The 2024 Box Office thread

[HarleyQuinn]

Yeah, the word of mouth on Trap wasn't good (this coming from somebody who did like Old to be fair) with some accusing it of almost bait & switch tactics so that's largely why I skipped it. It wouldn't surprise me if D&W surpasses $100 Million again in finals.

I've heard It Ends With Us could really surprise given its subject matter and specific audience appeal.

 

[Brocklock]

Excellent holds from everything. It's going to be interesting what happens with Twisters. The movie is doing incredible business here, but has only made around 72 million worldwide. It might not be able to cover the 155 million budget because of the disastrous overseas performance. A sequel is guaranteed though because of how big it is here. But, I wonder if they try to throw in a bigger star with worldwide appeal while keeping Powell and Jones around. I'd watch old ass Denzel go after a Twister.

 

[Gary]

Box Office: ‘It Ends With Us’ Begins With Impressive $24 Million Opening Day, ‘Deadpool’ Holds Strong as ‘Borderlands’ Crumbles

Blake Lively's drama 'It Ends With Us' had a strong opening day at the box office, while 'Borderlands' misfired against a $115 million budget.

variety.com

Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively-our new box office overlords. At least Jenny Slate is in a hit movie. Also

Proving less successful at that is “Borderlands,” Lionsgate’s long-gestating adaptation of Take-Two’s shoot-em-and-loot-em video game series. The feature took in a meager $4 million from 3,125 locations, even with increased ticket sales from play in Imax and other premium large-format auditoriums. The sci-fi comedy is in serious danger of opening below $10 million — a terrible result considering its production budget of $115 million. It could be even be below director Eli Roth’s last feature, the modestly budgeted slasher “Thanksgiving,” which got to eight-digits in its debut last fall
The writing has been on the wall for a while now with “Borderlands.” Now opening more than three and a half years after principal photography kicked off, the would-be franchise-starter has earned the worst critical response of any wide release this summer. Even franchise fans that prioritized seeing the feature as soon as possible are calling it a turkey (a terrible D+ grade on Cinema Score).

lol

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Deadpool & Wolverine	Walt Disney	$54,175,000	-44%	4,330	+100	$12,512	$494,331,382	3
2	N	It Ends With Us	Sony Pictures	$50,000,000		3,611		$13,847	$50,000,000	1
3	(2)	Twisters	Universal	$15,000,000	-34%	3,664	-345	$4,094	$222,262,000	4
4	N	Borderlands	Lionsgate	$8,800,000		3,125		$2,816	$8,800,000	1
5	(4)	Despicable Me 4	Universal	$8,000,000	-30%	3,009	-367	$2,659	$330,132,000	6
6	(3)	Trap	Warner Bros.	$6,725,000	-56%	3,181	n/c	$2,114	$28,676,000	2
7	(5)	Inside Out 2	Walt Disney	$4,956,000	-27%	2,200	-415	$2,253	$636,456,948	9
8	(6)	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Sony Pictures	$3,100,000	-48%	3,325	n/c	$932	$12,889,000	2
9	N	Cuckoo	Neon	$3,012,500		1,503		$2,004	$3,012,500	1
10	(7)	Longlegs	Neon	$2,000,000	-53%	1,310	-840	$1,527	$71,251,907	5

Boarderlands:

 

[Hawk 34]

Never ever underestimate the power of middle aged white women who want to see another middle aged white woman in an abusive relationship.

If they can find a way to put Wonder Woman in an abusive marriage, the box office returns will shatter anything James Cameron could conceive.

 

[Brocklock]

Good god, Borderlands only grossed around 650,000 on Monday. This thing is gonna finish around The Expend4bles domestically.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Never ever underestimate the power of middle aged white women who want to see another middle aged white woman in an abusive relationship.

If they can find a way to put Wonder Woman in an abusive marriage, the box office returns will shatter anything James Cameron could conceive.

The fact that channels like Lifetime made a literal decade+ of content just around that concept made me think the movie would surprise some people. I still remember that J-Lo movie, Enough doing better than people expected back then (finished 67th in 2002 ahead of movies like The Clockstoppers, Analyze That, Queen of the Damned).

