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49% San Andreas

66% Pitch Perfect 2

49% Tomorrowland

98% Mad Max: Fury Road

74% Avengers: Age of Ultron

17% Aloha

metacritic:

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‘San Andreas’ Soars to $53.2 Million Opening

Dwayne Johnson’s “San Andreas” has delivered a dominating $53.2 million opening weekend at 3,777 U.S. locations, soaring past recent forecasts of a $40 million launch for the Warner Bros.-New Line 3D disaster pic.

“San Andreas” took in more than five times as much as the $10 million opening of Sony’s romantic comedy “Aloha,” which arrived at 2,815 sites amid extensive negative buzz — despite the starpower of Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone and Rachel McAdams. Sony distribution chief Rory Bruer noted that “Aloha” received a B+ CinemaScore among adults 25-34; the audience was 64% female with 57% of the audience over 30.

“San Andreas” underlines Johnson’s drawing power in the wake of being a key component of Universal’s “Furious 7″ and its $1.5 billion worldwide gross. He’s been front and center in the promotion for “San Andreas,” where he plays a heroic helicopter pilot seeking to rescue his daughter, played by Alexandra Daddario, amid the rubble of a mega-quake.

Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst at Rentrak, noted that “San Andreas” gained momentum throughout the weekend due to the film delivering what he called “pure popcorn movie excitement.”

“Johnson is clearly one of the most bankable stars working today,” he added. “Johnson’s versatility, charisma, humor and his imposing physical presence on the big screen has made him the go-to guy for filmmakers looking to ratchet up the excitement level and drawing power of their films.”

“San Andreas,” which also stars Carla Gugino and Paul Giamatti, earned an impressive A- CinemaScore from audiences, with 70% coming from the over-25 demo. Dan Fellman, Warner’s domestic distribution chief, said Johnson deserves much of the credit.

“He’s a four-quadrant, larger-than-life movie star,” Fellman said. “This is going to have great legs.”

Village Roadshow Pictures co-financed and co-produced “San Andreas” with Warners for $110 million, with most of the film lensing in Australia to take advantage of government incentives.

Universal’s third weekend of “Pitch Perfect 2″ led the rest of the pack, finishing with $14.8 million at 3,660 locations. The comedy sequel, which carries a modest $29 million price tag, has outperformed expectations with a total of $147.5 million in 17 days in the U.S. with another $80 million-plus internationally.

Disney’s second frame of George Clooney’s “Tomorrowland” finished at a close third with $13.8 million for a $63.2 million 10-day total. The high-priced fantasy, with a $180 million budget, isn’t showing much traction with a 58% decline from its opening weekend.

On the foreign front, “Tomorrowland” hasn’t dazzled either. It took in $29.3 million from 75 markets, including $13.8 million from its first six days in China, to lift international grosses to $70 million.

“Tomorrowland” edged Warner’s third weekend of “Mad Max: Fury Road,” which motored to $13.6 million at 3,255 sites. The Tom Hardy-Charlize Theron tentpole declined 45% and has totaled $115.9 million in the U.S in 17 days.

Disney-Marvel’s fifth weekend of “Avengers: Age of Ultron” finished fifth, ahead of “Aloha,” with $10.9 million at 3,228 sites, declining 50%. The tentpole has hit $427.1 million — passing “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” for the 10th spot on the all-time list of top domestic grossers.

“Ultron” took in $17.6 million overseas to push its international total to $894 million and its worldwide take to $1.32 billion, the sixth highest total of all time.

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[Bobby Roberts]

Furious 7 finally dropped out of the domestic top 10. Nice run.

 

[a secret-boss]

Really wished MM was on third
Which was during the weekday BO

 

[Broken Joystick]

F7 chasing Avengers 2012 money

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Nice thanks again for posting!

Any indication on budget for San Andreas?

 

[jmood88]

Man, just imagine how bad Aloha would've done had they cast an Asian actress in the role of an Asian person.

