7th Update, Monday Final: Overall, Father’s Day weekend was a better frame than a week ago, totaling $232.7M, +53%. But this year’s paternal holiday frame was off -6% from a year ago when Jurassic World and Inside provided a one-two punch together totaling $197M. 2016 through Sunday has accumulated $5.17 billion at the domestic B.O., 5% ahead of the same period last year — which was a banner year with $11B-plus. Certain films were impacted by all of the sporting events (Conjuring 2, Now You See Me 2) competing for Dad’s attention yesterday from the NBA game 7 to the PGA finals, while others were not (i.e. Central Intelligence which bested its Sunday projection with $35.1M).
Disney/Pixar’s Finding Dory finaled at $135.1M, still the highest opening for an animated film at the domestic B.O. and the second best debut in June after Jurassic World‘s $208.8M. Dory is expected to keep swimmin’ at No. 1 with an estimated $60M-plus second weekend, easily beating 20th Century Fox’s entry Independence Day: Resurgence which is looking to make between $45M-$52M, as well as three other wide entries including STX’s Free State of Jones ($14M-$15M), Sony’s The Shallows ($11M-$12M) and Broad Green/Amazon’s Neon Demon ($2M).
1).Finding Dory (DIS), 4,305 theaters / 3-day cume: $135.1M / Per screen avg.: $31,373/Wk 1
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2). Central Intelligence (WB/NL/UNI), 3,508 theaters / 3-day cume: $35.5M/ Per screen: $10,130 / Wk 1
3). Conjuring 2 (WB/NL), 3,356 theaters (+13) /3-day cume: $14.9M (-63%)/ Per screen: $4,434 / Total cume: $71.1M/Wk 2
4). Now You See Me 2 (LG), 3,232 theaters (0)/ 3-day cume: $9.4M (-58%)/ Per screen: $2,900 / Total cume: $41.1M/Wk 2
5). Warcraft (UNI/LEG), 3,406 theaters (+6) /3-day cume: $7.2M (-70%)/ Per screen: $2,126 / Total cume: $38.4M/Wk 2
6). X-Men: Apocalypse (FOX), 2,632 theaters (-953) / 3-day cume: $5.3M (-46%) / Per screen: $2,017 / Total cume: $146.2M/Wk 4
7). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PAR), 3,086 theaters (-985)/ 3-day cume: $5.2M (-63%)/ Per screen: $1,702 / Total Cume: $72M/Wk 3
8). Alice Through The Looking Glass (Disney), 1,880 theaters (-1,018) /3-day cume: $4.3M (-24%) / Per screen: $2,282 / Total cume: $70M/ Wk 4
9). Me Before You (MGM/New Line/WB), 2,645 theaters (-117) /3-day cume: $3.9M (-57%)/ Per screen: $1,479 / Total cume: $46.1M/Wk 3
10). Captain America: Civil War (Disney), 1,434 theaters (-667) / 3-day cume: $2.3M (-46%) / Per screen: $1,626 / Total cume: $401.3M/ Wk 7
11). The Angry Birds Movie (SONY/ROVIO), 2,021 theaters (-1,062)/ 3-day cume: $1.7M (-74%)/ Per screen: $838 / Total cume: $103.2M/ Wk 5
12). The Jungle Book (DIS), 953 theaters (-543) /3-day cume: $1.5M (-46%)/ Per screen: $1,562 /Total cume: $355.9M / Wk 10
13). Zootopia (DIS), 305 theaters (-14) / 3-day cume: $948K (+70%) / Per screen: $3,107/Total cume: $339.5M / Wk 16
14). The Nice Guys (WB), 522 theaters (-625)/3-day cume: $822 (-58%)/ Per screen: $1,575 /Total cume: $34.2M/ Wk 5
15). Love & Friendship (AMZ/RSA), 497 theaters (-329) /3-day cume: $735K (-48%) / Per screen: $1,478 /Total cume: $10.9M/Wk 6
16). The Lobster (A24), 319 theaters (-241) / 3-day cume: $602K (-39%)/ Per screen: $1,888 /Total cume: $6.6M/Wk 6
17). Gentleman (AIM), 125 theaters / 3-day cume: $465K / Per screen: $3,722 / Wk 1
18). Maggie’s Plan (SPC), 335 theaters (+24)/3-day cume: $431K (-31%)/ Per screen: $1,285 /Total cume: $1.8M/ Wk 5
19). Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (UNI), 464 theaters (-1,117)/3-day cume: $352K (-83%)/ Per screen: $759 /Total cume: $54.5M/ Wk 5
20). Genius (RSA), 134 theaters (+118)/3-day cume: $297K (+202%)/ Per screen: $2,218 /Total cume: $434K/ Wk 2
NOTABLES:
Clown (TWC), 100 theaters /3-day cume: $27K / Per screen: $269 / Wk 1
Tickled (MAG), 2 theaters /3-day cume: $22K / Per screen: $10,949 /Wk 1
Seoul Searching (WND), 1 theaters / 3-day cume: $9K /Wk 1
Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (DRFT), 24 theaters /3-day cume: $26K / Per screen: $1,086 /Wk 1
My Love, Don’t Cross That River (FM), 2 theaters /3-day cume: $6K / Per screen: $3,170 /Wk 1
The Last King (MAG), 3 theaters /3-day cume: $5K / Per screen: $1,533 /Wk 1
Cosmos (KINO), 1 theaters /3-day cume: $3,807 /Wk 1
Argentina (FTR), 1 theaters /3-day cume: $2,274 /Wk 1
Golden Kingdom (KINO), 1 theaters /3-day cume: $554 /Wk 1
6TH UPDATE, Sunday AM: Disney is reporting Finding Dory with a $136.2M opening weekend. That’s an all-time record debut for an animated film and the second best opening in June after last year’s Jurassic World ($208.8M).

Most films today in the top 10 hope to reap the spoils of Father’s Day, which is a big moviegoing day akin to having another Saturday or a very, very good Sunday. But that means a lot of competition for Papa’s attention today, so we might see weekend grosses come in a little lower by tomorrow. Then there’s the highly-anticipated NBA final game 7 between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, U.S. Open PGA finals, Euro Cup — the male distractions go on and on. The Father’s Day frame is where Disney/Pixar launched 2010’s Toy Story 3 ($110.3M opening) and last year’s Inside Out ($90.4M). It’s also where Jurassic World put up a huge sophomore sesh of $106.6M a year ago, and where Warner Bros. opened Man of Steel ($116.6M).
Dory carries a production cost of $200M before P&A. CinemaScore projects that the Andrew Stanton-Angus MacLane movie can clear anywhere between $446M-$629M at the domestic box office alone.
