The 2024 Box Office thread

[cobainwasmurdered]

concessions are the real expense and the middle seats suck. High and on the aisle 4 life. If they want to charge slightly more for that shit I do not care.

Hell half the time I go before 4pm anyway.

 

[RedJed]

AMC will start charging more for better movie theater seats

AMC Theaters is changing the way it charges for seats.

www.cnn.com

They really want to ensure no one goes to a movie theater ever again, huh?

I hear ya....it's really pretty ridiculous as really in most theaters with stadium seating there really isn't sightline issues for the most part. This isn't like big arenas or some shit! Not quite getting this at all. I don't see people paying more for what is considered a "better seat" plus the A-List members are and will continue to take those seats well ahead of time anyway.

I think this is actually an attempt to try to lure more folks for the A-List monthly membership in that aspect. I would imagine their subscription numbers plummeted during and after covid, and they never made a rebound. I still kept it going once theaters re-opened, but I know many who did not permamently.

FWIW, I still think that's a really sweet deal at $25 a month if you go to them like I do. I can easily see three a week at least a few times a month, and with no upcharge for 3d, Imax, Dolby etc it pays for itself after a few trips a month.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

I still use my AMC Stub membership mainly for that reason. Going to see M3GAN this Sunday and with the ticket cost being $9.99 + $1.99 fee or whatever for a 12 PM showing, just seeing 2 movies in a month almost pays for the subscription itself + the concessions cost.

 

[Dandy]

That's the thing: a movie with that kind of money behind it should look way better than that. That's one of the reasons people love going to "Avatar" and the new "Top Gun": every cent is on the screen, and the people behind it know it should look good and it does. Again, tell me how something like this is a good special effect

What is this from and what point of the movie?

 

[Gary]

1	-	Magic Mike's Last Dance	$8,200,000	-	1,500	-	$5,466	$8,200,000	1	Warner Bros.
2	3	Avatar: The Way of Water	$6,884,000	-39.3%	3,065	-245	$2,246	$646,919,731	9	20th Century Studios
3	-	Titanic 25 Year Anniversary	$6,400,000	-	2,464	-	$2,597	$6,400,000	1	Paramount Pictures
4	2	80 for Brady	$6,001,000	-52.8%	3,939	+27	$1,523	$24,970,658	2	Paramount Pictures
5	1	Knock at the Cabin	$5,501,000	-61.1%	3,657	+14	$1,504	$23,446,995	2	Universal Pictures
6	5	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$5,500,000	-30.2%	3,227	-63	$1,704	$158,495,205	8	Universal Pictures
7	6	A Man Called Otto	$2,625,000	-38.2%	2,824	-583	$929	$57,405,474	7	Columbia Pictures
8	8	Missing	$2,600,000	-29.9%	2,315	-250	$1,123	$26,626,121	4	Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
9	7	M3GAN	$2,371,000	-38.3%	2,508	-327	$945	$90,928,550	6	Universal Pictures
10	11	Plane	$1,185,000	-46.2%	1,679	-524	$705	$30,769,868	5	Lionsgate

Next week should pick up with the new Marvel movie. Also, I think this is the first "Magic Mike" movie to take the number one spot

Other new releases

11

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Consecration

$365,000

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762

-

$479

$365,000

1

IFC Films

25	-	The Civil Dead	$16,790	-	24	-	$699	$16,790	1	Utopia
26	-	iMordecai	$12,500	-	2	-	$6,250	$12,500	1	Greenwich Entertainment

 

[Hawk 34]

When’s the last time a director had two movies in the top 3?

 

[Fall of Epic]

When one of the original trilogy Star Wars films coincided with the release of one of the episode flicks?

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Only directors to direct more than one Star Wars film were George Lucas (who did A New Hope and all of the prequels) and JJ Abrams (who did VII and IX) and I don’t think any of those were ever in the theaters at the same time.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Next week should pick up with the new Marvel movie. Also, I think this is the first "Magic Mike" movie to take the number one spot

The funny thing about the new Magic Mike movie is that the trailers imply a relationship between an older woman and a significantly younger man, and it doesn't feel to me like it has a predatory vibe. If anything, it feels like Salma's character is settling for Magic Mike.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Idk. Once you hit the age of 40, regardless of gender, dating a much older person doesn’t really matter as much. I could even make an argument for 30. Your brain is grown, if you want to date an old fuck then knock yourself out.

