad should.
broncobuster
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Sinbad isn't about to be typecasted. And where to find the time between filming the six Houseguest sequels?
WhiteRabbitEXE
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Lion King talk?
Been saying it for months - at minimum Lion King will be Disney's biggest non-Star Wars Saga film ever, and definite top 5 all-time grosser. Easily Jurassic World territory, quite possibly more.
It was absolutely enormous when it released, and as others have said it has had a steady stream of successful follow-up including one of the most successful stage acts of all time and a brand new popular show. It's still widely considered to be a masterpiece and it's in that perfect nostalgia sweet spot. And it's got the team behind the hugely successful Jungle Book.
Been saying it for months - at minimum Lion King will be Disney's biggest non-Star Wars Saga film ever, and definite top 5 all-time grosser. Easily Jurassic World territory, quite possibly more.
It was absolutely enormous when it released, and as others have said it has had a steady stream of successful follow-up including one of the most successful stage acts of all time and a brand new popular show. It's still widely considered to be a masterpiece and it's in that perfect nostalgia sweet spot. And it's got the team behind the hugely successful Jungle Book.
AmaterasuOni
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I'd like to see them make a furry adaptation of Lion King. People just wear furry costumes in some urban environment playing the movie. Would be fun.
I'll take the over on that quite comfortably.
Fancyarcher
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At the time Disney didn't usually do sequels to their animated films aside from Rescuers Down Under, so maybe a straight to video animated sequel with a lower budget made sense, even if did to lead one of Disney's worse trends for a while.
Plus Return of Jafar was hugely successful as were the other animated films, so they kept making them until Lasseter put an end to things.
BronsonLee
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Because the direct to video sequels made like 500 million dollars on a much lower budget
Weekend estimates should be out in an hour or so. I am going to guess that Lionsgate puts Power Rangers at $40M, and Disney puts Beauty and the Beast at $88M.
Kong's opening weekend in China without service fees is $70M. Some places might report the total with fees, which will be about 5% higher.
Kong's opening weekend in China without service fees is $70M. Some places might report the total with fees, which will be about 5% higher.
Damn. That's a great opening for Kong.
My wife loved BatB by the way, but stressed it's far too long for new kid audiences (if you were still considering taking your 3 year old). This one was definitely made with nostalgia as the #1 driver and it's not close.
Seeing Kong this week...looks amazing.
Official weekend estimate for Power Rangers is $40.5M
Ya. I'm going to pass on taking my daughter to the film in theatres. If she was 4-5, I would have gone, but 3 is too young to sit still for 2.5 hours with the trailers. Thanks for the report.
Ya. I'm going to pass on taking my daughter to the film in theatres. If she was 4-5, I would have gone, but 3 is too young to sit still for 2.5 hours with the trailers. Thanks for the report.
Wafflecakes
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Better than I ever would have guessed.
Weekend Studio Estimates
1) Beauty and the Beast - $88.3M (-49.4) - $317M total (4th highest 10 day total of all time)
2) Power Rangers - $40.5M
3) Kong: Skull Island - $14.4M (-48%) - $134M total
4) Life - $12.6M
5) Logan - $10.1M (-43%) - $201M total
6) Get Out - $8.7M (-35%) - $147M total
7) CHiPs - $7.6M
8) The Shack - $3.8M (-37%) - $49M
9) The LEGO Batman Movie - $2.0M (-57%) - $171M
10) The Belko Experiment - $1.8M (-56%) - $8M total
11) Slamma Jamma - $1.7M
1) Beauty and the Beast - $88.3M (-49.4) - $317M total (4th highest 10 day total of all time)
2) Power Rangers - $40.5M
3) Kong: Skull Island - $14.4M (-48%) - $134M total
4) Life - $12.6M
5) Logan - $10.1M (-43%) - $201M total
6) Get Out - $8.7M (-35%) - $147M total
7) CHiPs - $7.6M
8) The Shack - $3.8M (-37%) - $49M
9) The LEGO Batman Movie - $2.0M (-57%) - $171M
10) The Belko Experiment - $1.8M (-56%) - $8M total
11) Slamma Jamma - $1.7M
Macho Madness
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Rogue One pulled in half a mill this weekend lol
I'm not sure why Disney has fudged RO's #s the past 3 weeks...are they trying to beat TDK dom maybe??
Any Japan numbers yet? Kong is at 392M WW. 500M incoming and will end up surpassing Godzilla's WW gross.
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It's a hit. KONG: SKULL ISLAND scored another $93M overseas this weekend, $258M total. China debuted with $72M, doubling up on GODZILLA.
Uh huh...I'm always skeptical of the double feature/dollar theater reasoning every studio uses when their other movies have these magical drops and gains the weekends other big movies they have are released/out.
RastaMentality
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i feel like we discussed this in a thread last year. those direct to video sequels made BANK. but disney realized they were likely cheapening the brand in the long run. Frozen will be the first princess/renaissance film sequel and it's gonna be gargantuan.
What would be the point of taking a few hundred k from Beauty and the Beast? Rogue One isn't close enough to The Dark Knight to pass it. It has made $1.5M since March 5th, and is still $3.5M behind TDK. This is just the typical "dump it in cheap theatres for a few weeks before the Bluray/DVD release" strategy.
Jeffolation
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Slamma Jamma almost cracking the top ten. Avclub review piqued my interest.
BronsonLee
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Disney also doesn't really chase any kind of box-office records anymore btw
PhoncipleBone
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They are content just bathing in the cash, so why chase the record.
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