How much will Pineapple Express make opening weekend? - Blu-ray Forum

GreenScar · 08-09-2008, 02:30 AM

Wow am I late with this weeks poll. So The Pineapple Express is going to make it interesting this week (as The Mummy did last week). Personally I think The Dark Knight will pull out one more week on top.

But the poll this week will be for Pineapple Express. So how do you think the new movies will shake out?

Pineapple Express sits at 69% on RT
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is at 66%
and The Dark Knight is at 94%

dvd_mazter · 08-09-2008, 02:33 AM

I went and saw Pineapple Express on Wednesday and it was packed. Plus the movie is hilarious, I think it will do big box office but TDK will stay strong.

Sith · 08-09-2008, 02:57 AM

this movie is gonna rule

CasualKiller · 08-09-2008, 03:36 AM

Considering this movie is focused towards stoners I predict 100 grand in ticket sales and 36 million in popcorn.

Blu Titan · 08-09-2008, 03:38 AM

30 million for the weekend.

TDK will be #2 with $25 million. The international smash, but domestic BOMB known as the Mummy 3: The Bello Catastrophe will barely manage $20 million in its second weekend.

Sith · 08-09-2008, 03:40 AM

my theatre had a 4:20 show today, just sayin....

BStecke · 08-09-2008, 03:43 AM

I guessed 20-30 mil. My wife and I saw it last night and enjoyed it. It wasn't quite as funny as I was expecting, but it was still pretty good. Quite a bit of action, actually, and it mixes pretty well with the comedy. I wouldn't say it was as funny as Superbad, but still very worth seeing.

spaceball1 · 08-09-2008, 03:44 AM

Went to go see Pineapple Express on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning for the midnight showing, the movie was funny and the place was packed, but guess what was STILL sold out for the 4, 7 and 10:30 p.m. showings after being out for 3 weeks?

fighthefutureofhd · 08-09-2008, 04:14 AM

i want to believe?

KJH6926 · 08-09-2008, 04:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sith

my theatre had a 4:20 show today, just sayin....

Mine did to haha

GreenScar · 08-09-2008, 07:42 AM

Deadline Hollywood's Nikki had this update at midnight Pacific time:

Quote:

FRIDAY MIDNIGHT: Very early numbers show Friday's box office is too close to call. Sony is claiming its Pineapple Express won the day. But Warner Bros is saying its The Dark Knight came out on top. And a third studio emails me that the two films are even steven. Oh, this is going to be a fun weekend at the two pics fight for domestic gross supremacy! So, either both films made $7.5+ million, or Pineapple Express made $7.6M and Dark Knight $7.4M, or else Dark Knight made $7.6M and Pineapple Express made $7.4M. Trust me, the studio emails are flying fast and furiously!

The Dark Knight should come out on top as R rated fair usually have a drop on Saturday while The Dark Knight should have a Saturday bump.

sfmarine · 08-09-2008, 02:43 PM

Keep in mind it is an R-rated film....so the 13 year olds can't get in. So they have no other choice they have to see Batman lol. cough...why they made die hard 4 pg-13...blah blah.

AaronSCH · 08-09-2008, 03:07 PM

My prediction: Pineapple Express has a good opening weekened because of the Apatow following (that's why I went). However, I actually considered walking out on this one. It was a mess of a movie. I am scratching my head from some of the positive comments I am reading online. He's got a loyal online community because the theater was almost silent for most of the film's slow-moving 2 hours...or what felt like 3. There were few laughs unlike the other Apatow comedies.

cajmoyper · 08-09-2008, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronSCH

My prediction: Pineapple Express has a good opening weekened because of the Apatow following (that's why I went). However, I actually considered walking out on this one. It was a mess of a movie. I am scratching my head from some of the positive comments I am reading online. He's got a loyal online community because the theater was almost silent for most of the film's slow-moving 2 hours...or what felt like 3. There were few laughs unlike the other Apatow comedies.

I wanted to see this at first but I figured that there had basically been one preview for the entire trailer-run which led me to believe that all the funny parts of the movie were in the preview. And with those early estimates JasonBird gave us, I'm going to guess that TDK will be up top for one more week.

