Weekend Box Office - 8/14/15 - 8/16/15 - Straight Outta Compton to top the charts
08-14-15, 09:09 AM
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Weekend Box Office - 8/14/15 - 8/16/15 - Straight Outta Compton to top the charts
Not that there's a ton of competition.
Straight Outta Compton made $4.96m during its Thursday preview window, that's nearly a million more than Mission Impossible Rogue Nation made. Fandango is reporting 70% of all pre-purchase ticket sales are going to Compton as well.
The expectation for this weekend is that it will draw more than $40m, likely into the $50s.
Also opening this weekend is Guy Ritchie's update to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with Armie Hammer, Henry Cavill, and Alicia Vikander. It is estimated to take $15 - $20m for the weekend. It made $900k during Thursday previews.
Holdovers include Fantastic Four, which is expected to take a huge drop from last weekends sub-par opening. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation which continues to hold extremely well and will likely see a comparatively soft 35% - 40% drop this weekend, and The Gift which should hold up decently.
Other noteworthy things: Minions crossed the $300m domestic threshold as Universal's ridiculously successful year continues with Compton this weekend. Minions is currently at $917.9m worldwide, and will likely be another $1b grosser for Universal when all is said and done (it still hasn't opened in China, Greece, or Italy). Inside Out is currently at $637m worldwide. Ant-man crossed $150m domestic ($330m worldwide).
Shaun the Sheep is doing poorly ($7.8m after a full week), hopefully word of mouth can rescue it.
The daily per-theater highest grossing movie during the week that's in semi-wide release right now is still Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F. It is set to expand to 900+ theaters today.
Straight Outta Compton made $4.96m during its Thursday preview window, that's nearly a million more than Mission Impossible Rogue Nation made. Fandango is reporting 70% of all pre-purchase ticket sales are going to Compton as well.
The expectation for this weekend is that it will draw more than $40m, likely into the $50s.
Also opening this weekend is Guy Ritchie's update to The Man from U.N.C.L.E. with Armie Hammer, Henry Cavill, and Alicia Vikander. It is estimated to take $15 - $20m for the weekend. It made $900k during Thursday previews.
Holdovers include Fantastic Four, which is expected to take a huge drop from last weekends sub-par opening. Mission Impossible Rogue Nation which continues to hold extremely well and will likely see a comparatively soft 35% - 40% drop this weekend, and The Gift which should hold up decently.
Other noteworthy things: Minions crossed the $300m domestic threshold as Universal's ridiculously successful year continues with Compton this weekend. Minions is currently at $917.9m worldwide, and will likely be another $1b grosser for Universal when all is said and done (it still hasn't opened in China, Greece, or Italy). Inside Out is currently at $637m worldwide. Ant-man crossed $150m domestic ($330m worldwide).
Shaun the Sheep is doing poorly ($7.8m after a full week), hopefully word of mouth can rescue it.
The daily per-theater highest grossing movie during the week that's in semi-wide release right now is still Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F. It is set to expand to 900+ theaters today.
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08-14-15, 10:00 AM
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Re: Weekend Box Office - 8/14/15 - 8/16/15 - Straight Outta Compton to top the charts
I saw U.N.C.L.E. last night and there were probably 30-40 people at our screening. When we left you could see tons of folks heading over to the SOC hall. Our ArcLight also got extra security.
08-14-15, 12:23 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office - 8/14/15 - 8/16/15 - Straight Outta Compton to top the charts
Zero interest in SOC for me, but I will likely see Man From U.N.C.L.E. tonight.
08-14-15, 02:12 PM
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Glad to see Compton is already doing well. Man From UNCLE looks terrible. It'll be gone from theaters soon.
08-14-15, 02:15 PM
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08-14-15, 06:34 PM
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SOC is set to make $24 - $25m for Today, that's crazy
08-14-15, 07:09 PM
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$2M for Fantastic Four on Friday which probably means a $6-7M weekend or about a 72% drop.
08-14-15, 07:19 PM
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08-14-15, 07:24 PM
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08-14-15, 11:25 PM
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Yeah, Friday numbers include Thursday previews.
08-14-15, 11:27 PM
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Saw the 6pm showing (first showing I believe) tonight. 20 people in the theater. Although the mall I went to is pretty much a mellow, family type outdoor mall. I thought there would be more people though.
08-15-15, 08:34 AM
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Why the hate for UNCLE? Looks fun and has good RT scores. I haven't seen many films in the theater this summer, but could be a good end of summer flick to go catch.
08-15-15, 12:27 PM
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What hate? It just didn't appeal to the masses. Probably could do well overseas and could have good holds in the following weeks. Also don't discount the competition Mission Impossible 5 still has on it (interestingly, Cruise was originally set to star in UNCLE before dropping out to do MI5).
08-15-15, 01:24 PM
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08-15-15, 03:14 PM
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(Guys, is it so hard to use the "quote" button?)
08-15-15, 04:19 PM
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SOC looks good but I'll wait for home video. I'm more interested in UNCLE but the mixed reviews scream wait for a matinee.
08-15-15, 04:53 PM
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08-15-15, 06:59 PM
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I called SoC being a big hit a while back. It had all the ingredients of making a lot of $$$: great marketing, it's the only major summer movie to target an urban audience, and it's from Universal.
08-15-15, 11:23 PM
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It's their best year period. Almost $2B in domestic grosses and it's only mid-August. The all-time record is Warner with $2.105.7B back in 2009, which Uni should easily pass in a matter of weeks.
08-15-15, 11:45 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office - 8/14/15 - 8/16/15 - Straight Outta Compton to top the charts
It's their best year period. Almost $2B in domestic grosses and it's only mid-August. The all-time record is Warner with $2.105.7B back in 2009, which Uni should easily pass in a matter of weeks.
08-16-15, 12:06 AM
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Re: Weekend Box Office - 8/14/15 - 8/16/15 - Straight Outta Compton to top the charts
Harry Potter, Hangover, The Blind Side, Sherlock Holmes were all 2009 Warner releases.
08-16-15, 03:02 PM
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Box Office: 'Straight Outta Compton' Debuts to Scorching $56.1 Million
^I've always wondered where the heck do they get those stats from?
LOS ANGELES, (Variety.com) - "Straight Outta Compton" may take place more than two decades ago, but its themes of racial tension, poverty, and police brutality still speak to moviegoers living in a post-Ferguson world.
The biopic about rap group N.W.A. debuted to a blistering $56.1 million this weekend in 2,757 theaters, surpassing "American Pie 2" to become the biggest ever August debut for an R-rated movie. It's the kind of opening usually reserved for so-called "tentpole movies" that trade in costumed heroes and special effects, not urban violence.
The film's opening weekend crowd was 52% female, 51% under the age of 30, 46% African American, 23% Caucasian, 21% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. It did not play in Imax or 3D, but did score in premium large format locations, grossing $5.1 million, which represented 9% of the film's weekend receipts.
The biopic about rap group N.W.A. debuted to a blistering $56.1 million this weekend in 2,757 theaters, surpassing "American Pie 2" to become the biggest ever August debut for an R-rated movie. It's the kind of opening usually reserved for so-called "tentpole movies" that trade in costumed heroes and special effects, not urban violence.
The film's opening weekend crowd was 52% female, 51% under the age of 30, 46% African American, 23% Caucasian, 21% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. It did not play in Imax or 3D, but did score in premium large format locations, grossing $5.1 million, which represented 9% of the film's weekend receipts.