SPEARES HIATUS: TAKE IT TO THE BANKS - THE FILMS OF 7/1, 7/3

[Chienfantome]

Yeah those Magic Mike numbers are awful. Glad I stayed away from this one and Terminator.

[BanksIsDaFuture]

change the storyline somehow, with the time travel and the alternate timelines and the Khalessi (glavin!).

LMAO!!

I'm glad somebody notices my lame Simpsons references that I squeeze into these write-ups!


And holy shit, I did not see Magic Mike falling that hard after wining Wednesday.

[undeadmonkey]

Maybe a long shot, but i'm hoping for some great holds with the decent rating and cinema score from Magic Mike. Ted 2 is a total flop already, has only made about a quarter of the original and it's falling hard. That's what i get for not going with my gut and instead picking 2 sequels of inexplicable hits.

Thank God for Jurassic World or i'd be in the shitter, hoping to eek out another $75M-$100M from that one.

[Buscemi]

Magic Mike XXL had no buzz whatsoever. Had it come out a year after the original, it would have done decently. But with a three-year wait, any memories of the original were completely forgotten (and Tatum isn't the sure bet he was in 2012).

And it's probably never going to break even either as Warner Bros. likely spent a lot on ad buys like on some of their other summer movies (they spent $41 million on Entourage's ad campaign, for example).

Probably just as surprising is Me and Earl and the Dying Girl totally flatlining in wide release. All that buzz from Sundance and it seems like no one's seeing it (I wonder if Fox kept this one low-key to avoid it overshadowing Paper Towns).

[Shrykespeare]

Weekend Actuals

Top 10:
5 points - Inside Out, $29.8M
4 points - Jurassic World, $29.2M
3 points - Terminator: Genisys, $27.0M
2 points - Magic Mike XXL, $12.9M
1 point - Ted 2, $11.2M
Max, $6.6M
Spy, $5.1M
San Andreas, $2.8M
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, $1.2M
Dope, $1.1M


PTA:
5 points - Amy, $37,083
4 points - Jurassic World, $7,825
3 points - Cartel Land, $7,791
2 points - Terminator: Genisys, $7,190
1 point - Inside Out, $7,160

Damn, that is CLOSE between 2-5!

[Chienfantome]

Dammit, not even a single point for "Jimmy's Hall". Fortunately Amy delievered, I've put it everywhere.

[Wrestler]

What I'm most upset about is that thanks to a stupid 500k Inside out won't get to be the #1 movie to never win a weekend. I hate seeing My Big Fat Greek Wedding at the top of that list and it would have been nice to not have to look at that name anymore when scrolling the all time section of BOM.

[Shrykespeare]

A little late, but here are the celeb b'day milestones from last week:

David Alan Grier turned 60 on 6/30
David Prowse turned 80 on 7/1
Deborah Harry turned 70 on 7/1
Lea Seydoux turned 30 on 7/1
Ashley Tisdale turned 30 on 7/2
Connie Nielsen turned 50 on 7/3

[Chienfantome]

Connie Nielsen turns 50 ! Wow.