 

[Mr. S£im Citrus]

Fair enough. After consulting with Doctor Internet, I realize that I wasn't aware that Channing Tatum was that old. My main point was that Salma Hayek is ridiculously hot, anyway.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

Fair enough. After consulting with Doctor Internet, I realize that I wasn't aware that Channing Tatum was that old. My main point was that Salma Hayek is ridiculously hot, anyway.

If the gf drags me to this, at least I'll have this.

 

[RedJed]

Half tempted to go see the Titanic 3d re-issue. Apparently its remastered in a really clean 4K cut and the 3d in certain formats (Dolby particularly) even got remastered in a kinda high frame rate too similar to Avatar 2. I read this was the most expensive reproduction of an older film in history or something.

But that runtime of Titanic is always what got me. It's ironically the same exact runtime as Avatar 2, by the way (3 hours and 16 min!)

 

[Gary]

1	-	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	$104,000,000	-	4,345	-	$23,935	$104,000,000	1	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2	2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$6,118,000	-15.2%	2,675	-390	$2,287	$657,075,991	10	20th Century Studios
3	1	Magic Mike's Last Dance	$5,400,000	-35%	3,034	+1,538	$1,779	$17,990,454	2	Warner Bros.
4	5	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$5,260,000	-5.7%	3,012	-215	$1,746	$166,076,100	9	Universal Pictures
5	6	Knock at the Cabin	$3,900,000	-28.1%	2,601	-1,056	$1,499	$30,372,270	3	Universal Pictures
6	4	80 for Brady	$3,600,000	-37.9%	3,119	-820	$1,154	$32,247,811	3	Paramount Pictures
7	3	Titanic 25 Year Anniversary	$2,290,000	-65.9%	2,132	-332	$1,074	$12,413,135	2	Paramount Pictures
8	-	Marlowe	$1,910,000	-	2,281	-	$837	$2,670,000	1	Open Road Films (II)
9	8	Missing	$1,725,000	-32.4%	1,516	-799	$1,137	$29,667,645	5	Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
10	7	A Man Called Otto	$1,555,000	-40.2%	1,725	-1,099	$901	$60,577,204	8	Columbia Pictures

Actually considered seeing "Marlowe" this weekend, but I wasn't feeling so good.

Other new releases

12	-	Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey	$679,291	-	445	-	$1,526	$1,518,549	1	Fathom Events
13	-	Of an Age	$411,000	-	289	-	$1,422	$411,000	1	Focus Features

16

-

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2023 Re-release

$171,586

-

475

-

$361

$171,586

1

Sony Pictures Classics

23

-

Emily

$40,143

-

5

-

$8,028

$40,143

1

N/A

26

-

Return to Seoul

$30,785

-

2

-

$15,392

$40,336

1

Sony Pictures Classics

 

[RedJed]

I ended up going to Titanic 3D over the weekend (and what a huge drop it took in the BO numbers) and was fairly impressed with the 4k redux and the 3D was an excellent conversion for sure, especially the last hour of all of the action with the ship breaking apart.

Also saw Marlowe as well.....another great Neil Jordan film for sure with a strong immersive 50s detective mystery story that plays on many tones of that era, but Neeson felt so freaking out of place in this. That's really the only issue I had with it. He just didn't fit in the role at all while just about everyone else did.

I'll post more on it in the horror thread but also saw Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey in a packed theater so it's no shock it got a pretty impressive per screen average. Plus with it being Fathom, more gross overall per ticket.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I'll post more on it in the horror thread but also saw Winnie the Pooh: Blood & Honey in a packed theater so it's no shock it got a pretty impressive per screen average. Plus with it being Fathom, more gross overall per ticket.

It's got an absurdly low RT score (6% fresh) so they're probably glad they're going the Fathom Events route cause I can't imagine it gets a lot of repeat business.

 

[RedJed]

It's got an absurdly low RT score (6% fresh) so they're probably glad they're going the Fathom Events route cause I can't imagine it gets a lot of repeat business.

Sad fact is that terribly produced films like this crap will probably go the same route in the future. We have already seen this with Jeepers Creepers Reborn which also was Fathom.

I can't believe anyone who would find that film "fresh" unless they were entertained by the entire absurdity of it all. I can't say I liked the movie at all, but I was fascinated (much like JCR) in just how fuckin god awful this was.

