2023 At The Box Office (4 Viewers)

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Creed III	United Artists	$58,658,000		4,007		$14,639	$58,658,000	1
2	(1)	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney	$12,471,000	-61%	3,825	-520	$3,260	$186,798,829	3
3	(2)	Cocaine Bear	Universal	$11,020,000	-53%	3,571	+37	$3,086	$41,288,320	2
4	N	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba—To the Swordsmit…	Crunchyroll	$10,117,806		1,774		$5,703	$10,117,806	1
5	(3)	Jesus Revolution	Lionsgate	$8,650,000	-46%	2,575	+100	$3,359	$30,541,391	2
6	(4)	Avatar: The Way of Water	20th Century…	$3,578,000	-26%	2,300	-195	$1,556	$670,632,256	12
7	N	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	Lionsgate	$3,160,000		2,168		$1,458	$3,160,000	1
8	(5)	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal	$2,720,000	-34%	2,588	-252	$1,051	$177,127,795	11
9	(6)	Magic Mike’s Last Dance	Warner Bros.	$1,180,000	-59%	1,737	-1,181	$679	$25,363,254	4
10	(7)	80 for Brady	Paramount Pi…	$845,000	-56%	1,495	-902	$565	$38,318,000	5
-	(10)	A Man Called Otto	Sony Pictures	$650,000	-24%	1,503	+385	$432	$63,292,303	10
-	(8)	Knock at the Cabin	Universal	$580,000	-69%	1,210	-905	$479	$35,061,775	5
-	(9)	Missing	Sony Pictures	$500,000	-51%	675	-331	$741	$32,180,559	7
-	(-)	2023 Oscar Shorts	ShortsHD	$370,000	-30%	250	-61	$1,480	$2,271,097	3
-	(13)	M3GAN	Universal	$234,000	-59%	442	-296	$529	$94,893,585	9
-	(-)	Emily	Bleecker Street	$194,287	-55%	565	-14	$344	$887,453	3
-	(-)	RRR Fan CelebRRRation	Variance Films	$191,000		283		$675	$14,210,555	50
-	(11)	Titanic (25th Anniversary)	Paramount Pi…	$183,000	-74%	271	-682	$675	$674,310,000	1,316
-	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$175,039	+56%	636	+327	$275	$73,265,492	50
-	(-)	The Quiet Girl	Super LTD	$72,000	+22%	18	+12	$4,000	$148,758	12
-	(-)	The Whale	A24	$62,962	-27%	165	-46	$382	$16,895,489	13
-	(-)	Selfiee	Star Studios	$55,000	-72%	308	n/c	$179	$315,499	2
-	(-)	Close	A24	$52,180	-61%	153	-80	$341	$1,000,557	14
-	(-)	TÁR	Focus Features	$52,000	+105%	444	+208	$117	$6,680,050	22
-	(-)	The Banshees of Inisherin	Searchlight …	$36,000	+60%	270	+35	$133	$10,478,186	20
-	(-)	The Fabelmans	Universal	$30,000	-11%	591	+275	$51	$17,223,255	17
-	(-)	Violent Night	Universal	$23,000	-87%	49	-12	$469	$50,007,955	14
-	(-)	Path Of The Panther		$16,735	-72%	28	-16	$598	$101,377	2
-	(-)	Aftersun	A24	$12,835	-35%	14	-1	$917	$1,629,015	20
-	(-)	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Walt Disney	$9,000	-85%	40	-190	$225	$453,816,581	17
		30		$115,898,844

 

[Wayne_j]

A huge take for Creed 3. I think it was forecasted to come in at the $30 million range.

Edit: projections were for $38 - $40 million. This was like 50% above those.

 

[Joe Wong]

A huge take for Creed 3. I think it was forecasted to come in at the $30 million range.

Edit: projections were for $38 - $40 million. This was like 50% above those.

The Jonathan Majors effect may have helped.

 

[Tino]

The Jonathan Majors effect may have helped.

He’s the best thing about the film.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

The Jonathan Majors effect may have helped.

Then why did "Ant-Man 3" disappoint?

 

[Tino]

Then why did "Ant-Man 3" disappoint?

Who knows how much worse it would have been if he wasn’t in it.

 

[Joe Wong]

Then why did "Ant-Man 3" disappoint?

Ant-man 3 as a film may have disappointed, but
I wouldn’t say that its box office has - it depends on one’s expectations. Relative to the other 2 Ant-man films, it looks like this 3rd film will be in the same ballpark ($500-600m worldwide)? If one was expecting $800m-1bn then yes, that would be disappointing.

What I’m saying is that the success of Creed III may have been magnified because he had just been in Ant-Man 3. People who were amazed by his performance in that film may have been enticed to go to Creed III (especially as trailers for Creed III were likely shown in front of Ant-man 3).

 

[Jake Lipson]

I haven't seen Creed III yet (I'm still stuck at home with Covid) but I intend to see it as soon as I'm negative and can go out again without making anybody else sick.

