FINAL UPDATE, Monday: As studios misfire with reboots and sequels this summer and scratch their heads as to why certain formulas didn’t work, along comes Sony/Annapurna’s Sausage Party, a risky, R-rated animated film –a genre which doesn’t really have a history at the B.O. — and blows away its weekend projections with a final $34.3M. Ganging up with Disney’s Pete’s Dragon, which made $21.5M, both new entries forced Warner Bros.’ Suicide Squad to its knees with 67% decline in its second weekend of $43.5M.
Given its A- CinemaScore among the under-35 demo, many expected a better hold from Suicide Squad. And while a “How do we fix the DC cinema empire?” debate rages on with box office analysts and fanboys, Suicide Squad still posted the second-best weekend for an August release, inching out Guardians of the Galaxy’s sophomore FSS of $42.1M. Some question whether Suicide Squad will beat GotG at the domestic B.O. ($333.1M), however; through 10 days, the David Ayer movie is outstripping the James Gunn Marvel pic by 26%. Also, let’s not forget that Suicide Squad is driving this sleepy summer month to an all-time record, with a pinnacle hit for August weekend ticket sales (August 5-7) of $228.7M. Suicide Squad will top the box office again this weekend with an estimated $20M, down 54%. Its box office story isn’t finished yet: In addition, Suicide Squad has pushed Warner Bros.’ summer B.O. up 30% over last year and 43% over 2014.
Elsewhere, Paramount’s Florence Foster Jenkins, which played to upscale adults in metropolitan markets, rested at $6.6M. Also much higher: CBS/Lionsgate’s Texas thriller Hell or High Water at a fantastic $621K from 32 sites for a hefty per-theater of $19,417. The David Mackenzie-directed feature will expand to about 400 locations this Friday.
According to iSpotTV, out of the three wide entries, Disney spent the most in TV spots, shelling out an estimated $24M on Pete’s Dragon with commercials running during such programming as the Rio Olympics, America’s Got Talent and SpongeBob SquarePants. Paramount has spent an estimated $11.8M on TV spots that aired on ABC, NBC and CBS as well as female-skewing cable networks Bravo and E!.
Sony, despite relegating 50% of its Sausage Party marketing spend on digital, spent an estimated $16.4M on spots that ran during the NBA Finals, Family Guy, ESPN’s SportsCenter and AMC’s Preacher, which is produced by Sausage Party stars Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and Sony Television. There also were custom PSA-style spots that aired during Independence Day weekend featuring Sausage Party characters speaking out about the dangers of grilling and encouraging viewers to destroy their grills. Essentially, the studio was after young moviegoers here.
Sony partnered with Comedy Central and MTV 2 to create custom, behind-the-scenes bits about Sausage Party featuring Rogen and Goldberg. There also was a humorous vignette on Adult Swim and TruTV that introduced viewers to one of the film’s supporting characters, Gum. Longform sneak peeks also aired across TBS E-League, Preacher, FXX and TBS.
In addition to launching the film at SXSW, with another boost at Comic-Con, Sony engaged popular foodie personalities and influencers and invited them to tastemaker screenings. Partnerships with popular food press included Bon Appetit, Vice Munchies, Food & Wine, Infatuation and Food Beast.
Sausage Party‘s redband content was viewed 224M times, while the first redband trailer cleared over 182MM, becoming Sony’s most viewed redband of all-time. Other digital promos included Rogen providing commentary on BuzzFeed Foods cuisine-creation videos. Sony celebrated National Hot Dog Day by partnering with Snapchat, with the lens product permitting fans to turn themselves into Sausage Party protagonist Frank the Sausage.
August is going to slow down this weekend as more students head back to school. On Friday, 58% of K-12 will be off, with college at 86% off. Six films will clear $13M. After Suicide Squad, there’s Sausage Party ($17M-$18M, -49%), Warner Bros.’ War Dogs ($16M-$17M), Paramount’s Ben-Hur ($14M), Focus Features’ Kubo and the Two Strings ($13M) and Pete’s Dragon ($13M, -40%).
Final actuals for the weekend of August 12-14 from comScore as assembled by Amanda N’Duka:
1). Suicide Squad (WB), 4,255 theaters (0) / 3-day cume: $43.5M (-67%) / Per screen avg.: $10,232 /Total cume: $222.6M/ Wk 2
2). Sausage Party (SONY/APP), 3,103 theaters / 3-day cume: $34.3M / Per screen: $11,042 / Wk 1
3). Pete’s Dragon (DIS), 3,702 theaters / 3-day cume: $21.5M / Per screen: $5,811 / Wk 1
4). Jason Bourne (UNI), 3,528 theaters (-511) / 3-day cume: $13.8M (-38%)/ Per screen: $3,925 / Total cume: $127M/ Wk 3
5). Bad Moms (STX), 3,188 theaters (-27)/ 3-day cume: $11.4M (-19%)/ Per screen: $3,564 / Total cume: $71.4M/ Wk 3
6). The Secret Life of Pets (ILL/UNI), 2,958 theaters (-459) /3-day: $9.06M (-21%)/ Per screen: $3,064 / Total cume: $336.2M / Wk 6
7). Star Trek Beyond (PAR), 2,577 theaters (-686) / 3-day cume: $6.9M (-31%) / Per screen: $2,675 / Total cume: $139.8M / Wk 4
8.) Florence Foster Jenkins (PAR), 1,528 theaters / 3-day cume: $6.6M / Per screen: $4,320 / Wk 1
9). Nine Lives (EUR), 2,264 theaters / 3-day cume: $3.5M (-44%)/ Per screen: $1,557 / Total cume: $13.6M/ Wk 2
10). Lights Out (WB/NL), 1,652 theaters (-929) / 3-day cume: $3.2M (-46%) / Per screen: $1,946 / Total cume: $61.1M / Wk 4
11). Nerve (LGF), 1,777 theaters (-761)/ 3-day cume: $2.6M (-46%) / Per screen: $1,485 / Total cume: $33.1M / Wk 3
12). Ghostbusters (SONY), 1,437 theaters (-1,108) / 3-day cume: $2.3M (-51)/ Per screen: $1, 581/ Total: $121.7M / Wk 5
13). Ice Age: Collision Course (FOX), 1,548 theaters (-1,190) / 3-day cume: $2.05M (-53)/ Per screen: $1,327 / Total cume: $58.7M / Wk 4
14). Finding Dory (DIS), 631 theaters (-491) / 3-day cume: $1.3M (-33)/ Per screen: $2,080 / Total cume: $476.7M / Wk 9
15). Anthropoid (BST), 452 theaters /3-day cume: $1.2M / Per screen: $2,729 / Wk 1
16). Cafe Society (LGF), 455 theaters (-176) / 3-day cume: $938K (-42%) / Per screen: $2,061/ Total cume: $8.5M / Wk 5
17). Rustom (IND), 133 theaters /3-day cume: $774K/ Per screen: $5,817 / Wk 1
18). Indignation (RSA), 267 theaters (+212) / 3-day cume: $755K (+80%) / Per screen: $2,829 / Total cume: $1.5M / Wk 3
19). Mohenjo Daro (UTV), 246 theaters /3-day cume: $748K/ Per screen: $3,040 / Wk 1
20). Hell or High Water (CBS/Lionsgate), 32 theaters /3-day cume: $621K/ Per screen: $19,417 / Wk 1
NOTABLES:
Ghost Team (THE ORCH), 10 theaters /3-day cume: $8K/ Per screen: $807 / Wk 1
My King (FM), 1 theaters /3-day cume: $6K/ Per screen: $807 / Wk 1
The Last Lonely Place (INDICAN), 2 theaters /3-day cume: $6K/ Per screen: $3,044 / Wk 1
5TH UPDATE: Sunday AM Final Sony/Annapurna’s Sausage Party opening has risen to $33.6M, and could potentially hit $34M by the end of today. That’s the biggest debut ever for an animated movie in August, beating the $22.2M made by Disney’s 2013 title Planes.
