The Box Office

[Gaastra]

Disney has in a surprise move moved Stephen Kings The boogeyman from a hulu movie to theatres!

https://www.joblo.com/the-boogeyman-...ailer-release/

[inisideguy]

Disney has in a surprise move moved Stephen Kings The boogeyman from a hulu movie to theatres!

https://www.joblo.com/the-boogeyman-...ailer-release/

That makes sense the Horror genre seems to do consistently decent numbers. Of course not all his movies do great. But It totally did.

[Gaastra]

Avatar 2 has defeated avengers iw.

[KNIGHT OF THE LAKE]

Avatar 2 has defeated avengers iw.

Force Awakens is next

[inisideguy]

Force Awakens is next

Good lord so Cameron is going to have 3 of the top 4 top grossing movies of all time? This is amazing to me. Granted I know Star Wars 77 and ET ect with Inflation adjusted are still way up there plus international was no where near what it is today. But still I mean the dude makes monster box office movies.

[Gaastra]

Star wars has been defeated world wide. Domestic star wars still king. Note titanic is getting a rerelease soon. Will it go up?

https://deadline.com/2023/01/avatar-...on-1235243382/

Through Friday, the worldwide gross on the 20th Century Studios/Disney/Lightstorm epic Avatar sequel is $2,074.8M, overtaking Force Awakens’ $2.071B. This means that Cameron has three of the top four movies ever globally alongside the original Avatar at No. 1 and Titanic at No. 3. Avatar: The Way of Water will top Titanic in the coming week or so on a global basis. However, Paramount is doing a Titanic domestic rerelease in time for Valentine’s Day, and Disney is also handling offshore before Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania gets going, so there could be some jockeying ahead as we noted on Thursday.

[Gaastra]

Avatar 2 has defeated avengers in the domestic box office.

Thanks to american films and mostly anime films japan is now the third biggest movie market in the world!

Power of slam dunk and detective conan!

https://variety.com/2023/film/news/j...235507695/amp/

[Wildling]

Seems my hunch could be correct and Knock at the Cabin could be the movie to take Avatar off #1 place. Sounds like Shyamalan still has it.

[Gaastra]

Looks like avatar 2 is no match for anime in japan and now shamhammer. Looks like avatar will lose to knock at the cabin.

SATURDAY AM: Universal’s Knock at the Cabin won Friday with $5.4M (including previews) and as of this morning it’s bound to win the weekend at $14.5M. Paramount’s 80 for Brady, with matinee-priced tickets in several theaters, did $4.7M yesterday (plus previews), for what’s looking like a $13M start. Some things to cheer about here: 47% of the audience were over 55, 69% women for this Jane Fonda-Lily Tomlin-Sally Field-Rita Moreno ensemble. That’s amazing turnout for a movie of this caliber, as the box office looks to reclaim lost demos, and is a testament to Paramount and exhibitors’ partnership to drive that crowd in with lower pricing, as they like a value.

Another thing to applaud here on this $28M movie: Paramount Pictures Boss Brian Robbins pulled the movie away from streaming and turned it into a must-see (his second after the $216M+ WW grossing Smile) for its demographic with the help of worldwide marketing and distribution czar Marc Weinstock and domestic distribution chief Chris Aronson.

Those rival studios also planning to pull movies from their streaming services and put them back into theaters, take 80 for Brady as lesson: Put some oomph in your marketing to get some results. Don’t just dump movies. If you provide product to exhibitors, you also have to provide the P&A spend, too, because they’re cash-strapped after weathering Covid. 80 for Brady‘s start is about $500K shy right now of the $13.5M opening of Fonda-Tomlin-Candice Bergen’s Book Club. And what do you know? It’s another movie that plays straight to the heartland after A Man Called Otto.

Knock at the Cabin gets a C CinemaScore, one notch below M. Night Shyamalan’s Old (C+) and a 56% positive and low 35% recommend on Screen Engine/Comscore’s PostTrak. Don’t know how that will bode for the pic’s legs into tonight, but right now the numbers show the pic ahead. If Knock at the Cabin can hold up, it will be the first film to open to No. 1 at the domestic box office in 2023, dethroning Avatar: The Way Of Water, and will become M. Night Shyamalan’s 7th film (as a director) to open to the No. 1 spot at the box office.

