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Wkd Box Office - 12•22-24•17 - The Last Jedi: #1 in cinemas. #1 in hot takes. Jumanji ramps up.

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This is ResetEra's weekend box office thread. While the OP focuses on the popular weekend tallies, we typically discuss box office throughout the week as well when notable films are playing. New threads are are posted each Sunday morning, between 8-10am PST.


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Box Office: 'Last Jedi,' 'Jumanji' Rule Christmas; 'Downsizing' Bombs

Today, moviegoing will slow down as people prepare for Christmas Eve festivities. Traffic will then pick up again in earnest on Monday once presents are unwrapped.

Disney and Lucasfilm's The Last Jedi is pacing to gross $100.7 million from 4,323 theaters for the long weekend (Friday-Monday), pushing its domestic total to $397 million through Christmas Day. Through Sunday, the film's global haul is a mighty $745.5 million.

In a win for Sony, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is on course to earn $64 million or more in its six-day debut — it opened Wednesday alongside The Greatest Showman — from 3,765 theaters to come in No. 2. The reboot, starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart, Karen Gillan, Nick Jonas and Bobby Cannavale, opens 22 years after the original Jumanji.

Another Christmas winner is Universal's Pitch Perfect 3 , which is on course for a four-day debut of $27 million or more after launching on Friday in 3,447 theaters. Targeting younger females, the film is holding at No. 3.

Marking filmmaker Alexander Payne's most ambitious film to date, Downsizing is projected to earn $6.6 million from 2,558 theaters in its four-day debut for a seventh place finish. The previous regime at Paramount paid $70 million to make the satire, starring Matt Damon as an ordinary Midwestern man who decides to be shrunk to five inches tall in order to live like a king.

Father Figures, from Alcon Entertainment and Warner Bros. is faring even worse. The male-skewing comedy is looking at a four-day debut of $4.2 million from 3,902 theaters. The film, following two brothers who set out to find their biological father, stars Owen Wilson, Ed Helms, J.K. Simmons, Katt Williams, Terry Bradshaw and Ving Rhames.

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TheXbox

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How long before TLJ eclipses Rogue One? A couple more weekends?
 
Linkura

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Greatest Showman and especially Downsizing are massive bombas, Jesus.

This week is super crowded.
 
BlackFyre

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Word of mouth. Last Jedi divided a lot of people. I know I told my casual friends that it wasn't a movie I enjoyed.

I watched TFA 3 times, this one, only once will do. Lack of repeat viewings will hurt this one.
 
Sax

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omg can Star Wars as a franchise ever recover from this historically devastating BO performance?!
 
Addleburg

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69% drop doesn't seem too bad for a film that had as stellar of an opening weekend as The Last Jedi did.

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They spent how much on Downsizing?!?

Holy shit, Paramount is so bad at this.
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Jesus, I didn't know they'd spent that much on that film. Why would you ever spend that much on an Alexander Payne film? I love the director, but that's a bold gamble.
 
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Wow 69% drop is huge. Looking at some recent blockbusters thats the biggest drop I've been able to find, closest was Spider-Man Homecoming which was 62%, most of the others were in the 55% range. Disney can't be pleased.
 

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MrBob

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Matt Damon going to be starring in direct to DVD movies only soon.


Sequels are typically more front loaded anyway so it's tough to determine the cause of the drop for TLJ. I don't think next weekend helps determine either being new years weekend. Need to see the drop the weekend after new years.
 
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Br3wnor said:
Wow 69% drop is huge. Looking at some recent blockbusters thats the biggest drop I've been able to find, closest was Spider-Man Homecoming which was 62%, most of the others were in the 55% range. Disney can't be pleased.
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The movie is already at 745 million globally. It was never going to do as well as The Force Awakens, but it also doesn't need to. And like Cheebo pointed out, today is Christmas Eve.
 
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Br3wnor said:
Wow 69% drop is huge. Looking at some recent blockbusters thats the biggest drop I've been able to find, closest was Spider-Man Homecoming which was 62%, most of the others were in the 55% range. Disney can't be pleased.
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It will have a much bigger Monday than those. They are predicting 33-34 for Monday.
 
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I see Cheebo and the usual suspects still defending the historical drop. Lmao. Word of mouth affected the movie and will affect the sequels as well. This was gonna make a ton of money even if Jar Jar was the main character. Stop,doing free PR, it's disgusting .
 
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Expect a lot of people who feel insecure about not liking TLJ to start celebrating these numbers, ignoring that it's not Christmas Eve, and pretending TFA didn't open under unique circumstances to try and pass off TLJ as a flop this week.
 
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It's a big drop, no doubt, but having the second weekend just before Christmas probably hasn't helped.

Still, I'm sure Disney are woodyharrelsoncryingintomoney.gif about "only" pulling in that much for the second weekend.
 
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What is the expected 4 day total for the last Jedi. Anything lost on Christmas Eve should be made up Christmas day since Christmas Day is typically a huge movie day.
 
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Wow. The Last Jedi is going to do even worse than I thought. Guess that's what a bad movie deserves.
 
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Downsizing's budget is kind of insane, it could've been made for half that.

I saw it opening night and there was only about three other people in the theater with me.
 
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Sony charting out the Jumanji Cinematic Universe as we speak

That Downsizing budget what in the fuck man

Br3wnor said:
Wow 69% drop is huge. Looking at some recent blockbusters thats the biggest drop I've been able to find, closest was Spider-Man Homecoming which was 62%, most of the others were in the 55% range. Disney can't be pleased.
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It's fucking over. Sell the rights back to Marvel.
 
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That Downsizing budget needed some, uhh, what's the word I'm looking for...
 

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Lidl said:
I just don't expect this to make a huge difference, but I guess we'll see in a week or two.
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Except that makes a HUGE difference. Christmas Eve is one of the worst boxoffice days of the year historically. And Christmas day is one of the best, if not THE best day historically.

How is that not a big difference?

Christmas Day gross for TLJ is projected to be about double what it did Christmas Eve.
 
dancingphlower

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Pretty large drop, but Spider-Man had one too and that movie still ended up doing really well so it's probably not cause for concern.
 
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I'll hold off judgment on this drop until next weekend. If next weekend is flat-ish, it would seem timing had a lot to do with it
 
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