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Post Re: why has Top Gun: Maverick seemingly become the first sum
$17.3M away from $1.5B. It's inching there. Probably has $4.3M domestic so needs $13M overseas.


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Fingers crossed on a Veterans Day expansion.

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But I think it leaves the Top 10 this weekend. Two new wide releases is just too much for it to remain. Bros will fall below it but Terrifier 2 would need to as well for it to remain, and I don't think that will happen.

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Looks like it. Here's to hoping for Amsterdam's box office to lose theaters and drop 79%. :funny:


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Looks like it. Here's to hoping for Amsterdam's box office to lose theaters and drop 79%. :funny:


Good point. That's actually highly logical, too. But perhaps unlikely considering the last few months. Even films that did awful tend not to drop theatres too quickly these days, unfortunately.

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Post Re: why has Top Gun: Maverick seemingly become the first sum
Apologies for the digression but every time I see this thread title I:

1. Have a pleasant moment thinking about how good TGM is and how incredible it's BO run has been, and;
2. Think (and laugh) about George Costanza trying to justify his running out of the burning apartment ahead of women, children and elderly while Jon Favreau's clown is about to beat him up - "...seemingly, seemingly" in The Fire episode of Seinfeld.

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ROBIN: But I saw you push the women and children out of the way in a mad panic! I saw you knock them down! And when you ran out, you left everyone behind!

GEORGE: Seemingly. Seemingly, to the untrained eye, I can fully understand how you got that impression. What looked like pushing...what looked like knocking down...was a safety precaution! In a fire, you stay close to the ground, am I right? And when I ran out that door, I was not leaving anyone behind! Oh, quite the contrary! I risked my life making sure that exit was clear. Any other questions?



It's just a positive all round. :funny:

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MadGez wrote:
Apologies for the digression but every time I see this thread title I:

1. Have a pleasant moment thinking about how good TGM is and how incredible it's BO run has been, and;
2. Think (and laugh) about George Costanza trying to justify his running out of the burning apartment ahead of women, children and elderly while Jon Favreau's clown is about to beat him up - "...seemingly, seemingly" in The Fire episode of Seinfeld.

Quote:
ROBIN: But I saw you push the women and children out of the way in a mad panic! I saw you knock them down! And when you ran out, you left everyone behind!

GEORGE: Seemingly. Seemingly, to the untrained eye, I can fully understand how you got that impression. What looked like pushing...what looked like knocking down...was a safety precaution! In a fire, you stay close to the ground, am I right? And when I ran out that door, I was not leaving anyone behind! Oh, quite the contrary! I risked my life making sure that exit was clear. Any other questions?



It's just a positive all round. :funny:


:funny:

Down just 7% from last Tuesday. PTA is up 15% from last weekend but just another week for TGM.


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It’s incredible it’s still holding so well considering it’s accessible at home. Where will it end?

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I've pegged it at $720M but if it gets any type of Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Oscar push could go higher.

It does set up for an epic finish to the year. Can BP, which is tracking at $175M already or Avatar topple it? I feel BP has the best chance since and is supposed to deliver based on early word from people who have seen it. I could see BP2 capture the zeitgeist again as it's processing trauma within the movie and in real life so could resonate following a brutal last 2.5 years post pandemic.


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Avatar will easily out gross black panther and likely Top gun but not guaranteed


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it's processing trauma within the movie and in real life so could resonate following a brutal last 2.5 years post pandemic.


Good point.

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I've pegged it at $720M but if it gets any type of Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Oscar push could go higher.

It does set up for an epic finish to the year. Can BP, which is tracking at $175M already or Avatar topple it? I feel BP has the best chance since and is supposed to deliver based on early word from people who have seen it. I could see BP2 capture the zeitgeist again as it's processing trauma within the movie and in real life so could resonate following a brutal last 2.5 years post pandemic.


I agree. I think BP will be bigger than some are expecting, and the processing trauma aspect will boost it.

$720-730m for TGM sounds about right. Hopefully this will be enough to keep Avatar at bay.

Quite the showdown we have on hand.

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Despite that great point, I don't feel it's enough to get it anywhere near Maverick. Generally depressing movies or movies that link to or otherwise connect with the grimness of reality do not excel at the box office, at least not $700m+ level box office. So, I think it will do well, but not get anywhere near the #1 spot for the year. Maverick's only competition is The Way of the Water, imo. But at the moment it's still anybody's guess how high it will go.

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Yes, I'm not expecting WF to beat TGM either. Even with say a $190m OW - I'd suspect it will end up with $600m or so.

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$15.4M away. It seems to be gaining $2M per week slowly toward $1.5B.

Domestic fell off a cliff this weekend though so may only be able to get $2M without any type of re-release leaving $13.4M for overseas.

The less busy weekends until Wakanda may help it stabilize for great holds again but it had by far the worst drop of its entire 22 weekend run and its first drop over 48% and only its 4th drop over 34%.


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It made just $950k worldwide this weekend. I can't see it making it to $1.5b unless it gets a re-release or Universal forces it over by borrowing some from another film.

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Top Gun: Maverick came out in May. It left the top 10 only 2 weeks ago. In its 21st weekend. What I just typed are all accurate statements of a boxoffice feat that really happened. Let that sink in.

E.T. spent 44 weekends in the box office top 10. Other unstoppable films included Top Gun (27), Titanic (26), Forrest Gump (26), Home Alone (25), Back to the Future (24), and now Top Gun: Maverick (21).

Next up is MBFGW (19), Frozen (16), and Chicago (16).

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To add on top of that, it's the only sequel on your list. So odd how it's run felt like another era and how closely it followed TG's run from 36 years earlier. Will be very interesting to see where any TG3 lands.


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I hope they don't make a TGM 3. This 1-2 punch is perfect as is.

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I hope they don't make a TGM 3. This 1-2 punch is perfect as is.


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I know but it made $716M domestic and is Cruise's biggest film ever by nearly $500M. They'd be foolish not to close out the trilogy when the iron is hot. If MI can stretch to 8 movies feel they'd do #3 here considering it's Paramount's new cash cow.


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Close out the trilogy? Not everything must be a trilogy. As long as the story is finished, two films is totally adequate. This series isn't a tripod. It can stand perfectly well with two legs.

I hate this idea that Paramount would be leaving money on the table by not making a third. A major part of why Maverick did well was because of the gap between the movies. Built up demand. To make another one in 2-3 years would remove that completely and move the series into the fold of other fatigued franchises. I think Paramount would be clever to let this settle as a classic one-two punch instead of hurting the Top Gun legacy by churning out another.

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I don’t see TG3. Maybe a paramount+ series

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I agree that it's a bad idea but Hollywood has churned many bad ideas for $$$. Three Hobbit movies imo ruined some goodwill of the LOTR franchise and many other beloved franchises that were milked for more $. I'd be shocked to not see another TG.


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The Hobbit series was supposed to be a 2-parter. Wish the studios didn't get greedy...but that's an aside. *sigh*

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