2020 At The Boxoffice (1 Viewer)

[Colin Jacobson]

I think it's still clear that Paramount thinks that was money well spent. If they thought the movie would sell with the original design after the reaction to the trailer, they wouldn't have spent the money to redo it. Now, the movie is doing very well

I think the most beneficial change came not from the redesigned character but from the move in release date.

November offered a much more crowded schedule, but now, "Sonic" has the family market essentially all to itself...

 

[ScottJH]

I think the most beneficial change came not from the redesigned character but from the move in release date.

November offered a much more crowded schedule, but now, "Sonic" has the family market essentially all to itself...

It has almost a month until Onward comes out on March 6th.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

It has almost a month until Onward comes out on March 6th.

And I don't think there'd been a new "family" movie in wide release since "Doolittle" a month earlier.

Not that it offered much competition!

 

[Jake Lipson]

Charting With Dan for this week:

 

[Tino]

1 1 Sonic the Hedgehog $26,300,000 -54.7% 4,198 +31 $6,264 $106,601,671 2 Paramount Pictures
2 - The Call of the Wild $24,820,000 - 3,752 - $6,615 $24,820,000 1 Twentieth Century Fox
3 2 Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn $7,005,000 -59.2% 3,565 -671 $1,964 $72,529,015 3 Warner Bros.
4 - Brahms: The Boy II $5,900,000 - 2,151 - $2,742 $5,900,000 1 STX Entertainment
5 5 Bad Boys for Life $5,860,000 -49.2% 2,972 -213 $1,971 $191,175,645 6 Sony Pictures Releasing
6 6 1917 $4,400,000 -45.6% 2,725 +641 $1,614 $151,987,469 9 Universal Pictures
7 3 Fantasy Island $4,185,000 -66% 2,784 - $1,503 $20,172,070 2 Sony Pictures Releasing
8 7 Parasite $3,121,000 -45.1% 1,805 -196 $1,729 $48,942,493 20 Neon
9 8 Jumanji: The Next Level $3,000,000 -45.9% 2,126 -603 $1,411 $310,964,423 11 Sony Pictures Releasing
10 4 The Photograph $2,800,000 -77% 2,516 - $1,112 $17,644,640 2 Universal Pictures
11 - Impractical Jokers: The Movie $2,609,015 - 357 - $7,308 $2,609,015 1 truTV
12 9 Dolittle $1,850,000 -62% 2,265 -604 $816 $74,494,290 6 Universal Pictures
13 10 Downhill $1,432,000 -69% 2,311 +10 $619 $7,404,260 2 Fox Searchlight Pictures
14 - Las Pildoras De Mi Novio $1,425,000 - 350 - $4,071 $1,425,000 1 Pantelion Films
15 11 The Gentlemen $1,240,000 -54.9% 1,133 -669 $1,094 $33,637,342 5 STX Entertainment
16 12 Knives Out $1,130,000 -46.9% 949 -205 $1,190 $163,769,187 13 Lionsgate
17 21 Portrait of a Lady on Fire $715,000 +66.7% 130 +108 $5,500 $1,450,114 12 Neon
18 13 Little Women $705,000 -54.7% 633 -402 $1,113 $106,947,271 9 Sony Pictures Releasing
19 27 The Lodge $625,000 +367% 322 +301 $1,940 $921,282 3 Neon
20 15 Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker $531,000 -61.8% 558 -434 $951 $514,094,372 10 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
21 17 Frozen II $511,000 -39.7% 424 -292 $1,205 $476,587,353 14 Walt Disney Studios Motion

 

[Jake Lipson]

Charting With Dan for this week:

 

[Tino]