 

[Frank Serpico]

Is this the first huge hit of Rock's career where he's carrying the movie on his own?

Man, just imagine how bad Aloha would've done had they cast an Asian actress in the role of an Asian person.

For as "liberal" as Hollywood claims to be, the typecasting of minorities still going on today is pathetic.

 

[xaosslug]

Nice thanks again for posting!

Any indication on budget for San Andreas?

'a little more than $100 million' according to Forbes.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Is that a good hold for Mad Max? It looks like a decent hold on the surface, but I don't really know,

What are the chances of it hitting $150 if it stays on its current trajectory?

 

[FTF]

Really wished MM was on third
Which was during the weekday BO

It'll jump to third tomorrow with actuals.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

didn't know Pitch Perfect ADDED an extra 100 theaters.

That movie was expected to do pretty damned well, but this has to be exceeding expectations.

 

[Slayven]

Who OKed all that money for Tomorrowland and the stupid marketing?

 

[Kusagari]

I'm hesitant to attribute too much of SA's success to The Rock.

Disaster movies always make bank.

 

[StoopKid]

Always nice to see the great one winning!

 

[Donos]

Is this the first huge hit of Rock's career where he's carrying the movie on his own?

wasn't gridiron gang rather a success? (ok team was the star and not he alone).

Was opened welcome to the jungle?

 

[mreddie]

 

[xaosslug]

I'm hesitant to attribute too much of SA's success to The Rock.

Disaster movies always make bank.

i think we can safely assume there is a bit of good-will spillover from Furious 7.

 

[Mimosa97]

That Tomorrowland bomba ... woaaaah ...

Big budget movies starring Clooney always do very poorly. I wonder why they cast him. Makes no sense.

 

[Vanillalite]

Dat Tomorrowland

 

[berzeli]

I'd like to think Warner is smart enough to know that a Mad Max sequel would have a smaller budget and a higher ceiling due to Fury Road.

I also wonder if they should just go PG-13. Miller didn't need dat R

This is essentially quoting in order carrying over the Mad Max discussion in general from the old thread;

I thought it was well known that Fury Road had a troubled production? I think that a sequel will be greenlit if Warner are confident that the budget won't spiral, not sure how much PG-13 would help the franchise so that factor is an unknown for me.

Nice thanks again for posting!

Any indication on budget for San Andreas?

Deadline reported 110 million $ which seems accurate enough.

 

[Abounder]

I hope theaters drop Tomorrowland in favor of Mad Max.

 

[Barrage]

I wonder how much The Rock makes per picture at this point.

The perception (before this) was that he couldn't open a hit solo, yet he's in so many hits. Shot in the dark, but I think F7 plus this means he could as for 20 Million/movie now (if he wasn't already getting that).

 

[ogbg]

Is that a good hold for Mad Max? It looks like a decent hold on the surface, but I don't really know,

What are the chances of it hitting $150 if it stays on its current trajectory?

Yeah it's a good hold. If its trajectory continues (-45% w/e to w/e, -39% week to week) it will make $163M domestic in 15 weeks.

 

[xaosslug]

That Tomorrowland bomba ... woaaaah ...

Big budget movies starring Clooney always do very poorly. I wonder why they cast him. Makes no sense.

he's like the male version of Angelina Jolie in that his name carries a lot of weight + hype, except he NEVER delivers commercially.

 

[FTF]

That Tomorrowland bomba ... woaaaah ...

Big budget movies starring Clooney always do very poorly. I wonder why they cast him. Makes no sense.

This is actually his first big budget movie that's bombed.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?view=Actor&id=georgeclooney.htm

 

[G-Fex]

 

[Slayven]

I'm hesitant to attribute too much of SA's success to The Rock.

Disaster movies always make bank.

Time for another Posiden Adventure remake

 

[ogbg]

I thought it was well known that Fury Road had a troubled production? I think that a sequel will be greenlit if Warner are confident that the budget won't spiral, not sure how much PG-13 would help the franchise so that factor is an unknown for me.