 

[Gary]

1	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	$32,200,000	-69.7%	4,345	-	$7,410	$167,314,584	2	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2	-	Cocaine Bear	$23,090,000	-	3,534	-	$6,533	$23,090,000	1	Universal Pictures
3	-	Jesus Revolution	$15,525,000	-	2,475	-	$6,272	$15,525,000	1	Lionsgate
4	2	Avatar: The Way of Water	$4,700,000	-28.2%	2,495	-180	$1,883	$665,383,862	11	20th Century Studios
5	4	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$4,120,000	-22.8%	2,840	-172	$1,450	$173,431,065	10	Universal Pictures
6	3	Magic Mike's Last Dance	$1,893,000	-65.2%	2,918	-116	$648	$22,173,000	3	Warner Bros.
7	5	Knock at the Cabin	$1,870,000	-52.9%	2,115	-486	$884	$33,903,205	4	Universal Pictures
8	6	80 for Brady	$1,830,000	-51.2%	2,397	-722	$763	$36,447,281	4	Paramount Pictures
9	9	Missing	$1,010,000	-42.2%	1,006	-510	$1,003	$31,418,927	6	Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
10	10	A Man Called Otto	$850,000	-46.9%	1,118	-607	$760	$62,281,460	9	Columbia Pictures

That's a pretty big drop for the new "Antman" movie. Also, "Cocaine Bear" actually outperformed expectations.

Other new releases

15

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Selfiee

$203,000

-

308

-

$659

$203,000

1

-

21

-

Bunker

$76,727

-

225

-

$341

$76,727

1

Blue Fox Entertainment

23	-	Path of the Panther	$66,350	-	47	-	$1,411	$66,350	1	-
24	-	The Quiet Girl	$60,000	-	6	-	$10,000	$60,000	1	Neon

31

-

My Happy Ending

$26,050

-

126

-

$206

$26,050

1

Roadside Attractions

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

I'm not surprised Cocaine Bear is a nice little sleeper hit. It's like the Snakes on a Plane that actually ended up being pretty good.

 

[Gary]

I'm not surprised Cocaine Bear is a nice little sleeper hit. It's like the Snakes on a Plane that actually ended up being pretty good.

I was gonna say. "Snakes" was a movie with a crazy premise but was too lazy to commit to it. This one has it's problems (for example, by the third act the central gimmick starts to run out of steam), but the people behind it at least seem to be trying. Also, the bear

Spoiler

snorting coke off a severed leg made me laugh hard.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Spoiler

It's great the cinematic career of Ray Liotta ends with him being disemboweled by a coked up bear.

Weirdly, I've only seen Snakes on a Plane once and it was the cable TV edit six or seven years ago. I was bedridden with a stomach flu and I guess I had left the TV on Syfy (I think WWE was still airing there and must've been on the night before). I think the movie's title going the mid '00s version of viral was the worst thing that could happen to it and it just made them overthink the whole damn thing. It didn't seem like it knew if it wanted to be a silly, dumb exploitation movie or a big time action thriller. It didn't have the budget for the latter and it was too slick and mainstream to achieve the latter.

 

[Gary]

1	-	Creed III	$58,658,008	-	4,007	-	$14,638	$58,658,008	1	United Artists Releasing
2	1	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	$12,471,000	-61%	3,825	-520	$3,260	$186,799,000	3	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
3	2	Cocaine Bear	$11,020,000	-52.6%	3,571	+37	$3,085	$41,288,320	2	Universal Pictures
4	-	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba - To the Swordsmith Village	$10,117,806	-	1,774	-	$5,703	$10,117,806	1	Crunchyroll
5	3	Jesus Revolution	$8,650,000	-45.5%	2,575	+100	$3,359	$30,541,391	2	Lionsgate
6	4	Avatar: The Way of Water	$3,578,000	-26.4%	2,300	-195	$1,555	$670,632,000	12	20th Century Studios
7	-	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	$3,160,000	-	2,168	-	$1,457	$3,160,000	1	Lionsgate
8	5	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$2,720,000	-34%	2,588	-252	$1,051	$177,127,795	11	Universal Pictures
9	6	Magic Mike's Last Dance	$1,180,000	-58.7%	1,737	-1,181	$679	$25,363,000	4	Warner Bros.
10	7	80 for Brady	$845,000	-55.6%	1,495	-902	$565	$38,318,383	5	Paramount Pictures

15

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RRR Fan CelebRRRation 2023 Re-release

$191,000

-

283

-

$674

$191,000

1

Variance Film

Biggest opening for a "Creed" movie thus far. Also, "Demon Slayer" in the top 5 is another reminder that Anime is a viable box office draw, and I love how "RRR" has become something of a cultural phenomenon.