GreenScar · 08-09-2008, 07:27 PM

1 The Pineapple Express - $7,750,000 $25,824,000
2 The Dark Knight - $7,680,000 $423,191,000
3 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $4,843,000 $59,401,000
4 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $3,867,000 $12,809,000
5 Step Brothers - $2,712,000 $74,715,000
6 Mamma Mia! - $2,548,000 $98,484,000
7 Journey to the Center of the Earth - $1,312,000 $78,216,000
8 Hancock - $930,000 $219,339,000
9 WALL-E - $904,000 $207,971,000
10 Swing Vote - $870,000 $9,766,000

AaronSCH · 08-09-2008, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cajmoyper

I wanted to see this at first but I figured that there had basically been one preview for the entire trailer-run which led me to believe that all the funny parts of the movie were in the preview. And with those early estimates JasonBird gave us, I'm going to guess that TDK will be up top for one more week.

You got that right. The trailer pretty much makes the film look pretty good because it contains just about every scene which is remotely funny. I liked all of Apatows recent films but unfortunately this one was just awful. I like Rogen and Franco and their rapport works for the most part but the movie is just too long and the jokes very infrequent.

Blu Titan · 08-09-2008, 08:14 PM

Well, TDK will take the Pineapple gang for the weekend crowm, but it will be close.

jurassic_pork · 08-09-2008, 08:33 PM

Right now Friday's estimates are close but show Express slightly ahead of TDK

1 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
$7,900,000

2 THE DARK KNIGHT
$7,600,000

3 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
$4,836,000

GreenScar · 08-09-2008, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jurassic_pork

Right now Friday's estimates are close but show Express slightly ahead of TDK

1 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
$7,900,000

2 THE DARK KNIGHT
$7,600,000

3 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
$4,836,000

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasonbird

1 The Pineapple Express - $7,750,000 $25,824,000
2 The Dark Knight - $7,680,000 $423,191,000
3 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $4,843,000 $59,401,000
4 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $3,867,000 $12,809,000
5 Step Brothers - $2,712,000 $74,715,000
6 Mamma Mia! - $2,548,000 $98,484,000
7 Journey to the Center of the Earth - $1,312,000 $78,216,000
8 Hancock - $930,000 $219,339,000
9 WALL-E - $904,000 $207,971,000
10 Swing Vote - $870,000 $9,766,000

Guess it depends what site you get the numbers from to how close the race is. It's gonna be tight, but I think the Dark Knight has this one.

TheForce8686 · 08-09-2008, 10:25 PM

This movie was amazing. Right up their with Superbad. I am slightly torn on which movie I am rooting for this weekend. These were the two movies I was looking forward to the most this summer and they both exceeded expectations. Of course Iron Man and Step Brothers blew my expectations away as they were set a little lower.

Those are my four favorite movies of the year by far.

View Poll Results: How much will The Pineapple Express pull in this weekend?
Under $10 million	4	8.89%
$10 - $20 million	7	15.56%
$20 - $30 million	20	44.44%
$30- $40 million	7	15.56%
$40 - $50 million	4	8.89%
Over $50 million	3	6.67%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

08-09-2008, 02:30 AM	#1
GreenScar Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:2	How much will Pineapple Express make opening weekend? Wow am I late with this weeks poll. So The Pineapple Express is going to make it interesting this week (as The Mummy did last week). Personally I think The Dark Knight will pull out one more week on top. But the poll this week will be for Pineapple Express. So how do you think the new movies will shake out? Pineapple Express sits at 69% on RT Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 is at 66% and The Dark Knight is at 94%

08-09-2008, 03:38 AM	#5
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	30 million for the weekend. TDK will be #2 with $25 million. The international smash, but domestic BOMB known as the Mummy 3: The Bello Catastrophe will barely manage $20 million in its second weekend. Last edited by Blu Titan; 08-09-2008 at 03:41 AM.