Dory made $45.8M on Saturday, -17% from its $55M Friday, which was a single day record for any animated film. Like superhero movies, most Pixar titles have a fandom trajectory at the box office where a portion show up on Thursday night, the greatest bulk on Friday, and then Saturday and Sunday ease up thereafter. Sunday is expected to rake in $35.5M, -22% from Saturday.
Beamed Disney distribution chief Dave Hollis this morning about Dory‘s seismic B.O. wave, “The original movie is so beloved and a part of our culture, we’ve dubbed it ‘Generation Nemo.’ For those who saw this movie 13 years ago, it’s the movie of their childhood, the movie they saw in college. At the time, it was the biggest animation release of all-time and left an indelible mark for great reason, and now there’s an insatiable want-to-see. From our exit polls, people are loving the movie effusively.”
In late summer 2003, Finding Nemo passed Disney’s The Lion King (original theatrical domestic B.O. $312M) as the highest grossing feature toon of all-time with $339.7M. Disney, as is its business tradition with its animation brands, kept Nemo alive throughout the years with theatrical and DVD releases.
Even though Dory pulled in 65% families, the studio noticed that a number of adults are showing up including young couples sans kids, a testament to the Pixar character’s broad appeal. As we’ve seen with hit animated pics like Zootopia, business doesn’t slow in the evening. Last night Dory made an estimated $4.5M after 7PM, beating Inside Out‘s $2.3M a year ago.
Dory will end the weekend as the highest grossing PLF and XD opening weekend of all time for an animated film with an estimated $10.4M in private label PLF screens and $2.6M in Cinemark XD hubs. Dory had a partial footprint in 211 Imax venues, ringing up $5M or a hearty $24K a screen.
Relish Mix reported that #FindingDory momentum spiked sharply on Saturday, up six times from Wednesday, topping out on Friday with 42K hashtags on Twitter and Instagram combined. All of this was triggered by a post from Justin Bieber to his 83M followers.
Meanwhile on YouTube, the second Dory trailer went viral with over 200K views in a day, which is exceptional according to RelishMix. New Bedford, Mass.-based Rev4, which measures moviegoers’ anticipation to buy tickets based on trailers, always saw Dory as a winner. Similar to Rev4’s polling on The Jungle Book, 88% of those who watched the Dory trailers in theaters made definite plans to buy tickets. PostTrak, which compiles audience reactions throughout the weekend, still sees a majority of women at Dory (62%), with a growing under 25 turnout (68% vs. 65% on Friday). PostTrak notices that even among kids, girls are outpacing boys in Dory auditoriums, 56% to 44%. Overall positive score for Dory among kids is a huge 91%. Dory has an 81% definite recommend among kids. Word of mouth is ironclad here.

Warner Bros. this morning is reporting its New Line/Universal co-production Central Intelligence with a $34.1M opening, which bests its $30M projection from last week. That’s a decent start for an action comedy that cost $50M before P&A. CinemaScore projections have the Rawson Marshall Thurber comedy ending its domestic run between $92M-$130M. Central Intelligence held quite well on Saturday, drawing $12.5M, a 4% dip from Friday. The film, thanks to Father’s Day, is expected to have one of the best holds in the top 10, -10% today which would take it north of where WB sees it.
While Central Intelligence isn’t a record opening for Dwayne Johnson or Kevin Hart, it’s an opening that’s within a solid range for them. For Hart, Central Intelligence is higher than the debuts of Get Hard ($33.8M) and just under Ride Along 2 ($35.2M). For Johnson, outside his non-Fast & Furious fare, Central Intelligence is above his Hercules opening ($29.8M) and, of course, well under last June’s San Andreas ($54.6M opening). Even though Johnson made cameos in such comedies as The Other Guys and Get Smart, Central Intelligence is arguably his first broad adult comedy in a lead role. Previously, whenever the big guy played funny, it’s typically been in family pics like The Tooth Fairy and The Game Plan.
The MTV Movie Awards earlier this year served as a a mini-marketing campaign for Central Intelligence. The key selling point throughout was Johnson and Hart’s unique comedic sensibility. Their pairing resulted in a 54% jump in the ratings for the MTV kudo cast – the highest it’s seen in recent years.
Men are the primary ticket buyers here, according to PostTrack, at 53%, and Central Intelligence is skewing older in updated polls with 53% over 25. Sixty percent of Central Intelligence‘s audience is comprised of African American, Hispanic and Asian audiences while Caucasians rep 40% of all ticket buyers.
Central Intelligence began inserting itself into the media’s conversation last June when Johnson was on the promo tour for San Andreas. The report was that Johnson was continually plane-hopping from the San Andreas Hollywood premiere to an overseas tour of that movie and then back to the Central Intelligence set.
Johnson and Hart’s social media push for Central Intelligence is the type of movie star tubthumbing craved by studio marketing executives. The digital marketing campaign for the film focused on the chemistry between the duo and leveraged their social accounts to reach fans and promote custom social content. The duo launched the first trailer on their social pages. There were also reaction GIFS based on some of the best movie moments. In addition Johnson and Hart were made #NationalBestFriendDay Ambassadors on Twitter.

Screenings in such cities as New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Houston, Oakland and Toronto were preceded by a livestream of Johnson and Hart. The duo also participated in the first-ever Snapchat HQ Fan Q&A, which aired on the stars’ Snapchat accounts. A Snapchat lens on release day helped to further boost awareness and ticketing.
Central Intelligence carried an anti-bullying message, and that theme was promoted across social with Johnson and Hart partnering with anti-bullying charity The Kind Campaign, in conjunction with OMAZE.
