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3 weeks. And in Russia the film is an insane success.
You're right :-P. Ah well, let's see. I think looking at today's box office results "Minions" still quite easily passes the $ 1 Million daily gross. On Monday even $ 2 Million. So I really see "Minions" ending around $950 Million sans China. Then it's an easy calculation. Add up a +50 Million box office gross from China and you're there.
You simply can't escape the Minions. They are everywhere, I'm talking Hello Kitty level.
I have a 5 year old daughter. Our house is full of Minions.
Minions helium balloons, stickers, drawing books, towels, shirts, plush toys (3 so far), cups, a whole tableware set for children...
Minion soft drinks, Minion ice cream....
If we go to the supermarket or mall Minions are popping up everywhere on anything and since several months!
Our local cinema had a giant Minion in the garden for some weeks.
And the movie is even very good, the lengthy sequence in England is bloody marvelous.
Scarlet Overkill is utterly fantastic.
LOL, me too. I think this happened actually last week in the US :-P. Even my manager at work has Minions. I think I want to throw up on these....Minions :-P.
I thought that was in Ireland?
They drive on the left hand side of the road.
Haven't heard about a similar accident in the US.
--> $302,754,000: Domestical Gross (33.2%)
--> $609,800,000: Foreign Gross (66.8%) +
--> $912,554,000: Worldwide Gross
And again, it still needs to open in China and many other Asian markets. The $1 Billion Mark for "Minions" is in reach......
--> $314,724,685: Domestical Gross (32.7%)
--> $648,376,291: Foreign Gross (67.3%) +
--> $963,100,976: Worldwide Gross
And China is yet to open. It opens in China on September 13th, securing a place in the "1 Billion Dollar Club".
Meanwhile, "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" is still performing admirably. These are the worldwide figures so far:
--> $142,605,538: Domestical Gross (37.7%)
--> $235,300,000: Foreign Gross (62.3%) +
--> $377,905,538: Worldwide Gross
Domestically, it falls short of "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol". A small comparison after 21 days in release:
01. $161,823,800 --> "Mission: Impossible 2"
02. $144,614,663 --> "Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol"
03. $142,605,538 --> "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation"
Still, as the 5th "M:I"-film is co-produced by China, it will therefore premiere in China already during the 1st week of September. "Ghost Protocol" scored a whopping $101 Million in China back in 2012. Expect "Rogue Nation" to slightly outclass that figure, perhaps $135 Million. Globally "Ghost Protocol" had a box office take of $695 Million. I stand by my prediction that "Rogue Nation" will slightly improve on that figure.....minimum $750 Million.
Well, "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." then. The movie is still underperforming, but on Tuesday it was up a healthy 38% compared to Monday. Globally, not many figures have come in yet. BoxOfficeMojo says $28,873,481 global box office at the moment.
If the movie holds well, it's still possible it could gross around $80 Million. Similar to "Jack Reacher". If it does perform better in the foreign market, then the film could still pass the $200 Million globally.
At our local cinema complex UNCLE has already been moved to the higher number cinema halls, 5 and 6, which movies get when they are already running since over a month or if it's an arthouse movie or if it's a huge flop and the manager doesn't want to occupy the bigger screens with it, as next to nobody is going to watch it.
A shame, a shame, but my guess is the competition is too much for UNCLE.
MI5 still fills the cinema, Fantastic 4 even attracts more young people than UNCLE and Southpaw seems to be drawing a lot of people at this moment.
Minions is still going strong and is shown daily several times.
I believe UNCLE was marketed badly. It is not a typical summer movie, it should have opened in Autumn when people are a bit sick of all the summer block buster movies and want to see something decent, a bit more calm but still entertaining, which UNCLE is.
I think its highly unlikely that UNCLE will get to $80m in the US. Jack Reacher got to that figure after a slow opening during the Christmas holiday season and only a -10% drop the following weekend. UNCLE is likely to have a bigger drop off this weekend and the weekend after. I doubt that it will get to $50m at the US box office.
I will still give it a viewing when it opens here.
Give it a few years and Warners might do an updated reboot...
