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Wkd Box Office 0403-0515 - Vin Diesel furiously beats off competition
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Wafflecakes
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Nice hold for Home.
GitarooMan
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I want to see him leverage this into finishing up the Riddick story if possible.
Angelus Errare
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Didn't the second xXx movie state that Vin's character died?
Scorpion Soldier
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I doubt Sony would lose any sleep over retconning that.
Shining Sunshine
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Paul Walker o7
Would anyone be interested in a summer movie prediction thread? I have an idea on trying to make it a competition, but also, it'd be wonderful to collect some crow for September. We seem to have a decent-sized group of people who frequently follow the Box Office here, and I think it'd be a fun idea.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Kingsman is going to cross $400 worldwide. Wow. Awesome performance.
smokeandmirrors
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Kingsman and Furious 7 doing great make me happy. The two best action movies of the year so far and it set the bar high.
Kingsmayne has quadrupled its production budget. If that's not considered a success then there's no hope for Hollywood.
YOU AIN'T STOPPIN THIS FAM.
hot damn. well deserved!
If anyone wants to try to predict the summer's box office, I just made a thread for that.
Happy for Furious 7's intake as well. Great movie.
Happy for Furious 7's intake as well. Great movie.
ryutaro's mama
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It boggles my mind when I read countless people say things like "6 should be the last one" or now "7 should be the last one". Um, if you want those films to be the "last one" then you can stop watching them.
As for me, yeah I still want more. The series will no doubt be different without Paul but they actually, successfully turned a series headed for direct to video status after Tokyo Drift, into a full fledged box office juggernaut.
Just get Justin Lin back and we are good.
You know I make the exact same argument for people calling against Transformers sequels.
ryutaro's mama
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High five.
I HATE the TF movies but I don't care if they make a hundred more. I have voted with my wallet and don't support them financially.
More viewings for the people that love them I say.
Obviously irrelevant in the grand scheme of things given the small market size but interesting nonetheless:
Furious 7 has the uruguayan opening weekend record now with over 78500 tickets sold. For comparison, the previous record holders were 50 Shades of Grey with 35000 tickets, and F&F6 with 30400.
Yep, it doubled the previous record.
Insanity.
Furious 7 has the uruguayan opening weekend record now with over 78500 tickets sold. For comparison, the previous record holders were 50 Shades of Grey with 35000 tickets, and F&F6 with 30400.
Yep, it doubled the previous record.
Insanity.
Bobby Roberts
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other way around.....there were no NA 3D showings of FF outside of very few select locations.......now thats.....really fucking impressive.
Unlike Avengers which will be insanely boosted by the 3D premium.
Well considering the budget and marketing costs, on end probably earned about 2$. Believe me, i work as Hollywood accountant. Also, sequel is about to get greenlight very soon.
BronsonLee
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Smoked 'em.
Amazing.
Apparently it did as great through LatAm... I guess using reaggaeton worked
Shame that they standardized the series name
Uruguay has been doing it this way since the 50's or so and the info is publicly available, the US simply doesn't want to do it that way
Also, LOL
because we were part of Brazil once
Yeah, for some reason they stopped tracking LatAm data since November. Although to be honest I'm not entirely sure how accurate they actually were since some of the numbers didn't seem to add up to the ticket sales (in Uruguay's case at least).
TacticalFox88
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Billion is a lock at this point.
Eh. Kingsmen was a cheap film to make (that 81 million which BOM touts must be including marketing), that and the fact that it isn't a Hollywood production (MARV financed it independently, FOX bought distribution rights) means that it definitely has been making money.
But yeah, I would also assume that a sequel will be announced soon.
Maybe I got this wrong, but doesn't Vin posses the rights and financed huge parts of the last movie? And I think he mentioned that he liked the turnaround on this movie.
I think the next one in the Underverse is still coming, but Vin had to do F&F7 and Guardians in between + he just got a daughter. This is not a Dredd situation.
Here it is: Interview.
I don't think Vin is fond of this franchise. He didn't want to do the second one opposed to Chronicles of Riddick.
Edit: He talks about xXx there, so I guess I was wrong on that one.
bodyboarder
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Using a dollar amount that doesn't get adjusted for inflation always sounds better. Also 3d premium.
Matt_
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the fact that furious 7 will likely finish in the 400M range and probably wont even be top 3 for the year in the US is crazy
its also crazy that by the end of this weekend it will be the highest grossing fast film domestically
its also crazy that by the end of this weekend it will be the highest grossing fast film domestically
Friday Studio Estimates:
1) Furious 7 - $18.8M - $211M total
2) Home - $5.6M - $113M total
3) The Longest Ride - $5.5M
4) Get Hard - $2.6M - $65M total
5) Cinderella - $2.3M - $176M total
Good hold for Furious 7 considering the preview grosses and holiday last Friday. It's second weekend hold should be a couple of percentage points higher than Furious 6's.
1) Furious 7 - $18.8M - $211M total
2) Home - $5.6M - $113M total
3) The Longest Ride - $5.5M
4) Get Hard - $2.6M - $65M total
5) Cinderella - $2.3M - $176M total
Good hold for Furious 7 considering the preview grosses and holiday last Friday. It's second weekend hold should be a couple of percentage points higher than Furious 6's.
Weekend Studio Estimates:
1) Furious 7 - $60.5M - $252M total
2) Home - $19.0M - $130M total
3) The Longest Ride - $13.5M
4) Get Hard - $8.6M - $71M total
5) Cinderella - $7.3M - $181M total
- Furious 7 opened to an estimated $62M in China in its first day of release. By far the largest day 1 opening of all time there. If you subtract Thursday previews, F7 had a bigger first day in China than it did in the US.
1) Furious 7 - $60.5M - $252M total
2) Home - $19.0M - $130M total
3) The Longest Ride - $13.5M
4) Get Hard - $8.6M - $71M total
5) Cinderella - $7.3M - $181M total
- Furious 7 opened to an estimated $62M in China in its first day of release. By far the largest day 1 opening of all time there. If you subtract Thursday previews, F7 had a bigger first day in China than it did in the US.
So Furious 7 is pretty much guaranteed to get to a billion by now, right?
RastaMentality
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Fantastic for F7. Hope it gets to a billion.
Probably closer to $1.2B
EDIT: The Domestic hold was also pretty good for this series. I don't think F7 will hit $400M domestic, but it will be pretty hard for it to miss $350M now. $375M+ is pretty likely.
LFMartins86
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Yes. It should be near 700M after this weekend.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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Saw it again last night. A D-box experience is so much better. And tickets were free because my date knew the manager.
Off-screen death, so easy to write around that.
Wafflecakes
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Very solid hold for Home.
Happy for Dreamworks. Furious that this is tracking ahead of HTTYD2.
So Furious 7 is looking like a more solid bet for the #3 film of the year worldwide. Probably #4 domestic unless Mockingjay Pt 2 pulls a Battle of the Five Armies.
It's worth considering that a lot of foreign currencies are down 10-30% against the dollar compared to 2012. So the growth in this series is huge.
It's worth considering that a lot of foreign currencies are down 10-30% against the dollar compared to 2012. So the growth in this series is huge.
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