Below are the top 10 studio-reported figures as compiled by Deadline’s Amanda N’Duka:
1).Finding Dory (DIS), 4,305 theaters / $54.95M Fri. (includes $9.2M previews) / $45.8M Sat. (-16%) / $35.5M Sun. (-23%)/ 3-day cume: $136.2M /Wk 1
2). Central Intelligence (WB/NL/UNI), 3,508 theaters / $13M Fri. (includes $1.84M previews) / $12.46M Sat. (-4%) / $9M Sun. (-28%)/3-day cume: $34.5M/Wk 1
3). Conjuring 2 (WB/NL), 3,356 theaters (+13) / $5.5M Fri. / $5.9M Sat. (+8%) / $4.2M Sun. (-28%)/3-day cume: $15.6M (-62%)/Total cume: $71.7M/Wk 2
4). Now You See Me 2 (LG), 3,232 theaters (0)/ $2.8M Fri. /$3.5M Sat. (+25%) / $3.35M Sun. (-4%)/ 3-day cume: $9.65M (-57%)/ Total cume: $41.4M/Wk 2
5). Warcraft (UNI/LEG), 3,406 theaters (+6) / $1.9M Fri. / $2.7M Sat. (+39%) / $1.9M Sun. (-30%)/ 3-day cume: $6.5M(-73%)/ Total cume: $37.7M/Wk 2
6). X-Men: Apocalypse (FOX), 2,632 theaters (-953) / $1.4M Fri. /$2M Sat. (+44%) / $1.8M Sun. (-13%)/ 3-day cume: $5.21M (-48%) /Total cume: $146.1M/Wk 4
7). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PAR), 3,086 theaters (-985)/ $1.5M Fri. /$2M Sat. (+31%) / $1.7M Sun. (-11%)/ 3-day cume: $5.2M (-64%)/Total Cume: $71.9M/Wk 3
8). Me Before You (MGM/New Line/WB), 2,645 theaters (-117) / $1.5M Fri. /$1.5M Sat. (0%) / $1.08M Sun. (-30%)/ 3-day cume: $4.2M (-54%)/Total cume: $46.4M/Wk 3
9). Alice Through The Looking Glass (Disney), 1,880 theaters (-1,018) / $1.3M Fri. / $1.4M Sat. (+11%) / $904K Sun. (-37%)/3-day cume: $3.6M (-36%) /Total cume: $69.9M/ Wk 4
10). Captain America: Civil War (Disney), 1,434 theaters (-667) / $575K Fri. /$848K Sat. (+47%) / $873K Sun. (+3%)/ 3-day cume: $2.3M (-47%) /Total cume: $401.3M/ Wk 7
NOTABLES:
Udta Punjab (GSME), 115 theaters / $192K Fri. / $264K Sat. (+38%) / $198K Sun. (-25%)/3-day cume: $654K /Wk 1
Gentleman (AIM), 125 theaters / $144K Fri. /$207K Sat. (+44%) / $155K Sun. (-25%)/ 3-day cume: $506K /Wk 1
Clown (TWC), 100 theaters / $11K Fri. /$11K Sat. (+6%) / $8K Sun. (-27%)/ 3-day cume: $30K /Wk 1
Tickled (MAG), 2 theaters / $7K Fri. / $9K Sat. (+19%) / $7K Sun. (-25%)/3-day cume: $23K / Wk 1
Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (DRFT), 18 theaters / $4K Fri. / $5K Sat. (+24%) / $4K Sun. (-25%)/3-day cume: $12K /Wk 1
Proof Of Innocence (CJE), 1 theaters / $3K Fri. / $4K Sat. (+29%) / $3K Sun. (-30%)/3-day cume: $11K /Wk 1
Seoul Searching (WND), 1 theaters / $3K Fri. / $2K Sat. (-29%) / $1K Sun. (-25%)/3-day cume: $6K /Wk 1
4TH WRITETHRU, Saturday AM: The summer box office has officially been stirred from its slumber. Disney-Pixar’s Finding Dory is set to rank as the highest opening ever for an animated film with an estimated $140.6M stateside — even higher from what we were seeing yesterday. That easily kicks aside the $121.6M record that DreamWorks’ Shrek the Third has held for the last nine years. Today’s industry projections show a $55M-plus day for Dory, making it the highest single day ever for a feature toon, beating both the opening day of Minions ($46M) and Shrek the Third‘s Saturday ($47M).
Dory is the widest Pixar release ever at 4,305 theaters. Last night the sequel to Finding Nemo, 13 years in the waiting, received an A CinemaScore, making it the 11th Pixar release to hit that grade. Last June Inside Out earned an A CinemaScore which yielded a 3.94 multiple in its final B.O. ($90.4M opening, final $356.5M). Dory came within breaths of earning an A+, but hit that grade with females (65%) and under 25 (56%) who were the predominant crowd here. Dory also scored A+s with the under 18 (38%) and 18-24 group (18%).
PostTrak also noticed on Friday a predominately young female audience (63%, 65% under 25) for the Andrew Stanton-Angus MacLane movie. Overall, Dory‘s audience make-up isn’t that far from Inside Out‘s (63% female, 59% under 25). Finding Nemo in its CinemaScore was also a heavy young female crowd at 58% women, 61% under 25, so Dory just continued to swell in both demos. Fifty-six percent came out for Dory because they’re fans of the first movie.
Warner Bros./New Line/Universal’s Central Intelligence is also besting the numbers we observed yesterday. The Dwayne Johnson-Kevin Hart PG-13 comedy is now estimated to clear $13M in its opening day (inclusive of $1.84M Thursday night previews), and an opening of $33.5M. Audiences loved the action comedy with an A- CinemaScore and critics haven’t entirely thrown it under the bus with a 69% fresh Rotten Tomatoes rating. Johnson’s San Andreas received an A- last summer, and CI‘s grade beats Hart’s Get Hard (B), Ride Along 2 (B+) and matches The Wedding Ringer (A-).

One comparison for CI is Paul Feig’s Spy from last June which received a B+, opened to $29M, and ended its domestic run at $110.8M, a 3.8 multiple. That’s about where this $50M production is headed. Earlier this week, there was some concern that CI was skewing too young in its TV spots. That would mean some of CI‘s audience would be stolen by Dory, and turn off adults. Rival sources tell Deadline that there’s nothing to worry about here given CI‘s strong ethnic base of 27% African American, 17% Asian/Other and 15% Hispanic which totals close to 60% of the pic’s audience per PostTrak. Hart bought out the Friday 3:15pm Hollywood Arclight showing of CI for close to 200 fans.
CinemaScore and PostTrak differ in their CI audience reports. CinemaScore shows an older female turnout (51% women, 57% over 25), while PostTrak reports 53% guys with an even 50-50 split for over/under 25. Let’s face it, the audience came for Johnson and Hart and they earned a 65% moviegoer turnout per CinemaScore, which is up from Hart and Ice Cube’s 60% on Ride Along. Total positive score on PostTrak is 75% with a 55% definite recommend. That last figure isn’t so hot, but this comedy seems to have everything else working in its favor. Ride Along 2 posted a 56% definite recommend and by the end of its $35.2M opening counted 37% African American, 26% Hispanic and 11% Asian other (total 74%).
What’s giving these films a shot in the arm this weekend is Father’s Day, a prime moviegoing day. Dory and Central Intelligence are expected to dip -20% and -15%, respectively, on Sunday from Saturday. Currently, analysts show Dory being slightly front-loaded with a -15% dip on Saturday for $45M. While the common rule of thumb is that animated features see an uptick on Saturday thanks to matinees, there’s a fandom nature to some Pixar titles (and even Uni/Illumination’s Despicable Me and Minions titles) where there’s a tiny decline on the second day of release.
