WBO (8/22-24): Guardians rule all, Sin City D.O.A.!
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WBO (8/22-24): Guardians rule all, Sin City D.O.A.!
http://variety.com/2014/film/news/si...nd-1201288515/
According to early estimates, The Weinstein Co.’s “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is practically dead on arrival.
Friday’s projections showed the sequel appeared heading for an opening weekend in the $10 million range at 2,894 sites — far below recent estimates of a $15 million launch — with a meager first-day gross of $3.6 million including a sparse $475,000 from Thursday night shows.
Despite TWC’s noir-drenched marketing campaign and the star power of Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Eva Green, Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is likely headed for fifth or sixth place. It currently trails Chloe Grace Moretz’s weeper “If I Stay,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” the launch of low-budget sports drama “When the Game Stood Tall” and possibly the second weekend of “Let’s Be Cops.”
The nine-year hiatus between the original “Sin City” and the sequel appears to have dissipated any lingering good will from the original, which opened impressively with a $29 million weekend and went on to gross $74 million. Critical support has been lacking with a 41% fresh rating on the Rotten Tomatoes aggregator site.
The original “Sin City” carried a price tag of $40 million and the sequel is more expensive. It’s a service deal for TWC, which is putting up P and A costs while Aldamisa Entertainment arranged the financing; financers include Demarest Films, Kilburn Media and Solipist Films.
“If I Stay” looks likely to eke out a first-place finish in the $17 million range with about $7 million at 2,902 locations on Friday, including $1.1 million from Thursday night shows. That’s slightly below recent forecasts for the YA tearjerker, backed by Warner Bros./New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Warner Bros. has pushed aggressively to tie the film to the popular Gayle Foreman novel. “Stay” carries a modest budget of about $11 million so it should be able to recoup its costs easily.
Marvel/Disney’s “Guardians and the Galaxy” appeared to be the closest competitor with a projected $4.6 million on Friday, putting the goofy franchise starter on track for a $16.5 million weekend — enough to become the third 2014 title to top $250 million after “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” at $259 million and “The Lego Movie” at $257 million.
Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” should see a 50% decline and bring in between $14 million and $15 million during the weekend, boosting its U.S. total to about $144 million.
Sony’s launch of football drama “When the Game Stands” looked likely to finish fourth with about $12 million, including $425,000 on Thursday night. The weekend will be better than Lionsgate’s “Draft Day,” which opened with a $9.8 million weekend in April, and slightly above recent forecasts.
Fox’s “Let’s Be Cops” will be in a battle for fifth place with “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” with a second weekend of about $10 million. The comedy was on track to slide about 43% from its opening and wind up with close to $45 million in its first 10 days.
Box office estimates for the weekend:
1. “If I Stay” – $17 million
2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” – $16.5 million
3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – $14.5 million
4. “When the Game Stands” – $12 million
5. TIED: “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “Let’s Be Cops” – $10 million
Friday’s projections showed the sequel appeared heading for an opening weekend in the $10 million range at 2,894 sites — far below recent estimates of a $15 million launch — with a meager first-day gross of $3.6 million including a sparse $475,000 from Thursday night shows.
Despite TWC’s noir-drenched marketing campaign and the star power of Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Eva Green, Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis, “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” is likely headed for fifth or sixth place. It currently trails Chloe Grace Moretz’s weeper “If I Stay,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” the launch of low-budget sports drama “When the Game Stood Tall” and possibly the second weekend of “Let’s Be Cops.”
The nine-year hiatus between the original “Sin City” and the sequel appears to have dissipated any lingering good will from the original, which opened impressively with a $29 million weekend and went on to gross $74 million. Critical support has been lacking with a 41% fresh rating on the Rotten Tomatoes aggregator site.
The original “Sin City” carried a price tag of $40 million and the sequel is more expensive. It’s a service deal for TWC, which is putting up P and A costs while Aldamisa Entertainment arranged the financing; financers include Demarest Films, Kilburn Media and Solipist Films.
“If I Stay” looks likely to eke out a first-place finish in the $17 million range with about $7 million at 2,902 locations on Friday, including $1.1 million from Thursday night shows. That’s slightly below recent forecasts for the YA tearjerker, backed by Warner Bros./New Line and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Warner Bros. has pushed aggressively to tie the film to the popular Gayle Foreman novel. “Stay” carries a modest budget of about $11 million so it should be able to recoup its costs easily.
Marvel/Disney’s “Guardians and the Galaxy” appeared to be the closest competitor with a projected $4.6 million on Friday, putting the goofy franchise starter on track for a $16.5 million weekend — enough to become the third 2014 title to top $250 million after “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” at $259 million and “The Lego Movie” at $257 million.
Paramount’s “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” should see a 50% decline and bring in between $14 million and $15 million during the weekend, boosting its U.S. total to about $144 million.
