Er.... anyway, just got out of the Imax fan screening of Fantastic Beasts and I'm not sure how well it'll do.... will be way less accessible than the first one.

Is the script a mess again?

I knew it. JK Rowling can't write screenplays.

Ya, the script is all over the place. The film relies more on revelations and exposition than character sadly. Hopefully the middle entry is more tight in terms of story.

BTW, Deadline is saying these Tuesday night showings will be rolled in with Thursday previews so previews may be inflated a little.

Tracking services have FB as high as $75m but it really feels like a non-event.. I'm sure fans will still come out in droves.

I really don't see any reason why Widows would open much better than Bad Times at the El Royale?

Widows has already entered the top five on MC. And those reviews are out-of-this-world good. Definitely could see this hitting the top in the tracking around 17 to 18 million

I'm clearly off the pulse with it. Was thinking it would be one of those well-reviewed films most overlook.

It's not there anymore but very good sign for it to get there so early.

Instant Family has good reviews.

Widows looks like it will both a critical and box office hit. A solid opening around $20m and then very good legs.

I bet Sony thought they had a winner of their hands with The Girl in the Spider's Web in this current climate of misandrists and #metoo. But it will finish with not a whole lot more than the original Swedish one. lol such a fail.

No sign of Instant Family or Widows yet on MT. I imagine both will be walk-up friendly.

So Fantastic Beasts shows start at 5pm today. The Packer/Seahawk football game will probably have above average viewership, so it' might have some impact, though it's not necessarily the same audience

Very interested to find out what happens with this movie. Reviews are pretty bad, especially for the Wizarding World. How much will that matter? The audience is fairly die hard. I also suspect the audience will enjoy the movie more than critics.

I'm also very happy to see that Ralph Breaks the Internet is getting good early reviews. It's the only movie I've anticipated this winter more than Beasts.

$10M previews and $25M opening day is my guess. I wish I could go tonight, but must work instead.

FB is likely to open in the mid 60s but under $60m would not surprise me at all.

Instant Family is on MT but no Widows. Still fully expect Widows to do more in Thursday previews.

Beasts is an international play but it definitely should be doing more than 65-70m OW. They really dropped the ball with marketing the first. And while the trailers for this were better, they weren’t going to snag any new fans. And with the poor reviews and episodic nature of the movie, the third will probably keep the downward trajectory going. Sad.

Instant Family with a 100% Audience Score after 233 ratings. Real or rigged?

I'm not too confident about it reaching 70. I went to one of the theatres in my area and the parking lot was minimally filled like a normal day. This will not help my weekend prediction.

I guess I misunderstood your definition of “we.”

Checked those up, the first one justifies everything wrong with the world, the second contains a contradiction.

This weekend is the most recent example of tracking being an inexact science. Sentiments clearly changed for whatever reason, though none of this weekend's openers were failures.