Non-Warner Bros. box office analysts had Suicide Squad in the low $50M range heading into this weekend, but Sausage Party stole a big chunk of the DC villain’s holdover crowd during the late-night hours. In addition, Gold-medalist Michael Phelps’ swan song in swimming last night didn’t help business either. Suicide Squad is looking at $43.77M weekend, down a steep 67%, which isn’t that far from Batman v. Superman‘s -69% freefall in its second go-round. Sausage drew mostly guys at 57% with an even split in the over/under 25 demo. Suicide Squad rose 34% between Friday and Saturday to $17.9M, while Sausage Party, because of its front-loaded nature as a raunchy title eased -15% from $13.48M on Friday to $11.4M.
Josh Greenstein, Sony’s president of worldwide marketing and distribution, beamed this morning, “This shows that by taking risks with smart original concepts in the marketplace, it can pay off big-time. We couldn’t be more excited with this phenomenal result from our partners at Annapurna and Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and James Weaver.”
While Caucasians made up 54% of Sausage Party‘s ticket buyers, Hispanic moviegoers represented 21%, while African Americans made up 13%. Nearly 50% of Sony’s marketing budget for Sausage Party was spent on digital, which is the highest ever spent in that sector by the Culver City, CA-based studio following The Shallows. What does that mean? Essentially digital marketing spends are significantly lower than traditional broadcast, and it emphasizes that Sony got the biggest bang for its marketing buck.
Disney’s Pete’s Dragon is opening in third with $21.5M. It was the only movie to receive a solid A CinemaScore this weekend with families accounting for 66% of this reboot’s business. At 53% women, 54% under 25, young females were the stronger demo here. Particularly in regards to the under 25 crowd, B.O. analysts believe that Pete’s Dragon also cut into Suicide Squad as well. Disney has launched family fare in the mid-August frame before and turned around a 4x-plus multiple at the domestic B.O, and that’s what seems to be the hope here. Everything is in place here for Pete’s Dragon to leg out: great reviews and audience response. The project wasn’t built to be a $100M-plus production in the vein of The Jungle Book, rather a cash cow that would be a classically-crafted single or a double for the Burbank, CA-based studio. While a final $80M domestic take would be great for Disney on Pete’s Dragon, it has the potential to do more abroad where it still has 75% of all foreign territories to go. Russia, Italy and the United Kingdom drove Pete’s business to $5.1M.
Paramount’s Florence Foster Jenkins is also coming in a tad ahead of where it planned to be with $6.58M. According to ComScore’s PostTrak, 42% of the audience bought tickets to the New York period movie because they’re Meryl Streep fans. Older women turned up in a big way with 67% female, 96% over 25. CinemaScore shows similar demos with 61% female, 97% over 25. The Stephen Frears-directed movie landed an 81% positive score, and as we mentioned earlier, Florence Foster Jenkins will be part of Paramount’s awards season push. There was an Academy as well as a number of SAG screenings. While Streep’s film Rikki and the Flash was used as a B.O. comp, word of mouth wise, Florence Fosters Jenkins is in a better position with an A- CinemaScore and 86% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score. Rikki earned a middling B and 65% review rating. Florence was also +27% between Friday and Saturday, while Rikki only grew 13% over that span. Florence Foster Jenkins was acquired by Paramount at the Toronto International Film Festival for an estimated seven figures.
Outside of Sausage Party, which 25-34 year olds also gave an 80% positive score, women continued to take in their own form of raunch as STX ‘s Bad Moms rang up $11.45M, an -18% hold in its third weekend for a running cume of $71.46M. That’s excellent for a comedy that cost an estimated $20M. The Mila Kunis-Kristen Bell-Jada Pinkett Smith-Christina Applegate-Kathryn Hahn combo will ultimately become STX’s first $100M grosser.
Bleecker Street is reporting $1.2M at 452 sites for its World War II Cillian Murphy-Jamie Dornan thriller Anthropoid. Brian Brooks will have more on the specialty side later.
CBS/Lionsgate’s Texas thriller Hell or High Water drew an amazing $592K at 32 sites along with snagging the weekend’s best theater average with $18,500. This is a great start to a critically acclaimed movie in what is a very crowded August marketplace, both for mainstream movies and arthouse titles. The David Mackenzie movie was co-financed and produced by Odd Lot Entertainment and Sidney Kimmel Entertainment.
