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Charlie's Angels Box Office Numbers In Comparison to Ford V Ferrari (Opening Weekend)


The good news for Charlie's Angels was that it had more bang for the production budget buck overseas in comparison to Ford V Ferrari. The bad news for CA is that it did not meet expectations domestically:


Charlie's Angels box office opening weekend:
Domestic: $8.6 million
International: $19.3 million
Worldwide: $27.9 million

Production budget: $48 million


Ford V Ferrari box office opening weekend:
Domestic: $31 million
International: $21.4 million
Worldwide: $52.4 million

Production budget: $97.6 million




Ford V Ferrari's production cost is about twice that of Charlie's Angels, and yet CA grossed just a couple million less than FVF internationally. FVF grossed over half of its production budget if you consider worldwide gross on opening weekend. So did CA, which has a worldwide gross of $27.9 million. Of course, it should be stated that it's more profitable for a studio when a film grosses more domestically. But that being said, I still find it interesting that a whopping 69.2% of CA's worldwide gross on opening weekend came from overseas box office. Similar thing happened with "Terminator: Dark Fate" which had 75.7% of its worldwide gross come from overseas. So even though TDF bombed domestically, it currently has a worldwide gross of over $233 million in just two weeks.

So thus begs the question: Did CA fail to meet box office expectations because US moviegoers don't embrace the "woke" subculture that many on the CA board here on MovieChat are claiming is the reason--or is it more because US moviegoers are becoming increasing more fickle? Sure, the Marvel Cinematic Universe continues to churn out one billion dollar franchise after the other--yet for most other films, earning back a film's production budget at the box office is becoming increasingly more daunting--well at least here in the U.S. Thus, this could partly explain the demise of medium budget films such as CA--for in order for a film to be profitable, a studio usually has to aim big, as in big-budget blockbuster or small, as in micro-budget, independently produced films. Hopefully CA develops some legs, and will have a decent showing over the next two weeks.

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I don't know why CA didn't do better domestically while doing well over seas, but that seems to be the case for more movies these days, doesn't it? I'm still happy that the audience scores I've seen have been quite good and that may give a boost to box office sales over the next few weeks. We'll see. That said, I feel the movie was pretty well done, and especially as the cast made it more so.

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Heck, Charlie's Angels made $9.54 million on opening weekend in China, more than it grossed in the U.S.!

And it's not as if interest in the film isn't strong here in the U.S. Case in point:

Charlie's Angels movie is #4 on the IMDb "Popularity" ranking
Lead actors:
Naomi Scott is currently #12 on the IMDb Starmeter
Kristen Stewart is currently #16 on the IMDb Starmeter
Ella Balinska is currently #22 on the IMDb Starmeter

Ford V Ferrari movie is #5 on the IMDb popularity ranking
Lead actors:
Christian Bale is currently #35 on the IMDb Starmeter
Caitriona Balfe is currently #45 on the IMDb Starmeter
Matt Damon is currently #93 on the IMDb Starmeter


The reason why I cite this is because many on the Charlie's Angels board here on MovieChat are erroneously claiming that moviegoers are much more interested in watching Christian Bale and Matt Damon perform in a movie as opposed to watching Kristen Stewart and Naomi Scott. IMDb is currently ranked #3 in the world when it comes to internet traffic for "Arts and Entertainment". And 30.6% of all of IMDb's traffic originates from the United States.

And what about YouTube, which accounts for a whopping 11.4% of all global internet traffic! The official Charlie's Angels trailer currently has 18.3 million views, which is nearly triple the amount of views as the official Ford V Ferrari trailer which has 6.9 million views.

Without question, interest in Charlie's Angels and the lead actors in this film is huge. So I'm shocked as to why, despite all the interest, it did so poorly at the box office here in the U.S.