 

[Gary]

1	N	Alien: Romulus	20th Century…	$41,500,000		3,885		$10,682	$41,500,000	1
2	(1)	Deadpool & Wolverine	Walt Disney	$29,000,000	-46%	3,960	-370	$7,323	$545,816,895	4
3	(2)	It Ends With Us	Sony Pictures	$24,000,000	-52%	3,739	+128	$6,419	$97,785,000	2
-	(3)	Twisters	Universal	$9,800,000	-35%	3,483	-181	$2,814	$238,439,000	5
-	(-)	Coraline	Fathom Events	$8,391,479		1,535		$5,467	$86,592,301	811
6	(5)	Despicable Me 4	Universal	$6,000,000	-25%	2,788	-221	$2,152	$340,402,000	7
7	(6)	Trap	Warner Bros.	$3,435,000	-48%	2,436	-745	$1,410	$35,214,000	3
8	(7)	Inside Out 2	Walt Disney	$3,200,000	-34%	1,850	-350	$1,730	$642,194,883	10
9	(4)	Borderlands	Lionsgate	$2,350,000	-73%	3,125	n/c	$752	$13,542,237	2
10	N	Stree 2		$2,184,000		666		$3,279	$2,184,000	1
-	(8)	Harold and the Purple Crayon	Sony Pictures	$1,025,000	-67%	1,829	-1,496	$560	$15,716,000	3
-	(9)	Cuckoo	Neon	$866,000	-71%	1,402	-101	$618	$5,316,887	2
-	(10)	Longlegs	Neon	$721,050	-63%	645	-665	$1,118	$72,929,845	6
-	(11)	Dìdi (弟弟)	Focus Features	$700,000	+8%	427	+227	$1,639	$2,693,030	4
-	N	Skincare	IFC Films	$315,894		768		$411	$315,894	1
-	N	Rob Peace	Republic Pic…	$253,216		526		$481	$253,216

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Mountains

Music Box Films

$6,119

1

$6,119

$6,119

1

"Longlegs" is the first smaller movie of the year to make $100 million worldwide. Love to see it.

Next week is the remake of "The Crow" and "Blink Twice", next week is "Regan" and "AfrAId" (aka why would you call your movie that). "Blink Twice" looks good, but otherwise it looks like we're reaching the dump month portions of August and September.

 

[Brocklock]

Damn, Cuckoo got ate up by Longlegs. Maxxine did as well.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Worth highlighting the solid 4 day run for Coraline, which was a Fathom Event 3D re-release I believe, as it did $11.306 Million. That has pushed it to over $86 Million domestically.

 

[Gary]

Damn, Cuckoo got ate up by Longlegs. Maxxine did as well.

One of the reasons "Longlegs" did so well is that Neon did an incredible job marketing it while also not revealing what the whole thing is about. Also, I love seeing Nic Cage in a hit movie again. The man deserves it.

 

[Gary]

Barely 3 weeks after its $90m flop, the Borderlands movie is reportedly giving up on cinemas and going straight to streaming

It's reportedly earned back just $21 million of its $110 million budget

www.gamesradar.com

 

[Gary]

double post

 

[Gary]

1	(2)	Deadpool & Wolverine	Walt Disney	$18,300,000	-39%	3,840	-120	$4,766	$577,203,366	5
2	(1)	Alien: Romulus	20th Century…	$16,200,000	-61%	3,915	+30	$4,138	$72,639,383	2
3	(3)	It Ends With Us	Sony Pictures	$11,850,000	-50%	3,839	+100	$3,087	$120,824,000	3
4	N	Blink Twice	Amazon MGM S…	$7,323,661		3,067		$2,388	$7,323,661	1
5	N	The Forge	Sony Pictures	$6,600,000		1,818		$3,630	$6,600,000	1
6	(4)	Twisters	Universal	$6,200,000	-38%	3,206	-277	$1,934	$248,670,000	6
7	(5)	Coraline	Fathom Events	$5,006,175	-49%	1,422	-105	$3,521	$106,917,857	812
8	N	The Crow	Lionsgate	$4,600,000		2,752		$1,672	$4,600,000	1
9	(6)	Despicable Me 4	Universal	$4,400,000	-30%	2,591	-197	$1,698	$348,280,000	8
10	(8)	Inside Out 2	Walt Disney	$2,100,000	-39%	1,560	-290	$1,346	$646,311,114	11

