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50% Tomorrowland (DIS)

67% Pitch Perfect 2 (UNI)

98% Mad Max: Fury Road (WB)

33% Poltergeist (Fox/MGM)

76% Avengers: Age of Ultron (DIS)

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‘Tomorrowland’ Tops Slow Memorial Day Weekend With $32.2 Million

There weren’t as many fireworks at the Memorial Day weekend box office this year as newcomer “Tomorrowland” disappointed with a $32.2 million debut.

The science-fiction adventure stars George Clooney and was directed by Brad Bird of “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” renown. The Disney release is expected to pull in a lackluster $40.7 million for the four-day period.

That’s still good enough for a first place finish, with Universal’s “Pitch Perfect 2″ coming in a close second with an estimated $30.3 million three-day haul and a projected $37.9 million for the four days. The acappella comedy’s domestic total stands at $125.4 million.

“Tomorrowland” had been expected to generate $40 million over the three-day period and $50 million over the four-day stretch. With a $180 million price tag, Disney faces an uphill climb to profitability. Not helping matters, overseas figures were an underwhelming $26.7 million.

Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis predicted that the film would pick up steam as schools let out, noting it is the only PG-rated release in the month of May.

“The trade off when you’re taking a bit of a chance on a new piece of [intellectual property] is that… it takes audiences a little longer to find a film,” he said, adding, “This one is going to find its audience.”

“Tomorrowland” appears to have been dinted by middling reviews and an overly secretive marketing campaign that left too many plot details under wraps. The film’s opening weekend crowd was 51% male, with adults making up 61% of ticket-buyers and families comprising 30% of customers. It received a mediocre B CinemaScore, indicating mixed word-of-mouth.

Hollis said consumers initially seemed to respond to marketing materials that teased the film’s plot elements while keeping plot information close to the chest, but the studio would comb over exit data to see if the strategy backfired.

“We wanted it to be something that was cool and edgy and mysterious,” he said.

The weekend’s other new wide release, “Poltergeist,” pulled in $23 million from 3,240 locations for the three days and will make roughly $27.7 million for its first four days. The horror remake cost an economical $35 million to produce and was backed by Fox 2000 and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Warner Bros.’ “Mad Max: Fury Road” had a solid hold, adding $23.8 million in its second weekend and pushing its domestic total to $87.3 million. It will do approximately $30 million worth of business over the four-day weekend. Still, with a budget of $150 million, plus promotion and marketing costs, the apocalyptic adventure has a lot of ground left to cover before it pushes into the black.

“Avengers: Age of Ultron” rounded out the top five, with the superhero sequel nabbing $20.9 million and driving its stateside haul to $404.1 million.

Among art house releases, Fox Searchlight’s “Far From the Madding Crowd” expanded from 289 theaters to 865 locations, picking up $2.3 million in the process. The adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel has earned $5.4 million.

The overall box office will likely trail last year’s Memorial Day weekend, when “X-Men: Days of Future Past” opened to $90.8 million, by 19%. It also won’t even crack the top ten Memorial Day weekends of all time.

“All it takes is one big movie to power a Memorial Day weekend, and we didn’t have that,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak.

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[DMczaf]

Time for Happy Feet 3.

 

[Krev]

Time for Happy Feet 3.

Happy Feet 2 bombed.

 

[DMczaf]

Happy Feet 2 bombed.

Time for Babe 3.

 

[Ridley327]

The budget for Tomorrowland is so crazy. I can't imagine what Disney was thinking OK'ing that kind of money for something that's supposed to be aimed at kids.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Time for Babe 3.

Babe: Pig in the City bombed too.

Time for Lorenzo's Oil 2 or Witches of Eastwick 2?

 

[DMczaf]

Babe: Pig in the City bombed too.

Time for Lorenzo's Oil 2.

 

[Ridley327]

Babe: Pig in the City bombed too.

Finally, Lorenzo's Oil 2: The Search for Curly's Gold can happen.

 

[OctoMan]

Seems like terrible numbers all around for a holiday weekend

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Time for Lorenzo's Oil 2.

Lorenzo's Oil tanked too.

Finally, Lorenzo's Oil 2: The Search for Curly's Gold can happen.

I want Lorenzo's Diesel.

 

[DMczaf]

Lorenzo's Oil tanked too.

Has this motherfucker made one successful film? god damn it!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Has this motherfucker made one successful film? god damn it!

Witches of Eastwick.

 

[DMczaf]

Witches of Eastwick.

Alright! Get Cher on the phone.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Look at that ridiculous budget for Tomorrowland.

 

[CassSept]

Mad Max is absolutely amazing and I hate action movies, shame it's bombing.

 

[Jarmel]

Seems like reviews scared people iff from Tomorrowland.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Alright! Get Cher on the phone.

The sequel will be about the daughters from the first film. Nicholson comes back to seduce all of them now.

 

[DMczaf]

Look at that ridiculous budget for Tomorrowland.

Tomorrowland
Production Budget: $190 million

When Disney greenlit this, did they think they were literally building Tomorrowland?

 

[BattleMonkey]

Has this motherfucker made one successful film? god damn it!

Past three mad max films and most of his non sequel films did well.

 

[djplaeskool]

Good lord. Were they expecting Tomorrowland to be profitable?