Yeah, I can't imagine how much they wasted on 3 years of R&D for an original prototype 3D camera rig

 

[Vanillalite]

 

[NotLiquid]

How's Furious 7 vs Avengers 1 looking?

 

[Animator]

Aloha tanked hard but between international and blu ray sales it will probably break even since it has a est 40 mil budget.

Happy that San Andreas is on top, I enjoyed the movie a lot.

 

[guek]

How's Furious 7 vs Avengers 1 looking?

It's 12 mil behind. I think it'll catch it. AoU will settle at the #5 BO gross WW, supplanting Deathly Hallows pt 2

 

[TacticalFox88]

How's Furious 7 vs Avengers 1 looking?

It'll catch it.

Barely.

But it'll catch it.

Fucking bananas.

 

[Blablurn]

pitch perfect 2 made 150m?

holy shit

i liked it btw

but the songs in the first movie were better

 

[Penguin]

Kingsman still hanging in there!

 

[teruterubozu]

Aloha tanked hard but between international and blu ray sales it will probably break even since it has a est 40 mil budget.

Not surprising after the leaked Sony e-mails called the movie "dogshit." I bet it'll be on Netflix in a few months.

 

[Miles Quaritch]

Yeah it's a good hold. If its trajectory continues (-45% w/e to w/e, -39% week to week) it will make $163M domestic in 15 weeks.

Fantastic news.

It deserves every single bit of success it gets, such an incredible movie. I've seen three times already and feel I could go another three easily before I even get slightly tired of watching it.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

'a little more than $100 million' according to Forbes.

Deadline reported 110 million $ which seems accurate enough.

Thanks everyone

Well then it will make it money back soon enough.

 

[kswiston]

Worldwide Updates:

Furious 7 - $1.506B
Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.321B
Pitch Perfect - $228M
Tomorrowland - $133M
Cinderella - $532M
Home - $369M
Maze Runner - $346M

 

[ReturnOfTheRAT]

Kingsman still hanging in there!

It finally left the AMC Metreon. Now it's at some random $4 theaters.

 

[ChaosXVI]

Mad Max was so good, just saw it this weekend...really deserves to make more money.

 

[ogbg]

Fantastic news.

It deserves every single bit of success it gets, such an incredible movie. I've seen three times already and feel I could go another three easily before I even get slightly tired of watching it.

Maintaining the -39% week to week is a big 'if' obviously. $163M would be the upper end of the estimate.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

Why does Mojo shows the budget for MMFR as 150M, but boxoffice.com shows it as 210M?

 

[Lebron]

Go back to animated features, Brad.

 

[ogbg]

Why does Mojo shows the budget for MMFR as 150M, but boxoffice.com shows it as 210M?

boxoffice.com is probably including marketing

 

[Vanillalite]

Worldwide Updates:

Furious 7 - $1.506B
Avengers: Age of Ultron - $1.321B
Pitch Perfect - $228M
Tomorrowland - $133M
Cinderella - $532M
Home - $369M
Maze Runner - $346M

Tomorrowland was $160 mill for production right?

I hate that Tomorrowland bombing obviously effected the next Tron movie.

 

[kswiston]

Yeah it's a good hold. If its trajectory continues (-45% w/e to w/e, -39% week to week) it will make $163M domestic in 15 weeks.

Mad Max won't make it 15 weeks outside of some second run theatres.

Also, we're only on week 3. Lets see if it makes it through Jurassic World's opening without taking a 50-60% drop before forecasting late legs. I think $150M will happen though.

 

[teruterubozu]

Aloha also means goodbye so yeah, thread title is a bit redundant.

 

[Slayven]

Aloha also means goodbye so yeah, thread title is a bit redundant.

Emma Stone is 1/124 asian

 

[jtb]

I'm surprised Aloha even made that much money. I was expecting Blackhat-level bomb.