Weekly Box Office and Film Discussion Thread

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

I don't even watch the occasional over the top reality show.

Well, I guess the term "rare" would've been more apt. I just meant because you've mentioned watching "World's Most Dangerous" or whatever it was, and Billy the 'Crocodille Hunter if he was American and an annoying dumb kid who used to hang out in your backyard' Exterminator.

Anyway, the point is, it was mostly Disney owned networks, and the internet that promoted it this time. Which, honestly, the latter seems far more effective these days.

 

[mr3urious]

Hats off to Pixar for Coco's threepeat last weekend, something that The Good Dinosaur failed to do two years prior in the same Thanksgiving weekend. But Morgan Freeman comedy Just Getting Started, the only new release not counting The Disaster Artist's expansion, hit only 10th place.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2017&wknd=49&p=.htm

 

[mr3urious]

As expected, The Last Jedi did huge last weekend at $220 million, above Rogue One but not as high as The Force Awakens. Meanwhile, Ferdinand pulled in about $13 mil., a little below the fourth Chipmunks movie and the lowest-grossing Blue Sky movie so far. And Coco still clung to 3rd place at $10 mil.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2017&wknd=50&p=.htm

 

[mr3urious]

Over the four-day Christmas weekend, Star Wars stayed on top, but in 2nd we have newcomer Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, a standalone sequel to the '90s film about the titular board game now adapted into a video game. That's been getting some decent reviews lately, interestingly enough.

Pitch Perfect 3 is at #3, opening higher than the 1st but far below the 2nd.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2017&wknd=51a&p=.htm

 

[D'Snowth]

I still just can't comprehend how and why PITCH PERFECT is still a thing.

 

[mr3urious]

So Jumanji is still at the top this weekend, and the only new release to make in the top 3 was The Commuter at #3. And Paddington 2 sat all the way down at #7 with a lower take than the 1st in spite of being released in the same month, and even worldwide it's made less. So I don't expect it to have long legs.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2018&wknd=02&p=.htm

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

Paddington 2 sat all the way down at #7 with a lower take than the 1st in spite of being released in the same month, and even worldwide it's made less. So I don't expect it to have long legs.

That's a shame, the first one was great, and I heard even better things about the second one! I guess it's just another Muppets Most Wanted situation all over again. The sequel is good, but there's not enough marketing push, and audiences don't care anymore because it's not the big comeback.

Coincidentally, both of these sequels came out three years after their respective predecessors.

 

[D'Snowth]

People are just sick of sequels, period.

 

[Pig'sSaysAdios]

People are just sick of sequels, period.

True. And it's sad, when there are actually sequels that are worth seeing, no one pays attention unless it's from Marvel.

 

[mr3urious]

That's a shame, the first one was great, and I heard even better things about the second one! I guess it's just another Muppets Most Wanted situation all over again. The sequel is good, but there's not enough marketing push, and audiences don't care anymore because it's not the big comeback.

Coincidentally, both of these sequels came out three years after their respective predecessors.

I have no desire to see the Paddington movies, but at least they don't feel like the detriment to society that the Peter Rabbit movie seems to be.