Top 20 or so

1 - The Invisible Man $29,000,000 - 3,610 - $8,033 $29,000,000 1 Universal Pictures
2 1 Sonic the Hedgehog $16,000,000 -38.9% 4,177 -21 $3,830 $128,293,652 3 Paramount Pictures
3 2 The Call of the Wild $13,205,000 -46.7% 3,865 +113 $3,416 $45,860,651 2 Twentieth Century Fox
4 - My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising $5,109,247 - 1,260 - $4,054 $8,482,448 1 FUNimation Entertainment
5 4 Bad Boys for Life $4,300,000 -26.4% 2,708 -264 $1,587 $197,368,385 7 Sony Pictures Releasing
6 3 Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn $4,100,000 -39.7% 3,124 -441 $1,312 $78,782,133 4 Warner Bros.
7 11 Impractical Jokers: The Movie $3,545,000 +36% 1,900 +1,543 $1,865 $6,622,091 2 truTV
8 7 1917 $2,670,000 -36.7% 2,232 -493 $1,196 $155,867,069 10 Universal Pictures
9 5 Brahms: The Boy II $2,622,381 -55% 2,151 - $1,219 $9,770,000 2 STX Entertainment
10 6 Fantasy Island $2,330,000 -45.4% 2,724 -60 $855 $24,059,653 3 Sony Pictures Releasing
11 9 Jumanji: The Next Level $2,105,000 -26.8% 1,811 -315 $1,162 $313,710,910 12 Sony Pictures Releasing
12 8 Parasite $1,506,000 -50% 1,324 -479 $1,137 $51,553,015 21 Neon
13 25 Emma. $1,170,000 +399% 97 +92 $12,061 $1,471,450 2 Focus Features
14 15 The Gentlemen $1,070,000 -13.1% 1,473 +340 $726 $35,146,470 6 STX Entertainment
15 10 The Photograph $1,060,000 -61.9% 1,449 -1,067 $731 $19,637,755 3 Universal Pictures
16 12 Dolittle $1,000,000 -46% 1,477 -788 $677 $76,000,055 7 Universal Pictures
17 18 Portrait of a Lady on Fire $730,000 +5.3% 268 +138 $2,723 $2,453,288 13 Neon
18 16 Knives Out $630,000 -41.1% 670 -279 $940 $164,655,243 14 Lionsgate
19 14 Las Pildoras De Mi Novio $615,000 -55.9% 350 - $1,757 $2,352,426 2 Pantelion Films
20 17 Little Women $380,000 -46.6% 432 -201 $879 $107,610,146 10 Sony Pictures Releasing
21 20 Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker $333,000 -41.1% 393 -165 $847 $514,658,888 11 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
22 21 Frozen II $313,000 -37.4% 344 -80 $909 $477,017,707 15 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

 

[Jake Lipson]

I saw a sold out sneak preview of Onward yesterday. I'm curious where that ended up. It certainly would be on that chart if Disney was reporting its gross individually. Instead, they will probably roll the gross from the sneaks into the Thursday preview gross that will be reported on Friday.

Also nice to see Portrait of a Lady On Fire doing well there at #17. I saw it today and thought it was exquisite. If it's not open near you yet, it is definitely worth keeping an eye on as it will hopefully continue to expand in the weeks to come.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Forbes is reporting that the sneak previews of Onward made $650,000 [edit for clarity to add missing zero] on Leap Day Saturday from only 470 theaters doing one screening each. Because the screening time was 3:00 p.m., this was during matinee price time.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...jokers-wendy-weekend-box-office/#752381101858

 

[Malcolm R]

Forbes is reporting that the sneak previews of Onward made $65,000 on Leap Day Saturday from only 470 theaters doing one screening each. Because the screening time was 3:00 p.m., this was during matinee price time.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottm...jokers-wendy-weekend-box-office/#752381101858

I think you missed a zero in your text. I didn't think that sounded like very much (only $138 per screen), but the total was really $650,000 (which is better at $1383 per screen).

 

[Jake Lipson]

I think you missed a zero in your text.

I did. Thank you for pointing it out. Fixed.

 

[Jake Lipson]

Charting With Dan for this week:

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

The reason Jason Blum is so successful is because he does what the studios used to do before they became franchise factories: develop and maintain long-term relationships, nurture and support promising new talent, get behind projects he believes in, embrace more niche films with smaller budgets in anticipation of smaller box office returns.

