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[BumRush]

Looking at release dates and after this insane string of films ending with Dunkirk, the BO dies down hard for a month or so.

Are we a year or two from seeing August become another massive release month?

 

[……forgetit]

I'm never sure on foreign take. What percentage of TF overseas gross can Paramount expect to see?

 

[J_Viper]

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.

It's too bad that if JL is a hit, they have no other films to capitalize on that until December of next year

 

[kswiston]

Looks like Rth dropped Baby Driver down to $6.5M and Deadline is saying $5.7M

Both of those are still decent, but not as excitingly breakout.

I didn't comment last night, but $4.7M for Transformers is stronger than the early reports. Wonder Woman might have to settle for #4.

 

[gamz]

Looks like Rth dropped Baby Driver down to $6.5M and Deadline is saying $5.7M

Both of those are still decent, but not as excitingly breakout.

I didn't comment last night, but $4.7M for Transformers is stronger than the early reports. Wonder Woman might have to settle for #4.

Is WW going to break 700M WW this weekend?

 

[Sulik2]

Looking at release dates and after this insane string of films ending with Dunkirk, the BO dies down hard for a month or so.

Are we a year or two from seeing August become another massive release month?

The first guardians success should have already taught studios that August is viable and they should have already been using it more.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Has Michael Bay come out with another "haters gonna hate" style remark yet?

 

[kswiston]

Looking at release dates and after this insane string of films ending with Dunkirk, the BO dies down hard for a month or so.

Are we a year or two from seeing August become another massive release month?

Studios will eventually have to push into August on a more regular basis. August 2018 looks stronger than this year, but nothing strikes me as Suicide Squad/GOTG big. Too many films are unannounced for 2019/2020 to judge.

Is WW going to break 700M WW this weekend?

Yes. Mojo hasn't updated the foreign gross all week, but Wonder Woman should at least be past $675M as of Thursday. Maybe $680M. The domestic Weekend will be $15M, give or take $1M.

 

[Random Human]

Has Michael Bay come out with another "haters gonna hate" style remark yet?

I don't think you can do that anymore with these sort of returns.

 

[Bobby Roberts]

I don't think you can do that anymore with these sort of returns.

 

[M.W.]

What happened here?

 

[Bobby Roberts]

He was supposed to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions. Started to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions.

Froze up.

Walked off.

Exploded.

 

[Lima]

What about the curve?


That shit was legendary.

 

[Toa TAK]

I should've known the gif would end in an explosion.

 

[b&jy77VjiKn$#F]

He was supposed to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions. Started to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions.

Froze up.

Walked off.

Exploded.

Didn't someone ask him about his career or something?

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

What happened here?

Samsung tv demonstration. Teleprompter failed and he bounced.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

He was supposed to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions. Started to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions.

Froze up.

Walked off.

Exploded.

In slow motion?

 

[BumRush]

He was supposed to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions. Started to talk about Ultra Hi-Def televisions.

Froze up.

Walked off.

Exploded.

Looooool

 

[kswiston]

Friday Studio Estimates:

1) Despicable Me 3 - $29.2M
2) Baby Driver - $6.0M - $15M total
3) Transformers 5 - $4.9M (-64%) - $90M total
4) Wonder Woman - $4.35M (-41%) - $345M total
5) The House - $3.4M
6) Cars 3 - $3.0M (-61%) - $114 total
7) 47 Meters Down - $1.4M (-41%) - $29M total
8) The Beguiled - $1.0M from 674 venues
9) The Mummy - $770k (-56%) - $72M total
10) Pirates of the Caribbean 5 - $725k (-57%) - $164M total
11) Guardians of the Galaxy 2 - $410k (-54%) - $382M total


EDIT GotG2 is starting to slow down. $390M might be difficult unless Disney does a re-expansion at some point. This puts the race between it and Wonder Woman in contention. Next week will be pretty crucial.

 

[Blackhead]

Nimona movie will release 14/2 2020.

0_O

 

[Bobby Roberts]

Still waiting on Transformers.

"Fred, how about we try this"
"I'm all ears"
"How about... we just don't report anything."
"We can't do that"
"Sure we can! They'll just forget about it after a day or so."
"Hmm. You might be onto something. I'll run it past Mike"
"Where'd he go"
"I think he ducked behind that TV over there and exploded?"