Studio-reported figures as compiled by Deadline’s Amanda N’Duka for the weekend of Aug. 12-14
1). Suicide Squad (WB), 4,255 theaters (0) / $13.3M Fri./ $17.9M Sat (+34%) / $12.5M Sun. (-30%) / 3-day cume: $43.8M (-67%) /Total cume: $222.9M/ Wk 2
2). Sausage Party (SONY/APP), 3,103 theaters / $13.6M Fri (includes $3.25M previews)/ $11.4M Sat (-16%) / $8.7M Sun. (-24%) / 3-day cume: $33.6M / Wk 1
3). Pete’s Dragon (DIS), 3,702 theaters / $7M Fri. / $8.4M Sat (+20%) / $6.2M Sun. (-26%) / 3-day cume: $21.5M / Wk 1
4). Jason Bourne (UNI), 3,528 theaters (-511) / $3.9M Fri. /$5.9M Sat (+53%) / $3.8K Sun. (-35%) / 3-day cume: $13.6M (-39%)/Total cume: $126.9M/ Wk 3
5). Bad Moms (STX), 3,188 theaters (-27)/ $3.6M Fri. /$4.5M Sat (+26%) / $3.4M Sun. (-25%) / 3-day cume: $11.45M (-18%)/Total cume: $71.5M/ Wk 3
6). The Secret Life of Pets (ILL/UNI), 2,958 theaters (-459) / $2.5M Fri. / $3.7M Sat (+46%) / $2.6M Sun. (-30%) / 3-day: $8.8M(-23%)/Total cume: $335.9M / Wk 6
7). Star Trek Beyond (PAR), 2,577 theaters (-686) / $1.8M Fri./ $3M Sat (+62%) / $2M Sun. (-32%) / 3-day cume: $6.8M (-32%) / Total cume: $139.7M / Wk 4
8.) Florence Foster Jenkins (PAR), 1,528 theaters / $2.1M Fri. (includes $190K previews) /$2.65M Sat (+27%) / $1.85M Sun. (-30%) / 3-day cume: $6.58M / Wk 1
9).Nine Lives (EUR), 2,264 theaters / $1.1M Fri./ $1.4M Sat (+31%) / $990K Sun. (-31%) / 3-day cume: $3.5M (-44%)/Total cume: $13.55M/ Wk 2
10). Lights Out (WB/NL), 1,652 theaters (-929) / $985K Fri. / $1.4M Sat (+38%) / $880K Sun. (-35%) / 3-day cume: $3.2M (-46%) / Total cume: $61.1M / Wk 4
NOTABLES:
Anthropoid (BST), 452 theaters / $365K Fri. / $479K Sat (+31%) / $356K Sun. (-26%) /3-day cume: $1.2M / Wk 1
Mohenjo Daro (UTV), 250 theaters / $236K Fri. /$305K Sat (+29%) / $183K Sun. (-40%) /3-day cume: $724K/ Wk 1
Rustom (IND), 135 theaters / $207K Fri. /$317K Sat (+53%) / $189K Sun. (-40%) /3-day cume: $713K/ Wk 1
Hell or High Water (CBS/Lionsgate), 32 theaters / $194K Fri. /$237K Sat (+22%) / $162K Sun. (-32%) / PTA: $19K/3-day cume: $592K/ Wk 1
4TH Writethru, Saturday AM after 9:45PM Friday: The biggest threat facing Suicide Squad this weekend isn’t Batman or Superman, but raunchy Sausages, and even Pete’s Dragon.
Based on updated industry figures this morning, the Warner Bros/DC pic is headed toward a -67% second weekend drop that’s quite close to the -69% free fall of Batman v. Superman. That was one of the worst second frame declines for a superhero movie, tying with 20th Century Fox’s X-Men Origins: Wolverine. And it looked like Disney/Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy would hold the record for best second weekend in August with $42.1M, though Suicide Squad looks like it’s headed toward a $44.4M weekend. Many reports show the film spiking today in ticket sales. Earlier this week, it appeared that the under 35 bunch who gave this movie an A- were bound to keep Suicide Squad‘s legs going, but stuff happens when a superhero movie is universally panned by critics and gets a ho-hum overall CinemaScore of B+.
In order to fly, as Marvel banks on every time with its movies, a superhero movie needs to win over both intellects and fanboys. But the other thing that’s going on with DC movies, especially for critics, is that everyone still has a crush on Christopher Nolan. The Dark Knight director stacked the deck for DC’s storytelling, making it difficult for other filmmakers to rival or emulate. On the bright side, Suicide Squad will clear the $200M this weekend stateside, on its way to $400M global.
Sony/Annapurna’s Sausage Party is simply hot. It’s winning Friday with $13.48M (that includes its $3.25M Thursday), ahead of Suicide Squad with $13M. The Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg production is set to hit $32.7M. There’s been good word of mouth for this movie despite its B CinemaScore. It’s directed by Greg Tiernan and Conrad Vernon whose respective previous credits include wholesome family fare Thomas & Friends and DreamWorks’ Monsters vs. Aliens. Rogen’s films typically land a B+ CinemaScore (The Green Hornet, This is the End, Knocked Up, Pineapple Express) or a B (The Neighbors franchise). B and B+ CinemaScores aren’t blemishes on Rogen’s B.O. traction; they don’t effect him in the same way that they impact a superhero movie like Suicide Squad. Not to spoil anything, but the ending is worth the price of admission all its own.
Should Sausage Party continue cooking, it will rep a win for adult-animated fare on the big screen, which has been scant and niche previously: Adam Sandler’s PG-13 holiday pic Eight Crazy Nights didn’t really amaze with a final stateside take of $23.6M, Paramount’s Trey Parker and Matt Stone puppet parody Team America: World Police had a lot of heat prior to opening but ultimately had its strings cut with $32.8M back in 2004. Still, that duo’s South Park – Bigger, Longer and Uncut was a cash cow with a $83M worldwide take, off a $21M production budget.
Speaking of bawdy, it’s a fever: STX’s Bad Moms is only set to decline 19% in its third outing with $11.4M, rising to an estimated $71.4M by Sunday in fifth place.
Many also believe that despite its play for families, Disney’s Pete’s Dragon is biting into Suicide Squad‘s hold with an opening of $20.8M in third. It’s an OK debut in relation to its $65M cost, but it doesn’t scream future potential franchise like The Jungle Book or Maleficent. Said one rival studio B.O. analyst this weekend, “I find it amazing that an R-rated animated CG movie is beating a Disney film in the marketplace.” Those who turned up for the David Lowery-directed movie gave it a solid A.