11	(7)	Trap	Warner Bros.	$1,775,000	-49%	1,604	-832	$1,107	$38,584,000	4
-	N	Strange Darling	Magenta Ligh…	$1,144,182		1,135		$1,008	$1,144,182	1

"The Crow"-Goddamn this has to be the biggest bomb of the year. Wish "Strange Darling" had gotten a wider release, as I've heard it's really good.

Next week is "Reagan" (which has new cover songs by Bob Dylan and Gene Simmons-if only Kamala still posted) and that AI themed horror movie. September 6th is "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice" and "The Front Room" (new A24 horror movie). Interestingly enough, two Anime movies playing on September 11th in "The Concierge at Hokkyoku Department Store" and a one night only anniversary screening of "Ninja Scroll" (Love that movie, but I can't help but wonder how younger Anime fans who haven't seen it will react. There's some stuff in there you probably couldnt' get away with today.)

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[HarleyQuinn]

I think the only saving grace for The Crow is that its budget is listed at $50 Million whereas Borderlands I've seen anywhere from $100 to $120 Million so financially the latter has to be a much bigger flop despite opening at almost double The Crow.

Next week also has 1992, starring Tyrese Gibson & Ray Liotta, which I think could be a decent hit if it gets decent scores/buzz upon release. You Gotta Believe with Luke Wilson & Greg Kinnear seems like the type that could do well in the South as it's a "true story" sports movie about Texas' LLWS run from 2002.

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Deadpool & Wolverine	Walt Disney	$15,184,000	-17%	3,630	-210	$4,183	$599,525,117	6
2	(2)	Alien: Romulus	20th Century…	$9,324,000	-43%	3,120	-795	$2,988	$88,764,631	3
3	(3)	It Ends With Us	Sony Pictures	$7,425,000	-36%	3,551	-288	$2,091	$133,719,000	4
4	N	Reagan	ShowBiz Direct	$7,400,720		2,754		$2,687	$7,400,720	1
5	(6)	Twisters	Universal	$7,160,000	+17%	3,005	-201	$2,383	$258,032,000	7
6	(4)	Blink Twice	Amazon MGM S…	$4,687,000	-36%	3,067	n/c	$1,528	$15,340,550	2
7	(-)	The Forge	Sony Pictures	$4,600,000		1,921		$2,395	$14,313,000	2
8	(9)	Despicable Me 4	Universal	$4,080,000	-4%	2,698	+107	$1,512	$354,110,000	9
9	N	Afraid	Sony Pictures	$3,700,000		3,003		$1,232	$3,700,000	1
-	(10)	Inside Out 2	Walt Disney	$2,770,000	+36%	2,660	+1,100	$1,041	$650,009,541	12
-	(8)	The Crow	Lionsgate	$1,800,000	-61%	2,752	n/c	$654	$8,131,351	2
-	N	1992	Lionsgate	$1,365,000		875		$1,560	$1,365,000	1

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N

Slingshot

Bleecker Street

$485,282

845

$574

$485,282

1

-	N	Tokyo Cowboy	Purdie Distr…	$21,010		2		$10,505	$21,010	1
-	N	Seeking Mavis Beacon	Neon	$9,062		1		$9,062	$9,062	1

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Twisters is gonna be an interesting case of whether the studio will count it as a box office success. It's sitting at just under 2.5 Worldwide but is very heavily running on its domestic gross and should end around $275-$280 Million domestically.

Despicable Me 4 also topped $900 Million globally and deserves more acclaim for its success but Inside Out 2 was such a juggernaut (now over $1 Billion internationally alone!) that it kind of got lost in that news.