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

TF5 - $4.9M

Cars 3 got so completely destroyed this weekend. Why does Disney continue to release Pixar films in the mid June slot? lol

 

[Lima]

TF5 - $4.9M

Cars 3 got so completely destroyed this weekend. Why does Disney continue to release Pixar films in the mid June slot? lol

So they can release them in September in Germany. FeelsBadMan

 

[kswiston]

TF5 - $4.9M

Cars 3 got so completely destroyed this weekend. Why does Disney continue to release Pixar films in the mid June slot? lol

They refuse to acknowledge that Illumination is a threat, and want that Father's day slot I guess.

Incredibles 2 gets a break next year.

 

[BumRush]

TF5 - $4.9M

Cars 3 got so completely destroyed this weekend. Why does Disney continue to release Pixar films in the mid June slot? lol

*Insert 1,000th post about Cars merchandise here*

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

The House is going to have the lowest debut of any wide release starring Will Ferrell since 2000. For leading roles, it is his worst ever.

If there's going to be an R rated comedy breakout this summer, the only option left is Girls Trip.

 

[PhoncipleBone]

The House is going to have the lowest debut of any wide release starring Will Ferrell since 2000. For leading roles, it is his worst ever.

If there's going to be an R rated comedy breakout this summer, the only option left is Girls Trip.

So what you are saying is there will not be a breakout R rated comedy this summer?

 

[Schlorgan]

I hope Justin Lin is waiting outside of the Paramount Executive Offices showing them the T5 numbers to convince them to give him Star Trek.

Spoiler

He could adapt the comic set after Beyond where the Borg show up and they have to do a Best of Both Worlds with Spock.

 

[kswiston]

It looks like DM3 is down from Minions everywhere. $1B is in serious doubt, and there's an outside chance that GotG2 will win the summer worldwide.

This could end up being the first summer without a $1B+ film since 2009.

 

[Obliterator]

The House is going to have the lowest debut of any wide release starring Will Ferrell since 2000. For leading roles, it is his worst ever.

If there's going to be an R rated comedy breakout this summer, the only option left is Girls Trip.

Yeah it seems the R rated or "raunchy" comedies are really struggling this year.

I guess none of them have just had a strong enough hook to really pull audiences in?

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Good. The movies were shit since DM2

 

[FTF]

It looks like DM3 is down from Minions everywhere. $1B is in serious doubt, and there's an outside chance that GotG2 will win the summer worldwide.

This could end up being the first summer without a $1B+ film since 2009.

There's a slight chance Spider-Man wins the summer WW...also, last Apes did $710m ww, so that also has a very slight chance.

 

[Obliterator]

There's a slight chance Spider-Man wins the summer WW...also, last Apes did $710m ww, so that also has a very slight chance.

I think Spidey will be the one to watch vs Guardians 2.

Have a feeling Apes will be down from the last film at least domestically.

 

[BumRush]

It looks like DM3 is down from Minions everywhere. $1B is in serious doubt, and there's an outside chance that GotG2 will win the summer worldwide.

This could end up being the first summer without a $1B+ film since 2009.

Wow, I expected DM to clean up

 

[FTF]

I think Spidey will be the one to watch vs Guardians 2.

Have a feeling Apes will be down from the last film at least domestically.

Yeah, sandwiched between Spidey and Dunkirk does Apes no favors.

 

[Obliterator]

Yeah, sandwiched between Spidey and Dunkirk does Apes no favors.

I like the earlier analogy that was being used comparing it to Stat Trek Beyond. Well reviewed but it just doesn't seem to be grabbing the spotlight to larger audiences (at least my impression) in the build up so far. I'm not seeing a ton of buzz for it.

I mean I hope it does big numbers, this trilogy has been amazing I just get the vibe it's gonna underperform a bit

 

[jett]

If The Last Knight does indeed have a $14M weekend, the same legs as Age of Extinction after this weekend will give it a domestic total of $125M.

Here's how long it took the previous films to clear $125M domestic.

Transformers - 5 days
Revenge of the Fallen - 3 days
Dark of the Moon - 4 days
Age of Extinction - 6 days

Time for this franchise to die.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

So what you are saying is there will not be a breakout R rated comedy this summer?

Slayven is gonna get ya for this one.

It looks like DM3 is down from Minions everywhere. $1B is in serious doubt, and there's an outside chance that GotG2 will win the summer worldwide.

