Don't Look Up is terrible though. Doesn't seem like a fair exchange if Sound of Freedom is actually good.

Sounds good. Let's take it there because of these discussions belong there and some do not belong in this forum.

Agreed, Jack.

Back to the box-office discussion.

Sound of Freedom enjoyed a fantastic Tuesday at $5.4M. +10%

Probably due to the older crowd catching matinees.


This could have a Greatest Showman run in terms of staying power. We'll see.

Anything but 200-250m please, I have it in the draft.

$200M is looking more and more likely for Sound of Freedom. Unless there is a cliff for this audience. Perhaps some marketing dollars will be warranted if it looks like a crash is coming.

In other news, I was all in on O’s $300M or bust for Little Mermaid train. Not sure why Disney let it crater so close to the finish line. Perhaps no choice due to theater scarcity?

Mermaid will still be fine to do $300M. From holdover weekends it would probably get to about $298.5M. With Haunted Mansion will probably get a bump. Then we have summer weekdays and likely some type of Labor Day bump when summer's biggest hits get re-releases. If it were at $290M I'd be worried but needs $3.9M and it's PTA only dropped 25.4% so losing 62% of its theaters would be hard to withstand a better hold.

No way Disney lets it die before 300

Looks like Sound of Freedom will finish over under 200m

It's actually tracking to $202M assuming 26% drops from here on out. Of course if it drops, it'll miss that mark. The fact that we're having this conversation is surreal.

I keep coming back to this stat: Sound of Freedom had the all-time greatest 2nd weekend increase, outside of holidays. Ever. I love films with weird legs like this (MBFGW, Sixth Sense, etc.).

Surreal is the right word. It's as if Left Behind made $100 million. These things just do not happen.

It shows the power of controlling the narrative. Crowdfunding might be the future for box office, particularly with PSA type movies like this.

Indeed, my friend. Love that it happened to Sound of Freedom. With these actuals, I think $200M will be a tough bar to reach. It's tracking to $197M with the same holds from here on out. Still, $175M-$200M is an achievement.

Yeah, I'm also very pleased it has happened. It's a much more interesting box office success story than, say, Barbie, for me at least. It feels more grassroots and unusual, instead of throwing a $100m marketing and influencer campaign behind a tentpole.

And inevitably we'll be inundated with attempts at replicating its success. Not sure how that will work. Not even sure the inevitable "Sound of Freedom 2" will make quarter of what this one does.

Yes indeed. It's quite amazing and unique. You get something like this once or twice a decade. So rare.

So where does Sound of Freedom finish on this list?

CONSECUTIVE DAYS OVER $1 MILLION:

101 Titanic

80 Avatar
80 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

75 Top Gun: Maverick

61 Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

59 Finding Nemo
54 Back to the Future
54 Ghostbusters
54 Jurassic Park
54 Shrek 2
52 Aladdin (2019)
52 Avatar: The Way of Water
52 The Avengers
52 Black Panther
52 The Hangover
52 Incredibles 2
52 Shrek
52 Toy Story 4

48 The Passion of the Christ
47 Coco
47 Frozen
47 Moana
47 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
47 Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
46 Batman
45 Avengers: Infinity War
45 The Blind Side
45 Bridesmaids
45 Cars
45 Frozen II
45 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
45 Inside Out
45 Jurassic World
45 The Sixth Sense
45 Spider-Man
45 Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens
45 Toy Story 3
45 Up
45 Wonder Woman
43 Independence Day
41 Despicable Me
41 Finding Dory
41 The Secret Life of Pets
41 Spider-Man: Far from Home
41 Terminator 2: Judgment Day
40 The Dark Knight
40 Despicable Me 2
40 Despicable Me 3
40 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
40 The Jungle Book (2016)
40 The Little Mermaid (2023)
40 Minions: The Rise of Gru
40 Spider-Man 2
40 The Super Mario Bros. Movie

39 A Star Is Born (2018)
39 Iron Man
39 Joker
38 American Sniper
38 Apollo 13
38 Avengers: Endgame
38 Beauty and the Beast (2017)
38 Bruce Almighty
38 The Dark Knight Rises
38 Deadpool
38 Elemental
38 Elvis
38 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
38 Inception
38 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
38 Knocked Up
38 Kung Fu Panda
38 The Lion King (2019)
38 Maleficent
38 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
38 The Proposal
38 Ratatouille
38 Saving Private Ryan
38 Shrek the Third
38 Spider-Man: Homecoming
38 Spider-Man: No Way Home
38 Wedding Crashers
38 Zootopia

Unfortunately it missed it by two days

Ah well. Still, $180m+ is a great accomplishment.

Looks like that donor money ran out

Time to lube up!