Guys showed up at 59%, 64% were between 18-34 years old, with diversity demos being 39% Caucasian, 28% Latino and Hispanic, 16% Black, & 17% Asian/Other. The Shyamalan movie played best on the coasts, with eight of the top ten runs coming from NYC and LA.

80 for Brady get an A- CinemaScore, 85% positive and 68% recommend on PostTrak. More demos on 80 for Brady: 76% over 35, 66% over 45, with a diversity demos at 63% Caucasian, 16% Latino and Hispanic, 9% Black, & 12% Asian/Other.

Fathom’s The Chosen Season 3 Finale did $2.2M yesterday in what is shaping up to be a $6.65M opening and an $8.3M extended weekend.

Trafalgar’s BTS: Yet to Come in Cinemas is heading toward a $4.96M 3-day at 1,125 screens in 188 markets after a $1.68M Friday. Five of the top ten theaters were on the coast, with two coming from Honolulu.

Outside the top 10 is the Sundance Film Festival animated pic premiere The Amazing Maurice from Viva Entertainment, with $1.2M at 1,546 theaters. Critics were Ok at 76% fresh, PostTrak was meh at 73% positive, 43% definite recommend. Kids under 12 were bored at 59% positive, 52% recommend. Pic skewed 58% women, 36% kids under 12, with 41% between 25-44. Diversity demos were 51% Caucasian, 27% Latino and Hispanic, 2% Black and 20% Asian/other. Best markets were West and Southwest, with only two theaters in the top ten from LA.

Overall weekend for all movies looking at close to $82M, +37% over the same February weekend a year ago. Year to date box office is looking great by Sunday: $744.2M, +48% vs. Jan. 1-Feb 5, 2022. Clearly, when the $120M+ 4-day for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania arrives, the domestic B.O. will be going over $1 billion.

Have not seen a single ad for that kids cartoon. You studios do know you need to market your films right?

https://deadline.com/2023/02/box-off...dy-1235248828/

[Kirby101]

Almost 2 months at #1 is very impressive. I don't think it was so much as bumped out as it's earnings slowing down after so long in the theaters.

[Gaastra]

Yeah, two months minus two days losing to megan is pretty dang good.

[thwhtGuardian]

Almost 2 months at #1 is very impressive. I don't think it was so much as bumped out as it's earnings slowing down after so long in the theaters.

Yeah it didn't really get bumped out it's just that it reached a point where pretty much everyone who wanted to go see it already had which allowed another film that was slightly newer to surpass it slightly.

[Gaastra]

In a surprise move avatar 2 didn't drop to second but third losing to both shamhammer and 80 for brady. Note cabin only cost $20m to make!

Boots 2 did well again and The Chosen: Season 3 Finale like the last theatre release made the top 5 once again showing movies based on shows (or episodes edited into a film) can do well at the box office.

This was a good weekend for the box office with people of all ages heading to the movies.

https://variety.com/2023/film/box-of...ce-1235513241/

Granted I know Star Wars 77 and ET ect with Inflation adjusted are still way up there plus international was no where near what it is today.

Yeah, gone with the wind is the real first place but even with inflation adjusted James still has two films in the top 5! That's still pretty big!

[inisideguy]

In a surprise move avatar 2 didn't drop to second but third losing to both shamhammer and 80 for brady. Note cabin only cost $20m to make!

Boots 2 did well again and The Chosen: Season 3 Finale like the last theatre release made the top 5 once again showing movies based on shows (or episodes edited into a film) can do well at the box office.

This was a good weekend for the box office with people of all ages heading to the movies.




https://variety.com/2023/film/box-of...ce-1235513241/



Yeah, gone with the wind is the real first place but even with inflation adjusted James still has two films in the top 5! That's still pretty big!

Why dont those box office sites generally list anything before 77 just out of curiosity?

[Gaastra]

News--

Avatar 2 has beat titanic at ww. It's now 3rd till the titanic rerelease coming up will take back the spot.

James vs James!

Demon slayer world tour hit first in japan. Avatar knocked to 10th place. Slam dunk still doing great there. In korea slam dunk has been first for 6 weeks now!

Don't be shocked if fathom events grabs it for an american release as well as it's doing overseas.

The demon slayer will get a limited day theatre release here. Wonder if they will expand it after it did well in japan?

Ant-man 3 embargo lifts tomorrow after screening.