![]() Domestic Distribution President, “We had everybody from Halifax, VA to Honolulu.”īeamed Universal’s Boss of Domestic Distribution Jim Orr this AM: “Nolan’s films are riveting, exhilarating, and true cinematic experiences. It is the most attendees for an R-rated opening, surpassing John Wick: Chapter 4‘s 5.2M.ĭespite the awesome weekend for the industry, one rival distributor griped, “It’s hard to keep up with a killer combo like this which plays both cities and small towns.”Įxclaimed Jeff Goldstein, Warner Bros. Oppenheimer had 5.8M admissions, which EntTelligence says is a record-breaker in the firm’s post pandemic era. Only Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Spider-Man: No Way Home are ahead of it. – Barbie clocked 12.8M admissions, which is the highest non-MCU/fresh IP film to open since EntTellgience began monitoring. Other than Spider-Man: No Way Home in 2021 (20M patrons), this is the most foot traffic EntTelligence has monitored, for a three-day new opening film or combination of films, since our formation during the dark period of the pandemic.” In fact, both movies’ fervent fans are owning it in their cinema attire, dressing up like the characters in Barbie and Oppenheimer (scroll down).īehold the foot traffic: box office analytics corp EntTelligence says that “ Barbenheimer is going to pull in approximately 18.5M patrons this weekend. ![]() Point is, audiences are approaching this Nolan movie like a comic-book movie, not the adult drama that it is. However, it had a $31.3M Saturday for what turned out to be an $88.4M opening. That pic’s first day/previews was also $33M. Meanwhile, Oppenheimermight be about a bomb, but it’s certainly not a bomb in the box office sense of the word, with the Universal Christopher Nolan-directed movie eyeing $25.8M on Saturday, -22% from Friday night/previews of $33M, for what’s shaping up to be an awesome $80.5M opening, per Universal this morning.Īs we spotted on Thursday night, Oppenheimer looked like it was going to emulate the box office trajectory of the R-rated X-Men title, Logan. Warners isn’t a studio to get over their skis in estimates. Others believe in their bones this Greta Gerwing-directed, Margot Robbie-Ryan Gosling combo is destined for $160M. Updated figures this AM show Warner Bros.’ new franchise based on the Mattel doll at $48.1M (-32% from Friday/previews), for what is shaping up to still be a $155M start, the biggest opening of 2023. ![]() Sunday AM writethru after Saturday PM: updat e If you weren’t at Barbieor Oppenheimer, or both movies this weekend, consider yourself square. That would be it’s still fourth biggest domestic weekend of all-time. Not only are people showing their interest in the cinema, but the theatrical downstream pie is better for all parties involved, no?Ĭomscore reported $301.6M for the weekend yesterday, however that figure has to be around $308.6M given the extra $8M for Barbenheimer. ![]() ![]() As one exec said to me yesterday about the feared box office forecast, “It’s the car accident, one exit up.” Maybe this means we make less streaming movies and more theatrical. Granted streaming is the headache for many writers and actors, however, if AMPTP and the guilds don’t agree to a contract soon, the 20 theatrical schedule could get significantly damaged. All of this is a reminder is that it took a consistent supply of movies, which spurs moviegoer demand to get theatrical back on track post Covid. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |