Disney Irish
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Yes I’m aware, but it’s not predicted to be a huge movie only opening $20-$30M, so that is why I didn’t mention it. But thank you for mentioning it.
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Disney (and others) at the Box Office - Current State of Affairs
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BrianLo
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This weekends big budget misfire, brought to you by Amazon.
deadline.com
Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans’ $200M+ Christmas Action Movie ‘Red One’ Opening To $30M: Is It A Bomb Or A Streamer’s Rounding Error? — Saturday AM Box Office
The expensive Red One from Amazon MGM Studios made $3.7 million in previews, with the Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans movie now eyeing a $35M opening.
deadline.com
Well, as 2024 quickly comes to an end, is it safe to say Disney is back this year as the king of the box office? It looks like they will indeed top the rest, landing as the #1 studio again.
Welcome back Disney. I guess all it takes is to avoid originals, and focus on IP …
Welcome back Disney. I guess all it takes is to avoid originals, and focus on IP …
Disney Irish
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Yes, 2023 was more the anomaly than the rule. And despite all the rants from posters here about lack of originals the market has spoken, they like continued use of familiar IP.Well, as 2024 quickly comes to an end, is it safe to say Disney is back this year as the king of the box office? It looks like they will indeed top the rest, landing as the #1 studio again.
Welcome back Disney. I guess all it takes is to avoid originals, and focus on IP …
Maybe "Red One" would have done better if they called it "Red One II."
Animaniac93-98
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Wild Robot has now made about 4x its opening weekend, up to an estimated $137.7 million domestically.
This will be the last weekend it's in the top 5 (8 total), but its example of real word of mouth building box office.
This will be the last weekend it's in the top 5 (8 total), but its example of real word of mouth building box office.
Anyone seeing Wicked this week? I’m so stinking excited: going to a Wednesday early access screening, which looks very well sold. Thinking this may be a BIG box office.
Disney Irish
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Here is the weekend box office -
Fairly slow for the last weekend before the major holiday releases start.
Fairly slow for the last weekend before the major holiday releases start.
Disney Irish
Premium Member
I'll probably go on Thursday. So far predictions I've seen show ~$100M weekend, some have it around $80M, so we'll see.
I certainly hope it shocks everyone with a bigger than expected box office.
Vegas Disney Fan
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I’m curious to see if this gets a word of mouth boost next week… the critics hate it but it has a 90% audience score on rotten tomatoes.This weekends big budget misfire, brought to you by Amazon.
Dwayne Johnson & Chris Evans’ $200M+ Christmas Action Movie ‘Red One’ Opening To $30M: Is It A Bomb Or A Streamer’s Rounding Error? — Saturday AM Box Office
The expensive Red One from Amazon MGM Studios made $3.7 million in previews, with the Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans movie now eyeing a $35M opening.
Sounds like a silly and fun Christmas movie, something critics hate but “real” people tend to love.
Tony the Tigger
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We are hosting a soundtrack listening party at my store, with promotional posters to give to all attendees, plus one beanie of some kind via raffle at the end. Folks are encouraged to dress up or at least wear pink or green.
I am interested to see both Wicked and Gladiator, so we’ll see how that plays out. I tend to avoid a theater unless it’s at least half empty.
Tony the Tigger
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I wonder if the TV commercials are missing the mark. I was under the impression the older guy playing Santa was the lead, rather than it being “a Dwayne Johnson movie.”
I wasn’t really paying attention, though.
Hawkeye_2018
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Wicked being 2 hrs and 40 minutes is absolutely ridiculous. My wife and daughter were excited about it until I told them the run time. They will now wait for the home release
Box office pro has projections between 110-140…. I have to agree…even just 100 million seems too low… I can feel the hype on this one
I have plans to see it on the Friday after Thanksgiving… it’s been a tradition for my wife and I to get our Covid vaccine and see a movie that day for the last few years…. Will probably see Gladiator this weekend
Did you also mention it's just part one?
I love Wicked, so I’m excited, but I firmly agree that movies these days are too long. If they insist on 2.5+ hour long movies, theatres need to bring back intermissions.
BrianLo
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An A- CinemaScore also supports your hypothesis. Probably not dramatically within the theatrical window, but long term it could be rewatched.
I don’t see it having huge impact… I think the big holiday releases will steal the attention from Red One…. But would guess it is going to become a holiday tradition for many years to come… which was probably Amazons goal … as it was originally intended for streaming only
Disney Irish
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It was one and done for me. I can't see it going into any holiday rotation for many people, it just doesn't have much of that holiday "cheer" that people look for in their holiday movies. But then again people still think Die Hard is a Christmas movie even though everyone involved including the stars, director, and writers say its not, so what do I know.
