Disney Irish
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I'm pretty sure Sony is kicking themselves right now for moving Kraven.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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BrianLo
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BrianLo
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Crossing $600M In $3.6 Billion Summer; Disney Dominates With $1.5 Billion – Labor Day Box Office
Summer box office is winding down with $3.6 billion as 'Deadpool & Wolverine' are expected to win the Labor Day weekend and hit $600M.
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Sunday morning write-through includes a nice domestic post mortem of the studio majors. Disney/20th century the undisputed comeback king this year.
Disney Irish
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Crossing $600M In $3.6 Billion Summer; Disney Dominates With $1.5 Billion – Labor Day Box Office
Summer box office is winding down with $3.6 billion as 'Deadpool & Wolverine' are expected to win the Labor Day weekend and hit $600M.
Sunday morning write-through includes a nice domestic post mortem of the studio majors. Disney/20th century the undisputed comeback king this year.
DP&W also crosses the $600M mark domestic, making it only the 6th MCU movie to do so.
Ghost93
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We finally have the trailer for Searchlight (Disney's) Nightb*tch, starring Amy Adams. I have no idea what to make of it, but it will be a tough sell for the Oscars. And I can't imagine it being a box office hit.
I suspect the tone of the trailer is a bit more lighthearted than what the actual movie will be, but this is just a weird and hard sell.
I suspect the tone of the trailer is a bit more lighthearted than what the actual movie will be, but this is just a weird and hard sell.
brideck
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This was originally going to be a Hulu-only release, wasn't it? Any box office will be good for it, especially if it manages to garner any nominations. Heller has gotten Oscar noms for her actors in offbeat roles before (Melissa McCarthy & Richard E. Grant), so anything is possible here.
I agree that the tone of the trailer is... interesting. I've heard the book is pretty dark, and the movie is rated R, so I'm not sure how much they're potentially hiding here.
I agree with others on the trailer…it was not what I was expecting…. If there is an awards play I suspect it will be a best actress nod for Amy Adams… who I will always root for as she is one of my all time favorites actresses
Animaniac93-98
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Wasn't expecting Beetlejuice to have a $100 million opening weekend, but it looks like that may happen.
Disney Irish
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Nostalgia is a huge draw. While I wouldn't say it held up when compared to the first one, it did work overall.
$80-100M I thought would have been doable for opening, long term though, I'm not sure how much it'll have legs beyond next week with a bunch of competition from other family films and horror films opening over the next few weeks.
erasure fan1
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This one is kind of a strange release. It reminds me of haunted mansion. Why not release it for Halloween? Like haunted mansion, I think it does better as a last week of September or first week of October. I don't think it's all that strong of a fall line up. Transformers one, wild robot, venom, joker. Wild robots is the end of September and Joker is that first weekend in October. Release it the 4th as kids aren't going to see Joker. I don't know, it just screams Halloween release in my opinion.
Disney Irish
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Well not all horror or spooky movies need to be released around Halloween. But yes I agree it should have been released in October, not to give anything away, as the movie is specifically about Halloween as well.
My gut tells me the thinking is they want it on digital around Halloween which is why Uni released it now.
erasure fan1
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Agreed, it's just a strange strategy. Especially since signs seem to point to a better box office run drives better streaming interest.
I saw Beetlejuice Beetlejuice today and I think it stands to leg out over the next two months whether or not they do a Halloween-timed digital drop. It's true there are a bunch of straight horror movies coming up, plus the two animated features, but otherwise there's really not much in the way of wide releases until Joker Folie a Deux, which is also a Warner Bros. release - the studio likely didn't want to release the films right on top of each other, especially as the latter is also meant to be a major awards season play. I say "meant to be" because the early word out of the Venice Film Festival has not been good. It's absolutely possible that that movie might flame out after a big first weekend if word of mouth isn't good, and that's more space for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which is shaping up to be a real crowd-pleaser. Not to mention, it's the only wide release for a while that seems to be appealing to women especially - after this, it's pretty much a wait for Wicked Part One and/or Moana 2 in November.