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Good week for Jonathan Majors

 

[Gary]

1	-	Scream VI	$44,500,000	-	3,675	-	$12,108	$44,500,000	1	Paramount Pictures
2	1	Creed III	$27,173,000	-53.4%	4,007	-	$6,781	$101,358,274	2	United Artists Releasing
3	-	65	$12,300,000	-	3,405	-	$3,612	$12,300,000	1	Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
4	2	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	$7,000,000	-45.4%	3,105	-720	$2,254	$197,978,428	4	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
5	3	Cocaine Bear	$6,200,000	-44.3%	3,204	-367	$1,935	$51,660,445	3	Universal Pictures
6	5	Jesus Revolution	$5,175,000	-39.2%	2,519	-56	$2,054	$39,453,451	3	Lionsgate
7	-	Champions	$5,150,000	-	3,028	-	$1,700	$5,150,000	1	Focus Features
8	6	Avatar: The Way of Water	$2,700,000	-26%	1,675	-625	$1,611	$674,697,185	13	20th Century Studios
9	8	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$1,650,000	-39.9%	1,816	-772	$908	$179,626,905	12	Universal Pictures
10	7	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	$1,280,000	-59.2%	2,168	-	$590	$5,562,863	2	Lionsgate

Also the biggest opening box office for a "Scream" movie

 

[RedJed]

Needless to say, probably the best box office result for a part 6 in a franchise as well? Although I think about Fast and Furious franchise, and maybe also the Harry Potter franchise, and I might reconsider that thought.

Whatever the case, this is impressive for the Scream franchise for sure and I'm sure they are going to roll with it in a big way. I think from this point on, its almost a guarantee we see a new Scream film this time every year now, similar to the Saw franchise.

 

[Hawk 34]

Wouldn’t you probably include whatever the 6th Star Wars thing was?

 

[RedJed]

Oh shit, yep that def would be on the list too.

So instead I'll just state that this has to be the most successful 6th horror franchise film

 

[Cackling Co Pilot Kamala]

Wouldn’t you probably include whatever the 6th Star Wars thing was?

A New Hope came out in 1977 and probably didn’t make that much in its opening.

(Adjusts pocket protector)

 

[Smues]

(Knocks your pocket protector off)

A New Hope was episode IV, episode VI was Return of the Jedi which opened with ~$23 million, or ~$69(nice) million adjusted for inflation.

And if you ignore Lucas' numbering and go with the actual 6th movie released in the franchise, Revenge of the Sith opened even higher.

MORE LIKE REVENGE OF THE SIXTH AMIRITE?

 

[Gary]

1	-	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	$30,500,000	-	4,071	-	$7,492	$30,500,000	1	Warner Bros.
2	1	Scream VI	$17,500,000	-60.6%	3,676	+1	$4,760	$76,029,284	2	Paramount Pictures
3	2	Creed III	$15,372,838	-43.6%	3,477	-530	$4,421	$127,699,974	3	United Artists Releasing
4	3	65	$5,800,000	-53%	3,405	-	$1,703	$22,427,395	2	Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
5	4	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	$4,071,000	-42.9%	2,650	-455	$1,536	$205,833,350	5	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
6	5	Cocaine Bear	$3,870,000	-38.1%	2,687	-517	$1,440	$58,489,070	4	Universal Pictures
7	7	Jesus Revolution	$3,500,000	-31.8%	2,354	-165	$1,486	$45,539,700	4	Lionsgate
8	6	Champions	$3,030,000	-41.2%	3,039	+9	$997	$10,589,905	2	Focus Features
9	8	Avatar: The Way of Water	$1,928,000	-27.4%	1,190	-485	$1,620	$678,114,154	14	20th Century Studios
10	9	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	$1,510,000	-13.8%	1,735	-81	$870	$182,594,180	13	Universal Pictures
11	13	Everything Everywhere All at Once	$1,249,408	+259.8%	1,633	+1,049	$765	$75,583,702	52	A24
12	-	Moving On	$797,735	-	794	-	$1,004	$797,735	1	Roadside Attractions
13	-	Inside	$470,000	-	357	-	$1,316	$470,000	1	Focus Features
14	12	The Quiet Girl	$193,000	-50.9%	234	-10	$824	$962,690	4	Neon
15	10	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	$185,000	-85.5%	435	-1,733	$425	$6,341,049	3	Lionsgate

Ouch for "Shazam"

Other new releases

21

-

The Innocent

$11,500

-

1

-

$11,500

$11,500

1

Janus Films

23	-	Drylongso	$5,111	-	1	-	$5,111	$5,111	1	Janus Films
24	-	Rodeo	$4,984	-	2	-	$2,492	$4,984	1	Music Box Films