Aquaman Box Office Thread

[ken smith]

Does aquaman have a shot at $900 million at the box office? I am really hoping it makes 900 million.

 

[frankgutz]

Does aquaman have a shot at $900 million at the box office? I am really hoping it makes 900 million.

Idk, i guess it depends on how much can gross domestic, it's all in the state hands

 

[dhandler01]

Good god in IMAX it is even better...but man I had to pee! Girlfriend liked it too. Crowd again was a good mix of ages and races and the vibe was good

 

[Iceman]

Does aquaman have a shot at $900 million at the box office? I am really hoping it makes 900 million.

If it could do $300m in the US, then it wouldn’t have to do much more than $300m overseas outside of China to get there. It’s certainly possible but we’ll know more when we see more of the other overseas numbers.

 

[dhandler01]

It is possible I mean what opens between now and February? Glass? Aquaman isn't going to lose many theaters.

 

[Juan1193]

Does aquaman have a shot at $900 million at the box office? I am really hoping it makes 900 million.

Very high chance of it reaching that number. Overseas is making 650-700M so it'll only need 200M+ from domestic, which it should get. 1B is the number we're aiming for... 50% chance for that I think.

300M is my goal for Aquaman, I really want that billion, though if it doesn't reach that, it really doesn't matter as its a huge win already!

 

[Iceman]

Very high chance of it reaching that number. Overseas is making 650-700M so it'll only need 200M+ from domestic, which it should get. 1B is the number we're aiming for... 50% chance for that I think.

300M is my goal for Aquaman, I really want that billion, though if it doesn't reach that, it really doesn't matter as its a huge win already!

Yeah, there’s already pretty much no way the end result won’t be a huge success. Just a case of exactly how big a success to be determined.

 

[dhandler01]

We shpush make a thread to post all the clickbaiters trying to take it down

 

[dennis_3107]

Wow you are just another ray of sunshine that we need, arent you?

And i hope it is a sarcastic post because in what universe that aquaman making 850+ mil top is even remotely a bad thing?

 

[CaptainWagner]

Not necessary, with that tepid opening and less than stellar WOM, it’ll do that on its own! It’s all on China where a good portion of the take won’t even go to paying its budget. Everywhere else it’s performing anemicly. Only $90million from 70 markets in its second week in most of those? The spin machine is working overtime trying to make something bad look good.

Point being, yeah. You’ll get your sequel. Lord knows WB will think it’s got a hit. But, just like with WW, what guarantee does it have that it’ll do better? And sequels, particularly one for Aquaman will get significantly higher because of the underwater stuff (which btw- most critics said will look cheap in 2 years time)!

I’m just sitting back watching y’all try and salvage this. At this point, $850 million tops. + the DOA Shazam next year??? Yeah. Get the pine box ready for the DCEU.....

 

[Iceman]

Not necessary, with that tepid opening and less than stellar WOM, it’ll do that on its own! It’s all on China where a good portion of the take won’t even go to paying its budget. Everywhere else it’s performing anemicly. Only $90million from 70 markets in its second week in most of those? The spin machine is working overtime trying to make something bad look good.

Point being, yeah. You’ll get your sequel. Lord knows WB will think it’s got a hit. But, just like with WW, what guarantee does it have that it’ll do better? And sequels, particularly one for Aquaman will get significantly higher because of the underwater stuff (which btw- most critics said will look cheap in 2 years time)!

I’m just sitting back watching y’all try and salvage this. At this point, $850 million tops. + the DOA Shazam next year??? Yeah. Get the pine box ready for the DCEU.....

How much were you expecting worldwide total before the film came out?

 

[-Arya-]

Not necessary, with that tepid opening and less than stellar WOM, it’ll do that on its own! It’s all on China where a good portion of the take won’t even go to paying its budget. Everywhere else it’s performing anemicly. Only $90million from 70 markets in its second week in most of those? The spin machine is working overtime trying to make something bad look good.

Point being, yeah. You’ll get your sequel. Lord knows WB will think it’s got a hit. But, just like with WW, what guarantee does it have that it’ll do better? And sequels, particularly one for Aquaman will get significantly higher because of the underwater stuff (which btw- most critics said will look cheap in 2 years time)!

I’m just sitting back watching y’all try and salvage this. At this point, $850 million tops. + the DOA Shazam next year??? Yeah. Get the pine box ready for the DCEU.....

You realize what you’re saying right? 850M for Aquaman would be a triumph. People were only predicting a maximum of 600M worldwide just a couple of months ago. Wake up.

 

[NotNickFury]

I can't tell if there was a point to be made in that stream of consciousness post.

 

[kguillou]

Not necessary, with that tepid opening and less than stellar WOM, it’ll do that on its own! It’s all on China where a good portion of the take won’t even go to paying its budget. Everywhere else it’s performing anemicly. Only $90million from 70 markets in its second week in most of those? The spin machine is working overtime trying to make something bad look good.

Point being, yeah. You’ll get your sequel. Lord knows WB will think it’s got a hit. But, just like with WW, what guarantee does it have that it’ll do better? And sequels, particularly one for Aquaman will get significantly higher because of the underwater stuff (which btw- most critics said will look cheap in 2 years time)!

I’m just sitting back watching y’all try and salvage this. At this point, $850 million tops. + the DOA Shazam next year??? Yeah. Get the pine box ready for the DCEU.....

