https://whatsnewonnetflix.com/japan/...bodyguard-2017

Okay this is interesting. Apparently The Hitman's Bodyguard is a Netflix original movie in Japan.

Why would Summit do this? I'm sure this means it leaked online.

Summits strategy is to sell foreign rights, Netflix bought it in Japan and it is indeed an original there. The intro apparently even has Netflix listed in the credits.

It won't hurt them much, I mean we live in strange times where everybody seems to know what Kodi is, but there have been many example where hi def rips leaked online and had no effect on box office. I.e. Taken, which was ripped 6 months prior to the US theatrical release and weirdly seemed to help word of mouth. Or more recently, 47 Meters Down which leaked out a full year prior.

We'll see though. I like keeping tabs on this stuff for some reason.

Baby Driver is at nearly $200m worldwide after solid openings in China and Russia. Really happy about that.

It wasn't really leaked, it was just recalled. Several retailers broke street date though, which is why you can find the DVD version In the Deep on eBay.

True. Was using it more as a figure of speech as "on the internet before theatrical release".

Is that a sequel to THE HANGOVER?

Things like this is why I was always dubious about studio claims about leaks affecting box office performance. Wasn't Expendables or something leaked and that was cited as a major problem?

It always felt like most of the people who download copies of movies are those that would do so anyway and wouldn't have paid full price at a theater.

A copy of Expendables 3 was stolen from a post-production house and uploaded online months before it's release. Movie got bad reviews and got bad press from the PG-13 rating, so I suppose the piracy aspect was only a small aspect of it's failure.

In the case of The Hitman's Bodyguard, it's available legally on Netflix in Japan, but because of that, it's exposing itself to illegal uploads, which I suppose was inevitable.

I think one thing to take into account is a derided movie being released early versus one that is generally well liked.

Negative word of mouth spreads fast and when that WOM starts well before the movie does it could cause some box office problems for it. That said, there isn't a ton to support that either, even Ang Lee's Hulk - which was torn apart by those that saw it early - still opened strongly (before dropping like a rock, -70% 2nd weekend). Expendables 3 was poorly received by critics and fans alike, was poorly promoted, was confirmed to be pretty bad due to the early release, and was in the midst of sequel fatigue. That's an awful lot of negativity to pin on just "It's because piracy!".

Also, I didn't realize The Layover was VOD. So that probably won't be getting much of a release.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	1	The Hitman's Bodyguard	LG/S	$10,250,000	-0.1%	3,370	-7	$3,042	$54,944,214	$30	3
2	2	Annabelle: Creation	WB (NL)	$7,300,000	-5.0%	3,358	-207	$2,174	$88,975,598	$15	4
3	4	Wind River	Wein.	$5,863,074	+27.4%	2,602	+507	$2,253	$18,285,511	$11	5
4	3	Leap!	Wein.	$4,886,923	+3.3%	2,705	+130	$1,807	$11,381,726	-	2
5	5	Logan Lucky	BST	$4,421,125	+4.2%	2,975	-56	$1,486	$21,451,612	$29	3
6	6	Dunkirk	WB	$4,125,000	+4.5%	2,752	-22	$1,499	$178,754,545	$100	7
7	7	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Sony	$3,650,000	+29.4%	2,036	-86	$1,793	$324,051,546	$175	9
8	10	The Emoji Movie	Sony	$2,450,000	-2.3%	2,108	-266	$1,162	$80,326,714	$50	6
9	13	Despicable Me 3	Uni.	$2,360,175	+34.8%	2,132	+16	$1,107	$257,895,405	$80	10
10	11	Girls Trip	Uni.	$2,322,430	-1.7%	1,607	-170	$1,445	$111,581,945	$19	7
11	12	The Nut Job 2: Nutty by Nature	ORF	$2,014,972	-13.0%	2,651	-439	$760	$25,855,476	$40	4
12	15	Wonder Woman	WB	$1,920,000	+14.6%	1,808	-402	$1,062	$408,939,021	$149	14
13	N	Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (40th Anniversary)	Sony	$1,800,000	-	901	-	$1,998	$1,800,000	-	1
14	8	Birth of the Dragon	BH Tilt	$1,755,370	-35.0%	1,633	+15	$1,075	$5,413,090	-	2
15	30	Cars 3	BV	$1,709,000	+914.6%	2,445	+2,231	$699	$150,846,869	-	12

Stephen King’s ‘It’ Beats ‘Deadpool’ With Whopping $13.5M In Record-Setting Previews; $90M+ 3-Day Possible

http://deadline.com/2017/09/stephen-...ce-1202163667/

nice!

I would love to see "It" crack $100mm for the weekend simply because horror could use a major milestone like that. Such as it is, looks like we'll still get the biggest OW ever. Great to see the genre thriving this year.

THR: Weekend Box Office: 'It' Scaring Up Giant $40 Million-Plus Opening Day

Right now they're saying $80-85M which seems low. However, I have read Hurricane Irma could take away between 3-5%.

IT made 50+ mill in one day. Over a 100 mill seems like a lock. Never know about the bite NFL could take though.

IT is looking like it will be top three all time for R Rated Horror. I bet WB is wishing they would have gone the four film route lol.

Between Annabelle: Creation, Dunkirk (has made $475M WW), Wonder Woman and now It, Warner is having a nice year.

Box Office Prophets is estimating $105 for the whole weekend. Amazing opening weekend for a September release and for a horror movie.

Truly incredible no matter the month. Nice return on the $35M budget.

Estimates have moved up to $123m+ for the weekend. Insane. It probably would have beat Deadpool if weather wasn't so shitty. It technically pulled more Saturday than Friday (due to the $13m in previews) which is almost unheard of for R rated horror.

I always thought this could do over $100mil. Glad it did well.

TW	LW	Title (click to view)	Studio	Weekend Gross	% Change	Theater Count / Change		Average	Total Gross	Budget*	Week #
1	N	It	WB (NL)	$117,150,000	-	4,103	-	$28,552	$117,150,000	$35	1
2	N	Home Again	ORF	$9,028,222	-	2,940	-	$3,071	$9,028,222	-	1
3	1	The Hitman's Bodyguard	LG/S	$4,850,000	-54.0%	3,322	-48	$1,460	$64,897,007	$30	4
4	2	Annabelle: Creation	WB (NL)	$4,000,000	-46.7%	3,003	-355	$1,332	$96,267,010	$15	5
5	3	Wind River	Wein.	$3,210,200	-48.5%	2,890	+288	$1,111	$25,002,192	$11	6
6	4	Leap!	Wein.	$2,500,100	-48.4%	2,691	-14	$929	$15,874,536	-	3
7	7	Spider-Man: Homecoming	Sony	$2,015,000	-45.3%	1,657	-379	$1,216	$327,702,794	$175	10
8	6	Dunkirk	WB	$1,950,000	-55.4%	2,110	-642	$924	$183,110,279	$100	8
9	5	Logan Lucky	BST	$1,826,425	-58.6%	2,167	-808	$843	$25,228,666	$29	4
10	9	The Emoji Movie	Sony	$1,060,000	-57.0%	1,450	-658	$731	$82,516,858	$50	7

Almost guarantee you the studio (where that # comes from) is lowballing.

And that's with Irma shutting down Florida

Rival studios have this hitting $120-125mm OW, so WB is definitely lowballing.

Not that it matters much but it would've been great to see this steal the R-rated OW record away from "Deadpool". As it stands, this is HUGE for horror.