The sequel to Finding Nemo was first announced in July 2012 after Stanton brushed the ash off from the $200M write-down on Disney’s John Carter. In April 2013, it was announced that the sequel would be aptly titled Finding Dory. Disney – even prior to unveiling 30 minutes of Dory, which stars Ellen DeGeneres as the title character, at CinemaCon back in April – teased footage at a Cannes Film Festival session last year.
Dory trailers exclusively debuted on-air and online on Ellen, plus trailered in front of such Disney $300M-plus grossing films Zootopia and The Jungle Book. Dory‘s teaser trailer last November was the most socially discussed and shared title in Walt Disney Animation Studios or Pixar Animation Studios’ history with 67MM+ views in three days.
Casting your lead voiceover with the biggest name in daytime talk TV has its advantages. The total Disney social “fin-print” thanks to Ellen for Finding Dory reached 314MM and when added to Ellen DeGeneres’ social media channels, that figure jumps to a staggering 428MM.

Ellen was not only the exclusive debut partner for all the film’s trailers and posters, but she devoted hours of in-show time to discussing her enthusiasm for the film, the filmmakers and the cast. There was a premiere ticket giveaway, a performance by Sia (who sings the pic’s song “Unforgettable”) and the final trailer debut on the daytime talk show.
Dory—with more than 25M likes on Facebook—is the most liked individual character of any brand at The Walt Disney Company (Disney, Marvel, Lucas, Pixar).
The studio launched a #HAVEYOUSEENHER campaign in February 2016 with four exclusive posters at AMC and Regal. This was followed by a cross-platform media campaign that drove anticipation for the first full trailer release on March 2 on DeGeneres’ social platforms and in her show.

Dory’s promo partners include Aussie, BAND-AID Brand, Bounty, Coppertone, Ice Chips, Juicy Juice, Kellogg’s, KRAFT Macaroni & Cheese, Nature’s Harvest Bread, Pirate’s Booty, Quaker, SuperValu, Subway and Yoplait GoGurt.
Elsewhere, Uni/Legendary’s Warcraft is projected to drop -74% for the weekend; the third sharpest second weekend decline for a pic in over 3,000 engagements preceded by 2009’s Friday the 13th and Uni’s Fifty Shades of Grey.
Other highlights at the box office: In addition to Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War crossing $400M, Sony/Rovio’s Angry Birds flew past the $100M mark on Wednesday.
Industry estimates for the weekend of June 17-19 as of Saturday AM:
1).Finding Dory (DIS), 4,305 theaters / $55M Fri. (includes $9.2M previews) / 3-day cume: $140.6M /Wk 1
2). Central Intelligence (WB/NL/UNI), 3,508 theaters / $13M Fri. (includes $1.84M previews) / 3-day cume: $33.5M/Wk 1
3). Conjuring 2 (WB/NL), 3,356 theaters (+13) / $5.4M Fri. (-67%) / 3-day cume: $17.1M (-58%)/Total cume:$7.3M/Wk 2
4). Now You See Me 2 (LG), 3,232 theaters (0)/ $3M Fri. (-64%) / 3-day cume: $9.4M (-58%)/ Total cume:$41.1M/Wk 2
5). Warcraft (UNI/LEG), 3,406 theaters (+6) / $1.9M Fri. (-81%) / 3-day cume: $6.4M (-74%)/ Total cume:$37.6M/Wk 2
6). Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (PAR), 3,086 theaters (-985)/ $1.49M Fri. (-63%) / 3-day cume: $5.5M (-62%)/Total Cume:$72.2M/Wk 3
7). X-Men: Apocalypse (FOX), 2,632 theaters (-953) / $1.38M Fri. (-50%) / 3-day cume: $5.2M (-47%) /Total cume: $146.1M/Wk 4
8). Me Before You (MGM/New Line/WB), 2,645 theaters (-117) / $1.5M Fri. (-50%) / 3-day cume: $4.3M (-52%)/Total cume: $46.5M/Wk 3
9). Alice Through the Looking Glass (Disney), 1,880 theaters (-1,018)/ $1.27M Fri. (-23%) / 3-day cume: $4.2M (-25%)/Total: $69.9M/Wk 4
10). Captain America: Civil War (Disney), 1,434 theaters (-667) / $576K Fri. (-51%)/ 3-day cume: $2.2M (-48%) /Total cume: $401.3M/ Wk 7
11). The Angry Birds Movie (SONY/ROVIO), 2,021 theaters (-1,062)/ $504K Fri. (-73%) / 3-day cume: $1.79M (-63%)/Total cume: $103.3M/ Wk 5
Notables:
Udta Punjab (GSME), 115 theaters / $188K Fri. / 3-day cume: $640K /Wk 1
Gentleman (AIM), 125 theaters / $145K Fri. / 3-day cume: $513K /Wk 1
Clown (TWC), 100 theaters / $11K Fri. / 3-day cume: $32K /Wk 1
Tickled (MAG), 2 theaters / $7K Fri. / 3-day cume: $23K / Wk 1
Seoul Searching (WND), 1 theater / $6K Fri. / 3-day cume: $18K /Wk 1
Raiders! The Story Of The Greatest Fan Film Ever Made (DRFT), 18 theaters / $4K Fri. / 3-day cume: $12K /Wk 1
Proof Of Innocence (CJE), 1 theater / $3K Fri. / 3-day cume: $10K /Wk 1
2ND UPDATE, 12 NOON: We’re hearing that Disney-Pixar’s Finding Dory is swimming upstream to a record opening of $130M+ for the weekend and today alone will clear $50M-$52M. That’s also an opening day record for an animated movie, outstripping Minions’ previous first day high of $46M on July 10 last year.
These projections are based on matinee estimates from rival distribs, and can fluctuate up or down by evening. Dory‘s weekend opening will unseat the opening record set by DreamWorks Animation’s Shrek the Third, which over its first FSS made $121.6M. Universal/Illumination’s Minions follows in the opening weekend record books with $115.7M, followed by Disney/Pixar’s previous champ Toy Story 3 which made $110.3M in its first three days. Heading into this weekend, Fandango announced that Dory was the online ticket seller’s best pre-seller of all-time for a feature toon. No surprise here with Dory: From the beginning of summer, trackers called a five quad sequel — it’s a follow-up to a legacy, cornerstone Disney/Pixar movie, 2003’s Finding Nemo, which made $380.8M stateside, $936.7M worldwide. Five quad meaning — everyone goes, moms, grandpas, etc. For some elementary schools today it’s the last day of school and as a bonus, they’re taking several classes to see Dory. Talk about Disney choosing the right date: 82% K-12 schools are off and 94% college per ComScore. That K-12 number spikes to 95% next Friday.
