{"id":107688,"date":"2024-09-27T23:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107688"},"modified":"2024-09-27T23:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T16:04:06","slug":"the-wild-robot-mints-close-to-2m-previews-megalopolis-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=107688","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Wild Robot&#8217; Mints Close To $2M Previews, &#8216;Megalopolis&#8217; Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tDreamWorks Animation\/Universal\u2019s <em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/the-wild-robot\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-wild-robot_1\" data-tag=\"the-wild-robot\">The Wild Robot<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>grossed <strong>$1.95M<\/strong> yesterday from showtimes that began at 2PM in 3,000 theaters. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tThe Lupita Nyong\u2019o voiced movie is expected to lead the box office with a $20M+ take, and that preview take indicates that given previous DWA comps, read it\u2019s higher than <em>Trolls Band Together <\/em>($1.3M) which resulted in a $9.3M opening day and $30M opening, and it\u2019s above <em>The Bad Guys <\/em>which did $1.15M in previews, a $7.98M opening day and a $23.9M opening. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tOut of the gate, great PostTrak for <em>The Wild Robot <\/em>with 5 stars from general audiences, 4 1\/2 stars from parents and five stars from kids under 12. General audiences numbered 72%, parents repped 18% and kids 10% last night. More men with the general audience at 53%, while moms outnumbered dads, 58% to 42%; and kids under 12 were mostly girls at 53% as expected. <em>The Wild Robot <\/em>is based on Peter Brown\u2019s award-winning, #1\u00a0<em>New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestseller.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   aligncenter size-large aligncenter lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:100%; max-width:1024px;\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((507\/1024)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg 2540w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=150,74 150w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=300,149 300w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=1024,507 1024w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=1536,761 1536w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=2048,1014 2048w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=202,100 202w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=60,30 60w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=352,174 352w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=110,54 110w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=285,141 285w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=320,158 320w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=640,317 640w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=800,396 800w, https:\/\/deadline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-16-at-2.02.23\u202fPM.jpg?resize=1280,634 1280w\" data-lazy-sizes=\"(min-width: 87.5rem) 1000px, (min-width: 78.75rem) 681px, (min-width: 48rem) 450px, (max-width: 48rem) 250px\" height=\"507\" width=\"1024\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-font-size-12 lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\" lrv-u-font-size-16 lrv-u-font-size-14@mobile-max lrv-a-font-body-m u-font-style-italic lrv-u-font-weight-bold lrv-u-font-family-primary u-line-height-20 u-letter-spacing-0 u-line-height-18@mobile-max\">\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/tag\/megalopolis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_megalopolis_1\" data-tag=\"megalopolis\">Megalopolis<\/a>\u2018<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\" lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase lrv-u-color-grey lrv-u-font-size-10 lrv-a-font-basic-xxs lrv-u-margin-l-025\">American Zoetrope\/Mihai Malaimare<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tLionsgate\u2019s release of Francis Ford Coppola\/Zoetrope\u2019s $120M self-financed <em><strong>Megalopolis<\/strong> <\/em>did <strong>$770k<\/strong> which includes Monday\u2019s live Imax event. We told you that alone grossed around $300K. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tAs far as recent comps go, many point to another filmmaker $100M-plus financed bomb, <em>Horizon, <\/em>from Kevin Costner which did $800K in previews for a $4.09M first day, $11M opening back in late June. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tNo one is expecting <em>Megalopolis<\/em> to do well, pegged to open between $5M-$7M; clearly a big loss with the red ink falling on the Coppola winery proprietor. Already Thursday night exits are bad with a 1\/2 star and 45% positive on PostTrak \u2014 not a lot of big starry movies get that. What can be celebrated is that the 5x Oscar winning 85-year old winning filmmaker is seeing is cinematic dream get a theatrical release, and not sidelined and lost on streaming. Lionsgate has no skin in the game; they\u2019re merely the distributor with Coppola handling the cost of marketing which I\u2019m told is between $15M-$17M. Sources tell me Lionsgate, not matter how badly <em>Megalopolis <\/em>does will walk away with a distribution fee between $3M-$5M. Coppola said back at the Cannes press conference that\u00a0<em>Megalopolis\u00a0<\/em>will leave him with \u201cno problems\u201d financially and that his offspring, including his filmmaker children Sophia and Roman and their children, \u201chave wonderful careers without a fortune.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWe\u2019ve heard that Imax is the aorta of this movie with most presales for large format showtimes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWho showed up last night for the Adam Driver, Aubrey Plaza, Jon Voight, Nathalie Emmanuel dystopian epic? Most men at 69% and a young audience with 64% under 25. Best grades, if you can call it that, were given by women over 25 (23% of the crowd) who gave it 50%. Rotten Tomatoes critical scores stand at 50% Rotten. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWarner Bros\u2019 third week of <em><strong>Beetlejuice Beetlejuice<\/strong> <\/em>did<strong> $33.2M<\/strong> after a $1.46M Thursday for a running cume of <strong>$234M<\/strong>. The Tim Burton directed movie is pacing just under $40M behind Warner Bros.\u2019 top grossing movie of September, <em>It, <\/em>at the same point in time which ended its run at $327.4M. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tWe\u2019ll see how hard Hurricane Helene rocks the box office as the day goes. Per Weather.com there\u2019s more than 4M homes and businesses without power: South Carolina (1.3M), Florida (1.1M), Georgia (1.07M), North Carolina (614K) and Virginia (43K).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto     \">\n\tMore\u2026<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2024\/09\/box-office-megalopolis-the-wild-robot-1236101618\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DreamWorks Animation\/Universal\u2019s The Wild Robot grossed $1.95M yesterday from showtimes that began at 2PM in 3,000 theaters. 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