So I keep seeing all these reports how presales are doing so well and it actually dethroned endgame in some countries how big opening weekend we looking for? 600M if so,is 2B really out of realm of possibility?

Minions And Monsters seemed like a sure fire hit. Its Minions. Easy billion plus more in merch sales. But even with the surprisingly great critical reception it was getting, the film still drastically underperformed and somehow is on track to make less than the FIRST Despicable Me all the way back in 2010. So what gives?

Some are saying the concept was just too damn weird for most family audiences, but we are also forgetting that Minions 1 and 2 had pretty wacky and out there concepts. Yet still made massive amounts of bank. So that cant really be the case. People also blamed the World Cup for it, but that didnt stop The Odyssey, which came out during the finals of that event, from becoming Nolans highest grossing opening of his career. Coming out too close to Toy Story 5 was also a major point of contention when Minions 1, DM3, and 4 all came out next to other massive Pixar hits and still made close or over a billion. It might be franchise fatigue considering these films have gone downhill since the second (even though i liked the second and third minions). But damn, 950+ million to now only 450 million…what happened? It’ll still make money cause Illumination has famously low budgets compared to other animated films in the western scene, but not doubt a big disappointment for Universal. Very baffled by this.

I organized an AMA/Q&A with legendary filmmaker/screenwriter Nicolas Winding Refn. He has previously directed films/series Drive, Only God Forgives, Bronson, The Neon Demon, Pusher trilogy, Copenhagen Cowboy, Too Old To Die Young, Valhalla Rising, and more.

It's live here now in r/movies for anyone interested in asking a question:

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/1v3mkcv/i_am_nicolas_winding_refn_director_of_drive_the/

He will be back at 4:45 PM ET today to answer questions. I recommend asking in advance. Please ask there, not here. All questions are much appreciated!

His new film, Her Private Hell, premiered at Cannes in May and is out in theaters via Neon this weekend. It stars Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton.

Thank you :)

pace has declined since my last look in a week or so ago. Napkin math - mapping the current gap in weekly sales to remaining box office grosses, AIR gets 49.96M, Jesus Revolution gets $50.56M, and the adjusted upwards Reagan dynamic gets you $48.78M. Obviously Washington is falling steeper than the other two films and has the looming threat of Spider-Man creating a real theatrical crunch (though scaling Reagan upwards creates a slight positive bias).

If nothing changed I think you'd assume it to end a hair below $50M right now; however, given that $50M is a nice round number that might be relevant to licensing, it will be interesting to see if there's any additional juice to be squeezed.

I’m going to go 8-9 days on the low end since I don’t think it’ll be as strong internationally as Infinity War but it’ll definitely be higher Domestically

• In New York and Los Angeles, there are no Imax 70mm tickets available through Aug. 19, a sign of the frenzy to see Christopher Nolan‘s epic in the premium large format. And in London, Imax 70mm screenings are sold out through Sept. 10, nearly two months after the film’s release.
• More screenings in Imax 70mm will be added to keep up with the intense demand. But the question is: how long can “The Odyssey” hold onto those coveted screens, which only exist in 25 theaters in the U.S. and 41 globally?
• The next Imax releases include the Aug. 14 sci-fi survival flick “The End of Oak Street” (which also stars Anne Hathaway) and Zach Cregger’s take on “Resident Evil,” which comes out Sept. 18. While those titles, each filmed for Imax, will premiere in the premium format, that doesn’t mean “The Odyssey” will have to vacate Imax screens entirely.
• An Imax spokesperson tells Variety the company’s next Imax 70mm commitment is to “Dune: Part Three.” That means it is not contractually obligated to give up those screens until the Denis Villeneuve film premieres in December. That said, the spokesperson indicated it is highly unlikely “The Odyssey” will play in Imax 70mm through that month, adding that it will likely return in the format multiple times until the end of the year.
• Theaters have struggled to meet the demand for Imax screens, adding 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. showings, for instance. Fans have traveled across state lines to see the film in Imax 70mm, with tickets being upsold by scalpers.

Source: Variety.

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After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood to someplace unknown, the Platt family soon discovers that their very survival depends on them sticking together as they navigate their now unrecognizable surroundings.

Fun fact: The Odyssey needed just one week to surpass the total admissions of every 2025 superhero film in France: Superman (1.5M), The Fantastic Four (1.633M), Thunderbolts (1.1M), and Captain America: Brave New World (1.648M).