We’re barely into the first weekend for Guardians of the Galaxy,
yet the latest Marvel film is off to a huge start. The movie, directed
by James Gunn, had a strong Thursday and Friday — strong enough for
analysts to project an opening in excess of $95 million, making it one
of the biggest openings of the year.
Guardians of the Galaxy is looking to take in $40 million on
Friday alone, boosted by a haul of roughly $11.2 million from midnight
screenings on Thursday. This will all combine to make Guardians of the Galaxy the new No. 1 all-time opening in August, toppling the $69.2 million North American debut for The Bourne Ultimatum. If it surpasses $95 million, it will take the title of No. 2 opening of the year from Captain America: The Winter Soldier; if it surpasses $100 million, it will unseat Transformers: Age of Extinction as the year’s top debut.
The hype for Guardians of the Galaxy is so stellar that
Disney and Marvel are teaming up for a sequel, confirmed for release on
July 28, 2017, with James Gunn returning to the director’s chair.
The massive opening for Guardians of the Galaxy means that none of this weekend’s other new offerings have a chance in Hell of competing.
The James Brown biopic Get On Up is expected to open to about $15 million for the weekend. The movie, starring 42‘s Chadwick Boseman as The Godfather of Soul and True Blood star Nelsan Ellis as best friend and collaborator Bobby Byrd, has had some mixed reviews. The film, co-produced by Mick Jagger for a cost of $30 million, is directed by The Help‘s Tate Taylor, and reunites him with stars Viola Davis and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer. While this is a bit of an underwhelming opening for the film, the weekend is still far from over, and the movie is likely to do traffic from older audiences looking to avoid the noise of summer blockbusters as we enter the dog days of the summer movie season. So I suppose we’ll have to take a wait-and-see approach on its chances. That said, having just seen it myself last night, I have to say it was far better than I was expecting. Boseman and Ellis are absolutely outstanding, and Davis and Spencer are as excellent as they’ve always been. I’d say give it a shot if you’re looking for something other than an action blockbuster.
I’ll be back with more updates on the box office as the weekend rolls on.
Via: The Hollywood Reporter
yet the latest Marvel film is off to a huge start. The movie, directed
by James Gunn, had a strong Thursday and Friday — strong enough for
analysts to project an opening in excess of $95 million, making it one
of the biggest openings of the year.
Guardians of the Galaxy is looking to take in $40 million on
Friday alone, boosted by a haul of roughly $11.2 million from midnight
screenings on Thursday. This will all combine to make Guardians of the Galaxy the new No. 1 all-time opening in August, toppling the $69.2 million North American debut for The Bourne Ultimatum. If it surpasses $95 million, it will take the title of No. 2 opening of the year from Captain America: The Winter Soldier; if it surpasses $100 million, it will unseat Transformers: Age of Extinction as the year’s top debut.
The hype for Guardians of the Galaxy is so stellar that
Disney and Marvel are teaming up for a sequel, confirmed for release on
July 28, 2017, with James Gunn returning to the director’s chair.
The massive opening for Guardians of the Galaxy means that none of this weekend’s other new offerings have a chance in Hell of competing.
The James Brown biopic Get On Up is expected to open to about $15 million for the weekend. The movie, starring 42‘s Chadwick Boseman as The Godfather of Soul and True Blood star Nelsan Ellis as best friend and collaborator Bobby Byrd, has had some mixed reviews. The film, co-produced by Mick Jagger for a cost of $30 million, is directed by The Help‘s Tate Taylor, and reunites him with stars Viola Davis and Oscar winner Octavia Spencer. While this is a bit of an underwhelming opening for the film, the weekend is still far from over, and the movie is likely to do traffic from older audiences looking to avoid the noise of summer blockbusters as we enter the dog days of the summer movie season. So I suppose we’ll have to take a wait-and-see approach on its chances. That said, having just seen it myself last night, I have to say it was far better than I was expecting. Boseman and Ellis are absolutely outstanding, and Davis and Spencer are as excellent as they’ve always been. I’d say give it a shot if you’re looking for something other than an action blockbuster.
I’ll be back with more updates on the box office as the weekend rolls on.
Via: The Hollywood Reporter
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