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Passing Titanic to #7 domestic this weekend

posted 2 years ago by Satan2016 (23536)
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Probably on Sat. $655m on Thu.
Making over $10m this week dropping less than 20% weekly.
Should end up around $700m beating Black Panther at #5.

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2305885188/?ref_=bo_hm_hp

As for Top Gun: Maverick’s climb up the all-time domestic box office, on Wednesday it passed Jurassic World’s $653 million cume to become the 8th biggest domestic grosser ever, and this weekend it will pass Titanic’s $659 million cume for the number seven slot. After that, its crosshairs will be on Avengers: Infinity War in sixth place with $679 million.

[–] MartyDeniro (4048) 2 years ago

Not if you adjust for inflation.

https://www.the-numbers.com/box-office-records/domestic/all-movies/cumulative/all-time-inflation-adjusted

[–] TearofLys (2398) 2 years ago

Well, if you take into consideration that wages aren't keeping up with inflation, even more impressive. People have less to spend, and they still choose to spend it to see Top Gun.

[–] FilmBuff (6711) 2 years ago

It seems a little meaningless, doesn't it? Ticket prices have skyrocketed due to record levels of inflation, and post-pandemic there are fewer options at the theater, so it almost feels like a fake hit. If you look at the rest of the top 10 films on the list, they were all a big deal. People anxiously anticipated them for months before their release. People waited in long lines to see them. People talked about them. People rewatched them. The new Top Gun film has barely registered with the public. No one is talking about it, no one cares. I'm sure the investors are happy to have made a nice return on their money, but if you look at the top 11 grossing films-- the 10 that were there before, plus the new Top Gun film-- Top Gun 2 sticks out like a sore thumb.

[–] Satan2016 (23536) 2 years ago

WTF is your problem? Discussion started here 4 years ago.
It's been in theaters 12 weeks, top 5. Imdb popularity was top 10. Top rated movie #53!

The only reason this board isn't busy is the MC whiney bitches have nothing to say because it's not woke!

[–] FilmBuff (6711) 2 years ago

Why are you so enraged? I only pointed out a glaring discrepancy that skews the rankings. How did wokeness come into any of this?

[–] MartyDeniro (4048) 2 years ago

Saying it feels like a "fake hit" is silly. Whatever you're feeling, the numbers match, so it isn't fake. Even adjusted for inflation, it's going to be top 20 all time domestic, passing TDK and probably a few more. And no film that has legs like this has done so without repeat viewings (16% have seen it more than once). It trounced two Marvel movies that should've tallied much higher totals, based on all the benefits of the time you just described, plus that anticipation you said TG2 didn't have, plus Marvel devotee repeat viewing -- if your thesis is to be believed.

No film that made 680mil+ domestic, 1.38 bil+ ww (and without China $) "barely registered with the public". In the US, it sold 30mil more tix than the #2 film (DS2) this year. It came out in May, but it's still in nearly 3000 theaters, b/c it's still selling tix. That's not a mirage -- but a real deal, leggy hit.

It seems most of what you said is just trying way too hard to throw cold water on it for whatever reason.

[–] 123Guy (6221) 2 years ago

ive gone 6 or 7 times. i lost count.

it's a MOVIE movie. has action, LIVE shot flying (not boring over the top CGI cartoons), acting, music, plot... all well mixed.

hoping more future movies put in this kind of effort to deliver entertainment.

[–] FilmBuff (6711) 2 years ago

It's a Fast and Furious film with planes. Of course the less discerning segment of the film-going public is going to flock to it.

[–] 123Guy (6221) 2 years ago

I'd say it differs because top gun is based on physics in reality. :D that helps keep it grounded.... in the air... so to speak :D

[–] FilmBuff (6711) 2 years ago

I have no grudge against the film. I haven't seen it, so it may be a masterpiece. I'm only pointing out that it is the one clear anomaly among the top 10 films on the list.

[–] MartyDeniro (4048) 2 years ago

You said more than that, sounding more like a personal or anecdotal take. And I said nothing of its quality, b/c I haven't seen it either. That's irrelevant. I'm just calling out what you said about its status as a real hit or not. How that can be disputed is beyond me. When you're 270mil+ above the 2nd highest gross, you're the big hit of '22. And adjusted for inflation, when you pass TDK this weekend, and likely end up #18 on the top 20 all time, you're more than just the big hit of '22. There's no better indicator of it registering with the public than the public showing up at the theater to see it more than all but 17 other films in history.

[–] Satan2016 (23536) 2 years ago

Friday it reached #6 replacing Infinity War. In three weeks #5 replacing Black Panther.

[–] Satan2016 (23536) 2 years ago

https://www.boxofficemojo.com/article/ed2473657348/?ref_=bo_hm_hp

Top Gun: Maverick came in fourth place with $5.85 million (a 17.1% drop, the smallest in the top ten) for a cume of $683 million, and on Friday it flew past Avengers: Infinity War ($679 million) to become the sixth biggest domestic grosser ever. The next target is fifth place, currently held by Black Panther with $700 million. Globally it has narrowly edged out Avengers: Age of Ultron ($1.402 billion) to become the 12th highest grosser of all time.

[–] FadingDawn (25) 2 years ago

It'll start streaming on Paramount+ tomorrow so it could be running out of steam before it reaches #5.

[–] darkpast (8087) 2 years ago

no its not, pvod only , $20 paid viewings

[–] MartyDeniro (4048) 2 years ago

No, not the case any longer. With the legs this thing has shown, they'll surely want to cash in on that last holiday weekend of the summer.