Aquaman Box Office Thread

[harlequinade]

if we don't get announcement he is doing the sequel by New Year I will start tweeting at him, he always pays attention when I talk of pantsless Jason, I know how to lure James lol

 

[Juan1193]

Of note:

Poppins beat Bumblebee, $22.2M to $21M. She had a Saturday of $8.6M, and the VW bug posted $7M.

But then if you scroll down later there is a chart:

2 Bumblebee Par 3,550 $8.4M $22.7M $22.7M

3 Mary Poppins Returns Dis 4,090 $6.7M $21.7M $30.4M

They must have forgot to update their chart

Boxofficemojo has it:

Mary Poppins Returns BV $22,235,000
Bumblebee Par. $21,000,000

Three things to note:

1) Neither of those numbers are good even with legs.

2) It is especially bad for MPR because Bumblebee was that close and had 500 less screens

3) Walk up sales for Bumblebee were pretty solid because it spent most of the last two weeks severely behind Aquaman and MPR which were often close until Tuesday when Aquaman destroyed. MPR doesnt look like it had any walk up appeal at all.

oh and just cause:

4) Aquaman's total = Spidey + MPR + Bumblebee with most of the Mule to spare

You should take a look at their intermational numbers as well. Bumblebee and Poppins aren't doing good there either! But at least the former has China to fall back on, the latter does not. Aquaman is crushing it's competition, big time!

 

[Micromind]

You should take a look at their intermational numbers as well. Bumblebee and Poppins aren't doing good there either! But at least the former has China to fall back on, the latter does not. Aquaman is crushing it's competition, big time!

Orm "I bring the wrath of Seven Seas with me"

 

[dhandler01]

Hey let’s not pick on Clint.
He is doing the best that he can in a crowded market.

I wasnt, I saw the film it was good. Just showing how big a win it was.

 

[dhandler01]

I dunno if he doesnt want to make it I would rather he just not make it. Throwing money at him to entice him makes me think the quality will go down.

This movie is great because his passion is in it.

As for MPR, its only real hope is the UK. American is going to be a massive underperformer it would seem. I get that Greatest Showman started low and then went on forever making money but that film (from what I am told) has an amazing soundtrack whereas no one seems to think MPR does. The odds are not good...

 

[Mandon Knight]

In theory MPR should make a lot in the UK but it sounds like we'll be carrying it.

 

[terry78]

if we don't get announcement he is doing the sequel by New Year I will start tweeting at him, he always pays attention when I talk of pantsless Jason, I know how to lure James lol

#metoo

 

[SomeOldGuy]

Deadline has updated its report, no changes to the numbers but the expanded Aquaman write up has this gem:

Aquaman‘s worth will be proven in the next 14 days, and with its stellar exits, the industry isn’t perceiving this as a Justice League (which opened to $93M and ended around $229). Many predict Aquaman at the end of its US/Canada run to be in the neighborhood of the $300M-plus stateside takes of Batman V. Superman, Suicide Squad, and Wonder Woman (though maybe not as high as her $400M-plus).

‘Aquaman’ Scales $72M+ Stateside, Near Half Billion WW; 2018 B.O. Bests $11.4B Domestic Record: Final Sunday

 

[frankgutz]

WB better be kind to Wan and the cast, they're collecting a lot of Aquamoney


Aquaman already made it to the: Top50 List of highest-grossing superhero films

It's currently at 41, took X-Men: First Class out of the Top and is above: X-Men The Last Stand, Thor, The Wolverine, Batman (1989), X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Captain America: The First Avenger.

Aquaman also needs at least 1,142 B to make to the list of Top15 Highest-grossing superheroes, rn we only have 2 DC Superheroes on the list, Batman (3) The Spiderverse animated film took Spidey from the 3rd place to 1st place & Superman (5)

 

[COCOS]

so Thor ragnarok did 315M domestic & 538M overseas for 853M total

we can all agree That aquaman is about to do more overseas, right ? might end up at 650-700

 

[rashad]

Aquaman will surpass Ragnarok in the coming weeks. It will also become the highest grossing DC film overseas. TDKR is tops with $636 million.

 

[Juan1193]

WB better be kind to Wan and the cast, they're collecting a lot of Aquamoney


Aquaman already made it to the: Top50 List of highest-grossing superhero films

It's currently at 41, took X-Men: First Class out of the Top and is above: X-Men The Last Stand, Thor, The Wolverine, Batman (1989), X2: X-Men United, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, X-Men Origins: Wolverine & Captain America: The First Avenger.