That being said, I think this opening is a result of the goodwill the first two Creed films have generated over the years. My friends who have seen it have all been positive. It also suggests that most people weren't too bothered by Rocky's absence.

Ant-man 3 as a film may have disappointed, but I wouldn’t say that its box office has - it depends on one’s expectations. Relative to the other 2 Ant-man films, it looks like this 3rd film will be in the same ballpark ($500-600m worldwide)?

The opening for Quantumania likely got an "Avengers bump" because Scott featured so heavily in Endgame. He hadn't been in an Avengers movie before. And there was also the hype around it being the introduction of Kang as the MCU's next big villain. However, it is important to remember that the $200 million budget is higher than the two previous Ant-Man films. I do think that the large week-to-week drops and general lukewarm reception are cause for concern. If I worked for Marvel (which I don't), that isn't the kind of reception I would want to a film which is meant to tee up the next few years of storytelling.

 

[TravisR]

No offense to Jonathan Majors because he's a fantastic actor but I think he's on his way up rather than helping the box office for his movies. It was just three weeks ago that he had a movie that a large number of people saw and with or without him, Creed III was a movie that people wanted to see. That being said, I think the Marvel movies and Creed (not to mention, his talent) will help Majors now become more of a box office draw.

 

[Jake Lipson]

That being said, I think the Marvel movies and Creed (not to mention, his talent) will help Majors now become more of a box office draw.

We will see about that soon. Majors had a movie called Magazine Dreams at Sundance which Disney acquired via Searchlight and will be positioning for next awards season. So that will tell us a lot about Majors' drawing power outside of these two franchises.

 

[Colin Jacobson]

No offense to Jonathan Majors because he's a fantastic actor but I think he's on his way up rather than helping the box office for his movies. It was just three weeks that he had a movie that a large number of people saw and with or without him, Creed III was a movie that people wanted to see. That being said, I think the Marvel movies and Creed (not to mention, his talent) will help Majors now become more of a box office draw.

Yeah, I think it's a major - ha ha! - stretch to think Majors is a box office draw. I suspect he's largely unknown to the general public.

 

[Patrick Sun]

Majors is becoming this decade's Jude Law. Remember when Law was in like 8 movies in one year? (IIRC)

 

[Alex...]

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Scream VI	Paramount Pi…	$44,500,000		3,675		$12,109	$44,500,000	1
2	(1)	Creed III	United Artists	$27,173,000	-53%	4,007	n/c	$6,781	$101,358,274	2
3	N	65	Sony Pictures	$12,300,000		3,405		$3,612	$12,300,000	1
4	(2)	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney	$7,000,000	-45%	3,105	-720	$2,254	$197,978,428	4
5	(3)	Cocaine Bear	Universal	$6,200,000	-44%	3,204	-367	$1,935	$51,660,445	3
6	(5)	Jesus Revolution	Lionsgate	$5,175,000	-39%	2,575	n/c	$2,010	$39,453,451	3
7	N	Champions	Focus Features	$5,150,000		3,030		$1,700	$5,150,000	1
8	(6)	Avatar: The Way of Water	20th Century…	$2,700,000	-26%	1,675	-625	$1,612	$674,697,185	13
9	(8)	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal	$1,650,000	-40%	1,816	-772	$909	$179,626,905	12
-	(7)	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	Lionsgate	$1,280,000	-59%	2,168	n/c	$590	$5,562,863	2
-	(-)	The Quiet Girl	Super LTD	$400,000	+418%	244	+226	$1,639	$591,340	13
-	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$350,683	+70%	584	-52	$600	$73,786,885	51
-	(10)	80 for Brady	Paramount Pi…	$205,000	-77%	367	-1,128	$559	$39,072,000	6
-	(-)	A Man Called Otto	Sony Pictures	$185,000	-73%	347	-1,156	$533	$63,873,086	11
-	(-)	Missing	Sony Pictures	$115,000	-76%	275	-400	$418	$32,400,992	8
-	(-)	The Whale	A24	$60,201	-31%	106	-59	$568	$17,026,533	14
-	(-)	M3GAN	Universal	$56,000	-76%	148	-294	$378	$95,009,545	10
-	(-)	The Fabelmans	Universal	$55,000	+10%	567	-24	$97	$17,332,360	18
-	(-)	Knock at the Cabin	Universal	$54,000	-91%	202	-1,008	$267	$35,350,365	6
-	(-)	The Banshees of Inisherin	Searchlight …	$44,000	+1%	505	+235	$87	$10,582,838	21
-	(-)	TÁR	Focus Features	$37,000	-17%	185	-259	$200	$6,747,445	23
-	(-)	Emily	Bleecker Street	$29,807	-86%	78	-487	$382	$1,061,008	4
-	(-)	Close	A24	$19,802	-70%	79	-74	$251	$1,076,344	15
-	(-)	Aftersun	A24	$9,544	-46%	12	-2	$795	$1,658,791	21
-	(-)	Violent Night	Universal	$5,000	-79%	33	-16	$152	$50,015,335	15
-	(-)	Black Panther: Wakanda Forever	Walt Disney	$4,000	-61%	30	-10	$133	$453,827,729	18
		26		$114,758,037

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

Yeah, I think it's a major - ha ha! - stretch to think Majors is a box office draw. I suspect he's largely unknown to the general public.

