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Hopefully we'll get at least one thread similar to the "That Christopher Nolan movie "Oppenheimer" gon flop" topic from last summer.
Now That's How You Sposed to Open a Summer Blockbuster! | The Domestic Box Office Thread | Jun. 7-9
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Hopefully we'll get at least one thread similar to the "That Christopher Nolan movie "Oppenheimer" gon flop" topic from last summer.
Poetical Poltergeist
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It's gonna have a lot of mid earners. We'll see how Furiosa does and Bad Boys. See if anyone wants to see Will Smith again.
MenacingMonk
Tranquilo
Really surprised IF didn’t do well. Looks fun. I blame a lack of marketing and promotion. Trailers aren’t enough.
Edit: guess it’s not funny enough?
Edit: guess it’s not funny enough?
Red Shield
Global Domination
Definitely gonna be a lotta mid earners..
Their saying pre-sales of Bad Boys is decent. Hell that's the next flick I'm 100% seeing.
So I think that should do well..
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Bad Boys will have a better opening weekend than Furiousa. I don't like the trailers and wasn't a fan of part 3 but it should be able to earn more. If not, it's a flop city summer. The animated flicks will be the only earners with maybe one surprise hit.
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
With all the people dying lately from tornados, i don't know if Twisters is going to do well either.
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Oh, What a Day. What a Not-So Lovely Memorial Day: Weekend Box Office Results (May 24-27)
May 1st kicked off the Summer at the box office. It's now Labor Day which is the unofficial start of Summer season. So when are the movies going to actually reflect that it's the fukking Summer?
After much consternation, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
opened at number 1 over the holiday with $32M. That is the worst Memorial Day opening for a number one since Casper in 1995 when the friendly ghost floated its way to $22M. That was apparently a disappointment 29 years ago BUT it translates to $45M in today's dollars. That's 40% ahead of this new Mad Max-less flick. 
Coincidentally, Mad Max: Fury Road, opened with $45.4M in May 2015. Both movies scored the same B+ with audiences nearly a decade apart. Maybe Furiosa will have similarly long legs. Then again, Charlize Theron is the one with the long legs. Anya Taylor-Joy has a long neck. Jokes aside, if Furiosa performs to the same 3.38 post opening weekend multiplier, it'll end its run with $108M. Not what WB is looking for with a $168M budgeted franchise entry. That's a rare recent misfire for Warner Bros. at the Box Office. Maybe Zaslav is to blame for this too.
Chris Pratt is back - this time as the orange tabby cat - in The Garfield Movie. It was right behind Furiosa with a $31.1M opening. How bout that. Last year we had Pratt and Taylor-Joy star in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which opened with $166.4M over Easter. This year, the two could only account for 38% of that total with a combined $63.1M.
At least Garfield was only made on a $60M budget. It bowed to $97.4M globally. And it got the same B+ score as Furiosa. 
IF held strong with $21M. It's 3-day of $16.1M was "only" down by 52%. Reynolds' last theatrical entry, 2021's Free Guy, made $60.3M after 11 days, without the benefit of a Monday holiday. Still though, IF's $63.5M is right in line.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes had a $17.2M holiday, which was good enough for 4th place in its 3rd weekend. Its $126.6M running total makes it the fourth highest grossing movie of the year ahead of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire's $112.6M. It's also just shy of $300 million worldwide with $298.6M so far.
The Fall Guy fell to fifth place only down one spot with $7.6M. That's despite being available on demand. It's finding its legs and has nearly identical domestic and foreign revenue splits: $73.9M domestic running total to $71.6M foreign running total. I still got to watch it.
Notables
Sight, tryna be the new Sound of Freedom, opened with $3.5M.
Babes opened with $1.2M from 590 theaters. Don't remember if I put this in the Summer Box Office Preview.
The Top Ten
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW (3-Day) | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | N | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | $32,000,000 | - | 3,804 | $32,000,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. |
| 2 | N | The Garfield Movie | $31,100,000 | - | 4,035 | $31,100,000 | 1 | Sony |
| 3 | 1 | IF | $21,000,208 | -52.2% | 4,068 | $63,567,000 | 2 | Paramount |
| 4 | 2 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | $17,200,000 | -47.3% | 3,550 | $126,649,252 | 3 | 20th Century Studios |
| 5 | 4 | The Fall Guy | $7,650,000 | -28.3% | 2,955 | $73,941,385 | 4 | Universal |
| 6 | 3 | The Strangers: Chapter 1 | $6,900,000 | -53% | 2,856 | $22,633,988 | 2 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | N | Sight | $3,596,755 | - | 2,100 | $3,596,755 | 1 | Angel Studios |
| 8 | 5 | Challengers | $1,761,000 | -50.7% | 1,089 | $46,855,760 | 5 | Amazon MGM |
| 9 | 6 | Back to Black | $1,350,000 | -61.9% | 2,013 | $5,249,020 | 2 | Focus Features |
| 10 | N | Babes | $1,228,000 | - | 590 | $1,455,799 | 2 | Neon |
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Real Summer Blockbusters Move in Silence like Garfield's Lasagna: Weekend Box Office Results (May 31-Jun. 2)
It feels like just yesterday when I saw Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse at the movies. Only it wasn't yesterday. It was this time last year - the 22nd week at the box office. Across the Spider-Verse did an astounding $120.6 million opening which crushed The Little Mermaid's $41M. This year?
