Box Office Showdown (2/3-2/5) Rings, The Space Between Us

[Chaotic]

Rings
Paramount


The Space Between Us
STX

[Buscemi]

Rings $10 million
The Space Between Us $6 million

Both of these are movies that have been long on the shelf and will get killed against the Super Bowl (aka the world's biggest open bar).

[Chaotic]

Rings $16M (it should atleast make more than Bye Bye Man)
Space Between Us $8M

[prkprkprk]

Rings will likely win this if only for the lack of competition. I wonder if there will be any sort of horror/thriller fatigue that hinders this at the box office, given that January had Underworld, Resident Evil, Bye Bye Man, and Split. Still, it's a reliable genre, so I'll say it opens around $13 million.

Space Between Us will bomb pretty hard. Since it's a sci-fi romance, it may have a decent second weekend hold over Valentine's Day weekend, but that won't be enough to save it. Estimating $6 million.

[Jasonic]

Yeesh! The final turd weekend before good stuff actually starts coming out. Following weekend has John Wick 2 and Lego Batman. Can't wait for both.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

Yeesh! The final turd weekend before good stuff actually starts coming out. Following weekend has John Wick 2 and Lego Batman. Can't wait for both.

What would a sequel to John wick even be about?

[Jasonic]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

What would a sequel to John wick even be about?

I don't even care what it's about. Have you seen the trailers? Looks amazing.

[Tony208]

Seems like there is zero hype for either of these new releases.

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by Tony208

Seems like there is zero hype for either of these new releases.

I don't know what the space between us is about.

[MikeScott]

1. RINGS - 15.71 MILLION (New)
2. SPLIT - 13.853 MILLION (-46%)
3. A DOG'S PURPOSE - 12.938 MILLION (-29%)
4. HIDDEN FIGURES - 11.342 MILLION (-19%)
5. LA LA LAND - 9.664 MILLION (-21%)
6. RESIDENT EVIL: THE FINAL CHAPTER - 5.848 MILLION (-57%)
7. THE SPACE BETWEEN US - 5.336 MILLION (New)
8. LION - 4.3 MILLION (+83%)
9. SING - 4.229 MILLION[/b] (-34%)
10. xXx: THE RETURN OF XANDER CAGE - 3.612 MILLION (-58%)
11. ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY - 3.27 MILLION (-38%)
12. MONSTER TRUCKS - 2.422 MILLION (-42%)
13. GOLD - 1.735 MILLION (-50%)
14. MOANA - 1.686 MILLION (-32%)
15. THE FOUNDER - 1.616 MILLION (-38%)

[Adam_ME]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

I don't know what the space between us is about.

It involves Mars which is usually the kiss of death for movies. Only Ahnuld in his prime and Matt Damon teaming up with Ridley Scott were able to overcome that curse.

For what it's worth, The Space Between Us is a good movie, but it's also one that most folks will be able enjoy in a few months in the comfort of their own home. You don't spend a bunch of money on tickets and concessions for something like that.

[MikeScott]

The Comedian must be getting a solid amount of theaters. It's opening here. At least 300. I'd say anywhere from 300-600.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

I sure as hell know it wont be The Space Between Us.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Adam_ME

It involves Mars which is usually the kiss of death for movies. Only Ahnuld in his prime and Matt Damon teaming up with Ridley Scott were able to overcome that curse.

For what it's worth, The Space Between Us is a good movie, but it's also one that most folks will be able enjoy in a few months in the comfort of their own home. You don't spend a bunch of money on tickets and concessions for something like that.

I want to see it in theaters.

[Chaotic]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

I sure as hell know it wont be The Space Between Us.

Just like Passengers

[Britbuffguy]

Originally Posted by Jasonic

I don't even care what it's about. Have you seen the trailers? Looks amazing.

I saw the first film, a true 'turd' as you would call it, so unsure how this second one could be any better. I didn't get the hype with this film.

I know SPACE was delayed 2 times, RINGS three times at least. I'm just shocked either film is finally opening. I will see RINGS on Tuesday, cheapie day. I can actually go cause I'm on vacation.

Isn't THE COMEDIAN opening this weekend too? It's at my local theater.

[Buscemi]

The Comedian's playing at the local Regal here. Sony's basically dumping this one as reviews have been rather negative (it's also supposed to be quite dark). I'd be surprised if it did $500,000 for the weekend.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Just like Passengers

Well, that's pretty hard when it's not in that many theaters anymore. But I doubt Space makes even half as much as Passengers.

[Michael11]

Just found out that January 2017 has taken in less money than the January of 2016 and 2015.

Is it a sign of a not so good year for Hollywood? We'll have to wait and see.

Obviously last years January was making a lot of money off of 'The Force Awakens'...Which big films were making money in the Jan of 2015?

Source: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/?view2=ytdcompare

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by Michael11

Just found out that January 2017 has taken in less money than the January of 2016 and 2015.

Is it a sign of a not so good year for Hollywood? We'll have to wait and see.

Obviously last years January was making a lot of money off of 'The Force Awakens'...Which big films were making money in the Jan of 2015?

American Sniper. Broke the January opening weekend record.

And in the process, Hollywood has spent way too much time trying to recapture that audience.