Aquaman also needs at least 1,142 B to make to the list of Top15 Highest-grossing superheroes, rn we only have 2 DC Superheroes on the list, Batman (3) The Spiderverse animated film took Spidey from the 3rd place to 1st place & Superman (5)

Highest grossing supeheroes? I feel like DC characters (outside of Supes and Bats) are at a disadvantage thanks to WB ignoring them for the past couple decades. Give it a couple years, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash...etc will likely join those ranks

 

[NotNickFury]

I think we can all safely assume that Wan will return in due time. Consider: Jenkins didn't immediately sign on for Wonder Woman 1984, even though many figured she would. But after the success of the first one, she had major clout with the studio. Given how Wan has worked with WB before, not to mention how he's still involved with the DC Universe thanks to Swamp Thing, it's a given that he'll return for a sequel. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, and perhaps an Aquaman sequel won't be the very next thing that Wan does, but given how well Aquaman is doing...yeah, the odds are in his favor. Combined with, presumably, WB starting to trust the vision of its directors more, it's a given that Wan will get the follow-up that he wants. It's just a matter of when he signs on the dotted line.

I don't think he and Momoa would say they've floated around ideas for a sequel if they weren't serious about it.

 

[Iceman]

Deadline has updated its report, no changes to the numbers but the expanded Aquaman write up has this gem:

‘Aquaman’ Scales $72M+ Stateside, Near Half Billion WW; 2018 B.O. Bests $11.4B Domestic Record: Final Sunday

$300m US would be great!

 

[Juan1193]

Another reason to hope for a billion WW for Aquaman, WB only has 5 films that have grossed over 1B in it's history (The final films for Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and the last two TDKT films). They could use another win, especially since Disney (18 films over 1B; 2 of those over 2B) and Universal (7 films over 1B) make it look like a cakewalk to earn that amount.

 

[frankgutz]

Highest grossing supeheroes? I feel like DC characters (outside of Supes and Bats) are at a disadvantage thanks to WB ignoring them for the past couple decades. Give it a couple years, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Flash...etc will likely join those ranks

Yep, but i have high hopes they'll make it there, WW can make it into the list with the 2nd movie, and if AM make a 1.4 gross can also make it above Ant-Man

Another reason to hope for a billion WW for Aquaman, WB only has 5 films that have grossed over 1B in it's history (The final films for Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and the last two TDKT films). They could use another win, especially since Disney (18 films over 1B; 2 over 2B) and Universal (7 films over 1B) make it look like a cakewalk to earn that amount.

Hopefully it will

 

[dhandler01]

Great walk ips in my IMAX. Went from 6 people to 2/3 full

 

[Karelia]

When I went yesterday for the 4pm showing, my theater was mostly full except for the bottom seating. There was some claps at the end.

 

[Iceman]

Another reason to hope for a billion WW for Aquaman, WB only has 5 films that have grossed over 1B in it's history (The final films for Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, and the last two TDKT films). They could use another win, especially since Disney (18 films over 1B; 2 of those over 2B) and Universal (7 films over 1B) make it look like a cakewalk to earn that amount.

Universal only has 2 more? That’s not a huge difference really then. Disney are likely to get a load more in 2019 as well. Not that the billion dollar benchmark counts for anything aside from being a very nice round number.

 

[Juan1193]

Universal only has 2 more? That’s not a huge difference really then. Disney are likely to get a load more in 2019 as well. Not that the billion dollar benchmark counts for anything aside from being a very nice round number.

Yeah but Universal's are very recent. 6 of them are from the last 3 years, and from currently active franchises. WB's last one was in 2012 and are all from finished franchises.

Disney, on paper, looks to have a huge year in 2019, but I wouldn't be surprised if several of their films underperform. Right now. Avengers and Lion King are the only safe bets for a billion. Jury is still out on TS4 and I expect another huge drop for Star Wars, which could lead to it missing a billion (EP8 dropped 700M+ from EP7).

 

[brandeezy89]

Dumbo & Aladdin are my picks to under perform for Disney. I think Godzilla 2 or Pikachu will be WBs 1st Billion dollar film since 2012 if AQM doesn't do it.

 

[frankgutz]

Dumbo & Aladdin are my picks to under perform for Disney. I think Godzilla 2 or Pikachu will be WBs 1st Billion dollar film since 2012 if AQM doesn't do it.

I can see Pikachu and Wonder Woman 1984 doing the 1B gross

 

[Juan1193]

Dumbo & Aladdin are my picks to under perform for Disney. I think Godzilla 2 or Pikachu will be WBs 1st Billion dollar film since 2012 if AQM doesn't do it.

Godzilla 2 could be huge in China if it features a lot of monster action. Pikachu is a shoe in for a billion! Pokemon is huge! Here's hoping we'll get a live action Digimon movie too!

 

[NotNickFury]

Dumbo & Aladdin are my picks to under perform for Disney. I think Godzilla 2 or Pikachu will be WBs 1st Billion dollar film since 2012 if AQM doesn't do it.

Dumbo, yeah, but I think Aladdin may do well. Or at the very least, I'd swap that with Artemis Fowl since there just doesn't seem to be any talk for it. I think there's maybe enough nostalgia for Aladdin, and maybe the star power of Will Smith, that could give it some legs...but I'd agree that it probably won't do as well as the Mouse would want. Certainly won't do what The Lion King probably will do.

 

[brandeezy89]

Kinda funny that WB scheduled a big budget film a week after both of those movies (Shazam & Godzilla)