Box Office Showdown (8/11-8/13) Annabelle: Creation, The Nut Job 2, The Glass Castle

[Cremildo]

From BOM:

Annabelle: Creation got off to a great start last night, bringing in $4 million from Thursday previews, nearly doubling the $2.1 million in previews for Annabelle and topping the $3.3 million in previews for The Conjuring and the $3.4 million in previews for The Conjuring 2.

This doesn't necessarily mean it will improve not the $37 million opening for Annabelle or near the $40+ million debuts for either Conjuring film as previews can be very front-loaded, but it does suggest good things are in the offing for the horror, spin-off sequel over the next three days.

[MikeScott]

Pretty incredible opening to be honest.

[Chaotic]

Early estimates show high $30m to $40m. Nice

[spiderfan1985]

Originally Posted by ace112096

especially for Brie to have 2 movies in a row flop it would be devastation

What other flop did she have? Kong did pretty solid overall. Particularly globally.

[MazeRunner]

Originally Posted by spiderfan1985

What other flop did she have? Kong did pretty solid overall. Particularly globally.

Free Fire.

[Chaotic]

Cinemascores

Nut Job 2 B+
Annabelle: Creation B

[Predatorix38417]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Cinemascores Annabelle: Creation B

This might impact how it holds next week if word of mouth is mediocre. Good thing is almost no direct competition until It.

[Chaotic]

It's the same score as Annabelle, Lights Out and Insidious so atleast it's it the same ballpark.

[Predatorix38417]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

It's the same score as Annabelle, Lights Out and Insidious so atleast it's it the same ballpark.

That's true, it's not bad by any means, I'm just thinking of how the first movie preformed and dropped almost 60% the following week. However, this movie has much better reviews to boost itself and again almost no competition.

[Chaotic]

The first one has like a 36% from RT audience while this has a 79% right now.

[Cremildo]

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[Creed]

Wow, Creation is already a success at the box office, The Nut Job 2 did okay, surprisingly, while The Glass Castle dwindles yesterday.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

[Cremildo]

Boxoffice.com is projecting just a 32 million weekend for Annabelle based on Friday #s. Is it really going to be so front-loaded?

[Creed]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Boxoffice.com is projecting just a 32 million weekend for Annabelle based on Friday #s. Is it really going to be so front-loaded?

Yeah, it went past $30 million worldwide.

[javi92]

What a terrible week.

[Cremildo]

Ouchie. Detroit bound to drop 60%.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Cremildo

Ouchie. Detroit bound to drop 60%.

Why they dropped this grueling, racially-inflammatory drama in the summertime baffles me. This should have been a tiered prestige release that slowly rolled out during the fall and leading into awards season. It's a great film, but no wonder mainstream audiences don't feel particularly inclined to see it right now.

[Chaotic]

Well it is a sequel/prequel so it is going to be more frontloaded than the first.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Chaotic

Well it is a sequel/prequel so it is going to be more frontloaded than the first.

Tell that to Ouija: Origin Of Evil, another well-reviewed horror prequel superior to its predecessor that, for whatever reason, pretty much tanked.

[Chaotic]

$8M from over 4,000 theaters. Wow.