08-09-2008, 07:27 PM	#15
GreenScar Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:148 Trading Score:2	1 The Pineapple Express - $7,750,000 $25,824,000 2 The Dark Knight - $7,680,000 $423,191,000 3 The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - $4,843,000 $59,401,000 4 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 - $3,867,000 $12,809,000 5 Step Brothers - $2,712,000 $74,715,000 6 Mamma Mia! - $2,548,000 $98,484,000 7 Journey to the Center of the Earth - $1,312,000 $78,216,000 8 Hancock - $930,000 $219,339,000 9 WALL-E - $904,000 $207,971,000 10 Swing Vote - $870,000 $9,766,000 Last edited by GreenScar; 08-09-2008 at 07:45 PM.

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08-09-2008, 02:33 AM	#2
dvd_mazter Power Member Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Winnipeg, Manitoba Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:10 Blu-ray collection:740 Blu-ray reviews: 146	I went and saw Pineapple Express on Wednesday and it was packed. Plus the movie is hilarious, I think it will do big box office but TDK will stay strong.

08-09-2008, 02:57 AM	#3
Sith Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Seal Beach, CA Blu-ray collection:168	this movie is gonna rule

08-09-2008, 03:36 AM	#4
CasualKiller Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2008 Location:Brooks Alberta Blu-ray collection:54 Trading Score:15	Considering this movie is focused towards stoners I predict 100 grand in ticket sales and 36 million in popcorn.

08-09-2008, 03:40 AM	#6
Sith Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Seal Beach, CA Blu-ray collection:168	my theatre had a 4:20 show today, just sayin....

08-09-2008, 03:43 AM	#7
BStecke Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jun 2007 4K collection:182 Blu-ray collection:567 DVD collection:1 Digital collection:1 iTunes collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 1 Trading Score:6	I guessed 20-30 mil. My wife and I saw it last night and enjoyed it. It wasn't quite as funny as I was expecting, but it was still pretty good. Quite a bit of action, actually, and it mixes pretty well with the comedy. I wouldn't say it was as funny as Superbad, but still very worth seeing.

08-09-2008, 03:44 AM	#8
spaceball1 Member Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:46	Went to go see Pineapple Express on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning for the midnight showing, the movie was funny and the place was packed, but guess what was STILL sold out for the 4, 7 and 10:30 p.m. showings after being out for 3 weeks?

08-09-2008, 04:14 AM	#9
fighthefutureofhd Blu-ray Baron Member since:Jun 2008 Location:Dry County	i want to believe?

08-09-2008, 02:43 PM	#12
sfmarine Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:The Swan Station aDdIcTeD 2 LOST PSN:U5MC51473 Home Theater Gallery:18 4K collection:930 Blu-ray collection:2311 DVD collection:276 MA collection:461 Digital collection:492 iTunes collection:534 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:43	Keep in mind it is an R-rated film....so the 13 year olds can't get in. So they have no other choice they have to see Batman lol. cough...why they made die hard 4 pg-13...blah blah.

08-09-2008, 03:07 PM	#13
AaronSCH Banned Member since:Sep 2007 Trading Score:1	My prediction: Pineapple Express has a good opening weekened because of the Apatow following (that's why I went). However, I actually considered walking out on this one. It was a mess of a movie. I am scratching my head from some of the positive comments I am reading online. He's got a loyal online community because the theater was almost silent for most of the film's slow-moving 2 hours...or what felt like 3. There were few laughs unlike the other Apatow comedies.

08-09-2008, 08:14 PM	#17
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	Well, TDK will take the Pineapple gang for the weekend crowm, but it will be close.

08-09-2008, 08:33 PM	#18
jurassic_pork Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Dec 2007 Blu-ray reviews:4 Trading Score:240	Right now Friday's estimates are close but show Express slightly ahead of TDK 1 PINEAPPLE EXPRESS $7,900,000 2 THE DARK KNIGHT $7,600,000 3 THE MUMMY: TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR $4,836,000

08-09-2008, 10:25 PM	#20
TheForce8686 Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Nov 2006 Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:992 Trading Score:79	This movie was amazing. Right up their with Superbad. I am slightly torn on which movie I am rooting for this weekend. These were the two movies I was looking forward to the most this summer and they both exceeded expectations. Of course Iron Man and Step Brothers blew my expectations away as they were set a little lower. Those are my four favorite movies of the year by far.

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