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[MIMIC]

That crappy first Wolverine movie really turned me off to the new one. I may catch it on cable, but I'm definitely not spending money on it.

 

[kswiston]

Weekend Studio Estimates:

1) The Wolverine - $55M
2) The Conjuring - $22.1M - $84M total
3) Despicable Me 2 - $16M - $306M total
4) Turbo - $13.3M - $56M total
5) Grown Ups 2 - 11.5M - $102M total
6) Red 2 - $9.4M - $35M total
7) Pacifc Rim - $7.5M - $84M total
8) The Heat - $6.8M - $141M total
9) RIPD - $5.8M - $24M total
10) Fruitvale Station - $4.7M - $6.3M total

Estimates are still coming in, so I will edit in the missing values when they are available.

 

[Ripclawe]

soft opening for the Wolverine, that last movie may have turned people off from it.

 

[Spacebar]

soft opening for the Wolverine, that last movie may have turned people off from it.

I thought I read somewhere that it was tracking 70 million opening weekend? I saw it Friday night and it was much better than Origins. It didn't blow me away though.

 

[TrumanBurbank]

Hopefully, The Wolverine is the beginning of good Wolverine films.

 

[kswiston]

Updated Worldwide Totals:

Monsters University:
Domestic: $255,300,000
Foreign: $321,600,000
Worldwide: $576,900,000


The Lone Ranger:
Domestic: $85,300,000
Foreign: $78,600,000
Worldwide: $163,900,000


Star Trek: Into Darkness:
Domestic: $225,600,000
Foreign: $224,600,000
Worldwide: $450,200,000


World War Z:
Domestic: $192,600,000
Foreign: $280,400,000
Worldwide: $473,000,000


Fast and Furious 6:
Domestic: $237,600,000
Foreign: $503,500,000
Worldwide: $741,100,000

 

[spookyfish]

I thought I read somewhere that it was tracking 70 million opening weekend? I saw it Friday night and it was much better than Origins. It didn't blow me away though.

That was based on Thursday night screenings. Friday's earnings were MUCH lower than Fox anticipated. They were thinking mid- to high 30s. It only pulled in 21.

Rothman's shitty decision-making coming home to roost.

 

[Charles Foster Kane]

The Lone Ranger:
Domestic: $85,300,000
Foreign: $78,600,000
Worldwide: $163,900,000

Can Lone Ranger be considered a bigger flop than John Carter? Or was Carter's marketing budget much bigger than Ranger's?

 

[kswiston]

I updated the Weekend Top 10 above with the values that were missing. Despicable Me 2 crossed $300M. Grown Ups 2 crossed $100M.

Can Lone Ranger be considered a bigger flop than John Carter? Or was Carter's marketing budget much bigger than Ranger's?

Maybe? The Lone ranger is going to finish with $100M less worldwide, but John Carter cost more.

 

[strafer]

When will the new thread arrive?

 

[kswiston]

Pacific Rim:
Domestic: $84,026,000
Foreign: $140,000,000
Worldwide: $224,026,000

I guessed $225M as of today on Wednesday or Thursday. Pretty close.

 

[OnFire331]

Not a sharp drop from last week's foreign numbers. It's still has yet to open in China and Japan, too.

edit: Beaten on PR numbers.

 

[Ripclawe]

Can Lone Ranger be considered a bigger flop than John Carter? Or was Carter's marketing budget much bigger than Ranger's?

carter loss was 200+ million, Lone max should be around 150 Million

 

[Anth0ny]

Despicable Me 2 > Man of Steel after this weekend?

Second only to Iron Man 3 for highest grossing movie of the year, I believe.

 

[Forkball]

Conjuring will make more money domestically than Pacific Rim.

Let that sink in.

 

[Alrus]

The Conjuring's numbers are pretty insane. It's on pace to be one of the highest grossing R rated horror movie in recent times.

Despicable Me 2 > Man of Steel after this weekend?

Second only to Iron Man 3 for highest grossing movie of the year, I believe.

Fast Six is at 740m. .

 

[JdFoX187]

Can't believe World War Z actually salvaged its box office run. Any word on whether Paramount is moving forward with a sequel? I wasn't all that impressed, but there are some good ideas and Brad Pitt has talked about mining the book for more.

 

[Anth0ny]

Fast Six is at 740m. .

oh shit!

I'm so okay with that ^_^

 

[T'Zariah]

Conjuring will make more money domestically than Pacific Rim.

Let that sink in.

Not very surprising.

PR was awful.

 

[Blablurn]

Pacific Rim:
Domestic: $84,026,000
Foreign: $140,000,000
Worldwide: $224,026,000

I guessed $225M as of today on Wednesday or Thursday. Pretty close.

woop woop, 200m crossed!

 

[kswiston]

The Wolverine:
Domestic: $55,000,000
Foreign: $86,100,000
Worldwide: $141,100,000


Despicable Me 2:
Domestic: $306,400,000
Foreign: $354,500,000
Worldwide: $660,900,000


R.I.P.D.:
Domestic: $24,400,000
Foreign: $12,700,000
Worldwide: $37,100,000

 

[strafer]

Poor RIPDPD

 

[demosthenes]

Hope good word of mouth helps Wolverine to wash the taste of Origins out of peoples mouths.

 

[pestul]

Conjuring will make more money domestically than Pacific Rim.

Let that sink in.

Not very difficult to imagine. The Conjuring is a great horror movie whereas PR was middling..

 

[Ninja Scooter]

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[iammeiam]

World War Z:
Domestic: $192,600,000
Foreign: $280,400,000
Worldwide: $473,000,000

This is easily the biggest surprise for me--they're going to actually break even or squeak out a profit on that production mess, aren't they? The movie itself wasn't bad, but everything leading up to it had me convinced it would bomb anyway.

 

[Discotheque]

Conjuring will make more money domestically than Pacific Rim.

Let that sink in.

it's also a better film than pacific rim

let that sink in

 

[Inferno313]

At first glance that seems like a solid opening take for Wolverine, but when you look at what stuff like Iron Man, Batman and even Man of Steel pulled in, I wonder if Fox is concerned that they have essentially taken one of the most popular comic characters on the planet and turned him into a B-tier superhero franchise. A Wolverine done right should be pulling in huge numbers, no? I know people hate reboots but maybe it's time to move on from Jackman.

I feel like its more of a response to the first Wolverine movie, similarly how Batman Begins box-office was hurt by people's memory of Batman and Robin.