Box Office 2015

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Top 20 worldwide

1. Jurassic World $1656 million
2. Furious 7 $1511,7 million
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron $1402,4 million
4. Minions $1080,2 million
5. Inside Out $747,5 million
6. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $613,3 million
7. Fifty Shades of Grey $569,7 million
8. Cinderella $542,3 million
9. San Andreas $470,1 million
10. Terminator: Genisys $440,1 million
11. Kingsman: The Secret Service $408,3 million
12. Ant-Man $394,9 million
13. Home $387,4 million
14. Monster Hunt $381,9 million
15. Mad Max: Fury Road $374,6 million
16. Taken 3 $325,8 million
17. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $311,6 million
18. The Divergent Series: Insurgent $295,2 million
19. Pitch Perfect 2 $285,2 million
20. Paddington $259,5 million

 

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Top 20 worldwide

1. Jurassic World $1659,4 million
2. Furious 7 $1511,7 million
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron $1402,6 million
4. Minions $1118,8 million
5. Inside Out $761,7 million
6. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $656,6 million
7. Fifty Shades of Grey $569,7 million
8. Cinderella $542,4 million
9. San Andreas $470,3 million
10. Terminator: Genisys $440,2 million
11. Kingsman: The Secret Service $410,1 million
12. Ant-Man $401,4 million
13. Home $387,5 million
14. Monster Hunt $384,8 million
15. Mad Max: Fury Road $374,7 million
16. Taken 3 $325,8 million
17. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $311,6 million
18. The Divergent Series: Insurgent $295,2 million
19. Pitch Perfect 2 $285,2 million
20. Paddington $259,5 million

 

[Lord]

Terminator made so much money, i guess they're already planning more.

 

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“Lost In Hong Kong” has got off to a screaming start at the Chinese box office. It clocked up $70.6 million in its first two days of release, putting it on course for a $100 million weekend.
The comedy opened on Friday with a $31.1 million opening day, which was topped up by $1.6 million of midnight screenings. That made it the largest opening day for a Chinese movie, and the third-largest opening in Chinese history, behind “Furious 7” and “Avengers: Age of Ultron.”
Preliminary Saturday figures from Ent Group show the film hauling in a further $38.4 million on its second day.
Those numbers were achieved on a colossal number of screens, some 20,000, producing 94,000 screenings on Friday and some 95,000 on Saturday.

 

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Top 20 worldwide

1. Jurassic World $1662,9 million
2. Furious 7 $1511,7 million
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron $1402,7 million
4. Minions $1135,7 million
5. Inside Out $774,5 million
6. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $673,5 million
7. Fifty Shades of Grey $569,7 million
8. Cinderella $542,4 million
9. San Andreas $470,4 million
10. Terminator: Genisys $440,2 million
11. Kingsman: The Secret Service $412,1 million
12. Ant-Man $406,8 million
13. Home $387,6 million
14. Monster Hunt $384,8 million
15. Mad Max: Fury Road $374,7 million
16. Taken 3 $325,8 million
17. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $311,6 million
18. The Divergent Series: Insurgent $295,2 million
19. Pitch Perfect 2 $285,2 million
20. Paddington $259,5 million

 

[EllissonWatson]

Jurassic World, mission impossible 5 and Avengers age of ultron. these are my best movies of 2015.

 

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Top 20 worldwide

1. Jurassic World $1663,9 million
2. Furious 7 $1511,7 million
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron $1402,8 million
4. Minions $1146,2 million
5. Inside Out $792,3 million
6. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $679,1 million
7. Fifty Shades of Grey $569,7 million
8. Cinderella $542,4 million
9. San Andreas $470,5 million
10. Terminator: Genisys $440,2 million
11. Kingsman: The Secret Service $412,4 million
12. Ant-Man $409,5 million
13. Home $387,7 million
14. Monster Hunt $384,8 million
15. Mad Max: Fury Road $374,7 million
16. Taken 3 $325,8 million
17. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $311,6 million
18. The Divergent Series: Insurgent $295,2 million
19. Pitch Perfect 2 $285,2 million
20. Paddington $259,5 million

 

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Top 20 worldwide

1. Jurassic World $1665,2 million
2. Furious 7 $1511,7 million
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron $1402,8 million
4. Minions $1151,5 million
5. Inside Out $818,8 million
6. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $679,6 million
7. Fifty Shades of Grey $569,7 million
8. Cinderella $542,4 million
9. San Andreas $470,5 million
10. Terminator: Genisys $440,2 million
11. Kingsman: The Secret Service $412,6 million
12. Ant-Man $409,6 million
13. Home $386 million
14. Monster Hunt $384,8 million
15. Mad Max: Fury Road $374,7 million
16. Taken 3 $325,8 million
17. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $311,6 million
18. The Divergent Series: Insurgent $297 million
19. Pitch Perfect 2 $285,2 million
20. Paddington $259,5 million

 

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Top 20 worldwide

1. Jurassic World $1665,5 million
2. Furious 7 $1511,7 million
3. Avengers: Age of Ultron $1402,8 million
4. Minions $1153,1 million
5. Inside Out $831,6 million
6. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation $679,8 million
7. Fifty Shades of Grey $569,7 million
8. Cinderella $542,4 million
9. San Andreas $470,5 million
10. Ant-Man $454,7 million
11. Terminator: Genisys $440,2 million
12. Kingsman: The Secret Service $413,3 million
13. Home $386 million
14. Monster Hunt $384,8 million
15. Mad Max: Fury Road $374,7 million
16. Taken 3 $325,8 million
17. The Martian $320,6 million
18. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water $311,6 million
19. The Divergent Series: Insurgent $297 million
20. Pitch Perfect 2 $285,2 million

 

[lime]

Mark my words, Star Wars: The Force Awakens will take a shot at Avatar box-office.

