Box Office Showdown (3/31-4/2) Ghost in the Shell, The Boss Baby

[Chaotic]

Ghost in the Shell
Paramount


The Boss Baby
Fox

[Creed]

No, but GITS may do okay. I am so excited for the film since it doesn't look like crap like Dragonball: Evolution. Hoping to see it Thursday. The visuals, action and cinematography are gorgeous and awesome. Even if the script isn't the best, at least it's a good-looking film that may even be better in 3D.

The Boss Baby will perform fine as well.

[UFAlien]

I have a gut feeling Ghost in the Shell isn't going to do very well against what must be a fairly substantial budget (which I can't find disclosed anywhere). Of course I'm completely unfamiliar with the source material and what its appeal stateside might be, and Scarlett is a pretty big star, so for all I know it could make a billion dollars.

The Boss Baby I'm actually hoping will bomb, or at least be another DreamWorks disappointment. It looks absolutely horrid.

[Cremildo]

After getting screwed in two polls thanks to my underestimating TBatB, I'm gonna vote NO here.

[jalind]

No telling how GitS will do, but I predict BB will completely bomb. The live action remake of Disney's animated movie will have hundreds of mommy-soccer-vans unloading scores of kiddies carpooled in to see it. Wouldn't even want to contemplate any but the latest of late-night showings at the theater, if there are any. OTOH, GitS is a live action remake of an R rated anime based on the Japanese manga (uncensored version is equivalent of R rated), watered down for PG-13 in an attempt to get the tweenie Resident Evil, along with Matrix, Tron and PS GitS video game fans into the box office demographic (the tweenies are much to young for all but RE). I don't hold much hope for a watered down PG-13 action film remake of the R rated anime competing very well with the all the carpooled kiddies. BB is based on a very thin pre-school book completely bloated like a baby with severe gas at both ends of his plumbing. I watched a trailer and realized it's an animated reboot of the live action Baby Geniuses franchise. One look at RT for the original Baby Geniuses, its sequel, or the first of the three direct to video that followed them should be a strong predictor of how well BB will be received. It will likely be a strong contender for the Stinkers and Razzies. Was there a marketing study for BB to justify the business case for its budget that could pass a fiduciary due diligence sniff test that didn't reek of dirty poo-laden diapers? Do Hollywood studio execs suffer from a collective form of Alzheimer's? Their major FAILs of late leave me wondering what they're smoking for lunch.

John

[UFAlien]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

After getting screwed in two polls thanks to my underestimating TBatB, I'm gonna vote NO here.

Ghost in the Shell will open to $70m+ just to spite you personally.

[Chaotic]

1. Beauty/Beast $45M
2. The Boss Baby $37M
3. Ghost in the Shell $28M
4. Power Rangers $20M
5. Kong $9M

[Blu Titan]

Beauty and the Beast $50 million.
Ghost in the Shell $35 million (hoping it's good)
The Boss Baby $30 million
Power Rangers $16 million

[GasmaskAvenger]

I've been holding this comment off for the last two/three weeks now, but...I got a feeling that GITS could very well be the sleeper hit of the year.

Not many casual filmgoers are familiar with the anime, the visual aesthetic is very appealing, it has a female lead (who also happens to be a proven box office commodity with "Lucy" from a few years back, as well as her appearances in various MCU films) and there's not really anything else like it coming out in theaters this year (There is the new Blade Runner later this year, but that's a different flavor of cyberpunk altogether), so it might be a surprise hit.

My luck though, a stupid kids movie with a talking baby and a live action xeroxing of an animated classic will pull in more money, but remember, people. Some shoestring summer camp slasher film (which also happened to have been distributed by Paramount Pictures) dethroned The Empire Strikes Back for the #1 spot many moons ago, so miracles do happen sometimes.

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

I've been holding this comment off for the last two/three weeks now, but...I got a feeling that GITS could very well be the sleeper hit of the year.

Not many casual filmgoers are familiar with the anime, the visual aesthetic is very appealing, it has a female lead (who also happens to be a proven box office commodity with "Lucy" from a few years back, as well as her appearances in various MCU films) and there's not really anything else like it coming out in theaters this year (There is the new Blade Runner later this year, but that's a different flavor of cyberpunk altogether), so it might be a surprise hit.

My luck though, a stupid kids movie with a talking baby and a live action xeroxing of an animated classic will pull in more money, but remember, people. Some shoestring summer camp slasher film (which also happened to have been distributed by Paramount Pictures) dethroned The Empire Strikes Back for the #1 spot many moons ago, so miracles do happen sometimes.

GITS is a fantastic SciFi concept. I would love for the movie to be great and to start a franchise...we will see. It will need great reviews to break out, everything has to fall just right for it.