Sony’s launch of football drama “When the Game Stands” looked likely to finish fourth with about $12 million, including $425,000 on Thursday night. The weekend will be better than Lionsgate’s “Draft Day,” which opened with a $9.8 million weekend in April, and slightly above recent forecasts.
Fox’s “Let’s Be Cops” will be in a battle for fifth place with “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” with a second weekend of about $10 million. The comedy was on track to slide about 43% from its opening and wind up with close to $45 million in its first 10 days.
Box office estimates for the weekend:
1. “If I Stay” – $17 million
2. “Guardians of the Galaxy” – $16.5 million
3. “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” – $14.5 million
4. “When the Game Stands” – $12 million
5. TIED: “Sin City: A Dame to Kill For” and “Let’s Be Cops” – $10 million
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Yikes. And to think I said it wouild be amazing if SC2 scraped its way past $15m. $6m?! That's a fucking joke.
I think GOTG will wind up back in first by a few hundred thousands bucks.
I think GOTG will wind up back in first by a few hundred thousands bucks.
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At my local AMC they have one of the few AMC Prime theaters (reserved premium seats, best picture & sound). The next showing is in 15 mins. I just looked at the seating.... 4 seats have been reserved. Damn. That movie will be in the tiny shoebox theater next week.
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And probably only a handful of show times.
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At my AMC, Sin City is only showing three times through the whole day, while Guardians, TMNT, that James Brown biopic, and the football movie all have at least twelve showings. They knew going in that this was going to bomb.
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According to Deadline, this is the updated tally:
1. Guardians of the Galaxy - $17.7M
2. If I Stay - $15.5-16.5M+
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $16M
4. Lets Be Cops - $10.7M
5. When the Game Stands Tall - $8.8-9.2M
6. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - $6.7-7M
7. The Giver - $6.7M
8. The Expendables 3 - $6.5M
9. The Hundred-Foot Journey - $5.5-6M
10. Into the Storm - $3.6M
1. Guardians of the Galaxy - $17.7M
2. If I Stay - $15.5-16.5M+
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - $16M
4. Lets Be Cops - $10.7M
5. When the Game Stands Tall - $8.8-9.2M
6. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For - $6.7-7M
7. The Giver - $6.7M
8. The Expendables 3 - $6.5M
9. The Hundred-Foot Journey - $5.5-6M
10. Into the Storm - $3.6M
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At my AMC, Sin City is playing on four screens. Three in 3D, one in 2D.
I went during primetime last night (8:00pm) and there were ten people total seated in an auditorium that holds 260. Two of the ten walked out half way.
I know one of their 3D showings is playing on one of their larger screens (400+ seats). I didn't check to see where the other two screens were.
I went during primetime last night (8:00pm) and there were ten people total seated in an auditorium that holds 260. Two of the ten walked out half way.
I know one of their 3D showings is playing on one of their larger screens (400+ seats). I didn't check to see where the other two screens were.
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Went to GotG yesterday and When the Game Stands Tall was sold out for both the 4:00 and 6:45 showings. The local churches must really be pushing that one.
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Guess we won't be getting Sin City 3...
They should've done the story they wanted to do with Depp. After this long between sequels they needed a bigger draw.
They should've done the story they wanted to do with Depp. After this long between sequels they needed a bigger draw.
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Honestly the film wasn't that great to begin with but Rodriguez killed A Dame to Kill For by releasing it so far after the first film. If it had been only a few years it might have been different but too much time passed and for most people the interest passed.
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Was that Rodriguez's doing, though? Wasn't it more or less the Weinsteins that kept this from seeing the light of day say 7 or 8 years ago instead of now?
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I guess I don't know for sure but I know that he is pretty notorious for saying he'll release something and pushing it off. He's one of those directors where I believe what he says when his films actually release or at least a trailer.
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Saw Sin City today at my local theatre on one of the bigger screens. I was the only one in the theater.
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i've wondered that too. i would think it is a timer that goes on automatically whether a ticket was purchased or not bc what if someone came late...
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Even if there's not a single body in the room, the theater still has to run the projector as they're contractually obligated to play it.
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BRUTAL numbers for SC2. Not really a SC fan but SC2 didn't look that bad.
Maybe Warner should consider merging with Fox...
This was probably the worst time of the year to release SC. A lot of kids are going back to school now.
Maybe Warner should consider merging with Fox...
This was probably the worst time of the year to release SC. A lot of kids are going back to school now.
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The first did not bomb. It wasn't a huge hit, but it was a success. 74 million in the US on a 40 million dollar budget. It was also generally well received by fans and critics.
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2. Sin City 2 was rated R, not sure how many "kids" are going to see it anyway. And if you're talking about college, I don't think that had an effect, though has college started? Here in Oregon, it hasn't.
I don't think it mattered when it was released (this year) because, as has been stated already, this should've come out at least 4, if not 5, years ago.