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Wkd Box Office 0717-1915 - Ant-Man opens bigger than Antz! lol Schumer rides rails
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I don't know, can he carry his own movie series?
Bobby Roberts
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Wait - is Genisys gonna cross 100 mil domestic before its pulled?
58M is on the lower end of estimates which ranged from 60-65m. No one thought it would do 100M.
Sibersk Esto
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Ant-Man needs a sequel so we can go back in time and get young Hank Pym
I probably see it in the coming week or so. It does look nice. I see it didn't get release to that many theaters through, but luckily it at a theater close a few mins from me.
I want some Wasp action.
Sigh...stupid Wright hating to write female characters.
Given that and how unusual the property is, that is pretty good.
TheYoungHeroRises
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Can anyone explain to me why Ted 2 so heavily underperformed?
While I thought it was funny in parts I didn't find it as funny or enjoyable as the first was.
I can't quite put my finger on it but it's hard not to look at Ted 2 as a huge disappointment.
I can't imagine Universal being happy with these numbers, but then again consdering the monster year they're having I don't think care too much.
Are people getting tired of Seth McFarlane's shtick?
They already made a scary movie 5.
xaosslug
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this veritable no-name superhero that only warranted a Falcon cameo made almost $60 million domestic opening weekend... I think Marvel's good. LOL
Jurassic World has actually been falling behind in the weekly gross the past two weeks. Jurassic World may win this week since Avengers had a pretty hefty weekend drop, but after that Avengers had two really great drops (21% and 19%) that Jurassic World is unlikely to match given competition. I expect Avengers to have better late legs than Jurassic World based on what we have been seeing.
Ninja Scooter
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I think people had enough of a foul mouth talking bear with one movie. Even though the first did well and was well liked I'm not so sure how necessary a sequel was. Maybe the novelty wore off?
It opened pretty decent OS which is good news.
I swear if that gets a sequel before Tron Legacy, I am going to literally take a shit inside The Carousel of Progress.
I'll do it Disney, try me!
haha, exactly. I don't understand how a new franchise launch doing almost 60 mil with an A cinemascore is considered anything but good.
TheYoungHeroRises
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Is there any chance Universal will bankroll Ted 3?
Like I said, they're making money. My point is each character has limits and the Marvel name alone doesn't ensure 600+ WW.
I think this weekend killed its chances at $100M. Next week's openers are going to need 15k+ screens combined, and I would imagine that a decent number of those are going to be pulled from Terminator.
Bobby Roberts
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Ant Man isn't a new franchise. It's just another entry in the franchise that is Marvel. That's how that company works. They just have the one series of films, and they all tie into each other.
Yeah, that's what prompted me to ask. I saw that it was at 80 and I was like "it might make it" and then I noticed how many theaters it'd already lost, and was like "wait a min.."
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If they had put Iron-Man in Ant-Man it would have made at least 100 mil.
Civil War will do bananas.
Civil War will do bananas.
Didn't Thor 1 and Cap 1 fall below 400?
Exotoro
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What are next week's openers?
It made just below expectations (sadly), but at least Ant-Man was #1. Though positive word-of-mouth is likely gonna carry the film through the rest of the summer. More so since, besides Trainwreck (which came out alongside Ant-Man), I can't name any hyped-up movies coming later this summer of the top of my head.
If I did miss any, please let me know.
RastaMentality
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Oh wow I was wondering if it'd get the A score. Pretty cool.
Ant-Man still has about 30 territories to open in, including China, South Korea, and a decent chunk of Europe. It will have no problem reaching $400M.
Doesn't one of those weeks include Memorial Day?
Mission Impossible, probably Pixels and Fantastic 4.
xaosslug
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you said it doesn't guarantee massive numbers, and I think $60m is a pretty massive number for an obscure/jokey comic book character's first film.
this is an impressive opening by any measure, unless you are someone trying to take the wind out of Marvel's sail w/ your ridiculous, ever-changing standards of 'success'...
The weeks where Avengers was ahead or the weeks to come? Memorial Day fell in Avengers 4th weekend. The next two weeks weren't holiday weeks. Just a couple of weeks where competition was light.
Pixels, South Paw, and Paper Towns. Regardless of what they gross, that's still a 3500+ venue film, a 2750 venue film, and a 3100 venue film. Pixels will also get multiple screens in multiplexes. Those screens need to come from somewhere.
I wouldn't call that hyped-up. Some may see it to find out if it's a train-wreck, but F4 will have to get reviews on-par with Guardians to see success at this rate (more so with the negative stigma surrounding it).
I don't have any knowledge of the Mission Impossible franchise's success, so I'd appreciate it if someone filled in the blanks for me so I can give a more informed opinion in that regard (I just know that they historically do pretty well). As for Pixels, I'm 50/50 on that one, more so since Adam Sandler isn't exactly the biggest star in Hollywood as of recently.
Thor finished at 449, Cap did indeed end at 370
I'm doubting its legs tho, but I guess we'll see
But that animated show came after the success. Again, I think no one thought Guardians was gonna bust down the doors as it did. Yeah, the trailers helped but I think no one thought it was gonna be a mega smash.
60 isn't massive. It is very solid. You can downplay the IP and call it jokey to differentiate it from the greater MCU but it is part of it and it is the lowest grossing film of the group in quite a while.
Legs won't matter if China and South Korea gross $90-100M combined (which is entirely reasonable, and well behind what many recent superhero films have grossed there)
Eventual Domestic gross + what it has already grossed overseas is already half of your $200M.
Exactly. Once people hear that Ant-Man is actually a great film, more will go see it. It'll have legs, just not as long as Guardians'.
I was only looking at the last 7 days in which JW has been ahead of Avengers day to day and Memorial day gave Avengers a boost in its 4th week which JW did not have. However you're right in that Avengers beat it day to day the weekend after Memorial Day.
Also I agree that competition is going to take away screens as they're big openers.
This is the real wild card. If F4 gets overwhelmingly positive reviews right out of the gate & maintains said scores, it'll do well. If not.......yeah.
Nah, that honor still goes to 2008 Hulk.
Well aware. I didn't say ever.
I'm not even gonna try to predict F4 until we get some reviews. How critics feel about the film will be the deciding factor on how well the film will perform.
Hm Mission: Impossible series seem like the types that might not bring in big opening but have had some decent legs. Ghost Protocol had the lowest opening here with $29 million, but was able to be the second behind MI2 in the long run for domestic, and became the highest worldwide with almost $700 million.
I'm not going down that path. Will do Strange over Antman.
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