ComScore PostTrak reports that younger females are dominating most Dory auditoriums with 63% women, 65% under 25. Overall positive score is 89% — which is very good. Audience are flocking largely in pairs or groups. Twenty percent came with a friend, 25% watched Dory with a date, while 18% arrived with two-to-four friends. Word of mouth is huge with 71% of the audience definitely recommending Dory to their friends. Sixty-five percent of the audience bought 2D tickets to Dory.
Relish Mix observes that social chatter is one fire for Dory with #FindingDory hashtags exploding 3X on Twitter and Instagram for a combined total from 7.2K to over 21.5K by midday today. The Ellen Show is the big driver here with 60M Twitter Followers and another 30M on Instagram.
Warner Bros/New Line/Universal’s PG-13 comedy Central Intelligence is also poised to fare well with a $12M-$13M Friday and a FSS opening north of $33M.
In regards to last weekend’s wide entries, here’s how they’re looking: WB/New Line’s Conjuring 2 is looking to decline 60% for a second FSS of at least $16M in third place. Through 10 days, it will count $72.2M. That total, should it remain on track, will pace 14% behind the first Conjuring.
Lionsgate’s Now You See Me 2 is pacing for a -55% second sesh with $10M and a running cume by Sunday of $41.7M. And as the saying goes in distribution –“Don’t stand underneath this thing” — as Universal/Legendary’s Warcraft is set to drop 70% for an estimated $7.2M and a running 10-day total by weekend’s end of $38.4M.
1ST UPDATE: In what is expected to be the second-biggest opening weekend this summer, Disney and Pixar’s Finding Dory started its climb last night grossing $9.2 million, a record preview total for any feature animated film. Not only does Finding Dory‘s Thursday night blow away previous Pixar records set by Toy Story 3 with $4M (Friday midnight shows, $110.3M opening) and last June’s Inside Out which minted $3.7M ($90.4M opening), but the fish film whips the preview nights of Universal/Illumination’s Minions ($6.2M) and Despicable Me 2 ($4.7M). Finding Dory will be the widest Pixar release of all time, playing at 4,305 venues today. Its 3-day take is expected to be at $100M-plus.
Finding Dory‘s presence at the box office this weekend comes at a much needed time at the summer box office when ticket sales per ComScore are off 18% from May 1-June 12 versus the same period last year. The biggest film this summer — and for the year — is Disney/Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, which is now crossing the $400M mark, becoming the first movie to do so this year. Other than that, we’ve seen plenty of prolific casualties in just a month in a half including Warcraft ($31M stateside, $160M+ cost), Alice Through The Looking Glass ($65.7M, $170M cost), and Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows ($66.7M, $135M cost). Viacom said today that the disappointing B.O. results for TMNT 2 will hurt its earnings, and that a SVOD deal for the title still isn’t in place.

Warner Bros./New Line/Universal’s little Hart and big Johnson PG-13 action comedy Central Intelligence made $1.835M last night. The Rawson Marshall Thurber title is expected to make $30M this weekend, maybe more. In regards to its preview night, Central Intelligence falls in line with other comedies such as Spy ($1.5M preview, $29.1M opening), Kevin Hart’s co-billed comedy Get Hard ($1.8M, $33.8M FSS), Dumb And Dumber To ($1.6M, $36M FSS) and The Heat ($1M preview, $39.1M opening). Similar to other New Line comedies, Central Intelligence comes with a thrifty reported cost of $50M. What always has any studio stoked when they’re in business with Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart is the amount of social promotion the duo do for their movies; according to RelishMix together they reach close to 210M people.





I think your prediction for Dory is too obvious. “Its 3-day take expected to be at $100M-plus.” Where do you think it will land? Closer to $115 million or $130 million or above? With hind-sight being 20/20 and the future still yet undetermined, maybe you could include a professional disclaimer?
Thanks for the Central Intelligence prediction.
I think the finding dory estimate is way too low, I fully expect it to be 150.
Everyone go see now you see me 2 –a very fun movie
Central intelligence is such a well made– not stupid laughs but actually great comedy — didn’t know they knew how to make this comedy anymore — the best Kevin hart role EVER — the absolute perfect role for him where he is not near annoying but so funny and an actual story with real laughs. Go see it.
Funny but there is a giant octopus
crawling on top of a bill board
at Santa Monica blvd and Westwood blvd.
Northeast corner facing west.
Omg fun here’s another giant octopus
crawling on top of a billboard
on sepulveda blvd one block
south of Ventura blvd./ facing north.
It looks like the octopus is holding a coffee pot filled with water and a little fish.
HR: Dory, isn’t nearly as imaginative or smart as Nemo. BFG is single-mindedly all about dreams. With Dory beating Minions 48% on Thu, it’s BO will certainly overcome that but BFG looks to get lost in the shuffle.
You cherry picked one of the seven negative reviews versus 138 positive. Sure, it may not be quite as amazing as the original but the bar was set pretty high. 95% positive is nothing to sneeze at.
Weird that this article is so vague. Seems to have a very good shot at beating Shrek 3’s animation record of 121M opening.
It’s “95% positive” but all that does is state whether or not the movie is good. It certainly isn’t great. As far as beating SHREK 3 — that’s a 9 year old record — so beating it by $20 million isn’t that impressive given inflation. Sorry.
It is impressive given 9 years of animated films that haven’t come close so sorry…
Crazy how cynical (or biased fans of other films) people can be.
Many people certainly seem to think it’s great. But of course even 95% good reviews isn’t good enough, nor is the all time animation opening record (by 25 million).
Yeah, you’re sorry all right.
To give you an idea Zootopia opened at 100% and then dropped to 99% after one bad review. It will close its run with 4 bad reviews and a average of 8.1/10. Dory on the other hand opened at 94/95% (it’s gone up and down) and already has 8 bad reviews for a average of 7.7/10 currently.
I just have this gut feeling that Central Intelligence will end up somewhere in the mid-40s.
Whether it does or it doesn’t Dwayne is always the best when he’s making fun of himself. He’s all in on this role and he’s terrific. Love him in comedies.
Yay! Finding Dory’s success will mean more and more Hollywood sequels to come. Sequels are awesome, saves us all from having to see new characters and original ideas. Hoorah!!!!
No. Every direct sequel this year underperformed except the conjuring 2 and now Dory.
This year showed as original films doing great at box office. If anything peoples rejected cheap, un-neccessary and clear cash-grab sequels.
From now on studios think twice before green lighting a sequel.
Cap 3 didn’t underperform, huge improvement over the second. And I assume he’d count Jungle Book even though it’s a remake instead of a sequel.
Other than that I agree.
Cap 3 was seen more as Avengers 3 than Cap 3. With that in mind, it made less than Age of Ultron.