 

[TheXbox]

Look at that ridiculous budget for Tomorrowland.

Or maybe it was the awful marketing. Glowing reviews didn't do Mad Max any favors.

 

[DMczaf]

The sequel will be about the daughters from the first film. Nicholson comes back to seduce all of them now.

Filming started a couple of years ago apparently.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Pixar directors now 2 for 2 in directing big budget live action bombs for Disney.

Wonder what huge budget film they will give Pete Docter that they can piss away the money with.

 

[A_Gorilla]

Sucks that Tomorrowland might still flop, seems like such a good concept--

*sees it was co-written by Damon Loser*

...

Let it bomb!

 

[Wanderer5]

Well Tomorrowland did a bit better than Lone Ranger and John Carter I guess... Still going to be rough despite not having quite as big of a budget compare to those two, so hope it does pick up some steam.

 

[fanboi]

Mad Max is absolutely amazing and I hate action movies, shame it's bombing.

Wut? Doesnt Mad Max doing great World wide?

 

[ViewtifulJC]

Bombaland

But good news folks, now we'll DEFINITELY get Incredibles 2!

 

[Bobby Roberts]

There is actually a sequel to the book Witches of Eastwick was based on, I believe.

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Or maybe it was the awful marketing. Glowing reviews didn't do Mad Max any favors.

Based on its 2nd week hold due to word of mouth, the trailers hurt Mad Max for its opening weekend.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

There is actually a sequel to the book Witches of Eastwick was based on, I believe.

Yup. It was Updike's final novel. I remember when it came out. I never got around to reading it though.

 

[cartoon_soldier]

Where is MM WW?

 

[Hamlet]

Pretty poor start for Tomorrowland considering it's budget. Good thing Brad Bird has The Incredibles 2 to work on. Decent hold for Mad Max also. Still would have liked a better hold though. I really want those Mad Max sequels.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Mad Max is absolutely amazing and I hate action movies, shame it's bombing.

People use the term 'bomb' too easily.

 

[Wanderer5]

Where is MM WW?

Mojo says $135 million, but they haven't updated this last week's result.

 

[fanboi]

Mojo says $135 million, but they haven't updated this weekend's result.

135 + US numbers? like 215 m?

 

[BobLoblaw]

The budget for Tomorrowland is so crazy. I can't imagine what Disney was thinking OK'ing that kind of money for something that's supposed to be aimed at kids.

My thoughts exactly. Mad Max is already profitable compared to that goddamn.

 

[Wanderer5]

135 + US numbers? like 215 m?

No that was counting US too. Right now it showing that it has $65 million foreign wise.

 

[alfredofroylan]

Look at the bright side folks, this means we won't get a "It's a small world" movie.

 

[MrPink93485]

Mojo says $135 million, but they haven't updated this last week's result.

It's at 124.3 million overseas and 87 million domestically for a total of 212 million

https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/602528914465026048

 

[Wanderer5]

It's at 124.3 million overseas and 87 million domestically for a total of 212 million

https://twitter.com/BoxOffice/status/602528914465026048

Ah, well seems to be on a very good track.

 

[Corpsepyre]

How did Mad Max cost 150 mil? I don't know much about budgeting, but they went 90 % practical and shot most, if not all, in the desert. Compared to the super-high budgeted movies like the Marvel Movies, which are 200 or so Mil. How does this work?

 

[TheSeks]

The budget for Tomorrowland is so crazy. I can't imagine what Disney was thinking OK'ing that kind of money for something that's supposed to be aimed at kids.

Huh. Always throught it was being aimed at teens/adults from the marketing/ads they did.

 

[-Plasma Reus-]

Tomorrowland rotten.
The LindelEffect!

 

[vinnygambini]

Dat Tomorrowland bomba

Ant-man coming up too..... ( ‾ʖ̫&#8254

 

[Wanderer5]

How did Mad Max cost 150 mil? I don't know much about budgeting, but they went 90 % practical and shot most, if not all, in the desert. Compared to the super-high budgeted movies like the Marvel Movies, which are 200 or so Mil. How does this work?

Apparently it had some financial difficulties that ended it being in development hell for some time, so yeah.

 

[Decado]

Ah, well seems to be on a very good track.

So so. Need double that for the film to be considered a success.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

I really wanted to see Tomorrowland but yikes, that reception. Probably going to see Mad Max and Ex Machina instead.

Solid picks, I take it?

 

[True Savior]

It's a shame original big budget movies keep bombing . Watching the trailers (haven't seen the movie) it seems to be a film (Tomorrowland) completely constructed under very strict barriers and conforming to a very specific target audience instead of just letting a director do an original piece , a good quality one and wait that the audience gets attached to it. There's sort of a very strict targeting process that undermines creativity , and this hurts even the original movies.

 

[Wanderer5]

So so. Need double that for the film to be considered a success.

Indeed, but if it still has some good legs for a couple more weeks at least, it could make it for sure.

 

[Ridley327]

How did Mad Max cost 150 mil? I don't know much about budgeting, but they went 90 % practical and shot most, if not all, in the desert. Compared to the super-high budgeted movies like the Marvel Movies, which are 200 or so Mil. How does this work?

Practical effects are still really expensive, especially at the scale that the film utilizes them. Nolan strongly prefers practical effects for his films, and they're still quite expensive.