Paramount’s adult-demo Florence Foster Jenkins is arriving on mark with an estimated $6.1M opening at 1,528 theaters in eighth place. The Melrose Lot picked up the Pathe/BBC Films/Canal+/Cine+ movie at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The socialite opera singer that Meryl Streep plays might have been criticized in her day, but CinemaScore audiences adored her with an A-. With all this wattage, word is there will be an awards push for this Stephen Frears-directed movie. EuropaCorp’s talking cat movie Nine Lives is bound to land in ninth place with a $3.5M second weekend, -44% for a 10-day take by Sunday of $13.5M.
Among specialty offerings, Bleecker Street’s Anthropoid at 56% rotten will clear $1M at 452 sites this weekend. Pic tells the story of two soldiers from the Czechoslovakian army-in-exile, who in 1941 parachute into their homeland with a mission to assassinate Nazi SS officer Reinhard Heydrich. CBS Films/Lionsgate’s western Hell or High Water, embraced at Cannes and hugged here in the U.S. with a 99% fresh Rotten Tomatoes score is blowing away the distributor’s high $100K-$200K expectations with a $600K $400K-plus weekend, outstanding even by rivals’ standards. The Chris Pine-Jeff Bridges-Ben Foster movie is looking to post the weekend’s best per theater average with close to $19K per site.
The top 10 films per industry estimates for the weekend Aug. 12-14 as of Saturday morning:
1). Suicide Squad (UNI), 4,255 theaters (0) / $13.3M Fri. (-80%)/ 3-day cume: $44.4M (-67%) /Total cume: $223.5M/ Wk 2
2). Sausage Party (SONY/APP), 3,103 theaters / $13.48M Fri (includes $3.25M previews)/ 3-day cume: $32.7M / Wk 1
3). Pete’s Dragon (DIS), 3,702 theaters / $6.9M Fri. / 3-day cume: $20.8M / Wk 1
4). Jason Bourne (UNI), 3,528 theaters (-511) / $3.87M Fri. (-41%) / 3-day cume: $13.1M (-42%)/Total cume: $126.1M/ Wk 3
5). Bad Moms (STX), 3,188 theaters (-27)/ $3.6M Fri. (-20%)/ 3-day cume: $11.4M (-19%)/Total cume: $71.4M/ Wk 3
6). The Secret Life of Pets (ILL/UNI), 2,958 theaters (-459) / $2.5M Fri. (-24%) / 3-day: $8.7M (-24%)/Total cume: $335.8M / Wk 6
7). Star Trek Beyond (PAR), 2,577 theaters (-686) / $1.8M Fri. (-31%)/ 3-day cume: $6.8M (-32%) / Total cume: $139.7M / Wk 4
8.) Florence Foster Jenkins (PAR), 1,528 theaters / $2.1M Fri. (includes $190K previews) /3-day cume: $6.1M / Wk 1
9).Nine Lives (EUR), 2,264 theaters / $1.1M Fri.(-52%)/ 3-day cume: $3.5M (-44%)/Total cume: $13.5M/ Wk 2
10). Lights Out (WB/NL), 1,652 theaters (-929) / $994K Fri. (-50%) /3-day cume: $3M (-50%) / Total cume: $60.9M / Wk 4
NOTABLES:
Notables:
Anthropoid (BST), 452 theaters / $364k Fri. /3-day cume: $1.16M / Wk 1
Mohenjo Daro (UTV), 250 theaters / $237K Fri. /3-day cume: $794K/ Wk 1
Rustom (IND), 135 theaters / $207k Fri. /3-day cume: $696k/ Wk 1
Hell or High Water (CBS/Lionsgate), 32 theaters / $194k Fri. /PTA: $19K/3-day cume: $618k/ Wk 1
My Best Friend’s Wedding (SPC), 61 theaters / $25k Fri. /3-day cume: $82k / Wk 1
2ND UPDATE, 12:30PM: Crowds are showing up to Sony/Annapurna’s Sausage Party. Based off of Friday matinees, the Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg production is pulling in an estimated $13M Friday, and good sources believe that the film is on its way to $30M-$32M. Excellent for this film which cost an estimated $19M. Sausage Party is also the No. 1 seller on Fandango today. However, it’s still early, and as we saw with Bad Moms two weekends ago, there was a lot of pent-up energy, and that pic cooled down from its Friday. There’s a chance that Sausage Party could simmer to mid-$20M, and still that would be fine for this movie.
Looks like Sausage Party‘s festivities are cutting into Suicide Squad‘s business. While that film will pull in just over $13M for Friday, industry estimates have it at a $44M. If that figure holds, that’s a 67% drop, which is 2% higher than Batman v. Superman‘s -69% sophomore weekend drop. I hear matinees on Suicide Squad are down 93% and that doesn’t account for the $20.5M business the DC villain film did on Thursday.
Disney’s Pete’s Dragon looks to fly in with $7.5M estimated Friday on track for a $21M-$23M weekend. The film cost an estimated $65M before P&A. Paramount’s Florence Foster Jenkins looks to be coming in at projections with a $2.5M Friday, $5.5M-$6M opening weekend.
1ST UPDATE, 7:43AM: Sony/Annapurna’s R-rated Seth Rogen-Evan Goldberg animated production Sausage Party generated $3.25M last night at 2,632 locations. Some are comping Sausage Party to other Rogen raunchy comedies, and already Sausage Party has blown away the Thursday night preview money of Neighbors ($2.56M) and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising ($1.67M). Sausage Party‘s first evening also bests that of Ted 2 ($2.6M) and Trainwreck ($1.8M).
B.O. analysts say though that there’s no correlation between Thursday night previews and the weekend, hence the naughty toon is looking to tip $20M in the face of Warner Bros.’ August behemoth Suicide Squad which is eyeing $51M-$54M. With a film like Sausage Party, late night showtimes are lucrative.
Last night among the regular films in play, Suicide Squad was the top title drawing $8.2M and raising its first week’s cume to $179.1M.
Paramount’s Meryl Streep-Hugh Grant New York City period film Florence Foster Jenkins about a talentless socialite who pursues her dream to be an opera singer, made $190K in Thursday night cash at 1,158 sites. Studio is comping this to the preview money for Streep’s movie Ricki and the Flash last summer which made $200K in its preview night and a $6.6M opening, $26.8M final cume. Disney did not preview Pete’s Dragon last night due to the Olympics. The live action-CGI reboot is looking to make $25M this weekend. Rotten Tomatoes for Florence is 89% fresh, which is higher than Ricki and the Flash‘s 65% fresh. That good critical word of mouth goes a long way with older audiences who read reviews.