While if It was me I would have released it closer to Halloween…I don’t believe it’s as strange of a release as Haunted Mansion… that was released last week of July…. I feel once your past Labor Day… it is officially Halloween season…and it worked well for IT
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Wendy Pleakley
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The people concerned about Beetlejuice being released in September are going to be shocked when they find out when Disney starts running their Halloween parties 
I imagine release dates are more based on competition and other factors rather than appropriate thematic timing.
I agree there might have been some desire to time the release to allow the theatrical AND digital release to occur before Halloween.
Disney's Haunted Mansion I agreed was likely a direct to D+ project that had a theatrical release added, so the date makes sense from that perspective.
I imagine release dates are more based on competition and other factors rather than appropriate thematic timing.
I agree there might have been some desire to time the release to allow the theatrical AND digital release to occur before Halloween.
Disney's Haunted Mansion I agreed was likely a direct to D+ project that had a theatrical release added, so the date makes sense from that perspective.
Animaniac93-98
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Agreed, I don't think releasing it after Labor Day is a problem. I expect it will continue to run through the Halloween season, which for much of the USA starts after Sprit Halloween and local haunt attractions open in September.
It could prove to be a smart release strategy…. If released in October the film would be done after November 1st…. If Leggy it could continue to add profits (however much it may be) through Halliween
I have not seen the movie yet( will in about an hour)… I am still not sure how much legs this movie has…. From what I heard this movie is for fans only….it hits all the right member berries for the fans of the first film(lucky I am)… Otherwise it is kind of a mess
Disney Irish
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So preliminary weekend numbers are in, Beetlejuice 2 surpassed $100M with $110M opening weekend domestic and almost $150M WW.
DP&W is looking like it'll hit $1.3B WW before the end of its run. And IO2 is looking to finish its run at close to $1.7B WW.
DP&W is looking like it'll hit $1.3B WW before the end of its run. And IO2 is looking to finish its run at close to $1.7B WW.
Elsewhere this frame, Disney became the first studio to cross $4B in global box office this year. It got there with just five wide releases, including the two highest grossers of 2024 so far, Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine, followed by Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Alien: Romulus and The First Omen. This is the third year in a row Disney gets to the benchmark, and the 10th time since 2010 — the most of any major.
Speaking of Inside Out 2, its global cume is now $1,675.1M, stomping past Jurassic World ($1,671.5M) to become the No. 8 biggest movie of all time worldwide. It likewise moved up a notch internationally, landing at No. 10 on the all-time chart with an offshore cume of $1,023.2M.
Sticking with Dis, 20th Century’s Alien: Romulus chomped across $300M, taking the global cume to $314.4M. Also getting to the three-century mark, Sony/Wayfarer Studios’ hit romantic drama, It Ends with Us, reached $309.4M globally with this weekend’s business, and more markets yet to blossom.
Romulus for its part has now grossed $314.4M worldwide, of which $217.2M is from overseas. It’s still No. 1 in Korea and has now crossed $100M in China. The overall offshore drop this session was 51% for a $13.7M weekend in 52 markets.
Japan opened this weekend, the final market to release, and claimed the No. 2 spot behind a local title. The $2.3M bow makes it the 4th highest live-action opening for an import this year. It came in 125% ahead of A Quiet Place: Day One and 25% over Alien: Covenant. Social scores are positive.
Here are the Top 5 markets to date: China ($100.6M), UK ($15.9M), Korea ($13.9M), France ($10.7M) and Mexico ($7.9M).
Deadpool & Wolverine is not ready to say Bye Bye Bye, adding another $8.4M in 52 markets for an overseas cume of $673.2M and a running global total of $1,287.2M after seven weekends.
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Jumps In With $145M+ Global Bow; Holdovers (& Disney) Hit New Milestones; Vijay’s ‘GOAT’ One To Watch – International Box Office
This weekend was showtime for Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, with the Tim Burton/Michael Keaton sequel opening to $145.4M at the worldwide box office
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