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‘Infinity War’ record opening revised to $257.7M

Michael Walker — Tue, 01 May 2018 10:05:07 +0000

“Avengers: Infinity War” was even bigger than previously estimated.

The Walt Disney Co. on Monday reported final weekend numbers for the superhero smash at $257.7 million in U.S. and Canadian theaters, further boosting the film’s record-breaking opening weekend.

The revised figure was due to unexpectedly strong Sunday ticket sales, Disney said. The Marvel blockbuster grossed $69.2 million on Sunday, besting the record held by “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” by more than $8 million.

Disney had forecast a $250 million debut, which topped the $248 million record set by “The Force Awakens” in 2015. Accounting for inflation, “The Force Awakens” would still narrowly edge “Infinity War” by a few million.

Marvel now holds six of the top 10 opening weekends of all time, with Disney accounting for nine of the 10. “Infinity War” also set a new global opening weekend record with ticket sales exceeding $630 million worldwide.

The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution studio, gross, number of theater locations, average receipts per location, total gross and number of weeks in release, as compiled Monday by comScore:

1. “Avengers: Infinity War,” Disney, $257,698,183, 4,474 locations, $57,599 average, $257,698,183, 1 Week.

2. “A Quiet Place,” Paramount, $11,004,977, 3,565 locations, $3,087 average, $148,528,278, 4 Weeks.

3. “I Feel Pretty,” STX Entertainment, $8,176,757, 3,440 locations, $2,377 average, $29,620,318, 2 Weeks.

4. “Rampage,” Warner Bros., $7,205,315, 3,508 locations, $2,054 average, $78,030,872, 3 Weeks.

5. “Black Panther,” Disney, $4,736,428, 1,650 locations, $2,871 average, $688,364,917, 11 Weeks.

6. “Super Troopers 2,” 20th Century Fox, $3,729,287, 2,125 locations, $1,755 average, $22,214,216, 2 Weeks.

7. “Truth or Dare,” Universal, $3,268,145, 2,420 locations, $1,350 average, $35,374,140, 3 Weeks.

8. “Blockers,” Universal, $2,975,260, 2,324 locations, $1,280 average, $53,246,750, 4 Weeks.

9. “Ready Player One,” Warner Bros., $2,563,325, 2,365 locations, $1,084 average, $130,811,543, 5 Weeks.

10. “Traffik,” Lionsgate, $1,654,694, 1,046 locations, $1,582 average, $6,786,968, 2 Weeks.

11. “Isle of Dogs,” Fox Searchlight, $1,427,275, 1,001 locations, $1,426 average, $27,047,998, 6 Weeks.

12. “MET Opera: Cendrillon (2018),” Fathom Events, $1,300,000, 900 locations, $1,444 average, $1,300,000, 1 Week.

13. “A Wrinkle in Time,” Disney, $981,856, 371 locations, $2,647 average, $94,930,902, 8 Weeks.

14. “I Can Only Imagine,” Roadside Attractions, $777,709, 970 locations, $802 average, $81,084,294, 7 Weeks.

15. “Chappaquiddick,” Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures, $694,989, 704 locations, $987 average, $15,808,830, 4 Weeks.

16. “Sherlock Gnomes,” Paramount, $673,943, 731 locations, $922 average, $40,637,943, 6 Weeks.

17. “Tyler Perry’s Acrimony,” Lionsgate, $640,477, 540 locations, $1,186 average, $42,223,020, 5 Weeks.

18. “Bharat Ane Nenu,” Great India Films, $366,996, 189 locations, $1,942 average, $3,156,805, 2 Weeks.

19. “You Were Never Really Here,” Amazon Studios, $350,105, 233 locations, $1,503 average, $1,793,481, 4 Weeks.

20. “The Miracle Season,” MIRR/LD, $290,939, 430 locations, $677 average, $9,441,585, 4 Weeks.

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A SPECIAL LOOK AT “AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR” IS NOW AVAILABLE!

umeektv — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 20:08:28 +0000

An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Anthony and Joe Russo direct the film, which is produced by Kevin Feige. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo, Trinh Tran, Jon Favreau, James Gunn and Stan Lee are the executive producers. Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely wrote the screenplay.

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Black Panther to overtake Titanic as 3rd most successful US movie

umeektv — Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:10:13 +0000

Black Panther is set to overtake Titanic as the third most highly-grossed movie of all time in the U.S.