The good news here for distributors is that a majority of kids are still out of school, but they’re creeping back. ComScore reports 77% K-12 schools out and 96% college. Those figures by Monday respectively fall to 66% and 90% and then by next Friday, Aug. 19, they’ll be at 58% K-12 and 86% college in regards to those still on vacation.
Sony started to generate word of mouth on Sausage Party early with an early cut version at the SXSW back in the spring, and kept the laughter rolling with a Comic-Con screening where Rogen hysterically declared ,”We want to make sausage-talking movies for the rest of our lives.”
Out of the three wide entries this weekend, RelishMix reports that Sausage Party has the loudest amount of buzz, which makes sense because it hits that millennial funny bone. Sausage Party also carries decent rapport with critics who marked it as 84% fresh. With a great social media universe of 149M, Relish Mix notices that the online chatter for Sausage Party is definitely highly positive with fans calling each other out to go see it in theaters, and already referencing lines and scenes from the materials available across social. Relish Mix names James Franco, Rogen and Jonah Hill as the big drivers on social with a combined social reach for the trio that’s close to 40M. Rogen’s Lip Synch Battle on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon has racked up 5.4M. The R-rated Australian trailer has clocked a massive 20.4M with 80-100K views daily. The Sausage Party YouTube playlist on the Sony Entertainment Channel counts 11.7M total views with two clips over 1M. One of the clips is this zany trailer tubthumping the Oscar and award-lauded voice-over talent in the movie:
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Here’s the Summer Global Box Office so far:
1. Captain America: Civil War — 1.15B
2. Finding Dory — 872M
3. X-Men: Apocalypse — 534M
4. The Secret Life of Pets — 508M
5. Warcraft — 433M
6. Independence Day 2 — 379M
7. The Angry Birds Movie — 345M
8. Tarzan — 335M
9. The Conjuring 2 — 317M
10. Now You See Me 2 — 312M
Suicide Squad is about to take #10 — it will probably happen today. Getting close to the end of summer!
When Suicide Squad’s foreign week numbers are added in it will take the 7th spot.
You seemed to have missed Batman V Superman which has 872M as well so that knocks Now You See Me 2 off your list.
That was a spring movie.
Very interesting overview, and wow the conjuring 2 did major business on a 40 million budget!
Probably end up 3rd or 4th for the summer depending on how Secret life of pets does
what are you talking about suicide squad is already at 335 million World Wide it was 326 WW 2 days ago then it got a 9 million wed.
Suicide squad is already in the top ten. Deadline reported that it grossed 326ml worldwide after 5days of release. It will likely be b/n ID4 and angry birds by the end of Thursday.
Suicide Squad already has 326 million world wide
and falling like a rock..it needs to do $750 million WW to get into the red
It on cause to make 800 million, like Batman vs Superman did.
Learn the difference between being in the red and in the black.
Tarzan did better than Star Trek Beyond? What has this world come to?..
This world has finally come to its senses. The Star Trek franchise has worn out its welcome. But it’s been over 30 years since the last Tarzan films (John & Bo Derek’s critically reviled t&a version was campy fun, and “Greystoke” was a high-brow treat; both struck gold at the boxoffice). A reboot was long overdue, and this summer’s Tarzan delivered the goods. A sequel, made at half the budget, should make a healthy profit.
Alert Sony’s accounting dept. this film will make a profit. What a novelty.
It’s amazing Sony gave Seth that much money to do this. It’s a rated R movie for 5th graders. We’ll see about that profit.
It cost 19M and made over 3M in thursday previews. You don’t think it will make a profit? Really?
34M weekend, 19M production budget. Still think it won’t make a profit?
The profit will be sizable.
Saw it. Hated it. This whole Rotten Tomatoes thing is ruining the movies.
I agree — I didn’t like Sausage Party either. Very one-note. Same vulgar joke over and over. No character development, just a theological concept – which ultimately wasn’t that insightful or clever. Pretty disappointing after those positive reviews.
Theological doesn’t mean what you think it means
Doesn’t that mean it’s for stoners
Guess it’s for more than
just old stoners. Congrats.
nothing like a good sausage.
Teehee.
I actually started crying
when they were peeling the
potato. Horrors.
Hush, he won’t believe you.
Sausage Party was beyond hysterical with some of the funniest lines and comical concepts I have ever seen. The audience I saw it with didn’t have time to breathe they were laughing so much. It was far from a one note comedy but indeed skewered many timely topics and human foibles.
Hey Robert, sausage party is one note. Not funny enough to oay money to see. Sorry.
Sausage party is not one note, it is a whole litany of notes that create creative hilarity. Most discerning filmgoers recognize this. Sorry.
It’s for old addicted stoners.
Their brains are fried.
It’s for people who appreciate a riotous allegory with many satirical layers of observations regarding religion, sex, prejudice and the state of international relations. But I guess only we old stoners have the ability to recognize such complex subjects tackled in an uproarious animated film.
All Rottentomatoes is supposed to do is give you a basic idea, by taking ratings and then coming up with an aggregate. But the real problem isn’t critics, or Rottentomatoes, all they’re doing is compiling a number.
I understand what Rotten Tomatoes does. It needs to find a better way to do it. For instance, how are they weighing reviews and what constitutes a good or bad review if the reviewer isn’t delivering a numeric grade? (Hint: someone’s interpreting). Mediocre films are getting higher scores than they should. There’s probably some perception bias built in that results in hammering films like Suicide Squad (which deserves to be hammered) but the other side of that coin is an 80-something score (Certified Fresh!) for something as tedious, unfunny, simultaneously lazy and overblown as Sausage Party (stupid title, by the way).
The critics themselves determine whether their reviews are posted as Fresh or Rotten, and they would seem to be the best people to determine whether their reviews are positive or negative. And near as I can tell, SAUSAGE PARTY has an 80something score on RT because 80something percent of the critics liked it.
