http://variety.com/2016/film/news/box-office-ghostbusters-secret-life-of-pets-2-1201815841/
>The rebooted “Ghostbusters” is launching with a respectable $46.5 million opening weekend at 3,963 locations, trailing “The Secret Life of Pets” for the top spot at the U.S. box office, Saturday estimates showed.
>Illumination-Universal’s hit “The Secret Life of Pets” should win the weekend with $50 million at 4,381 sites, declining only 52% from its opening. The animated comedy’s 10-day total will hit $202 million by the end of Sunday.
Will a $46.5 million opening weekend be enough?
/tv/ btfo
No, they'll be lucky to make back their money once it hits rental.
>>72068444
really makes you think
Thats an estimate and no it won't.
>>72068565
>chan4chan watermark
>>72068444
>46 million back on a 144 million budget without taking into account the rabid advertisement costs
It's worse than the original GBs that got ~half its cost back on opening weekend in a time where most interest in a movie was generated by word of mouth and with a movie that was an entirely new concept/franchise.
Even Feig said he needed to make 500 million on it to be considered a success. I don't see that ever happening in any time frame.
>>72068444
>being beaten by second week of SLOP
Hollywood is finished. Good red ants.
How asshurt would /tv/ be if this movie was a massive success?
>17 million after thursday friday and saturday
>they think suddenly they will get 29 million from sunday alone
>>72068864
More disappointed than angry
>star trek and ice age next week
>not even the top spot this week
lol
This box office news is making everyone everywherein every crack[\spoiler] extremely butthurt
>>72068864
There was literally zero chance of this movie being a MASSIVE success. The Chinese market is closed to them, the budget is fucking huge, and they did a wonderful job of turning off millions of people from seeing this movie with all the feminist kike bullshit pandering.
>>72068864
Incredibly asshurt, they might even cry.
>>72068864
If it was going to be, it would have happened by now.
How much of that """"advertising"""" was paid reviews?
>>72068444
Heard it cost about 150 million, it's questionable whether it will break even.
>>72069173
It looks like, realistically, it'll do about $28 million on opening weekend. For a $50 million Paul Feig film, that's pretty damn good.
For a heavily-marketed, $150 million summer blockbuster intended to launch a cinematic universe, it is unmitigated fucking disaster.
The only way it would survive is by becoming a sleeper hit and enduring for 15 weeks, but word of mouth is terrible, because it's an awful movie, and they spent the year up to release antagonizing an already pissed-off fanbase. And there's no China to bail them out like Warcraft.
RIP Paul Feig and Amy Pascal.
>>72068897
This. Even if it does make 50 million opening weekend, its still going to compete next week with Star Trek and Ice Age's Opening Week. At 154 million dollar budget(I love how every news article now says its 144 million btw) it would have needed to make at least 100 million opening weekend, and then have good word of mouth and no competition in its second week. As it stands, its going against all odds. This movie won't see more than 150 to 200 million.
They're projecting 46 million this weekend, that's their expectations. It might do more or less that, but in no way is it impressive given the budget.
>They fucked up the trailers and advertisement
>They shielded themselves in controversy, alienating their core demographic that enjoyed the originals
>They entrusted a 154 million dollar budget on a property that they think has the nostalgic power of something like Star Wars or Jurassic Park.(Sure if they handled the property competently it could have been as good, but as it stands they fucked up)
>They put 4 women as the lead. 2 C listers, and 2 unknowns.
>Now that the film is out, bad word of mouth, reviews and its competition at the movies will kill any chance of it making a profit.
>>72068444
>Needing 500+ million dollars worldwide to break even.
>a movie that everyone and their grandma predicted to flop, flopped
Surprise.
>>72068444
I'm counting on it to be like Batman VS Superman and have a decent opening and then dropping off the face of the earth
>>72069437
>mfw buying 3 tix for star trek just for myself
Gonna bypass the no singles policy AND help BTFO cuckbusters in one pass
>>72069308
How the fuck do they even try to launch a cinematic universe with no material? They can't make standalone movies featuring characters from its universe at all, because they don't have one.
>>72069437
>They shielded themselves in controversy, alienating their core demographic that enjoyed the originals
I really don't understand why people keep doing this. Women were not going to see this movie in droves, women only go to movies because their friends are going and women only like romcoms. The only reason 90% of women who go to Action comedy Schlockfest #6312 (starring Nicolas Cage and Ricky Gervais) is because their boyfriend is going and women are empty shells who attach themselves to men like a tick.
>>72069600
There's a reason why Amy Pascal is no longer head of Sony Pictures.