01. --> $ 1,622,867,980: "Jurassic World" (Production budget: $ 215 Million. Now the highest grossing film of 2015, 3rd highest grossing film ever)??)
$ 639,568,000: Box office USA
$ 228,740,000: Box office China
$ 754,559,980: Rest of the world
02. --> $ 1,512,966,527: "Furious 7" (Production budget: $ 275 Million. They just passed "The Avengers" in The 5th highest grossing film on the 'All Time Global Box Office Ranking'.)
$ 351,032,910: Box office USA
$ 390,910,000: Box office China
$ 771,023,617: Rest of the world
03. --> $ 1,401,213,387: "Avengers 2: Age Of Ultron" (Production budget: $ 340 Million. Now the 6th film in the global 'All Time' ranking!)
$ 457,413,387: Box office USA
$ 240,110,000: Box office China
$ 703,690,000: Rest of the world
04. --> $ 0,989,365,325: "Minions" (Production budget: $ 150 Million. Passed "Despicable Me 2"s global box office of $ 970 Million. Now certified 4th '1 Billion Dollar' film of 2015 )
$ 319,965,325: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 669,400,000: Rest of the world
And let's not forget the "Spy Films" of 2015! Now with updated figures on "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." and "M:I 5 - Rogue Nation":
09. --> $ 438,563,039: "Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" (Production budget: $ 200 Million. So far slightly less succesful than "M:I 4 - Ghost Protocol", at least in the USA. But that will change with China)
$ 157,763,039: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 280,800,000: Rest of the world
10. --> $ 406,794,884: "Kingsman: The Secret Service" (Production budget: $ 115 Million. The surprise box office hit of 2015. Part 2 is in pre-production)
$ 128,261,724: Box office USA
$ 074,667,000: Box office China
$ 203,866,160: Rest of the world
15. --> $ 328,130,237: "Taken 3" (Production budget: $ 83 Million. Not as succesful as "Taken 2", but still grossing well past the $ 300 Million)
$ 089,256,424: Box office USA
$ 032,200,000: Box office China
$ 206,673,813: Rest of the world
20. --> $ 234,873,121: "Spy" (Production budget: $ 100 Million. As of now the most succesful film ever featuring Melissa McCarthy)
$ 110,141,000: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 124,732,121: Rest of the world
47. --> $ 052,636,840: "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." (Production budget: $ 120 Million. Too early to call it a flop, as the foreign roll-out is just taking place)
$ 026,636,840 : Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 026,000,000: Rest of the world
62. --> $ 030,418,560: "Mortdecai" (Production budget: $ 85 Million. Call it a funnier spoof of "Ocean's Eleven" and "The Saint". But, a big flop)
$ 007,696,134 : Box office USA
$ 003,530,000: Box office China
$ 019,192,426: Rest of the world
69. --> $ 019,228,339: "Blackhat" (Production budget: $ 100 Million. And therefore one of the biggest flops of 2015. Entire budget is lost)
$ 007,889,395: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 011,338,944: Rest of the world
81. --> $ 015,569,265: "The Gunman" (Production budget: $ 60 Million. Even a star cast containing Sean Penn, Javier Bardem and Idris Elba couldn't help this film)
$ 010,664,749: Box office USA
*not opened yet in China*
$ 004,904,516: Rest of the world
An impressive box office year indeed. "JW" crossed the $1.6 Billion, "F7" (non-3D, non-Sci-fi) crossed the $1.5 Billion and "Avengers 2" crossed the $1.4 Billion. With "Minions" already certified to cross the $1.0 Billion, it becomes very likely that "SPECTRE" will enter the TOP 5 of highest grossing films of 2015. And "Star Wars" still needs to shatter all the above box office figures.
THE 'SPY FILMS' OF 2015
"Mission: Impossible 5 - Rogue Nation" is still holding very well in the USA, but it's not holding as strong as "Mission: Impossible 2" and "Mission: Impossible 4 - Ghost Protocol". Same goes for the foreign territories. So it will depend on the China box office take if it can cross the $ 700 Million global figure of "GP". Also with ticket price inflation, "RN" isn't as succesful in the USA as compared to "Mission: Impossible 1" and "Mission: Impossible 2".......so far.