The problem with letting the critics decide if their review is fresh or not is everyone has a different idea on what equals fresh. There are some SS reviews that gave it 3/5 that aren’t labeled fresh but 3/5 is 60% which is exactly the parentage of reviewed labelling it as fresh to be considered fresh. It’s bad enough that human nature means our opinions are always influenced by various external factors including for example previous goodwill (Some of the MCU movies have major issues such as IM2′ AOU and the Thor movies, many issues that SS was attacked on but they get a pass, which you have to feel is in part due to goodwill because some of them have been excellent, where as in the DCEU we haven’t had those really great films yet to get the goodwill that allows some of the issues to be overlooked) or the expectation level going in was really high or really low (SS had done a good job building expectation, it was always likely to fail to meet those where as Antman had people expecting it to be a bit of a flop so it was easy to exceed these. Something that expectation is low will always to get an easier time than something with doesn’t meet it. So even if you have two movies where the quality is roughly the same the one failing to match the expectation is likely to get signficantly lower ratings) BUT when you allow the writers to choose the freshness with no guidelines you make it even worse.
That is a whole lot of rationale for a incorrect assumption. The authors of the critical pieces are logically the best and only ones to decide whether their review is meant as a positive or negative one. That is just plain old common sense.
@Robert
It’s not common sense though. It’s like an exam being set for every kid in school across the country which is either pass or fail but every single person grading the completed exam papers grades on a different scale so one person gets a pass with only 35% correct while another fails with 75%.
There are reviewers of SS squad who give it a fresh mark with a 3/5 score (Believe I saw one giving fresh with a 2.5/5) while others are giving it a not fresh mark on a 3/5 score. These same revewiers have switched their mark on other movies with the same score as well. And only having the two options also makes it much more about feelings rather than a critique the way giving it a grade or a mark out of 5 allows, something a reviewer may think is average and gets a 2.5 out of 5 is treated the same as something that gets 0 out of 5 even even though the 0 one has nothing redeeming bit the 2.5 most likely has as much redeeming about it has negatives
Nothing in your rationalization changes the fact that the only person who knows the intent of their review rather than interpreting it is the actual author of the critique. That is the very definition of common sense. maybe what is fresh to one would be rotten to another but that again is not the issue. If the reviewer’s intent was to express a positive or negative critique of a film then they know that and we really have no contradictory argument that has any carries any weight.
Actually, the way it works is:
Each critic decides what they deem their review.
So no, no one’s interpreting.
All citrics are soo frustrated and angery.. because sucide squad is doing good business …… that is not fair sir….
Neither is having to read such a badly written post.
Yep. All those Transformers movies did “good business” and the critics panned them, too – I guess they were right about those, but wrong about Suicide Squad? It’s fun to twist fact in your favor, huh?
I wouldn’t call a 67% drop and about 10 million below tracking good business. They needed a better hold, especially after they came in below tracking for the last week’s numbers.
They shed just over 2/3 of their audience. The midweek repeats kept it afloat but they need to sustain better.
This person gets it. SS was 10mil below expectations with a big friday-saturday drop on opening weekend. Now that it’s tracking for a -69% drop, it’s the quickest flash in the pan I’ve seen.
It needs to have legs for a 10-mile run…not a quick sprint.
Those weren’t mid week repeats. Those were folks that wanted to see the movie without rabid fanboys in crowded theaters on opening weekend. They won’t be back.
Critics are trying to kill comic book movies
… Why? In your mind, why would they any to do that?
These are also the same critics who loved the Nolan batman movies.
No, they are killing mediocre films. SS wasn’t bad. It was OK. The critics like Avengers, Iron Man, and Captain America. Plus, they jizzed all over Nolan’s Batman films.
I would have thought all those oranges and lemons would be more angry that SAUSAGE PARTY is doing good business…
Are citrics people who critque movies while eating oranges?
more junk food from seth & his merrymen…perfect psychological match for this U.S. election season.
Very true. The same people going to see the movie will vote for Trump in November.
I’ve got a coworker who is all for Hilary (which is just as stupid as going for Trump) who saw Sausage Party today and laughed her ass off… so yeah, looks like your argument was premature.
“The same people going to see the movie will vote for Trump in November.”
Hmmm.
Then what does it mean to observe that the kind of people who spend their working lives *making* this kind of film will vote/pay for/front for…Hillary?
I’m for Bernie and Jill and am gonna see it. Shove the no true Scotsman up your ass.
On a side note, Jill is ridiculous. She not qualified to run the PTA let alone the entire country.
The critics must find a new job,they’re failing at everything
How are they failing? Sharing their ACCURATE opinions that Suicide Squad was awful? If anyone’s a failure, it’s the people fooling themselves into thinking Suicide Squad was worth paying for.
It’s funny how critics are spot-on when they pan the Transformers movies – but god forbid they come within 1 feet of the dreck Snyder and WB have been shoveling out – then they’re “failures” and “haters.”
Not every comic book movie is good and there’s more to film than comic books. Get a life, butt hurt millennial tard.
This persecution of critics by DC fanboys/girls is getting rather tiresome. A majority of the critics adored the Nolan Batman series – but ever since WB followed that series with DC dreck – and the critics have justifiably called them out for it – the film critics are at fault??
I know this concept may be difficult to understand for some people – but the great opening weekends of BvS and SS show that people want these movies to succeed. However the lack of legs AFTER the opening weekend/week show that people are voting with their wallets and that the critics are correct in their assessments.
Critics adored Nolan, there a difference.
And they generally don’t like Snyder. I’ll never understand why they thought he was a good choice after “Sucker Punch” and “Legend of the Guardians” both tanked and “Watchmen” failed to perform to expectations.
“Hey, he just had two massive bombs and a disappointment. Let’s give him the entire Justice League.”
Look at that Suicide Squad strength that’s been touted all week go!!! Literally.
67% drop is a big adjustment down from the previous 60% prediction. And 93% drop in matinees? That figure usually isn’t reported so hard to know how it compares but it seems really high.
SS has had such great weekdays, I wonder if some of that is students having school start soon and rushing out to see it on a weekday before they start classes? I guess we’ll see second weekend and weekdays after that – SS did have a great release date with little competition yet still during the summer. But this late in the summer you also get school starting up not long after the movie is released, it doesn’t get those big summer weekdays for long.
And when that number comes off an initial weekend that had to be adjusted down off a reported number that was down over $10 million from tracking it’s an even worse story. I’m surprised that with the opening they made, it will be be so tight when it comes to making a profit, but I think they can make it.
The DCU has to do better. The lost potential income is becoming staggering. They already blew one slam dunk.
What do you do for a living? I’m guessing it isn’t math related. With a production cost of 175ml and 100ml marketing cost, 550ml would be enough to break even. Suicide squad will make a sizable profit.