This could end up being the first summer without a $1B+ film since 2009.

If that happens, this will be the first summer without a $900M WW gross since 2005. Harry Potter kept that going for 2009 and 2007.

It's pretty crazy how much Fate of the Furious and Beauty and the Beast humble the summer releases this year.

Yeah it seems the R rated or "raunchy" comedies are really struggling this year.

I guess none of them have just had a strong enough hook to really pull audiences in?

They've all gotten pretty terrible reviews, but even then, Rough Night and The House opening to $8M is just shockingly bad.

It will be interesting to see if the Girls Trip trailer betting the farm on Jada Pinkett Smith taking a piss in the middle of Bourbon Street will pay off.

 

[Lima]

None of the R comedies are funny this summer. I saw Rough Night yesterday and laughed once I think?

 

[Bronx-Man]

It looks like DM3 is down from Minions everywhere. $1B is in serious doubt, and there's an outside chance that GotG2 will win the summer worldwide.

This could end up being the first summer without a $1B+ film since 2009.

If that happens, this will be the first summer without a $900M WW gross since 2005. Harry Potter kept that going for 2009 and 2007.

It's pretty crazy how much Fate of the Furious and Beauty and the Beast humble the summer releases this year.

I think this might actually be the consequence of having so many good movies come out back to back to back. Audiences switch to the new darling every week and eventually, that starts eating into each other. I love it, but I wouldn't be surprised if we start seeing a lot more blockbusters coming out in April & August after this year.

 

[Anth0ny]

It looks like DM3 is down from Minions everywhere. $1B is in serious doubt, and there's an outside chance that GotG2 will win the summer worldwide.

This could end up being the first summer without a $1B+ film since 2009.

Spidey to the rescue

 

[kswiston]

Spider-Man completely slipped my mind. That could win too, but I still don't know if we will see anything over $1B.

Apes is going to hit the exchange rate wall. Dawn would have been around $600M with today's rates. I dont think that it has any shot at taking #1.

 

[FTF]

Spider-Man completely slipped my mind. That could win too, but I still don't know if we will see anything over $1B.

Apes is going to hit the exchange rate wall. Dawn would have been around $600M with today's rates. I dont think that it has any shot at taking #1.

Damn, ouch. Had no idea rates were that bad atm.

 

[WaffleTaco]

The House is going to have the lowest debut of any wide release starring Will Ferrell since 2000. For leading roles, it is his worst ever.

If there's going to be an R rated comedy breakout this summer, the only option left is Girls Trip.

The past few years have been pretty awful for comedies. I mean there was a golden age from 2004 - 2014, but there have been no real new stars in a while. Hell the past few years have just been Zac Effron doing the majority of the work. Amy Schumer's Trainwreck might have been luck since Snatched bombed.

 

[Obliterator]

Yep I think this summer doesn't have a film that will hit the Billy but we will get a film to $900. I think Spidey will manage it.

Reviews are very solid, Spidey is big internationally, and the RDJ X factor should make it no 1 for the summer I think.

I'm still sticking for now with Guardians winning the summer domestic but Spidey taking the crown globally

 

[LordOfLore]

Do we have any numbers on how well the Titanic 3D release did? With Terminator 2 3D getting a new trailer I'm kind of wondering how well it'll do in August.

 

[Slayven]

Slayven is gonna get ya for this one.

.

I agree with him.

girls night will do well, and have solid legs but it's not going to take the box office by storm.

 

[Lima]

It's so confusing when you are talking about Girls Night because in Germany Rough Night is called Girl's Night Out (yeah don't ask).

I have to do a double take every time to make sure I'm thinking of the right movie.

 

[GAMEPROFF]

Girls Night looks fun, but I have no one to go with in this movie, so I will wait for Netflix or Amazon Prime

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Do we have any numbers on how well the Titanic 3D release did? With Terminator 2 3D getting a new trailer I'm kind of wondering how well it'll do in August.

$58M domestic

3D re-releases peaked domestically with the Lion King and pretty quickly dropped into the $40M range. The last noteworthy one was Jurassic Park 3D, I believe

I agree with him.

girls night will do well, and have solid legs but it's not going to take the box office by storm.

For some reason, I thought you had high expectations for Girls Trip.

edit: Oh, this is why

Kswizzle write this down.

Girls trip will out perform Rough Night relative to their budgets

That does seem likely now. :lol