Except that it’s NOT Avengers 3, since it was missing two major Avengers and contained only a lot of “secondary” Avengers, if you will. You can twist the facts to support any hypothesis, I suppose, but that doesn’t make your assertion accurate.
It had Spiderman making it’s MCU debut, Marvel’s biggest character, and the introduction of Black Panther. Thor and Hulk are the characters which films have grossed the least for Marvel.
CW was great, but underperformed.
Your opinion =/= fact. It’s not an avengers movie it wasn’t marketed or even labelled an avengers movie, hell, it’s scale isn’t that of an avengers movie.
Finally someone speaking with some common sense on the matter. This is clearly a Cap film but some of the clowns persist on calling it an Avengers film when it’s not. You’re right, the scale is much smaller on this film than any Avengers film and I don’t care how many Avengers are in this film, it’s NOT an Avengers film. There we’re no alien invasions, army of killer robots or any other intergalactic cosmic threat which makes for an Avengers film. Yes ‘Civil War’ featured several Avengers, but it was a very personal film and it was a Cap film through and through period. Hell ‘Civil War’ was even on a much smaller scale than the comic it was based on, but I wouldn’t expect these closed minded dummies to know and understand that.
Underperformed, my ass.
Really, it was somehow supposed to be bigger since it introduced Black Panther? And even Spider-man didn’t even break 300M in the last two solo movies.
400M and 1.1B worldwide are both excellent. Fourth biggest superhero movie of all time and the three above it are all Marvel.
Yeah people on this site are quick to say something underperformed and this is a direct sequel to ‘Winter Soldier’ despite AOU being closer in release. 400 million+ domestic and 1.15 billion worldwide and still counting, not too damn shabby.
Not skilled in the art of sarcasm are ya there, Ted?
Almost everything that hit this year was a sequel or based on a book or comic property. Zootopia was about the only original thing. Captain America 3 did better than expected. Lots of people thought it would do Batman vs Superman numbers at best, but it ended up being the lone billion + of the summer. If Dory has legs that’s two for Disney. Zootopia and Jungle Book were close too and BFG, Doctor Strange, and Rogue One waiting in the wings. No other studio has much to celebrate.
Sony needs Ghostbusters to be big. There is the nightmare of Tarzan coming up. Nobody is talking about that movie. XMen is a let down. Independence Day 2 doesn’t have chatter either. Finding Dory might be the last 100 million
Sony’s in trouble if they’re counting on Ghostbusters. It’s another unnecessary retread from decades ago (like Independence Day).
I beg to differ. Plenty of people are talking about Tarzan. I’m sure Sony would prefer they stop talking about Tarzan (or, at least, say different things about it).
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Ghostbusters is the biggest question mark, in my mind. I’ll see it, as will several other folks. But how many times will people see it is the question.
Pedro,
*Captain America*: Civil War (that’s the full title) will end it’s run as the 11th highest grossing film ever, worldwide. It will end it’s domestic as the 15th or 16th highest all time.
Yet, you’re arguing that for the 13th MCU film and the 3rd Captain America film, those numbers represent under-performance?
Ooookay.
How many 13th installments of a franchise have performed as well? Answer – None
What 3rd film in a series has performed as well? Answer – 2
And it will pass them both shortly.
Toy Story 3- $415 mil
Iron Man 3 – $409 mil
CA:CW – $401 mil and counting
The facts don’t support your under performing argument, Pedro.
The title could easily be called ‘Avengers : Civil War’ Which actually make sense.
As For third installment how about the Dark Knight Rises( 448ml). But that would be fair comparison if the film feature superman, Wonder Woman and all DC heroes except cyborg and green lantern.
Finally civil war will not pass toy story 3(100% sure) and maybe iron man 3 if Disney keeps playing it for the rest of the summer.
I wouldn’t so sure that CW won’t surpass Toy Story 3’s 415 million domestic buddy, while I won’t 100% guarantee it will I certainly won’t say it won’t either. You have to remember that MCU films that opens in May play well through September to October in some kind of Capacity and you can bet Marvel/Disney will keep ‘Cap 3’ in theaters until that time. Another thing you fail to mention is Marvel always puts their films back into more theaters just before Labor Day which tends to add several more million to their film’s domestic grosses. So I wouldn’t be so quick to assume it can’t catch ‘Toy Story 3’ if I we’re you.
@Delfra: you Marvel fanboys don’t know when to quit
1st weekend : when CW opens to 179ml, you said it didn’t underperform that where Disney was expecting, the medias prediction was too high and it will hold better than AOU ( some even said it will pass 500ml domestic)
2nd weekend : when it dropped more than AOU,you said again it’s common for a movie that opened this big, will stabilize soon and domestic north of 450ml is guaranteed
3rd weekend : you said crossed billion worldwide domestic big fall means nothing
4th weekend : you said AOU didn’t had direct competition like CW has from xmen.
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7th weekend : now you are arguing if CW will pass toy story 3 or not
It was an average movie with poor legs. Get over it. I wish I can tell you the future is good for Marvel movies but that would be a lie unless they changed their consistent mediocrity.
If you didn’t frequently make a point about Marvels ‘mediocrity’ in your view (as opposed to which superlative tentpoles coming from anywhere else, I might also ask?) I might almost believe you were trying to be objective.
Ted is a biased fanboy, period. Regardless of how a particular Marvel movie does, he’ll find some excuse how it was a failure.
i had to make an acc..just to say…WRONG…it wont pass them shortly or at all…its falling rapidly…i hate when someone from “the outside” is brushing on someone else’s monologue…go get an opinion please
we all are sick of sequels… and a little sick of comments of being sick of sequels… but i agree… i mean i love brownies but i cant eat them every day… ok maybe that’s a bad analogy i can eat brownies every day… in this case maybe they are realizing good sequels with stories to tell are a good idea and the rest are not especially with budgets of 150 million or more… it’s twisted when the top ten movies of the year so far are all animated or sequels… there are fewer mid level original films these days… at least central intelligence is a mid level budgeted original
Sequels are the lifeblood of great creativity and innovation. I can’t wait for Finding Dory 15 and Kung Fu Panda 32! Hollywood is so awesomely, amazingly relevant. Rah Rah studio executives.
I have no objection to a great sequel to a great movie.
Original movies can do plenty well, they just need to actually be good movies.
Cap3, Jungle Book did great. Alice, Turtles, Xmen not so much. And Zootopia was an original. It’s mostly about whether audiences love the movie more than sequel or not sequel.
No coincidence the sequels performing well have also gotten good reviews. They were just good movies, and we have so many options these days.
Yay! Another faux-expert who thinks films produced outside of the Hollywood system are somehow inherently better! The five “acclaimed” indie/foreign films per year don’t represent the thousands of crapfests produced that we thankfully have to see! Yay for Hollywood, indeed!