From upcoming slate of movies coming from marvel without avengers, the only movie which may be considered a disappointment if it has suicide squad domestic total is Guardians Of the galaxy 2. Thor 3 will be a nice improvement over its predecessor. Even spider man will be considered a hit if it earns 275+ml domestic.
Dr Strange will be lucky if it matches suicide squad’s 7 day gross( 179ml). Same goes for black panther and captain Marvel.
The only thing that worries me is the audience
Reception. For the sequel Maybe WB needs to change the director. B/c unlike justice league this will be a direct sequel.
Yes, Suicide Squad would be very profitable on the numbers you mentioned. Unfortunately neither figure is anywhere close to what Warners spent on this movie.
Theatrical fees are going to take between a third and half of the raw gross away, depending. $300 mil in revenue to the distributor off of $550 raw gross is a likely number. I have no idea if $100 mil is a realistic number for P&A (seems low) but not all of that is necessarily on WBs ledger.
I’m pretty sure WB will profit off this but I’d wager WB is structured in the deal to profit before the first ticket’s even sold, they provide all the production services.
The question is how much money Geoff Johns and Steve Mnuchin are going to see.
Expectations for Strange, Marvel, and Panther are probably under 200M for each (same as Ant-Man and most of the other Marvel flicks introducing new characters). The big question is whether the budgets will go up on those or if they will stay in the 150-170 range Marvel seems to stay near (Ant-Man was 130).
No question SS is doing fine and will make a decent profit. Not huge but decent. The question going forward for DC is whether their big slate of solo films will hold up. Wonder Woman seems like it should do OK but will Flash, Aquaman, Cyborg, Shazam, Green Lantern do as well as the upcoming Marvel solo introductions? DC led with their big guns: Superman, Supes/Batman, and even Suicide Squad included Joker and a bit of Batman. Hopefully Justice League will be appropriately big enough for them but other than that could it be downhill a bit with those other characters? Personally I’m skeptical that they meet all those release dates, much less actually keep all those films.
The way you guys are figuring out profit is a general way to do it for conversation. It’s a quick fun way. But, the reality, only the accountants and producers know how much movies actually make.
Each movie is particular to various situations. Box Office Mojo, Deadline, Variety, etc; have no idea how much movies make. Think about that when you see some of these headlines from entertainment journalists. They have no idea how much money movies make. Zero idea.Yet they have articles that Indies are taking over, Studio films lost money, this movie is in trouble, etc. They don’t know how much the movie made, yet they write these articles. ???
The Producer for Suicide Squad posted the accounting spread sheet for the movie on twitter. SS is making over $300 million in PROFIT. Guaranteed. Fact. Looking at box office is the way it was done in the 1920’s.
Why are people arguing how much the movie is making? We already know.
I seriously wonder if the Suicide Squad problem (if there is a problem) is because the Trailers over promised a type of movie that they didn’t actually make.
Did the false expectations make the movie look comparatively worse than it is?
Were they supposed to make a terrible trailer so that audiences who attended would be pleasantly surprised?
The trailers certainly didn’t help with the critical responce. They were so well put together that it did raise expectations so high that meeting them was going to be hard. Ghostbusters is a good example of this, it has a freshness in the 70% range but go and read many of the reviews that said it was fresh and you kind of wonder how it was deemed fresh as they are generally full of complaints, not least about it not being funny enough. It seems to be that Ghostbusters trailers were so bad that expectations were low and while it’s riddled with issues it wasn’t as bad as the trailers so most people came out pleased with what they saw.
So maybe SS did need more of a Marvel level trailers which do seem to generally pick one OMG element (such as Spider-Man showing up in Civil War Trailer) but for the masses not really blow anyone away, they just do enough to peak your interest.
It’s early Friday afternoon. A bit early to call today and especially the entire weekend. Sausage Party is likely to burn off most of its demand today.
Wonder how many movie goers realize going in that ‘Sausage Party’ is a 90-minute attack on faith? And a snobbish one at that?
I doubt that many who are sensitive about religion would be going to a movie that raunchy in the first place.
Snobbish? Have you seen it?
So it’s Veggie Tales in reverse?
So very true. I’m kind of sick of Hollywood pushing its atheistic liberal agendas all the time
I’m so sick of you pushing your faith based propaganda, Kirk Cameron loving rethuglican fruitcake.
i perceive something i don’t like!
AGENDA! AGENDA!
Snobbish? That is so not true. Raucous maybe but snobbish? No way?
Funny its the SJW that are all bent out of shape by this movie..they label it racist and sexists.
Civil War is still the Beast of the year! Now the only question is will Rogue One or the Harry Potter spin-off top it? I hate to bet against Star Wars so I believe Rogue One will become the top grossing movie of the year going into the next calendar year.
Regardless, Disney is all smiles with the year they are having!
… now if only they would make an offer to Sony to take Ghostbusters (and the new Ghostcorps studio) off Sony’s hands to actually make a decent sequel.
I don’t think Rogue One will top Civil War. R1 will have competition from Assassin’s Creed the week later, unlike Civil War which had about 4 weeks without any direct competition. Plus, you gotta remember, the Star Wars franchise isn’t as huge as Marvel in most places worldwide.
Rogue One looks great. As for Harry Potter… Just stop milking that franchise already… It’s over & this is starting to get annoying… And that’s coming from someone who was obsessed with Harry Potter to the point of having Harry Potter everything! Learn from Breaking Bad. Quit while you’re ahead.
Breaking bad is not a good example. They are trying to milk it by better call Saul.
Is anyone shocked by this drop? I’m not, come on people, it was awful.
I hope you cubical assholes are happy now
The superhero genre is officially DEAD
Huh ?
See you at Doctor Strange. Trailers look great.
Most of the critics, and really Hollywood in general, are extremely liberal and so gobble up atheistic films like this one. General audiences won’t appreciate it as much.
General audience means people who see a film not because of the underlying IP or because of one or more stars attached to the film (on the acting or production side) or because of allegiance to a brand/studio (like Pixar), but because of the marketing and concept. SP might have a few Seth Rogen devotees, but recent films show that group is vanishingly small. Whatever SP makes is almost entirely because of general audiences, probably many of whom are Christians.
did this site report on Suicide Squad breaking many records this week? Because all I ever seem to read about this movie is negative news
Yes they did
I think you’ve not read all the post , deadline did report about the S Squad’s week days record breaking no. Besides the movie was mess it’s already burning out in its 2nd weekend like BvS if the reports are true .
