Brian Fowler Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Make that 26.2 million. Yikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Copying straight from Nerdist In a result that took less time than most of Goku’s Kamehameha energy blasts, the newest Dragon Ball Z feature film, entitled Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’, cracked the indie and specialty box office over the weekend and blasting its way into the Top 10 highest-grossing anime films in America ever. That’s huge, especially for a title that, despite the franchise’s 26-year history (31 if you count the original Dragon Ball manga and anime), was technically an independent film, distributed in the United States by perennial anime-putter-outer, FUNimation. Taking in $5.58 million in its five-day run, Resurrection F made more than Shaun the Sheep, Ardman Animation’s latest which only managed $4 million over the weekend. It also means the DBZ film knocked two Hayao Miyazaki movies from their places in the U.S. anime box office records. Howl’s Moving Castle is now out of the top ten entirely, and The Wind Rises, Miyazaki’s final film, has been bumped to the 10 spot. While $5.58 million doesn’t seem like very much, and in actuality, it really isn’t, the movie was only on 903 screens in total and its per-screen average was roughly $6,180. For a specialty release like that, it’s a staggering figure, and the movie will be in theaters until the 12th of August, so it could very well make its way up the list a little bit further. For the sake of completeness, the current Anime Box Office Top 10 (U.S.) is as follows: 1. Pokemon: The First Movie 2. Pokemon: The Movie 2000 3. Yu-Gi-Oh: The Movie 4. The Secret World of Arietty 5. Pokemon 3: The Movie 6. Ponyo 7. Spirited Away 8. Digimon: The Movie 9. Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ 10. The Wind Rises So, as you can see, that’s four Studio Ghibli, three of which are Miyazaki films, and the rest are all based on TV shows American kids watched. It sort of shows the staying power of Dragon Ball Z, which has been mainly a direct-to-video franchise for the past 20 years. It's real convenient to not even mention the possibility of higher ticket prices factoring into it but anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Good thread to read. I was waiting for the Fantastic Four update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingus Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 I find it somewhat depressing that literally half the "top 10 animes ever" box office list are poorly-made feature-length commercials for card games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 But wait, it gets WORSE! Weekend actuals put F4 at just 25.6. Just a disaster. And worldwide is a bit under sixty total. Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 But wait, it gets WORSE! Weekend actuals put F4 at just 25.6. Just a disaster. And worldwide is a bit under sixty total. Christ. Presumably the second week drop will be brutal too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I don't think anyone was expecting a hit (even the laughably optimistic projections of 40-45 million had it opening to 10-15 million less than the 2005 film which, while not a bomb, wasn't exactly a smash) but holy fuck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Presumably, everyone who wanted to hate watch went the first weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Straight Outta Compton did 4.9 million in Thursday late night screenings leading to estimates of a forty million plus weekend. Then it did 24 million on Friday, leading to projections of closer to sixty million. I can't wait for the weekend estimates now. Oh, and Fantastic Four? Deader than disco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 As is Josh Trank's career. . . . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 56.1 estimate. Another stupidly massive hit for Universal. Closing in on 2 billion domestic for the year, faster than any studio ever has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Huge numbers for a rated-R movie. It's pretty awesome. Maybe it'll have legs too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 He probably won't be doing another big budget blockbuster anytime soon, but I think Trank will rebound. Eventually. Whether it'll be in the indie movie circuit or television, I don't know. They loving giving these dudes a second chance... Favorite promo for Straight Outta Compton is still this: Marco Rubio Verified account @marcorubio "Anyone know a good theatre in Manchester or Des Moines to catch #StraightOuttaCompton? Trailer looks amazing." https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/623502913860698112 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Huge numbers for a rated-R movie. It's pretty awesome. Maybe it'll have legs too. I haven't had the time to see it this weekend but I NEED to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 If the estimate holds, it's the tenth highest R-rated open ever. It could move a few spots either way with the actual though, as less than 3 million bucks separates 7th from 12th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Little sad to see UNCLE underperforming. As a proponent of period spy movies, this wont help more get made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Fantastic Four had a 68.9% drop off week to week, which is usually reserved for (insert $3 million slasher film here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 I think BOM was projecting $15M so that's pretty terrible. No way to spin it now. It's a huge bomb for FOX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Update/correction: Universal did cross the 2 billion mark this weekend. Fastest ever a lot. Previous record was Warner Brothers on December 29th. Damn. Last year, Universal was fifth in domestic box office. This year they have this far accounted for an absurd 27.8% of all domestic box office. Last year Fox was first with 17.3%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 BOM still isn't calling them actuals, but they've updated the weekend estimates. Straight Outta Compton is now at 60.2 million. Which bumps it up to the 7th best R-Rated open ever. Someone at Universal clearly sold his or her soul to the devil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 BTW, that means it opened higher than fucking Ant-Man. On about 1,200 less screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 ...and there were people who passed on this thinking it was too risky. Maybe now Hollywood can stop with the whitewashing bullshit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_MJ_ Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 BTW, that means it opened higher than fucking Ant-Man. On about 1,200 less screens. That might be the most impressive fact about the Straight Outta Compton release. While the movie was promoted heavily, for whatever reason, it didn't get the normal grandiose, wide release most blockbusters do. Yet, it still made 50 million plus as a R-Rated flick. Not bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niners Fan in CT Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 There were a lot of sellouts. I went to a 10pm showing and it ended up selling out. I heard a lot of similar stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death From Above Posted August 18, 2015 Share Posted August 18, 2015 I am assuming a good chunk of that is that it's not getting the double screens in big theatre, or 3-D treatment you'd get for something like Avengers and what have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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