 

[Gary]

1	N	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	$110,000,000		4,575		$24,044	$110,000,000	1
2	(1)	Deadpool & Wolverine	Walt Disney	$7,200,000	-53%	3,400	-230	$2,118	$614,037,740	7
3	(4)	Reagan	ShowBiz Direct	$5,231,440	-32%	2,770	+16	$1,889	$18,531,480	2
4	(2)	Alien: Romulus	20th Century…	$3,910,000	-58%	2,560	-560	$1,527	$97,199,286	4
5	(5)	It Ends With Us	Sony Pictures	$3,750,000	-49%	2,850	-701	$1,316	$141,367,000	5
6	(7)	The Forge	Sony Pictures	$2,935,000	-36%	1,710	-211	$1,716	$20,757,000	3
7	(3)	Twisters	Universal	$2,250,000	-71%	2,252	-753	$999	$264,602,000	8
8	(6)	Blink Twice	Amazon MGM S…	$2,114,769	-56%	1,806	-1,261	$1,171	$20,291,745	3
9	(8)	Despicable Me 4	Universal	$1,800,000	-56%	1,919	-779	$938	$357,872,000	10
10	N	The Front Room	A24	$1,663,954		2,095		$794	$1,663,954	1

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N

Red Rooms

Utopia

$40,295

50

$806

$40,295

1

That is...a lot for the new "Beetlejuice". I thought of seeing "The Front Room", but changed my mind as I've been a bit busy this weekend.

Next week is "

-Speak no Evil" (I keep seeing people complain about the trailer and seeing it a bunch, but I've only seen it twice)
-"The Killer's Game" (Dave Bautista! Ben Kingsley! Pom Klementief! Scott Adkins! Drew Mcintyre! Terry Crews! Looks like dumb fun, like an enjoyable DTV or direct to streaming movie escaped to a wide release)
-"Am I Racist" (new documentary from Matt Walsh and please kill me)

 

[Gary]

1	(1)	Beetlejuice Beetlejuice	Warner Bros.	$51,600,000	-54%	4,575	n/c	$11,279	$188,006,000	2
2	N	Speak No Evil	Universal	$11,500,000		3,375		$3,407	$11,500,000	1
3	(2)	Deadpool & Wolverine	Walt Disney	$5,200,000	-26%	3,075	-325	$1,691	$621,495,644	8
4	N	Am I Racist?	SDG Releasing	$4,750,000		1,517		$3,131	$4,750,000	1
5	(3)	Reagan	ShowBiz Direct	$2,964,040	-39%	2,770	n/c	$1,070	$23,300,120	3
6	N	The Killer’s Game	Lionsgate	$2,600,000		2,623		$991	$2,600,000	1
7	(4)	Alien: Romulus	20th Century…	$2,400,000	-39%	1,950	-610	$1,231	$101,276,041	5
8	(5)	It Ends With Us	Sony Pictures	$2,025,000	-45%	2,209	-641	$917	$144,878,000	6
9	(6)	The Forge	Sony Pictures	$2,010,000	-33%	1,614	-96	$1,245	$24,104,000	4
10	N	God’s Not Dead: In God We Trust	Fathom Events	$1,466,812		1,392		$1,054	$1,827,000	1
11	(7)	Twisters	Universal	$1,200,000	-44%	1,399	-853	$858	$266,390,000	9
12	(-)	Despicable Me 4	Universal	$1,100,000	-40%	1,516	-403	$726	$359,413,000	11
13	N	DAN DA DAN: First Encounter	GKIDS	$1,005,531		610		$1,648	$1,005,531	1

N	The Critic	Greenwich	$200,000		556		$360	$200,000	1
-	N	My Old Ass	Amazon MGM S…	$171,743		7		$24,535	$171,743	1

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N

Faith of Angels

Purdie Distr…

$65,016

30

$2,167

$65,016

1

Matt Walsh being in the top 5 actually pisses me off, good for "Speak No Evil" and ouch for "The Killer's Game".

Next week is "Transformers One" and "Never Let Go", as well as a Fathom events showing of "The Matrix"

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Good for SNE. I think The Killer's Game looked fun but it didn't have a lot of marketing push behind it (which is a shame) so I'm not surprised it didn't do that well.