As opposed to a faux expert on an Internet forum who thinks they know Hollywood, like you right?
…totally ignores the $300 million hit Zootopia which was an original idea…
Finding dory will be make $115 million over the 3 day weekend. That’s my prediction.
Finding Dory: $143m
Central Intelligence: $34m
Conjuring 2: $20m
Finding dory beating minions and toy story 3 in its Thursday previews means that schools out for summer. Kids and adults must’ve done excellent at school and work to take their family out to a movie Here comes the Hollywood blockbuster season and finding dory is going to be big and will start to see small drops at the box office.
The secret life of Pets will be HUGE!
I doubt it. It’s sandwiched between The BFG and the new Ice Age movie. Pets is likely gonna be the family casualty of July.
BFG is going to bomb relative to budget. Pets is going to be huge.
I am also thing BFG will be the odd one out between FD, IA5, TSLoP, and what’s left of Jungle Book (leaving the top 10 this week)
All the family titles seem to be bundled together.
Dory, BFG, Pets, Ice Age 5, Nine Lives and Pete’s Dragon all within the best part of 2 months.
There’s bound to be a few casualties. Pets will likely suffer the most as the Pixar crowd berate it for being a Toy Story rip-off. Nine Lives is an unknown as it isn’t from one of the so called “big six studios”
I think Pets will be big 75 mil opening not bigger then Dory. See the trailer with an audience especially kids. It played before zootopia and the audience went crazy it will be interesting to see if they remember to go out and see it.
Ice Age 5 will be the flop of the summer. Nobody I know liked the trailers, AND it’s opening against Star Trek Beyond, AND it’s a sequel nobody asked for, AND it comes out after so many other animated kids’ movies in the summer.
Ice Age 5 has one huge advantage over the others: a huge international footprint based on prior films. I wouldn’t be surprised to see it pull an 85/15 split between foreign/domestic. Pets should perform well because talking animals are loved everywhere. I don’t see Pete’s Dragon or BFG doing well here or abroad. They have neither the cultural imprint nor the amazing special effects needed to lure audiences, and families will have too many other options. Nine Lives–no clue, but I know no one talking about that one at all.
Ride Along 3: Central Intelligence
Yet another Pixar cash grab! Not even a great movie and likely everyone will say a year from now that it was terrible. Yet for now everyone must run out like zombies to see it! Just because it’s got Nemo in it and has a Pixar label stuck to it.
If this thing takes away an Oscar away from Zootopia, a film that actually deserves one I’m going to rage!
And the Squidward says:”Everyone’s a critic”.
So far I don’t think there’s any other animated movie challenging Zootopia award-wise yet. Critics are positive on Dory but all acknowledge it is no Finding Nemo. If anything I think the biggest competitor for Zootopia might be in the end Disney’s own Moana.
Zootopia was good, but way too preachy. It spent way too much time preaching than telling an actual story.
Your full of it pal. Both Zootopia’s story and world building were top tier. Even the critics agreed on this fact. The only people I’ve seen complain about this film were only doing so for political reasons!
maybe because zootopia is a political film…
But it wasn’t. It’s politics were only treat others with respect, work hard to reach your dreams and don’t be a bully others. That’s it.
zootopia was political. also, all the bad guys were sheep and all sloths were slow…uh oh for the biology part…also, there was one area of the globe that disney chose to not include in the movie…
I AGREE WITH EVERYTHIG YOU SAID
How dare those filthy studios dare – DARE! – to make money!!!
Nasty, filthy cash!! What ever happened to “Art for the sake of art!”???
Exactly! This industry was built by people who only cared about art. Hollywood is forced into caring about profits and box office by the multinational corporations that run them and by the stockholders and pension funds who control them. It’s time for a Hollywood revolution so the artists and dreamers who crested this paradise of creative expression can once again bring this town back to its past glory!
Did you even see it? Please be honest.
With comments like this, they’ve never seen it.
Yes, I’m 25. I was 12 when Finding Nemo came out so it was imperative I see the sequel I’ve literally waited half my life for. I loved it.
Same stats here, 12 for Nemo 25 for Dory.
Per usual, lots of crowing about the “biggest animated opening EVER,” but considering admission prices keep going up, what does that actually mean?
For example, most ticket prices are up at least $5 since “Finding Nemo” opened.
I’d like to see a comparison of tickets sold.
Of course, it also is from the 3D tickets mainly, though a noon ticket for my theater was only $6.50, even an adult is $3 more. It was about 70-75% packed, with lots of young ones as expected.
They haven’t gone up $5 (maybe in some places, but certainly not most), but you make a fair point. Let’s compare Finding Dory’s opening to the Shrek films, which remain the gold standard in terms of ticket sales. According to boxofficemojo, the average ticket price in 2004 was $6.21 (Shrek 2’s year), and in 2007 it was $6.88 (Shrek 3’s year). In 2016 so far it’s $8.58. If we go by those numbers and assume Finding Dory’s $134M weekend estimate holds, then you get the following opening weekend admissions: FD, 15.6M; S3, 17.6M; S2, 17.4M. Dory does top Minions and Toy Story 3 (both come in just shy of 14M tickets), but is clearly well off Shrek’s numbers.
Most Pixar films get a multiplier of at least 3.5, but an opening so big might depress that a bit. Suppose Dory gets to $450M as a safe bet, which would mean roughly 52M tickets sold in the U.S. Shrek 2 made nearly that much in 2004, and had over 70M ticket sales. Even with a 4.0 multiplier (exceeding even what Toy Story 3 managed), Dory only gets to 66M tickets sold.
I never loved the Shrek films, but in North America an animated film will need to make north of $150M opening weekend and $600M total to take the ticket sales records. If Dory couldn’t do it, I don’t see what will.
Frozen 2, maybe
That may be true. However, the entire entertainment landscape has changed since 2003 as well. So though I agree that Dory has/will sell fewer tickets, it will make more money for a multitude of reasons. Also, it’s making so much money is in large part BECAUSE of the success of its superior predecessor. All in all does it really matter to anyone not affiliated with this film how much it makes or what the headline reads? The money is being hauled back to the house of the mouse and not to any of us.
Some people enjoy tracking boxoffice–same as with baseball or anything that lends itself to statistics and records.
Dory could sell about the same number of tickets as Nemo domestically (it would need to make close to $500M, which is possible off this kind of opening), and will definitely outsell it worldwide barring some fluke under-performances in multiple territories. The DVD sales, merchandising revenue, theme park ride admissions, etc. will be insanely high (probably top 5 all time).
It means the highest number of dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Which is what is usually compared. If you want to adjust or compare tickets sold, go compare that.
The two X-Men movies that didn’t feature Wolverine on the poster were the least successful, coincidence?