 

[Rocketman]

It'll blow Avatar out of the water. Anybody who doesn't admit it is living in a dreamworld at this point.

Honestly, the question should be if it's possible to hit a billion domestically.

 

[Marvin]

I don't think people really appreciate just what avatar numbers are...
this is nearly 3 billion WW. And unlike almost all it's competition it did so as an original property.

Using Cameron's winter spot is good move though.
Curious what it will do against JW/Avengers numbers though.

 

[Rocketman]

I don't think people really appreciate just what avatar numbers are...
this is nearly 3 billion WW. And unlike almost all it's competition it did so as an original property.

Using Cameron's winter spot is good move though.
Curious what it will do against JW/Avengers numbers though.

Oh, I do. I just think Star Wars is going to kill it.

Avatar was lightning in a bottle, absolutely. But Star Wars is like a tornado in a tuna can.

Spoiler

 

[Tacit Ronin]

AOU did turn out to be the TDKR of this year. Thought to be the frontrunner of the year at the BO and the blockbuster of the year, turned out a mild disappointment and with several movies outgrossing it.

 

[TalismanRing]

AOU did turn out to be the TDKR of this year. Thought to be the frontrunner of the year at the BO and the blockbuster of the year, turned out a mild disappointment and with several movies outgrossing it.

Give or take $400m.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

Or 14% at the RT meter. But I obviously wasn't comparing hard numbers, was I?

 

[TalismanRing]

I was obviously comparing hard numbers. Silly me.

I get the comparison but I think calling either film a mild disappointment is off base and more about out of whack expectations than any reality for the films or studio expectations.

Both had a normal sequel to a mega blockbuster drop domestically while expanding in O/S markets.

The difference is Avengers already came out in a more expanded market place than TDK and was already massive overseas so expanding on that was more impressive even as unfavorable exchange rates knocked the OS gross down probably by at least 20% compared to 2012.

I think it's more about underestimating the built up demand for JP after 15 plus years (which was also enough time for people to forget the last movies) and the effect of Paul Walker's death in combination with a growing FF franchise.

 

[Tacit Ronin]

You should requote my vastly superior edit.

I think calling either film a mild disappointment is off base

I meant in terms of reception. Whoops.

 

[TalismanRing]

You should requote my vastly superior edit..

But then I'd have to talk about how I think the RT scores should have been reversed and even then the one for TDKR would be massively over inflated.

 

[Lord]

It'll blow Avatar out of the water. Anybody who doesn't admit it is living in a dreamworld at this point.

Honestly, the question should be if it's possible to hit a billion domestically.

Many said Phantom Menace would beat Titanic in 99, it turns out they were the ones living in a dreamworld.

 

[Dark Victory]

Many said Phantom Menace would beat Titanic in 99, it turns out they were the ones living in a dreamworld.

This is pretty much my reference point for TFA's BO. Who knows, though. I still can't believe how well JW performed this year (Nostalgia factor? Is Chris Pratt that much of a draw?) and based on its success I'd wager TFA will challenge it and Titanic for the #2 and #3 domestic chart.

 

[Lord]

After Guardians and Jurassic World, Pratt has become a draw, but he was far from being the reason Jurassic World did so well, he simply chose the right roles and ended up winning the jackpot.

 

[Tilapia]

Phantom Menace and Episode 7 are not exactly equivalent, the former being released in the summer. TFA pretty much coast through the New Year up until the Oscars really. Its going to be number one for potentially 3-4 straight weeks if not more since January is usually a wasteland for new releases. So I don't think the Phantom Menace argument is applicable. I think it is anything but; with Phantom, people were very interested in plot and story along with the visuals, and when the film failed to deliver in terms of the writing and directing (not to mention over the top, silly visuals), the hype died down quickly. I think TFA is evoking a new tactic, minimizing plot specifics simply to tell a good story. The plot is inconsequential here, much like Avatar. But the film isn't simply a draw from a visual point of view (which Avatar mainly was). It will be front loaded from the insane hype of any mega franchise, but add along the intrigue that the story and plot can bring, and it would mirror Titanic in a way.

I see this trajectory as really a four quadrant hybrid in the order of strength:

1. Nostalgia (see Jurassic World). This pretty much bags every male 56 and under given the longevity of the franchise. They bring their kids along, or grand kids if applicable. Easily a three generation film.

2. Mega franchise hype (followup to the biggest summer blockbuster saga of all time). Pretty much all the fanboys that have existed in the past 40 years will be game for this.

3. Plot/drama/intrigue/romance. Here is your Titanic effect for the massive female demo. I think Phantom Menace missed the opportunity by botching the Anakin/Padme story completely. This ended up killing the legs of the prequels.

4. Visuals. The Avatar effect. Top notch director and visual effects team. This will open the doors to demo that never really got into the hype train. It's updating Star Wars for the contemporary audience. Young boys are never going to go back and watch those ugly looking 70's/80's films if they haven't done so already. Girls and the casual audiences will tag along with their fanboy friends just to see what the hype is about, knowing they are at least in for a visceral cinematic experience that will entertain them.

 

[Zant]

Avater made 2 Billion just from overseas alone. Just think about that for a moment. Nothing is coming close to that anytime soon. Domestic box office is another story.

 

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Boxoffice.com's predictions for Star Wars: The Force Awakens (for what it's worth. Not much, I suppose, considering they predicted some $300+ million for Jurassic World and predicted a similar opening weekend for Avengers 2)

Opening weekend: $215 million
Total domestic gross: $762 million