The Garfield Movie.
In its second weekend.
Making $14 million.
That's what gets you first place nowadays.
And that's with The Garfield Movie having to battle back from defeat last week at the hands of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. That makes $51.5M for the Pratt cat flick. So it took the top spot this week and it overtook Furiosa's total gross thus far. Thanks to a $100.7M foreign haul, Garfield is sitting pretty at $152.2 million.
Win's and win no matter how you slice it. The head that's being sliced in this case is the lasagna. That's what Garfield eats and he and Chris Pratt are eating right now.
Garfield wasn't the only movie who clawed its way back. IF took second place with $10.8M. That's right IF - not Furiosa.
After 3 weekends, it's cracked $80.4M - just ahead of Ryan Reynolds' Free Guy's $78.9M in the same time period. Of course, 2021's $78.9M equals $90.4M in 2024. And IF's $80.4M would have translated to $70M in 2021. But that's inflation, baby. IF is a little behind but it's holding steady on its way to $100M. 
Finally, we get to Furiosa - falling down to 3rd place - with $10.7M.
It hasn't even cracked $50 million yet with $49.6M after 2 weeks. Where The Garfield Movie found success overseas, it's not really been the case for Furiosa with only $64.7 million, bringing its worldwide running total to $114.3M. Mad Max: Fury Road, in its second weekend, which also happened to be Memorial Day Weekend, did $24.6M 3-day and $31.2M over the 4 days, for comparison. Which is to say it's no comparison. 
To the movies?
To streaming?
4th place is held down once again by Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with $8.8M. Planet of the Eights?
It's approaching the standard $400M break-even territory - based on its $160M budget - with $337M worldwide. It's $139.9M running domestic total is on the verge of overtaking the $146.8 million made by War for the Planet of the Apes. That sounds great but that $146.8M from 2017 translates to $188M today when adjusted for inflation. 
The Fall Guy did not fall from fifth place with $4.2M. It's made $16.5M since it hit on-demand 2 weeks ago and is up to $80.2M, which makes it the 9th highest grossing movie of the year. Not bad after an inauspicious start.
Notables
With $28.3 million in the bank, The Strangers: Chapter 1 passes Imaginary's $28 million, as it becomes the second highest grossing horror movie of the year. It only trails Night Swim's $32.4M.
Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle opened with $3.5M from 1,119 theaters. That may sound light but it's already made $76.6M internationally.
On the heels of Late Night with the Devil, In a Violent Nature had IFC Films second biggest opening with $2.1M.
The Top 10
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | 2 | The Garfield Movie | $14,000,000 | -41.7% | 4,108 | $51,572,331 | 2 | Sony |
| 2 | 3 | IF | $10,801,000 | -33.1% | 3,783 | $80,429,950 | 3 | Paramount |
| 3 | 1 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | $10,750,000 | -59.2% | 3,864 | $49,667,619 | 2 | Warner Bros. |
| 4 | 4 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | $8,800,000 | -34.3% | 3,450 | $139,996,059 | 4 | 20th Century Studios |
| 5 | 5 | The Fall Guy | $4,200,000 | -29.7% | 2,826 | $80,285,405 | 5 | Universal |
| 6 | 6 | The Strangers: Chapter 1 | $3,600,000 | -35.5% | 2,527 | $28,365,840 | 3 | Lionsgate |
| 7 | - | Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle | $3,500,000 | - | 1,119 | $3,500,000 | 1 | Crunchyroll |
| 8 | - | In a Violent Nature | $2,119,000 | - | 1,426 | $2,119,000 | 1 | IFC Films |
| 9 | - | Ezra | $1,183,581 | - | 1,320 | $1,183,581 | 1 | Bleecker Street Media |
| 10 | 7 | Sight | $1,084,918 | -61.2% | 2,118 | $5,888,028 | 2 | Angel Studios |
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Apes Together Strong. 
