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Wkd Box Office 11•06-08•15 - Bond shaken not stirred by deez peanuts, phresh top 5

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62% Spectre
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82% The Peanuts Movie
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93% The Martian
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92% Bridge of Spies

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Box Office: ‘Spectre’ Tops ‘The Peanuts Movie’ With $73 Million

James Bond and Charlie Brown brought the box office roaring back to life, as “Spectre” and “The Peanuts Movie” attracted big crowds over their opening weekends.

“Spectre,” the latest 007 adventure, took first place, debuting to $73 million from 3,929 theaters — a hefty figure and the second highest in series history, but one that nevertheless trails the launch of “Skyfall.” The previous film in the long-running franchise bowed to $88.4 million, but had better reviews and benefited from being the only new wide-release in its opening weekend. Going into the weekend, tracking suggested that the film would debut to $80 million, but the strength of “The Peanuts Movie” and some critical grousing may have depressed ticket sales slightly.

Internationally, however, “Spectre” remains a juggernaut, pulling in $200 million and pushing its worldwide total to more than $300 million after two weeks in release. With a production budget of $250 million and millions more in marketing costs, “Spectre” has to pull in $650 million globally to break even.

It’s a time of transition for Bond. Daniel Craig, who was praised by critics for injecting an emotional depth and danger to the character, has hinted this is his last time playing the role. The search for a replacement has already triggered frenzied speculation about who can take over the series. And Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Eon Productions are weighing distribution offers. Sony’s deal to distribute the Bond films expires with “Spectre,” and though the studio is expected to make a bid to keep the series, other suitors, such as Warner Bros. and Paramount, will aggressively pursue the rights to the franchise.

While older audiences flocked to see the martini-swilling spy, Fox’s “The Peanuts Movie” appealed to families. The adaptation of Charles Schulz’s beloved comic strip racked up $45 million across 3,897 screens. It cost $100 million to make and was produced by Blue Sky, the creative force behind the “Ice Age” series.

On the limited release front, Open Road capitalized on Oscar buzz for “Spotlight.” The look at the Boston Globe’s investigation of the Catholic Church sexual abuse scandal picked up $302,276 from five theaters. That’s a healthy per-screen average of $60,545.

The film will gradually expand in the coming weeks and hopes to be in more than 500 theaters heading into Thanksgiving.

“There were multiple sell outs in every theater, every day this weekend,” said Jason Cassidy, chief marketing officer at Open Road. “The had to add showtimes.”

Bleecker Street opened “Trumbo,” a biopic about Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo with Bryan Cranston, in five theaters. It picked up $77,229 for a per-screen average of $15,445, and will expand into Chicago, Boston, Washington D.C., Phoenix, San Francisco, and Palm Springs.

“We’re prepared for the long run,” said Jack Foley, distribution head at Bleecker Street. “The plan is to go wide at Thanksgiving and then play out from there.”
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Hoping for a dip in box office receipts for Spectre compared to Skyfall. It's the only way we'll get change. Quantum of Solace was pretty flat (maybe even a slight regression, I can't recall) from Casino Royale, and EON shook it up. Hopefully the same will be true here.
 
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Solo said:
Hoping for a dip in box office receipts for Spectre compared to Skyfall. It's the only way we'll get change. Quantum of Solace was pretty flat (maybe even a slight regression, I can't recall) from Casino Royale, and EON shook it up. Hopefully the same will be true here.
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Is it dipping in the other markets though? US for Bond isn't their main market. I know it is doing better than Skyfall in the UK.
 
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Solo

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Cheebo said:
Is it dipping in the other markets though? US for Bond isn't their main market. I know it is doing better than Skyfall in the UK.
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I just feel like with the critical and fan reaction being very divisive, unlike Skyfall, repeat viewings arent going to be there and thus the legs arent going to be there.
 
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Anth0ny

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Nice numbers for Peanuts and Bond. I expect Bond to go way down thanks to word of mouth, and Peanuts to have good legs for that same reason.
 
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Calm waterfall

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300 million in 2 weeks, and Spectre needs 650 million to be profitable. 650 million will be easily achieved. Peanuts has a good opening too.
 
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The Dutch Slayer said:
pfffff $650 million to make up for total cost of specture insane :O
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According to the Sony leak, MiB3 lost money at ~$650 million WW, and ASM2 barely made money at $700 million. If you ever spend that much on production plus marketing, the hope is obviously to be a billion dollar film with $300 million domestic.
 
