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Wkd Box Office - 1•18-20•19 - Glass comes in lower than expected. FUNimation seriously underestimates Dragon Ball Super: Broly thirst.
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I'm willing to bet it was FOX who fucked up.
After all the pre-movie trailers were all movies aimed at kids under 12.
On The Visit it was the most money he's ever made on a single movie. I'm sure Split was the same and so-forth.
No, it wouldn't. Not OW at least. Maybe final domenstic total.
They are leaving some in the tank, but increasing the theater count isn't going to make DB gross a Super large amount more. They should have kept the numbers up for the weekend, but Anime flicks are always front loaded. Still stupid of them, but don't be dreaming of 20mil+ for the weekend unless they released it on a Friday. And it's going to drop hard next weekend, if they keep the theater count in
WE DID OUR PART FOR SPIDER-VERSE!
I am now blaming the international markets (and BronsonLee's curse).
I am now blaming the international markets (and BronsonLee's curse).
It's hard not to when all the showings near me have been sold out this weekend. Something something power maximum. Helps that the movie isn't actually terrible (if you're into the series).
This weekend? Probably not.
If it premiered next weekend, where the competition is nonexistant, probably.
Let the record show I gave the Bronson Bump to THREE movies this holiday season
Bumblebee
Aquaman
Spider-Verse
And I saw Aquaman twice so it had double the effect
Bumblebee
Aquaman
Spider-Verse
And I saw Aquaman twice so it had double the effect
The people I saw in the theater I went to I finally felt like I was home. It was mostly 20-30 year olds.
I hear you loud and clear but that's not how Funi operates. There's a model in place for these type of films and it works splendidly for theatre owners and Funi. Furthermore, it's complicated given the contracts in place with various theatre owners on how many screens are available for new releases, number of engagements for distributors, etc. Unless Sony or FOX/Disney take over distribution duties, we won't see any wide releases from Funi anytime soon. A huge success for Funi though; who would have envisioned a gross of $30-35M domestically when all is said and done - amazing feat.
Look all I'm saying is that Venom made double what Spider-Verse did so it's gotta be twice as good, right? That's how it works
Fair enough. Should have just been considered a FOX release.
To be fair for Funimation, this is what they usually do with their movies. Though I imagine Broly's success will get them to rethink that especially since they now have Sony money to play around with.
I can see studios buying the rights to anime movies and releasing them. They cost peanuts to make and even less to get the rights on. Everybody wins
175m is gonna happen in 2 weeks. Just hoping Oscar buzz and hopeful win puts it in contention for 200m
I don't think there are too many anime films out there with BO appeal that aren't snapped up by Funimation, Viz or GKIDS already, and as far as the latter is concerned, they're small enough to need a venue like Fathom Events to get their films into theaters nationwide in the first place.
200 mil I don't think is happening, especially with How to Train Your Dragons 3 and Lego Movie 2 both coming out next month.
At the rate it's going, ending between $170-180 is more likely and definitely a solid.
Deserved, IMO. I legit can't even remember who the antagonist in the first one was. Creed II had antagonists you empathized with.
Bumblebee trucking along. I'm glad! Seems like it should finish in the $450-$475 range, depending on how well China holds and how receptive Japan is to it.
Unbreakable was not a sleeper hit.
https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=weekend&id=unbreakable.htm
Opened at 2 and just kept dropping. People expected Sixth Sense 2 and it didn't happen.
Man, in that case imagine how much it could've made with a proper release. That's nuts.
It underperformed with expatiations. Unbreakable scored lower than Glass back then with audience reviews.
yeah, next weekend with a proper theatre count... that would have been close
Unbreakable would probably be better described as a cult hit than anything else.
Glass already did double its budget..........this is why M Night gets greenlit to make movies. No matter what, he brings in easy money......even if some don't always come out with praise.
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