The Hollywood Reporter states that ahead of both are Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($936.7 million / £644,873,986) and Avatar ($760.5 million / £539,806,412).

Black Panther has made $659.3 million (£467,965,010), which encroaches on the $659.5 million (£468,116,146) made by James Cameron‘s Titanic which premiered in 1997.

Globally, Black Panther has grossed $1.29 billion (£915 million), making it the No.10 movie of all time.

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Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’ Tops $500M After Record $65M Third Weekend

umeektv — Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:11:01 +0000

Black Panther just snagged a jaw-dropping $65.7 million in its third weekend of domestic release. That’s the third-biggest third weekend of all time, behind only Avatar ($69m in 2010) and Star: The Force Awakens ($90m in 2016). Both of those respective third frames occurred when the Friday was on New Years’ Day. Black Panther is thus the biggest third-weekend gross for a movie that didn’t have any holiday boost. If you want to adjust for inflation, the Black Panther’s third-weekend gross is the fourth-biggest of all time, behind only Spider-Man ($71m adjusted), Avatar ($79m adjusted) and Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($96m adjusted).

Oh, and that 41% drop is the fourth-lowest third-weekend drop for an MCU flick behind Iron Man (-37%), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (-38%) and Guardians of the Galaxy (-40%), all of which opened with over/under $100 million. Among $150m+ openers, it’s the fourth-smallest third-weekend drop behind only the last three Star Wars movies (all of which had year-end holiday boosts). Its current 17-day domestic total is now $501m, which is the third-biggest such figure (sans inflation) behind The Last Jedi ($517m in 2017/2018) and The Force Awakens ($742m in 2015/2016).

Like Jurassic World, it needed just 17 days to get to $500 million domestic, which will be one day slower than The Last Jedi and seven days slower than The Force Awakens. Boy, the studio that distributed Black Panther is gonna be pissed that it took longer to top $500m than those last two episodic Star Wars movies. In all seriousness, the ridiculous hold arguably implies that Black Panther will eventually catch up to The Last Jedi in day-to-day grosses. But it might take a moment, which just goes to show that year-end Christmas/New Years advantage.

Whether or not Black Panther catches up to The Last Jedi’s $619 million domestic total, it has already surpassed The Dark Knight Rises ($448m in 2012) and Avengers: Age of Ultron ($459m in 2015) to become the third-biggest grossing comic book superhero movie in North America. It sits behind The Dark Knight ($534m in 2008) and The Avengers ($623m in 2012). Putting aside inflation and 3D bumps for the moment, it’s now guaranteed that the Ryan Coogler-directed solo superhero flick will soon become the biggest non-ensemble superhero flick ever, thus making Chadwick Boseman America’s mightiest hero.

It has already passed Finding Dory to become the tenth-biggest U.S. grosser of all time, with a final landing spot of between seventh place and fifth place by the time it wraps up. Either way, this gives Walt Disney 15 of the top 30 domestic earners of all time, with 12 of those being in just the last six years. That’s a terrifying monopoly on the top-tier of mega-bucks franchises, which is why (all due respect), you might want to be rooting for Deadpool 2 and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom to kick unholy butt this summer.

Worldwide is just as impressive, even if it’s probably going to be one of those movies (like The Dark Knight, Wonder Woman or Rogue One) that makes more of its money in North America than overseas. That’s only because Black Panther is so obscenely overperforming in North America, again like Wonder Woman and the last few Star Wars movies. The picture has earned $897 million worldwide, meaning it should be past $900m worldwide tomorrow and over/under $1 billion by the end of next weekend. It is already the biggest comic book movie ever with no Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark to be found.

Among comic book superhero flicks, it sits behind only The Dark Knight ($1 billion in 2008), The Dark Knight Rises ($1.1b in 2012), Captain America: Civil War ($1.1b in 2016), Iron Man 3 ($1.2b in 2013), Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.4b in 2015) and The Avengers ($1.5b in 2012). Yes, it’s going to make a play for Iron Man 3’s milestone as the biggest solo superhero flick worldwide. Yes, it’s thus-far tracking for a solid bow in China next weekend. No, it doesn’t need to hit a home run in China to prove anything. Come what may, Black Panther is already a glorious smash hit.

Your move, Teen Titans Go to the Movies!.

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