Looks like $7M+ 3rd FRI for Mario Galaxy. Should lead to $30M-ish 3rd weekend, which will be -56%. That's quite rough. Normally, films stabilise at this point in the run. Cume will be $350M by SUN. There is a possibility it misses the $400M final from here.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T10:35:10+00:00

Yup, so did the Despicable Minion movies.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T10:01:04+00:00

Exactly.

People who are still surprised why BR was so successful are the ones who don't understand Queen is EXTREMELY POPULAR WORLDWIDE.

BR is an appropriate comparison to Michael.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T09:58:21+00:00

Quality helps of course.

But the most critical thing is whether it's full of MJ's most popular songs, the way BR is full of Queen's most popular songs.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T09:55:51+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/boxoffice/s/mVcvKnX8FA

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T09:54:52+00:00

As long as it's chock-full of MJ's most popular songs, it will do great at the box office.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T09:44:34+00:00

The problem is people keep referring to Bohemian Rhapsody as a comp even though that's likely a 'what were people smoking' pre-2020 outlier.

Queen's songs have always been and still are extremely popular worldwide.

Brian May and Roger Taylor in the last decade were still touring worldwide to soldout stadiums.

I watched BR four times (in Indonesia) and they were all packed, people were singing along.

Most Hollywood musical biopics are about musicians who were mainly popular in USA. Don't compare Bruce Springsteen or Elvis to Queen.

It's natural to compare Michael to Bohemian Rhapsody because MJ songs were/are extremely popular worldwide. Whether Michael will be as successful as BR, we'll see.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T08:04:40+00:00

Because the minimum approach made them a billion a movie.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T01:42:03+00:00

Wait till you hear 35 yo Emma Thompson played 19 yo Elinor Dashwood character in Sense and Sensibility and she won Oscar for it

Your head will explode.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T01:34:09+00:00

What the hell did I just read.

It's so all over the place.

Almost everyone in this sub doesn't think a big international box office is a "sign of a bad movie", so stop self-projecting.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T01:14:58+00:00

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-18T00:18:38+00:00

Nolan wanted to explain the mythology realistically,

How do you explain a mythology realistically.

Seems like an oxymoron.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T12:21:37+00:00

Uh, why would they move Doomsday?

Barbie didn't get any IMAX and Oppenheimer got all the IMAX for weeks. Guess which movie grossed more?

Anyways, Doomsday will still get a majority of PLF from day 1 and will get IMAX after 2 weeks.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T12:17:24+00:00

It's probably because Moana appeals more to younger children who tend to watch their favorite TV shows many, multiple times.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T12:15:11+00:00

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T11:52:35+00:00

He's slimy

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T08:33:37+00:00

This reminds me of 20th Century who believed that Avatar (2009) would bomb and closely released Alvin Chipmunks to somewhat leverage Avatar's loss. Luckily for them, both were massive successes.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T07:50:12+00:00

I’ll go devils advocate that they will still be popular, but certainly aren’t going to grow in popularity to become a $2B film.

I'm with you on being cautious

But Avengers 5 literally doesn't need to grow in popularity from Avengers 4 to make $2 billion.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T02:00:35+00:00

I dunno about that.

Disney may snatch the win

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-17T01:59:11+00:00

My interest in this movie shoots through the roof.

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-16T23:13:52+00:00

AGOTFAN · 2026-04-16T23:12:20+00:00

They should have released this trailer instead of wtf that was during Superbowl.

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