 

[Tino]

Top 23
1 - Onward $40,000,000 - 4,310 - $9,280 $40,000,000 1 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
2 1 The Invisible Man $15,150,000 -46.3% 3,610 - $4,196 $52,693,570 2 Universal Pictures
3 - The Way Back $8,500,000 - 2,718 - $3,127 $8,500,000 1 Warner Bros.
4 2 Sonic the Hedgehog $8,000,000 -51% 3,717 -460 $2,152 $140,818,152 4 Paramount Pictures
5 3 The Call of the Wild $7,000,000 -47.6% 3,914 +49 $1,788 $57,483,738 3 Twentieth Century Fox
6 13 Emma. $5,000,000 +331.2% 1,565 +1,468 $3,194 $6,892,065 3 Focus Features
7 5 Bad Boys for Life $3,050,000 -29.9% 2,159 -813 $1,412 $202,028,103 8 Sony Pictures Releasing
8 6 Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn $2,160,000 -47.4% 2,173 -951 $994 $82,560,582 5 Warner Bros.
9 7 Impractical Jokers: The Movie $1,845,000 -48.8% 1,775 -125 $1,039 $9,697,091 3 truTV
10 4 My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising $1,528,753 -74.1% 1,195 -65 $1,279 $12,724,716 2 FUNimation Entertainment
11 8 1917 $1,370,000 -49.4% 1,535 -697 $892 $158,294,094 11 Universal Pictures
12 11 Jumanji: The Next Level $1,340,000 -38.6% 1,403 -408 $955 $315,871,594 13 Sony Pictures Releasing
13 9 Brahms: The Boy II $1,230,000 -53.1% 1,355 -796 $907 $11,761,854 3 STX Entertainment
14 10 Fantasy Island $885,000 -62% 1,362 -1,422 $649 $25,815,897 4 Sony Pictures Releasing
15 12 Parasite $638,600 -57.5% 625 -699 $1,021 $52,812,054 22 Neon
16 17 Portrait of a Lady on Fire $540,000 -27.8% 334 +66 $1,616 $3,362,281 14 Neon
17 - Baaghi 3 $475,000 - 265 - $1,792 $475,000 1 FIP
18 16 Dolittle $351,000 -66% 687 -790 $510 $76,826,530 8 Universal Pictures
19 15 The Photograph $350,000 -66.8% 382 -1,067 $916 $20,364,050 4 Universal Pictures
20 18 Knives Out $300,000 -52.1% 401 -269 $748 $165,162,445 15 Lionsgate
21 19 Las Pildoras De Mi Novio $260,000 -57.7% 280 -70 $928 $2,808,405 3 Pantelion Films
22 45 Greed $213,799 +784.8% 596 +592 $358 $244,874 2 Sony Pictures Classics
23 21 Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker $200,000 -44.2%

 

[Colin Jacobson]

How humiliated would Pixar/Disney be if "Sonic" outgrossed "Onward"???

 

[Tino]

How humiliated would Pixar/Disney be if "Sonic" outgrossed "Onward"???

What do you mean “if”?

 

[Colin Jacobson]

What do you mean “if”?

I mean "if" because "Onward" just opened and we don't know what it'll do down the road.

"Sonic" had a better opening weekend but that doesn't mean it'll be the bigger hit...

 

[Tino]

I mean "if" because "Onward" just opened and we don't know what it'll do down the road.

"Sonic" had a better opening weekend but that doesn't mean it'll be the bigger hit...

With a 3X multiplier Onward will do about $120 million domestically.
Sonic should end up with about $160 million domestically.

There’s no “if” about it.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

With a 3X multiplier Onward will do about $120 million domestically.
Sonic should end up with about $160 million domestically.

There’s no “if” about it.

You can just say "it looks probable that 'Sonic' will make more money than 'Onward'".

Claiming it's a done deal makes no sense.

It's an "if" until "Onward" is out of theaters...

 

[Tino]

You can just say "it looks probable that 'Sonic' will make more money than Onward. “

Claiming it's a done deal makes no sense.

It's an "if" until "Onward" is out of theaters...

Ok if it makes you happy.

It looks probable than Sonic will make more money than Onward.