Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs

[Disney Irish]

Thursday Preview Numbers -

Not much is expected to change this weekend with only a few new releases, possibly Speak No Evil may do well, but its sort of another soft weekend as we head to mid-September. And likely the second to last weekend for IO2 with it going to D+ on Sept 25th.

 

[Disney Irish]

Preliminary weekend numbers, as expected not much changed, Speak No Evil did well enough to make it to #2 but not really impressive numbers. DP&W did cross the $1.3B WW mark this weekend.

 

[celluloid]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is quite impressive. Of course, decades long hype to finally see it happening has the novel appeal, but even with that, I don't think there has ever been such a gap before in cinema with as many years as 1988 to 2024 with such direct sequel including returning title character and main cast. Movie history in itself.

Box office this next coming weekend will surpass 6 billion for the year.

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

Preliminary weekend numbers, as expected not much changed, Speak No Evil did well enough to make it to #2 but not really impressive numbers. DP&W did cross the $1.3B WW mark this weekend.

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And it also beat out a piece of right-wing propaganda in Am I Racist. You know when Bob Iger says audiences want neutral entertainment at the movies, you should heed his advice and probably listen to the audiences.

 

[Disney Irish]

Box office this next coming weekend will surpass 6 billion for the year.

Predictions still have it coming in less than 2023. We'll see how it turns out come December. But contraction year-over-year in the box office is not what the market needs, especially right now.

 

[Disney Irish]

And it also beat out a piece of right-wing propaganda in Am I Racist. You know when Bob Iger says audiences want neutral entertainment at the movies, you should heed his advice and probably listen to the audiences.

I'm not surprised, those are targeted releases, not expected to do much business for general audiences.

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Predictions still have it coming in less than 2023. We'll see how it turns out come December. But contraction year-over-year in the box office is not what the market needs, especially right now.

With fewer movies this year that’s not too surprising, it’s been a much better year for the studios (so they probably don’t care) but the total box office dropping definitely hurts the theaters.

 

[celluloid]

Predictions still have it coming in less than 2023. We'll see how it turns out come December. But contraction year-over-year in the box office is not what the market needs, especially right now.

I feel bold enough to say it will end close to 7. But that is understandable to match last year considering that there was a Strike that pushed releases around and made things wonky.

Studios needed the hits, and they got them. The spread is becoming more familiar.

 

[DKampy]

Preliminary weekend numbers, as expected not much changed, Speak No Evil did well enough to make it to #2 but not really impressive numbers. DP&W did cross the $1.3B WW mark this weekend.

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Not really strong number but Speak No Evil still could make a profit as it was reported as only a 15 million budget

 

[DKampy]

Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is quite impressive. Of course, decades long hype to finally see it happening has the novel appeal, but even with that, I don't think there has ever been such a gap before in cinema with as many years as 1988 to 2024 with such direct sequel including returning title character and main cast. Movie history in itself.

Box office this next coming weekend will surpass 6 billion for the year.

Top Gun was a similar length from original to sequel

 

[Disney Irish]

...but the total box office dropping definitely hurts the theaters.

Which is exactly my point.

 

[Disney Irish]

I feel bold enough to say it will end close to 7. But that is understandable to match last year considering that there was a Strike that pushed releases around and made things wonky.

Studios needed the hits, and they got them. The spread is becoming more familiar.

I actually think it'll be over 7, but that is still way below last year. And yes its understandable with the strike. But the whole point is the last 4 years has been hard on the market, and its something that is not easy to recover from. Just saying, the longer we go with the market being as low as it has been the harder it is to recover, and more people are willing to forego going to the theater.

Anyways I don't want to do another go around on this whole conversation that we've debated many times before. I'm just saying its still not out of the woods, something I worry will have long term negative effects the kinds I've mentioned before.

 

[Disney Irish]

Another upcoming slow weekend with only Transforms One being the new major release. IO2 is likely on its last weekend, with Alien:Romulus and DP&W looking to continue likely until at least mid-October.

Thursday Previews -

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

Another upcoming slow weekend with only Transforms One being the new major release. IO2 is likely on its last weekend, with Alien:Romulus and DP&W looking to continue likely until at least mid-October.

Thursday Previews -

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Speaking of Deadpool and Wolverine, it’s now passed the 1st Avengers movie in the US and has become the 5th biggest comic book movie domestically of all time.

Hopefully, these results will push Disney and Marvel Studios to bring back Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.

 

[Disney Irish]

Speaking of Deadpool and Wolverine, it’s now passed the 1st Avengers movie in the US and has become the 5th biggest comic book movie domestically of all time.

Hopefully, these results will push Disney and Marvel Studios to bring back Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool for Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.

I have no doubt that Marvel, and Disney in general, is in the Ryan Reynolds business. You'll likely see him popup in lots of things from another Deadpool appearance (or three) to other movies for the Mouse. And based on what I've seen from interviews he appears to be open to doing more with Disney.

 

[Phroobar]

Just got back from Transformers One. It was a good movie. The animation was done by ILM. It's their forth feature length animated movie after Ultraman Rising for Netflix. They also did Rango and Strange Magic.

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

I have no doubt that Marvel, and Disney in general, is in the Ryan Reynolds business. You'll likely see him popup in lots of things from another Deadpool appearance (or three) to other movies for the Mouse. And based on what I've seen from interviews he appears to be open to doing more with Disney.

I hope so.

 

[Disney Irish]

Preliminary weekend numbers -

DP&W should officially make it into the top-20 all time when the numbers solidify, just inching out Last Jedi.

Disney has 16 of the top 25 movies of all time, with 2 more added just this year.

DP&W is rumored to go to digital October 1st.

 

[Disney Irish]

Another weekend with not much new to report. Wild Robot opens, but so far preview numbers aren't stellar. I saw it, it was good, and funny. But not sure if it'll spread like a wild fire or die off just a quick. And Coppola's magnum opus Megalopolis appears to be not anything that anyone wants to see but a few cinephiles.

DP&W and Romulus appear to be on their last weekend, both ended up doing extremely well for Disney.

Thursday preview numbers -

 

[DisneyWarrior27]

Another weekend with not much new to report. Wild Robot opens, but so far preview numbers aren't stellar. I saw it, it was good, and funny. But not sure if it'll spread like a wild fire or die off just a quick. And Coppola's magnum opus Megalopolis appears to be not anything that anyone wants to see but a few cinephiles.

DP&W and Romulus appear to be on their last weekend, both ended up doing extremely well for Disney.

Thursday preview numbers -

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I actually think Deadpool & Wolverine’s last weekend in the Top 10 will be the opening weekend of Joker 2.