SIX TIPS, OR HOW TO PLEASE YOUR SLATE – THE FILMS OF 12/15

[Buscemi2]

Cinemascore:

Wonka: A- (below both Paddingtons)

[numbersix]

Deadline now saying 37-38m which would be great for Wonka's OW

[transformers2]

Weekend Estimates:
Wonka $39 mil
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes $5.8 mil
The Boy and the Heron $5.1 mil
Godzilla Minus One $4.9 mil
Trolls Band Together $4 mil
Wish $3.2 mil
Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night $2.9 mil
Napoleon $2.2 mil
Renaissance $2 mil
Poor Things $1.3 mil

PTA:
American Fiction $32.4k
The Zone of Interest $31.2k
Poor Things $15.5k
Wonka $9.3k
Anslem $8.8k

[Buscemi2]

Kind of a disappointing start for American Fiction, given all of the pre-release hype. The similarly-themed Sorry to Bother You had a much better PTA in more theatres.

[transformers2]

Weekend Actuals:
1.Wonka $39 mil
2.The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes $5.8 mil
3.The Boy and the Heron $5.5 mil
4.Godzilla Minus One $5 mil
5.Trolls Band Together $3.9 mil
6.Wish $3.2 mil
7.Christmas with the Chosen: Holy Night $2.9 mil
8.Napoleon $2.3 mil
9.Renaissance $1.9 mil
10.Poor Things $1.3 mil

-American Fiction $224,469
-The Zone of Interest $124,791

PTA:
1.American Fiction $32,067 (7 theaters)
2.The Zone of Interest $31,198 (4 theaters)
3.Poor Things $15,637 (82 theaters)
4.Wonka $9,280
5.Anslem $4,375 (4 theaters)

The Zone of Interest isn't doing any expansions until January while American Fiction expands to 50 or so theaters and Poor Things goes wide-ish this week, so it'll be interesting to see how the next couple of weeks play out on the arthouse circuit.

[StarLord123]

Definitely a rough December for movies when this is likely to be the biggest opening this month.

[Buscemi2]

The studios only have themselves to blame.

[numbersix]

Agreed, their tried and tested methods are not working, and rather than pivot (e.g. exciting new films, at least ones not created by Zac Snyder) they force their old methods in hope it will somehow work.