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Wkd Box Office - 2•15-17•19 - Alita fights off bomb of the year status. Audiences pass on second Death Day. Everything not Awesome for Lego 2.
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Simply not true. -60% these days is not a big drop. Wouldn't be surprised to see Alita slightly beat that estimate.
Keep in mind that the move was originally looking to do 45-50m territory. It showed some positive momentum on Saturday, could ebb over 65m.
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60% isn't a bad drop if you do 75-125 million opening as a blockbuster, not so much at 35 million.
You'd prefer better yes, but it's not a bad drop. Nothing changes that.
It's not a bad drop, but it also doesn't mean the totals to date are good. Those are two different metrics.
Yeah, so have I. I really enjoyed the movie and really want there to be a sequel, but it doesn't look like it has a chance now. I'll still buy the movie when it releases on UHD.
I'm still sad :(
Yeah I saw it last night and it was bad in a lot of ways, but still overall really charming and enjoyable to watch. I really want a sequel.
Y'all give up too easy. Here let me help you with the campaign to save it:
Now I won't ask for much in return; just watch Ruben Brandt, Collector or Missing Link in cinemas so that animation doesn't die. kthxbye
Kind of odd that this one is looking to have the opening the LAST ONE was expected to have.
They really bungled to rollout of that film. It made plenty of money due to strong overseas returns, but I feel like both could have done better if there had been a shorter turnaround.
I'm used to all of my favorite movies being flops, so meh, I've become numb to the whole scenario.
Y'all give up too easy. Here let me help you with the campaign to save it:
Now I won't ask for much in return; just watch Ruben Brandt, Collector or Missing Link in cinemas so that animation doesn't die. kthxbye
Omg! Lmao
I can see them giving an Alita 2 ticket with a bit of a budget cut. Thankfully, they have a roadmap in the manga, so they won't have to worry about a Pacific Rim Uprising derailment.
I need a sequel to Alito yesterday. Now I've seen it I'm relieved Robert got to direct it rather than Cameron. I don't see modern day Cameron making such a lovely film we got. The lead was a genius cast, charismatic, relatable and looked identical to Alito from the manga.
Y'all give up too easy. Here let me help you with the campaign to save it:
You deserve a medal.
Gavel Angel Alito
The face of an angel, the soul of a gavel.
Agreed completely. Surpasses $30mil worldwide today and still going <3
The 500 million figure is including all that except chinas steep cut.
It has a Cinemascore of an A-.
Also PostTrak says reception has been good.
Then looking at audience scores across the internet have been pretty positive coming out of that first weekend. It might not be enough to get people rushing to see it the second weekend, but we'll see how Alita's legs hold up beyond that, as well as overseas. China also has positive WOM, from outlets that track that, and has been trending upwards from initial projections for the weekend.
You'd know that if you read this niche message board thread though.
I'm looking at the receipts, and the movie is losing money, so "word of mouth" is kind of meaningless when it doesn't expand the audience. Word of mouth in this case is strongest in narrow, niche circles.
100% of girls between 10-12 liking the film sure is something.
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WOM means legs. You were just looking to make a snarky remark if you don't grasp that.
A 60% drop stateside means no legs. It's not a snarky remark, it's reality. WOM has not propelled the movie beyond a specific niche audience (which includes me btw).
Alita started too low to be saved. It not being a bomb is a win itself, but its not crawling to a sequel either.
Alita will not be a Jupiter Ascending, John Carter, Tomorrowland level bomb. I could see it falling into that 300mil+ area were films still take a loss in theaters, get to black with TV, home sales, etc. But will never be brought up again in conversation to continue the franchise.
Alita will not be a Jupiter Ascending, John Carter, Tomorrowland level bomb. I could see it falling into that 300mil+ area were films still take a loss in theaters, get to black with TV, home sales, etc. But will never be brought up again in conversation to continue the franchise.
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60% isn't a great start, but determining legs is obviously what happens beyond that. Sometimes WOM isn't enough to get people rushing in the second week to see it but has them trickling in for weeks after that.
And beyond the U.S. if China has a good opening that exceeds expectations and overall earns on par with, say, Ready Player One over it entire run there, that definitely is WOM.
If we don't get a sequel I'm hoping an anime gets put into production to adapt the manga all the way through.
It dropped 60% in a week where the only new competition was an animated kids film. Next week it loses theaters, and then Captain Marvel arrives to binary-blast it. At best this is another Warcraft situation, where it flakes out but it makes some money in China, and since this wasn't a Chinese co-production the studios only get 25% of the take there.
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