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ZoddGutts

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There's no competition for the kids/family movie demographic till Dinosaur (Pixar) comes out in 3 weeks right? Peanuts should hold up well hopefully.
 
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Ridley327

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ZoddGutts said:
There's no competition for the kids/family movie demographic till Dinosaur (Pixar) comes out in 3 weeks right? Peanuts should hold up well hopefully.
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That sounds about right. I don't know what it'll do worldwide, but Peanuts should definitely keep the steam going in the US just because of how much of an institution the comic and the TV specials are for Americans, young and old.
 
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Mrbob

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Spectre under performed against expectations.

The Intern did much better than I anticipated.

Also, guess the announcement of Ghost Dimension being the last PA didn't spark any extra interest. Franchise would have been done either way.
 
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vinnygambini

Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
I don't think Spectre will have a good multiplier in the long run - seems like people are not as enthused as they were for a Bond film.

Side note, Paranormal Activity is having decent legs albeit a lower theatrical gross.
 
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ryutaro's mama

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Peanuts was great. 1 hour and a half of fanservice for my younger self. All the voice casting was great, sans maybe PP. I liked it a lot.

Although, opening with an Ice Age short was weird af.
 
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Skelter

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Huh, Bridge of Spies is that good? The trailers looked terrible but it's Tom Hanks and didn't the Coen Brothers help write the movie?

What did GAF think?

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The feel when a movie with Rob Van Dam does better than yours

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Slayven

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Spork4000 said:
Yeah it's pretty amazing. This has to be close to the lowest grossing wide release in history. I mean the last movie on that list didn't even make $600, one person on the planet probably saw Jem this weekend and it's only it's third week of wide release.
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According to Kwinstion PHD creator of the Jem Math technique. Movie theaters would lose less money if they shut down theaters, turn off the AC, and sent people home than if they showed the movie.
 
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duckroll

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Kinda surprising how Crimson Peak and Steve Jobs totally tanked even with super low budgets. What happened there? Lack of marketing?
 
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Slayven

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duckroll said:
Kinda surprising how Crimson Peak and Steve Jobs totally tanked even with super low budgets. What happened there? Lack of marketing?
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Steve Jobs had tons of marketing, but at the wrong time. They blew they nut when it was only limited release. By the time it was in wide release no one gave a shit
 
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Calm waterfall

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A very horrible year for WB

1 American Sniper WB $348,797,073 3,885 $350,126,372 99.6% 12/25/14
2 San Andreas WB $155,190,832 3,812 $155,190,832 100.0% 5/29/15
3 Mad Max: Fury Road WB $153,636,354 3,722 $153,636,354 100.0% 5/15/15
4 Get Hard WB $90,411,453 3,212 $90,411,453 100.0% 3/27/15
5 The Intern WB $68,562,024 3,320 $71,407,251 96.0% 9/25/15
6 Magic Mike XXL WB $66,013,057 3,376 $66,013,057 100.0% 7/1/15
7 The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies WB $65,570,462 3,875 $255,119,788 25.7% 12/17/14
8 Black Mass WB $61,853,408 3,188 $61,985,346 99.8% 9/18/15
9 Vacation WB (NL) $58,884,188 3,430 $58,884,188 100.0% 7/29/15
10 Focus (2015) WB $53,862,963 3,323 $53,862,963 100.0% 2/27/15
11 Jupiter Ascending WB $47,387,723 3,181 $47,387,723 100.0% 2/6/15
12 The Man From U.N.C.L.E. WB $45,445,109 3,673 $45,445,109 100.0% 8/14/15
13 Max (2015) WB $42,656,255 2,870 $42,656,255 100.0% 6/26/15
14 Hot Pursuit WB $34,580,201 3,037 $34,580,201 100.0% 5/8/15
15 Entourage WB $32,363,404 3,108 $32,363,404 100.0% 6/3/15
16 Pan WB $31,860,941 3,515 $32,371,350 98.4% 10/9/15
17 Run All Night WB $26,461,644 3,171 $26,461,644 100.0% 3/13/15
18 The Gallows WB (NL) $22,764,410 2,720 $22,764,410 100.0% 7/10/15
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http://www.boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?yr=2015&view=company&studio=wb-newline.htm
 
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