Apocalypse is the second best box-office in the entire franchise.
Internationally and worldwide yes (third actually if you include Deadpool), but domestically its only second to last place so far (The Wolverine is last place), so yeah this franchise is in trouble.
BFG vs Tarzan might be an interesting battle. Do older audiences still give enough of a toss about Mark Rylance to show up for The BFG? Is Alexander Skarsgard enough of a draw for Tarzan?
Nobody is going to be going to see Tarzan. Well, maybe a half dozen here and there. The family targeted film will generally win in a box office battle. But this time The BFG has it kind of easy since Tarzan will be lucky to do as well as Warcraft domestically. And it doesn’t have Chinese gamers to back it up internationally.
THE BATTLE TO SEE WHICH ONE WILL BOMB THE HARDEST… “BFG ” terrible title.. TARZAN…boring story no one asked for.
Yeah, between Tarzan and BFG,Hollywood really swung and missed on its summer holiday releases after the Memorial Day ones also disappointed or flopped.
Alice Through the Looking Glass was more a victim of bad timing more than anything. On almost any other weekend in 2016 so far Alice might have stood a chance. I’m surprised Disney didn’t reschedule Alice Through the Looking Glass for during the Super Bowl period, for example (more appealing than The Choice, Hail Caesar and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies theoretically).
My question is, Why didn’t Disney move Alice away from the busy Memorial date. Going against X-Men was near suicidal. At least if it came out during the Super Bowl weekend, it would be the only big fish in a very small pond (Hail Caesar, The Choice and P&P&Z were all DOA).
No way, that’s just making excuses. It would have helped if it were a better movie, and came out two or three years earlier. But moving it around doesn’t change the biggest problem which is nobody wanted it.
I wouldn’t go as far as saying BFG is a terrible title. The original book was called The BFG (Big Friendly Giant) and used the initials long before TNA Wrestling created Bound for Glory.
Tarzan is going to flop HARD.
Neither film is being sold on its cast, but rather on the story and spectacle. Hell, Sam Jackson is arguably the biggest name in TARZAN and he’s not even seen in the latest trailer.
No.
” Is Alexander Skarsgard enough of a draw for Tarzan?” Skarsgard isn’t a draw in anything; he’s also over 40, the oldest Tarzan since Jock Mahoney played the ape man around 1962. So this “Tarzan” is doomed from the start. Which is a shame, because the time is right for a Tarzan flick but even a “hot” young unknown would be preferable in the lead. John Derek knew exactly what he was doing when he cast wife Bo Derek in the 1980 version. Bo brought in the boys, but Miles O’Keefe (remember him?) was catnip for the ladies. The reviews couldn’t have been worse, but an R-rated “Tarzan” proved to be just what audiences were looking for. I may be wrong, but I think this new “Tarzan” is gonna bomb big-time.
I feel kind of bad for TMNT2. It’s SO much better than the first one was! Now I grant you, the first one was an incoherent mess so that’s not saying much, but still…(disclaimer: grown-a$$ed adult and not a fan, but I won free passes so hubby and I went – and we had a good time.)
Why is no one … Including deadline… Talking about what went wrong with xmen this summer? The look of the villain was a huge turn off… What was singer thinking?
Apocalypse was the second best box-office in the franchise. X-Men never made that much. Future past was the exception because it had Lawrence at the height of her career and pretty much every single X-Men actor ever.
Going into 2016 everybody was saying apocalypse will be the third highest grossing superhero movie of the year. Fast forwarding six months it is the lowest grossing and the odds suggests that it stays that way( suicide squad is pretty much guaranteed to pass apocalypse, dr strange is 50/50). That’s just embarrassing.
Strange would have to be the MCU lowest grossing other than Incredible Hulk. The chance of that happening is WAY less than 50/50. I do agree that SS is likely to beat Apocalypse.
No. Third if you include Deadpool World Wide and Foreign because domestic it is the third lowest grossing of the franchise just barely over taking First Class. Future Past was no exception, top notch story and plot unlike Apocalypse which had an incoherent mess of a plot and villain.
What’s there to talk about? People were worried about it since the first trailer came out. Seems pretty obvious all the things that went wrong, after so many sequels you have to bring something fresh to keep the audience interested.
Dory was an absolute masterpiece and one of the best sequels since The Empire Strikes Back. The sense of careening energy in this film’s animation is the greatest I’ve felt since Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the original Toy Story. While the character of Dory bordered on being an annoying one-joke in Finding Nemo, this movie fleshes her out completely and gives her a powerful sense of humanity (fishity?). Ed O’Neill’s octopus is a fantastic new character, with a brilliantly played gruff but sensitive performance, an incredibly entertaining bag of visual tricks and a perfect personality for Dory to play off with. The IMAX 3D presentation is a visual feast like few I’ve experienced, creating a completely immersive underwater atmosphere. This film goes down as a true animation classic and one of if not Pixar’s absolute best movie.
LOL okay!
I thought it was boring and just “meh”
I called it. I had a strong feeling Dory would bank around 142-145 over the weekend. Thought the 100 mil predictions were far too soft!
Now it is safe to say dory will be the highest grosser of the summer. Only 3x multiplier is required. Not difficult for animation movie( even the terrible minions came close to that multiplier ).
On another note,James Wan is truly one of the great directors working today. He is the best in the horror genre and He showed that he is capable of handling big franchise movies. Directors like one note Snyder and copycat Abrhams should learn a lot from him.
And to think he got his start directing a small horror film that many hated and called Torture Porn. The guy is a genius and I’ve been a fan since the beginning.
Saw 1 & 2 are great movies. Shame they are held down in public views due to how rest of movies turned into torture porn.
Warcraft sequel ain’t happening…
Not any more. And it was already a long shot, China was the only hope and after the huge opening it dropped big there.
LOL, Borecraft -74%
I feel like this isn’t a good movie. I would not let my kids watch it, if I had any. I would rather make them better at life and other things lol
One thing else that should of been noted here is that Zootopia with only 305 theaters and on its 108 day jumped from 18th to 11th for nearly 1m again! And almost matched The Jungle Book with 1,000 theaters! That’s amazing!
P13 from BOM with 901k, more than likely double features with Dory, making it an S-tier joy for kids.
So I’d like to hear now the fanboys who brutally attacked everyone who dared to criticize Warcrap: 73% drop in its second week for a $160m+ means BOMB. And don’t come here talking about China bc that deal a separate issue that leaves little profit to Universal and the producers. And even considering China and the worldwide BO this movie is still far from breaking even. But of course they’ll get an even crappier sequel, aiming exclusively to Chinese uncultured audiences and fanboys. Forget a similar budget and probably Jones and the C list cast will be replaced by even lower players in the Hollywood game.