It can't miss $100M, so I guess it doesn't really matter?
T5 has no shot at $158M. Beyond will already be ahead of Transformers after 2 weekends.
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Wkd BO 0623-2517 - Transformers snore than meets the eye, Woman keeps up with Cars
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It can't miss $100M, so I guess it doesn't really matter?
T5 has no shot at $158M. Beyond will already be ahead of Transformers after 2 weekends.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
Like I said, this was inevitable for the Transformers franchise.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Then TF5 joins the illustrious list of Independence Day 2, Alice 2, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, Prince Caspian, and Jaws 2. That is, films that dropped 50% or more from a $200M grossing predecessor.
Obliterator
Member
Holy shit. How the mighty have fallen.
You can only make so many poor films in a row before audiences start catching on
ratcliffja
Member
I liked Prince Caspian a lot. That's a shame.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Holy shit
Obliterator
Member
Same. I liked that film quite a bit.
Bummer the Narnia movies never really caught on. (Though the only one I think was really good was Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe)
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Turns out you can make four.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
I remember that as one of the most baffling BO performances I've ever personally witnessed. Most people thought it'd make $300M and be a contender for the top film of the summer.
Turns out not releasing it in December was a terrible idea. Also not bright: putting it one week before Indiana Jones 4.
All of those were sequels to original movies. How often do we see this happen in established series with no huge gaps between films?
The Matrix Revolutions also fell about 50%, but at least it was sort of in line with the first film. TF5 misses every film in the series by 50% or more.
Goddamn
Obliterator
Member
Oh no doubt overall the franchise has been a huge success.
I just mean they could only keep this going at it's current quality for so long before audiences got tired / bored with the formula. At some point you gotta actually deliver a good product
Caspian got sandwiched between Iron Man 1 and Indy 4. Both films had Top 10 of all time opening weekends (Indy bumped Iron Man out of the #10 slot). At their peaks, Iron Man was #19 on the all time domestic list and Indy was #21. That was a bit of a rough break for Caspian.
EDIT: Speed Racer was also thrown into that particular meat grinder.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
You're right, that one was sooooo close (50.5% drop-off) that I missed it.
If we expand the criteria to include $100M films, there's a few: Rocky 5 saw it's gross drop to $40M compared to the 4th's $127M, with only five years between the two. Last year's Ice Age dropped 60%
I guess #5 really is one of those "nah, we're done with your bullshit" markers!
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Is there a way to sort box office results by running time? The last page made me wonder how many sub-90 minute successful blockbusters there are, and I can't think of any.
BronsonLee
Member
Most movies are 90 minutes at minimum though
I assume you mean live action. Because the Lion King is 89 minutes long.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Oh yeah, I meant live action.
Cloverfield is 84 minutes. Zombieland is 81 minutes. Both were over $75M domestic on smaller budgets. I can't think of any blockbuster sized films.
EDIT: Borat made $128M. It's 84 mins.
EDIT 2: Liar Liar was 86 mins and made $181M domestic.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Gravity: 91 minutes
Men in Black 2: 88 minutes (what a shit movie)
Rush Hour 2: 90 minutes
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: 88 minutes
Nothing else is jumping out at me in the top 200 as shorter
Men in Black 2: 88 minutes (what a shit movie)
Rush Hour 2: 90 minutes
Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: 88 minutes
Nothing else is jumping out at me in the top 200 as shorter
I'm surprised that Gravity was so short. It didn't feel that way at the time.
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Cool, thanks for the help guys. So I probably wasn't wrong to feel dropping under 90 is a bad sign.
Dash_Riprock
Member
You guys can't imagine the grin on my face right now...
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Discotheque
Banned
Awesome. Was worried it would flop. Dude needs to keep up his original work. Always a fun as hell time
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
Big Sick showing was full. Opening night for a critical darling on a limited release, so maybe doesn't mean much. But it's great and I hope it does well.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
That's now twice this week I've been surprised at the runtimes of films I've already watched. Gravity with 91 minutes and the first Harry Potter at 152 minutes (was it really that long?)
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Fault in Our Stars/Divergent Star, along with great reviews paves the way.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Chamber Secrets was even longer, clocking in at 161 minutes.
I somehow didn't mind this as a kid, but rewatching it when the finale came out, I definitely noticed how much of a slog it is. Almost certainly the weakest film of the bunch too.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
Excellent number for Baby Driver.
The House is, predictably, a complete disaster.
The House is, predictably, a complete disaster.
StopMakingSense
Member
It makes sense if you think of it as a 3-d animated film.
MrPink93485
Member
60 is locked after a 7.5 mil Friday.
100 is feasible but I'd guess a total around John Wick 2?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
No. His highest was The World's End at #4.
Damn. Say what you want about the DCEU and the quality of the films but when you see these numbers you understand why WB is ramping up to release 3 films per year.
Baby Driver is bangin'.
Wonder Woman passing BvS.
All is right in the box office world.
They got lucky that no one cared about The House.
Wonder Woman passing BvS.
All is right in the box office world.
They got lucky that no one cared about The House.
hodayathink
Member
Nah, just like Rough Night, that first trailer landed with a thud, so it was pretty obvious at that point it wasn't going to set the world on fire. Not that that makes this a great choice, but it didn't take a whole lot of foresight to see that The House wasn't going to be competition. The actual problem with this release date is the back to back to back weekends of Homecoming, Apes, and Dunkirk meaning that it's going to get pretty crowded at the theaters in terms of screens, and it might hurt the legs of the movie a bit. That and the possibility of Transformers overshadowing it's opening weekend (which is where they got lucky).
Claude Augario
Member
I've seen commercials for The House all week and I still don't know what it's about, and I guess the snippets were supposed to be funny? I think I got a glimpse of Amy Poehler in there somewhere too.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
The real problem was making a comedy called The House and not casting Hugh Laurie.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
As long as The House 2 has John Ratzenberger in it, I will be happy.