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Good points LL, about the interest on those different platforms. As I said previously, I feel the film was quite well done and deserves a good viewership. There hasn't been a CA film for many years, I think sixteen years according to one news spot. And this new take on it has a larger group, a worldwide network of Bosleys, and a large number of mostly female field operatives, so it's going in a wide direction that would give it a lot of flexibility for future sequels. But of course, it needs a good enough box office for sequels.

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"flexibility for future sequels"

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And this new take on it has a larger group, a worldwide network of Bosleys, and a large number of mostly female field operatives, so it's going in a wide direction that would give it a lot of flexibility for future sequels.


This would be similar to the approach that producers of The Fast and the Furious franchise took. The first installment was set predominantly in the U.S. Interestingly, the original had a domestic box office gross of over twice that of overseas. Yet as the series became more international, foreign box office would overtake domestic B.O. Take for example the last 3 installments of this franchise, which were set in several counties--foreign box office was triple that of domestic box office. This could explain why Charlie's Angels did much better overseas. Of course a key difference being that TFATF films all did well in the U.S., averaging $187 million domestic per movie. It's a pity CA didn't meet the lowered expectations for domestic box office. If it did, I too could have seen the potential in expanding in such a way, Ron.

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Well, it's too bad. I had some good hopes for this film because it expanded the CA world and franchise, and there hasn't been a CA movie out for a long time. I also liked that it's a bit more light hearted and comedic of an action film.

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This article pretty much sums up what I've been saying for the past 3 days:

https://www.the-numbers.com/news/242950830-International-Box-Office-Ford-v-Ferrari-has-a-Closer-Race-Internationally


Charlie’s Angels earned second place with $19.43 million on 25,276 screens in 41 markets. The film’s biggest market was China, where it earned second place with $9.54 million on 18,500 screens. Its best market was Indonesia, where it earned first place with $2.88 million on 1,122. It did well in both Australia with $1.28 million on 285 screens and in Russia with $1.13 million on 1,409. Or to be more precise, it did well, when compared to its debut here. The film clearly has a stronger international draw than its domestic draw, but it will need to continue to overperform and have long legs if it wants to break even any time soon.



Earlier today, Charlie's Angels surpassed the $30 million worldwide gross mark after having a decent showing today (Tuesday). So there's still a bit of hope that this film will at least hit the $48 million (production budget) mark for worldwide gross. I say this because CA doesn't face lots of competition this weekend, or even Thanksgiving weekend for that matter, as far as new theatrical releases which target the same audience, as no major releases over the next two weekends are in the same sub-genre. So it may come down to whether or not, female moviegoers in the 13-39 demographic come out in force to support CA and give it some legs as the article mentions. Unfortunately for CA, the smart money says the lion's share of the box office revenue from this demographic will instead go to the animated feature Frozen 2.

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Ok so it's a bit better that CA is picking up a bit. Hopefully over the next week or two, including the Thanksgiving holiday, it'll get enough box office to pull it out of the doldrums. As I said, I really think they did a good job with the writing, screen play and cast. The cast is a good, strong one. Elizabeth Banks, Patrick Stewart and the three main Angels, plus a larger group of Angels that had some scenes.

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I'm predicting that the international box office gross for Charlie's Angels will surpass that of Ford V Ferrari over the next two weeks. If only this film did better here in the U.S., it would have been a box office success.

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Interesting, maybe it will do more overseas than FvF. I do hope they get enough box office to justify a sequel for this new take on the CA world. They seem to have good ideas for it and I want to see it continue.

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Charlie's Angels nearly caught up to Ford V Ferrari a couple of days ago in terms of international box office, but FVF had a huge surge in overseas ticket sales since then.

The good news is CA is continuing to do well internationally, with a total of $29.6 million. Added to its domestic take of $13.94 million, the worldwide gross currently stands at $43.54 million: https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Charlies-Angels-(2019)#tab=international

So although CA bombed at the box office here in the U.S., it earned a huge chunk of its production budget of $48 million in just two weeks and should pass this mark over the course of this week.

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