Many? August weekend and three August weekdays, right? Those were reported although I don’t know how exciting the 127th best Thursday all time is.
Uh, it’s another crappy Seth Rogan movie. Face it. If you are old enough to drive, you’ll find it tiresome.
Bullshit. I’m 34 and found it hysterical. And the other adults in my theater were cracking up most of the movie. Stop acting like a pretentious snob.
Step 1. Voice your opinion
Step 2. Wait…
Step 1. See the movie.
Step 2. Voice your opinion…
Did you see it? No.
I saw it. More tedious than funny. Was hoping for something like South Park movie or Team America, Borat, Beavis & Butthead. You know, funny. Sausage Party doesn’t hold a candle. Lazy and trying too hard at the same time. Smelled a little like Sandler.
Lazy? There is so much forms of satire, commentary, clever references and yes, crude sexual humor that one would have to have multiple viewings to catch them all. Despite the claims of the casual few, this film is a far more complex comedy that they failed to notice.
He’s better than predictable unfunny uses same old tired jokes Adam Sandler
I would’ve expected Pete’s Dragon to do better. Middle of Summer, Disney Film, good reviews. Why is Sausage Party, an R rated animated comedy, doing better at the box office than it?
Too many other PG films this summer – Pets, 9 Lives, IA5, Dory, and next week, Kubo.
I sincerely do not understand how Sausage Party is opening so strongly. The film is essentially your toked-up college dropout fantasy in 3D and with the intellectual baggage of a pack of chips. I only went in because my girlfriend absolutely wanted to see what an R-rated 3D movie written by Seth Rogen would end up looking like. Sounds like she was underwhelmed. On the other hand, Pete’s Dragon does seem to have a relatively good opening, and could get some legs overseas, so Disney’s live-action reimagining of their properties is going to go on. But hey, next week there is going to be one heck of a dogfight, with Ben-Hur facing War Dogs and Kubo somehow having to make a mark between them…
Because it’s funny and is actually very smart.
How long before they reboot Sausage Party with an all female cast?
That’s not even funny considering two of the leads in Sausage Party are female. It’s like saying every member of the Justice League is male even though it isn’t true.
Not every member of the original ghostbusters movie was male….
the comment is funny. loosen up, treva.
LOL.
I’m a girl and I can’t stop laughing. Best comment ever :D
P.S. In all seriousness though, I find the need to make ‘female’ versions of every movie ridiculous & sort of insulting when I think about it. I think I can emotionally relate to movies with male characters just fine. (Men are humans too!!) Just how about people focus on writing good scripts for a change? Because that literally the only thing anyone needs though, currently, the only thing that barely anyone (male/female!) is actually able to provide… Like what happened to all those amazing writers of the 80s & 90s??! Come back you guys!!!!
Pretty soon
What about the theaters that are going to give refunds to irate moronic parents who took their kids to see this, leaving partway through, and demanding a refund, because they weren’t told upfront it’s R-rated?
The theater I went to earlier today (an AMC) had signs on the ticket booth that said Sausage Party is rated R (with a tagline that said “this party’s for adults”).
These comments are so hilariously angry! The sausage movie is great. You arsefaces think you know everything. Ya don’t even like movies, ya just like bitching about them!
Hush, Seth. Your mama should have told you that not everyone’s gonna like you. Be content with those who do like you, child, and spend less time on the internet and more time actually being funny…Oh, and no one will ever buy you as anything other than a shlub they can gawk at to feel less shlubby, themselves. When’s that Green Hornet sequel due? Oh, right.
I like Seth. He’s an adorable lil dude & Superbad is one of the greatest scripts ever written :D <3
Ouch for suicide squad. I would have expected it to be a bit leggier than BvS since it has more humor. Amazing for Sausage Party though. Might have to see it next weekend to see what the buzz is about.
Bad Moms is doing well too. And SLOP has truly defied expectations. It has already proved to be leggier than minions and is going to surpass it domestically. Good for Illumination.
This is the worst summer fare I’ve seen in a long time.
It’s like the summer of ’97 all over again
It’s the summer of rushed or unwanted sequels. A few years ago studios decided the way to go was all blockbuster franchise all the time. However this year megabudgets did poorly… but mid budget movies are doing really well. The only exception to the “megabudget + megafranchise = megamoney” disasters this year is Disney.
Lesson: Keep the budgets in line.
I’m really happy that Sausage Party is overwhelming at the box office. It’s nice to see something original and different be successful after a summer of unnecessary sequels and remakes.
*Incoming replies about how Seth Rogen is an unfunny hack who plays the same character in all his movies and uses the same jokes, and that by seeing this movie and praising Rogen for the same reasons we hate Adam Sandler, we are contributing to the downfall of Western civilization.*
I’m regret wasting 3D money on SS. The movie is not good and Will Smith, high on his soapbox, has lost his movie magic.
So many unknowns were present for Guardians. The speculation as to how the movie could perform was all over the place. Many people thought it would bomb. Period. But, that movie is a great fun film…and it didn’t bomb. SS could easily have been DC’s answer to that, but it wasn’t. It wasn’t ambitious, the acting was ok, the tone was weak. SO MANY ISSUES. Ant Man was better than SS.
DC needs to hire a CG heavy fanboy type director that will give them an EYE CANDY movie to get them back on track. OR, start releasing hard R versions in theaters.
They should do a stand alone Joker movie, as Harley/Joker MIGHT be the best thing they have going right now and they should hire TIM BURTON to do it. Right Now. Do it. Rated R. What would the plot be? I don’t know, let them break out of Arkham. I don’t know, make it a Mission Impossible type plot so they can secure some chemical or gas. I don’t know, let them battle another evil villain who has a vendetta against the Joker. Just make it a hard R and let the moviegoer REALLY get into these characters they’re presenting.
Sad moviegoer is sad. :'(
When are adults going to stop watching this adolescent nonsense. No wonder we’re such a vulnerable culture right now. We have no sense of values but a lust for childish fantasy.
@JC – So what exactly should people do, be like you and watch nothing but serious films all the time and walk around being head cases with sticks stuck up our asses. There is a time for serious and there is a time for relaxing and escaping for a while, nothing wrong with either. You’ve got to learn to relax a little sometimes bruh, you can’t always be dead serious.
Thank you !
I bet you’re a real blast at parties.