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
garfield #1 again? 
at least Violent nature is top 10...but looks like it'll drop off by next week
strangers doing better is sick
at least Violent nature is top 10...but looks like it'll drop off by next week
strangers doing better is sick
I wonder if offering these movies at home for the same price would have any effect. Is it the movie, the theatre or just movie going itself that's to blame. Would be nice to have some tracking on overall streaming week to week.
Avisible Man
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Now That's How You Sposed to Open a Summer Blockbuster! Weekend Box Office Results (Jun. 7-9)
Thank the Lord, or more accurately, Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. The Bad Boys are here to save the summer box office with a $56M / $104.6M opening for Ride or Die.
It was funny reading Deadline over the past week, as they said Ride or Die was tracking at $50M, then down to $40M, and possibly down to the $30M's. Then to jump to $52M and $54M. Only for the actual number to be $56M. Just keep throwing numbers out there and eventually you'll get it right.
That is the second best opening in the Bad Boys quadrilogy, 10% behind Bad Boys For Life's $62.5M. It's also the second best opening this Summer behind the $58.4M of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. It's also more than Furiosa's $55.6M 15 day total.
Bad Boys: Ride or Die being number 1 adds to the legacies of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence. For Will, it's the 18th #1 opening of his career. It's his first since the aforementioned Bad Boys For Life in 2020. For Martin Lawrence, it's his eighth #1 opening. Like will. It's also his first since bad boys for life. The only movie he had between Bad Boys releases was Mindcage In 2022, which was not released theatrically. Black royalty.
Bad Boys for Life was number one for three straight weekends. With an Inside Out 2 dropping next week, that won't be the case this time around. Still, Ride or Die is rocking an A- CinemaScore, so it should have good legs to counter the family friendly animated flick.
It's a Sony tsunami at the top of the box office. Bad Boys at #1 and The Garfield Movie at #2 with $10M in its third weekend. With $68.6M so far, it's the 12th highest grossing movie of the year, moving past Civil War and its $68.5M. It just needs to pass Migration's $73.2M to get into the top 10.
IF held down the 3rd spot again with $8M. That makes for a $93.5M running total. That's 1.6% ahead of Free Guy's $92M pace after 24 days. It'll pass Bob Marley: One Love's $96.8M any day now.
4th place is occupied by a newcomer, The Watchers. With a $7M opening, it appears that nobody watched.
This was not directed by M. Knight Shyamalan but his daughter, Ishana, in her theatrical directorial debut. She's directed a bunch of Servant episodes for Apple TV+. It's a 50% lower opening than M. Knight's Knock at the Cabin, which did $14.1M in 2022. And Papa Shyamalan's pic had a C cinemascore compared to the C- his daughter managed. So it's prospects aren't looking promising. 
Fifth place belongs to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes with $5.4M. Its $149.7M running total surpasses War for the Planet of the Apes' $146.8M. It remains the highest grossing movie of the summer until Bad Boys / Inside Out / Deadpool dethrone it.
Notables
The Lord of the Rings Extended Editions, which Peter Jackson remastered in 2020 are in theaters. The Fellowship of the Ring made $2.4M on Saturday. The Two Towers made $1.9M on Sunday. The Return of the King returns to theaters tomorrow.
The Top Ten
Rank | LW | Movie | Gross | %± LW | Theaters | Total Gross | Weeks | Distributor |
| 1 | N | Bad Boys: Ride or Die | $56,000,000 | 3,885 | $56,000,000 | 1 | Sony | |
| 2 | 1 | The Garfield Movie | $10,000,000 | -29% | 3,959 | $68,613,000 | 3 | Sony |
| 3 | 3 | IF | $8,000,000 | -24% | 3,582 | $93,520,000 | 4 | Paramount |
| 4 | N | The Watchers | $7,000,000 | 3,351 | $7,000,000 | 1 | Warner Bros. | |
| 5 | 4 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes | $5,400,000 | -40% | 3,155 | $149,772,773 | 5 | 20th Century Studios |
| 6 | 2 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | $4,245,000 | -61% | 2,984 | $58,709,000 | 3 | Warner Bros. |
| 7 | 5 | The Fall Guy | $2,700,000 | -36% | 2,410 | $85,122,000 | 6 | Universal |
| 8 | 6 | The Strangers: Chapter 1 | $1,840,000 | -50% | 2,016 | $32,208,939 | 4 | Lionsgate |
| 9 | 7 | Haikyu!! The Dumpster Battle | $820,000 | -78% | 1,119 | $5,784,000 | 2 | Crunchyroll |
| 10 | 8 | In a Violent Nature | $640,000 | -70% | 1,266 | $3,641,870 | 2 | IFC Films |