The Box Office (2024)

[Captain Craig]

Chalamet had the #1 ranked film and #10 ranked grossing film on yesterday's(3/5) BO chart.

[Gaastra]

Panda off to a good start. Expecting to make $50m opening weekend and has spring break kids out of school to boot.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/new...29e2699e&ei=17

[Gaastra]

Panda now up to $52m. Could be second best opening in the series history.

Dune 2 expected another $41m!

https://deadline.com/2024/03/box-off...ry-1235850148/

Good weekend for the box office. And ghostbusters and kong are in a few weeks.

[Gaastra]

Did i say $52m for panda? It overperformed opening day and now heading for a maybe $60m opening!

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/c...4_friday_with/

[Gaastra]

Still waiting for box office.

Looks like mario 2 announced by universal. (or a spin-off).

Panda doing well looks like and had record openings in at least two countries.

Dune 2 off to a good start in china but panda knocking it out of first in many countries.

Note no panda in china yet this week.

In Thailand panda has beat the demon slayer 3 opening. Slayer was the highest animated opening this year so far there.

[Gaastra]

Looks like $58.3m for panda domestic! This beats train your dragons $55m opening!

Dune 2 looks around $42m to $47m. Panda has beat dune for first.

This is shaping up to be a great weekend at the box office so far.

Edit--here we go.

Panda smashs first with 58.3m! Thats the second best opening in the series.

“Kung Fu Panda 4” topped the domestic box office, earning a solid $58.3 million from 4,035 theaters in its opening weekend.

It marks the biggest debut of the franchise since the original, 2008’s “Kung Fu Panda” ($60 million), overtaking the start of the two prior entries, 2016’s “Kung Fu Panda 3” ($41 million debut) and 2011’s “Kung Fu Panda 2” ($47.6 million), not adjusted for inflation.

Internationally, the fourth film in the martial arts-inspired animated comedy collected $22 million from 41 markets for a global tally of $80 million. This installment cost $85 million to produce, a lower price tag than the first three movies, each of which cost about $150 million. Jack Black returned to voice the main character in “Kung Fu Panda 4,” the franchise’s first new installment in eight years. The story, which follows Po as he searches for his successor while fighting a new shapeshifting foe called the Chameleon, seems to have resonated more with audiences (it holds an “A-” CinemaScore) compared to critics (it has a 69% on Rotten Tomatoes).

Part 5 hinted at.

“This is an excellent opening for an animation sequel that’s this far into its series,” says David A. Gross of movie consulting firm Franchise Entertainment Research. “‘Kung Fu Panda’ is showing terrific strength now, with good momentum for another sequel.”

Dune loses first after one week but still does great.

Although “Dune: Part Two” relinquished its box office crown to “Panda,” the sci-fi sequel had another strong outing with $46 million from 4,074 venues. It marks a 44% decline in ticket sales from its debut and brings the film’s North American total to $157 million.

After 10 days on the big screen, “Dune 2” surpassed the entire domestic tally of the first film ($108 million), although that milestone comes with a major caveat. The original 2021 film was released simultaneously in theaters and on HBO Max, so its ticket sales were stifled by the hybrid release on streaming.

Both movies plus bob marley giving theaters a much needed push this week!

“Dune: Part Two” and “Kung Fu Panda 4” are helping to revive a barren box office. In the coming weeks, Sony’s follow-up “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” (March 22), and Warner Bros. and Legendary’s monster mashup “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” (March 29) hope to keep bringing in audiences.

$10m for the pooh blood and honey rip-off.

Another newcomer, Lionsgate’s Blumhouse thriller “Imaginary,” arrived on par with expectations of $10 million from 3,118 locations. The movie cost just over $10 million so it’s well-positioned in its theatrical run. That’s good because “Imaginary,” a horror film about a woman who is tormented by her old teddy bear named Chauncey, was panned by audiences and critics. It holds a “C+” CinemaScore and a 31% Rotten Tomatoes average.

Cabarini box office--

The weekend’s third new release, Angel Studio’s faith-based drama “Cabrini,” landed in fourth place behind “Imaginary” on domestic charts. It collected a so-so $7.7 million from 2,840 cinemas despite being embraced by moviegoers, who granted the film an “A” CinemaScore.

Alejandro Gómez Monteverde directed “Cabrini,” a biographical story about Catholic missionary Francesca Cabrini, who encounters resistance to her charity and business efforts in New York City. “Cabrini” is the second theatrical release from indie distribution Angel Studios following last summer’s “Sound of Freedom.” That film, a suspense thriller also directed by Monteverde, became an unlikely box office hit with $242 million globally.

“[‘Cabrini’s] start is not on the level [of ‘Sound of Freedom], but these are different movies,” says Gross. “A period biography is not going to do the same kind of business a suspense crime story does.”

As for bob--

Paramount’s musical biopic “Bob Marley: One Love” dropped to the No. 5 spot with $4 million from 2,764 locations. The $70 million-budgeted film, starring Kingsley Ben-Adir as the Reggae music legend, has become a surprise box office success with $89 million in North America and $160 million globally.

https://variety.com/2024/film/box-of...ne-1235936650/

Note labyrinth gets another week at the box office but won't count till next week.

Next week Arthur the king fights love lies bleeding, one life, close tours risques and the rerelease of 80s bike movie rad at the box office in the week before ghostbusters.

[Kirby101]

Sound of Freedom had a lot of Right Wing Christian dark money funny business behind it's "success".

[Gaastra]

Dune 2 passes $350m global.

[CliffHanger2]

Ya'll play too much lol.

[Zauriel]

It is good to hear of Kung Fu Panda 4's opening weekend success. I hope it will let Dreamworks recover from the loss of profits from the Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken.

It is a shame that DreamWorks, like Disney, is going to rely on sequels to popular franchises or movies based on source material to make a profit and keep the company afloat.

[Gaastra]

Dreamworks has no one to blame but themselves for gillman. They didn't even put out the first trailer till less than a month before release with almost no merch and spoil the big twist in every ad and even the movie poster.

They send that movie out to die.

[Captain Craig]

Yesterday Jason Statham's The Beekeeper hit $125m worldwide. Wondering when news of a likely sequel will come now.

[Wildling]

If Bob Odenkirk's action movie Nobody is rumored to be getting a sequel after debuting during the pandemic, I'm sure there's talks about Statham possibly continuing to safeguard the hive.

[Gaastra]

Looks like fathom events just lost some movies.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/c...talize_on_the/

Pixar Luca tickets will be $5. Ouch.

[Gaastra]

Dune 2 off to a great start in japan with a A cinemascore there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/c...pening_day_in/

Kung fu panda had a great opening in Germany looks like.

Boy and the heron returns to the big-screen march 22.