I have no clue who he is...I will look him up.

 

[Tino]

Index

		Movie Title	Distributor	Gross	%LW	Theaters	Theaters Change	Per Theater	Total Gross	Weekends In Release
1	N	Shazam! Fury of the Gods	Warner Bros.	$30,500,000		4,071		$7,492	$30,500,000	1
2	(1)	Scream VI	Paramount Pi…	$17,500,000	-61%	3,676	+1	$4,761	$76,029,000	2
3	(2)	Creed III	United Artists	$15,372,838	-44%	3,477	-530	$4,421	$127,699,974	3
4	(3)	65	Sony Pictures	$5,800,000	-53%	3,405	n/c	$1,703	$22,427,395	2
5	(4)	Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania	Walt Disney	$4,071,000	-43%	2,650	-455	$1,536	$205,833,350	5
6	(5)	Cocaine Bear	Universal	$3,870,000	-38%	2,687	-517	$1,440	$58,489,070	4
7	(7)	Jesus Revolution	Lionsgate	$3,500,000	-32%	2,355	-220	$1,486	$45,539,700	4
8	(6)	Champions	Focus Features	$3,030,000	-41%	3,039	+9	$997	$10,589,905	2
9	(8)	Avatar: The Way of Water	20th Century…	$1,928,000	-27%	1,190	-485	$1,620	$678,114,154	14
10	(9)	Puss in Boots: The Last Wish	Universal	$1,510,000	-14%	1,735	-81	$870	$182,594,180	13
11	(-)	Everything Everywhere All At Once	A24	$1,249,408	+260%	1,633	+1,049	$765	$75,583,702	52
-	N	Inside	Focus Features	$470,000		357		$1,317	$470,000	1
-	(-)	The Quiet Girl	Super LTD	$193,000	-51%	234	-10	$825	$962,690	14
-	(-)	Operation Fortune: Ruse de guerre	Lionsgate	$185,000	-85%	435	-1,733	$425	$6,341,049	3
-	(-)	The Whale	A24	$145,230	+128%	509	+403	$285	$17,233,837	15
-	(-)	A Man Called Otto	Sony Pictures	$87,000	-55%	175	-172	$497	$64,100,017	12
-	(-)	80 for Brady	Paramount Pi…	$62,000	-70%	168	-199	$369	$39,278,000	7
-	(-)	Violent Night	Universal	$12,000	+178%	29	-4	$414	$50,028,305	16
-	N	The Innocent	Janus Films	$11,500		1		$11,500	$11,500	1
-	(-)	Emily	Bleecker Street	$7,570	-76%	21	-57	$360	$1,088,762	5
-	(-)	Drylongso	Janus Films	$5,111		1		$5,111	$5,111	1,251
-	N	Rodeo	Music Box Films	$4,984		2		$2,492	$4,984	1
		22		$89,514,641

 

[Tino]

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Locks & Loads Estimated $8M On Thursday Night – Box Office​

EXCLUSIVE: The most critically acclaimed John Wick of all-time, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, is seeing the franchise’s best Thursday previews of all-time at around $8M per industry estimates tonight.

Previews began at 3PM today for the R-rated pic. Tracking had the Chad Stahelski-directed sequel heading for a $65M-$70M opening weekend, which would rep a franchise best stateside.

That estimated $8M preview number easily bests the $5.9M preview figure of John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum which turned into a previous franchise high opening day of $22.6M and 3-day of $56.8M back in May 2019.

‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ Locks & Loads Estimated $8M On Thursday Night – Box Office​

EXCLUSIVE: The most critically acclaimed John Wick of all-time, Lionsgate’s John Wick: Chapter 4, is seeing the franchise’s best Thursday previews of all-time at around $8M per industry…

deadline.com

 

[Robert Crawford]

Anything opening next weekend that will take Wick off the big screens with Atmos? The reason why I'm asking is I want to watch the first three movies again before seeing this fourth film. This will give me a week to do so.

 

[Tino]

Anything opening next weekend that will take Wick off the big screens with Atmos? The reason why I'm asking is I want to watch the first three movies again before seeing this fourth film. This will give me a week to do so.

Yes. Dungeons And Dragons will be knocking Wick off the premium screens. At least in my neighborhood. I would check with your local theaters.

 

[Jake Lipson]

The marketplace has been very crowded right now. It seems like every week there is a new movie taking the premium screens. I saw Creed III in its second week because I was sidelined with Covid for a while and couldn't go in the first week. By the time I got there, it was already in a small auditorium because Scream VI had taken over the premium one. Then last week it was Shazam. Now, John Wick, then Dungeons and Dragons and then Mario will get the premium screen for a week each. I guess this is just what happens when the schedule is so crowded with tentpole movies. I'm sure this is great for theater owners because they have a constant flow of new stuff to show, but it does mean you've got to go early in order to see something in a premium format.