The definition of 'flop' is rather big, but I personally think if a movie loses money -entire production is higher than global box office take- it's a certified financial flop. By that definition "Mortdecai", "Blackhat" and "The Gunman" are big flops, but "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." is not......yet. It could do a break-even figure, taking into account the production budget and the foreign roll-out. It's holdover after one week has been OK in the USA.
PRODUCTION BUDGETS 2015
The production budget figures are more accurate estimates from boxoffice.com, but they do include marketing and publicity as well. Disney's "Avengers 2" has so far the highest production budget ever, with $340 Million, followed by "Furious 7"s $ 275 Million.
It will never do 1.5 billion.
Star Wars will undoubtably do 1.5 billion.
Hunger Games could outdo Bond as well.
And let's not forget the Good Dinosaur movie from Disney which will undoubtably be the biggest animation hit of this year if not ever!!
I think Spectre will end up No 7 of the most successful movies of 2015 with close to a billion, my guess 900 million.
If "SPECTRE" passes "Minions" (most likely), it will be already in the TOP 5 of highest grossing movies of 2015. I see "Hunger Games 4" having a slight possibility at crossing the $1.0 Billion, but the chances for "SPECTRE" are bigger.
Pixar films will always do very very well. Though they tend to lag behind slightly because of their serious content. Pixar films have become very much adult animated movies. And having said that, "Minions" will still be the biggest financial success of all animated films opening in 2015.
Secondly, why are people still whinging about SP's budget? Just look at the budgets for the top 3 grossing movies of the year, JW with 215million, furious 7 at 275million and Avengers 2 at 340 million! Looking at those movies and knowing who's involved in SP and what we've seen so far, it really puts things into perspective and quite frankly, the budget is more than justified, considering what we've seen so far.
That's my idea as well. Then again, Bond fans not only help the franchise, they also 'destroy' them sometimes with their over-analytical, over-critical sense of "I should be the Bond producer" :-). So don't under-estimate this article:
https://hmssweblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/22/the-nature-of-fandom/
The article works both ways. Fans should allow the team room to manoeuvre, while the team should do their utmost to be inventive and not lazily pacify casual fans. Looking at you DB5.
I'd give you QoS but I vehemently disagree with the latter 2. You're just seeing numbers but not applying those numbers to use and value and then on top of that there are other factors you're not considering such as new market entry, market entry adjustment and comparing similar budgeted movies that offer less than what the latest Bond movies offer.
Regarding SP, it's too early to really say though because the real testament will be sorted in the editing room.
But what is "cost too much". Really, it can be both a disadvantage as well as an asset. In the case of "Avengers 2" the $340 Million production budget eventually didn't hurt the film.
Yes, but Avengers AOU was a sure bet, it was like 110% certain it would make 1.5 billion
But it didn't. "Avengers 2" grossed $ 1.4 Billion. $ 120 Million less than the first "Avengers".
Basically everyone predicted that film on 1st or 2nd spot behind or before "Star Wars". But most pundits underestimated "Furious 7" and "Jurassic World". It's very interesting to see that the Marvel brand did very good this year, but not as phenomenal as everyone predicted beforehand.
Furious 7 is the joke of the year for me. I find it embarrassing that this film is even in the top 5 (especially given it's not 3D). There's no accounting for tastes, it seems.
I'm not surprised by Avengers....it really was no where near as good as the first one. Marvel will inevitably come up with something great, but I wonder if some of the 'shine' is wearing off.
Similarly, I was not that impressed with the Batman/Superman trailer which I saw in the theatre. I'm sure that film will do well next year, but maybe not as well as everyone predicts.
The next huge ensemble comic book cast tgat I have the most faith in is the upcoming Captain America film which interestingly enough is going to be bigger than both Avengers movies in cast and in BO returns and it'll also debut Marvel's signature hero, spider-man. The Russo brothers know what they're doing.
I guess I am being too hard on Furious 7, it's just that I don't think it's anywhere as good as F5 or the first one.....but I get the feelings for Walker. When they started dressing up in tux's, trying to be all Bondian refined and all (with CGI that would make DAD proud), it just fell flat for me. They are street racers, and I always felt they should stick to that. I am being hard on it though....I know.