Weekend Box Office 8/1-8/3: I Am Groot edition
08-04-14 | 04:37 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office 8/1-8/3: I Am Groot edition
Studios get 80-90% of first weekend gross (in North America at least), meaning Disney/Marvel are walking away with somewhere around $80M domestically. The number decreases each week as the film is in theaters thus why theaters prefer films with legs.
08-04-14 | 04:47 PM
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And charge so much for concessions, as they make nothing off the big releases and most are gone within a few weeks.
08-04-14 | 05:04 PM
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I don't pay for concessions, cinemas must hate me.
That's actually what I was wondering on the Transformers front; did the Chinese government take most of the profits?
That's actually what I was wondering on the Transformers front; did the Chinese government take most of the profits?
08-04-14 | 07:46 PM
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08-04-14 | 08:32 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office 8/1-8/3: I Am Groot edition
I guess the biggest test will be next weekend to see how much it will drop off. I'm thinking maybe a 40% drop and TMNT will open a distant second. Avengers had a 51% drop. At this point, I think GOTG is set up for a lot more repeat viewings than Avengers.
08-04-14 | 09:31 PM
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08-04-14 | 10:12 PM
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You have to remember the Thurs night grosses are becoming more prominent, and being counted in the wknd....so the real 3day was more like 82m. 40mill 2nd wknd would be a huge win, but we'll see.
08-04-14 | 10:15 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office 8/1-8/3: I Am Groot edition
The film pulled in $32M on Saturday. If you remove the $11M from Thursday screenings, it technically did $27M on Friday. That's a great jump for a Friday-to-Saturday in which most blockbusters drop.
08-05-14 | 12:13 AM
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I never understood subtracting Thursday grosses, since I would imagine the majority of people that catch those late night/midnight showings would just be rushing to see it on Friday if those showings didn't exist.
08-05-14 | 07:37 AM
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However, it also had an A cinemascore, A+ under 25 -- which as stupid as the rating system is, tends to bode well for movies.
08-05-14 | 02:08 PM
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$11.7m on Monday, it's tough to compare that to anything since it's still Summer and schools are out. However, this should crush Captain American: Winter Soldier (which grossed $6.2m on its first Monday) because of the Summer boost. So if it has the same weekend losses as Winter Soldier, roughly 56.6% next weekend and around 40% there on out, it could pull around $300m.
After its first monday, Winter Soldier stood at $101,243,273. GotG stood at $106,043,239.
After its first monday, Winter Soldier stood at $101,243,273. GotG stood at $106,043,239.
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08-05-14 | 02:14 PM
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$11.7m on Monday, it's tough to compare that to anything since it's still Summer and schools are out. However, this should crush Captain American: Winter Soldier (which grossed $6.2m on its first Monday) because of the Summer boost. So if it has the same weekend losses as Winter Soldier, roughly 56.6% next weekend and around 40% there on out, it should pull around $300m. It can fall as much as 63% and still be likely to crack $250m.
After its first monday, Winter Soldier stood at $101,243,273. GotG stood at $106,043,239.
After its first monday, Winter Soldier stood at $101,243,273. GotG stood at $106,043,239.
08-05-14 | 02:15 PM
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True enough, it's August 18th here.
Godzilla finally crossed $200m domestic.
GotG made another $11m on Tuesday
Godzilla finally crossed $200m domestic.
GotG made another $11m on Tuesday
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08-06-14 | 05:26 PM
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08-06-14 | 05:50 PM
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And I mentioned in another post somewhere, of it being an established brand and franchise coming off the Avengers. For it to be doubling up Cap on weekdays is impressive.
08-06-14 | 05:54 PM
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Re: Weekend Box Office 8/1-8/3: I Am Groot edition
Kids everywhere were still in school in the first week of April though. Most places kids are not in school during the first week of August.
08-07-14 | 08:02 AM
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How could it not? It had a $100m budget and is being beaten by Lucy. However, it's doing respectable business overseas. Guardians of the Galaxy was released in a smart window, it has minimal competition and the last 2 weeks of Summer vacation are usually when people take some time off to hang with the family, last minute trips, etc; It isn't quite as good as the Winter Break window (with Xmas and New Years) but imo it's underutilized, but won't be for much longer.
08-07-14 | 08:10 AM
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Because after Cap was released everyone was calling THAT the best Marvel movie ever and also had excellent word of mouth. And I mentioned in another post somewhere, of it being an established brand and franchise coming off the Avengers. For it to be doubling up Cap on weekdays is impressive.
And I mentioned in another post somewhere, of it being an established brand and franchise coming off the Avengers. For it to be doubling up Cap on weekdays is impressive.
08-07-14 | 08:13 AM
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Had Captain opened in the summer it would have pulled much larger weekday grosses, which is why the summers are so damn crowded.
08-07-14 | 08:25 AM
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