Lmfao, get the pine box ready for a universe with a film grossing $850M...for a B list character nonetheless. I would love to hear your $$ figure of what this movie "should" have made.

I'm also assuming you didnt like the movie?

 

[Greenlite]

Not necessary, with that tepid opening and less than stellar WOM, it’ll do that on its own! It’s all on China where a good portion of the take won’t even go to paying its budget. Everywhere else it’s performing anemicly. Only $90million from 70 markets in its second week in most of those? The spin machine is working overtime trying to make something bad look good.

Point being, yeah. You’ll get your sequel. Lord knows WB will think it’s got a hit. But, just like with WW, what guarantee does it have that it’ll do better? And sequels, particularly one for Aquaman will get significantly higher because of the underwater stuff (which btw- most critics said will look cheap in 2 years time)!

I’m just sitting back watching y’all try and salvage this. At this point, $850 million tops. + the DOA Shazam next year??? Yeah. Get the pine box ready for the DCEU.....

Hehe, I'm just sitting back to watch you getting banned after reporting you =)

 

[TheScarecrow]

There is no way to spin this as anything other than a win for DC and a huge win for Aquaman. $70M the weekend before Christmas is big. This is not a normal weekend.

 

[frankgutz]

Cant believe i left a few hours and i totally missed the drama with the spidey guy

 

[KBX]

70 mil opening weekend in Dec is equivalent to a 100 mil opening in May

 

[dhandler01]

Cant believe i left a few hours and i totally missed the drama with the spidey guy

Me too...stupid grading. My students ruined what would have been a fun evening

 

[Iceman]

Good times

 

[BaelaTargaryen]

‘Aquaman’ Splashes To $483M WW; ‘Spider-Verse’ Leads China; ‘Bumblebee’ Bows With $31M – International Box Office

Riding another wave at the international box office, Warner Bros/DC’s Aquaman scored a hat trick as the top movie for the third consecutive overseas frame. Reeling in $91.3M from 70 markets this weekend, the heir to Atlantis raised his offshore cume to $410.7M. Along with the domestic start, the global tally is $482.8M. That figure will reach the $500M mark with Monday’s grosses.
The James Wan-helmed origins story is tracking as the highest-grossing title in the DCEU at 22% above Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice, 52% above Justice League and 86% ahead of Wonder Woman in like-for-like overseas markets and at the same point in release. In China, the run continues to go swimmingly with a local total of $232.8M (RMB 1.6B). Jason Momoa’s Aquaman/Arthur Curry now has bragging rights to leading the 7th biggest import film ever in the Middle Kingdom where the studio recoups 25% of the turnstile take. Majors Australia, Italy and Japan are still to dive into action over the coming weeks.

After two weeks roiling offshore waters, Warner Bros/DC’s Aquaman finally surfed into the domestic marketplace, and with his take there is now approaching the $500M water mark worldwide. Adding $91.3Minternationally this weekend, the James Wan-directed superhero origins story is at $410.7M overseas and $482.8M globally to ensure the half-billion threshold through Monday.

In IMAX, Aquaman has caught $32.6M abroad, with $21.6M coming from China. There, the Jason Momoa-starrer ranked No. 2 this weekend, behind newcomer Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, adding an overall $23.3M on 12,200 screens. The running cume is now $232.8M to hook Aquaman as the 7th highest grossing import film ever, so far.

In total, the Trident of Neptune is being wielded in 70 offshore markets, and, as noted above, is running well ahead of other DC titles at the same point in release. There were 27 new bows this session which were all No. 1s.

In the European region, Aquaman is tracking 12% ahead of Justice League and 33% above Wonder Woman. In Latin America, he’s 8% ahead of WW. In Asia, Arthur Curry will become WB’s top movie ever in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan and more.

In new openings, Korea bowed to $9.9M on 1,260 screens for No. 1, above BVS, JLand WW. France grossed $6.2M on 607 screens at No. 1 and on par with JL, but above WW. Germany came in over JL and WW with $4.2M on 775 screens. Spaincaught $2.8M from 511 to tie JL and land 23% over WW.

The Top 5 markets are heavily weighted in China’s favor with the Middle Kingdom at $232.8M, followed by Brazil ($17.1M), Mexico ($16.1M), Russia ($12.8M) and the UK ($12.6M).

This week sees releases in Australia, followed by Italy on January 1 and Japan on February 8.

 

[Micromind]

The movie is doing well all over the world.

 

[frankgutz]

The movie is doing well all over the world.

I hope it reach 600M or 650M by end of the year

I had to edit my last post cuz i was wrong btw, lol

 

[Lucellit]

Aquaman is definitely a Box Office success and no matter how people paint it otherwise, WB knows what's up.
This is a good thing for DC and its future projects, especially after FB2 underperformed its tracking numbers. Aquaman closes WB's 2018 with a gigantic bang.

But all the Floppins/ Bomblebee / Into the Bombaverse talks that are going on in BO discussions online are a bit too soon, aren't they? They do have underperformed OW but it's way too early to tell. Those numbers aren't that bad, they aren't Mortal Engines/ Marwen level.
December is always unpredictable after all. Next week will paint a better picture.

 

[dhandler01]

They arent bombs but everything outside of Spidey in that group is underperforming in a pretty major way. Sure they could get the magic Greatest Showman legs but the odds arent good on that one. MPR nearly finishing 3rd for the week is bad enough without the numbers which the floor fell out of. It can recover, but it will need hella word of mouth in the US to do so.