[GasmaskAvenger]

I too have high hopes for it as i've been impressed by nearly everything i've seen of it so far.

Also, if a strong sleeper hit, it could finally kick off a wave of "good" live action western adaptions of anime properties.

[MikeScott]

GHOST IN THE SHELL - 35.8 MILLION
THE BOSS BABY - 29.328 MILLION

If it were to get great reviews GITS could definitely go higher. But I'm kind of expecting them to be poor.

[Hubunkey]

GITS looks like Aeon Flux and other Sci-Fi flops form like 5-10 years ago. I get the wgole PG-13 brings in the kiddies but a faithful adaption of the Manga would have been better instead of a big budget pg-13 cgi-fest. I think it will do ok, maybe Resident Evil numbers but seriously doubt it breaks out after Power Rangers coming out a week before.

I am being drug to see Boss Baby (and Monster Trucks) at the drive-in this weekend so sadly I will be giving that POS looking movie money opening weekend.

[sandman slim]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

GITS is a fantastic SciFi concept. I would love for the movie to be great and to start a franchise...we will see. It will need great reviews to break out, everything has to fall just right for it.

Same here. Could go either way; I can see this being a big breakout hit, I can also see it being another high-profile, high-budget sci-fi flop. Could be "Matrix", could be "Jupiter Ascending"...

(Or, to be more ScarJo specific, could be "Lucy", could be "Under the Skin".)

[MikeScott]

1. BEAUTY & THE BEAST - 49.734 MILLION (-45%)
2. GHOST IN THE SHELL - 35.808 MILLION (New)
3. THE BOSS BABY - 29.328 MILLION (New)
4. POWER RANGERS - 23.374 MILLION (-42%)
5. KONG: SKULL ISLAND - 8.068 MILLION (-46%)
6. LIFE - 6.626 MILLION (-47%)
7. GET OUT - 5.753 MILLION (-35%)
8. LOGAN - 5.683 MILLION (-45%)
9. CHIPS - 4.170 MILLION (-46%)
10. THE ZOOKEEPER'S WIFE - 2.7 MILLION (New)
11. THE SHACK - 2.547 MILLION (-34%)
12. T2: TRAINSPOTTING - 1.75 MILLION (+350%)


With The Zookeeper's Wife I'm most reminded of Woman in Gold. Even opened the same weekend. That adult drama had a Rotten Tomatoes score teetering on Fresh and also opened in a wider limited release (258 theaters). Opened just under 2.1 Million.

[Britbuffguy]

I think GITS looks like pure garbage, plus Scarlett isn't a very good leading actress. I don't know anyone that wants to see it, so I think you guys are high balling it.

[AdrianL]

Hoping Power Rangers stays above $20 million.

[GasmaskAvenger]

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

I think GITS looks like pure garbage, plus Scarlett isn't a very good leading actress. I don't know anyone that wants to see it, so I think you guys are high balling it.

You're alone in that train of the thought. I know people who are going to check it out or are at least curious enough to see it.

[Troll2fan]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

You're alone in that train of the thought. I know people who are going to check it out or are at least curious enough to see it.

Count me as one of those who plan to go see it. Never had any desire to watch the Anime, but I've liked what I've seen so far for the movie.

[ClownPrinceofCrime]

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

I've been holding this comment off for the last two/three weeks now, but...I got a feeling that GITS could very well be the sleeper hit of the year.

Sorry bud, but that title has been claimed and staked by 2 movies already - Split and Get Out.

Originally Posted by Hubunkey

GITS looks like Aeon Flux and other Sci-Fi flops form like 5-10 years ago. I get the wgole PG-13 brings in the kiddies but a faithful adaption of the Manga would have been better instead of a big budget pg-13 cgi-fest. I think it will do ok, maybe Resident Evil numbers but seriously doubt it breaks out after Power Rangers coming out a week before.

Lucy looked worse, was not an adaptation of a well-known and popular manga, and was rated R. No way GitS does only RE numbers.

Originally Posted by GasmaskAvenger

...it has a female lead (who also happens to be a proven box office commodity with "Lucy" from a few years back, as well as her appearances in various MCU films)...

This guy gets it.

Originally Posted by sandman slim

(Or, to be more ScarJo specific, could be "Lucy", could be "Under the Skin".)

As does this guy. Although, Under the Skin was strictly indie in every sense of the word.

Originally Posted by Britbuffguy

I think GITS looks like pure garbage, plus Scarlett isn't a very good leading actress. I don't know anyone that wants to see it, so I think you guys are high balling it.

Yeah...tell that to Lucy's BO.

All things said, BatB is just too big to fall to anything this weekend or next. It's 2nd weekend percentage drop all but proved that it will reign atop the BO until F8 lands.